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T20 World Cup 2024: File photo of Rohit Sharma and Ajit Agarkar© AFP Mumbai Indians’ hopes of qualifying for the IPL 2024 have suffered a premature end. The Hardik Pandya-led side is the first team in the IPL 2024 to get knocked out of the league. Before even the tournament began, the Mumbai Indians camp…
Damp squib: Unrelenting rain quashed all hopes of action in the GT-KKR match. | Photo Credit: Vijay Soneji It was neither a dominating performance by the table-topper nor was it a consolation win for the home team in its last outing at its famed home-ground. Instead, it turned out to be a damp squib as…
Cricket’s long-standing reputation as a batter’s game isn’t without basis, but seldom has it manifested itself more dominantly than during IPL 2024. Scores of more than 200 are being breached with monotonous regularity, more sixes are cascading per match than ever before, the bowlers are copping more punishment than, truth be told, they should. Armed…
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The BCCI on Monday invited applications for the post of Indian men’s cricket team’s head coach for a period of three and half years as incumbent Rahul Dravid‘s tenure will end with next month’s T20 World Cup in the Americas. The deadline to submit an application is on May 27, 2024, the board stated in…
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What a turnaround! When the going got tough, Royal Challengers got going. | Photo Credit: K BHAGYA PRAKASH In sport, as in life, losses and setbacks deepen faultlines while wins and successes mask them. Royal Challengers Bengaluru has been a living example of this. Just over three weeks ago, when the side agonisingly lost by…
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The match between GT and KKR was called off due to rain© AFP Gujarat Titans’ hopes of qualifying for the Indian Premier League play-offs was dashed on Monday as rain washed out their must-win match against Kolkata Knight Riders without a ball being bowled. It meant KKR were assured of a top two finish with…
IPL Playoff Race: How GT vs KKR washout affects RCB, CSK, LSG and SRH© AFP Gujarat Titans crashed out of IPL 2024 playoffs race after their match against Kolkata Knight Riders at the Narendra Modi Stadium in Ahmedabad on Monday was abandoned due to rain. As a result, GT can reach a maximum of 13…
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After the completion of the match between Royal Challengers Bengaluru and Delhi Capitals in the Indian Premier League 2024, former India speedster Zaheer Khan spoke about the banter between Virat Kohli and Ishant Sharma on Sunday. RCB continued with their second-half surge, making it five wins in five matches and climbing up to the fifth…
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Former India captain and chief selector Dilip Vengsarkar on Monday exhorted the youngsters to aim for playing and excelling in Test cricket, saying success in the traditional format brings the real honour to the players. Vengsarkar said parents nowadays get lured by the fame and financial benefits of success in the T20 leagues but the…
Star Royal Challengers Bengaluru (RCB) and India batter Virat Kohli continues to prove his undeniable mettle as a T20 player amid the divisive views by fans, cricket experts and former players, giving Men in Blue a boost ahead of the ICC T20 World Cup 2024, which will take place in West Indies and USA this…
