Punjab Kings batsmen failed to live up to expectations as they went down to Sunrisers Hyderabad by nine wickets and slipped to the bottom of the IPL standings.
Images from the Indian Premier League match between Royal Challengers Bangalore and Punjab Kings, in Sharjah, on Sunday.
Images from the Indian Premier League match between Kolkata Knight Riders and Punjab Kings, in Dubai, on Friday.
Ahead of Saturday's event, here's a lowdown of ready references for the auction.
Punjab are seventh on the points table with 12 points. The Capitals also have a dozen points and are fifth
Royal Challengers Bangalore, who have found much-needed momentum towards the business end of IPL 2022, will back themselves to ride past an inconsistent Punjab Kings and get closer to a play-off spot.
A round-up of Day 2 of the Ranji Trophy matches played on Wednesday.
Images from the IPL match between Punjab Kings and Sunrisers Hyderabad, in Chennai, on Wednesday.
Gujarat are clearly the team to beat in the competition having won eight out of nine games.
Punjab Kings would be keen to put brakes on Lucknow Super Giants skipper KL Rahul's rollicking batting form during their IPL 2022 match on Friday.
Irfan Khan is accused of plotting Kolhe's murder, allotting special tasks to the other accused and supplying vehicles and money to them.
Young pace sensation Umran Malik's scorching final over proved to be the difference as Sunrisers Hyderabad slayed Punjab Kings by seven wickets for their fourth successive win in IPL 2022.
A girl who was set on fire by a person after she did not reciprocate his proposal in Jharkhand's Dumka district succumbed to her burn injuries on Sunday.
Senior Bharatiya Janata Party leader Kailash Vijayvargiya on Tuesday attacked Bollywood superstar Shah Rukh Khan over his "extreme intolerance" comment, saying his "soul" is in Pakistan though he lives in India and also painted him as an "anti-nationalist".
In other big movements, Punjab Kings have released their last edition's captain Mayank Agarwal, while West Indies skipper Nicholas Pooran was released by Sunrisers Hyderabad.
Shahrukh Pathan, who had allegedly pointed a gun at a Delhi police head constable during the 2020 Delhi riots, on Thursday told a court in New Delhi that he did not fire shots at the cop and merely wanted to scare him and not kill, a claim opposed by the prosecution.
Last season, Punjab finished 6th, narrowly missing on the playoffs.
The injured, who were severely wounded, were brought in on motorbikes, autoricksaw, cars, ambulances and police vans.
More than anything else, Pathaan is a silent and subtle statement of Shah Rukh Khan about his place, his commitment to cinema and, if one can say, his politics, observes Mohammad Asim Siddiqui.
A roundup of the Vijay Hazare Trophy one-day matches played on Friday.
Punjab Kings' batsmen came up with a shocking performance against Kolkata Knight Riders in Ahmedabad on Monday as they suffered a five-wicket thrashing with 3.2 overs to spare, in Ahmedabad, on Monday.
Aditi wraps up Hey Sinamika and Sunny begins shooting Anamika.
Pakistan's Interior Minister Rehman Malik on Monday waded into the controversy over Bollywood star Shahrukh Khan's remarks about the problems purportedly faced by Indian Muslims, saying the Indian government should provide the actor security.
Punjab Kings kept their prospects of making the play-offs alive after a a five-wicket victory over Kolkata Knight Riders in Dubai on Friday. They are placed fifth with 12 points, after five wins and seven defeats. Victory in Sunday's outing will certainly enhance their chances.
A summary of Ranji Trophy matches played on Thursday.
David Miller and Rahul Tewatia then took the team home as the latter hit two consecutive sixes off the last two balls to register a thrilling last-ball victory for Gujarat Titans.
Uncapped players who attracted big bids at IPL auction
The BCCI had to postpone the Syed Mushtaq Ali Trophy to January 2021 because of the COVID-19 pandemic.
Kolkata Knight riders co-owner Shahrukh Khan was in Dubai on Wednesday to watch his team take on Rajasthan Royals, in the IPL match.
The Bombay high court on Thursday upheld the order of a magistrate's court rejecting the plea seeking documents regarding the sex determination test allegedly undergone by actor Shahrukh Khan's wife prior to the birth of the couple's third child.
Here's the full list of players sold on Day 1:
Infused with new energy under Rohit, India looked a completely overhauled unit after being whitewashed in South Africa and the team would certainly want to continue from where it left of on Sunday night.
Supreme Court judge Justice D Y Chandrachud has termed the delay in communicating bail orders to prison authorities as a "very serious deficiency" and stressed the need to address it on a "war footing" as it touches the "human liberty" of every undertrial prisoner.
The dominance of Saurashtra's bowlers could be gauged from the fact that Himachal lost their first seven wickets for just 22 runs.
'This is evidently pure vendetta politics and may even end up helping the Akalis in the elections'
The returning Shikhar Dhawan will add more firepower to a ruthless India, who are faced with the problem of plenty, as they eye a clean sweep of West Indies in an inconsequential third and final ODI in Ahmedabad on Friday.
After Shahrukh Khan co-promoted KKR buying the Mumbai team of the upcoming new motorsport racing league, i1 Super Series, Arindam Chaudhuri of IIPM has bought the Delhi Team.
Delhi done in by poor batting as Karnataka win by 4 wickets
Bollywood actor Shahrukh Khan on Thursday said that Baba Ramdev's proposed hunger strike against corruption and repatriation of black money stashed in foreign banks, is politically motivated and he would not support the agitation.
Julian Wood saw it coming before anyone else and the pioneering power-hitting coach reckons the role of cricketers with brute power will only increase in the rapidly evolving Twenty20 format, forcing the "touch and skill" batters to reinvent their game.
