Stocks rise for Stubbs after another finishing act
When the news of the tragedy at the Brook household, and Harry Brook’s subsequent withdrawal from IPL 2024, reached the Delhi Capitals’ camp, the franchise immediately switched to Plan B. That Tristan Stubbs was only a backup until then is unfathomable now, given the sheer numbers he’s accumulated in what has been a breakout season […]
Sixes soar in a record chase at the Eden Gardens
Stats highlights from Punjab Kings’ historic heist at the Eden Gardens. 262 is the highest successfully chased target in a T20 game. Punjab Kings surpassed the 259 chased down by South Africa against West Indies in Centurion. The previous highest successfully chased score in the IPL was 224 by Rajasthan Royals, who chased that total on two separate […]
Pant, Axar star in DC’s nervy final-over win over GT
Delhi Capitals rode on their captain’s incredible knock of 88 from 43 balls to eke out a narrow four-run victory over Gujarat Titans, despite the best efforts of Sai Sudharsan, David Miller and Rashid Khan to stop the hosts from doing the double over them. Pant’s knock, alongwith Axar Patel’s essay (66 off 43) and […]
Sandeep advocates ‘big heart’ in high-scoring IPL season
After a three-week layoff due to injury, Sandeep Sharma couldn’t have asked for a better comeback as he finished with astonishing figures of 5/18 in a game where over the scoring rate hovered well over the 8.5 rpo mark. In the two games that he had featured in earlier this season, Sandeep was used as a death over […]
Pakistan series ‘awesome opportunity’ for depleted NZ: Allen
NEW DELHI: Despite eight of their senior players set to miss the upcoming five-match Twenty20 International series against Pakistan, New Zealand opener Finn Allen believes the BlackCaps would still be a handful for the Babar Azam-led hosts. New Zealand will be without the likes of Trent Boult, Lockie Ferguson, Matt Henry, Daryl Mitchell, Glenn Phillips, […]
Bracewell named NZ captain for T20I series against Pakistan
Michael Bracewell will lead New Zealand for the first time as the selectors announced a 15-member squad for the upcoming five-match T20I series against Pakistan. Tim Robinson has received his maiden call-up and the squad also includes Will O’Rourke who is uncapped in the format. New Zealand, meanwhile, will be without several of their frontline […]
Height and stature to the fore in atypical home win for RCB
Royal Challengers Bengaluru won the toss and fielded, Virat Kohli scored a half-century in the chase and Bengalureans welcomed the arrival of the first points of IPL 2024 with usual pomp and fanfare. These were the more predictable parts of the evening. Monday’s clash against Punjab Kings was, in many ways, atypical of how T20 […]
Unyielding Gujarat Titans upend MI’s plan to break out of season-opener jinx
So what if Mumbai Indians lost their season-opener once again. Since 2013, the year Rohit Sharma took over the reins of the team, MI have yet to secure victory in their first game. So wasn’t the result expected anyway? Wrong. The banality of this outcome does not stem from the Mumbai Indians’ recurrent theme of […]
Consistency means nothing without a trophy, says Zalmi coach Sammy
KARACHI: Peshawar Zalmi head coach Darren Sammy sat dejected, sunk in his chair in the press conference room after Islamabad United had knocked his team out of the HBL Pakistan Super League on Saturday. The former West Indies skipper had been associated with Zalmi since the first season of the PSL — first as captain […]
Imad Wasim stars as Islamabad United edge closer to final
Imad Wasim starred with the ball as Islamabad United took one step closer to the PSL 2024 final by defeating Quetta Gladiators in the first eliminator. As a result, Islamabad will now face Peshawar Zalmi in the second eliminator on Saturday (March 16) with the winner set to face Multan Sultans in the summit clash. Mohammad Amir […]
