Images from Monday's IPL match between Kings XI Punjab and Rajasthan Royals, in Jaipur.
England cannot be faulted for effort at the World Cup but the team are lacking confidence and must start imposing themselves on the opposition, coach Matthew Mott said.
Rajasthan Royals Director of Cricket Kumar Sangakkara has admitted that fatigue played a big part in the team's poor run at the back end of the ongoing IPL, which possibly derailed their campaign.
Hardik Pandya said the loss against England in the T20 World Cup semi-finals on Thursday was a 'tough' loss for the Indian team.
Pictures from the IPL 2022 game between Rajasthan Royals vs Delhi Capitals at the DY Patil Stadium, Navi Mumbai
Rajasthan Royals surged to their fifth victory in six games in IPL 2024 but skipper Sanju Samson does not want to get too ambitious, as past experiences have taught him to never take things for granted.
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The IPL 2025 auction was a spectacle of astronomical bids and shattered records.
Both Jaiswal and du Plessis, the leading run-getters in IPL 2023 so far, are in scintillating form. While du Plessis is leading the scoring charts with 576 runs from 11 innings, including six half centuries and a best of 84, Jaiswal is a close second with 575 runs from 12 matches, which includes four fifties and a 124-run knock.
India played the tournament's best cricket for nearly six weeks but it was the familiar sight of Australia celebrating with the trophy as fireworks exploded overhead when the 13th edition of the World Cup came to a close on Sunday.
'I thought we bowled well in the powerplay. The spinners bowled good lengths, with the googlies and leggies, building a lot of pressure'
Centurion Jason Roy and skipper Jos Buttler played scintillating knocks to guide England to a series win over hosts Bangladesh.
India's legend Sachin Tendulkar revealed his 'performance-based' best XI from IPL 2022, hailing Gujarat Titans' triumphant skipper Hardik Pandya as 'the standout captain this season'.
England's tour of Sri Lanka was cancelled earlier this month and the ECB announced no professional cricket will be played until the end of May.
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England have also included seamer Reece Topley, who they hope will have recovered from an ankle injury in time to play.
Sri Lanka pace bowler Lasith Malinga ripped through the England batting line-up with four wickets as the former champions handed the favourites a 20-run defeat in a low-scoring World Cup match.
Sunrisers Hyderabad head coach Trevor Bayliss said the team is trying to get a different combination working.
They are languishing at the bottom and placed eighth in the points table after the first half of IPL 2023.
Following their comfortable win over Chennai Super Kings, Rajasthan Royals skipper Sanju Samson lauded the home team's attacking mentality.
Buttler's dismissal was the first case of 'Mankading' in the 12 editions of IPL.
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Sealing their second T20 World Cup, England are now the first nation to hold both global white-ball trophies, having won the 50-over World Cup on home soil in 2019.
'But in the last few years that skill is definitely better than it was eight years ago when I started. And then as I said, the leadership, it helps me feel at home.'
Buttler feels other teams should seriously look at exploring different coaches option.
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India skipper Rohit Sharma on Thursday said that his players crumbled under pressure in a high-stakes T20 World Cup semi-final against England.
Rajasthan Royals would be banking on their near-perfect combinations in almost all departments of the game to put up another commanding performance when they take on a strong Punjab Kings.
England will rest Jofra Archer, Jos Buttler, Ben Stokes and Mark Wood for the three-match one-day international series against South Africa starting in Cape Town on February 4. Worcestershire seamer Pat Brown, Somerset batsman Tom Banton and the Lancashire pair of Matthew Parkinson and Saqib Mahmood received their maiden call-ups.
Sunrisers Hyderabad's batting will have to guard against the wily leg-spinner Chahal,
Jonny Bairstow was selected to play as a specialist batsman in England's fourth Test against India even though he fractured a finger while keeping wicket in the third-Test loss.
Rajasthan Royals take on Punjab Kings aiming to seal their IPL play-offs berth, in their penultimate league match.
Yashasvi Jaiswal once again displayed his talent as he conjured up a brilliant half-century before Rajasthan Royals spinners choked Chennai Super Kings to register a comfortable 32-run win .
In white-ball cricket things are different -- over there you outsmart the batsman, and over here in Test cricket it's all about patience and consistency. That was my main focus today. You can't blast the batsmen out. I was looking to bowl good lengths and always challenge the batsmen with good lengths and good line. So in the end it was a good day.'
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Delhi Capitals chairman Parth Jindal waded into the debate around the contentious issue of 'Mankading', saying Ravichandran Ashwin showed a lot of "courage" by running out Jos Buttler at the non-striker's end last IPL after the batsman backed up too far.
IMAGES from the 3rd ODI played between England and India at Old Trafford on Sunday.
Jos Buttler says England are in the driver's seat in the fifth and final Test after reducing India to 174-6 at stumps on Day 2 at the Oval on Saturday. The batsman's 89 helped England recover from 198-7 on Day 1 and score 332 runs in their first innings even as India struggled in bowler-friendly conditions.
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