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Mumbai Indians captain Hardik Pandya on Wednesday said now that the contentious Impact Player rule has been extended by three years, a cricketer has to be a pure all-rounder to find a place in the starting eleven. The rule allows a team to replace a player from their playing XI at a later stage of the match. The teams bring in a batting or bowling specialist as the situation demands.
Punjab Kings (PBKS) skipper Shreyas Iyer scored a brilliant knock of 85 runs in 41 balls during his side's intra-squad practice match ahead of the Indian Premier League (IPL) campaign at the new PCA Stadium, New Chandigarh. During the match on Wednesday, Iyer's Team B scored a total of 205 in 20 overs. Team B was powered by Iyer's hard-hitting knock of 85 in 41 balls. For Team A, Shashank Singh took 2/38. In reply, Team A openers Priyansh Arya and Prabhsimran Singh got their side off to a great as they scored 72 in 31 balls and 66 runs in 42 balls respectively. Vishnu Vinod also played a quickfire cameo of 26* in just 10 balls.
Ahead of his side's Indian Premier League (IPL) campaign opener against Punjab Kings (PBKS), Gujarat Titans captain Shubman Gill stressed on maximising the powerplay phase while batting, saying that not being able to do so last season was one of the reasons why they failed to move to playoffs after two great seasons. GT will kickstart their IPL campaign against PBKS at Narendra Modi Stadium on March 25. During last year's IPL, GT's run rate during the first six overs was 7.72, the lowest among all teams, and Gill struck at 131.08 during that phase.
Indian batting star and Gujarat Titans (GT) skipper Shubman Gill arrived in Ahmedabad ahead of the Indian Premier League (IPL) 2025. The official handle of GT made the announcement on X as they gear up for the start of their campaign against Punjab Kings (PBKS) at Narendra Modi Stadium in Ahmedabad. Shubman will be aiming to make up for a disappointing season last year as after a title win in their debut in 2022 and runners-up finish in the next, GT tanked to an eighth spot finish in 2024, with just five wins in 14 matches, losing seven and two ending in no results.
New Zealand skipper Mitchell Santner had no qualms in admitting that his team lost to a "better" Indian side in the final of the Champions Trophy in Dubai on Sunday. Set a target of 252, India completed the chase with six balls to spare after Rohit Sharma's fluent 76 and excellent bowling by Kuldeep Yadav and Varun Chakaravarthy. "It's been a good tournament. We have been challenged along the way and the way we have grown as a group. We lost to a better side today.
Former South Africa fast bowler Vernon Philander has backed Temba Bavuma to continue leading South Africa in ODIs, saying that the right-handed batter still has a couple of years left in him to be at the helm. Philander's comments come after South Africa lost their 2025 Champions Trophy semi-final to New Zealand by 50 runs at the Gaddafi Stadium. South Africa were tasked with chasing down 363, and despite Bavuma's 56, Rassie van der Dussen's 69 and David Miller's unbeaten hundred off 67 balls, they eventually made 312/9.
Australia captain Steve Smith steered clear of commenting on India's Dubai advantage at the Champions Trophy following the four-wicket defeat to the south Asians in the semi-final.
Captain Mohammad Rizwan and Babar Azam were on Tuesday dropped from the Pakistan squad for the five-match T20 series in New Zealand. Salman Ali Agha replaced Rizwan as captain of the T20 outfit with all-rounder Shadab Khan being recalled and named his vice-captain. Rizwan has been retained as captain of the ODI squad after the team's disappointing show in the Champions Trophy. The selectors have avoided an overhaul in the one-day squad and retained majority of the players who flopped in the ongoing ICC event. Babar is also retained in the ODI squad but batters Saud Shakil and Kamran Ghulam have been axed. The selectors have also sidelined fast bowlers Shaheen Shah Afridi and Haris Rauf from the one-day squad. Pakistan play five T20s and three ODIs in New Zealand starting March 16.