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Indian Premier League (IPL) franchise Rajasthan Royals on Saturday announced that its association with head coach and former skipper Rahul Dravid has ended. “Rajasthan Royals today announced that head coach Rahul Dravid will conclude his tenure with the franchise ahead of IPL 2026. Rahul has been central to the Royals’ journey for many years. His…
Indian Premier League (IPL) side Royal Challengers Bengaluru’s pacer Yash Dayal has been accused of raping a minor in an FIR registered against him by Jaipur Police. The 27-year-old cricketer from Uttar Pradesh is already facing charges of sexual exploitation from a woman in Ghaziabad who has alleged that Dayal abused her after promising to…
Champions of the 2025 Indian Premier League, Royal Challengers Bengaluru made their biggest splash by acquiring Josh Hazlewood for ₹12.5 crore – and he proved worth every rupee. The Australian pacer delivered a stellar season, claiming 22 wickets at an economy rate of 8.77 and a blistering strike rate of 12. The team’s most expensive…
The 2025 edition of the Indian Premier League (IPL) shattered viewership records as it reached a billion viewers across television and digital while also registering a cumulative watch-time of over 840 billion minutes. On linear television, Star Sports recorded 456 billion minutes of watch-time, while JioHotstar registered 384.6 billion minutes, with over 23.1 billion views….
16 Consecutive scores of 25-plus for Suryakumar Yadav in the IPL 2025, the longest such streak for any batter in men’s T20 cricket. Suryakumar passed Temba Bavuma’s record on 26 May 2025 in MI’s game against PBKSin Jaipur and extended his tally to two more. The South African had 13 successive scores of 25-plus…
The Indian Premier League needs a 12-16 week operating window to match the brand value of top sporting leagues in the world including the NFL, NBA and Premier League, reckons Punjab Kings co-owner Mohit Burman. At USD 16.8 million, the IPL is only behind NFL (USD 36.8 million) in terms of per-match value but needs…
The 18th edition of the Indian Premier League wound up on Tuesday with Royal Challengers Bengaluru winning its first IPL title after it beat Punjab Kings in the final in Ahmedabad. For over two months, IPL 2025 captivated audiences with its entertaining cricket, while also continuing to rake in revenue aplenty for all stakeholders. Here…
It wasn’t just the Chennai Super Kings’ talisman M. S. Dhoni who faced a momentous question on May 25. CSK and Gujarat Titans were playing their final IPL group-stage match that day, and as has become tradition in recent years, the world awaited Dhoni’s word on his future. Trusha’s heart raced — not from nerves,…
This year’s Indian Premier League (IPL) saw a new champion. Two long-suffering teams — Royal Challengers Bengaluru and Punjab Kings — battled for the title in the best T20 league in the world. In the end, RCB came out on top, ending an 18-year wait. That said, this column carries great pleasure and quite a…
Royal Challengers Bengaluru (RCB) head coach Andy Flower hailed captain Rajat Patidar for excelling in a tricky job. “One of the most impressive things about Rajat is that he has not been affected by captaincy. He is still the lovely, gentle, polite Rajat Patidar that we knew last year. He has not changed at all…
