Delhi

KL Rahul (W)

Pathum Nissanka

Nitish Rana

Sameer Rizvi

David Miller

Tristan Stubbs

Axar Patel (C)

Lungi Ngidi

Kuldeep Yadav

T Natarajan

Mukesh Kumar

Punjab

Prabhsimran Singh (W)

Priyansh Arya

Cooper Connolly

Shreyas Iyer (C)

Shashank Singh

Marcus Stoinis

Marco Jansen

Xavier Bartlett

Vijaykumar Vyshak

Arshdeep Singh

Yuzvendra Chahal

Azmatullah Omarzai

Benjamin James Dwarshuis

Cooper Patrick Leonard Connolly

Harnoor Singh Pannu

Harpreet Brar

Lachlan Hammond Ferguson

Marcus Peter Stoinis

Mitchell J Owen

Musheer Naushad Khan

Nehal Wadhera

Prabhsimran Singh

Praveen Dubey

Pyla Avinash

Shreyas Santosh Iyer

Suryansh Prashant Shedge

Vishal Nishad

Vishnu Vinod

Xavier Colin Bartlett

Yash Ravisingh Thakur

Yuzvendra Singh Chahal

Abishek Porel

Ajay Jadav Mandal

Ashutosh Rambabu Sharma

Auqib Nabi

Axar Rajeshbhai Patel

David Andrew Miller

Pathira Vasan Dushmantha Chameera

Karun Kaladharan Nair

Rahul Kannaur Lokesh

Kyle Alex Jamieson

Lungisani True-man Ngidi

Madhav Tiwari

Mitchell Aaron Starc

Pathum Nissanka Silva

Prithvi Pankaj Shaw

Rehan Ahmed

Sahil Ulhas Parakh

Thangarasu Natarajan

Tripurana Vijay

Vipraj Nigam

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IPL 2026

The Delhi Traffic Police created a green corridor in just 11 minutes to swiftly transport the Lungi Ngidi to the hospital after the PBKS star suffered a severe head injury during IPL 2026 clash against DC

Delhi Traffic Police's 11-minute green corridor for injured Lungi Ngidi won hearts

Lungi Ngidi banged the back of his head on the ground while attempting a catch during DC vs PBKS clash

Lightning-fast green corridor by Delhi Traffic Police ensures Lungi Ngidi's swift hospital transfer after scary injury. (Screenshot)

Ngidi gets emergency lifeline as Traffic Police form green corridor in 11 mins

Punjab Kings' star pacer Lungi Ngidi picked up a nasty head injury during the Delhi Capitals vs Punjab Kings IPL 2026 clash and was thus rushed to the hospital

Lungi Ngidi suffered a horrific head injury during IPL clash between DC and PBKS

Ngidi ended up banging his head on the ground while attempting a catch

South African pacer Lungi Ngidi in frame. (Screenshot)

How is Ngidi keeping now after horrific injury during DC vs PBKS clash?

Punjab Kings scripted the highest-ever chase in IPL history as they hammered Delhi Capitals by six wickets in their IPL 2026 clash

Punjab Kings crushed Delhi Capitals by 6 wickets in record run-chase

PBKS chased down the 265-run target with 7 balls to spare

PBKS captain Shreyas Iyer in frame. (Getty)

PBKS captain Shreyas Iyer in frame. (X)

IPL 2026: Shreyas' artistry helps PBKS pull off record chase against DC

Delhi Capitals' Lungi Ngidi suffered a horrific injury as his head banged against the ground during IPL 2026 clash against Punjab Kings

Lungi Ngidi suffered a gruesome injury during DC vs PBKS clash

Lungi Ngidi was thus rushed to the hospital for medical attention

DC's Lungi Ngidi suffers nasty head injury in DC vs PBKS clash, rushed to hospital. (Screenshot)

Watch: Scary scenes as Lungi Ngidi suffers nasty head injury in DC vs PBKS clash

KL Rahul’s unbeaten 152 and Nitish Rana’s explosive 91 power DC to a record 264 as their 220-run stand rewrites IPL history.

Rahul and Rana stitch a 220-run partnership, the second-highest in IPL history and DC’s best ever.

KL Rahul smashes an unbeaten 152 off 67, guiding DC to a mammoth 264/2.

K. L. Rahul and Nitish Rana in this frame. (IPL/BCCI)

IPL 2026: Rahul and Rana create history, join Kohli & ABD in elite list

IPL 2026: Delhi Capitals' KL Rahul was on destruction mode against Punjab Kings as he clobbered a record-breaking century at the Arun Jaitley stadium

KL Rahul ran riot with the bat in the clash against PBKS

DC's KL Rahul cracked a record-breaking 67-ball 152

Delhi Capitals' star opener KL Rahul in this frame. (IPL)

Possessed KL Rahul scripts history with carnage-filled 67-ball 152

Arshdeep Singh was left livid after Shashank Singh dropped an easy catch to give KL Rahul a lifeline during Delhi Capitals versus Punjab Kings IPL 2026 clash

Shashank Singh dropped a sitter to give KL Rahul a reprieve at 12

Shashank's dropped catch left Arshdeep Singh agitated

Arshdeep Singh left raging after Shashank Singh's costly blunder gives KL Rahul second chance. (Screenshot)

Watch: Arshdeep Singh left raging after Shashank Singh drops sitter 

DC won the toss and elected to bat first against Punjab Kings in their Indian Premier League 2026 clash at the Arun Jaitley Stadium.


DC opt to bat first in Delhi heat, with Axar Patel backing his side to defend on a slowing pitch.

Shreyas Iyer unfazed by toss loss as PBKS stick with same XI, focusing on consistency and team culture.

DC captain Akshar Patel and PBKS skipper Shreyas Iyer in this frame. (X)

IPL 2026: DC opt to bat against PBKS, know playing XIs

Punjab Kings' squad has been strengthened by the return of their ace pacer Lockie Ferguson who has linked up with the team for the rest of IPL 2026

Lockie Ferguson has reached India and has linked up with PBKS for remainder of IPL 2026

PBKS got the Ferguson boost right ahead of their clash against DC

Punjab Kings' star pacer Lockie Ferguson in frame. (Getty)

Double boost for PBKS, another overseas star after Cooper Connolly joins team ah

Delhi Capitals' Sahil Parikh suffered a serious injury during team's training session and was thus stretchered off the field for medical intervention

DC's Sahil Parish suffered a nasty injury during team's training session 

Sahil was then stretchered off the field for medical attention

DC's Sahil Parakh was stretchered off the field after injury blow during training session. (Screenshot)

DC's Sahil Parikh was stretchered off the field after injury blow during training session. (Screenshot)

Serious injury blow for DC, 18-year-old stretchered off during practice session

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India batter Hanuma Vihari while making a big claim about Hardik Pandya's next move in IPL 2027 said that the MI captain will move to CSK

Hardik Pandya had a torrid season both with the bat and as MI captain in IPL 2026

Meanwhile, Hanuma Vihari feels that Pandya will go to CSK in the IPL 2027

MI captain Hardik Pandya in frame. (X)

'99.9% he will go to CSK': Hardik's ex-teammate on MI captain's next destination

Michael Clarke reached home unscathed after his car's accident with the truck on the way to airport post-IPL 2026 final.

Michael Clarke sustained a few bruises from the car accident.

Clarke said that the car's front half was under the truck. 

Michael Clarke

Michael Clarke narrates ordeal of road accident after IPL 2026 final

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In the IPL 2026 final, Virat Kohli suffered a hamstring injury and needed medical attention on the field. The injury has led to him missing the ODI series against Afghanistan.

Virat Kohli suffered a hamstring tear during IPL 2026 final.

Kohli hobbled between the wickets during his match-winning unbeaten 75. 

Virat Kohli

Kohli batted with hamstring tear in IPL final; out of AFG ODIs, ENG tour in doub

Krunal return to Team India: Krunal Pandya said that he is disappointed at times when he is not selected but reminds himself about why he started playing cricket.

Krunal Pandya's last T20I appearance was against Sri Lanka in 2021.

Krunal claimed 14 wickets and scored 226 runs in IPL 2026.

Krunal Pandya, Virat Kohli

Ahead of Ireland, England tour, Krunal Pandya hopeful of comeback after 5 years

Sachin Tendulkar explained how things went south for Punjab Kings after dominating the first half of the Indian Premier League 2026

Punjab Kings remained unbeaten through half of the Indian Premier League 2026

Things started going downhill for PBKS at the latter half of the season which ultimately resulted in their ouster

PBKS captain Shreyas Iyer (L) and batting legend Sachin Tendulkar in frame. (Getty)

Sachin Tendulkar explains main reason behind dramatic downfall in IPL 2026

England limited New Zealand to 138 to secure a commanding 115-run win in the 254-run chase in the first Test. With this England lead the three-match series 1-0

England's Gus Atkinson (C) celebrates with his teammates after taking the final wicket of New Zealand's Matt Henry in this frame. (Getty)

ENG vs NZ: Gus Atkinson's fiery fifer bundles out New Zealand for 138 to hand En

India rode on Manav Suthar and Prasidh Krishna's exploits to eat half of the Afghanistan's side and leave them battered at 113/5 on Day 2 of the one-off Test

India's Manav Suthar (C) celebrates with his captain Shubman Gill (R) after taking the wicket of Afghanistan's Rahmanullah Gurbaz (L). (Getty)

IND vs AFG: Manav Suthar's artistry breaks Afghanistan's back as visitors end Da

Afghanistan's Rahmat Shah scripted history on Day 2 of the one-off Test against India. Rahmat Shah became the first Afghanistan player to score 1000 runs in Tests

Afghanistan's Rahmat Shah (R) in action as India's Rishabh Pant watches on in this frame. (Getty)

IND vs AFG: Rahmat Shah becomes first-ever Afghanistani player to unlock this se

Ricky Ponting revealed that he was the one who endorsed Shreyas Iyer for the role of India's T20I captain to selectors. Shreyas replaced Suryakumar Yadav as India's new T20I skipper

Ricky Ponting is filled with joy after Shreyas Iyer's appointment as India's T20I captain

Ponting revealed that he endorsed Shreyas Iyer for the top role

India's T20I captain Shreyas Iyer in this frame. (Getty)

Ricky Ponting discloses how he endorsed Shreyas Iyer for India's T20I captaincy 

Two-time IPL title-winning captain Rajat Patidar confessed that he never wanted to join Royal Challengers Bengaluru because he thought the franchise called him as replacement and might not give him chance to play

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