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April 23, 2025 9:35 AM

Rahul’s brilliance and Porel’s poise power Delhi Capitals to dominant win over LSG

KL Rahul's belligerent knock and Abhishek Porel's composed half-century steered Delhi Capitals to a commanding eight-wicket victory over Lucknow Super Giants at the Ekana Cricket Stadium on Tuesday. After a disciplined bowling effort restricted LSG to a modest total, Rahul and Porel's fluent fifties ensured Delhi chased down the target with ease. Returning to his former home ground, Rahul silenced the crowd with a record-breaking 57*—his 40th IPL fifty—while also becoming the fastest player...

April 17, 2025 9:33 AM

Mitchell Starc’s last-over heroics force first super over of IPL 2025 as DC edge past RR in thriller

In a high-octane clash at the Arun Jaitley Stadium on Wednesday, Mitchell Starc’s brilliance in the final over pushed the match between Rajasthan Royals (RR) and Delhi Capitals (DC) into the first Super Over of this Indian Premier League (IPL) season. Starc, defending nine runs in the 20th over, held his nerve to concede just eight, taking the match into a dramatic tiebreaker. Batting first in the Super Over, RR sent out Riyan Parag and Shimron Hetmyer with Starc bowling for DC. Despite a fre...

April 11, 2025 9:10 AM

IPL 2025: KL Rahul leads Delhi to six-wicket win over RCB

On his return home, local boy KL Rahul played an unbeaten knock of 93, scoring his second successive half-century, as he guided Delhi Capitals to a six-wicket win against Royal Challengers Bengaluru in Match 24 of the Indian Premier League (IPL) 2025 at the M. Chinnaswamy Stadium on Thursday. On a wicket where batting proved challenging, Delhi Capitals delivered a superb all-round bowling performance to quell a blazing start by Phil Salt and Virat Kohli, restricting Royal Challengers Bengaluru ...

March 10, 2025 8:57 AM

Champions Trophy: Spinners Rohit and Rahul carry unbeaten India to third title win

India's spinners called the shots majorly to pick five wickets collectively on a sluggish pitch, while captain Rohit Sharma top-scored with 76 and KL Rahul stayed calm to hit an unbeaten 34 to give the Men in Blue their third Champions Trophy triumph with a four-wicket win over New Zealand in Dubai on Sunday. In the final played on a sunny afternoon at the Dubai International Stadium, contrasting half-centuries by all-rounders Daryl Mitchell (63 off 101 balls) and Michael Bracewell (53 not out ...

December 17, 2024 10:25 AM

Rain pauses third Australia-India test after lunch; Smith redeems dropped catch to deny Rahul’s century at Gabba

Rain delayed the resumption of play after lunch on day four of the third test between Australia and India in Brisbane on Tuesday. India were 167 for six in reply to Australia's first innings 445 at the Gabba, still needing 79 runs to avoid the follow-on. Ravindra Jadeja was 41 not out at the break, with fellow all-rounder Nitish Kumar Reddy on seven. Earlier, Steve Smith redeemed himself with a stunning catch to deny KL Rahul a rousing century and give Australia a vital breakthrough before l...

September 16, 2024 5:58 PM

IPL 2024: Rahul-de Kock century stand helps LSG take down CSK by 8 wickets

Quinton de Kock and skipper KL Rahul's century partnership steered Lucknow Super Giants (LSG) to a comfortable eight-wicket win over Chennai Super Kings (CSK)) in their Indian Premier League (IPL) game at Ekana Stadium in Lucknow on Friday. During the run chase of 177, LSG openers Quinton de Kock and KL Rahul put their team to a steady start. Skipper KL was the aggressor, targeting the pace trio of Deepak Chahar, Mustafizur Rahman, and Tushar Deshpande with some of his most fluent shot making...