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Toss Mumbai Indians chose to bowl vs Punjab Kings With Hardik Pandya still recovering from back spasms and Suryakumar Yadav out due to personal reasons, Jasprit Bumrah led Mumbai Indians (MI) and opted to bowl first after winning the toss. This is the first time Bumrah is leading MI. He expected the pitch to settle…

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Hampshire have signed the South African all-rounder Delano Potgieter on a short-term deal that will cover their next three County Championship matches and the Vitality Blast Potgieter, 29, will arrive at the Ageas Bowl with Hampshire in a state of flux, following Wednesday’s red-ball retirement of stalwart Liam Dawson, and with Hampshire sitting rock-bottom of…

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Midfielder Anirudh Thapa returned to the Indian team squad after nearly two years as Khalid Jamil named his 28-man squad for the Unity Cup, later this month in London, England. India will take on Jamaica on May 27 and Nigeria or Zimbabwe on May 30 as Jamil prepares his core group for the next World…

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Chennai Super Kings (CSK) suffered another injury blow in the ongoing Indian Premier League (IPL 2026) as all-rounder Jamie Overton has been ruled out for the remainder of the season due to a right thigh injury. South Africa’s Dian Forrester will join CSK for INR 75 lakh as a replacement for Overton. Forrester, who is…

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Saudi Arabia is set to host its first franchise league later this year, with the ‘Dunes League T20’ due to launch in October. The league has been sanctioned by the Saudi Arabia Cricket Federation (SACF) and is expected to feature players who have recently retired from international cricket but remain active on the franchise circuit.…

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Indian shuttlers PV Sindhu and Lakshya Sen progressed to the quarterfinals of the USD 500,000 Thailand Open Super 500 tournament with victories in straight sets in their respective contests in Bangkok on Thursday. The two-time Olympic medallist and seeded sixth, Sindhu, took a mere 28 minutes to get the better of Amalie Schulz of Denmark…

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Fltntoff’s only franchise experience as a coach is two seasons at Northern Superchargers in the Hundred in 2024 and 2025. He will not coach them in 2026 after failing to agree to terms with the franchise’s new Indian owners Sun Group who have renamed the team Sunrisers Leeds. Superchargers finished fourth and third in Flintoff’s…

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After scores of 4, 1 and 6 in three of his first five innings, Rinku has scored 207 runs in his last four innings without being dismissed, striking at 172. On Wednesday, he made an unbeaten 29-ball 49 to help KKR post 192 against Royal Challengers Bengaluru on a Raipur deck that played a lot…

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CSK did not specify how long Overton would be away for – or whether he was out for the rest of the season – but it is doubtful that he will return for their remaining three league games. They play an away game against Lucknow Super Giants on Friday. “Jamie Overton has a right thigh…

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Royal Challengers Bengaluru opener Virat Kohli smashed his ninth IPL century against Kolkata Knight Riders in Raipur on Wednesday night. Kohli also became the fastest to cross 14,000 runs in T20s in the process. Kohli had been under a bit of pressure before today’s match after registering back to back ducks but against KKR tonight,…

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