Cricket

Punjab Kings 163 for 3 (Bairstow 46, Rossouw 43) beat Chennai Super Kings 162 for 7 (Gaikwad 62, Rahane 29, Chahar 2-16, Brar 2-17) by seven wickets Chennai Super Kings were left reeling at the Chepauk Stadium as Punjab Kings made it back-to-back wins with a comfortable seven-wicket victory to retain a slim, outside chance

Rohit Paudel, in great form in the ongoing T20 series against the visiting West Indies A side at home, will lead a familiar-looking Nepal squad at the T20 World Cup, to be played in the West Indies and the USA next month. From the expanded Nepal squad that is playing the T20s against West Indies

Australia’s brightest young T20 batting talent Jake Fraser-McGurk and one of their finest three-format batters of the generation Steven Smith have both been left out of Australia’s provisional 15-member T20 World Cup squad with selectors opting to take a second specialist spinner in Ashton Agar and a spare allrounder in Cameron Green to give them

Match details Chennai Super Kings (third) vs Punjab Kings (eighth)Chennai, 1930 IST (1400 GMT) Big picture – Gaikwad’s new gear as CSK (almost) end home stretch The advantages of home comforts. The familiarity, the close circles, the minimal travel, the option of having everything around you. CSK will play their third home game in a

Rishabh Pant, Shivam Dube and Sanju Samson have all been selected in India’s 15-man squad for the 2024 T20 World Cup starting on June 1 in the USA and the West Indies. The squad, announced on Tuesday afternoon, will be led by Rohit Sharma and has Hardik Pandya as the vice-captain. Yuzvendra Chahal, who was

Kolkata Knight Riders 157 for 3 (Salt 68, Shreyas 33*, Venkatesh 26*, Axar 2-25) beat Delhi Capitals 153 for 9 (Kuldeep 35*, Pant 27, Varun 3-16, Harshit 2-28, Arora 2-29) by seven wickets Having just hosted a run-fest where 262 was chased down with eight balls to spare, Eden Gardens reverted to a former template

Phil Salt brought up his fourth fifty at Eden Gardens in IPL 2024 to help Kolkata Knight Riders roll over Delhi Capitals by seven wickets with 21 balls to spare in their chase of 154. Salt smashed 68 off just 33 balls, with 60 of those runs having come in the powerplay itself. During that

Match details Lucknow Super Giants (fifth) vs Mumbai Indians (ninth)Lucknow, 1930 IST (1400 GMT) Big picture – MI let down by overseas seamers After two defeats in their last two games, MI’s playoff chances have nosedived, and if they lose on Tuesday, they will be in the same boat as Royal Challengers Bengaluru. Before the

Devon Conway has been named in New Zealand’s provisional 15-man 2024 T20 World Cup squad, with Kane Williamson named as captain of an experienced squad with Ben Sears has been named as the 16th travelling reserve. The squad also features veterans Tim Southee and Trent Boult. Rachin Ravindra and Matt Henry are the only members

Chennai Super Kings 212 for 3 (Gaikwad 98, Mitchell 52, Dube 39*) beat Sunrisers Hyderabad 134 (Markram 32, Deshpande 4-27) by 78 runs Call them conservative, but Chennai Super Kings successfully backed their method despite not being able to defend 210 in their previous home match against Lucknow Super Giants. The power-packed Sunrisers Hyderabad’s drought

Rajasthan Royals 199 for 3 (Samson 71*, Jurel 52*) beat Lucknow Super Giants 196 for 5 (Rahul 76, Hooda 50, Sandeep 2-31) by seven wickets The target of 197 that Lucknow Super Giants set Rajasthan Royals may not have seemed like much at the end of the first innings. After all, over the last four

“We left about 20 runs behind,” Rahul told the host broadcaster after the game. “We didn’t get off to an ideal start but the partnership that me and Deepak Hooda had [got us on track].” LSG had been reduced to 11 for 2 after being put in to bat but recovered while maintaining a good

Rajasthan Royals 199 for 3 (Samson 71*, Jurel 52*) beat Lucknow Super Giants 196 for 5 (Rahul 76, Hooda 50, Sandeep 2-31) by seven wickets The target of 197 that Lucknow Super Giants set Rajasthan Royals may not have seemed like much at the end of the first innings. After all, over the last four

Match details Gujarat Titans vs Royal Challengers Bangalore Ahmedabad, 3.30pm IST (10am GMT) Big Picture Gujarat Titans’ season so far has been a mixed bag. In the last game, against Delhi Capitals, their tactics were questionable: Sandeep Warrier, their best bowler of the day, ended up bowling just three overs, while left-arm spinner R Sai

Kolkata Knight Riders replaced Australia fast bowler Mitchell Starc with Sri Lanka seamer Dushmantha Chameera for the game against Punjab Kings at the Eden Gardens on Friday. KKR captain Shreyas Iyer said at the toss that Starc had cut his finger during their previous match against Royal Challengers Bengaluru. “Starcy caught his finger in one

After Punjab Kings ripped up the record books by mowing down 262 with eight balls to spare, their captain Sam Curran was left wondering if cricket was turning into an entirely different sport. “Cricket is turning into baseball, isn’t it? It was absolutely incredible,” Curran mused at the post-match presentation. “Where do we [start]? Absolutely

Delhi Capitals (DC; 6th place) vs Mumbai Indians (MI; 8th place) Arun Jaitley Stadium, Delhi, 3:30pm IST (10am GMT) Big picture – Pant vs Bumrah With 342 runs in nine outings, Pant has already crossed his run-tally from the last time he played in the IPL in 2022. He is comfortably DC’s highest run-getter this

Faf du Plessis will “sleep easier” after the bottom-placed Royal Challengers Bangalore ended their six-match losing streak by beating the in-form Sunrisers Hyderabad by 35 runs, in Hyderabad. After Rajat Patidar’s 50 off 20 took RCB to 206 for 7, they restricted the home side to 171 for 8, thanks to spinners Karn Sharma and