Mitchell Starc's four-wicket haul helped Delhi Capitals restrict Rajasthan Royals to 193 for eight after a blazing start in their IPL match, keeping Delhi's playoff hopes alive.
Chennai Super Kings' Sanju Samson was dismissed cheaply by Rajasthan Royals' Nandre Burger in their IPL 2026 opener in Guwahati on Monday.
Sanju Samson heads into the second T20I against England with his place under the spotlight, as teenage sensation Vaibhav Sooryavanshi waits in the wings after another underwhelming outing from the India opener.
Jofra Archer had a minor operation on his troublesome right elbow earlier this month
Rajasthan Royals and Delhi Capitals face off in a crucial IPL match with significant playoff implications, highlighting the anticipated battle between Vaibhav Sooryavanshi's aggressive batting and Mitchell Starc's seam bowling.
India's head coach Gautam Gambhir has attributed the team's poor performance in the ongoing UK T20 tour to a transitional 'reset', a lack of game awareness, and failure to correctly read conditions, following their heaviest-ever T20I defeat.
Australia dominated day two of the second Ashes Test on Friday with a punishing batting assault on a lifeless Gabba pitch as England fumbled their chances in the field.
Rinku Singh silenced his critics in spectacular fashion, smashing an unbeaten half-century to help Kolkata Knight Riders snatch a thrilling come-from-behind victory against Rajasthan Royals.
England must look to stamp their authority on the Ashes series in Australia early or risk succumbing to yet another defeat Down Under, former England bowler Stuart Broad has warned.
India's batting coach Sitanshu Kotak has expressed strong support for veteran opener Rohit Sharma, dismissing concerns over his recent lean run in the ongoing ODI series against England. Despite Sharma's low scores in the first two matches and a challenging year with the bat, Kotak believes a player of his calibre does not feel pressure and expects him to return to form soon. England won the second ODI, levelling the series 1-1, with the decider set for Lord's.
A rampaging England thrashed South Africa by 342 runs in the third and final ODI in Southampton on Sunday to register the biggest victory in men's One-Day Internationals.
Teenager Vaibhav Sooryavanshi stole the limelight in his first full season of IPL with some dazzling performances for the Rajasthan Royals.
Skipper Harry Brook played the most defining innings of his T20 career, smashing a 51-ball 100 to propel England into the semi-finals of the T20 World Cup.
Opening the innings, Samson blazed away to a 26-ball half-century as India raced to 67/1 in the Powerplay.
The Indian team, which looked invincible under Suryakumar Yadav, has suddenly hit rock bottom a few months after winning the T20 World Cup.
Dale Steyn analyses Delhi Capitals' batting collapse in the IPL, suggesting modern batters are not adequately prepared for hard lengths, a weakness exploited by bowlers like Josh Hazlewood and Bhuvneshwar Kumar.
Sanju Samson, now playing for Chennai Super Kings, is set to face his former team, Rajasthan Royals, in a highly anticipated IPL match in Guwahati, marking a significant shift in his career and a new chapter for both franchises.
A preview of the IPL match between Rajasthan Royals and Gujarat Titans, focusing on key players like Vaibhav Sooryavanshi and the challenges both teams face.
Chris Gayle praised Rajasthan Royals teenage sensation Vaibhav Sooryavanshi after the 15-year-old produced another breathtaking display in the IPL Eliminator against Sunrisers Hyderabad.
'With the slope here, you always feel there is something to work with. We have to be creative and smart, and understand sometimes you do not need to exaggerate things.'
England have requested a pitch with 'plenty of life in it' as they look to unleash returning pacers Jofra Archer and Gus Atkinson in the third Test against India at Lord's.
Rajasthan Royals assistant coach Trevor Penney discusses Vaibhav Sooryavanshi's potential to break Chris Gayle's IPL sixes record and the team's approach to managing the young talent.
England have also included seamer Reece Topley, who they hope will have recovered from an ankle injury in time to play.
England captain Ben Stokes went on to call Jofra Archer an 'incredibly gifted cricketer', irrespective of the colour of the ball in his hand.
England skipper Harry Brook acknowledged the team's performance still has room for improvement as they look ahead to their match against Italy.
England fast bowler Jofra Archer was ruled out of the Ashes series against Australia.
Ravi Bishnoi believes he has turned a major weakness into his strength after putting on a match-winning display in Saturday's IPL 2026 match against Gujarat Titans.
England's bowling attack will struggle to bowl out Australia in the Ashes if they prepare flat wickets
England fast bowler Jofra Archer is a doubt for the Ashes after he was ruled out for the remainder of IPL 2023 due to an elbow injur.
India's assistant coach Ryan ten Doeschate has challenged the T20 team to shed its 'underachievers' tag in foreign conditions, emphasising the need for quicker adaptation to varied playing environments after recent series losses.
Former India wicketkeeper Saba Karim praised South African pacer Nandre Burger for his decisive opening spell that put Chennai Super Kings on the back foot in Rajasthan Royals' IPL opener in Guwahati on Monday, March 30, 2026.
Vaibhav Sooryavanshi's explosive century went in vain as Ishan Kishan and Abhishek Sharma smashed half-tons as Sunrisers Hyderabad beat Rajasthan Royals by 5 wickets.
IMAGES from Day 1 of the 3rd Ashes Test played in Adelaide on Wednesday
Images from Day 5 of the third Test between England and India at Lord's on Monday.
England lost both matches by eight wickets and will relinquish all hopes of regaining the Ashes if they are unable to win the third Test, which begins at Adelaide Oval on Wednesday.
England captain Ben Stokes is hopeful Jofra Archer can fully recover from the injury issues that have kept him out of the team since March 2021 in time for next year's Ashes series, but added that the bowler would not be rushed back into action.
With the series nicely poised at 1-1 going into the third Test, the narrative built around both the teams has changed significantly following India's 336-run routing of England at Edgbaston.
England fast bowler Jofra Archer has been ruled out until the summer after undergoing a second operation on his injured right elbow, the country's cricket board (ECB) said on Tuesday.
'We all know what he's capable of achieving in Test cricket and we hope that when the opportunity does arrive for him, he's able to recapture, and also improve on, what he's been able to do already in that form of the game.'
Matthew Breetzke became the first player to score half centuries in each of his first five One-Day International appearances as South Africa beat England by five runs in the second ODI at Lord's on Thursday.
