Marcus Stoinis made a bustling unbeaten hundred, a perfect anti-thesis to Ruturaj Gaikwad’s classy century to shepherd Lucknow Super Giants to a stunning six-wicket win over Chennai Super Kings in their IPL match here on Tuesday. Stoinis (124, 63b, 13×4, 6×6) helped the Super Giants to mount the highest chase – 211 – at the...
Yashasvi Jaiswal scored a hundred as table-toppers Rajasthan Royals defeated Mumbai Indians by nine wickets in their Indian Premier League match here on Monday. Sandeep Sharma grabbed a maiden five-wicket haul to help Rajasthan Royals restrict Mumbai Indians to 179/9. Following a rain interruption, RR completed the chase of 180 with eight balls to spare....
India’s 17-year-old Grandmaster D Gukesh scripted history by winning the Candidates Chess Tournament here to become the youngest ever challenger to the world title, bettering a record created by the legendary Garry Kasparov 40 years ago. Gukesh played out an easy draw with American Hikaru Nakamura in the 14th and final round to finish with...
Fifties by skipper KL Rahul and Quinton de Kock helped Lucknow Super Giants to beat Chennai Super Kings by eight wickets in their Indian Premier League match here on Friday. Rahul (82, 53b, 9×4, 3×6) and De Kock (54, 43b, 5×4, 1×6), who added 134 runs for the opening wicket, played pivotal roles as LSG...
The T20 World Cup is around the corner and Rishabh Pant is striving to be the best version of himself, and the latest proof of that is his brilliant all-round display in Delhi Capitals’ six-wicket victory over Gujarat Titans in the IPL in Ahmedabad on Wednesday. It was a great outing for DC as they...
Buttler smashed six sixes to go with nine boundaries as he notched a second IPL century of the season and seventh for his career – placing him second all-time, behind only Virat Kohli’s eight. Despite Buttler’s heroics at one end, Rajasthan appeared to heading for just a second defeat in seven when slipping to 121-6...
SunRisers Hyderabad have scripted history once again. After setting the record for the highest team total in the 17-year-old history of IPL against Mumbai Indians, the SunRisers Hyderabad broke their own record at the M Chinnaswamy Stadium in Bengaluru on Monday. In a match against Royal Challengers Bengaluru, SunRisers Hyderabad scored 287/3 in 20 overs...
Dube returned to his hallowed home turf in style. Ruturaj Gaikwad registered his personal best as the Chennai Super Kings captain. Rohit Sharma’s unbeaten hundred gave home fans multiple reasons to rejoice. And Matheesha Pathirana sealed a famous win for the visiting team in the mother of all Indian Premier League battles. But it was the last four balls...
Novak Djokovic reached a record 77th Masters semi-final on Friday when he defeated Australia’s Alex de Minaur in straight sets in Monte Carlo as in-form Jannik Sinner racked up his 25th victory of the year. Djokovic, the 36-year-old world number one came through a rollercoaster quarter-final to win 7-5, 6-4 and make the last-four in...
Reinvoking the Spirit of Cricket in the 2024 edition of the Indian Premier League, Virat Kohli rallied behind Hardik Pandya as the former Royal Challengers Bengaluru skipper urged the Mumbai Indians fans to stop chanting against their franchise skipper on Thursday. Kohli gestured from the middle to make sure Pandya didn’t go through a hostile...