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The 18th edition of the Indian Premier League begins on Sunday, March 23, with the final scheduled for May 25. This year, the Pakistan Super League will overlap with the IPL, because it had to make way for Pakistan’s hosting of the ICC Champions Trophy.
South Africa will not be playing a men's Test match in the 2025/26 international home season schedule released by Cricket South Africa (CSA) on Thursday. The major highlight of the schedule will be South Africa women's teams hosting Ireland and Pakistan for white-ball tours. Both series against Ireland and Pakistan will comprise of three T20Is and as many ODIs. South Africa will host Ireland from December 5-19, while Pakistan will be in the country from February 10 to March 1.
Indian cricket team spinner Yuzvendra Chahal and Dhanashree Verma on Thursday were granted the decree of divorce by the Mumbai family court. Chahal's lawyer, Nitin Kumar Gupta, confirmed the development while speaking to reporters outside the court. "The court has granted the decree of divorce. The court has accepted the joint petition of both parties. The parties are no longer husband and wife," advocate Nitin said in a video by ANI.
Ahead of the Indian Premier League (IPL) season, Kolkata Knight Riders (KKR) vice-captain Venkatesh Iyer opened up on playing at the "temple" and team's home stadium of Eden Gardens, the prize tag pressure and his "elder brother" bond with team owner and Bollywood legend Shah Rukh Khan. KKR will kickstart their title defence journey in IPL 2025 with a highly-anticipated clash against Royal Challengers Bengaluru (RCB), the 'OG Derby', which kickstarted the tournament back in 2008 during its inaugural edition.
The BCCI on Thursday lifted the ban on use of saliva on the ball in the upcoming Indian Premier League after a majority of captains agreed to its proposal, making it the first major cricket competition to do away with the restriction that was a consequence of the COVID-19 pandemic. The decision was taken at the captains' meeting in Mumbai ahead of the league starting on Saturday. "The saliva ban has been lifted. Majority of captains were in favour of the move. Some had reservations about the re-introduction, some sat on the fence but majority of them supported the move," a top BCCI official told PTI. The International Cricket Council (ICC) had banned the age-old practice of applying saliva to shine the ball as a precautionary measure during the COVID-19 pandemic, during which health practitioners advocated strict hygiene protocols and physical distancing.
Ahead of the 18th season of the Indian Premier League (IPL) starting from Saturday, former Indian cricketer Suresh Raina hailed the league for its impact on the talent pipeline of Indian cricket and named some of his favourite modern day stars in the league. The latest IPL season will kickstart with a highly-anticipated contest between defending champions Kolkata Knight Riders (KKR) and Royal Challengers Bengaluru (RCB) at Eden Gardens on Saturday. Raina is considered as one of the finest players in the league's history, with 5,528 runs in 205 matches with a century and 39 fifties, making him the fifth-highest run-getter in the competition. He is a multi-time IPL champion with Chennai Super Kings (CSK).
Former South Africa batter Faf du Plessis is all set to feature in yet another edition of the Indian Premier League (IPL). After leading Royal Challengers Bengaluru in the last three seasons, Faf will be playing for Delhi Capitals in IPL 2025. Ahead of the season, which will kick-start from Saturday in Kolkata, many fans were taken aback after 'Faf du Plessis' was named as the captain of Namibia's U-19 team captain for the upcoming World Cup qualifiers. In a beautiful co-incidence, the name of Namibia U19 skipper, who is 17 years old, is also Faf du Plessis.
Kidambi Srikanth beat compatriot HS Prannoy in two hard-fought games to enter the men's singles second round of the Swiss Open Super 300 badminton tournament on Wednesday. The world No. 49 Srikanth, who won 23-21 23-21, was better at crucial points against world No. 28 Prannoy in both games as the contest lasted 48 minutes. Srikanth now enjoys a 7-3 head-to-head record against Prannoy in international competitions. In another men's singles match, world No. 64 Shankar Subramanian beat Magnus Joahnnsen 21-5 21-16 in just 38 minutes.