On Friday, the Indian Premier League issued the highly-anticipated Player Auction List for the 2025 edition with a total of 574 players set to be featured in the Mega Auction in Saudi Arabia. Pant was not retained by Delhi Capitals while Shreyas Iyer and K.L Rahul were let go by Kolkata Knight Riders and Lucknow Super Giants, respectively.
The Ranji Trophy has been split into two phases this time, with the 20-over Syed Mushtaq Ali Trophy and the 50-over Vijay Hazare Trophy sandwiched in between.
Irrespective of the final outcome, it was a season to remember for SRH. After all they managed to answer all critics with a redefined approach that was initially defined by their choice to go bold during the IPL 2024 auction, and later on the ground by their all-or-nothing brand of cricket
Smarting from four consecutive losses, Rajasthan Royals will look to arrest the slide and cement their top-two finish when they host table-toppers Kolkata Kight Riders (KKR) in this season’s final league match on Sunday evening.
Sitting atop the 10-team standings with eight wins from 11 matches, another win will guarantee KKR the playoff berth while five-time champions MI are already eliminated from the race to the top four.
Jasprit Bumrah's five-wicket haul was undone by clinical Kolkata Knight Riders as they defeated Mumbai Indians by 52 runs in their IPL 2022 match at Dr DY Patil Sports Academy here on Monday.
After Jasprit Bumrah's sensational 5/10, including 18 dot balls, was instrumental in restricting Kolkata to 165/9 in 20 overs, Mumbai were never in the reckoning to chase the total, crashing to 113 all out in 17.3 overs.
With bat and ball, the Lucknow Super Giants delivered a clinical performance. After being asked to bat first, Quinton de Kock (50 off 29 balls) and Deepak Hooda (41 off 27 balls) guided Lucknow Super Giants to 176-7 in 20 overs.
Two-time champions KKR, who have won four out of their ten games so far, made one change in their playing XI as Harshit Rana came in place of injured Umesh Yadav.
Shreyas Iyer has said his team started very slow against the Delhi Capitals and the score they managed was at the lower side. He said his team needs to play fearless cricket if they have to recover.
