MUMBAI: Ruled out of the 2026 T20 World Cup and then the IPL due to a knee injury he suffered in a World Cup warm-up match against South Africa at the DY Patil Stadium in Navi Mumbai on February 4, India pacer Harshit Rana is “recovering well”.Rana underwent a surgery in Mumbai on February 9,…
List of IPL Winners From 2008-2025 The Indian Premier League (IPL) is the most popular T20 league in the world. The first match played on April 18, 2008, at the M. Chinnaswamy Stadium in Bengaluru featured Kolkata Knight Riders (KKR) and Royal Challengers Bangalore (RCB) in which KKR defeated RCB by 140 runs, highlighted by…
Kolkata Knight Riders’ Finn Allen (R) walks back to the pavilion after losing his wicket. NEW DELHI: Kolkata Knight Riders all-rounder Rovman Powell did not hold back after his side’s heartbreaking last-ball defeat to Lucknow Super Giants, pointing to an umpiring “blunder” while also admitting that conditions at Eden Gardens played their part in the…
Shreyas Iyer with his sister Shresta Iyer (Pic credit: Shresta Iyer’s Instagram post) NEW DELHI: Shresta Iyer, sister of Punjab Kings skipper and India ODI vice-captain Shreyas Iyer, has deleted her viral social media video after receiving threat messages, saying what was meant as “light-hearted banter” was widely misunderstood.The controversy erupted after Punjab Kings’ IPL…
DC lose by 1 run against GT. (Pic credit: IPL) NEW DELHI: It was a bizarre, farcical end to a gripping contest as Delhi Capitals went down to Gujarat Titans by one run here on Wednesday. With two runs needed in two balls, it was David Miller’s refusal to take a single off Prasidh Krishna’s…
Babar Azam in PSL (Photo: X) After facing comparisons with Virat Kohli over his inability to finish a recent chase against Hyderabad Kingsmen, Pakistan captain Babar Azam responded in style, by rewriting the record books.On Thursday in Karachi, while representing Peshawar Zalmi in the Pakistan Super League (PSL), Babar became the fastest player to reach…
RCB skipper Rajat Patidar with Virat Kohli; and RR’s Vaibhav Sooryavanshi GUWAHATI: All discussions about Rajasthan Royals’ highflying start to the season have centred on a certain 15-year-old phenomenon, Vaibhav Sooryavanshi. The eve of Royals’ third and last home match this season here at their ‘second home ground’ was not different either, even with the…
Prabhsimran Singh and Yuvraj Singh NEW DELHI: The influence of Yuvraj Singh on India’s current generation of batters is rarely loud, but often unmistakable. His imprint runs through some of the most exciting batters in contemporary Indian cricket — from the composure of Shubman Gill to the uninhibited strokeplay of Abhishek Sharma and the evolving…
Mukul Choudhary (Photo: IPL) Lucknow Super Giants unearthed a new hero in debutant Mukul Choudhary, who single-handedly scripted a stunning last-ball win over Kolkata Knight Riders in IPL 2026. Earlier, Choudhary had revealed that Indian great MS Dhoni remains his biggest inspiration.Chasing a challenging target of 182, LSG looked out of contention at one stage….
CHENNAI: “The crowd applauded us for 15 minutes at a stretch after the Test match was over. I still remember that moment,” CD Gopinath told TOI a few years ago, recalling India’s historic first Test win at the MA Chidambaram Stadium in Madras (then). It was 1952, India had beaten England in the fifth Test…
