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IPL 2026

Fans were taken aback by the move because Tilak was already hitting at 25 off 23 balls and adding a new hitter at that point carried a significant risk.

Mumbai Indians' Tilak Varma in frame

'Hardik struggled vs GT never was retired out': Hanuma Vihari questions MI's decision on Tilak Varma

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Former India cricketer Murali Kartik slammed Hardik Pandya after Mumbai Indians (MI) lost their fourth Indian Premier League (IPL) clash against Lucknow Super Giants. 

LSG defeated MI by 12 runs. 

MI will face RCB for their fifth IPL 2025 clash. 

Mumbai Indians' captain Hardik Pandya throws his bat after playing a shot during the Indian Premier League (IPL) Twenty20 cricket match between Lucknow Super Giants and Mumbai Indians

'MS Dhoni started this trend': Ex-KKR star slams Hardik Pandya after LSG vs MI IPL 2025 tie

Lucknow Super Giants (LSG) defeated Mumbai Indians (MI) by 12 runs in their fourth clash of the Indian Premier League 2025. 

Tilak Varma becomes fourth player in the history of IPL to retire.

LSG beat MI by 12 runs in their fourth IPL 2025 clash. 

Tilak Varma plays a shot during the Indian Premier League (IPL) Twenty20 cricket match between Lucknow Super Giants and Mumbai Indians 

'Santner got what?': Ex-RCB coach blasts MI's decision to retire out Tilak Varma in IPL 2025 match vs LSG

Mumbai Indians (MI) have won just one match out of their four outings in the ongoing Indian Premier League (IPL) 2025. 


Rohit Sharma got a knee injury before IPL 2025 clash vs LSG. 

Rohit scored 21 runs in first three IPL 2025 matches. 

Mahela Jayawardene and Rohit Sharma

'We will give him a few more days': MI head coach provides big update on Rohit Sharma's injury

IPL 2025: Sunrisers Hyderabad is still at the bottom of the table, while Punjab Kings is still at the top.

Mumbai Indians' captain Hardik Pandya shakes hands with his Lucknow Super Giants' skipper Rishabh Pant

IPL 2025 updated points table: LSG make gain in standing with 12-run win over Mumbai Indians

After the match, Hardik Pandya said the whole batting unit will have to take ownership of this loss.

Mumbai Indians' captain Hardik Pandya in frame

Hardik Pandya blames batters after 12-run defeat against LSG, says 'ownership has to be taken by the whole batting unit'

Hardik Pandya took a fifer in the first innings, but Mitchell Marsh and Aiden Markram's fifties helped LSG post 203/8. Later, they managed to restrict MI to 191/5 to win the match. 

LSG beat MI by 12 runs.

They batting first posted 203/8.

MI could only score 191/5.

Hardik Pandya and Mitchell Santner after Mumbai Indians' loss against Lucknow Super Giants

IPL 2025, LSG vs MI: Hardik Pandya's historic fifer go in vain as Lucknow Super Giants beat Mumbai Indians by 12 runs

IPL 2025: Hardik Pandya took out Nicholas Pooran, Rishabh Pant, Aiden Markram, David Miller, and Akash Deep. 

Hardik Pandya creates legendary record, becomes first captain in IPL history to take five-wicket haul

Hardik Pandya during the toss revealed that Rohit Sharma is injured and that is why he will be missing the game.

Rohit Sharma misses out the match.

He was hit on the knee during practice.

MI won the toss and elected to bowl first.

Mumbai Indians' Rohit Sharma in frame

Why is Rohit Sharma not playing in LSG vs MI IPL 2025 clash? Hardik Pandya makes shocking announcement

Mumbai Indians won the toss and elected to bowl first. Rohit Sharma will be unavailable in this game as he was hit on the knee.

Rohit Sharma and Hardik Pandya in frame

LSG vs MI, IPL 2025: Hardik Pandya announces Rohit Sharma's absence due to injury, superstar player makes return for Lucknow - Check playing XIs

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WPL 2026

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

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

Ashes 2025-26

Brendon McCullum lost his cool during an interview with Nasser Hussain following England's 4-1 deffeat to Australia in The Ashes

Nasser Hussain shared his verdict on the tense exchange with Brendon McCullum

McCullum seemed to have lost his cool during an interview with Hussain

England coach Brendon McCullum after losing the Fifth Test in the 2025/26 Ashes Series between Australia and England at Sydney Cricket Ground (via Getty)

'He needs to adapt...': Hussain's blunt verdict on tense exchange with McCullum

Indian cricketing legend Sunil Gavaskar gifted a bat-shaped guitar to World Cup winner Jemimah Rodrigues and sings duet with her to fulfill his promise he made during the Women's ODI World Cup 2025. 

Sunil Gavsakar sings duet with Jemimah Rodrigues.

Sunil Gavaskar gifted guitar to Jemimah Rodrigues.

Sunil Gavaskar along with Jemimah Rodrigues

Gavaskar fulfills promise gifts Jemimah bat-shaped guitar, joins her for duet

New Zealand tour of India 2026

Sanjay Manjrekar opened up on Virat Kohli’s decision to retire from Test cricket. He said that looking back at Indian cricket, many players who opened in ODIs were actually middle-order batters in Tests. In ODIs, he explained, bowlers usually don’t attack top-order batters aggressively early on; they mainly focus on keeping runs down in the first few overs.

Virat Kohli announced Test retirement on May 12. 

Virat Kohli's last Test outing came in Australia.

Virat Kohli of India warms up before a clash

Manjrekar defends himself after backlash over 'easiest format’ claim on Kohli

T20 World Cup 2026

BCCI Secretary Devajit Saikia said that the Bangladesh Cricket Board’s (BCB) request to move their T20 World Cup matches out of India is not something the Indian board can decide. He added that the International Cricket Council (ICC) will make the final call on the matter.

Bangladesh will start their T20 World Cup 2026 campaign vs West Indies.

Bangladesh want to play their T20 World Cup 2026 matches in Sri Lanka. 

BCB's demand to not play in India came after KKR released Mustafizur Rahman. 

T20 World Cup 2026 is scheduled take place in India and Sri Lanka. 

BCCI secretary Devajit Saikia

BCCI Secretary Devajit Saikia breaks silence on ICC-BCB T20 WC 26 dispute

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P V Sindhu’s impressive run at the Malaysia Open Super 1000 ended in the women’s singles semifinals after a straight-game defeat to China’s Wang Zhiyi. Playing her first tournament since recovering from a foot injury, Sindhu made several unforced errors and let slip an 11-6 lead in the second game.

Wang Zhiyi defeated PV Sindhu in Malaysia Open 2026 semifinal.

P V Sindhu went down 16-21, 15-21 to Wang Zhiyi.

India's PV Sindhu plays a point during her women's singles semi-final match against China's Wang Zhi Yi at the Malaysia Open badminton tournament 

Lucknow vs Mumbai Stats

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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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