Rajasthan Royals’ Jofra Archer (PTI Photo) Former England captain Michael Vaughan has raised concerns over England’s handling of Jofra Archer’s availability, questioning whether centrally contracted players should be allowed to prioritise franchise commitments over Test cricket as England gear up for their home summer against New Zealand. Speaking on Cricbuzz, the former England captain highlighted…
Sunrisers Hyderabad’s Abhishek Sharma and Travis Head (ANI Photo) CHENNAI: It’s knock-out cricket already for Chennai Super Kings, with two league games left and no margin for error. For Sunrisers Hyderabad, the equation is less desperate but hardly comfortable: seven wins have them within touching distance of the playoffs, yet a defeat at the MA…
Babar Azam marked his return to Pakistan’s Test side with a half-century and another major batting milestone during the second Test against Bangladesh in Sylhet.After missing the first Test in Mirpur because of an injury, Babar scored 68 off 84 balls with 10 boundaries to top-score for Pakistan in the first innings. His knock helped…
PBKS co-owner Preity Zinta with skipper Shreyas Iyer after the match. (Video grab) NEW DELHI: Punjab Kings’ alarming slide from early-season dominance to a full-blown late collapse deepened in the ongoing IPL 2026 on Sunday, as a heavy defeat to Royal Challengers Bengaluru marked their sixth straight loss and left their playoff hopes hanging by…
Delhi Capitals kept their playoff hopes alive after beating Rajasthan Royals (RR) in the match 62 of the Indian Premier League (IPL) 2026 on Sunday at Delhi’s Arun Jaitley Stadium.Chasing 194, Ashutosh Sharma finished the match with a six as DC registered their sixth win of the season.DC now have 12 points in 13 games…
RCB players celebrate after taking a PBKS wicket. (Pic credit: IPL) DHARAMSALA: It is often advised to conserve your breath at higher altitudes where the air gets thinner. But it doesn’t apply when you have an ultra-motivated and hyper-energetic Virat Kohli egging your team to scale greater heights. In the mountains of Dharamsala on Sunday…
Punjab Kings’ skipper Shreyas Iyer (ANI Photo) NEW DELHI: Punjab Kings skipper Shreyas Iyer struck a defiant and philosophical tone after another painful defeat, insisting that belief and attitude remain unchanged even as Punjab Kings’s playoff hopes slipped further away following a 23-run loss to Royal Challengers Bengaluru in Dharamsala.Reflecting on where the match unravelled,…
Shreyas Iyer entered an elite list in IPL history on Sunday after becoming only the fifth player to captain a side in 100 matches in the tournament.The milestone came during Punjab Kings’ IPL 2026 match against Royal Challengers Bengaluru at the Himachal Pradesh Cricket Association Stadium in Dharamsala.Before Iyer, only MS Dhoni, Gautam Gambhir, Virat…
Ambati Rayudu calls Sunil Narine ‘IPL’s greatest-ever player’ after heroics against GT Ambati Rayudu has ignited a major IPL debate after declaring Sunil Narine as the greatest player in the history of the tournament.Narine, who retired from international cricket in 2023 after last representing West Indies in 2019, continues to dominate the IPL for Kolkata…
Punjab Kings’ captain Shreyas Iyer (AP Photo/Ashwini Bhatia) Punjab Kings and captain Shreyas Iyer scripted unwanted T20 records after another brutal bowling performance saw them concede 222 against Royal Challengers Bengaluru in a crucial IPL 2026 clash on Sunday.Most 200-plus totals conceded in Men’s T20 cricket46 – PBKS40 – RCB35 – DC34 – RR34 –…
