Mumbai Indians cruised into the IPL playoffs courtesy Suryakumar Yadav's 73-run innings and Naman Dhir's electrifying performance, clinching victory over Delhi Capitals by 59 runs on Wednesday. In the duel with Delhi for a singular playoff slot, Mumbai scored 180 runs losing 5 wickets and bundled out the opposition for 121 runs in Wankhede Stadium (home ground). Mitchell Santner, a New Zealand spinnner, claimed 3/11 in his 4 overs for Mumbai while Jasprit Bamrah also took 3 wickets. Hardik Pandya, the captain of
As previously announced, the IPL 2025 finals will be held at Ahmedabad on June 3. This was communicated as part of a revised schedule when the tournament was put on hold - due to the military conflict between India and Pakistan. The IPL was put on hold on May 9 and resumed on Saturday in the light of a ceasefire. It should be noted that the IPL start match between RCB and Kolkata Knight Riders was rained out without a ball being bowled.
Australia fast bowler Josh Hazlewood was the star with the ball in Royal Challengers Bengaluru's 11-run IPL victory at home over Rajasthan Royals, who opted to field on winning the toss Thursday. Needing 206 to win after Bengaluru had reached 205-5, Rajasthan were cruising until Dhruv Jurel was out to Hazlewood in the 19th over of the chase. Jurel contributed 34-ball 47 and fell when 17 were needed off as many balls for a win. Hazlewood dismissed England's Jofra Archer next ball as Royals were left needing
KL Rahul has accumulated forty fifties over a span of twelve IPL seasons, but very few would have given him more joy than the one he scored for Delhi on Tuesday against Lucknow Super Giants, the franchise that unceremoniously parted ways with him last year. Rahul scored an unbeaten 57, helping the Capitals complete their successful chase at Lucknow, where he brought up the Capitals' eight-wicket victory with a six off Prince Yadav. The thirty-three-year-old had captained Lucknow last season but was let
An emerging Indian batter Priyansh Arya scored his maiden century in the Indian Premier League (IPL) to steer Punjab Kings to an 18-run victory against Chennai Super Kings on Tuesday. Arya, a left-hand batter who made his name for hitting sixes in domestic cricket, smashed 103 off 42 balls to propel Punjab to 219-6 at Mullanpur, near Chandigarh, where Chennai could only manage 201-5. The 24-year-old Arya was picked up by the franchise for $440,000 in the November auction after he caught the eye of
A sparkling half-century from Nicholas Pooran and quick fifty from Mitchell Marsh and Shardul Thakur's brilliant four-wicket spell steered Lucknow Super Giants to a five-wicket victory against Sunrisers Hyderabad at Uppal Stadium in Hyderabad in the IPL on Thursday. Set to bat first, Sunrisers lost their way before posting 190/9 from their 20 overs. Travis Head scored 47 off 28 balls but the other SRH batters, including Nitish Kumar Reddy (32), Heinrich Klaasen (26) and Aniket Verma (36), failed to convert their starts as Lucknow






