Cricket

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

Match details Lucknow Super Giants (LSG) vs Punjab Kings (PBKS)Lucknow, 1930 IST (1400 GMT) Big picture – Welcome home, Lucknow Super Giants The last time these two teams met, there were relentless fireworks in Mohali, where LSG first racked up 257, the second-highest IPL total then, followed by Kings’ 201. The two teams now meet

USA have named former New Zealand allrounder Corey Anderson as part of their 15-man squad to face Canada in the upcoming five-match T20I series at home. Anderson, 33, last played for New Zealand in 2018, as he aimed to qualify for his adopted country. Monank Patel will continue to lead USA for the series, with

When Royal Challengers Bengaluru host Kolkata Knight Riders on Friday night, the big sub-plot is the likely face-off between Virat Kohli and Mitchell Starc. Starc is playing his first IPL since 2015, when he was part of RCB, who were then led by Kohli. The two have never faced each other in the IPL, with

Rajasthan Royals 185 for 5 (Parag 84, Ashwin 29, Axar 1-21, Khaleel 1-24) beat Delhi Capitals 173 for 5 (Warner 49, Stubbs 44*, Chahal 2-19, Burger 2-29) by 12 runs On a night that their big three batters managed 31 off 37 between them, Rajasthan Royals overcame a big conditions handicap through what many feel

Match details Royal Challengers Bengaluru (RCB) vs Kolkata Knight Riders (KKR)Bengaluru, 1930 IST (1400 GMT) Big picture – RCB vs KKR, a fiery rivalry RCB vs KKR at the M Chinnaswamy Stadium. That’s how it all started in 2008, when Brendon McCullum’s unbeaten 158 launched the IPL with a dream start. Over the years, the

Senior white-ball players dropping off the list, new allrounders and pace bowlers added, an injury-prone quick retained and what about the Test batting options? ESPNcricinfo looks at the talking points from the Australia men’s contract list All to play for among Test batting reserves When Matt Renshaw was recalled to the Test squad earlier this