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According to various media reports, he is fit as it was just a case of shoulder spasm while Lasith Malinga is likely to be available for the next two Mumbai Indians IPL matches RCB Skipper Virat Kohli share a light moment with MI player Jasprit Bumrah and mentor Zaheer Khan during a practice session in Bengaluru.   Sports News :  In the Match 7 of VIVO Indian Premier League 2019 (IPL 2019), Mumbai Indians (MI) would fancy their chances against an erratic Royal Challengers Bangalore (RCB) when the two star-studded teams square off at M Chinnaswamy Stadium in Bengaluru on Thursday. Virat Kohli's RCB, who are yet to win IPL title and regularly draw a lot of flak for that, were bundled out for 70, the sixth-lowest score in IPL history, in their first game of IPL 2019 against Chennai Super Kings. Jasprit Bumrah fit to play The injury of Jasprit Bumrah has given the sleepless night to India and Mumbai Indians a sleepless night after he injured his shoulder during the las...

Half-centuries from Nitish Rana and Robin Uthappa, and yet another blistering knock from Andre Russell helped Kolkata Knight Riders post a massive 218 for 4 KKR batsmen Nitish Rana and Robin Uthappa during the Indian Premier League 2019 match between Kolkata Knight Riders (KKR) and Kings XI Punjab (KXIP), at Eden Gardens in Kolkata. Sports News : In the match 6 of VIVO Indian Premier League 2019 (IPL 2019), Kolkata Knight Riders (KKR) beat Kings XI Punjab (KXIP) by 28 runs at The Eden Gardens in Kolkata on Wednesday. Earlier, half-centuries from Nitish Rana and Robin Uthappa, and yet another blistering knock from Andre Russell helped Kolkata Knight Riders post a massive 218 for 4 against Kings XI Punjab. Russell made full use of a reprieve when he was on three to hammer five sixes and three fours in his 17-ball 48 to play a major role in KKR posting a big total. → Read our full coverage on  IPL 2019  ← Russell, who hit a sensational 19-ball 49 against Sunrisers Hyde...

The tournament is also available live on the network's streaming platform Hotstar Sports News : The opening weekend of the 2019 edition of the VIVO Indian Premier League attracted 219 million viewers, which was 31 per cent higher than last year’s opening weekend. The viewership data is from those above two years of age across urban and rural markets. The opening day match resulted in a 30 per cent growth in reach in the Hindi speaking market while in south the reach grew by 20 per cent. The overall reach of the opening day match was 133 million viewers, the highest among the first three matches.                                 → Read our full coverage on  IPL 2019  ← Apart from the robust growth in reach, viewership (as measured by impressions) also grew by 29 per cent (105 million) according to BARC Preview Report viewership data provided by broadcaster Star India. Impressions refer to the...

Skipper R Ashwin is in the eye of a storm after 'Mankading' Jos Buttler but a winning start will keep Kings XI Punjab upbeat against home favourites Kolkata Knight Riders Rajasthan Royals batsman Jos Butler reacts after being 'Mankaded' by Kings XI Punjab captain R Ashwin during the Indian Premier League cricket match at Sawai Mansingh Stadium, in Jaipur.     Sports News :  In Match 6 of VIVO Indian Premier League (IPL 2019), Kings XI Punjab will take on Kolkata Knight Riders in the backdrop of mankading controversy at the Eden Gardens in Kolkata on Wednesday. Skipper R Ashwin is in the eye of a storm after 'Mankading' Jos Buttler but a winning start will keep Kings XI Punjab upbeat against home favourites Kolkata Knight Riders. The Mankading controversy that rocked IPL 2019 It was Ashwin's mankading of Jos Buttler that had triggered a dramatic collapse with Kings XI Punjab restricting Rajasthan Royals to 170 for nine to notch up a 14-run win....

the MCC said the final decision was up to to the umpire and 'it was understandable how he opted to give Buttler out' Rajasthan Royals batsman Jos Butler reacts after being 'Mankaded' by Kings XI Punjab captain R Ashwin during the Indian Premier League cricket match at Sawai Mansingh Stadium, in Jaipur.   Sports News : Custodians of cricket laws, the Marylebone Cricket Club (MCC), Tuesday said Indian off-spinner Ravichandran Ashwin was under no obligation to warn Jos Buttler before 'Mankading' him in an IPL game in Jaipur. Responding to the furore that followed Ashwin (Kings XI Punjab) running out Buttler (Rajasthan Royals), at the non-striker's end, on his delivery stride, the MCC said the final decision was up to to the umpire and "it was understandable how he opted to give Buttler out". "To clarify, it has never been in the Laws that a warning should be given to the non-striker and nor is it against the Spirit of Cricket to run ...

Bumrah was seen running along with his team-mates for nearly 20 minutes and he looked in fine fettle Mumbai Indians Jasprit Bumrah grimaces in pain during an IPL match against Delhi Capitals in Mumbai.   Sports News :  India's pace spearhead Jasprit Bumrah, who's recovering from a shoulder injury, Tuesday joined his IPL team Mumbai Indians' practice session, but did not bowl at the Chinnaswamy stadium here. A vital cog in India's World Cup plans, Bumrah landed awkwardly on his left shoulder while fielding during Sunday's IPL contest against Delhi Capitals in Mumbai. He did not travel with his MI team-mates on Monday but flew in here separately on Tuesday. MI play against Royal Challengers Bangalore here on Thursday. → Read our full coverage on  IPL 2019  ← Bumrah was seen running along with his team-mates for nearly 20 minutes and he looked in fine fettle. He also participated in a catching drill with Anmol Singh. He took chest-high as well as low...

Shikhar Dhawan scored a half-century to take DC to 147 for 6 on a lifeless Kotla track, for CSK, Watson and Raina replied with aggression and Dhoni took care of the rest with Jadhav DC player Shreyas Iyer and CSK batsman Shane Watson exchange words during the Indian Premier League match between CSK and DC at Feroz Shah Kotla Cricket Stadium in New Delhi.   Sports News : In Match 5 of VIVO Indian Premier League 2019 (IPL 2019), Chennai Super Kings (CSK) beat Delhi Capitals (DC) by 6 wickets in a last over thriller at Ferozshah Kotla ground in New Delhi on Tuesday. In the last over when CSK needed 2 runs, Kasigo Rabada bowled brilliantly as he took the wicket of Kedar Jadhav off the first ball while bowled two successive DOT balls to Dwayne Bravo before the batsman hit the winning run with two balls to spare.   Earlier, Shikhar Dhawan scored a painstaking half-century in Delhi Capitals' sub-par 147 for 6 against Chennai Super Kings on a lifeless Kotla track in an ...

Chris Gayle struck a belligerent half-century to guide Kings XI Punjab to a challenging 184 for four against Rajasthan Royals. Sports News : In the match 4 of VIVO Indian Premier League 2019 (IPL 2019), Chris Gayle hit a belligerent half-century as Kings XI Punjab registered a convincing 14-run win over Rajasthan Royals in a controversial match at Sawai Mansingh Stadium on Monday. Opening the innings, Gayle started in an uncharacteristic fashion but grew in confidence as the innings progressed and helped Kings XI post a challenging 184 for four after being sent into bat.   Gayle scored 79 off 47 balls and hit eight boundaries and four sixes in the process. Besides Gayle, young Sarfaraz Khan (46 not out off 29 balls) also played a good hand. Chasing the stiff target, Jos Buttler (69) and skipper Ajinkya Rahane (27) got Rajasthan off to a brisk start, dealing in boundaries and sixes to pile up 64 runs in the first six overs of powerplay. Read our full coverage on ...

After Rishabh Pant's 18-ball fifty against Mumbai Indians, the shrewd tactician in MS Dhoni will be plotting how to stop him early Sports News :  In Match 5 of Indian Premier League 2019 (IPL 2019), Chennai Super Kings will look to continue their winning momentum against new look Delhi Capitals at Ferozshah Kotla in New Delhi on Tuesday. After Rishabh Pant’s 18-ball fifty against Mumbai Indians, the shrewd tactician in MS Dhoni will be plotting how to stop him early. Pant has once again set the tone with a magnificent 78 off 27 balls in Delhi Capitals' 37-run win against Mumbai Indians. CSK, with their experience of winning important moments, will certainly make Capitals wary. However, Chennai Super Kings will be a different challenge for the Capitals, who don't have an enviable record against Dhoni's men at their home ground. Read our full coverage on IPL 2019  Rampaging Rishabh Pant biggest challenge for Dhoni at Kotla The nature of the Kotla track make...

Chennai Super Kings' Harbhajan Singh, center, celebrates with teammates the dismissal of Royal Challengers Bangalore's Moeen Ali during ipl T-20 match in Chennai. Sports News : In the opening match of VIVO Indian Premier League 2019 (IPL 2019), Mahendra Singh Dhoni's Chennai Super Kings (CSK) defeated Virat Kohli's Royal Challengers Bangalore by 7 wickets at MA Chidambaram Stadium in Chennai on Saturday. Chasing a below-par score of 71 runs, CSK lost opener Shane Watson early but never looked to control the game as Ambati Rayudu (28 off 42 runs) and Suresh Raina (19 off 21 balls) put 32 runs for the second wicket to consolidated their team position. Earlier, Harbhajan Singh rocked the top-order with a three-wicket burst as Chennai Super Kings bowled out Royal Challengers Bangalore for a paltry 70 in 17.1 overs in after winning the toss. On a slow Chepauk turner, the senior off-spinner opening the bowling, rolled back years with figures of 3/20 in his four-over sp...

Rishabh Pant blazed away to an unbeaten 27-ball 78 and powered Delhi Capitals to a mammoth 213 for six against Mumbai Indians Sports News : In match 3 of VIVO Indian Premier League 2019 (IPL 2019), clinical Delhi Capitals (DC) defeated Mumbai Indians by 37 runs at Wankhede Stadium in Mumbai on Sunday. Earlier, Rishabh Pant blazed away to an unbeaten 27-ball 78 and powered Delhi Capitals to a mammoth 213 for six against Mumbai Indians in their Indian Premier League opener. Pant raced to his half century in 18 balls, hitting seven towering sixes and as many fours at the Wankhede Stadium, which looked too small for the Delhi dazzler. Just 21, Pant smashed the world's best fast bowler, Jasprit Bumrah, for a few sixes as well. Read our full coverage on IPL 2019  Pant, playing his natural game, mercilessly punished the Mumbai bowlers after South African Colin Ingram (47 off 32 balls 7x4, 1x6) and Shikhar Dhawan (43 off 36 balls; 4x4; 1x6) pulled the visitors out of the rubble an...

Warner made a stupendous comeback with a scintillating 85, helping his side reach a challenging 181/3.   Sports News : In the Match 2 of VIVO Indian Premier League 2019 (IPL 2019), Andre Russell smashed an explosive 49 to spoil David Warner's scintillating IPL comeback as Kolkata Knight Riders pulled off a dramatic six-wicket win over Sunrisers Hyderabad at The Eden Gardens on Sunday. Needing 53 runs from last three overs, the powerful Jamaican changed the course of the match with his big-hitting against Siddharth Kaul, creaming off 19 runs from that over. He retained the strike by taking a smart single and continued his assault on Bhuvneshwar Kumar, who too bled 19 runs in the penultimate over as KKR sealed the 182-run chase with two balls to spare. Russell hammered four sixes and an equal number of boundaries in run sequence that read 6-6-1-4-1-4-6-4-0-6-1. Youngster Shubman Gill (18 not out) completed the formalities with two sixes off Shakib-Al-Hasan. Promoted t...

All eyes will be on Steve Smith as he makes his return to the IPL fold after the infamous ball-tampering row kept him away from the field last year Rajasthan Royals players during the practice session ahead the IPL match against Kings XI Punjab in Jaipur. Sports News : In Match 4 of VIVO Indian Premier League 2019 (IPL 2019), Rajasthan Royals will start their IPL campaign against Kings XI Punjab (KXIP) at Sawai Mansingh Stadium in Jaipur. All eyes will be on Steve Smith as returns to the IPL fold after the ball-tampering row kept him away from the field last year. Smith was handed a one-year ban, along with his then-deputy David Warner, exactly a year ago, for their role in a ball-tampering scandal in South Africa. Smith was last seen in action in a couple of Bangladesh Premier League (BPL) matches late last year before an elbow injury ruled him out of the tournament. Read our full coverage on IPL 2019  The ban was limited to state and international fixtures only and ...

Bangladesh team, which was about to enter the mosque to offer prayers, were left unscathed   Ambulance staff take a man from outside a mosque in central Christchurch, New Zealand, Friday, March 15, 2019.     Current Affairs : Bangladesh cricket team's tour of New Zealand was Friday called off in the wake of an attack on a mosque which killed several people. Bangladesh team, which was about to enter the mosque to offer prayers, were left unscathed but the prevailing situation led to the authorities calling off the third and final Test match at the Hagley Oval starting Saturday. According to a report in Cricinfo: "The team was en route to the mosque for Friday prayers at the time of the attack but escaped to the nearby Hagley Oval. They are currently in lockdown at their team hotel." Senior opener Tamim Iqbal has tweeted: "Entire team got saved from active shooters!!! Frightening experience and please keep us in your prayers." New Zeala...

The apex court also said that its verdict shall have no effect on the criminal proceedings pending against the former cricketer in the Delhi High Court Sports News : The Supreme Court Friday set aside the BCCI disciplinary committee’s order imposing a life ban on former Indian cricketer S Sreesanth for his alleged involvement in the 2013 IPL spot-fixing scandal. A bench comprising justices Ashok Bhushan and K M Joseph said the disciplinary committee of the Board of Control for Cricket in India (BCCI) may reconsider within three months the quantum of punishment to be given to Sreesanth. The bench made it clear that the former cricketer will get the opportunity of being heard by the committee on the quantum of the punishment. The apex court also said that its verdict shall have no effect on the criminal proceedings pending against the former cricketer in the Delhi High Court, where the Delhi Police has challenged a trial court’s order discharging all accused, including Sreesa...

Kings XI Punjab under the captaincy of Ravichandran Ashwin will look to turn their fortunes with good combination of youngsters and experienced players like Chris Gayle and K L Rahul Kings XI Punjab team players celebrates wicket of Rajasthan Royals' Ajinkya Rahane during an IPL2018 cricket match at MPCA Holkar Stadium in Indore IPL 2019 : In the IPL 2019 players auction, Kings XI Punjab (KXIP) bought 13 players after releasing stalwarts like Aaron Finch and Yuvraj Singh among 11 players ahead of the auction in Jaipur. The major highlight of the IPL auction 2019 was the emergence of lesser-known Indian players earning big in the auction.  The trend was set by the Punjab franchise, who went for leg-spinner Varun Chakaravarthy, before further bolstering their bowling attack with the addition of Curran, and India's pace spearhead Mohammed Shami for Rs 48 million (Rs 4.8 crore). The Punjab side also bought 17-year-old wicket-keeper Prabhsimran Singh for a whopping Rs 48 ...

Warne, who led Rajasthan Royals to its first and only IPL title in 2008, was the mentor of the side last season. But this year the Australian will be associated with the team in a new role   Sports News : Australia spin legend Shane Warne was on Sunday named as the brand ambassador of Rajasthan Royals for the upcoming Indian Premier League (IPL 2019). Warne, who led Rajasthan Royals to its first and only IPL title in 2008, was the mentor of the side last season. But this year the Australian will be associated with the team in a new role. Warne went on to captain Rajasthan Royals for four seasons until 2011, after which he retired from all forms of cricket. → Read our full coverage on IPL 2019 here ← “I’m very happy to be back with the Royals and I’m grateful to the team and the fans for their constant support. It was important for us to retain our established values but at the same time develop a new and modern identity. I am already in love with the n...

IPL 2019 will be off to an earlier-than-usual start owing to Lok Sabha elections, dates of which are yet to be announced. Any change in the provisional IPL 2019 schedule will be revised accordingly Sports News: The Board of Control for Cricket (BCCI) on Tuesday announced the schedule of Indian Premier League (IPL 2019) for the first two weeks, comprising 17 games. Defending champions Chennai Super Kings (CSK) will play against Royal Challengers Bangalore (RCB) in the tournament opener on March 23. The IPL will be off to an earlier-than-usual start this year owing to the Lok Sabha elections 2019, dates of which are yet to be announced. Any change in the provisional itinerary — from March 23 to April 5 — will be revised accordingly. → Read our full coverage on IPL 2019 here ← While the weekends will have double-headers but the schedule doesn’t clarify whether the BCCI will continue with the usual 4 pm (afternoon) and 8 pm (evening) format or there will be a chang...