Indian Premier League

The two new Indian Premier League franchises will be based out of Ahmedabad and Lucknow, the BCCI announced on Monday. It is the start of a new chapter for the Indian Premier League (IPL) with the addition of two new teams, which will make the tournament a 10-team affair from the upcoming 2022 season. The two new IPL franchises will be based out of Ahmedabad and Lucknow, the Board of Control for Cricket in India (BCCI) announced on Monday. CVC Captial Partners, a

MS Dhoni turned back the clock as he finished the game for Chennai Super Kings in the final over to send the three-time champions into the IPL final. MS Dhoni turned back the clock as he finished the game for Chennai Super Kings (CSK) in the final over to send the three-time champions into the final of Indian Premier League (IPL) 2021 on Sunday. It will be the ninth time when MS Dhoni will lead CSK in an IPL final. CSK needed 13

The Board of Control for Cricket in India (BCCI) has zeroed in on the date for the resumption of the 14th edition of the Indian Premier League to be held in UAE. The first game on resumption will be played on September 19 while the final will be hosted on October 15 -- the day India will be celebrating Dussehra this year. Speaking to ANI, a BCCI official in the know of developments of the recent meetings between the BCCI and the Emirates

NEW DELHI: The Indian cricket board faces losing about US$270 million in revenue after its lucrative and star-studded Indian Premier League (IPL) was halted by the COVID-19 crisis in the country, a senior official told Reuters on Wednesday. The world's richest Twenty20 league was approaching its halfway stage before it was suspended indefinitely on Tuesday following bubble breaches in two venues. "The ballpark figure for revenue loss would be to the tune of 2000 crore rupees (20 billion)," Arun Singh Dhumal, treasurer of

England paceman Jofra Archer will miss the entire Indian Premier League as he recovers from a long-standing elbow injury. Rajasthan Royals had hoped that Archer, who was named Most Valuable Player in the 2020 campaign, would play some part in the tournament after sitting out the early rounds. However, although the 26-year-old returned to bowling this week with higher intensity, the ECB has confirmed that the Sussex fast bowler is not match-ready. Archer is the third England player to be ruled out for

Rohit Sharma said that Mumbai Indians have failed to put up big totals in the ongoing season of the Indian Premier League (IPL) and that is an area they will have to address. Mumbai Indians (MI) slumped to their third defeat of the season against Punjab Kings (PBKS) on Friday. "Not enough runs, exactly. I still feel it's not a bad wicket to bat on. You can see how Kings won with nine wickets in hand," Rohit Sharma said in the post-match press

LONDON: Royal Challengers Bangalore captain Virat Kohli became on Thursday the first batsman to score 6,000 runs in the Indian Premier League (IPL). India skipper Kohli reached the milestone in 196 matches and leads the list ahead of Chennai's Suresh Raina (5,448 runs), Delhi's Shikhar Dhawan (5,428), Hyderabad's David Warner (5,384) and Mumbai's Rohit Sharma (5,368). Kohli's unbeaten knock of 72 was eclipsed by 20-year-old Devdutt Padikkal, who smashed 101 off 52 balls in a 10-wicket win over Rajasthan Royals to become the

Sunrisers Hyderabad finally got off the mark in the 2021 Indian Premier League, at the fourth time of asking, as they earned an emphatic nine-wicket win over Punjab Kings to leapfrog their opponents at the foot of the table. Having bowled out Kings for 120 on a helpful, slow Chennai surface, Sunrisers then chased down their target with just over an over to spare, Jonny Bairstow contributing an unbeaten 63 from 56 balls. Having lost all three of their opening games in the

Rajasthan Royals and England all-rounder Ben Stokes will miss the remainder of the Indian Premier League (IPL) season after breaking his finger in their opening match, his franchise said on Tuesday. Stokes sustained the injury while fielding during Monday’s narrow four-run loss to Punjab Kings, where he bowled only one over and was dismissed for a duck after opening the innings in the run chase. The Royals said the 29-year-old will not be returning to England yet. “Subsequent investigations revealed that he sustained

CHENNAI, India - Royal Challengers Bangalore captain Virat Kohli believes Harshal Patel has solved the team’s death-overs woes in the Indian Premier League (IPL) following the seamer’s bowling masterclass in Friday’s victory against champions Mumbai Indians. Patel claimed three wickets in four balls in the dramatic 20th over and conceded only one run to help restrict a star-studded Mumbai to a modest 159-9. His 5-27 was also the first five-wicket haul any bowler has managed against five-time champions Mumbai, the most successful team

Indian batsman Shreyas Iyer has been ruled out of the Indian Premier League (IPL) season after injuring his left shoulder during India’s one-day international series with England, his franchise the Delhi Capitals announced on Tuesday. Wicketkeeper-batsman Rishabh Pant will captain the side in Iyer’s absence, the Capitals added. Iyer sustained the injury while diving to stop a shot by England opener Jonny Bairstow and India’s cricket board BCCI said he had partially dislocated his shoulder. “Shreyas Iyer has been ruled out of the

BCCI has decided to halve the IPL prize money allotted to the four franchises that reach the play-offs of Indian Premier League (IPL) 2020. This is part of BCCI's cost-cutting measure for the upcoming edition. A circular was sent to all IPL franchises in which the BCCI notified that instead of a whopping Rs 20 crore, the IPL champion team will now receive Rs 10 crore. The season is slated to begin on March 29. A BCCI notification on the IPL prize money said,

The auction for the 2020 season of the Indian Premier League (IPL) is currently underway in Kolkata. As synonymous with IPL auctions, the franchises are involved in a bidding war to select their favorite picks. To be precise, franchises usually look for those players who are hard-hitters and have earned a reputation for themselves in the realm of international cricket. For instance, in the first round of auction, Indian team players Hanuma Vihari and Cheteshwar Pujara each with base price of 50 lakh

The IPL has over the years seen wicket-keepers playing major roles for their team both with the bat and even behind the stumps. MS Dhoni is the most prominent example, of a keeper-batsman who changed the outlook of wicketkeeper batsmen in international cricket. Before he became popular, the likes of Adam Gilchrist, Kumar Sangakkara, Mark Boucher created their own niche with the bat and behind the stumps. Alongside Dhoni, Brendon McCullum and AB De Villiers are examples who have made an impact with