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Jason Roy

Rahmanullah Gurbaz (W)

Nitish Rana (C)

Venkatesh Iyer

Andre Russell

Rinku Singh

Shardul Thakur

Sunil Narine

Vaibhav Arora

Harshit Rana

Varun Chakaravarthy

Lucknow

Prerak Mankad

Quinton de Kock (W)

Karan Sharma

Krunal Pandya (C)

Marcus Stoinis

Nicholas Pooran

Ayush Badoni

Krishnappa Gowtham

Ravi Bishnoi

Naveen-ul-Haq

Mohsin Khan

Ajinkya Madhukar Rahane

Akash Deep

Angkrish Avaneesh Raghuvanshi

Anukul Sudhakar Roy

Cameron Donald Green

Daksh Kamra

Finnley Hugh Allen

Harshit Pradeep Rana

Kartik Tyagi

Manish Krishnanand Pandey

Matheesha Pathirana

Prashant Hitesh Solanki

Rachin Ravindra

Rahul Ajay Tripathi

Ramandeep Singh

Rinku Khanchand Singh

Rovman Powell

Sarthak Ranjan

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

Avesh Khan

Digvesh Singh

Himmat Singh

Joshua Patrick Inglis

Manimaran Siddharth

Matthew Paul Breetzke

Mayank Prabhu Yadav

Mitchell Ross Marsh

Mohammad Shami Ahmed

Mukul Dalip Choudhary

Naman Tiwari

Prince Yadav

Rishabh Rajendra Pant

Shahbaz Ahmed

Pinnaduwage Wanindu Hasaranga De Silva

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Indian Premier League 2023

IPL franchise KKR denied claims that the team stopped fans wearing the Mohun Bagan jersey from entering the Eden Gardens during their game against LSG

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IPL 2023: KKR washes hands off LSG fans' controversy — 'Did not stop fans, only ambush marketing was stopped by IPL'

Kolkata Knight Riders' (KKR) Indian Premier League (IPL) 2023 campaign came to a screeching halt on May 20 (Saturday) after the franchise suffered an agonising one-run defeat against Lucknow Super Giants (LSG) at the Eden Gardens Stadium on May 20 (Saturday).

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Watch: Rinku Singh unleashes fifth longest six of IPL 2023, smacks a 110-meter six to stun fans at Eden Gardens

Kolkata Knight Riders (KKR) suffered an agonising one-run defeat against Lucknow Super Giants (LSG) at the Eden Gardens Stadium on May 20 (Saturday).

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'I'm not thinking that far': After breakthrough IPL season, Rinku Singh ready to wait for Team India call-up

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'I am lost for words': Rinku Singh earns huge praise after another stellar performance in run chase in IPL 2023

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With playoff chances minimal, Kolkata fans want to see Rinku Singh bat

Rinku Singh once again kept Kolkata Knight Riders (KKR) fans on the edge of their seats with a last-over thriller.

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Rinku Singh wreaks havoc in last over again but KKR lose their final encounter by 1 run to LSG, get knocked out of IPL 2023

Eden Gardens pitch curator Sujan Mukherjee is not happy with Kolkata Knight Riders (KKR) skipper Nitish Rana expressing disappointment for not having home advantage in the ongoing Indian Premier League (IPL) 2023.

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'The captain may say anything he wants': Eden Gardens pitch curator slams Nitish Rana for ‘no home advantage’ statement

Lucknow Super Giants (LSG) have announced 20-year-old Suryansh Shedge as replacement for injured Jaydev Unadkat for the remainder of Indian Premier League (IPL) 2023.

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LSG announce 20-year-old Suryansh Shedge as injured Jaydev Unadkat's replacement: Know all details here

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Mumbai Indians (MI) notched up a commanding 50-run win over Delhi Capitals in their second Women's Premier League (WPL) 2026 clash on January 10

Mumbai Indians thrashed Delhi Capitals by 50 runs in their WPL 2026 clash

DC failed to chase down the 196-run target and were bundled out for mere 145

Mumbai Indians' Nat Sciver-Brunt (R) and captain Harmanpreet Kaur celebrate with each other in this frame. (Getty)

WPL 2026: Harmanpreet-Sciver Brunt combine to hand MI 50-run win over DC

Ashleigh Gardner and Sophie Devine combined to hand Gujarat Giants (GG) a 10-run win over UP Warriorz (UPW) in their Women's Premier League 2026 clash 

Gujarat Giants beat UP Warriorz by 10 runs in their WPL 2026 clash

Ashleigh Gardner and Sophie Devine remained the architects of Giants' victory

Gujarat Giants' Ashleigh Gardner (R) and Sophie Devine in this frame. (Getty)

WPL 2026: Gardner-Devine's all-round show helps GG edge UPW by 10 runs 

Royal Challengers Bengaluru (RCB) head coach Malolan Rangarajan confirmed that India all‑rounder Pooja Vastrakar will miss at least two weeks of Women’s Premier League (WPL) matches due to a hamstring injury.

RCB defeated MI by three wickets in WPL 2026 opener.

Pooja Vastrakar set to miss two weeks of WPL 2026.

Pooja Vastrakar of India prepares to bowl during game two of the ODI series between India and South Africa at M. Chinnaswamy Stadium on June 19, 2024 in Bengaluru, India.

RCB shares worrisome update on Pooja Vastrakar’s WPL 2026 comeback

Mumbai Indians vs Royal Challengers Bengaluru: Mumbai Indians captain Harmanpreet Kaur admitted her side fell short in the final over of their three-wicket defeat against Royal Challengers Bengaluru (RCB) in the WPL 2026 opener, saying they failed to bowl even one good delivery under pressure.

RCB defeated Mumbai Indians by three wickets. 

Nadine de Klerk picked up four wickets against MI in WPL 2026 opener.

Mumbai Indians' Amelia Kerr (L) speaks with her captain Harmanpreet Kaur during the Women's Premier League (WPL) 

Harmanpreet Kaur indirectly blames Nat Sciver-Brunt after MI’s defeat vs RCB

Nadine de Klerk said it would take time for RCB’s thrilling three-wicket win over the Mumbai Indians to sink in, after she played a key role in the WPL opener. She picked up 4/26 with the ball and then scored an unbeaten 63 off 44 balls to guide RCB to a last-ball victory against MI.

Nadine de Klerk celebrates after her team's win in the Women's Premier League (WPL) Twenty20 cricket match between Mumbai Indians and Royal Challengers Bengaluru 

De Klerk reveals her mindset after guiding RCB to their nail-biter win vs MI

The former India cricketer remarked that Rahul makes a difference while batting in the middle-order and praised him for maintaining his composure under pressure

Irfan Pathan hailed KL Rahul for maintaining his composure in death overs

KL Rahul helped India clinch victory against New Zealand in 1st ODI

India's captain KL Rahul plays a shot during the second one-day international (ODI) cricket match between India and South Africa at the Shaheed Veer Narayan Singh International Cricket Stadium in Raipur (via Getty)

'Other batters were': Pathan hails Rahul for maintaining composure in death over

Football

Bruno Fernandes’ account was hacked after Manchester United’s FA Cup exit. Club releases statement after their 1-2 loss against Brighton.

Man United recently sacked their head coach, Ruben Amorim, at Old Trafford as they move towards another trophyless season

As of now, all the tweets published by the hacker have been removed

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Man Utd releases statement as Bruno Fernandes’ account hacked after FA Cup exit

New Zealand tour of India 2026

India vs New Zealand 1st ODI: India wicketkeeper batter KL Rahul revealed that he kept reminding Harshit Rana not to go for a six on every ball during the 1st ODI against New Zealand.

India defeated New Zealand by four wickets in 1st ODI. 

KL Rahul, Harshit Rana stitched 37-run stand in 1st ODI vs NZ.

Harshit Rana celebrating a wicket with KL Rahul

KL reveals his conversation with Harshit while batting during 1st ODI vs NZ

Ahead of the five-T20I series against India starting on January 21, Bevon Jacobs has created ripples back home with five half-centuries on the trot for Auckland in Super Smash tournament.

Bevon Jacobs has scored five consecutive fifties in Super Smash.

Jacobs is part of T20I squad vs India but not in T20 World Cup 2026 squad. 

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Picked for T20Is vs IND, 23-yr-old New Zealand batter slams 5 fifties in a row

India ODI vice captain Shreyas Iyer lavished praise on Virat Kohli after the batter smashed 93 runs in the first ODI against New Zealand in Vadodara. 

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IPL 2023: KKR washes hands off LSG fans' controversy — 'Did not stop fans, only ambush marketing was stopped by IPL'

Watch: Rinku Singh unleashes fifth longest six of IPL 2023, smacks a 110-meter six to stun fans at Eden Gardens

'I'm not thinking that far': After breakthrough IPL season, Rinku Singh ready to wait for Team India call-up