Punjab Kings chose to bowl vs Mumbai Indians Mumbai Indians brought back old faithful Quinton de Kock as Rohit Sharma missed out with what looked like a hamstring injury that he sustained during their previous match against Royal Challengers Bengaluru. MI captain Hardik Pandya said they were going to assess him in a couple of…
The Mumbai Cricket Association (MCA) has become the first state association in India to introduce a contract system for domestic players. The contracts will be awarded to eligible players based on performance, fitness benchmarks and recommendations of the selection committee. The players will be categorised into three grades but the MCA did not specify whether…
Fast bowler Bryce Jackson, who less than a year ago represented Australia A and finished the recent season as Western Australia’s leading wicket-taker in the One-Day Cup, has lost his state contract while Cameron Gannon, who was WA’s player of the season, has departed for family reasons. Jackson took 15 wickets at 22.13 in the…
Khaleel’s injury further depletes a CSK side that is already without MS Dhoni and Nathan Ellis. Dhoni is working his way back from a calf injury, with his recovery stretching beyond two weeks. On March 28, the opening day of the season, CSK said in a statement that he’s “likely to miss the first two weeks” and that he…
After Phil Salt and Devdutt Padikkal fell for low scores at strike-rates of under 100 on Wednesday, Patidar lifted the tempo of RCB’s chase with three sixes and a four in his first 12 balls to score 27 at a strike rate of over 200. Patidar’s dismissal, that came while he was trying to hit…
Virat Kohli moved up to the top of the run-scorers’ table and earned the Orange Cap after his 49 off 34 balls against Lucknow Super Giants (LSG) helped Royal Challengers Bengaluru (RCB) chase 147 at the Chinnaswamy Stadium. After coming in as an Impact Player for the first time in the IPL, Kohli top-scored for…
Cummins, who is SRH’s captain, was with the team for the start of the tournament before returning to Australia earlier this month for scheduled follow-up scans which have shown the stress injury that has restricted him to one match since last July has now healed. In a reply to an Instagram post of a family…