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Ajinkya Rahane (C)

Finn Allen

Cameron Green

Angkrish Raghuvanshi (W)

Rinku Singh

Ramandeep Singh

Anukul Roy

Rovman Powell

Sunil Narine

Navdeep Saini

Kartik Tyagi

Lucknow

Mitchell Marsh

Aiden Markram

Rishabh Pant (C) (W)

Nicholas Pooran

Abdul Samad

Mukul Choudhary

Manimaran Siddharth

Avesh Khan

Mohammad Shami

Digvesh Singh

Prince Yadav

Ajinkya Madhukar Rahane

Angkrish Avaneesh Raghuvanshi

Anukul Sudhakar Roy

Blessing Muzarabani

Cameron Donald Green

Daksh Kamra

Finnley Hugh Allen

Manish Krishnanand Pandey

Matheesha Pathirana

Navdeep Amarjeet Saini

Prashant Hitesh Solanki

Rachin Ravindra

Rahul Ajay Tripathi

Rinku Khanchand Singh

Sarthak Ranjan

Saurabh Rajendraprasad Dubey

Sunil Philip Narine

Tejasvi Singh

Tim Louis Seifert

Umran Malik

Vaibhav Gopal Arora

Varun Chakaravarthy Vinod

Abdul Samad Farooq

Aiden Kyle Markram

Akash Maharaj Singh

Akshat R Raghuwanshi

Anrich Arno Nortje

Arjun Sachin Tendulkar

Arshin Atul Kulkarni

Ayush Badoni

Digvesh Singh Rathi

Himmat Singh

Joshua Patrick Inglis

Matthew Paul Breetzke

Mayank Prabhu Yadav

Mitchell Ross Marsh

Mohammad Shami Ahmed

Mohsin Khan

Mukul Dalip Choudhary

Naman Tiwari

Rishabh Rajendra Pant

Shahbaz Ahamad

Pinnaduwage Wanindu Hasaranga De Silva

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Mukul Choudhary wreaked havoc with the bat to snatch a thrilling three-wicket win for LSG in the IPL 2026 clash against KKR

LSG's star batter Mukul Choudhary in this frame. (X)

IPL 2026: Mukul wreaks mayhem to guide LSG to thrilling win over KKR

Lucknow Super Giants' head coach Tom Moody has confirmed that their star all-rounder Wanindu Hasaranga has been ruled out of the entire IPL 2026

LSG's Wanindu Hasaranga will miss the entire IPL 2026

LSG's Director of Cricket Tom Moody confirmed the development during the KKR vs LSG clash

LSG's Wanindu Hasaranga in this frame. (Getty)

LSG's Wanindu Hasaranga ruled out of IPL 2026, Tom Moody gives big update

Digvesh Rathi's catch of Finn Allen stirred a big controversy during Kolkata Knight Riders vs Lucknow Super Giants IPL 2026 match

Digvesh Rathi's catch at the ropes sparked a big umpiring controversy in the IPL 2026

It all happened during the KKR vs LSG clash

Watch: Digvesh Rathi’s boundary catch triggers huge controversy during KKR vs LSG IPL 2026 clash. (Screenshot)

Digvesh Rathi’s boundary catch triggers huge controversy during KKR vs LSG clash

Lucknow Super Giants won the toss and elected to bowl first against Kolkata Knight Riders in their Indian Premier League 2026 clash

LSG invited KKR to bat first in their IPL 2026 clash

Here are the playing XIs of both the sides:

KKR skipper Ajinkya Rahane (L) and LSG captain Rishabh Pant in frame. (Twitter)

IPL 2026: LSG opt to bowl first against Narine-loaded KKR; Know playing XIs here

Murali Kartik wants a big change in Kolkata Knight Riders' (KKR) playing XI ahead of their IPL 2026 clash against Lucknow Super Giants (LSG)

Murali Kartik has called for a big change in KKR's playing XI amidst team's shoddy show in IPL 2026

Murali Kartik doesn't see anything coming from Cameron Green in the ongoing season

KKR's star all-rounder Cameron Green in this frame. (Screengrab)

'Not seeing anything coming from him': Kartik points out KKR's weak link

BCCI has come up with new rules for benched players in the IPL 2026. The benched players are now strictly prohibited from sitting or standing in front of LED advertising boards

BCCI has introduced new rules for benched players in IPL 2026

The benched players' movement has been restricted as per the new rules

IPL title in this frame. (Screengrab)

BCCI lays down tough restrictions for benched players in IPL 2026 in new rules

Kolkata Knight Riders' captain Ajinkya Rahane has come out with a strong retort to all those who have been questioning his batting approach in the ongoing IPL 2026

Ajinkya Rahane bravely confronted questions on his batting approach in the ongoing IPL season

Rahane clearly said that he has always been an instinctive player

KKR captain Ajinkya Rahane in frame. (X)

Rahane's strong response on batting approach after KKR's back-to-back defeats

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Former South Africa Graeme Smith said that Vaibhav Sooryavanshi continued to hog limelight despite the presence of Virat Kohli and Rohit Sharma in IPL

Vaibhav Sooryavanshi earned South Africa legend Graeme Smith's praise

Vaibhav Sooryavanshi continues to turn heads in the ongoing IPL season

Mumbai Indians' Rohit Sharma (L), Rajasthan Royals' Vaibhav Sooryavanshi (C) and RCB's Virat Kohli in this frame. (X)

South Africa legend compares Sooryavanshi's star power with Kohli-Rohit

Punjab Kings' Cooper Connolly lavished immense praise on his captain Shreyas Iyer and said that everyone in his team likes to be around him

PBKS' Cooper Connolly was all praise for his captain Shreyas Iyer

PBKS have won two out of three matches in the ongoing IPL 2026 season

PBKS skipper Shreyas Iyer in frame. (Screengrab)

'Everyone likes to be around him because...': PBKS star's big words for Iyer

C. D. Gopinath, the last surviving member of India’s first Test win, passes away at 96 in Chennai.


Gopinath played a key role in India’s historic first Test victory against England in 1952.

The former batter scored 4,259 runs in first-class cricket, leaving behind a lasting legacy.

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IPL 2026: Mukul wreaks mayhem to guide LSG to thrilling win over KKR

LSG's Wanindu Hasaranga ruled out of IPL 2026, Tom Moody gives big update

Digvesh Rathi’s boundary catch triggers huge controversy during KKR vs LSG clash