MI Emirates players celebrate after taking a wicket of a Dubai Capitals’ batter. (ILT20 Photo) The MI Emirates claimed their first victory of the ILT20 2025 season with a commanding 26-run win against the Dubai Capitals at the Zayed Cricket Stadium in Abu Dhabi on Monday. Half-centuries from Tom Banton and Nicholas Pooran set the…
Gulbadin Naib celebrates with teammates after taking a wicket. (ILT20 Photo) Dubai Capitals secured a dramatic one-run victory over MI Emirates in the opening match of ILT20 Season 3 at the Dubai International Stadium on Saturday. In a contest that went down to the wire, the Capitals overcame a brilliant half-century by Nicholas Pooran to…
NEW DELHI: Ahead of the IPL 2025 season, Sanjiv Goenka, the owner of the Lucknow Super Giants (LSG), stated that the team’s new captain has been selected and will be revealed in the coming days.During the IPL 2022-24 season, KL Rahul captained LSG, and when the batter was sidelined in the latter part of 2023,…
NEW DELHI: Virat Kohli knows how to savour every moment, and Day 1 of the third Test between India and New Zealand at the Wankhede Stadium in Mumbai was no exception.Kohli was in high spirits on Friday and couldn’t resist dancing to the classic Bollywood number ‘My Name is Lakhan‘ from the 1988 hit film…
Lucknow Super Giants’ Nicholas Pooran (AFP Photo) KOLKATA: Nicholas Pooran has taken some giant strides as a batter in the past couple of years. Quite a bit of the Trinidadian’s success has come in the IPL, as a key member of Lucknow Super Giants. So, when LSG marked the former West Indies captain as their…
L-R: Shreyas Iyer, KL Rahul and Rishabh Pant Three Indian superstars head to the auction after not being retained; Klaasen is most expensive retention at Rs 23 crore; MI’s core of Hardik, SKY, Rohit, Bumrah intactMUMBAI: As the 10 IPL franchises prepare to gather in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia, for the mega auction on Nov 24…
Heinrich Klaasen and Virat Kohli. (Pic Credit – X) NEW DELHI: In a surprising turn of events on Thursday, South African wicketkeeper-batsman Heinrich Klaasen outshone one of cricket’s biggest icons, Virat Kohli, by securing the highest retention price this season.Sunrisers Hyderabad (SRH) retained Klaasen for a staggering Rs 23 crore, marking a significant statement on…
Promising pacer Mayank Yadav to be among top 3 retentions for franchiseNEW DELHI: Lucknow Super Giants are all set to release KL Rahul for the IPL mega auction, it is learnt. Young pace sensation Mayank Yadav, on the other hand, will be among the top three retentions at the franchise, along with Nicholas Pooran and…
NEW DELHI: Former Indian cricketer Aakash Chopra has suggested that Lucknow Super Giants (LSG) should prioritize retaining KL Rahul and Nicholas Pooran ahead of the IPL 2025 mega auction. Speaking on his YouTube channel, Chopra emphasized that Rahul, who scored 520 runs in IPL 2024, should be the team’s first choice for retention.“The first is…
NEW DELHI: West Indies batter Nicholas Pooran set a new world record for the most sixes in a calendar year in T20 cricket during a Caribbean Premier League (CPL) match on Saturday. Playing for Trinbago Knight Riders, Pooran smashed nine sixes in his 43-ball 97 against St Kitts & Nevis Patriots, leading his team to…
