Chennai, April 12 (IANS) Delhi Capitals captain Axar Patel motivated the players in the dressing room after they suffered a 23-run loss against five-time champions Chennai Super Kings (CSK) in the IPL 2026 at the MA Chidambaram Stadium. Delhi Capitals kicked off their season with back-to-back victories over Lucknow Super Giants and Mumbai Indians, impressing with both their strong batting lineup and disciplined bowling attack. However, their winning momentum was halted in their third match, wher…
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Mumbai, April 12 (IANS) Chennai Super Kings (CSK) captain Ruturaj Gaikwad has been fined after his team maintained a slow over-rate during IPL 2026 against Delhi Capitals at MA Chidambaram Stadium in Chennai.Gaikwad has been fined 12 lakhs for maintaining a slow over-rate in his team’s first win of the season after three consecutive losses. “As this was his team’s first offence of the season under Article 2.22 of the IPL’s Code of Conduct, which pertains to minimum over-rate offences, Gaikwa…
Mumbai, April 12 (IANS) Delhi Capitals (DC) batter Nitish Rana has been penalised for Code of Conduct breach during the IPL 2026 match against Chennai Super Kings at the MA Chidambaram Stadium.Rana has been fined 25 per cent of his match fee and has also accumulated 1 demerit point for breaching Level 1 of the IPL’s Code of Conduct for Players, the IPL said in a statement.However, “Rana admitted to the offence and accepted the match referee’s sanction”, it added.Rana was found to have breached a…
Chennai, April 11 (IANS) Seam-bowling all-rounder Jamie Overton headlined a dominant bowling performance by picking 4-18 as Chennai Super Kings secured a 23-run victory over Delhi Capitals to get their first win of IPL 2026 at the MA Chidambaram Stadium in Chennai on Saturday.Overton’s clinical spell – the best figures of the ongoing season so far – stifled DC’s chase after their openers, Pathum Nissanka and KL Rahul, had blazed past the 50-run mark in just the fourth over. The momentum shif…
Chennai, April 12 (IANS) Sanju Samson’s scintillating unbeaten 115and Jamie Overton’s clinical 4-18 powered Chennai Super Kings to a commanding 23-run victory over Delhi Capitals and got their first win of the IPL 2026 at the MA Chidambaram Stadium on Saturday.Samson, the hero of India’s 2026 Men’s T20 World Cup triumph, lit up Chepauk with the first century of the ongoing season, smashing 115 off just 56 balls, laced with 15 fours and four sixes at a strike-rate of 205.36, as CSK posted…
Chennai, April 11 (IANS) Pacer Auqib Nabi Dar, the leading wicket-taker in the 2025/26 Ranji Trophy win for Jammu and Kashmir, has been handed his IPL debut cap as Delhi Capitals won the toss and elected to bowl first against Chennai Super Kings in their IPL 2026 encounter at the MA Chidambaram Stadium in Chennai on Saturday.DC arrive on the back of an agonising one-run defeat to the Gujarat Titans, while CSK come with three consecutive defeats behind them. CSK have drafted in Dewald Brevis, who…
New Delhi, April 9 (IANS) Amidst the cold winds running on Wednesday night, the tension at the Arun Jaitley Stadium was palpable. After all, two runs were needed from two balls for Delhi Capitals to get a hat-trick of wins in IPL 2026. What also boosted the morale of fans chanting ‘Let’s go DC’ constantly was the big-hitting David Miller still at the crease and had smacked Prasidh Krishna for a towering 106m six landing on the top floor of North West stand, shortly after the pacer took out V…
New Delhi, April 9 (IANS) Gujarat Titans edged Delhi Capitals by one run in a humdinger finish in the Indian Premier League (IPL) 2026, which will be replayed in the minds of everyone inside the Arun Jaitley Stadium for a long time to come. David Miller very nearly pulled off the impossible, but the run out of Kuldeep Yadav on the last ball led to one of the great IPL finishes going in GT’s favour, as they got their first win of IPL 2026.Fifties from a returning Shubman Gill, Jos Buttler, and …
New Delhi, April 8 (IANS) Gujarat Titans edged Delhi Capitals by one run in a humdinger finish in Indian Premier League (IPL) 2026, which will be replayed in the minds of everyone inside the Arun Jaitley Stadium for a long time to come. David Miller very nearly pulled off the impossible, but the run-out of Kuldeep Yadav on the last ball led to one of the great IPL finishes going in GT’s favour, as they got their first win of IPL 2026.Miller had been extraordinary. Arriving at the crease with D…
New Delhi, April 7 (IANS) Delhi Capitals will hope their misfiring top order finally fires as they chase their third straight win of IPL 2026 against a winless Gujarat Titans at the Arun Jaitley Stadium on Wednesday. GT leads the head-to-head record 4-3 and have won two out of three matches in New Delhi, including chasing down 200 last year. DC have been clinical in both wins – chasing targets with 17 and 11 balls to spare. But those margins have papered over a persistent crack at the top. KL Ra…