Virat Kohli and Devdutt Padikkal (ANI Photo) NEW DELHI: Defending champions Royal Challengers Bengaluru began IPL 2026 in commanding fashion, brushing aside Sunrisers Hyderabad by six wickets in the season opener at the M. Chinnaswamy Stadium on Saturday. The result set the tone for the tournament, with RCB making a bold statement while attention now…
NEW DELHI: The opening weekend of the new IPL season didn’t take long to deliver its first flashpoint, with a contentious boundary call overshadowing an otherwise dominant win for Royal Challengers Bengaluru at M Chinnaswamy Stadium, Bengaluru on Saturday.Go Beyond The Boundary with our YouTube channel. SUBSCRIBE NOW!The incident unfolded in the 14th over of…
Royal Challengers Bengaluru’s Virat Kohli (AP Photo/Aijaz Rahi) In a historic milestone, Virat Kohli became the first cricketer to feature in all 19 seasons of the Indian Premier League, achieving the feat during Royal Challengers Bengaluru’s season-opening clash against Sunrisers Hyderabad on Saturday, March 28, 2026. The match was a perfect stage for Kohli to…
Virat Kohli celebrates his half century during an Indian Premier League (IPL) 2026 T20 cricket match between Royal Challengers Bengaluru and Sunrisers Hyderabad, at the M Chinnaswamy Stadium, in Bengaluru, Karnataka. (PTI Photo) Bengaluru: The M Chinnaswamy Stadium was bathed in red on Saturday night — not just in colour, but in the commanding form…
Mumbai Indians’ Jasprit Bumrah (PTI Photo/Kunal Patil) Mumbai: Ahead of their first match in IPL-2026 against Kolkata Knight Riders at the Wankhede Stadium on Sunday night, the Mumbai Indians had a huge reason to cheer, but also some cause for slight concern.At the pre-match press conference at Wankhede, MI head coach Mahela Jayawardene confirmed that…
RCB’s Phil Salt celebrates after taking the catch of Sunrisers Hyderabad’s captain Ishan Kishan (PTI Photo) Phil Salt produced a moment of brilliance in the field to dismiss Ishan Kishan, bringing an end to a commanding knock in the IPL 2026 opener between Royal Challengers Bengaluru and Sunrisers Hyderabad.Kishan was batting fluently on 80 off…
Royal Challengers Bengaluru’s Virat Kohli, right, and Abhinandan Singh (PTI Photo/Shailendra Bhojak) Abhinandan Singh has emerged as a new name in the Indian Premier League after being handed his debut by Royal Challengers Bengaluru in the 2026 season opener against Sunrisers Hyderabad at the M Chinnaswamy Stadium.The right-arm pacer from Uttar Pradesh has taken a…
FC Goa vs Chennaiyin FC during the ongoing Indian Super League season. (Image: AIFF) NEW DELHI: London-based Genius Sports has bid Rs 64.39 crore per year, or approximately Rs 2,129 crore over 20 years, for the commercial rights of the Indian Super League (ISL) and Federation Cup. FanCode’s bid for the same properties stands at…
Nihal Sarin and Anish Giri (Photos by Michal Walusza, Lennart Ootes and FIDE) NEW DELHI: As the chess world descends upon Cyprus for the 2026 Candidates, the name Anish Giri continues to be synonymous with a singular, frustrating memory from the past. 14 draws in 14 games. That legendary run in the 2016 Candidates birthed…
PCB accuses pacer Naseem Shah of “central contract violation” following post aimed at Punjab CM Maryam Naseem Shah has come under the scanner of the Pakistan Cricket Board after a now-deleted social media post from his official X account appeared to take a dig at Punjab (province of Pakistan) Chief Minister Maryam Nawaz during the…