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Kolkata Knight Riders produced an inspired bowling effort to restrict Chennai Super Kings to a lowly 103 for 9 in an Indian Premier League match here on Friday. Sent into bat, CSK never really got going as they lost wickets at regular intervals to be limited to their lowest total at home. Shivam Dube ( 31 not out), Vijay Shankar (29) and Rahul Tripathi (16) were the main run getters for CSK.
Kolkata Knight Riders (KKR) skipper Ajinkya Rahane won the toss and elected to bowl first against the Chennai Super Kings (CSK) on Friday in the 25th encounter of the ongoing Indian Premier League. MS Dhoni made a much-anticipated return to captaincy for the Chennai-based side following Ruturaj Gaikwad's injury. Currently, KKR are placed at the sixth spot of the IPL 2025 points table with four points in five matches, whereas the Chennai-based franchise is on ninth with two points from their five matches.
The Pakistan Super League (PSL) 2025 is all set to begin on Friday but the teams were left concerned after a fire broke out on the sixth floor of the Serena Hotel in Islamabad, where the players were staying. The district administration confirmed that the fire originated on the top floor and the fire department quickly took care of the situation. None of the guests and staff, which included PSL cricketers and officials, were injured because of the fire and they were evacuated properly. “None of the players or franchises faced any difficulties. The fire was extinguished on time. It did not spread to the interior of the hotel,” PSL CEO Salman Naseer told Samaa TV.
Chennai Super Kings' very own 'Thala' made history in the Indian Premier League (IPL) as he will captain the side during the IPL 2025 match against Kolkata Knight Riders. With CSK's primary skipper, Ruturaj Gaikwad, sustaining a hairline fracture on the elbow, the captaincy baton went to Dhoni, the joint-most successful captain in IPL history, with 5 titles to his name. As CSK take on KKR at Chepauk, Dhoni broke two more records in the esteemed T20 league. Dhoni became the first 'uncapped player' in IPL history to captain the franchise. Dhoni, though a veteran of over 500 international games, became an 'uncapped player' because of a new rule that the Board of Control for Cricket in India (BCCI) introduced ahead of the 18th edition of the league.
MS Dhoni is all set to end a 682-day wait for Chennai Super Kings fans. That is the duration since the time MS Dhoni last led Chennai Super Kings in IPL. After MS Dhoni relinquished his captaincy, Ruturaj Gaikwad took over in IPL 2024. In IPL 2025, Gaikwad was the designated skipper until an elbow injury ruled him out. That meant MS Dhoni is back at the helm. MS Dhoni's form has not been special. While his wicketkeeping has been sharp, batting-wise he hasn't had much impact
India has submitted 'Expression of Interest (EoI)' to host the 2031 AFC Asian Cup, the continent's showpiece football event, the All India Football Federation (AIFF) said on Friday. The AIFF was one of the seven national football bodies which submitted the EoI before the deadline of March 31. "Yes, we have submitted the EoI to host the 2031 AFC Asian Cup. Let us see how it goes," AIFF's deputy secretary general M Satyanarayan told PTI. India will face tough competition from established football powerhouses such as Australia, South Korea and United Arab Emirates to get the right to host the tournament. Indonesia and Kuwait have also submitted the EoI while there is a joint bid of Kyrgyzstan, Tajikistan and Uzbekistan.
Chennai Super Kings captain Ruturaj Gaikwad has been ruled out of Indian Premier League 2025 due to an elbow injury. In his absence, it will be MS Dhoni, who will be leading the five-time champions in the ongoing season. This came as a big blow for CSK as Gaikwad had also been valuable for the team as a consistent and reliable batter. Gaikwad sustained the blow when he was hit by a short ball from England and Rajasthan Royals pacer Jofra Archer on March 30. After that he went on to play two games. "He got hit in Guwahati (vs RR). He's been operating with an amount of pain. We got an X-ray, which was inconclusive, and we had an MRI, which revealed a fracture in his elbow, in the radial neck," said CSK head coach Stephen Fleming while sharing the news.
Double Olympic medallist PV Sindhu and the promising Priyanshu Rajawat crashed out in the pre-quarterfinals of their respective events at the Badminton Asia Championships on Thursday. The 29-year-old Sindhu, ranked 17th in the world, fought hard before going down 12-21 21-16 16-21 to world number four and third seed Akane Yamaguchi of Japan in women's singles contest that lasted one hour and six minutes. Rajawat lost in straight games 14-21 17-21 against world number seven and fifth seed Kodai Naraoka of Japan in the men's singles competition.