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  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 ...

 Lucknow Super Giants continued their winning momentum as they defeated Delhi Capitals in a thrilling encounter played at DY Patil Stadium, Navi Mumbai on Thursday. LSG captain KL Rahul won the toss and decided to field first. Prithvi Shaw put the pressure on LSG bowlers right from word go with boundaries at will. On other hand, Warner playing his first match of this season looked out of sorts against disciplined LSG bowling. At the end of the 6 overs, Delhi Capitals made 52 for 0. After the field restrictions, Shaw continued his aggressive style completing fifty off 30 balls. Krishnappa Gowtham playing the first game for LSG dismissed the well-set Shaw caught by de Kock. Shaw scored 61 runs out of the 67 runs partnership. Ravi Bishnoi got rid of the struggling Warner caught by Badoni. After the fall of Warner’s wicket, the first timeout was called. Ravi Bishnoi dismissed struggling Rovman Powell cheaply leaving Delhi Capitals in trouble. Rishabh Pant did not look comfortable...

  After being relived from the captaincy duties, the explosive left-handed opener Quinton de Kock showed his class during the 3-2 T20I series win over West Indies that finished on Saturday. It was amazing by the wicketkeeper-batsman who dominated the hosts bowling and gave good starts for the hosts in the entire series. In the opening match played on 27 th June at St George’s Stadium, Grenada, de Kock, and Reeza Hendricks gave a flying start adding 33 runs for the opening wicket. De Kock scored a quickfire 37 off 24 balls hitting 2 sixes and 2 fours. Despite his efforts, South Africa could only score 160 for 6. West Indies chased down this target easily in 15 overs. De Kock proved his worth with a cracking 73 runs opening partnership in 6.5 overs. The opener made 26 off 20 balls hitting 2 fours and 2 sixes. Despite his efforts, South Africa could only post 166 for 7 in 20 overs. South Africa defended the target with ease as they won by 16 runs to level the series at 1-1. Pla...

It was a see saw battle as honours were shared on the first day of the first Test match played between England and South Africa at Super Sport Park, Centurion on Thursday. England captain Joe Root won the toss and decided to field first. The decision paid off as James Anderson got the wicket of Dean Elgar off the very 1 st ball with tickle down the leg. Aiden Markram showed his class with aggressive stroke play which put the England bowlers under pressure. Sam Curran got rid of Markram for 20. Markram and Hamza added 32 runs for the 2 nd wicket. At the end of first hour, South Africa were 39 for 2. After the drinks break, Hamza and South African captain Faf du Plessis looked compact with their defence, also hitting bad balls away for boundaries. Few minutes before the lunch break, Stuart Broad struck to dismiss Zubayr Hamza for 39. Hamza and du Plessis added 39 runs for the 3 rd wicket. At lunch, South Africa were 79 for 3. South African debutant Van der Dussen looked...