Tactician par excellence Gautam Gambhir couldn't have envisaged a battle of brains with a more different kind of adversary than the smiling yet ruthless Pat Cummins as Kolkata Knight Riders face a spirited Sunrisers Hyderabad in a mega IPL final in Chennai on Sunday.
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A desperate Sunrisers have hit the reset button this season, bringing in Australia's World Cup winning captain Pat Cummins.
IPL 2024 witnessed quite a few big names falling by the wayside as they struggled to live up to their top billing.
IMAGES from the ICC World Cup match between Pakistan and South Africa, in Chennai, on Friday.
Rahul Dravid said he enjoyed every bit of his coaching tenure.
Mumbai Indians will aim to land the killer punch after fluffing an easy run-chase in their opener when they meet a dangerous Sunrisers Hyderabad in the Indian Premier League in Hyderabad on Wednesday.
South Africa captain Temba Bavuma will miss Cricket World Cup warm-up matches against Afghanistan and New Zealand after returning home for family reasons, officials confirmed on Thursday.
Mohammed Siraj's sensational six-wicket spell put India in control despite a superb fightback from South Africa with the ball on Day 1 of the second and final Test.
'Someone in the eastern bay of Gqeberha won't be thrilled with Rinku Singh for breaking one of their windows.'
Australian team will be aiming to put up a much better batting performance with a rejigged playing eleven against an upbeat South Africa
South Africa broke their 24-year World Cup jinx against Pakistan with a nervy one-wicket victory and inched closer to securing a semi-final place with their fifth win in six matches.
Royal Challengers Bengaluru's IPL campaign that began with optimism has melted into chaos. Their bowlers require a drastic transformation in mindset against Sunrisers Hyderabad for them to register an elusive win in Bengaluru on Monday.
IMAGES from the 2nd T20I played between India and South Africa in Gqeberha on Tuesday.
It was T Natarajan's career best performance.
Following India's win over South Africa in the second Test which lasted for barely two days, former Indian opener Aakash Chopra heaped praises on pace spearhead Jasprit Bumrah for his six-wicket haul.
The India-South Africa Test, which lasted just 642 deliveries, is the shortest ever in the history of Test cricket in terms of balls bowled.
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Glenn Maxwell scored a 40 ball century on Wednesday.
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The left-handed batter added that Suryakumar Yadav, Rinku Singh, and he did well in the game and set a good rhythm but rain played spoilsport.
IMAGES from the IPL match between Chennai Super Kings and Sunrisers Hyderabad at the MA Chidambaram Stadium in Chennai on Sunday
Travis Head's aggressive fifty and a clinical showing from the bowlers helped Sunrisers Hyderabad score a fine 67-run victory over Delhi Capitals.
'For him (Jasprit Bumrah) and Mumbai to be starved of that opportunity to try and stem the flow of this onslaught is crazy. It doesn't seem right.'
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South Africa's defeat against Australia in the World Cup semi-final on Thursday was far from a choke, said head coach Rob Walter.
The spin duo of Karn Sharma and Swapnil Singh helped RCB snap their run of six losses in a row.
KKR's most successful leader Gautam Gambhir is back in his second innings as a mentor. His partnership with head coach Chandrakant Pandit, a shrewd tactician in domestic circuit, will be the key to their revival.
The 21-year-old needed just 11 deliveries to go from 50 to 100, an Australian one-day domestic record, and needed just 11 more balls to bring up his hundred, including taking 32 runs off one over.
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Pathan mentioned that the Hyderabad-based franchise needs a proper spinner who can take wickets.
South Africa host Australia for three T20 matches from August 30 to September 3 and five ODIs from September 7 to 17.
IMAGES of the Royal Challengers Bengaluru vs Sunrisers Hyderabad IPL match at the M Chinnaswamy Stadium in Bengaluru on Monday.
The 30-year-old De Kock, who has already retired from Test cricket, confirmed he will not play One-Day Internationals beyond the World Cup.
Yadav anchored the innings with a sublime century in which he struck boundaries in all parts of the ground
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