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IPL 2026

Even though Rishabh Pant scored 63 runs to lead his team, Chennai went back to winning ways with a 5-wicket victory in Lucknow.

Chennai Super Kings' captain MS Dhoni in frame

'Away from home batting unit has done better...': MS Dhoni makes big remark on CSK's performance after big win over LSG

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Rishabh Pant's fifty helped LSG to post 166/7. Later, CSK managed to chase it down with 5 wickets remaining.

CSK captain MS Dhoni in frame

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MS Dhoni became the first player in the history of the league to record 200 dismissals, leaving his name inscribed with golden words in IPL legend. 

MS Dhoni creates history during IPL 2025 clash vs LSG, becomes first player to achieve this legendary feat

During his 19 first-class appearances for Andhra, he amassed 1204 runs at 37.42. Rasheed has amassed 627 runs in 12 appearances during the Ranji Trophy 2024–25.

MS Dhoni and Shaik Rasheed in frame

Who is Shaik Rasheed? U19 World Cup winner who is making his IPL debut with MS Dhoni-led Chennai Super Kings

CSK won the toss and elected to bowl first. They have dropped their veteran stars Devon Conway and Ravichandran Ashwin from the line-up.

 CSK won the toss and elected to bowl first.

MS Dhoni drops two veteran stars.

Rishabh Pant announces return of their top performer.

LSG vs CSK toss: MS Dhoni drops two veteran stars after electing to bowl first, Rishabh Pant announced return of top performer

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WPL 2026

Nadine de Klerk did the unthinkable and powered Royal Challengers Bengaluru (RCB) to thrilling three-wicket win over Mumbai Indians (MI) in WPL 2026 opener

RCB pulled off a thrilling three-wicket win over MI in WPL 2026 opener

Nadine de Klerk remained the architect of RCB's win

Royal Challengers Bengaluru's Nadine de Klerk (R) in action in this frame. (Getty)

WPL 2026: De Klerk turns match on its head as RCB rock MI in last-ball thriller

WPL 2026's opening ceremony was nothing short of a spectacle thanks to stunning performances from both Honey Singh and Jacqueline Fernandez

Honey Singh and Jacqueline Fernandez performed at WPL 2026's opening ceremony

WPL 2026 opener is between MI and RCB

Honey Singh, Jacqueline Fernandez and Harnaaz Sandhu star in WPL 2026's opening ceremony (via WPL)

WATCH: Honey Singh and Jacqueline Fernandez light up WPL's opening ceremony

MI vs RCB, WPL 2026: Royal Challengers Bengaluru won the toss and decided to invite Mumbai Indians to bat first in the Women's Premier League (WPL) 2026 opener

RCB won the toss and chose to bowl first against MI in WPL 2026 campaign opener

Know the playing XIs of both the sides here:

RCB captain Smriti Mandhana (L) and Mumbai Indians' skipper Harmanpreet Kaur in this frame. (Getty)

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Yastika Bhatia Injury Update: In a body blow to Gujarat Giants, their star wicketkeeper-batter Yastika Bhatia has been ruled out of the Women's Premier League (WPL) 2026 due to injury

Gujarat Giants Yastika Bhatia has been ruled out of the WPL 2026

Yastika Bhatia failed to recover from a persistent knee injury

Former Mumbai Indians' wicketkeeper-batter Yastika Bhatia in this frame. (Getty)

Massive blow to Gujarat Giants as star player ruled out of WPL 2026

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Barcelona head into the Spanish Super Cup final with key availability concerns ahead of a high-stakes clash against Real Madrid.

Barcelona will be without multiple first-team players for the Spanish Super Cup final.

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Lucknow vs Chennai Stats

Match Stats

WORM

MANHATTAN

Series Stats

Most Runs

Best Strike Rate

Most 4s

Most 6s

Most Wickets

Sai Sudharsan

GT

759 Runs 15 Matches•15 Inns

Suryakumar Yadav

MI

717 Runs 16 Matches•16 Inns

Virat Kohli

RCB

657 Runs 15 Matches•15 Inns

Shubman Gill

GT

650 Runs 15 Matches•15 Inns

Mitchell Marsh

LSG

627 Runs 13 Matches•13 Inns

Shreyas Iyer

PBKS

604 Runs 17 Matches•17 Inns

Yashasvi Jaiswal

RR

559 Runs 14 Matches•14 Inns

Prabhsimran Singh

PBKS

549 Runs 17 Matches•17 Inns

KL Rahul

DC

539 Runs 13 Matches•13 Inns

Jos Buttler

GT

538 Runs 14 Matches•13 Inns

Nicholas Pooran

LSG

524 Runs 14 Matches•14 Inns

Heinrich Klaasen

SRH

487 Runs 14 Matches•13 Inns

Priyansh Arya

PBKS

475 Runs 17 Matches•17 Inns

Aiden Markram

LSG

445 Runs 13 Matches•13 Inns

Abhishek Sharma

SRH

439 Runs 14 Matches•13 Inns

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'Away from home batting unit has done better...': MS Dhoni makes big remark on CSK's performance after big win over LSG

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MS Dhoni creates history during IPL 2025 clash vs LSG, becomes first player to achieve this legendary feat

759 Runs

15 Matches•15 Inns

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