A consortium comprising Indian and overseas business entities has successfully bought full ownership of Royal Challengers Bengaluru franchise for an eye-watering sum of about USD 1.78 billion (INR 16,660 crore approx.). The “all-cash” deal was announced by the United Spirits Limited (USL), the existing owner of the RCB teams in the IPL and WPL. As…
KKR’s Andre Russell (PTI Photo/Swapan Mahapatra) NEW DELHI: In a city that worships its cricket heroes, Tuesday night was all about Andre Russell. During a lively preseason event called Knights Unplugged in Kolkata, Kolkata Knight Riders made a huge announcement: they retired the No. 12 jersey to honour Russell. This means no player will ever…
Johnson, 30, has represented Australia in five ODIs and eight T20Is, and has overall played 71 T20s. He, however, hasn’t played top-flight cricket since the IPL last year, when he suffered a back injury and was subsequently ruled out of the BBL and the 2026 T20 World Cup. Johnson has played in the IPL before,…
Livingstone, who has not played international cricket since last year’s Champions Trophy, was highly critical of the England set-up and suggested that his chances of a recall relied on a change in management. He accused the set-up of avoiding “difficult conversations” after minimal contact before his central contract expired, and claimed that Key had told…
The 35-year-old England left-arm quick has recent success behind him having won this year’s ILT20 and the BBL Source link
Seam-bowling allrounder Kashvee Gautam is in line for a T20I debut after being included in India’s squad for the five-match T20I series in South Africa in April. Gautam has played one Test and six ODIs, and was in action in both longer formats during the recent tour of Australia, but she has not yet played…
Knight made her T20I debut during the recently-concluded home series against Zimbabwe, picking up two wickets in two games at an average of 20.50 and an economy rate of 5.85. She isn’t part of New Zealand’s squad for the ongoing T20Is against South Africa, but has been called up for the ODIs. She comes into…
It was close to an hour into the ECB’s presentation of their review into England’s 4-1 Ashes defeat that chief executive Richard Gould, flanked by men’s managing director Rob Key, ceded there was little new material contained within its pages. In a Lord’s boardroom, the actual report that had been compiled was instead replaced by…
The ECB confirmed on Monday that Stokes will continue in his role as Test captain, which he first took on four years ago, with McCullum and Key also retained as head coach and managing director respectively. Chief executive Richard Gould acknowledged that the lack of a fall guy would not be popular among England fans…
Richard Gould, the ECB’s chief executive, has pledged to provide England with better “long-term planning and preparation” ahead of future men’s Test series against Australia and India, which he described as the team’s “significant priorities” moving forwards. England have not won a series against either opponent since their 4-1 win over India in 2018, and…