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A fired up Virat Kohli roared back to form with a fine half-century as Royal Challengers Bangalore stayed alive in the IPL play-off race with a thumping eight-wicket win over table toppers Gujarat Titans on Thursday. A fired up Virat Kohli roared back to form with a fine half-century as Royal Challengers Bangalore stayed alive in the IPL play-off race with a thumping eight-wicket win over table toppers Gujarat Titans on Thursday. This was after skipper Hardik Pandya scored a gritty 47-ball 62

Former Australian test cricketer and two-time World Cup winner Andrew Symonds has died following a car accident in Queensland, Cricket Australia confirmed on Sunday. Symonds was aged 46. He had played 26 tests for Australia. Police said the accident occurred in Hervey Range, 50 km from Townsville on Saturday night. The car Symonds was driving left the road and rolled, according to a police statement, which described it as a single vehicle incident. "Australian cricket has lost another of its very best," said

Chennai Super Kings (CSK) skipper MS Dhoni on Sunday (1st May) talked about the captaincy saga after his side’s win over Sunrisers Hyderabad (SRH) in Match 46 of Indian Premier League (IPL) 2022 in Pune. Ravindra Jadeja recently on Saturday (30th April) resigned as the skipper of CSK. The all-rounder handed the leadership reigns back to Dhoni ahead of their match against SRH. Notably, the keeper-batter had passed on the captaincy baton to the Jadeja but his stint as the captain of the

Delhi Capitals made rough weather of an easy chase due to a middle-order collapse before recording a comfortable four-wicket victory over a lacklustre Kolkata Knight Riders in Mumbai on Thursday, keeping their IPL play-off qualification hopes alive. Chasing an easy target of 147, DC were 84 for five and 113 for six at various stages of the innings before Rovman Powell (33 not out ) once again displayed his big-hitting prowess to get DC past the target with an over to spare. The

Rajasthan Royals edged past Delhi Capitals by 15 runs in a match that sparked a huge no-ball controversy in the last over. Needing 36 runs off the last two overs, pacer Prasidh Krishna bowled a wicket maiden and left a mountain to climb for the DC batter in the last over. However, Rovman Powell hit three huge sixes in the first three balls as DC needed further 18 runs off the last three. However, skipper Rishabh Pant made a controversial call to call

The great M S Dhoni turned back the clock to script a three wicket victory for Chennai Super Kings against Mumbai Indians in the IPL on Thursday, following a heart-stopping finish that saw him hit a four off the last ball of the game. The great M S Dhoni turned back the clock to script a three wicket victory for Chennai Super Kings against Mumbai Indians in the IPL on Thursday, following a heart-stopping finish that saw him hit a four off the

West Indies white-ball captain Kieron Pollard announced his retirement from international cricket on Wednesday, calling time on a career which saw him feature more than 200 times across one-day and Twenty20 internationals. Pollard, 34, played 123 ODIs and 101 T20s for West Indies since making his debut in 2007, scoring 4,275 runs and taking 97 wickets in total. The Trinidadian all-rounder was part of the team that won the T20 World Cup in 2012. He led West Indies 61 times in the two

Yuzvendra Chahal's hat-trick in the 17th over of the innings helped Rajasthan Royals defeat Kolkata Knight Riders by 7 runs in the ongoing IPL 2022 season at Brabourne Stadium on Monday. Shreyas Iyer and Aaron Finch played knocks of 85 and 58 respectively for Kolkata Knight Riders but this effort was not enough as Chahal returned with figures of 5-40 in his quota of four overs. Earlier, Jos Buttler played a knock of 103 runs as Rajasthan Royals posted 217/5. Buttler had brought

IPL 2022, Mumbai Indians vs Punjab Kings Highlights: Punjab Kings (PBKS) on Wednesday beat Mumbai Indians (MI) by 12 runs in match 23 of the of the ongoing IPL 2022 season at the MCA Stadium in Pune. Chasing a target of 199, MI were restricted to a total of 186 for nine. Dewald Brevis top-scored for MI with a counter-attacking 49 while Odean Smith was the pick of the bowlers for PBKS, having bagged four wickets. Earlier, PBKS managed to post a total

PL 2022, Chennai Super Kings vs Royal Challengers Bangalore Highlights: An all-round performance saw CSK defeat RCB by 23 runs. Chennai Super Kings displayed a clinical performance to defeat Royal Challengers Bangalore by 23 runs in the 22nd game of IPL 2022 season at Dr DY Patil Sports Academy in Navi Mumbai on Tuesday. Shivam Dube and Robin Uthappa played knocks of 94 and 88 respectively as Chennai Super Kings scored 216/4 in the 20 overs and then the Ravindra Jadeja-led side followed

IPL 2022: Kane Williamson scored 57 as SRH chased down 163 to defeat Gujarat Titans by eight wickets at Dr DY Patil Sports Academy on Monday. Sunrisers Hyderabad snapped Gujarat Titans' three-match winning streak with a eight-wicket win in the Indian Premier League, with captain Kane Williamson leading from the front with a solid 57 while Nicholas Pooran gave the finishing touches with a late flourish on Monday. Hardik Pandya's unbeaten 50 had taken Gujarat Titans to 162 for 7 after being sent

IPL 2022, Rajasthan Royals vs Lucknow Super Giants Highlights: Rajasthan Royals defeated Lucknow Super Giants by 3 runs. Rajasthan Royals survived a late Marcus Stoinis onslaught to defeat Lucknow Super Giants by 3 runs in the 20th match of IPL 2022 at Wankhede Stadium in Mumbai. LSG were on the backfoot after losing six wickets inside 16 overs and Marcus Stoinis tried his best to take LSG over the line but Kuldeep Sen delivered a fantastic last over and he defended 15 runs

Kuldeep Yadav bowled brilliantly as Delhi Capitals defeated Kolkata Knight Riders by 44 runs at the Brabourne Stadium in Mumbai on Sunday. Earlier, Chasing 216 for a win, KKR started in a nervous fashion and soon lost openers Venkatesh Iyer and Ajinkya Rahane for 18 and 8 runs respectively. However, Shreyas Iyer and Nitish Rana batted beautifully to help KKR get back in the game. Rana departed for 30 runs while Shreyas was dismissed after scoring a fifty. Batting first, fifties from Prithvi

IPL 2022, RCB vs MI Highlights: Royal Challengers Bangalore (RCB) defeatedMumbai Indians (MI) by 7 wickets in match 18 of the ongoing IPL 2022 season at the MCA Stadium in Pune. Rawat was on a rampage before he got run out. Royal Challengers Bangalore (RCB) defeated Mumbai Indians (MI) by 7 wickets in match 18 of the ongoing IPL 2022 season at the MCA Stadium in Pune. Rawat was on a rampage before he got run out. For RCB, Anuj Rawat starred with

Rahul Tewatia hit two sixes off the last two balls after Shubman Gill struck his highest IPL score as Gujarat Titans beat Punjab Kings by six wickets here on Friday. Rahul Tewatia smashed a couple of sixes off the last two deliveries after the talented Shubman Gill's magnificent 96 off just 59 balls as Gujarat Titans pulled off a dramatic six-wicket win over Punjab Kings in their IPL match here on Friday. Chasing 190 for a win, Gill was out in the 19th

Lucknow Super Giants beat Delhi Capitals by six wickets in their Indian Premier League match here on Thursday Quinton de Kock showed imperious form in his 80 off 52 balls as Lucknow Super Giants outplayed Delhi Capitals by six wickets for their third successive win in their debut IPL season here on Thursday. Delhi Capitals lost their way after a sizzling knock from Prithvi Shaw (61 off 31) to end at 149 for 3 after Lucknow predictably decided to field first. With the

Kolkata Knight Riders vs Mumbai Indians Highlights: Pat Cummins starred with the bat as KKR defeated MI by five wickets. Pat Cummins just played the best innings of his life as his 15 ball 56 steamrolls Mumbai Indians by 5-wickets. Andre Russell gives away his wicket cheaply as only Venkatesh Iyer now holds key for KKR in the run-chase. Nitish Rana gives away his wicket cheaply as Venkatesh Iyer, Andre Russel now hold key for KKR in the run-chase. Sam Billings gives away

Dinesh Karthik and Shahbaz Ahmed put together 67 in just 32 balls to win the game for their team by 4 wickets. Karthik made 44* off 23 balls Shahbaz made 45 off 26 RR vs RCB Highlights: Rajasthan Royals lost their first game of the IPL as they were outfoxed by Dinesh Kartik and Shabaz Ahmed, who with their 67 runs stand in just 32 balls turned the game on its head and won their team, its second match of the season by

IPL 2022, SRH vs LSG Highlights: KL Rahul, Avesh Khan Heroics Help Lucknow Super Giants Register 12-Run Win Avesh Khan returned with four wickets as Lucknow Super Giants defended 169 to defeat SunRisers Hyderabad by 12 runs in the 12th game of IPL 2022 season at the Dr DY Patil Stadium in Navi Mumbai. Jason Holder also took three wickets for LSG in his first match for the franchise. Earlier, Rahul Tripathi and Aiden Markram steadied the ship for SunRisers Hyderabad with their

IPL 2022, Chennai Super Kings vs Punjab Kings Highlights: Liam Livingstone shone with both bat and ball as PBKS defeated CSK by 54 runs at the Brabourne Stadium in Mumbai. Punjab Kings (PBKS) defeated Chennai Super Kings (CSK) in Match 11 of the ongoing Indian Premier League (IPL) 2022 season, at the Brabourne Stadium in Mumbai on Sunday. Chasing a target of 181 runs, CSK were bowled out for 126 in 18 overs. Shivam Dube smashed a knock of 57 runs off 30