Rohit Sharma's return to form might have come too late for Mumbai Indians, but it augurs well for him and the Indian team heading into the T20 World Cup next month, feels the legendary Sunil Gavaskar.

Leg spinners Ravi Bishnoi and Piyush Chawla excelled at the Wankhede stadium.

Mumbai Indians coach Mark Boucher really felt bad watching skipper Hardik Pandya face hostile reactions and boos from fans throughout the disastrous IPL campaign and admitted that it did affect the star all-rounder, something the management would need to address in coming days.

Rohit Sharma enthralled home fans to a fine exhibition of sumptuous strokeplay in what could probably be his final knock for the Mumbai Indians.

Being India head coach is one of the biggest assignments in the cricket world, and former Australia head coach Justin Langer believes it could be very exhausting if the timing isn't right for the incumbent.

Rohit Sharma is the master of his own destiny and Mumbai Indians head coach Mark Boucher isn't exactly aware about the franchise's most successful former skipper's plans ahead of the mega auctions for the next edition of the IPL.

Mumbai Indians skipper Hardik Pandya has been fined Rs 30 lakh and suspended from his team's opening match of the next edition of the Indian Premier League for slow over-rate offence for the third time in the competition.

'Have a feeling this is the last time we are seeing Rohit in Mumbai Indians jersey.'

LSG skipper KL Rahul, whose team also finished out of play-off zone was disappointed.

'The whole season kind of went wrong. We can pass this game as another one (that went wrong)'

IMAGES form the IPL match between Mumbai Indians and Lucknow Super Giants at the Wankhede stadium, in Mumbai on Friday

IMAGES form the IPL match between Mumbai Indians and Lucknow Super Giants at the Wankhede stadium, in Mumbai on Friday

Bravo is helping the Tushar Deshpandes and Simarjeet Singhs implement his plans to the 'T'.

Gambhir has been approached by the BCCI to gauge his interest.

Teams didn't really understand how to use an 'Impact Player' during the inaugural season and as every team got a hang of it, even anchors during batting innings is starting to become obsolete.

Shaheen Afridi brushes aside rumours of discontent within Pakistan team

PCB is looking to take advantage of the window set aside for the IPL each year to hold the PSL in the same time-frame.

'My captaincy is simple. The mantra is to give team-mates the confidence, belief and the love.'

The Rajasthan-based franchise have been sloppy, losing their fourth match on the trot and are at the second spot with eight wins and five losses. They have a total of 16 points.

RCB are currently placed sixth in the IPL standings with 12 points from 13 games and will take on defending champions Chennai Super Kings in a must-win match in Bengaluru on Saturday.

Royal Challengers Bengaluru's fairytale resurgent run will be up against the might of five-time champions Chennai Super Kings and the weather gods when the two sides clash in an epic do-or-die match to decide the fourth and final team for the IPL play-offs, in Bengaluru on Saturday.

Mahendra Singh Dhoni and Virat Kohli were spotted bowling during their net sessions.

Virat Kohli isn't just leading the IPL 2024 run charts, he's also been leading the conversation on off-field style.

'Tea is something very close to us, maybe because we are from that generation, where we never say no to tea.'

SRH became the third team to make the cut after following Kolkata Knight Riders and Rajasthan Royals, who are currently occupying the top two places in the standings.

India's only warm-up game ahead of the T20 World Cup is likely to be played against Bangladesh in New York on June 1, the day when Canada will play co-hosts USA in the tournament opener in Dallas.

If the game of cricket remains tilted heavily in the favour of batters, not many youngsters would be lining up to start bowling in a couple of years, fears spin great Anil Kumble, who advocated the need to keep biggest possible boundaries at IPL venues and use of more pronounced seam to restore the balance between bat and ball.

KL Rahul might feel a bit frustrated but he has not done ad at all with the bat, said assistant coach Lance Klusener, who feels the Lucknow Super Giants skipper was forced to curb his attacking instincts with wickets falling around him this IPL.

Out of reckoning from the IPL playoffs, Mumbai Indians and Lucknow Super Giants will look to end their campaign on a winning note when they clash at the Wankhede Stadium here on Friday.

Rain threatens to dampen Sunrisers Hyderabad's playoff push

Chhetri has been the face of Indian soccer for nearly a decade-and-half and his 94 international goals make him the third-highest active international scorer after Cristiano Ronaldo and Lionel Messi.

India's young batter Yashaswi Jaiswal was placed sixth with 714 points.

The Australian was Dhoni wanted to to stick around in the transition phase as Gaikwad was handed the captaincy.

Yuzvendra Chahal, not normally known for his fielding, took a superb catch to leave his Rajasthan Royals' team-mates pleasantly surprised.

While the United States appear to be unlikely hosts for a cricket competition, with the men's Big Four leagues of MLB, NBA, NHL and NFL dominating the sporting landscape, Bolt said American fans will be treated to an experience unlike any other.

'I want to give it everything I have till the time I play and that's the only thing that keeps me going.'

'We have players who can do that. If all of us try that, it's a team sport, but this is the time when we need individual players to step up.'

'A lot of positives for us this season.'

Harshal finished with 2/28, taking his wicket tally to 22 in 13 games and overtake Jasprit Bumrah for the most wickets in IPL 2024. The pacer is way ahead of everyone when it comes to bowling in the end overs, with 16 wickets between the 16th and 20th overs -- the most by any bowler this season so far with Bumrah a distant second on 11 wickets in the death overs.

'I think the position that we are in we were playing for pride today. We tried to put in the best performance that we can'

IMAGES from the Premier League matches played on Wednesday.

Sam Curran's 50 guided Punjab Kings to an important victory which helped them get off the bottom of the league standings.

It comes as no surprise when the world's fastest man Usain Bolt says that the fastest form of cricket is his favourite one and feels more fans in the Caribbean and world over will choose the T20 format over Tests going forward.

Despite a well-tuned 48 from local hero Riyan Parag, Rajasthan Royals struggled against an array of accurate bowlers on a rather slow pitch, meandering to a sub-par 144 for nine against Punjab Kings in their IPL match in Guwahati on Wednesday.

Despite a well-tuned 48 from local hero Riyan Parag, Rajasthan Royals struggled against an array of accurate bowlers on a rather slow pitch, meandering to a sub-par 144 for nine against Punjab Kings in their IPL match in Guwahati on Wednesday.

An appeal court in Nepal on Wednesday cleared the country's highest-profile cricketer Sandeep Lamichhane, who was convicted by a lower court of raping an 18-year-old woman.

Rahul Dravid has already informed the BCCI about his decision to step away from the role after the T20 World Cup.

Former Pakistan captain Misbah-ul-Haq believes his country will find it difficult to edge past India when the two sides clash in next month's T20 World Cup as there seems to be a mental block when it comes to playing the arch-rivals in ICC events.

Cricket South Africa (CSA) has been criticised for failing to meet ransformational targets with only one black African in Kagiso Rabada part of the T20 World Cup squad.

KKR are currently at the top of the pecking order with 9 points following nine wins and three losses in 13 matches.