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NEW DELHI : An exasperated Chennai Super Kings coach Stephen Fleming said their failure to read the pitch at Chepauk has denied them any home advantage in the new season of the Indian Premier League (IPL).
Rohit Sharma says the Indian team has endured cricket's vicissitudes in the last nine months but it waged a collective battle to achieve success and every member of the side that competed in the last three ICC tournaments deserves "respect". In their last three ICC limited-overs tournaments, India have lost only one out of 24 matches, with the defeat coming against Australia in the 2023 ODI World Cup final in Ahmedabad. The India team recently won the ICC Champions Trophy and the T20 World Cup at home last year.
With Royal Challengers Bengaluru (RCB) off to one of their best starts in the IPL, retired South African great AB de Villiers feels that the balance of the team looks "10 times better" than the previous editions and the head-start it has got will make the job easier going forward. Led by Rajat Patidar, RCB crushed five-time IPL champions Chennai Super Kings by 50 runs at Chepauk on Friday to win their second straight away game. It was also RCB's first win against CSK in Chennai since the inaugural edition in 2008. "The balance of the RCB squad is 10 times better compared to previous seasons," the Bengaluru franchise loyalist said on his podcast 'AB de Villiers 360'.
A meeting in Guwahati featuring Ajit Agarkar, the chairman of the senior men's selection committee, and Devajit Saikia, the Secretary of the Board of Control for Cricket in India (BCCI), has been postponed. The meeting had originally been scheduled for Saturday.' There was also a possibility of head coach Gautam Gambhir being a part of the meeting, after being on an overseas family vacation. “Agarkar was scheduled to land in Guwahati on Saturday and have a meeting with Saikia, as per the original schedule. But the information of the meeting's postponement came out on Friday night itself.
Former Chennai Super Kings skipper MS Dhoni on Friday surpassed former left-hand batter Suresh Raina to become the highest run-getter for the five-time champions in the history of the Indian Premier League (IPL). The wicketkeeper-batter accomplished this milestone during the IPL 2025 match against Royal Challengers Bengaluru at MA Chidambaram Stadium in Chennai, where he smashed an unbeaten 30 runs off just 16 balls, laced with three boundaries and two maximums in his innings. With this knock, the 43-year-old surpassed Raina to achieve the landmark of highest run-getter for the franchise.
New Zealand all-rounder Muhammad Abbas on Saturday shattered a huge record during the 1st ODI against Pakistan at the McLean Park in Napier. On debut against the country of his birth, Abbas struck 52, setting a world record for the fastest half-century on debut when he reached 50 off the 24th ball he faced. Abbas, who was born in Lahore, surpassed the previous best of Indian all-rounder Krunal Pandya, who had scored a fifty in 26 balls on his ODI debut.
A funny video from the Mumbai Indians camp is going viral on social media. In the shared clip, MI players Rohit Sharma, Tilak Varma and Suryakumar Yadav could be seen throwing the team admin into a swimming pool of a hotel where they are staying. To execute the prank to perfection, the admin was lifted by all three - Rohit, Tilak and Suryakumar - and was then thrown into the water. Fans found it hard to control their laughter after watching the video on internet.
Former Indian cricket team captain MS Dhoni coming out to bat at No. 9 for Chennai Super Kings during the IPL 2025 match against Royal Challengers Bengaluru resulted in some criticism. Chasing a target of 197, CSK never looked in control as they kept losing wickets at regular intervals. However, Dhoni came out to bat in the 16th over of the run chase after the fall of the seventh wicket. It was a surprising decision from the side as Ravindra Jadeja and R Ashwin came out to bat before Dhoni and by the time the veteran star came at the crease, the match was almost out of their grasp. Former India cricketers Robin Uthappa and Irfan Pathan were both not happy with Dhoni's batting position.