T20Cricket

KL Rahul has accumulated forty fifties over a span of twelve IPL seasons, but very few would have given him more joy than the one he scored for Delhi on Tuesday against Lucknow Super Giants, the franchise that unceremoniously parted ways with him last year. Rahul scored an unbeaten 57, helping the Capitals complete their successful chase at Lucknow, where he brought up the Capitals' eight-wicket victory with a six off Prince Yadav. The thirty-three-year-old had captained Lucknow last season but was let

An emerging Indian batter Priyansh Arya scored his maiden century in the Indian Premier League (IPL) to steer Punjab Kings to an 18-run victory against Chennai Super Kings on Tuesday. Arya, a left-hand batter who made his name for hitting sixes in domestic cricket, smashed 103 off 42 balls to propel Punjab to 219-6 at Mullanpur, near Chandigarh, where Chennai could only manage 201-5. The 24-year-old Arya was picked up by the franchise for $440,000 in the November auction after he caught the eye of

Royal Challengers Bengaluru hung on to beat Mumbai Indians by 12 runs in a thriller on Monday night in the IPL to spoil Jasprit Bumrah's return from injury and also endure a batting blitz from the Mumbai Indians skipper Hardik Pandya. Mumbai included Bumrah in the XI for the first time in three months, having missed the final day of the fifth Test against Australia in Sydney due to a back injury. Virat Kohli and captain Rajat Patidar scored 67 and 64 respectively to propel Bengaluru

A sparkling half-century from Nicholas Pooran and quick fifty from Mitchell Marsh and Shardul Thakur's brilliant four-wicket spell steered Lucknow Super Giants to a five-wicket victory against Sunrisers Hyderabad at Uppal Stadium in Hyderabad in the IPL on Thursday. Set to bat first, Sunrisers lost their way before posting 190/9 from their 20 overs. Travis Head scored 47 off 28 balls but the other SRH batters, including Nitish Kumar Reddy (32), Heinrich Klaasen (26) and Aniket Verma (36), failed to convert their starts as Lucknow