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Sunrisers Hyderabad vs Delhi Capitals, Dubai Pro Tip: Trust David Warner to come good based on his aggressive intent in the last game, and also take a punt on Rishabh Pant. Our XI: Shikhar Dhawan, Jonny Bairstow, David Warner, Rishabh Pant, Shimron Hetmyer, Vijay Shankar, Jason Holder, Rashid Khan, Axar Patel, Kagiso Rabada, Anrich Nortje

Rohit Sharma‘s omission from the India squads for the three formats on their tour of Australia next month has raised questions over his participation in the remainder of this IPL season. While the BCCI’s media release with the squad details merely said its medical team would “continue to monitor [Sharma’s] progress”, there was no word

The 2020 IPL is the first season (among the 10 to feature eight teams) when no team has reached more than 14 points after 46 games. The playoffs race is getting tight as we move to the last few games. The IPL 2020 points table after the game between the Kings XI Punjab and the

11:33 PM IST Saurabh Somani Close Saurabh Somani is an assistant editor at ESPNcricinfo Kings XI Punjab 150 for 2 (Rahul 28, Mandeep 66*, Gayle 51) beat Kolkata Knight Riders 149 for 9 (Gill 57, Morgan 40, Shami 3-35, Jordan 2-25, Bishnoi 2-20) by eight wickets The last time Kings XI Punjab took on the

1:00 PM ET Vishal Dikshit Rohit Sharma has been ruled out of the upcoming Australia tour with a hamstring injury he picked up in the ongoing IPL. KL Rahul and Kuldeep Yadav have returned to India’s Test squad and uncapped fast bowler Mohammed Siraj has also been called-up for the four-match series in December-January. Ishant

Wicketkeeper-batsman Rishabh Pant has been omitted from India’s ODI and T20I squads for the upcoming Australia tour. Rohit Sharma, India’s white-ball vice-captain, who is currently nursing a hamstring injury in the IPL in the UAE, isn’t part of both the squads as well. Tamil Nadu and Kolkata Knight Riders mystery spinner Varun Chakravarthy earned his

Big picture The Delhi Capitals coach Ricky Ponting wanted his side to play its best cricket in the second half of IPL 2020. Instead, as the tournament has progressed, the cracks have started to emerge in the Capitals side. Had Ishant Sharma been fit, he would have been taking the new ball. In his absence,

Sydney Sixers 1 for 47 beat Adelaide Strikers 7 for 68 (Kapp 3-14) by nine wickets (DLS method) Ellyse Perry struck the winning runs in her first match for more than seven months as the Sydney Sixers beat both the Adelaide Strikers and the weather with two balls to spare on a grey, wet day

In a race for the final playoffs’ spot, the Kolkata Knight Riders hold the edge over their opponents today, but only just. They will be confident considering the crucial contributions by Nitish Rana and Sunil Narine in the last game, but they need more from their senior names, including Eoin Morgan and Dinesh Karthik. A

The BCCI is yet to send a formal approval to Cricket Australia on the schedule for India’s upcoming tour of Australia, but the Indian board president Sourav Ganguly has pointed out that Indian team will be travelling to Sydney immediately after the IPL which will finish on November 10. Sydney will be India’s first destination,

Injured fast bowler Ishant Sharma is likely to be fit for India’s first Test of the Australia tour in December. That is the opinion of the National Cricket Academy (NCA), located in Bengaluru, where Sharma travelled to after being ruled out of the IPL due to a muscle tear. ESPNcricnfo understands that the NCA, which

Sophie Ecclestone, the England spinner and the No. 1 T20I bowler in the ICC’s rankings, has revealed that she turned down a contract to play for Perth Scorchers in the Women’s Big Bash League (WBBL). While quarantining in the UAE ahead of the Women’s T20 Challenge, Ecclestone told ESPNcricinfo in an interview to be published

Navdeep Saini, the Royal Challengers Bangalore fast bowler, has suffered a split webbing in his right hand while bowling in the match against the Chennai Super Kings on Sunday. He got hit on the right thumb while fielding off his own bowling, forcing him to immediately leave the field after the 18th over of the

Cricket South Africa’s entire board – consisting of 10 members at last count – have resigned. The news comes after six of the directors, including former acting president Beresford Williams, four other non-independent members and one independent member Dheven Dharmalingam had stood down following a meeting on Sunday. By Monday morning, the other non-independent director,

As the group matches reach the final stage, with a number of teams jostling for places in the knockouts, a look back at how the Australians have gone over the last week Cummins doubles his tally It had been a lean tournament with the ball for Pat Cummins before he faced Delhi Capitals – three

Mumbai Indians allrounder Hardik Pandya took a knee in Sunday’s game against the Rajasthan Royals as part of the Black Lives Matter (BLM) movement. Pandya scored a scintillating 60 off 21 balls and after reaching his half-century on the penultimate ball of the innings with a six, he went down on a knee with his

Rajasthan Royals 196 for 2 (Stokes 107*, Samson 54*, Pattinson 2-40) beat Mumbai Indians 195 for 5 (Hardik 60*, Yadav 40, Gopal 2-30) by eight wickets Ben Stokes finally came to the party with an unbeaten 107 off 60 balls as the Rajasthan Royals chased down Mumbai Indians’ 195 for 5 with relative ease in

Big picture It’s a mid-table clash but a blockbuster clash. A battle for fourth spot couldn’t have become more intriguing. Kings XI Punjab were at the bottom of the pile only 10 days ago. Suddenly, here they are now, having won four games on the trot, and looking for a fifth that will vault them