Bowlers need to find "innovative ways to execute deliveries with a touch of "anti-skill" to challenge the range-hitting batsmen in the ongoing IPL, reckons Kolkata Knight Riders assistant coach Ryan ten Doeschate.
England Test captain Joe Root has been left out of the Twenty20 squad for the three-match series against Australia but will return for the three one-day internationals.
Jurel, Shashank or Rabada? Whose catching was most impressive?
IMAGES from the IPL match between Punjab Kings and Mumbai Indians played in Mullanpur on Thursday
Punjab Kings, who have been guilty of throwing it away in the past, are making a conscious effort to raise their game as the tournament progresses.
IMAGES from the Indian Premier League match played between Chennai Super Kings and SunRisers Hyderabad in Chennai, on Friday.
Jadeja, Chahar, Harshal, Tushar, Mitchell... Who gets your vote?
LSG, Punjab Super Kings will be aiming to bounce back after losing their previous match.
Pope looks certain to play in the second Test in place of dropped Dawid Malan.
IMAGES from the Super Eight Match of the T20 World Cup, played between England and USA, in Bridgetown, Barbados, on Sunday.
Liam Livingstone smashed his second half-century in two games as England claimed a 79-run win over New Zealand in the rain-affected second ODI.
Rajasthan Royals are better placed than Punjab Kings on the net run rate but both will have to rely on other results to advance.
The 35-year-old became the first player to take a hat-trick for England in Men's T20Is.
Rajasthan Royals take on Punjab Kings aiming to seal their IPL play-offs berth, in their penultimate league match.
Rabada, Boult or Maharaj? Who is your pick?
Virat Kohli starred with the bat for RCB with a vintage knock in a must-win game to help them overpower Punjab Kings.
Alongside old war horses James Anderson and Stuart Broad, Jofra Archer, Matthew Potts, Saqib Mahmood, Ollie Robinson, Sam Curran and Olly Stone are also likely to fight for a place in the team for the Ashes, which will begin with the first Test at Edgbaston on June 16.
Punjab have never won the IPL since the league's inception in 2008 and the four co-owners will be hoping Australia's World Cup-winning captain takes them all the way.
Evin Lewis stroked 94 West Indies cruised to an eight-wicket victory over an experimental England side in the rain-affected first ODI.
Faltering Punjab Kings, Mumbai Indians desperate to resurrect IPL campaign
England Test skipper Ben Stokes was bought by Chennai Super Kings for Rs 16.25 crore.
Royal Challengers Bengaluru's IPL 2024 campaign is just one-match old, but it has already exposed their biggest chink. It's fragility in bowling, and they need better returns from bowlers against a confident Punjab Kings at an unforgiving M Chinnaswamy Stadium, in Bengaluru, on Monday.
Led by Josh Hazlewood, RCB produced a dominant bowling performance to crush Chennai Super Kings by 50 runs.
The pacer praised Prabhsimran Singh and Shashank Singh for helping PBKS recovering in the second inning after losing two quick wickets.
IMAGES from the IPL match played between Royal Challengers Bengaluru and Punjab Kings, in Bengaluru, on Monday.
Spinner Adil Rashid returns to both T20 and ODI squads after missing the series against India to make The Hajj pilgrimage to Mecca.
The standout performers with the bat on Wednesday...
Entering the contest with a positive mindset and on the back of two solid victories, Joshi said that his side will stick with the same playing combination.
Russell's explosive 42 runs off 23 balls was a game-changer.
England captain Jos Buttler declined to appeal for obstructing the field, however, saying later that he had not seen the incident clearly and wanted to avoid controversy at the start of the series.
Their campaigns wobbling after a string of defeats, bottom-rung teams Punjab Kings and Gujarat Titans will be desperate to arrest the slide and get back to winning ways in their Indian Premier League match in Mullanpur on Sunday.
It was England's third successive ODI series defeat since their disappointing World Cup in India last year.
PHOTOS of the IPL 2023 match between Punjab Kings vs Rajasthan Royals at the Himachal Cricket Association Stadium in Dharamsala on Friday.
If CSK fails to win Friday's match against the Kolkata Knight Riders in Chennai, it could turn to be a historic new low for them. It could be the first time that CSK have lost three matches in a row at home.
Former South African quick Dale Steyn opined that MI's frontline pacers Bumrah and Coetzee need support from other bowlers, given the rigours of the IPL. He hinted that an off-colour Pandya was not helping MI's bowling department.
Images from the IPL 2025 match between Rajasthan Royals and Chennai Super Kings at Barsapara Cricket Stadium in Guwahati on Sunday.
PBKS' Livingstone returns to England to address knee niggle ahead of T20 WC
England name their 16-member squad for T20Is against India
Vote for your best knock of the Punjab Kings vs Delhi Capitals match.
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