Ranajit Dhar 
It has been contrasting returns in the 2024 Indian Premier League (IPL) for the Mumbai Indians and the Sunrisers Hyderabad. The two teams came into the season with opposing moods around them. While SRH fans were feeling good about their side going all out to get World Cup-winning Australian captain Pat Cummins and then making … Read more
Skipper Kathryn Bryce set up Scotland’s victory as she ripped through the Irish top order by producing figures of 4-8. Bryce dismissed openers Amy Hunter and Gaby Lewis to leave Ireland on 1-2 and it soon became 25-5 after 6.1 overs. Leah Paul’s 45 help Ireland post 110-9 but it looked a below-par total and … Read more
The internet can be a cruel space. Shashank Singh learnt it the hard way last December when, nearly a year after going off social media, he became the butt of all jokes on being “accidentally” bought, openly rejected and finally accepted at the 2024 IPL auctions. The confusion which arose momentarily at the Punjab Kings … Read more
In the double-header on March 5, 2024, on Sunday, opening batters for both Chennai Super Kings and Kolkata Knight Riders, Ruturaj Gaikwad and Sunil Narine managed to score a significant amount of runs to take them up in the race for the orange cap in the 2024 edition of the Indian Premier League. For KKR, … Read more
It was a disappointing show from the Punjab Kings (PBKS) batting order as Chennai Super Kings (CSK) pacers dominated the proceedings, restricting the hosts to 139/9 and clinching a 28-run win. The first breakthrough came in the second over itself when Tushar Deshpande cleaned up an in-form Jonny Bairstow for just 7 off 6 balls. … Read more
England’s batsmen are tuning up nicely in the shires, with Joe Root and Harry Brook again in the runs at Headingley this weekend. But at Derby, West Indies’ Jayden Seales offered a scintillating glimpse of what Root and Brook can expect to face when the Test summer begins in July as he powered table-topping Sussex … Read more
The Professional Cricketers Association has called for a cut in domestic cricket, warning that fixture congestion is compromising performance and could even result in “disaster” on the roads as exhausted players bounce from match to match. Figures released by the union after a country-wide study at the start of the current season show that 81% … Read more
Royal Challengers Bengaluru (RCB) pacer Mohammed Siraj revealed that he was suffering from severe stomach ache ahead of his side’s Indian Premier League (IPL) game against Gujarat Titans (GT) on Saturday, but still played the game with ICC T20 World Cup tournament in his mind and with the “power of the almighty”. Siraj played a … Read more
Each member of Pakistan’s T20 World Cup squad will get USD 100,000 if the team wins the ICC event in June in Americas, the country’s cricket board announced on Sunday. The announcement was made by the PCB chief Mohsin Naqvi after spending nearly two hours with the players here before their departure for the away … Read more