All-rounders Curran, Green, and Stokes bag biggest contracts at 2023 IPL auction

It was a record-setting day at the 2023 IPL auction as a total of INR 167 Crore was spent on 80 players by the ten franchises ahead of the upcoming season. The overseas all-rounders attracted the most attention from the teams, with the three most expensive buys in the history of the IPL all taking […]

IPL 2023 Auction Preview – 5 players to watch out for

A total of 405 players will go under the hammer at the 2023 IPL auction on the 23rd of December as the ten teams look to fine-tune their squads ahead of the upcoming season. There are a maximum of 87 slots available across the ten franchises – 30 overseas and 57 local – and here […]

IPL teams announce 2023 retentions and releases

The ten IPL teams have announced their retention list ahead of the 2023 auction on the 23rd of December, and here is a run-down of all the players released and retained by the franchises for next season. Chennai Super Kings The Chennai Super Kings haven’t made many wholesale changes to their squad from last season, […]

Hardik Pandya to lead India in New Zealand T20Is, Jadeja returns for Bangladesh tour

The BCCI have announced the India squad for the upcoming tours of New Zealand and Bangladesh. Rohit Sharma, Virat Kohli, and KL Rahul have been rested for the New Zealand tour, allowing Pandya to take over the captaincy reins in the T20Is and Shikhar Dhawan to continue leading the ODI side. Dinesh Karthik, R Ashwin, […]

England vs India 5th Test Preview

England take on India in the rescheduled fifth and final Test of the series at Edgbaston from July 1st. The encounter was originally scheduled to be played in September 2021 in Manchester but was later postponed after a Covid-19 outbreak in the Indian camp. Ten months later, the contest resumes with India heading to Birmingham […]

Livingstone, Bairstow set up huge win for Punjab

The Punjab Kings kept their playoff hopes alive in IPL 2022 with a mammoth 54-run win over the Royal Challengers Bangalore at the Brabourne Stadium in Mumbai. Half-centuries from Englishmen Jonny Bairstow (66 off 29) and Liam Livingstone (70 off 42) took the Kings to a commanding total of 209 before the bowlers produced an […]

Rabada, Dhawan sink Gujarat Titans to give Punjab a statement 8-wicket win

The Punjab Kings registered a morale-boosting victory over the Gujarat Titans at the DY Patil Stadium on Tuesday as Mayank Agarwal’s side comfortably beat the table-toppers with eight wickets and 24 balls to spare. After Kagiso Rabada’s excellent spell of four for 33 restricted the Titans to only 143, Shikhar Dhawan (62 off 53) and […]

Mumbai falter in run chase to lose fifth game in a row

The Mumbai Indians’ winless streak in season 15 of the Indian Premier League continued as Rohit Sharma’s side suffered their fifth straight defeat in the competition at the hands of the Punjab Kings on Wednesday in Pune. Chasing 199, Mumbai paid the price of playing just six specialist batters and having two of them run […]

All-Round Livingstone powers Punjab Kings to victory against Chennai Super Kings

The Chennai Super Kings have lost their opening three matches in the Indian Premier League for the first time in their history as Ravindra Jadeja’s succumbed to a disappointing 54-run defeat against the Punjab Kings at the Brabourne Stadium on Sunday. On a ground that suited the team batting second, CSK capitulated in their run-chase […]

Punjab flex batting muscle to down RCB in high-scoring thriller

The Punjab Kings began their IPL 2022 journey in stunning fashion as Mayank Agarwal’s side chased down RCB’s total of 205 with an over to spare in their season opener at the DY Patil Stadium. Led by some explosive batting from Shikhar Dhawan, Bhanuka Rajapaksa and Odean Smith, the Kings outgunned the Royal Challengers Bangalore […]