Zimbabwe pace bowler Blessing Muzarabani has been signed by Royal Challengers Bengaluru for the final stages of the Indian Premier League. Muzarabani, 28, will replace South Africa bowler Lungi Ngidi, who will depart the IPL for the Proteas’ build-up to the World Test Championship final. The IPL said the replacement is effective from 26 May...
The Indian Premier League’s return from suspension was spoiled by the rain, as the match between Royal Challengers Bengaluru and Kolkata Knight Riders was abandoned without a ball bowled. The game in Bengaluru was set to mark the return of the competition after it was suspended for a week because of tensions between India and...
Australia bowler Mitchell Starc will not return to the Indian Premier League when it resumes on Saturday. Starc, 35, has played in all 11 matches for Delhi Capitals, who remain in contention for the play-offs, but will not return, with Australia’s World Test Championship final to follow next month against South Africa at Lord’s. Fellow...
Shepherd, who has played 37 ODIs and 53 T20s, will be replaced in the squad by left-arm seamer Jediah Blades. He has played four matches for Royal Challengers Bengaluru in the IPL, including a 14-ball 53 not out in his most recent innings. Rutherford has played in nine matches for current IPL leaders Gujarat Titans...
All-rounders Jacob Bethell and Will Jacks, who play for Royal Challengers Bengaluru and Mumbai Indians respectively, are expected to do the same. Jofra Archer and Jamie Overton, the two other IPL players in England’s ODI squad, are not expected to return to India as their franchises cannot qualify for the play-offs. England play West Indies...
The Indian Premier League has revised its rules to allow temporary replacement players for the remainder of the tournament. The rule change follows the suspension of the league for a week during tensions between India and Pakistan, with a number of players unlikely to return to the competition when it restarts on 17 May. England’s...
Five players involved in the Indian Premier League have been named in England’s squad for the one-day international series against West Indies later this month. Following the rescheduling of the IPL, the final will now be played on 3 June, the same day as the third and concluding ODI against the Windies. Jos Buttler, Jacob...
There are 16 games remaining to be played in the IPL, which was due to be concluded on 25 May. Any new plan could involve cutting the number of venues used, or playing more double headers. While players from England and Australia left India when the league was suspended, other overseas players and coaches remained....
However Dasgupta, who was speaking from Lucknow where he was due to be commentating on Friday’s game between Lucknow Super Giants and Royal Challengers Bengaluru, believes the tournament would be unlikely to resume if overseas players are absent. It is understood that most of the 10 England players are leaving India, while the Australians involved...
The Indian Premier League match between Punjab Kings and Delhi Capitals in Dharamsala was abandoned because of reported floodlight failure. The players walked off the field after 10.1 overs with Kings on 122-1, having just seen Priyansh Arya dismissed for a 34-ball 70. Arya had made a blistering opening stand alongside Prabhsimran Singh, who struck...
Gujarat Titans beat Mumbai Indians – and the rain – to snatch a remarkable final-ball victory and go top of the Indian Premier League. A see-saw match looked to have gone the way of Mumbai when a second rain delay stopped Gujarat’s chase with another 24 runs needed from 12 balls – the visitors behind...
With the Indian Premier League league phase is heading into the closing stretch, here’s what each team needs to reach the play-offs. Read full article at source...
Romario Shepherd hit the second-fastest half-century in Indian Premier League history as Royal Challengers Bengaluru beat Chennai Super Kings by just two runs to go top of the table. The West Indian batter was on one at the end of the 18th over, but finished with a superb 53 not out from 14 balls as...
Fourteen-year-old batter Vaibhav Suryavanshi experienced the lows of elite sport just three days after his record-breaking century as he was dismissed for a two-ball duck in the Indian Premier League. The prodigious talent became the youngest player to hit a men’s T20 century in Monday’s victory over Gujarat Titans, but in his following outing he...
The player of the tournament in their 2022 T20 World Cup win, Curran was dropped from England’s white-ball sides at the start of the year meaning he missed the tour of India and the Champions Trophy. He had made single-figure scores in his three previous appearances in this year’s IPL but on this occasion held...