The 11th edition of the Indian Premier League will commence, on Saturday, April 7 and will end on 27th May
Delhi Capitals will be keen to make up for the last year's result when they lost to Chennai Super Kings in Qualifier 2, but their task won't get easier against an in-form Sunrisers Hyderabad, who have won their last four games.
Royal Challengers Bangalore lived to fight another day in the Indian Premier League as the star duo of Virat Kohli and AB de Villiers shared a scintillating 118-run stand off 64 balls to script a five wicket win over Delhi Daredevils
Yashasvi Jaiswal's childhood coach Jwala Singh said the focus should be on the hardwork put in by the youngster and not his 'panipuri selling' story.
Daredevils once again had a stop-start campaign in the ongoing IPL and are standing on the verge of yet another early elimination.
With a fourth crown, India also surpassed Australia in the race of most U-19 World Cup titles. Prior to the final, India and Australia were locked at three titles each.
IMAGES from the IPL match played between Delhi Daredevils and Kings XI Punjab on Monday
Both Gujarat and Delhi Capitals started their campaign in IPL 2022 with wins and they would look to continue in the same vein at the Maharashtra Cricket Association Stadium.
Kohli's deputy Ajinkya Rahane will lead India in the final three Tests.
Not only were Royal Challengers Bangalore outplayed in all departments by Delhi Capitals, Virat Kohli was outdone by his opposite number Shreyas Iyer.
Delhi Capitals captain Shreyas Iyer is quite 'chuffed' about his team bounced back from four consecutive losses to make the IPL play-offs and believes that his team has what it takes to upstage defending champions Mumbai Indians in Qualifier 1.
The South African pace duo of Anrich Nortje and Kagiso Rabada were at their lethal best as they powered Delhi Capitals to the IPL play-offs with a thumping six-wicket victory over Royal Challengers Bangalore, in Abu Dhabi, on Monday.
Dhawan said that skipper Rishabh Pant 'did quite well' in his first game as team's leader
Sanjay Manjrekar said although Ajinkya Rahane has been getting some Test runs of late but the player himself would ideally like to be more consistent.
The experienced Shikhar Dhawan had got a measure of the wicket and if he had stayed at the wicket for a few more overs, it would have given licence to the likes of Rishabh Pant to chance their arm and hit a few boundaries to bring the asking rate under control.
Images from Day 2 of the Pink-ball first Test between Australia and India, in Adelaide, on Friday.
'I was confident that I would surely get into any of the IPL teams, but I was not picked.'
Virat, Ishant set to return for England series starting Feb 5 as selection for first two Tests takes place on Tuesday.
Mayank Agarwal finally found some form going his way and Rishabh Pant mixed caution with his customary aggression as India's warm-up fixture against New Zealand XI ended in a draw, in Hamilton, on Sunday.
India captain Virat Kohli and pace spearhead Jasprit Bumrah will be rested for the limited-overs series against the West Indies, scheduled in the United States and the Caribbean, from August 3. Kohli and Bumrah will, however, be back for the two-Test series, which is a part of the inaugural World Test Championship.
The unavailability of Australian batting stalwarts Steve Smith and David Warner has made India the front-runners to win the upcoming four-Test series Down Under, believes former stylish left-hander Vinod Kambli.
India were 36 for one at stumps, with debutant Shubman Gill 28 not out and Cheteshwar Pujara on seven after the loss of opener Mayank Argarwal for a duck, after dismissing Australia for 195.
Young opener Shubman Gill and pacer Mohammed Siraj will make their Test debuts in the second Boxing Day Test against Australia, starting in Melbourne, on Saturday.
Set to play in the second Test against an in-form Australian team, KL Rahul had a long hit at the nets, and so did Rishabh Pant.
Isa Guha feels that Indian team going into the first Test looks way more settled compared to the Australian side
India's T20 squad will undergo a major transition in the next two years with senior players such as Rohit Sharma, Virat Kohli and Ravichandran Ashwin gradually eased out, BCCI sources said.
All-rounder Krunal Pandya tested positive for COVID-19, forcing the postponement of Tuesday's second T20 International between Sri Lanka and India in Colombo.
Gujarat opener Priyank Panchal is likely to lead India 'A' in three four-day 'Tests' against New Zealand 'A'
A round-up of the first day's play in the Ranji Trophy matches across the country, on Tuesday.
Young all-rounder Cameron Green scored a confident century for Australia 'A' on day two of the tour match against India 'A' in Sydney on Monday to put his hand up for selection in the Test series starting next week.
'We believed it was a winning total and it looked like it for a long time, they started well and had all the momentum, they had some quality players, as expected on this wicket we squeezed them back and got ourselves ahead, we weren't very clinical with the catching or in our bowling, we weren't great today'
It was an embarrassing loss for the West Indies who were bowled out twice on day three.
The Hyderabad batsman created a frenzy by tweeting that he plans to buy 3D glasses to watch the showpiece which begins May 30 in the UK.
From Brian Lara to Virat Kohli, Ben Stokes to Steve Smith, the ICC Under-19 Cricket World Cup has never fallen short of showcasing cricket's brightest young stars. More than 30 years have passed since the world's top talents first announced themselves on the big stage, with the 1988 Youth Cricket World Cup a ground-breaking step in bringing ability to the fore.
Saurashtra's middle-order batter Sheldon Jackson followed in senior teammate Cheteshwar Pujara's footsteps, completing his century on day two of their Ranji Trophy Group A tie against Rajasthan to guide the defending champions to a 300-plus total in Jaipur on Saturday.
IMAGES from the IPL 2022 game between Royal Challengers Bangalore and Delhi Capitals, in Mumbai, on Saturday.
Sandeep Lamichhane's is a lovely little story of a boy stepping into man's world with a dream in his eyes and desire to see his tiny nation on the global cricketing map.
Images from Thursday's IPL match between Sunrisers Hyderabad and Delhi Capitals in New Delhi.
Back to winning ways, a resurgent Sunrisers Hyderabad will be forced to tinker their successful combination following all-rounder Washington Sundar's injury as they face Kolkata Knight Riders.
Ricky Ponting, on Sunday, heaped praise on the Indian players, especially Rishabh Pant and Shreyas Iyer
© 2026 Rediff.com - Advertise with us - Disclaimer - Privacy Policy - Sitemap - Feedback - About us - Terms of use - Grievances