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T20 World Cup: Vaughan feels England missed trick by calling back players

Former skipper Michael Vaughan feels England "missed the trick" by recalling its cricketers from the IPL to play a T20 series against Pakistan, saying it had denied them experiencing pressure-cooker situations of the playoffs, which could have helped them prepare better for the upcoming T20 World Cup in the Americas. Top England players, including skipper Jos Buttler (Rajasthan Royals), Phil Salt (Kolkata Knight Riders) and Will Jacks (Royal Challengers Bengaluru) were among the players called back home by the England and Wales Cricket Board for a four-match T20I series against Pakistan, leading to severe criticism from several former Indian cricketers including the legendary Sunil Gavaskar. In fact, it was skipper Buttler who had pushed for players to get back in the English camp from the IPL to prepare for the T20 World Cup with the series against Pakistan, director of cricket Rob Key had earlier revealed. "I'm all for international cricket, but now and again this tournament (IPL)

IPL 2024 Final: Former Australia cricketer Shane Watson picks KKR over SRH

KKR finished the league stage on the top of the points table with nine wins, three losses and two no results, giving them 20 points

IPL 2024 Final: Raina wants Sunrisers to back their batting-first approach

The former CSK cricketer added the SRH skipper knows how to keep the dressing room running

IPL 2024 closing ceremony time, performers, live streaming and telecast

American rock band Imagine Dragons is set to delight the crowd at Chennai ahead of the KKR vs SRH IPL 2024 final

IPL 2024 final: What happens if KKR vs SRH grand finale washed out?

With reserve day in place for the IPL 2024 final, it comes as a major relief for the cricket fans who don't want a game affected by rain during KKR vs SRH final

Shashank to Abhishek: Top 5 Indian uncapped run-scorers in IPL 2024

These five batters utilised every opportunity to thet got to showcase their talent at one of the biggest stages available

IPL 2024 Final: KKR vs SRH head-to-head, Chennai pitch and weather report

KKR vs SRH head-to-head: Hyderabad and Kolkata have played against each other 27 times. The Knight Riders have dominated Hyderabad, winning 18 and losing only nine matches

IPL 2024 KKR vs SRH Final: A look at Sunrisers Hyderabad's road to finale

This season has been one of the most entertaining ones by the Sunrisers. More often than not they found themselves hitting boundaries and sixes

KKR vs SRH IPL 2024 Final: A look at Kolkata Knight Riders' road to finale

Knight Riders have been one of the flawless sides in the tournament, turning up and delivering at every moment to make it to their fourth IPL final

SRH vs RR Highlights, IPL 2024 Qualifier 2: Abhishek, Shahbaz and Klaasen take Hyderabad to final

IPL 2024 highlights, Qualifier 2 SRH vs RR: Abhishek Sharma took two wickets while Shahbaz Ahmed took three as part-timers helped restrict Rajastthan to 139 and win the game by 36 runs for Hyderabad

IPL 2024 Qualifier 2 SRH vs RR Playing 11: Unadkat, Markram back in Hyd'bad

Hyderabad vs Rajasthan Playing 11: While Jaydev Unadkat and Aiden Markram were back in the Sunrisers playing 11 Rajasthan made no changes to their winning combination

IPL 2024 Qualifier 2 key match-ups: Will RR bowlers stop SRH batters?

Hyderabad vs Rajasthan key match-ups: SRH opener Travis Head could take confidence from the fact that only Sandeep Sharma has got the better of him

IPL 2024: 'High scores due to batters' skills, not impact player rule'

Ravichandran Ashwin does not want to single out impact player rule as the only contributing factor in high scores being recorded several times this IPL, as the premier India spinner attributes it to the evolution of batters. Ashwin also has urged bowlers to start working on their batting skills in order to meet the demands of the game. The season has witnessed some astonishing batting records -- teams crossed the 200-run mark for a staggering 41 times whereas the 250-mark was breached on eight instances in the league round. IPL's record highest team total of 287 was also registered in the ongoing edition. "Even if the impact player rule wasn't there, scores would be this high," Ashwin said on JioCinema Match Centre Live after their four-wicket win over Royal Challengers Bengaluru in the IPL Eliminator, here on Wednesday. "In my opinion, batters have more confidence and pitches everywhere have been standardised." "In the future, all bowlers will need to be hitters because we know

When chips were down, we started to play for our self-respect: Kohli

Fighting for self-respect when everything seemed lost propelled Royal Challengers Bengaluru to six consecutive victories and earned them a place in the IPL 2024 Eliminator, said Virat Kohli after the side's winning streak was ended by Rajasthan Royals. RCB lost seven of their first eight games but a remarkable turnaround saw them win the next six matches, including a thrilling last league fixture against defending champions Chennai Super Kings, which earned them a playoff berth and an Eliminator showdown against Rajasthan. "We started expressing ourselves, started to play for our self-respect and then the confidence came back," said Kohli in a dressing-room chat with team-mates after the loss to RR in Ahmedabad on Wednesday. "The way we turned things around and qualified (for playoffs) was truly special, something that I will always, always cherish and remember, because it took a lot of character from each member of this team, something that we can be really proud of. And eventually

IPL 2025: Hopefully, Dhoni will be available for CSK - Kasi Viswanathan

Chennai Super Kings CEO Kasi Viswanathan said he is 'very, very hopeful' of former skipper Mahendra Singh Dhoni participating in IPL 2025 as a player. Dhoni, who led CSK to a record five Indian Premier League titles, stepped down as the skipper before the start of the ongoing season, handing the responsibilities to Ruturaj Gaikwad, who led the team to a fifth place finish. Speculations have been rife that this could be Dhoni's final season in the tournament but Viswanathan asserted that it was completely up to the former India captain to take a final call on his future. "I do not know. It is a question which only MS can answer. The question for us, we have always respected the decisions taken by MS. We have left it to him," he said to a question on CSK's YouTube channel. "As all of you know, he has always taken his decisions and announced them at the appropriate time. We do expect that we will get a decision as and when he decides. "But we are very, very hopeful that he will be ..

Dinesh Karthik: Man of comebacks calls time on IPL and international career

Dinesh Karthik's international career was a classic case of what could have been after the arrival of Mahendra Singh Dhoni but on Wednesday, when he said goodbye to the game at the end of his team's IPL campaign, it was from a stage he made his own over the past 17 years. The Eliminator between his Royal Challengers Bengaluru and Rajasthan Royals ended up being Karthik's swansong, bringing down curtains on a 20-year-old career marked by a series of comebacks across formats. Twenty six Tests, 94 ODIs and 60 T20s over two decades don't make for eye-popping numbers but the forever fidgety 38-year-old managed to stay relevant till the very end despite spending more time in the commentary box than on the field over the past couple of years. Ahead of the T20 World Cup squad announcement, Karthik forced himself into the selection debate for the wicket-keeper batter's role with head-turning performances for RCB but that one final comeback wasn't meant to be as selectors rightly went for ...

IPL 2024 Qualifier 2: SRH vs RR playoff records, head-to-head, pitch report

SRH vs RR head-to-head record: Hyderabad have a slight advantage with 10 wins in 19 matches against Rajasthan's 9. Dew will play a significant role in the evening as humidity

India, biggest promotor of T20, determined to end World Cup title drought

In the ever-growing Twenty20 cricket landscape, India boasts the richest and most-watched league in the world. Yet, all that investment and attention hasn't translated into international success for India's national team. Rohit Sharma's India squad travels to the T20 World Cup in the United States and Caribbean, hunting a second title to end a long drought. Undoubtedly, the Indian Premier League is flush with cash and talent, attracting the best cricketers worldwide. Since the advent of IPL, though, India hasn't lifted the World Cup trophy. After winning the inaugural T20 World Cup in South Africa in 2007, India has only reached one more final losing to Sri Lanka in 2014. The title drought crosses formats, too. India last won an International Cricket Council title in 2013 the Champions Trophy in England. It last lifted the Cricket World Cup in the 50-over format in 2011. Last year was exceptional in that sense India lost the World Test Championship final to Australia in Englan

IPL 2024 Qualifier 2, SRH vs RR preview: Battle of nerves at Chepauk

IPL's best power-hitters Travis Head and Abhishek Sharma will face a very different challenge in wily spin twins Yuzvendra Chahal and Ravichandran Ashwin when Sunrisers Hyderabad take on Rajasthan Royals in a high-octane second Qualifier here on Friday. 'Travishek' as the duo is affectionately called by the fans have taken power-hitting to a new level. Head (533 runs at 199.62) and Abhishek (470 at 207.04) have hit 72 sixes apart from 96 boundaries between them. If that's not enough, they have a swashbuckler in Heinrich Klaasen (413 runs at 180), who also has 34 maximums to his credit. But playing on an Uppal shirtfront that resembled a national highway or at the Kotla or Wankhede is completely from playing at the Chepauk where the strip will be sticky in nature. The ball stops and stroke-makers do have a tough time when it comes to hitting through the line. Ashwin, who has played all his cricket at this ground, knows the strip like the back of his hand and his form has improved .

IPL 2024: Sunrisers Hyderabad batting approach was puzzling - Gavaskar

Legendary Sunil Gavaskar has questioned the "puzzling" batting approach of Sunrisers Hyderabad during the powerplay in the first IPL Qualifier, suggesting their reckless strategy may have cost them the match against Kolkata Knight Riders. Having cleaned up his fellow Australian Travis Head with a peach of a delivery with his second ball, Mitchell Starc blew away the SRH top-order in his opening spell of 3-0-22-3. SRH lost four wickets inside the powerplay to be dismissed for a paltry 159, a target KKR shot down in 13.4 overs to storm into the Sunday's summit clash in Chennai. "It was a terrific performance, no question. Such an impressive display with both the bat and the ball. They took four wickets in the power play, and that's where the Sunrisers were pushed onto the back foot, really on the ropes. They couldn't recover from that," the former Indian captain told Star Sports Cricket Live. "There was a partnership of sorts, but to me, the approach of the SRH batters in those first