MLC Finals MVP Nicholas Pooran: The Major League Cricket (MLC) on Tuesday announced the schedule for the upcoming 2024 season, the second edition of a milestone event in the history of T20 cricket in the United States. The season promises an exhilarating lineup of matches featuring some of the worlds best international players and the nations top domestic talent. Building on the momentum of its inaugural 2023 season, Major League Cricket (MLC) has extended the tournament, due to demand, adding a

Big Bash League: India-born cricketer Nikhil Chaudhary is likely to return to play for Hobart Hurricanes in the Big Bash League (BBL) after being found not guilty of raping a 20-year-old woman in a car in Townsville in 2021. Chaudhary, 27, stood trial in the District Court in Townsville, charged with one count of rape, and was declared not guilty by the jury. However, Cricket Tasmania on Tuesday confirmed to local reporters that they were not informed of the charge or court action. Cricket Tasma

Vitality T20 Blast: Surrey has signed Australian pacer Spencer Johnson for the first eight fixtures of the 2024 Vitality Blast. After missing out on the T20 World Cup the left-arm quick will make an appearance in the absence of Reece Topley, Chris Jordan, Sam Curran, and Will Jacks, who all have been named in the England squad. Additionally, Surrey suffered a setback in March when Australian all-rounder Aaron Hardie was pulled out of the team after three months to control his workload. Johnson w

T20 World Cup: Australia cricket team head coach Andrew McDonald revealed that the T20 World Cup skipper Mitchell Marsh is not fit to bowl until the final week before the squad heads to the Caribbean, but will be fully fit for the tournament's opening game. Marsh has been out of action since the April 3 IPL 2024 clash for Delhi Capitals due to a right hamstring strain. He flew back home to Perth from India to begin his recovery. In the next two weeks, Marsh will spend the first of two three-day

Nassau County International Cricket Stadium: The ICC mens T2O World Cup ambassador and former India star all-rounder Yuvraj Singh has backed skipper Rohit Sharma to end India's ICC trophy drought, that stretches back to the 2011 Mens Cricket World Cup, at the upcoming T20I showpiece in the USA and the West Indies, commencing from June 1. After multiple failures in the major ICC tournaments, such as heartbreaking losses in the semifinal of the ICC men's T20 World Cup in 2022, the finals of the Wo

Arun Jaitley Stadium: Delhi Capitals (DC) to play host to Rajasthan Royals (RR) in match 56 of the IPL 2024 on Tuesday. DC have played 11 games this season, winning five and losing six. DC are currently sixth in the IPL standings with 10 points and an NRR of -0.442. Meanwhile, RR are currently second in the IPL 2024 standings with 16 points and a net run rate of +0.622. They have won eight out of their 10 matches so far this season. DC have won three out of their last five games, whereas RR have

Indian Premier League: Suryakumar Yadav hammered an unbeaten 102 off 51 balls after skipper Hardik Pandya and Piyush Chawla claimed three wickets apiece as Mumbai Indians beat Sunrisers Hyderabad by seven wickets in Match 55 of Indian Premier League (IPL) 2024 at the Wankhede Stadium on Monday. It was the first century of the season for Suryakumar and the first since December 2023 as he had missed the start of the IPL 2024 because of an injury and surgery for a sports hernia. Chasing a small tot

Impact Player Sanvir Singh: Mumbai Indians skipper Hardik Pandya finally found his bowling mojo as claimed a three-fer along with veteran spinner Piyush Chawla as Mumbai Indians restricted Sunrisers Hyderabad to 173/8 in Match 55 of Indian Premier League (IPL) 2024 at the Wankhede Stadium here on Monday. Pandya, who had bowled sporadically in the 11 matches that MI had played in this event so far, grabbed 3-31 while Chawla was economical as usual as he claimed 3-33 as Mumbai Indians struck back

T20 World Cup: Adidas, India's official kit partner, has revealed the team's jersey for the upcoming T20 World Cup to be played in the USA and Caribbean from June 1. The new gear features tri-colour stripes on a V-shaped neck with blue and saffron colours on the sleeves. Adidas shared a video on its official Twitter handle revealing India's T20 jersey. The video features skipper Rohit Sharma, spinner Kuldeep Yadav and all-rounder Ravindra Jadeja at the Dharamsala stadium. A chopper is seen carry

T20 World Cup: Shane Bond, the assistant coach and fast-bowling coach of Rajasthan Royals, said whoever in their squad will come in to replace Jos Buttler after the league stage of IPL 2024 ends will do a great job for the side if they enter the playoffs. Rob Key, England mens managing director, had revealed that Buttler, who will captain the side in the upcoming T20 World Cup, will be leaving IPL 2024 after the league stage concludes, along with other showpiece-event bound players to play in a

BRSABV Ekana Cricket Stadium: After beating Lucknow Super Giants (LSG) by 98 runs to go on top of points table in IPL 2024, Kolkata Knight Riders (KKR) skipper Shreyas Iyer said he has been in awe of breath-taking strokeplay from openers Sunil Narine and Phil Salt, which has been a major factor in their good run so far. On Sunday, at the BRSABV Ekana Cricket Stadium in Lucknow, Narine and Salt shared a 61-run opening stand, their sixth fifty-plus stand in 11 games of IPL 2024, which is the most

Star Sports Network: Mumbai Indians (MI) will host Sunrisers Hyderabad (SRH) in their reverse fixture of the IPL 2024 on Monday. Mumbai has a razor-thin advantage, with a close 11-10 lead in the head-to-head matchups. The last time these two teams met in Hyderabad on March 27, MI suffered a 31-run loss. MI v SRH head-to-head 22- Mumbai Indians: 11 Sunrisers Hyderabad: 10 Tied: 1 MI v SRH match time: The match starts at 7:30 PM IST (2:00 PM GMT) with the toss taking place half an hour before the

Kolkata Knight Riders: Seasoned West Indies opener Sunil Narine was the star of the night with an all-round performance, hammering a 39-ball 81 and claiming 1-22, as Kolkata Knight Riders thrashed Lucknow Super Giants by 98 runs in Match 54 of Indian Premier League (IPL) at the Ekana Cricket stadium, here on Sunday. In the new IPL normal of 200-plus scores, Sunil Narine struck a half-century and propelled Kolkata Knight Riders to 235/6 in 20 overs, the highest total at the Ekana Stadium here. Af

Himachal Pradesh Cricket Association: Punjab Kings went down by 28 runs against the five-time winner Chennai Super Kings in the Indian Premier League encounter here on Sunday. However, speedster Harshal Patel feels they are still in the race for the playoff spots. After electing to bowl, Punjab restricted CSK to 167/9 thanks to superb spells by Rahul Chahar and Harshal Patel at the Himachal Pradesh Cricket Association (HPCA) Stadium here. While the leg-spinner recorded figures of 3-23 in his 4 o

Indian Premier League: Ravindra Jadeja, who hit an unbeaten 43 with the bat and took 3-20 in a decisive middle-overs spell in Chennai Super Kings 28-run win over Punjab Kings, said the side felt they were 15-20 runs short at the halfway stage. But he added that not bowling loose deliveries in Power-play and middle overs was crucial in the sides win at HPCA Stadium on Sunday afternoon. We thought we were 15-20 runs short but we did not bowl loose balls in the powerplay and the middle overs. My ro

Chennai Super Kings: Chennai Super Kings (CSK) said on Sunday said fast-bowler Matheesha Pathirana will be returning to Sri Lanka for further recovery from a hamstring injury. Pathirana made his CSK debut in IPL 2022 season, and played a pivotal role in their title-winning run in 2023. Chennai Super Kings pacer Matheesha Pathirana is nursing a hamstring injury and will be returning to Sri Lanka for further recovery. Chennai Super Kings wishes Pathirana a quick recovery, said the franchise in a s

Shere Bangla National Cricket Stadium: India will be opening its 2024 Womens T20 World Cup campaign against New Zealand on October 4 in Sylhet, said the International Cricket Council (ICC) while releasing the tournament schedule on Sunday. Indias highly anticipated match against Pakistan will be held on October 6 in Sylhet. India are in Group A alongside New Zealand, Pakistan, Qualifier 1 and Australia, who they will face on October 13 in Sylhet. I'm thrilled at the prospect of competing in the

Royal Challengers Bengaluru: As the Royal Challengers Bengaluru (RCB) picked up their fourth win of the IPL 2024 after beating Gujarat Titans (GT), former India cricketer Ajay Jadeja, praising RCB's comeback in the business end of the tournament, said Faf du Plessis-led side are off the ventilator but still in ICU. Riding on a superb show by their fast bowlers and a scintillating 64 from skipper Du Plessis, RCB kept their playoff hopes alive with a four-wicket win at the M. Chinnaswamy Stadium.