Cricket

Kolkata Knight Riders’ (KKR) home match against Rajasthan Royals (RR), scheduled for April 17, has been brought up by a day to April 16, after the Kolkata Police expressed concerns over providing security for both the match and local celebrations for Ram Navami, a Hindu festival. Bengal also begins voting in India’s general elections from

Cricket Australia has introduced the option of clubs signing one overseas player in the BBL and WBBL on a multi-year deal outside of the drafts, in an attempt to ward off the mass exodus of players to other leagues that has hit the men’s competition, but the player must be available for the entire tournament

Match details Royal Challengers Bengaluru (RCB) vs Lucknow Super Giants (LSG)Bengaluru, 1930 IST (1400 GMT) Big Picture Glenn Maxwell and Nicholas Pooran kept hitting them big. It was range-hitting like you’ve come to expect of highly-skilled professionals pushing the limits of T20 batting. Their practice sessions on Monday summed up the batting approach you’re likely

The T20 World Cup begins just days after the IPL ends and presents another opportunity for India to end their ICC trophy drought. ESPNcricinfo’s Raunak Kapoor sat down with a man who played a key role in winning that title in 2007 to figure out who has a strong enough case to be on the

Delhi Capitals 191 for 5 (Warner 52, Pant 51, Shaw 43, Pathirana 3-31) beat Chennai Super Kings 171 for 6 (Rahane 45, Dhoni 37*, Mitchell 34, Mukesh 3-21, Khaleel 2-21) by 20 runs At approximately 11 on Sunday night, Visakhapatnam came alive. ‘Hosts’ Delhi Capitals were on their way to their first win, but the

The BCB has made two amendments to its constitution at the 2024 Annual General Meeting (AGM) in Dhaka on Sunday, with a view to launching its own TV channel. The board wants to ensure all competitive cricket that it runs in the country is broadcast, with this channel plugging any gaps. BCB president Nazmul Hassan

Match details Delhi Capitals (DC) vs Chennai Super Kings (CSK)Visakhapatnam, 1930 IST (1400 GMT) Big picture: Capitals on shaky (home) ground MS Dhoni, with his shoulder-length hair, is back at the scene of his first big innings from way back in 2005. Almost 20 years ago, Sourav Ganguly promoted Dhoni to No.3, ahead of himself,

Ben Foakes will continue to bat in the top six for Surrey in the early stages of the County Championship season, despite conceding that he is learning on the job while batting at No. 7 in England’s Test team. Twenty-five Tests into his England career, Foakes has batted exclusively at No. 7 or 8 and

KL Rahul has handed over the Lucknow Super Giants’ (LSG) captaincy to Nicholas Pooran for their second game of IPL 2024 against Punjab Kings in Lucknow on Saturday. Rahul, however, was part of the playing XI as an Impact Player. Pooran said at the toss that the team management wanted Rahul to ease back into

Sri Lanka won the toss and elected to bat in the second Test against Bangladesh in Chattogram. The visitors opted to stick a three-seamer set-up by making just the one forced change, with Asitha Fernando coming in for Kasun Rajitha, who was ruled out with a back injury. Bangladesh, meanwhile, were boosted by the returning