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IPL 2025: Rajat Patidar named as captain of Royal Challengers Bengaluru

Rajat Patidar is the 4th Indian to lead Royal Challengers Bengaluru (RCB) in the Indian Premier League

Campa Cola replaces Thums Up to co-present IPL 2025, spends Rs 200 crore

Media buying executives estimate that IPL 2025's combined ad revenue from TV and OTT platforms will rise by 8-10 per cent over last year to reach around Rs 4,500 crore

Champions Trophy: Afghanistan announce Kharote as Ghazanfar's replacement

Spinner AM Ghazanfar has been ruled out of Afghanistan's ICC Champions Trophy 2025 squad due to a lower back injury

Playing with Rohit, Bumrah in IPL will be great learning curve: Rickelton

South Africa wicket-keeper batter Ryan Rickelton can't wait to share the Mumbai Indians dressing room with teammates Rohit Sharma and Jasprit Bumrah and feels his debut IPL season will be a big learning curve for his career. Rickelton plays for MI Cape Town in the SA20 and played a crucial part in the team's maiden title on Saturday night with a 15-ball 33. He was picked up by Mumbai Indians for his base price of Rs 1 crore in the IPL 2025 auction, held in Jeddah, Saudi Arabia. "I am extremely excited to make my debut in the IPL. I always wanted to play in the IPL and MI is such a powerful and great franchise so I'm really looking forward to getting there in a few weeks. I can't wait to get going again," Rickelton said in an interaction here. "To play in the same group with Rohit (Sharma), Hardik (Pandya) and Jasprit (Bumrah) and everyone is going to be a great learning curve for me and a hell of an opportunity. So when the time comes, I will definitely be up for it," said the ...

Sairaj Bahutule set to join Rahul Dravid ahead of IPL 2025 season

Former India cricketer Sairaj Bahutule is set to join Rajasthan Royals as a spin bowling coach ahead of this year's Indian Premier League (IPL). Bahutule, who had a stint with RR from 2018-21, has quit from his position at the National Cricket Academy (NCA), which is now being called Centre of Excellence, in Bengaluru. He will be working alongside bowling coach Shane Bond of New Zealand and head coach Rahul Dravid. He had previously worked with Dravid when the latter was in-charge of the Indian team. "The discussions are ongoing, and I'm close to finalising my involvement with the franchise. There are still a few details to be worked out, but I'm excited to be realigning with the Royals," Bahutule told Cricbuzz. "I'm also thrilled to be reuniting with Rahul. He was the one who introduced me to the Indian team during the last Border-Gavaskar Trophy series in 2023 when I served as the spin bowling coach. I was also part of his coaching staff in Sri Lanka, so I'm looking forward to ou

IPL is leader of franchise cricket and we can only learn from them: Smith

SA20 commissioner Graeme Smith has pledged to make it the second best league in the world after admitting that the IPL remains the leader of franchise cricket, from where they can "only learn" to get better. The third season of SA20 is currently underway across venues in South Africa. "BCCI and IPL have been amazing in supporting us and guiding us in every decision we have made. IPL is the leader in franchise cricket by far and we can only learn from them," Smith told PTI Bhasha in an exclusive interview here. IPL veteran Dinesh Karthik this year became the first Indian player to feature in SA20 by appearing for Paarl Royals, who lost the second qualifier against two-time champion Sunrisers Eastern Cape in Centurion on Thursday. When asked about the possibility of having more Indian players in future, Smith said they would love to have them if they were available, but nothing of that sort is in the pipeline as of now. "We always said that we have worked with the BCCI to see what t

IPL 2025: Iyer, Arshdeep and Chahal key for Punjab Kings - Ricky Ponting

In addition to these senior players, Ponting expressed his faith in PBKS's younger Indian talent, retaining uncapped players like Prabhsimran Singh and Shashank Singh.

Pietersen gives thumbs up to IPL owners' investment in English teams

Former England captain Kevin Pietersen on Tuesday welcomed the investments made by IPL team owners in English domestic cricket, terming it as "amazing for English and world cricket." After Mumbai Indians bought a 49 per cent stake in the Oval Invincibles in The Hundred competition, Lucknow Super Giants bought a similar share in the Manchester Originals franchise which they will run along with Lancashire. "At the end of the day, you are an absolute idiot if you don't think India runs the world of cricket and anyone arguing against that clearly is deluded," Pietersen told the media on the sidelines of the launch of Dram Bell Scotch Whisky. "So actually when you see what India is doing for global cricket, the amount of cash that's being injected into now this last couple of weeks, the English cricket game, it's amazing for world cricket. "I know the guys at the ECB and also my buddies were the one that took Lord's and the amount of money that they're spending just on Lords is it's ...

Rahul Dravid in heated argument after minor road accident in Bengaluru

Eyewitnesses say Dravid appeared upset, but the situation did not escalate further

Will injured Rajasthan captain Samson be available for start of IPL 2025?

Sanju Samson is expected to be out of action for five to six weeks after suffering a finger fracture against England

IPL owners and Tech Giants in final race for Hundred franchise bids

RPSG Group, the owner of Lucknow Super Giants, has shown interest in both the London Spirit and Manchester Originals, further complicating the bidding process.

IND vs ENG: Suryakumar Yadav recalls his time with KKR in a special video

Indian T20I skipper represented KKR in IPL from 2014 to 2017 before joining MI in 2018

IPL 2025: Rishabh Pant appointed as new captain of Lucknow Super Giants

LSG retained key players such as Nicholas Pooran, Ravi Bishnoi, and Ayush Badoni while adding big names like Aiden Markram, Mitchell Marsh, and David Miller.

IPL 2025: Rishabh Pant to be appointed as Lucknow Super Giants skipper

KL Rahul had captained LSG in their first three IPL seasons, guiding the franchise to playoffs in the initial two years but falling short of a final spot.

IPL 2025 start date, playoffs, final venues and live streaming details

IPL 2025 is scheduled to kick off at Eden Gardens in Kolkata, as by tradition the first match of the season is hosted at the home ground of the previous edition's winners

IPL 2025: Gujarat Giants start training camp in Surat ahead of season 18

GT started their training camp in Surat on Monday, January 13, with players like Anuj Rawat, Ishant Sharma, and Jayant Yadav present at the camp

BCCI VP Rajiv Shukla reveals new start dates for IPL 2025 and WPL 2025

Rajiv Shukla also informed that WPL 2025 would be played across four venues, i.e., Baroda, Mumbai, Bengaluru and Lucknow

Shreyas Iyer appointed Punjab Kings captain ahead of IPL 2025 season

When Shreyas takes the field as the PBKS skipper for the first time, he will be creating history by becoming the first captain to lead three IPL teams in his career.

Shubman Gill, other cricketers, to be summoned in Rs 450 cr Ponzi scam case

The development follows the interrogation of Bhupendrasinh Zala, the alleged mastermind behind the ponzi scheme

MI to sport Lauritz Knudsen logo on official jerseys: CEO Deepak Sharma

With an investment of Rs 850 crore in energy and e-mobility, Lauritz Knudsen strengthens its role in India's sustainable growth, says Deepak Sharma, MD & CEO of Schneider Electric India