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Mumbai Indians have lost both their matches in the UAE leg of the Indian Premier League (IPL) 2021 so far. The defending champions have lacked a bit of firepower in the middle and final overs, and one of the reasons for that is the unavailability of Hardik Pandya. The star India all-rounder was a big

IPL 2021: CSK registered a comfortable win over RCB in Sharjah on Friday.© BCCI/IPL Chennai Super Kings (CSK) cruised to victory against Royal Challengers Bangalore (RCB) in Match 35 of the Indian Premier League (IPL) 2021 season at the Sharjah Cricket Stadium on Friday. Chasing a target of 157 runs, CSK posted 157 for four

Virat Kohli on Sunday sent the cricketing world into another spin after announcing that he will be stepping down as Royal Challengers Bangalore (RCB) captain at the end of the IPL 2021 season. His announcement came a day before RCB’s first match of the UAE leg where they face Kolkata Knight Riders. Aside from being

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Axar Patel picked up 9 wickets in 15 matches the last time IPL was held in the UAE.© Instagram Delhi Capitals‘ all-rounder Axar Patel, who picked up 9 wickets in 15 matches the last time the Indian Premier League (IPL) was held in the UAE in 2020, expressed that the team will look to build

New Zealand cricket team left Islamabad on a charter flight and arrived in Dubai on Sunday.© Twitter A day after New Zealand abandoned their tour of Pakistan, veteran cricketer Mohammad Hafeez took to social media to take a dig at the Blackcaps contingent who left Islamabad on a charter flight on Saturday night. The visitors

IPL 2021: David Hussey hailed two KKR cricketers in a pre-season interview.© Instagram With the Indian Premier League (IPL) 2021 set to resume, David Hussey, chief mentor of Kolkata Knight Riders (KKR), has hailed Shubman Gill and Nitish Rana for their displays for the team. The KKR opening duo is crucial to the franchise’s ambitions

SunRisers Hyderabad skipper Kane Williamson expects “some” good contributions from the players in different roles in the 14th edition of the Indian Premier League (IPL). “I suppose as individuals had all different set of expectations of what they wanted to do. And it was nice to spend some time in the middle. We saw a

Virat Kohli with AB de Villiers during a RCB training session in the UAE.© Twitter There were “smiles, hugs and laughter” in Royal Challengers Bangalore (RCB) camp as their skipper Virat Kohli and a few other players finished their quarantine and attended their first training session in the United Arab Emirates (UAE) ahead of Indian

Former India all-rounder Hemlata Kala believes that the role of aggressive opener Shafali Verma would be crucial in the upcoming one-off Pink Ball test against Australia Women as she plays “unique cricket” and there won’t be any challenge for the teenager. The 17-year-old Rohtak-born Shafali, scored a total of 159 (96 and 63) runs on

The England cricket team is scheduled to play in Pakistan on October.© Instagram Hours after New Zealand cancelled its cricket tour of Pakistan, England’s scheduled tour to the Asian nation was thrown into doubt with the ECB saying that it will assess the ground situation in the strife-torn country and make a decision on the

Australian Test captain Tim Paine Friday said he was “extremely confident” of being ready for the Ashes against England after invasive neck surgery. The 36-year-old went under the knife on Tuesday after suffering pain in his neck and left arm due to a bulging disc which was hampering his ability to train at full intensity.

With Virat Kohli stepping down, Vinod Kambli feels Rohit Sharma will be India’s new T20I captain.© AFP Former India cricketer Vinod Kambli feels opening batsman Rohit Sharma will be India’s skipper in the T20Is after the 2021 World Cup. Virat Kohli on Thursday announced that he would step down as the T20I skipper of the

Virat Kohli on Thursday took to social media to announce that he will be stepping down as captain of the Indian cricket team in T20Is after the completion of the upcoming ICC T20 World Cup, which is scheduled to take place in UAE and Oman from October 17 to November 14. He will continue to

St Kitts and Nevis Patriots claimed their first-ever Caribbean Premier League (CPL) title as they defeated the Saint Lucia Kings by three wickets in a closely contested encounter at Warner Park. The Saint Lucia Kings won the toss and chose to bat, as they did in their semi-final match. Despite losing wickets at key stages

Jasprit Bumrah and Suryakumar Yadav are in a 6-day isolation before joining Mumbai Indians camp.© AFP Following the cancellation of the fifth Test match between England and India in Manchester, players from both sides have joined their respective Indian Premier League (IPL) squads in the United Arab Emirates and are currently in isolation for six

Ahead of the IPL 2021 resumption in the United Arab Emirates, the Royal Challengers Bangalore played their first practice match at The Sevens Stadium on Tuesday evening to acclimatise to playing a full game in the hot and sultry conditions. The practice match turned into an edge-of-the-seat thriller with fantastic performances from both teams. RCB ‘A’,

International cricketers should support Afghanistan’s men’s team, not punish them by boycotting matches if the Taliban bars women from playing, the former director of the women’s side said. Tuba Sangar, who fled the country for Canada shortly after the fall of the country to the hardline Islamist group, warned that sports sanctions would damage the