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Deepak Hooda

Nicholas Pooran

Ashton Turner

Ayush Badoni

Krunal Pandya

Ravi Bishnoi

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Mohsin Khan

Yash Thakur

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Phil Salt (W)

Sunil Narine

Angkrish Raghuvanshi

Venkatesh Iyer

Shreyas Iyer (C)

Rinku Singh

Andre Russell

Ramandeep Singh

Mitchell Starc

Harshit Rana

Varun Chakaravarthy

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

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

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Shahbaz Ahmed

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Indian Premier League March 2024

Explosive batter Rahmanullah Gurbaz will be rejoining the Kolkata Knight Riders camp. This is good news for KKR as Phil Salt might leave before the IPL 2024 playoffs.

Shreyas Iyer and Phil Salt in frame (Getty)

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Explosive batter set to join KKR camp as Phil Salt's potential exit before IPL 2024 playoffs beckons

Ian Bishop has come out in support of Shreyas Iyer and slammed fans on social media for trolling him following KKR’s 98-run win against LSG in the 54th match of the IPL 2024.&nbsp;

KKR skipper Shreyas Iyer (L) and former West Indies cricketer Ian Bishop. (Getty)

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'Will You Say It Is Gambhir's Fault If KKR Lose?': Ian Bishop fumes at fans for trolling Shreyas Iyer after KKR's 98-run win over LSG 

IPL 2024: After defeating LSG, Shreyas Iyer addressed his recent string of toss defeats and revealed the havoc it had caused in the KKR dressing room.

KKR skipper Shreyas Iyer in this frame. (Getty)

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Shreyas Iyer makes startling revelation about 'havoc' in KKR dressing room after resounding win over LSG, says 'the last 6 matches...'

IPL 2024: KL Rahul expressed disappointment on Lucknow Super Giants' 'overall poor performance' in 98-run defeat against Chennai Super Kings.

Lucknow Super Giants' wicketkeeper and captain KL Rahul (L) gestures during the IPL 2024 match against Mumbai Indians at the Ekana Cricket Stadium in Lucknow on April 30. (Getty)

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'When you are chasing a big total...': KL Rahul calls out LSG's 'overall poor performance' after crushing defeat against KKR

IPL 2024: Sunil Narine's explosive knock powered Kolkata Knight Riders to a convincing 98-run win over Lucknow Super Giants to rocket to top of the points table.

Kolkata Knight Riders' Sunil Narine (L) plays a shot as Lucknow Super Giants' wicktkeeper and captain KL Rahul fields the ball during their IPL 2024 clash on May 5. (Getty)

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IPL 2024: KKR ride on Sunil Narine's all-round exploits to hammer LSG by 98 runs, pip RR to become table toppers

Harshit Rana brought out a new ‘mute’ celebration after dismissing KL Rahul. He suffered a one-match ban after his aggressive celebration against Delhi Capitals

Harshit Rana's new mute celebration (Twitter)

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Despite one-match ban, KKR's young pacer Harshit Rana brings out new 'mute' celebration against Lucknow

Lucknow Super Giants won the toss and invited Kolkata Knight Riders to bat first in their Indian Premier League (IPL) 2024 clash at the Ekana stadium on May 5.

KKR skipper Shreyas Iyer (left) and LSG captain KL Rahul. (Getty)

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IPL 2024, LSG vs KKR: KL Rahul brings back 25-yr-old in place of Mayank Yadav in Lucknow's playing XI against high-flying Kolkata

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Grace Harris stole the show with a stunning 85 off just 40 balls as Royal Challengers Bengaluru easily beat UP Warriorz by nine wickets in their Women’s Premier League clash. Chasing 144, Harris raced to the fastest fifty of the season in only 22 balls, hitting 10 fours and five sixes.

RCB defeated UP Warriorz by nine wickets

Grace Harris’ smashed fastest half-century in WPL 2026.

Royal Challengers Bengaluru's captain Smriti Mandhana (L) and her teammate Grace Harris run between the wickets

WPL 2026: Grace Harris blasts 85 as RCB crush UP Warriorz by nine wickets

The three matches of the Women's Premier League (WPL) 2026 will likely to be played in closed doors at the DY Patil Stadium because of municipal corporation elections in Navi Mumbai on January 15. Local police have told the BCCI that they will not be able to provide enough security for the Mumbai Indians vs UP Warriorz match scheduled on election day.


Three WPL 2026 matches will likely to be played without spectators.

WPL 2026 matches will likely to be played without spectators due to local elections.

Royal Challengers Bengaluru captain Smriti Mandhana with WPL Trophy 

Explained: Why some of WPL 2026 matches likely to be played without spectators

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

Sundar has been ruled out of the remaining two ODIs against New Zealand due to a rib injury that he picked  up during the first match

Mohammad Kaif slammed Gautam Gambhir for making Washington Sundar bat

Sundar has been ruled out of the ODI series due to a rib injury

Washington Sundar bowls for India during a match (via X)

Kaif calls out Gambhir for making Sundar bat despite injury vs NZ in 1st ODI

MI Cape Town's Ryan Rickelton gifted a signed jersey and recorded an apology video for a Super Kings who unfortunately suffered a cheek fracture by his shot for a six.


A Joburg Super Kings fan was hit by MI Cape Town opener Ryan Rickelton's shot.

Rickelton apologised and gave her a signed jersey in a heartwarming gesture. 

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Ryan apologises to Super Kings fan who suffered cheek fracture from his shot

WPL 2026: UP Warriorz head coach Abhishek Nayar explained the rationale behind sending Harleen Deol to open the innings alongside Meg Lanning.


Opening the innings, Harleen Deol scored 11 runs from 14 balls.

UP Warriorz lost half the side for 50 before Deepti Sharma, Deandra Dottin stabilised the innings.

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UP Warriorz coach admits 'wrong decision' to send Harleen Deol to open vs RCB

While Mohammad Rizwan looked frustrating after he was retired out with two overs to go, England's Isa Guha, Australia's Mark Waugh and Shane Watson backed the decision.

Mohammad Rizwan was batting on 26 off 23 deliveries when he was retired out.

Shane Watson feels Renegades coach may have to deal with fallout of retiring out Rizwan.

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Aussie greats weigh in on controversial decision to retire out Rizwan in BBL 

T20 World Cup 2026

Afghanistan's veteran all-rounder was not pleased about the question related to Bangladesh pacer Mustafizur Rahman getting dropped from squad by IPL franchise KKR.

Mohammad Nabi was puzzled by reporter's question on Mustafizur Rahman's IPL snub.

Nabi is currently playing for Noakhali Express in Bangladesh Premier League 2026.

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Explosive batter set to join KKR camp as Phil Salt's potential exit before IPL 2024 playoffs beckons

'Will You Say It Is Gambhir's Fault If KKR Lose?': Ian Bishop fumes at fans for trolling Shreyas Iyer after KKR's 98-run win over LSG

Shreyas Iyer makes startling revelation about 'havoc' in KKR dressing room after resounding win over LSG, says 'the last 6 matches...'