Punjab Kings chose to bowl vs Gujarat Titans Punjab Kings (PBKS) have won the toss and chosen to bowl first against Gujarat Titans (GT) in New Chandigarh. PBKS captain Shreyas Iyer said at the toss that chasing teams had won comfortably in the practice games the team had played at the venue. Cooper Connolly, Marco…
The sanction was announced after a hearing in which match referee Roshan Mahanama concluded Fakhar had tampered the ball and breached article 41.3 of the PSL playing conditions. The hearing had to take place because Fakhar had contested the ball-tampering charge. Source link
The crisis engulfing Middlesex has deepened on the eve of the 2026 county season, with a group of prominent ex-players – including the former England captain Mike Gatting, his West Indies counterpart Desmond Haynes, and four former club presidents – calling on the membership to demand resignations from the board at the county’s annual general…
Punjab Kings (PBKS) head coach Ricky Ponting believes his side enters IPL 2026 “stronger” than last year, with added depth and flexibility strengthening an already well-balanced side. PBKS, who finished top of the league stage with 19 points last season, came so close to winning their first-ever title, and Ponting hopes PBKS play better than…
Canterbury claimed the Plunket Shield title – in the competition’s 100th edition – but a tight race had to be decided by the second tie-breaker. Both Canterbury and Otago finished level on points and wins (four), which would have been the initial deciding factor, so it came down to a net-runs-per-wicket permutation – calculated on…
Sooryavanshi said Rajasthan Royals wanted to maximise the powerplay in the chase, which is why he was ultra-aggressive in his approach. “The plan was to execute well in the powerplay. At the start, the wicket looked a bit sticky. But later when the ball got older, it started coming to the bat well,” Sooryavanshi said…
Jake Weatherald, Australia’s Ashes-winning opening batter, has joined Leicestershire for the opening block of County Championship fixtures, which the club has confirmed will be captained by Ian Holland, in the ongoing absence of regular captain, Peter Handscomb. Weatherald, 31, made his Test debut at Perth in November, and went on to play in all five…
Chennai Super Kings 127 (Overton 43, Jadeja 2-18, Archer 2-19) vs Rajasthan Royals Their powerplay score of 41 for 4 was straight out of 2025, when they had finished rock bottom in the league, and they were eventually bowled out for 127 in 19.4 overs. The Guwahati pitch wasn’t easy to bat – it had…
Toss Rajasthan Royals choose to bowl vs Chennai Super Kings Rajasthan Royals’ new captain Riyan Parag won and toss in front of his home crowd in Guwahati and opted to bowl against Chennai Super Kings on a red-soil pitch that had spent considerable time under the covers. CSK captain Ruturaj Gaikwad said he would have…
South African allrounder Beyers Swanepoel has put his No-Objection Certificate (NOC) to play county cricket at risk after leaving his domestic team without notice and during the one-day cup final. Swanepoel, who took 3 for 44 for the Lions against the Titans in Sunday’s match, walked off the field with eight overs to go to…