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April 21, 2025 1:27 PM

BCCI Central Contracts 2024-25: Rohit and Kohli retain A+ contracts, Iyer and Kishan mark their return

Indian team stalwarts Rohit Sharma and Virat Kohli have retained their A+ category contracts despite retiring from the T20I format, as the Board of Control for Cricket in India (BCCI) announced the annual player retainership for the men’s team for the 2024–25 season on Monday. The top-grade BCCI contract carries an annual payout of Rs 7 crore, in addition to match fees and performance incentives. Senior players Jasprit Bumrah and Ravindra Jadeja, who have also retired from T20Is, have also ...

September 16, 2024 6:06 PM

IPL 2024: CSK knocked out as RCB win six in a row to march into playoffs

The Royal Challengers Bangalore completed their fairytale comeback in the ongoing Indian Premier League season, as they held their nerve to beat the Chennai Super Kings by 27 runs in an edge-of-the-seat thriller and marched into the playoffs, after winning their sixth game on the trot at Bengaluru's Chinnaswamy stadium. Chasing a daunting target of 219 runs and needing at least 201 runs to qualify for the playoffs, CSK got off to a poor start as skipper Ruturaj Gaikwad was dismissed for a golde...

April 7, 2024 9:51 AM

Buttler ton trumps Kohli hundred as RR win 4th game on trot

Virat Kohli’s eight IPL ton went in vain as Jos Buttler’s thunderous hundred lit up the Sawai Mansingh Stadium to power Rajasthan Royals (RR) to 6-wicket victory over Royal Challengers Bengaluru (RCB) on Saturday. Buttler’s century in his landmark 100th IPL match snatched the limelight from the record-making Kohli’s unbeaten 113-run knock and guided RR to a comprehensive triumph. With this victory, RR top the points table with four out of four triumphs. Rajasthan Royals lost the wicket...

April 7, 2024 1:36 PM

This day, that year: Sri Lanka’s strategic brilliance in the 2014 World T20 final

By: Aditya Ahuja A team total of 130 runs in a T20 game is not unusual, but picture a scenario where a team manages just 130 with six wickets still intact. That is precisely what transpired at the Sher-e-Bangla stadium in Mirpur, a decade ago. Let’s delve into the events that unfolded on April 6; the night of the 2014 World T20 final between India and Sri Lanka. Rain just before the flip of the coin prompted Sri Lankan skipper Lasith Malinga to put India to bat. He anticipated that the damp...

September 16, 2024 4:52 PM

IPL 2024: Chennai’s post-Dhoni era begins, RCB return in new colour

By: Aditya Ahuja The 17th edition of the Indian Premier League (IPL) is set to launch with the marquee clash between the defending champions, Chennai Super Kings (CSK), and the Royal Challengers Bengaluru (RCB) at the MA Chidambaram Stadium in Chennai on Friday. This IPL season promises to be thrilling for two key reasons. Firstly, it is going to be the final season before the mega auctions. Secondly, it serves as a curtain-raiser to the T20 World Cup 2024, scheduled to be held in June in th...