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IPL 2022: From playing with broken bat to commanding Rs 1.7 crore, Tilak Varma's rags-to-riches story

Mumbai Indians' new recruit Tilak Varma's story is truly inspiring. Varma's father Namboori Nagaraju, who works as an electrician in Hyderabad, couldn't afford to continue his son's cricket coaching. So the southpaw's coach Salam Bayash took care of all his expenses, provided him proper training and even gave him all the equipment to continue chasing his dream. As a young cricketer, Varma had to face many hardships before reaching a stage when he had some of the wealthiest people of the country fighting to bag his services for their respective IPL franchise.

PV Sindhu, HS Prannoy enter Swiss Open final

HS Prannoy dished out scintillating performances to make their way to the women's and men's singles finals respectively at the Swiss Open Super 300 badminton tournament on Saturday. World No. 7 Sindhu prevailed 21-18, 15-21, 21-19 over Thailand's Supanida Katethong in a 79-minute women's singles semifinal to make her second successive final after Prannoy eked out a hard-fought 21-19, 19-21, 21-18 win over Indonesia's world number 5 Anthony Sinisuka Ginting for his first summit clash in five years.

IPL 2022: Siraj looking forward to bolstering old ties, forging new partnerships at RCB

Siraj is looking forward to working under new Royal Challengers Bangalore skipper Faf du Plessis and a most talked-about bowling unit during the upcoming IPL 2022 edition. Siraj will be strengthening a bond with the franchise into the fourth year while his former skipper Virat Kohli will be extending his partnership with RCB into the 15th year.

IPL 2022 predictions: Winner, worst team, top run-scorer, breakout star

The biggest and most competitive Indian Premier League in history starts this weekend, with two new teams joining the list of contenders to become IPL champions.

Rajasthan Royals captain Sanju Samson miffed at his IPL side's Twitter post involving him, franchise sacks social media team

Indian Premier League side Rajasthan Royals on Friday sacked its social media team after captain Sanju Samson expressed displeasure on a post depicting him in a way he did not like. In a now-deleted post, the Royals' Twitter handle had an edited picture of Samson sitting in the team bus with sunglasses and a towel wrapped on his head. It had a caption "Kya khoob lagte ho" with a laughing emoji. But, the post did not go down well with Samson, who took to Twitter to express his disappointment. "Its ok for friends to do all this but teams should be professional...rajasthanroyals," wrote Samson in response.

IPL 2022: Captains Of All 10 Franchises

The upcoming season of the Indian Premier League (IPL) is set to begin in less than a weeks' time. Apart from the already existing eight teams, two new franchises -- Lucknow Super Giants and Gujarat Titans -- will also battle it out for the IPL trophy. While some of the teams have retained their core group of players, as well as their captain, some have decided to go with a fresh mindset this season. Three players will make their captaincy debut in this season's IPL, which starts Saturday, March 26.

IPL 2022: 5 Players Who Can Win The Orange Cap This Season

The 15th edition of the Indian Premier League (IPL) is just around the corner, and the edition of the two new franchises -- Lucknow Super Giants and Gujarat Titans -- has added a new sense of excitement among fans. Since the inception of the IPL in 2008, only two players have won the Orange Cap (award for the highest run-getter of the tournament) more than once. Australia batter David Warner has won the cap three times (2015, 2017, 2019) while Chris Gayle, who will not be a part of this season's IPL, had finished as the top-scorer in 2011 and 2012, respectively.

Rajasthan Royals Delete Tweet After Captain Sanju Samson Fumes Over Caricature

Just a day before the start of IPL 2022, Rajasthan Royals found themselves in a rather difficult situation off the pitch. The franchise's social media team decided to post a caricature of team captain Sanju Samson, as part of its campaign to engage fans. But this did not go down well with Samson, who took to Twitter express his disappointment. "Its ok for friends to do all this but teams should be professional. @rajasthanroyals," Samson wrote on Twitter,

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IPL 2022: From playing with broken bat to commanding Rs 1.7 crore, Tilak Varma's rags-to-riches story

PV Sindhu, HS Prannoy enter Swiss Open final

IPL 2022: Siraj looking forward to bolstering old ties, forging new partnerships at RCB

IPL 2022 predictions: Winner, worst team, top run-scorer, breakout star

Rajasthan Royals captain Sanju Samson miffed at his IPL side's Twitter post involving him, franchise sacks social media team

IPL 2022: Captains Of All 10 Franchises

IPL 2022: 5 Players Who Can Win The Orange Cap This Season

Rajasthan Royals Delete Tweet After Captain Sanju Samson Fumes Over Caricature