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Chennai Super Kings have taken a hit in the ongoing IPL 2026 season, with young batter Ayush Mhatre ruled out due to injury. Injury Cuts Season Short The 18-year-old picked up a left hamstring injury during CSK’s match against Sunrisers Hyderabad on April 18. After medical evaluation, it was confirmed that recovery would take around 6 to 12 weeks, ruling him out for the rest of the tournament. Why This Matters for CSK Mhatre wasn’t just another player in the squad—he was actually

Forty years. And yet, ask any cricket fan who watched it happen — they'll tell you exactly where they were. It was 1986. The Austral-Asia Cup final in Sharjah. Pakistan needed 245 runs to beat India, and things were not going to plan. A Chase That Was Falling Apart Wickets kept tumbling. The scoreboard pressure was real. One by one, Pakistan's batters came and went, leaving Miandad to hold the innings together almost single-handedly. And then came the moment that would outlive every

Punjab Kings won by a huge 54 runs over Lucknow Super Giants, which helped them stay at the top of the IPL standings. Destructive Opening Partnership Sets Punjab on Course Priyansh Arya hit 93 runs off 37 balls, and Cooper Connolly added 87 runs off 37 balls. They put on a blazing second-wicket partnership of 182 runs, which helped Punjab get to a season-high total of 254–7 at New Chandigarh.  Lucknow's Chase Falls Apart When Things Get Tough Even though Mitchell Marsh (40)

Islamabad United beat Karachi Kings by eight wickets as rising star Sameer Minhas scored a splendid half-century here at the National Bank Cricket Arena in Karachi, on Thursday. The victory marked the 11th consecutive win of Islamabad over Karachi in PSL. The 19-year-old Minhas scored 58 from 36 balls as he and his opening partner Devon Conway (53 not out off 38 balls) steered Islamabad to an innings victory with just over four overs to spare chasing down the target of 150. Reeza

An eighth IPL century for South African Quinton de Kock came as a consolation when Prabhsimran Singh and skipper Shreyas Iyer powered Punjab Kings back to the top of the table with an emphatic seven-wicket victory over Mumbai Indians on Thursday. De Kock celebrated his return to the Mumbai team which he last represented in 2021 by becoming the first overseas batter to score hundreds for three different teams in the IPL as the home side reached 195-6 at Eden. De Kock got

Skipper Babar Azam gave a phenomenal half-century to guide Peshawar Zalmi continue their unbeaten streak in the PSL as they romped to an 8-wicket win against Quetta Gladiators in Karachi on Wednesday. Babar’s stellar 71 in 51 balls (10 fours) enabled Peshawar to complete the chase of 154 with nine ball remaining after Mohammad Basit (4-0-36-3) and Sufyan Moqim (4-0-25-3) claimed six wickets as Quetta struggled for runs. With the comfortable victory on Wednesday, Peshawar lead the table with 13 points from seven

Mumbai Indians lock horns with Punjab Kings in the first match of IPL today at the iconic Wankhede Stadium. The encounter is set to kick off at 7:30 PM IST, and will be one of the deck-heads drawing more attention as both teams aim to boost their position on the points table. With a mighty batting order and playing at home conditions, the Mumbai Indians will be eager to stamp their authority on both. The team has had some exciting remainings in this

Match Summary: Chennai Super Kings Innings – 192/5 (20 Overs) Chennai Bowlers: Kolkata Knight Riders Innings – 160/7 (20 Overs) KKR Bowlers: Fall of Wickets: Special Note: KKR skipper Ajinkya Rahane was fined ₹12 lakh for maintaining a slow over‑rate, adding to KKR’s IPL struggles as they remain winless after 5 matches. Catch all the action from Chennai Super Kings vs Kolkata Knight Riders—don’t miss the highlights and the latest updates. To get the latest news subscribe to Sports Monks!

Fifteen-year-old Rajasthan Royals player Vaibhav Sooryavanshi went down for a golden duck in an almost certain of rare IPL failures as his side scored its heaviest loss since 2014 in the IPL, the Indian Premier League, going down by 57 runs to Sunrisers Hyderabad on Monday as two debutantes Praful Hinge and Sakib Hussain shone. The teen sensation played a critical role on Saturday in Rajasthan's four victories this season with a pair of 15-ball fifties including in the previous match. Famine was

Showing that they are also in great form in the Pakistan Super League, Peshawar Zalmi turned in another all-action performance on Monday (March 4), beating Multan Sultans by 24 runs at Karachi's National Stadium. The league leaders restricted Multan to 172-8 in reply to their own 196-6 from 20 overs. Peshawar Zalmi, with 11 points from 6 games, now head the table in the PSL, a lead of 3 over Multan. With 7 points from 6 matches, Three-time champions Islamabad United continue to

Opener Phil Salt and the ever-reliable Virat Kohli slammed half-centuries to set up Royal Challengers Bengaluru's 18-run win over Mumbai Indians in a marquee IPL fixture on Sunday. Salt smashed 78 from 36 deliveries, with Kohli anchoring his way to 50 as defending champions Bengaluru added 120 runs for the opening partnership and posted a total of 240-4 at Mumbai's Wankhede Stadium. A brisk 53 off 20 balls by captain Rajat Patidar and a late onslaught by Tim David, who scored an unbeaten

For someone who made three match-winning knocks on the trot at the business end of the T20 World Cup last month, Sanju Samson struggled to score runs in his first three IPL matches for his new team, Chennai Super Kings, this season. Rajasthan Royals’ primary resident for such a long time, the wicketkeeper-batter’s announcement to move to Chennai made it to the headlines during pre-season. Between all the KB10 ronnies about his switch to the five-time IPL champions, there was also the not-so-small

Youngster Mukul Choudhary played the innings of his career, hammering seven sixes on his way to an unblemished 54 as Lucknow Super Kings pulled off a dramatic, last-ball, three-wicket win over Kolkata Knight Riders in the IPL here on Thursday. Chasing Kolkata's challenging 181-4 at Eden Gardens, Lucknow found themselves in a pickle at 128-7 after their 16 overs despite two fifties from Ayush Badoni when Choudhary, who was playing just his third IPL game, changed the script with an exhibition of brute

Gujarat Titans held on for a gut-wrenching one-run victory over Delhi Capitals in the Indian Premier League (IPL) on Wednesday despite a savage late assault from David Miller. Having been asked to bat, Gujarat piled up a total of 210-4 and had the game virtually in the bag after Delhi's chase faltered as KL Rahul (92 off 52) exited at one end. Miller, who had previously retired hurt with a hand injury, came back to turn a canter into a cliff-hanger before Delhi

Openers Yashasvi Jaiswal and 15-year-old Vaibhav Sooryavanshi scored blistering knocks each, leading Rajasthan Royals to a comfortable 27-run win over Mumbai Indians in an IPL match here on Tuesday that was interrupted by rain. Jaiswal, who finished on 77 not out, and fellow left-hander Sooryavanshi hit a quick-fire 39 off just 14 balls to propel Rajasthan to 150-3 in the match shortened to 11 overs per side in Guwahati. Rajasthan then restricted five-time champions Mumbai to 123-9 in their 10-team pool, securing their

It was only to be expected that Royal Challengers Bengaluru’s landmark Indian Premier League title victory last year would be a roller-coaster of emotions followed by an utterly tragic stampede. A passionate team finally ended the titleless run, with Virat Kohli in a sense of fulfilment — as the master batsman was able to lay his hands on the only trophy not in his cabinet. Last season, the RCB held firm until the end, finishing second in the league stage then winning both

By now, a timid man would have quit. But there is no surrender in the vocabulary of Mohammed Shami, a veteran fast bowler who still roars like a lion. Cruelly ignored by the selectors despite his consistent habit of taking wickets in domestic cricket, Shami tore up the field on Sunday with a blistering spell of fast bowling. With unrelenting accuracy, he sent two players back to the pavilion as the right-armer laid down the foundation for Lucknow Super Giants’ first victory of

Explosive knocks by openers Travis Head and Abhishek Sharma guided Sunrisers Hyderabad to their first victory of the IPL season with a commanding 65-run thrashing of Kolkata Knight Riders on Thursday. Australia's Head made 46 off 21 balls and together with Abhishek, who smashed a 48 off just 21 balls, set the platform for Hyderabad's total of 226-8 at Kolkata's Eden Gardens. Hyderabad then dismissed the three-time winners Kolkata for 161 in 16 overs to earn their first points after losing their opener

The Pakistan Super League technical committee on Thursday rejected an appeal by batter Fakhar Zaman and upheld a two-match ban imposed on him for ball tampering, the country’s cricket board (PCB) said. Earlier in the week, the PCB had suspended the 35-year-old for two PSL matches after Beirut was proven guilty of the offence during Lahore Qalandars’ four-wicket loss to Karachi Kings on Sunday — a decision that Fakhar later challenged. Any decision by the PSL technical committee, according to the Code of

Pakistan international Fakhar Zaman was banned for two matches on Tuesday after being found guilty of ball tampering in the country’s showpiece T20 league, cricket bosses said. Video footage showed the 35-year-old opener changing the condition of the ball during his team Lahore Qalandars’ game against Karachi Kings in Lahore late Sunday. “Zaman has been banned from playing in two Pakistan Super League (PSL) matches after being found guilty of a Level 3 offence due to ball tampering,” the Pakistan Cricket Board (PCB)