The Capitals sit pretty at the top with 10 points from six games, while the Titans trail close behind with eight from as many outings.
Reigning champions Kolkata Knight Riders will hope that their strife-ridden batting unit will tighten its act against in-form table-toppers Gujarat Titans in the IPL match in Kolkata on Monday.
The win ensured Srikanth's dominance over his younger countrymate as he took his head-to-head record to 3-0 over Lakshya.
This is the third time this year that Sindhu has been knocked out in the first round of the tournaments she's played.
Sindhu, Sen look to regain lost touch in Canada Open
Battling an inconsistent form, double Olympic medallist PV Sindhu on Tuesday slipped five places to world number 17 in the latest BWF world rankings.
PV Sindhu on Sunday said she is "definitely" going to play for the next couple of years even as the 2028 Los Angeles Games remains at the back of her mind.
Prannoy fought back to level at 13-13, but Popov surged ahead as the Indian crumbled.
'No caption needed @mohanlal. It was a pleasure meeting you sir'.
However, a tough contest awaits the former world No. 1 as he faces top seed Kenta Nishimoto of Japan next.
Two-time Olympic medallist P V Sindhu sailed into the quarter-finals in the singles event at the Badminton Asia Championships with an easy victory over China's Han Yue.
Chiranjeevi celebrated the festival of Pongal with Prime Minister Narendra Modi at Union Minister G Kishan Reddy's home in Delhi.
HS Prannoy, who occupies the 8th spot, is the best ranked Indian in the men's singles while Lakshya Sen and Kidambi Srikanth are placed 19th and 20th respectively.
Joining the debate on working hours, IT services company Capgemini India's chief executive Ashwin Yardi on Tuesday advocated 47.5 hours work per week, and was against sending e-mails to employees on weekends. He was speaking at Nasscom Technology and Leadership Forum (NTLF) in Mumbai.
P V Sindhu's home is a haven of peace and quiet.
Sindhu had beaten world number 18 Zhang in the Malaysian Open quarter-finals in May this year but the Chinese avenged that defeat and also made the lifetime win-loss record to 3-2 against the Indian.
B Sumeeth Reddy and Ashwini Ponnappa, however, suffered a 21-23, 21-13, 12-21 loss against Korean pair of Song hyun Cho and Lee Jung Hyun in their mixed doubles opening round.
North East were 65 for 2, 475 runs in arrears, when bad light and rain forced an early closure to their first dig on Thursday.
With 288 runs at a strike rate of 225, Nicholas Pooran is the top run-getter in IPL 2025, while Mohammed Siraj has been brilliant in Powerplay overs with 10 wickets in five games.
Sindhu took 38 minutes to prevail over her recent nemesis from Indonesia 21-19, 21-15
The men's doubles pair of Satwiksairaj Rankireddy and Chirag Shetty crashed out in the second round of the Indonesia Masters Super 500 badminton tournament on Thursday. Sen lost to Japan's Kenta Nishimoto in three games, while Satwik and Chirag lost a close match against Thai combination of Kittinupong Kedren and Dechapol Puavaranukroh.
Royal Challengers Bengaluru's bowling unit will face a different challenge when they take on Gujarat Titans in an IPL match on Wednesday.
Sunrisers Hyderabad, reeling from three consecutive defeats, will face a resurgent Gujarat Titans in their fifth IPL encounter on Sunday.
Ahead of her 27th birthday on Tuesday, July 5, Sindhu has posted another dance video, noting, 'Whatever makes you truly happy, do that'.
Olympic medallists Manu Bhaker and Mirabai Chanu have joined Prime Minister Narendra Modi's initiative to combat obesity, emphasizing the importance of healthy lifestyle choices.
PV Sindhu fell to a crushing loss in the final of the Madrid Spain Masters Super 300 tournament.
Sindhu, Lakshya win openers; Sai Praneeth loses in US Open
Shreyas Iyer and Shubman Gill, both in strong form after their Champions Trophy triumph with India, look to lead their respective teams, Punjab Kings and Gujarat Titans, to IPL glory in the 2025 season.
Shubman Gill flops as Karnataka bundle out Punjab for 55 to gain command on Day 1
Entry level engineers for these roles can be paid between Rs 4 lakh to Rs 8 lakh annually, which can go beyond Rs 30 lakhs for people with more than eight years of experience.
It's a demoralising loss for especially considering Japan did not field their full-strength team, with several top players absent.
Lakshya Sen stunned world No 2 Jonatan Christie of Indonesia in straight games
Pandya's inclusion obviously adds firepower to batting and he can also open the bowling if necessary.
Kidambi Srikanth made a winning start but PV Sindhu and HS Prannoy were ousted
Lakshya Sen sails into third round of World Championships
Badminton star P V Sindhu attended the FIT India celebrations near Hyderabad on Tuesday, December 13, 2022.
India had a mixed day at the Madrid Spain Masters with PV Sindhu marching into the semis and Kidambi Srikanth's campaign coming to an end.
India's campaign at the Sudirman Cup came to an end as they went down to Malaysia in the second Group C match.
The third seeded Indian will face the winner of the other semi-final, between Japan's Aya Ohori and China's Wang Zhi Yi, on Sunday.
It is Sindhu's first final since winning the gold and the Commonwealth Games last year.
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