New Delhi, June 4 (IANS) In a surprise development, wicketkeeper‑batter KS Bharat on Thursday announced his retirement from international and Indian cricket at the age of 32. Bharat represented India in seven Tests and featured prominently in domestic cricket for Andhra.“With a proud heart and sense of gratitude, I announce my retirement from international Cricket. To play for my country has been the greatest honour of my life. This journey of mine has demanded great resilience and strength,…
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New Chandigarh, June 4 (IANS) India assistant coach Ryan ten Doeschate on Thursday said the fitness of senior batters Virat Kohli and Rohit Sharma will be assessed in the coming days ahead of the three-game ODI series against Afghanistan, adding that official communication will follow once the medical team takes a call. While Rohit’s participation in the three-game series is subject to fitness after sustaining a hamstring injury in IPL 2026, Kohli’s availability is in doubt due to him suffer…
New Delhi, June 3 (IANS) Royal Challengers Bengaluru (RCB) batting coach and mentor Dinesh Karthik described the franchise’s successful defence of their Indian Premier League (IPL) crown in the recent season as an ‘unbelievable feeling’, while crediting the players for their consistency and skill in making the side victorious.At the Narendra Modi Stadium in Ahmedabad on Sunday, RCB defeated Gujarat Titans by five wickets to defend the title they won at the same venue in 2025. “One thing …
Ahmedabad, June 3 (IANS) India’s charismatic batter Virat Kohli had a special word of advice for teenage batting sensation Vaibhav Sooryavanshi after the IPL 2026 final, urging the youngster to stay focused on his game and continue striving for greater heights following a record-breaking season. After RCB won their second consecutive final at the Narendra Modi Stadium on Sunday. A video of the interaction between the Royal Challengers Bengaluru stalwart and the 15-year-old Rajasthan Royals prodi…
Mumbai, June 2 (IANS) Bollywood actress Anushka Sharma and her husband, the Indian cricket legend Virat Kohli paid a visit to Vrindavan to meet the Gurudev of Premanand Maharaj on Tuesday. Premanand Maharaj is reportedly giving time to the couple in solitary abode. In the videos and pictures circulating online, the couple can be seen wearing face masks, and strolling in the premises.This comes after Kohli’s team Royal Challengers Bengaluru lifted the IPL trophy recently for the 2nd consecutive…
Ahmedabad, June 2 (IANS) Rajasthan Royals batting sensation Vaibhav Sooryavanshi revealed that scoring 700 runs in IPL 2026 was a personal target he had written down in his notes before the tournament, after the teenage prodigy swept the major individual honours following a record-breaking campaign. While Royal Challengers Bengaluru retained the IPL title with a five-wicket victory over the Gujarat Titans in Sunday’s final at the Narendra Modi Stadium, the 15-year-old Sooryavanshi emerged as t…
Gandhinagar, June 1 (IANS) Ahmedabad Metro remained operational until nearly 2:19 a.m. after the IPL 2026 final at the Narendra Modi Stadium on Sunday, as a record surge in late-night passenger traffic pushed total metro journeys close to two lakh in a single day. According to Gujarat Metro Rail Corporation (GMRC), 1,95,868 passenger journeys were recorded across the Ahmedabad-Gandhinagar metro network on May 31, the day of the IPL final, marking a 66 per cent increase over the 1,17,939 journeys…
Ahmedabad, June 1 (IANS) Royal Challengers Bengaluru’s (RCB) big-hitting batter Tim David has been fined 50 per cent of his match fee and will miss the opening game of the 2027 Indian Premier League (IPL) season after collecting two demerit points for a Level 1 Code of Conduct breach during the five-wicket win over Gujarat Titans in the 2026 final at the Narendra Modi Stadium.David, who hit 24 off 17 balls in the final, was found guilty of breaching Article 2.9 of the Code of Conduct, which rela…
Ahmedabad, June 1 (IANS) With Royal Challengers Bengaluru winning their second successive IPL title with a five-wicket victory over Gujarat Titans, the back-to-back wins are not the product of fortune, but of deliberate design, meticulous auction strategy and a dressing room culture being rock-solid in nature. For years, RCB were always regarded as a franchise that had a lot of stars, but were hugely imbalanced – batting always got the big money, with bowling being their perennial weak link. B…
Ahmedabad, June 1 (IANS) Royal Challengers Bengaluru (RCB) head coach Andy Flower said the biggest difference between the 2025 and 2026 title winning campaigns was the ‘deeper level of confidence’ within the squad this year, while acknowledging the lessons of 2024 season also immensely shaped their pursuits of being a trophy winning team.Having won their first IPL title in 2025 and break an 18-year drought in process, RCB joined the likes of Chennai Super Kings and Mumbai Indians as the thir…