Kolkata

Phil Salt (W)

Sunil Narine

Venkatesh Iyer

Shreyas Iyer (C)

Angkrish Raghuvanshi

Rinku Singh

Andre Russell

Ramandeep Singh

Mitchell Starc

Varun Chakaravarthy

Harshit Rana

Bangalore

Faf du Plessis (C)

Virat Kohli

Will Jacks

Rajat Patidar

Cameron Green

Dinesh Karthik (W)

Mahipal Lomror

Karn Sharma

Lockie Ferguson

Yash Dayal

Mohammed Siraj

Abhinandan Singh

Bhuvneshwar Kumar Singh

Devdutt Babunu Padikkal

Jacob Graham Bethell

Jacob Andrew Duffy

Jitesh Mohan Sharma

Jordan Matthew Cox

Josh Reginald Hazlewood

Kanishk Chouhan

Krunal Himanshu Pandya

Mangesh Yadav

Ilandari Dewage Nuwan Thushara

Philip Dean Salt

Rajat Manohar Patidar

Rasikh Salam Dar

Romario Shepherd

Satvik Deswal

Suyash Sharma

Swapnil K Singh

Timothy Hays David

Venkatesh Rajasekaran Iyer

Vicky Kanhaiya Ostwal

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

Rinku Khanchand Singh

Rovman Powell

Sarthak Ranjan

Sunil Philip Narine

Tejasvi Singh

Tim Louis Seifert

Umran Malik

Vaibhav Gopal Arora

Varun Chakaravarthy Vinod

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Indian Premier League March 2024

Former RCB captain Virat Kohli was left fuming after he was given out despite the impact of ball with bat well above the waist in the clash against KKR.

Mohammad Kaif's Instagram post screenshot; Virat Kohli after losing his wicket (Getty Images)

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Virat Kohli likes Mohammad Kaif's 'poor umpiring' rant on Instagram after facing 50 per cent match fees fine for arguing with umpires

Royal Challengers Bengaluru's batting maestro Virat Kohli was spotted at the Mumbai airport after the thrilling clash against Kolkata Knight Riders.

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WATCH - RCB batter Virat Kohli's heartbreaking reaction to Paparazzi saying 'out nahi the aap' goes viral

RCB opener Virat Kohli had a heated conversation with the umpires during the run chase against KKR after getting out off a high full-toss he felt was a no ball.

Virat Kohli walking off the ground in anger (Getty Images)

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Virat Kohli punished by BCCI for heated conversation with umpire after losing wicket off high full-toss

Former Indian cricketer Mohammad Kaif&nbsp;has slammed the umpires' decision on Virat Kohli's controversial dismissal during the KKR vs RCB match.

Virat Kohli after his dismissal against KKR (Getty)

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Former Indian cricketer slams umpires decision on Virat Kohli's controversial dismissal, calls it 'ghatiya'

Aaron Finch hit out at Rajat Patidar by saying that he should have continued batting for a couple of overs against Kolkata Knight Riders in the 36th match of the IPL 2024.

Royal Challengers Bengaluru's Virat Kohli (L) and Rajat Patidar. (Getty)

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IPL 2024: Aaron Finch blasts star RCB batter for recklessness against KKR, says 'he needed to chill out for...'

Royal Challengers Bengaluru's captain Faf du Plessis has been hit by a fine of 12 Lakh INR after maintaining slow-over rate in the match against KKR.

RCB team during match against KKR (Getty)

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IPL 2024: Big Blow to Faf du Plessis, Bengaluru captain hit with hefty fine after 1-run loss against KKR

Star pacer Reece Topley addressed his Royal Challengers Bengaluru teammate Virat Kohli's controversial dismissal against Kolkata Knight Riders.

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'Obviously he was out of crease': Virat Kohli's RCB teammate makes stunning remark on his controversial dismissal against KKR

Disappointed and frustrated by the decision, Virat Kohli expressed his displeasure, initially confronting the on-field umpires before making his way back to the pavilion.

Navjot Singh Sidhu (R) spoke about Virat Kohli's dismissal. (PC: Screenshot/Getty).

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'Not good for the spirit of the game. Chaati thok ke...': Navjot Singh Sidhu's blistering take after Virat Kohli's dismissal and outburst against KKR

Royal Challengers Bengaluru batter Virat Kohli was left fuming after his dismissal off a high full-toss he felt was a no ball in the run chase against Kolkata Knight Riders.

Virat Kohli in an animated chat with the umpire after the match (Screengrab: X)

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WATCH: Virat Kohli engages in heated conversation with umpire after RCB's one-run loss to KKR while Rinku Singh shadow-bats nearby

Kolkata Knight Riders registered a one-run at home to continue bottom-placed Royal Challengers Bengaluru's losing streak in the ongoing IPL 2024.

Virat Kohli and Gautam Gambhir after KKR's one-run win over RCB (Getty Images)

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'Phenomenal display of character...': Gautam Gambhir posts a special message for RCB after narrow one-run win, KKR reacts with emojis

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Harleen Deol and Shweta Sehrawat were left perplexed in the middle as head coach Abhishek Nayar made the call to retire out the set batter in slog overs.

UP Warriorz head coach Abhishek Nayar made the call to retire out Harleen Deol.

After the 17th over, everyone from UP Warriorz team management were on the same page.

Harleen Deol, Abhishek Nayar

Harleen in disbelief to get retired out on 47, UP Warriorz's tactics backfire

Delhi Capitals managed to pull off a nail-biting seven-wicket win over UP Warriorz in a last-ball thriller in their Women's Premier League (WPL) 2026 clash

Delhi Capitals nicked past UP Warriorz by seven wickets in their WPL 2026 clash

DC managed to overhaul the 155-run target in a last-ball thriller

Delhi Capitals' Lizelle Lee (R) in action in this frame. (Getty)

WPL 2026: DC eke out seven-wicket win over UPW in last-ball thriller

WPL 2026: Gujarat Giants captain Ashleigh Gardner revealed that she told Ayushi Soni that it was a team decision to retire her out.

Ayushi Soni scored 11 runs from 14 balls.

After retiring out Soni, Bharti Fulmali scored an unbeaten 15-ball 36. 

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Gujarat Giants batter becomes 1st to be retired out in WPL history, captain says

Harmanpreet Kaur starred with an unbeaten 71 to guide the Mumbai Indians to their highest successful chase in the WPL, leading a thrilling seven-wicket win over the Gujarat Giants. After early setbacks, Harmanpreet and Amanjot Kaur steadied the innings, with Nicola Carey finishing the job, while Harmanpreet also became the first Indian to cross 1,000 WPL runs.


Mumbai Indians defeated Gujarat Giants by 7 wickets.

Harmanpreet Kaur scored 71 runs against Gujarat Giants.

Mumbai Indians (MI) captain Harmanpreet Kaur playing a shot

Harmanpreet Kaur’s 71 leads Mumbai Indians to record WPL chase against GG

Gujarat Giants all-rounder Anushka Sharma is expected to be out for the next few matches after she sustained an injury while fielding against the Delhi Capitals

Anushka Sharma to be out of action for Gujarat Giants

Anushka had sustained an injury during the clash against Delhi Capitals

Gujarat Giants' Anushka Sharma plays a shot during the Women's Premier League (WPL) Twenty20 cricket match between Gujarat Giants and UP Warriorz at the DY Patil Stadium in Navi Mumbai (via Getty)

Big blow for Gujarat Giants as all-rounder to be out of action due to injury

The India seamer has been appointed as Hyderabad's captain for the Ranji Trophy while G Rahul Singh has been named as his deputy

Mohammed Siraj has been named as Hyderabad's captain in Ranji Trophy

Tilak Varma had sustained an abdominal injury in Vijay Hazare Trophy

Mohammed Siraj (C) of India celebrates the wicket of Keshav Maharaj of South Africa with teammates during the First Test match in the series between India and South Africa at Eden Gardens (via Getty)

Siraj named as Hyderabad's captain for this tournament following Tilak's injury

Kamran Akmal feels Mohammad Rizwan to improve his strike rate. However, he feels Rizwan should come back home after he was retired out in BBL clash.


Mohammad Rizwan became the first overseas player to be retired out in BBL history.

Kamran Akmal wants Rizwan to leave BBL 2025-26 midway and fly back home.

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PAK's T20 WC winner wants 'retired out' Rizwan to leave BBL & come back home

Ahead of England's tour of Sri Lanka, their Pakistan-origin spinners Adil Rashid and Rehan Ahmed are yet to receive their visas for India.

Adil Rashid and Rehan Ahmed's India visas have been delayed.

The ECB is confident that their Pakistan-origin players will get their visas in time. 

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England's T20 WC'26 plans face setback, 2 Pakistan-origin players' visas delayed

India vs New Zealand 2nd ODI: There was a stark difference in statistics of Indian spinners and New Zealand's. The Kiwi spinners were economical whereas Indian spinners leaked runs.

Nitish Kumar Reddy bowled just a couple of overs.

Indian spinners, especially Kuldeep Yadav went for plenty while the Kiwi spinners were economical.

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Virat Kohli likes Mohammad Kaif's 'poor umpiring' rant on Instagram after facing 50 per cent match fees fine for arguing with umpires

WATCH - RCB batter Virat Kohli's heartbreaking reaction to Paparazzi saying 'out nahi the aap' goes viral

Virat Kohli punished by BCCI for heated conversation with umpire after losing wicket off high full-toss