Mumbai Indians have defeated out-of-playoffs Sunrisers Hyderabad by eight wickets to stay alive in the next phase of the Indian Premier League. Though the visitors posted a huge target of 201 runs, skipper Rohit Sharma, ace batter Cameron Green and a cameo by Suryakumar Yadav powered the home team to win this do-or-die match comfortably. […]
Was it Chepauk or Kotla? Anyone could have mistaken the Arun Jaitley Stadium for Chennai venue today. It was sea of yellow with chants of ‘Dhoni, Dhoni’ filling the air at Qila Kotla on Saturday. The ‘Yellow Army’ burst into celebration as Dhoni & co posted a thumping win over Delhi Capitals and qualified for […]
There was a joke among IPL fans that Royal Challengers Bangalore plays and wins matches only because it has brilliant trio of batting – Virat Kohli, Faf du Plessis and Glenn Maxwell. Nobody took them as bowling side. But on Sunday, they turned that joke on its head as RCB bowlers demolished the ace batting […]
Sunrisers Hyderabad lost yet another match on home ground on Saturday. A match, which was well in their control, was lost to visitors Lucknow Super Giants as Aiden Markram & co remained unsuccessful in defending a competitive total of 182 on the board. LSG’s Nicholas Pooran, who was bought at the IPL auction for staggering […]
A year ago at Lord’s, New Zealand had declared their second innings and set England a target of 273 in 75 overs on the final day. Joe Root and Chris Silverwood’s England opted to play out for a boring draw instead. Only a few days ago at Trent Bridge, England’s fourth innings target against New […]
A fired up Virat Kohli roared back to form with a fine half-century as Royal Challengers Bangalore stayed alive in the IPL play-off race with a thumping eight-wicket win over table toppers Gujarat Titans here on Thursday. This was after skipper Hardik Pandya scored a gritty 47-ball 62 to lift GT to a competitive 168 […]
Riding on Mitchell Marsh’s all-round heroics, Delhi Capitals got their act together in the nick of time to upstage Rajasthan Royals by eight wickets and keep their IPL playoffs hopes alive here on Wednesday. After their bowlers restricted RR to 160 for six, Marsh’s 62-ball 89 and David Warner’s unbeaten 52 off 41 balls helped […]