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LSG Star, Fined Twice By BCCI For Controversial Celebration, Gives Bizarre Reason To IPL Great: "I'm From Delhi"

Lucknow Super Giants are ready square off against Kolkata Knight Riders for their next IPL 2025 match on Tuesday at the iconic Eden Gardens. The match was supposed to take place on Sunday but got postponed due to the Ram Navami celebrations in the city. So far, both the teams are having a mediocre campaign as they played four games and won two of them. Talking about LSG, their promising young spinner Digvesh Singh Rathi has been grabbing everyone's attention.

Great facilities, effective grassroots initiatives critical to cricket’s growth, says Akpata

President of the Nigeria Cricket Federation (NCF), Uyi Akpata, has hinged the country’s rise in international cricket to the provision of world-class facilities and effective grassroots development programme that continues to churn out talented youngsters from across the country for the sport.

MS Dhoni Sent Brutal Message By Pakistan Great Amid IPL 2025 Struggle: 'Should've Left Long Back...'

Once labelled as the ‘finisher' in Indian cricket, MS Dhoni is under serious pressure after failing to contribute to Chennai Super Kings' run chase for a third straight game in the IPL 2025 season. The five-time champions started the season with a four-wicket win over Mumbai Indians but have since lost in three straight games, against Royal Challengers Bengaluru, Rajasthan Royals and Delhi Capitals respectively while chasing, which has seen them fall down to the ninth spot in the league table. The former India captain still looks as quick as ever behind the stumps but has batted at a strike rate of 138.18, down from 220.55 in the previous edition, while struggling to find the boundaries and score at a quick rate.

"Don't Injure Him": Kieron Pollard Carrying Jasprit Bumrah Ahead Of IPL Return Gets A Thumbs Down From Fans

Mumbai Indians (MI) have started their IPL 2025 campaign on a sour note, losing three of their first four games, and finding themselves towards the bottom of the table. However, they're set to receive a huge boost as pace spearhead Jasprit Bumrah is close to returning to action. Bumrah - who suffered an injury during the Border-Gavaskar Trophy 2024/25 - has finally joined Mumbai Indians' (MI) squad. Upon his return, MI batting coach Pollard gave a special welcome, and picked him up on his arms. This ignited a bit of fear among MI fans on social media.

Not Rohit Sharma Or Shubman Gill: Kapil Dev Makes Preference Clear On India's Next White-Ball Captain

India have achieved great success under Rohit Sharma in recent ICC white-ball events, winning the T20 World Cup 2024 and the Champions Trophy 2025. However, while he has confirmed that he would keep playing ODIs, there is no clarity yet whether he would stay on till the 2027 50-over World Cup. However, former India World Cup-winning captain Kapil Dev has given a different suggestion to Team India for captaincy. In fact, Kapil's choice for India's next white-ball captain is currently not a captain in any format.

"Wasn't Able To Digest...": Mohammed Siraj's Brutally Honest Revelation On Champions Trophy 2025 Snub

Pacer Mohammed Siraj on Sunday said he was initially struggling to come to terms after being dropped from the Indian team for the Champions Trophy earlier this year. Siraj delivered an outstanding performance to return figures of 4/17 in Gujarat Titans' seven-wicket win over Sunrisers Hyderabad in their Indian Premier League match. Speaking at the presentation ceremony, Siraj said, "At one time, I was not able to digest it (having not been picked for Champions Trophy) but I kept my spirits up and worked on my fitness and game." He added, "Whatever mistakes I was making, I worked on those and I'm enjoying my bowling.

Yashasvi Jaiswal's Goa Move Triggers Backlash, Mumbai Great Says "No Matter What..."

Former Indian cricketer Wasim Jaffer has spoken about Rajasthan Royals (RR) batter Yashasvi Jaiswal's slowest fifty of his Indian Premier League (IPL) career against Punjab Kings (PBKS) on Saturday in the ongoing IPL 2025. He felt that Jaiswal was not finding his form even after scoring a fifty; he was trying to hit the ball really hard. "When he [Jaiswal] performs, he will be winning the games except that it was the slowest half-century of Jaiswal's IPL career, off 40 balls, and it didn't look like he was finding his form, he was still looking to hit the ball really hard," Wasim Jaffer said on ESPNcricinfo's Timeout show.

"Didn't Spin Much...": Pat Cummins' Honest Verdict On SRH's Loss Against Gujarat Titans

Sunrisers Hyderabad captain Pat Cummins said that Gujarat Titans' pacers were tough to bat against following their crushing seven-wicket loss in the IPL 2025 fixture at Rajiv Gandhi International Stadium here on Sunday. Put in to bat first, Hyderabad were restricted to 152/8 in 20 overs as Mohammed Siraj bagged career-best IPL figures of 4-17 while Prasidh Krishna and Rashid Khan clinched two scalps apiece. For Hyderabad, Nitish Kumar Reddy top-scored with a knock of 31 runs while Cummins contributed a nine-ball 22 not out including three fours and a six to take the side over the 150-run mark.

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LSG Star, Fined Twice By BCCI For Controversial Celebration, Gives Bizarre Reason To IPL Great: "I'm From Delhi"

Great facilities, effective grassroots initiatives critical to cricket’s growth, says Akpata

MS Dhoni Sent Brutal Message By Pakistan Great Amid IPL 2025 Struggle: 'Should've Left Long Back...'

"Don't Injure Him": Kieron Pollard Carrying Jasprit Bumrah Ahead Of IPL Return Gets A Thumbs Down From Fans

Not Rohit Sharma Or Shubman Gill: Kapil Dev Makes Preference Clear On India's Next White-Ball Captain

"Wasn't Able To Digest...": Mohammed Siraj's Brutally Honest Revelation On Champions Trophy 2025 Snub

Yashasvi Jaiswal's Goa Move Triggers Backlash, Mumbai Great Says "No Matter What..."

"Didn't Spin Much...": Pat Cummins' Honest Verdict On SRH's Loss Against Gujarat Titans