Punjab

Shikhar Dhawan (C)

Prabhsimran Singh

Bhanuka Rajapaksa

Sikandar Raza

Jitesh Sharma (W)

Shahrukh Khan

Sam Curran

Nathan Ellis

Harpreet Brar

Rahul Chahar

Arshdeep Singh

Kolkata

Mandeep Singh

Rahmanullah Gurbaz (W)

Nitish Rana (C)

Rinku Singh

Andre Russell

Shardul Thakur

Sunil Narine

Tim Southee

Anukul Roy

Umesh Yadav

Varun Chakaravarthy

Ajinkya Madhukar Rahane

Angkrish Avaneesh Raghuvanshi

Anukul Sudhakar Roy

Blessing Muzarabani

Cameron Donald Green

Daksh Kamra

Finnley Hugh Allen

Kartik Tyagi

Manish Krishnanand Pandey

Matheesha Pathirana

Navdeep Amarjeet Saini

Prashant Hitesh Solanki

Rachin Ravindra

Rahul Ajay Tripathi

Ramandeep Singh

Rinku Khanchand Singh

Rovman Powell

Sarthak Ranjan

Saurabh Rajendraprasad Dubey

Sunil Philip Narine

Tejasvi Singh

Tim Louis Seifert

Umran Malik

Vaibhav Gopal Arora

Varun Chakaravarthy Vinod

Azmatullah Omarzai

Benjamin James Dwarshuis

Cooper Patrick Leonard Connolly

Harnoor Singh Pannu

Lachlan Hammond Ferguson

Marco Jansen

Marcus Peter Stoinis

Mitchell J Owen

Musheer Naushad Khan

Nehal Wadhera

Praveen Dubey

Priyansh Arya

Pyla Avinash

Shashank Singh

Shreyas Santosh Iyer

Suryansh Prashant Shedge

Vijaykumar Vyshak

Vishal Nishad

Vishnu Vinod

Xavier Colin Bartlett

Yash Ravisingh Thakur

Yuzvendra Singh Chahal

Cricket

Indian Premier League 2023

Kolkata Knight Riders (KKR) started off their Indian Premier League (IPL) 2023 campaign with a loss to Punjab Kings (PBKS) in a rain-curtailed affair on April 1.

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'I just felt like going...': KKR skipper Nitish Rana explains why he did not use Andre Russell in death overs

Shikhar Dhawan-led Punjab Kings (PBKS) started off their Indian Premier League (IPL) 2023 campaign with a win in rain-interrupted encounter against Kolkata Knight Riders (KKR) at Punjab Cricket Association IS Bindra Stadium, Mohali.

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PBKS vs KKR: Rajapaksa's fifty, Arshdeep's economical three-fer overpower Russell's cameo, Dhawan's Kings win in rain-curtailed encounter 

The opening game of Indian Premier League's (IPL) action packed second day saw Punjab Kings (PBKS) and Kolkata Knight Riders taking on with each other at the I.

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IPL 2023: Know why players walked off the field after delay in Punjab Kings vs Kolkata Knight Riders' clash

Carrying two different playing eleven sheets for the coin toss has caused confusion among captains in Indian Premier League (IPL) 2023.

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'Don't remember for the fourth name': Shikhar Dhawan forgets Zimbabawe all-rounder's name at toss

Some of the best and brightest in international cricket are finally arriving in India for the 16th edition of the Indian Premier League (IPL) begins on March 31 with a clash between the Gujarat Titans (GT) and Chennai Super Kings (CSK) in Ahmedabad.

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IPL 2023: KKR announce 'Lauki' Ferguson arrival with hilarious video; watch here

In a huge blow to Punjab Kings (PBKS), their hard-hitting English batter Jonny Bairstow is set to miss Indian Premier League (IPL) 2023 as he is yet to recover from freak leg injury suffered while playing golf.

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Massive blow for PBKS before IPL 2023, England's hard-hitting batter set to miss whole season

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MS Dhoni and Dewald Brevis may boost an out-of-form Chennai Super Kings for their next IPL 2026 clash against Delhi Capitals at home.

CSK are at the bottom of IPL 2026 points table with worst NRR.

MS Dhoni is expected to undergo fitness test in a couple of days' time. 

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After 3 losses on trot, CSK schedule Dhoni's fitness test, Brevis to return too

As CSK surrendered to RCB in the Southern derby, R Ashwin opened up on his retirement from IPL after a painful season. 

R Ashwin said that he decided to retire from IPL after mentally disturbing season at CSK.

Ashwin got emotional after his former team CSK got a thrashing from RCB. 

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'Mentally disturbing, very painful for me': Ashwin drops bombshell on CSK exit

Rayudu MS Dhoni revelation: Ambati Rayudu revealed that CSK think tank tried applying the wide yorkers from round the stumps strategy earlier but MS Dhoni rejected in the practice sessions.

CSK bowlers went for 97 runs in the last 5 overs. 

RCB's fast-bowling stocks, especially in death overs are depleted. 

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Rayudu exposes CSK management's death bowling strategy which Dhoni rejected

Fleming slams Impact Player rule: CSK head coach Stephen Fleming has once again expressed his views against the impact player rule in the IPL after a comprehensive defeat to RCB.

CSK conceded 97 runs in the last five overs.

RCB lost just 3 wickets and posted 250 on the board. 

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'Will it continue to be a game of...': CSK coach slams impact player rule again

R Ashwin has lashed out at CSK for making English all-rounder Jamie Overton and Anshul Kamboj bowl wide yorkers against RCB's Tim David and Rajat Patidar.

R Ashwin has slammed CSK for copy-pasting death overs strategy across leagues.

Ashwin feels Jamie Overton's strength is not bowling wide yorkers. 

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Ashwin goes on a rant over CSK making Kamboj-Overton follow SA20 template

T20 World Cup 2026

India's T20 World Cup 2026-winning heroes Sanju Samson , Jasprit Bumrah and South Africa's rising star Connor Esterhuizen will be competing for ICC's POTM award.

Sanju Samson won the 'Player of the series' award at ICC Men's T20 World Cup 2026.

Connor Esterhuizen made a remarkable debut in the T20I series against New Zealand.

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'I just felt like going...': KKR skipper Nitish Rana explains why he did not use Andre Russell in death overs

PBKS vs KKR: Rajapaksa's fifty, Arshdeep's economical three-fer overpower Russell's cameo, Dhawan's Kings win in rain-curtailed encounter

IPL 2023: Know why players walked off the field after delay in Punjab Kings vs Kolkata Knight Riders' clash