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  Gujarat Titans registered their opening win of IPL 2025 with a resounding 36-run win over Mumbai Indians at the Narendra Modi Stadium, Ahmedabad on 29 th March. MI captain Hardik Pandya won the toss and decided to field first. Shubman Gill and Sai Sudharsan got the team to a flying start putting pressure on Trent Boult & Deepak Chahar. Sai and Gill kept the momentum going for GT not allowing MI bowlers to settle. At the end of the first six overs, GT openers raced to 66 for 0. Hardik Pandya produced the magic dismissing GT captain Gill with a simple catch to Naman Dhir. Gill and Sudharsan added 78 runs for the opening wicket. Jos Buttler looked impressive with his shots against Santer and pacers keeping the momentum going for GT. After the second timeout, Mujeeb struck getting rid of Buttler with a good catch by Rickleton. Buttler and Sai added 51 runs for the 2 nd wicket. Sai looked calm, reaching his fifty off 33 deliveries. Sai and Sherfane Rutherford looked good w...

  Royal Challengers Bengaluru showed their domination as they registered a huge win over Chennai Super Kings at M A Chidambaram Stadium, Chennai on the 28 th of March 2025. CSK captain Ruturaj Gaikwad won the toss and decided to field first. Phil Salt showed intent right from the word go putting pressure on Khaleel Ahmed keeping the scoreboard ticking with aggressive intent. On the other hand, Kohli struggled to hit shots. A quick piece of stumping by MS Dhoni ended the innings for Phil Salt. Salt and Kohli added 45 runs for the opening wicket. Devdutt Paddikal looked impressive with his shots against Ravindra Jadeja keeping the scoreboard ticking. At the end of the first six overs, RCB scored 56 for 1. Paddikal kept the momentum going for RCB hitting boundaries and not allowing the CSK bowlers to settle. R Ashwin got the breakthrough dismissing Paddikal with a good catch by Gaikwad. Paddikal and Kohli added 31 runs for the 2 nd wicket. Rajat Patidar looked a little cauti...

  After a narrow loss in the opening game against Delhi Capitals, Lucknow Super Giants proved their worth with a resounding win over Sunrisers Hyderabad at Rajiv Gandhi International Stadium, Hyderabad on 27 th March 2025. LSG captain Rishabh Pant won the toss and decided to field first. It was an ideal start for the visitors as Shardul Thakur struck early dismissing Abhishek Sharma & Ishan Kishan off successive deliveries. Travis Head showed intent with aggressive shots, keeping the scoreboard ticking to make life tough for LSG bowlers. Travis was given a reprieve as Pooran dropped a simple chance. Head kept the momentum going along with Nitish Kumar Reddy. At the end of the first six overs, SRH scored 62 for 2. After the first timeout, Prince Yadav got his maiden IPL wicket dismissing Head by shattering the stumps. Head and Nitish Kumar Reddy added 61 runs for the 3 rd wicket. Heinrich Klassen came to the crease and showed intent right from the word go along with Niti...

  The defending champions, Kolkata Knight Riders showed their class with a dominating win over Rajasthan Royals in match 6 of IPL 2025 played at Basapara Stadium, Guwahati on 26 th March. KKR captain Rahane won the toss and decided to field first. Sanju Samson & Yashasvi Jaiswal opened the innings for RR. Both looked in good touch putting pressure on KKR bowlers. Vaibhav Arora got the breakthrough dismissing Samson shattering the stumps. Jaiswal and Samson put on 33 runs for the opening wicket. Riyan Parag looked impressive with his strokes along with Jaiswal. At the end of the first six overs, RR ended at 54 for 1. Varun Chakvarthy got the breakthrough dismissing Riyan Parag with a lovely catch by de Kock. Parag and Jaiswal added 34 runs for the 2 nd wicket. Moeen Ali was included in the playing XI replacing Sunil Narine. Moeen dismissed Jaiswal providing a simple catch to Harshit Rana at long-on. KKR spinners troubled the RR batters by not allowing them to score runs ...

  New Zealand registered a dominating win in the fifth and final T20I match against Pakistan played at SKY Stadium, Wellington on 26 th March 2025. New Zealand captain Micheal Bracewell won the toss and decided to field first. The pitch had a lot of seam movement for the bowlers. Jacob Duffy got the breakthrough in his first over getting the wicket of Hasan Nawaz with a good catch by James Neesham at slips. Ben Sears troubled the Pakistani batters and eventually got rid of Mohammad Harris with a simple catch to Mitchell Hay. Duffy struck for the second time dismissing Omair Bin Yosuf. Pakistani batters struggled with the pace and bounce of the pitch. At the end of the first six overs, Pakistan could only score 27 for 3. Ish Sodhi produced the magic with the wicket of Usman Khan with a simple catch to Daryl Mitchell to leave Pakistan in deep trouble. James Neesham dismissed Abdul Samad, keeping the visitors under immense pressure. Pakistani captain Salman Ali Agha showed in...

  Punjab Kings started their 2025 campaign with a thrilling 11-run win in a high-scoring thriller played at Narendra Modi Stadium, Ahmedabad on 25 th March. After being asked to bat first by the GT captain, Punjab Kings posted a massive total thanks to contributions by Shreyas Iyer, Priyansh Arya & Shashank Singh. Punjab King bowlers held onto their nerves after the second timeout, winning the match by 11 runs and registering 2 important points. Here we look at the 3 top performers for Punjab Kings in their thrilling 11-run over Gujarat Titans in match 5 of IPL 2025. 1.       Shreyas Iyer. Shreyas Iyer looked in sublime form right from the word go. He put enough pressure on Gujarat Titans bowlers against the pacers and spinners. PBKS captain Shreyas displayed an attacking approach not allowing any GT bowlers to settle. He made the batting look easy on a true batting wicket. He reached his fifty off just 27 deliveries to keep the momentum goin...

  Delhi Capitals beat Lucknow Super Giants in a thrilling contest played at ACA- VDCA Stadium, Vizag on 24 th March 2025. Chasing 210 runs to win, Delhi Capitals looked down and out losing 5 quick wickets for only 65 runs. Ashutosh Sharma came as an impact player replacing Mukesh Kumar. It was a terrible start for DC as they lost 2 wickets of Jake Fraser McGurk and Abhishek Porel. Sameer Rizvi & captain Axar Patel could not contribute much. Ashutosh Sharma looked cautious initially going at run a ball.   Stubbs put pressure on LSG bowling with clean hitting before M Siddharth got rid of him. Delhi Capitals looked in serious trouble at 113 for 6. Ashutosh Sharma came to the party with clean hitting along with Vipraj Nigam. Nigam displayed attacking skills keeping momentum going. Right after the second timeout, Delhi Capitals lost the big wicket of Nigam as Digvesh Rathi struck to bring back LSG into the game. Ashutosh & Nigam added 55 runs for the 7 th wicket. ...

  The second day of the 2025 IPL season saw two contrasting matches, such as Sunrisers Hyderabad and Chennai Super Kings registered wins on 23 rd March 2025. SRH vs RR (Hyderabad). RR acting captain Riyan Parag won the toss and decided to field first at Rajiv Gandhi International Stadium, Hyderabad. SRH openers Abhishek Sharma and Travis Head showed intent right from the word go putting pressure. Theekshana got the breakthrough for RR getting rid of Abhishek with a sharp catch by Jaiswal. Abhishek and Head put on 45 runs for the opening wicket in quick time. Ishan Kishan continued the momentum along with Head smashing the RR bowlers all over the park. At the end of the first six overs, SRH raced away to 94 for 1. Head maintained the momentum, reaching his fifty off just 21 deliveries keeping momentum going for SRH. Tushar Deshpande eventually struck getting rid of Head with a lovely catch by Hetymer at mid-off. Head and Kishan added 85 runs for the 2 nd wicket. Nitish Kum...

  Royal Challengers Bengaluru began the 18 th season with a massive win over defending champions Kolkata Knight Riders played at Eden Gardens, Kolkata on 22 nd March 2025. RCB captain Rajat Patidar won the toss and decided to field first. Josh Hazlewood got off to a perfect start getting rid of Quinton de Kock after Suyash Sharma dropped a sitter. After an initial struggle, Rahane and Sunil Narine showed intent by putting pressure on RCB bowlers including Rasikh Dar and Krunal Pandya. At the end of the first six overs, KKR raced away to 60 for 1. Soon after, the first timeout was taken. After the timeout, Rahane and Narine put enough pressure on RCB bowlers not allowing them to settle, keeping the momentum going for KKR. Rasikh Dar got the massive scalp of Sunil Narine with a good catch by Jitesh Sharma. Rahane and Narine added 103 runs for the 2 nd wicket. Rahane looked impressive, reaching fifty off just 25 deliveries. Krunal Pandya got rid of KKR captain Rahane providin...

Mumbai Indians is the second most successful team in IPL history with 5 titles along with Chennai Super Kings. Hardik Pandya replaced Rohit Sharma in last year’s IPL and lagged last in the points table. Hardik has been appointed as the captain for this year’s IPL also after winning the T20 World Cup 2024 & Champions Trophy 2025 played in Dubai. Jasprit Bumrah will miss the first few matches as he is recovering from an injury that he suffered during the 5 th test against Australia in Sydney. Here we look at Mumbai Indians squad for IPL 2025 Retained Players Jasprit Bumrah (18 Crore), Suryakumar Yadav (16.35 Crore), Hardik Pandya (16.35 Crore) (Captain), Rohit Sharma (16.30 Crore), Tilak Varma (18 Crore). Released Players Dewald Brevis, Ishan Kishan, Harvik Desai, Tim David, Vishnu Vinod, Arjun Tendulkar, Mohammad Nabi, Romario Shepherd, Shams Mulani, Nehal Wadehra, Gerald Coetzee, Anshul Kamboj, Naman Dhir, Shivalik Sharma, Kwena Maphaka, Kumar Kartikeya Singh, Piyush...

  Punjab Kings continued their struggle in last year’s edition finishing 9 th . They had a great beginning but failed to maintain the momentum. Shreyas Iyer has been appointed as the captain for IPL 2025. Shikhar Dhawan did the job of captaincy before Sam Curran was handed the responsibility due to an injury to Dhawan. Here we look at PBKS squad for IPL 2025 Retained Players Shashank Singh (5.50 Crore), Prabhsimran Singh (4.00 Crore). Released Players Shikhar Dhawan (Retired), Jonny Bairstow, Jitesh Sharma, Liam Livingstone, Harpreet Bhatia, Rilee Rossouw, Chris Woakes, Vishwanath Pratap Singh, Ashutosh Sharma, Tanay Thyagarajan, Atharva Taide, Rishi Dhawan, Sam Curran, Sikandar Raza, Prince Chaudhary, Harpreet Brar, Kagiso Rabada, Arshdeep Singh, Nathan Ellis, Rahul Chahar, Vidwath Kaverrappa, Harshal Patel. Bought Players Arshdeep Singh (RTM), 18 Crore, Shreyas Iyer (26.75 Crore), Captain, Yuzvendra Chahal (18 Crore), Marcus Stoinis (11 Crore), Glenn Maxwell (4.20...

  After two successful seasons in 2022 & 2023, Gujarat Titans had a terrible season under the captaincy of Shubman Gill during last year’s edition. Gujarat Titans will look to bounce back strongly in this year’s edition with Shubman Gill remaining the captain of this franchise. Here we look at the Gujarat Titans squad for IPL 2025. Retained Players Rashid Khan (18 Crore), Shubman Gill (16.50 Crore), Captain, Sai Sudharsan (8.50 Crore), Shahrukh Khan (4 Crore), Rahul Tewaita (4 Crore). Released Players Mohammad Shami, David Miller, Sai Kishore, Matthew Wade, Wriddhiman Saha, Jayant Yadav, Vijay Shankar, Noor Ahmad, Darshan Nalkande, Joshua Little, Kane Williamson, Mohit Sharma, Abhinav Manohar, Spencer Johnson, Umesh Yadav, Robin Minz, Sushant Mishra, Karthik Tyagi, Azamatullah Omarzai, Manav Suthar. Bought Players Jos Buttler (15.75 Crore), Mohammad Siraj (12.25 Crore), Kagiso Rabada (10.75 Crore), Prasidh Krishna (9.50 Crore), Washington Sundar (3.20 Crore), Sh...