Date: May 2, 2026
Time: 5.00pm IST
Where: BCCI Headquarters, Cricket Centre, Mumbai

On Wednesday, April 29, the BCCI announced that a selection meeting would take place in Mumbai on Saturday (May 2), following which India's squad for the global event would be revealed. There will also be a press conference with captain Harmanpreet Kaur, selection chair Amita Sharma and BCCI secretary Devajit Saikia.

Follow all the updates here.  

India squad announcement for 2026 T20 World Cup: Live updates

Bhuvneshwar Kumar of the Royal Challengers Bengaluru continues holding the top spot, with 17 scalps, while Jofra Archer joins Eshan Malinga at No.2, with 15 wickets following Rajasthan's match against Delhi.

Updated after Match 43: RR vs DC

Most wickets in an IPL season

KL Rahul climbed to the top spot in the run-scorer's list after yet another fifty in the run chase against Rajasthan Royals. He moved past Abhishek Sharma and Heinrich Klaasen. who are seven and 19 runs behind, respectively.

Updated after Match 43: RR vs DC

Most runs in an IPL season

IPL 2026 points table ahead of CSK vs MI on May 2

How MI, KKR and LSG can qualify for playoffs

With six games each left in the league stage, the maximum number of points MI and LSG can get is 16. KKR, on the other hand, can get to 17 if they win all their remaining matches. But will that be enough to see them through to the playoffs?

No team has ever finished outside the top four with 16 points in IPL history (except in 2012 and 2013, when each team played 16 games and not 14). So the three teams can take confidence from the fact that if they win all their remaining matches, playoff qualification is likely, with things potentially coming down to NRR.

On the contrary, since the IPL was expanded to 10 teams in 2022, only once has a team qualified for the playoffs with fewer than 16 points. Royal Challengers Bengaluru did so in 2024 with 14 - three other teams finished with 14 points, but RCB had the best NRR. But with four teams already on 12 or more points this season, this situation is unlikely to repeat itself. So one more defeat would possibly knock out MI, KKR and LSG.

What would be relevant for KKR, however, is that the second and third-placed teams reached the playoffs with 17 points in two of the last four seasons – 2023 and 2024. So, realistically, if they win all of their remaining games, KKR should qualify for the playoffs, while possibly not worrying about NRR as well.

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Delhi climbed to sixth after their fourth win of the season, while Rajasthan continue holding on to their fourth spot. 

What were the talking points in RR vs DC, Match 43? 

Batting first, Rajasthan Royals' openers Yashasvi Jaiswal and Vaibhav Sooryavanshi had a rare off day, both falling to DC's overseas quicks - Mitchell Starc and Kyle Jamieson. Dhruv Jurel led the fightback, but it was Riyan Parag who reversed his poor form, putting behind the recent off-field controversies to steer the team towards a massive total. 

However, for yet another time this season, a target of 220-plus proved inadequate, as discussions around the sameness of IPL games creep in. DC eventually got there with five balls to spare. 

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Who were the top performers in RR vs DC? 

Riyan Parag top-scored for Rajasthan with a 50-ball 90, hitting five sixes. He was ably supported by Donovan Ferreira, who continues his fine form in the season, with a 14-ball 47*, his innings coming at a strike rate of 335.71. For DC, Mitchell Starc, playing his first game of the season, was the top performer, picking up 3-40. 

DC's run chase began with openers Pathum Nissanka (62 in 33) and KL Rahul (75 in 40) putting on 110 in 9.3 overs. Nitish Rana played a useful cameo, while Ashutosh Sharma - replacing David Miller in the XI - came good with an unbeaten, match-winning knock. 

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The Impact Player rule, first introduced in the 2023 edition, will continue to be a part of the IPL. The rule allows players to name a substitute during a match, adding a strategic element to the game. A team has to name their Impact Player from the pool of five players' names before the start of every game. The captains of both teams can introduce an Impact Player during the natural breaks of the game. These include the start of an innings, the end of an over, the fall of a wicket, or when a batter retires.

Read more: Explained: IPL Impact Player, the substitution system that debuted in IPL 2023

Generally, they have to be Indian unless a franchise has not already filled their XI with the maximum allowed quota of four overseas players before the start of the match. It is to be noted that a player who is replaced by the Impact Player can no longer take part in the match.

Though concussion subs can bat or bowl during a match, it is an injury-forced substitution compared to the Impact Player rule, which is a tactical one.

Read more: Why the Impact Player is not really a villain for India's all-rounders

Who was the first Impact Player in IPL?

During the curtain-raiser of IPL 2023, Chennai Super Kings became the first to introduce an Impact Player when they replaced Ambati Rayudu with Tushar Deshpande against the Gujarat Titans in Ahmedabad.

IPL 2026: Impact Players used so far

Match 1: RCB vs SRH (Bengaluru)

RCB: Devdutt Padikkal for Jacob Duffy
SRH: David Payne for Travis Head

Match 2: MI vs KKR (Mumbai)

KKR: Kartik Tyagi for Finn Allen
MI: Suryakumar Yadav for Jasprit Bumrah

Match 3: RR vs CSK (Guwahati)

CSK: Sarfaraz Khan for Ayush Mhatre
RR: None

Match 4: PBKS vs GT (Mullanpur)

PBKS: Priyansh Arya for Yuzvendra Chahal
GT: Prasidh Krishna for Shahrukh Khan

Match 5: LSG vs DC (Lucknow)

LSG: Shahbaz Ahmed for Mitchell Marsh
DC: Sameer Rizvi for T Natarajan

Match 6: KKR vs SRH (Kolkata)

KKR: Finn Allen for Blessing Muzarabani
SRH: Eshan Malinga for Travis Head

Match 7: CSK vs PBKS (Chennai)

CSK: Rahul Chahar for Kartik Sharma
PBKS: Priyansh Arya for Yuzvendra Chahal

Match 8: DC vs MI (Delhi)

DC: Sameer Rizvi for Mukesh Kumar
MI: Mayank Markande for Rohit Sharma

Match 9: GT vs RR (Ahmedabad)

GT: Shahrukh Khan for Prasidh Krishna
RR: Ravi Bishnoi for Donovan Ferreira

Match 10: SRH vs LSG (Hyderabad)

SRH: Eshan Malinga for Travis Head
LSG: Ayush Badoni for Mohammad Shami

Match 11: RCB vs CSK (Bengaluru)

RCB: Suyash Sharma for Devdutt Padikkal
CSK: Kartik Sharma for Khaleel Ahmed

Match 12: KKR vs PBKS (Kolkata)

KKR: None
PBKS: None

Match 13: RR vs MI (Guwahati)

RR: Ravi Bishnoi for Donovan Ferreira
MI: Sherfane Rutherford for AM Ghazanfar

Match 14: DC vs GT (Delhi) 

DC: Sameer Rizvi for Mukesh Kumar
GT: Prasidh Krishna for Shahrukh Khan

Match 15: KKR vs LSG (Kolkata) 

KKR: Vaibhav Arora for Finn Allen
LSG: Ayush Badoni for M Siddharth

Match 16: RR vs RCB (Guwahati)

RCB: Venkatesh Iyer for Devdutt Padikkal
RR: Vaibhav Sooryavanshi for Sandeep Sharma

Match 17: PBKS vs SRH (Mullanpur) 

PBKS: Nehal Wadhera for Yuzvendra Chahal
SRH: Jaydev Unadkat for Travis Head

Match 18: CSK vs DC (Chennai)

CSK: Akeal Hosein for Ayush Mhatre
DC: Ashutosh Sharma for Mukesh Kumar

Match 19: LSG vs GT (Lucknow) 

LSG: George Linde for Ayush Badoni 
GT: Shahrukh Khan for Mohammed Siraj

Match 20: MI vs RCB (Mumbai)

MI: Sherfane Rutherford for Mayank Markande
RCB: Rasikh Salam for Tim David

Match 21: SRH vs RR (Hyderabad)

SRH: Sakib Hussain for Travis Head
RR: Vaibhav Sooryavanshi for Sandeep Sharma

Match 22: CSK vs KKR (Chennai) 

CSK: Akeal Hosein for Ayush Mhatre
KKR: Finn Allen for Varun Chakravarthy

Match 23: RCB vs LSG (Bengaluru) 

RCB: Virat Kohli for Suyash Sharma
LSG: George Linde for Ayush Badoni

Match 24: MI vs PBKS (Mumbai)

MI: AM Ghazanfar for Suryakumar Yadav
PBKS: None

Match 25: GT vs KKR (Ahmedabad)

GT: Shahrukh Khan for Prasidh Krishna
KKR: Varun Chakravarthy for Angkrish Raghuvanshi

Match 26: RCB vs DC (Bengaluru)

RCB: Rasikh Salam for Devdutt Padikkal
DC: Karun Nair for Mukesh Kumar

Match 27: SRH vs CSK (Hyderabad)

SRH: Liam Livingstone for Travis Head
CSK: Ayush Mhatre for Gurjapneet Singh

Match 28: KKR vs RR (Kolkata)

KKR: Angkrish Raghuvanshi for Varun Chakravarthy
RR: Yash Raj Punja for Vaibhav Sooryavanshi

Match 29: PBKS vs LSG (Mullanpur)

PBKS: Vijaykumar Vyshak for Nehal Wadhera
LSG: Himmat Singh for Mohsin Khan

Match 30: GT vs MI (Ahmedabad)

GT: Rahul Tewatia for Prasidh Krishna
MI: Ashwani Kumar for Sherfane Rutherford

Match 31: SRH vs DC (Hyderabad)

SRH: Dilshan Madushanka for Travis Head
DC: None

Match 32: LSG vs RR (Lucknow) 

LSG: Himmat Singh for Prince Yadav
RR: Shubham Dubey for Yashasvi Jaiswal

Match 33: MI vs CSK (Mumbai) 

MI: Danish Malewar for Allah Ghazanfar
CSK: Akeal Hosein for Kartik Sharma

Match 34: RCB vs GT (Bengaluru)

RCB: Jacob Bethell for Suyash Sharma
GT: Prasidh Krishna for Rahul Tewatia

Match 35: DC vs PBKS (Delhi)

DC: Auqib Nabi for Pathum Nissanka
PBKS: Nehal Wadhera for Yuzvendra Chahal

Match 36: RR vs SRH (Jaipur)

RR: Ravi Bishnoi for Yashasvi Jaiswal
SRH: Travis Head for Sakib Hussain

Match 37: CSK vs GT (Chennai)

CSK: Sarfaraz Khan for Urvil Patel

Match 38: LSG vs KKR (Lucknow)

LSG: Himmat Singh for Mohsin Khan
SRH: Varun Chakravarthy for Angkrish Raghuvanshi

Match 39: DC vs RCB (Delhi)

DC: Abishek Porel for Sahil Parakh
RCB: Jacob Bethell for Suyash Sharma

Match 40: PBKS vs RR (Chandigarh)

PBKS: Harpreet Brar for Priyansh Arya
RR: Shubham Dubey for Yash Raj Punja

Match 41: MI vs SRH (Mumbai)

MI: Shardul Thakur for Robin Minz
SRH: Aniket Verma for Sakib Hussain

Match 42: GT vs RCB (Ahmedabad)

RCB: Venkatesh Iyer for Jacob Bethell
GT: Rahul Tewatia for Mohammed Siraj

Match 43: RR vs DC (Jaipur)

RR: Tushar Deshpande for Shubham Dubey
DC: None

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PSL 2026 Maroon Cap: Top wicket-takers after the league stage

Sufiyan Muqeem (Peshawar Zalmi) is at the top of the list, with 21 scalps. Shadab Khan and Mohammad Ali are second with 17 each.

Updated until May 1, 2026

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PSL 2026 Green Cap: Top run-scorers after the league stage

Babar Azam, captain of the Peshawar Zalmi, now tops the run-scorers’ list, while his teammate Kusal Mendis is second. Fakhar Zaman of the Lahore Qalandars holds the third spot. Hyderabad Kingsmen's Usman Khan is now fourth, with Multan's Steve Smith completing the top five.

Updated until May 1, 2026

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Sean Abbott dismissed Tom Haines for a duck in the second over to give Surrey a flying start on a green Oval deck. Daniel Hughes and Tom Clark together added 63 for the second wicket before Jordan Clark triggered an epic collapse, taking five wickets in six overs. Matthew Fisher joined in to pick up a wicket as Sussex were reduced to 92-7 in the first session.

Nos.8 and 9 Fynn Hudson-Prentice and Jack Carson then dug deep to restore some parity, adding 71 runs in only 12.1 overs to take the side to 167. Fisher then removed Hudson-Prentice, who fell for 53 off 58 trying to hit a second maximum of his innings, when Robinson joined Carson.

Also Read: Ollie Robinson is probably the best bowler in England with Broad and Anderson gone: Mark Butcher

The two went about rescuing the innings and ensured Sussex went into lunch without any more hiccups, adding 107 runs together in the afternoon session following Hudson-Prentice’s dismissal. The duo returned in the third session of the day to complete their respective hundreds. Carson was first to get to three figures, his second first-class ton as well, before Fisher found his outside edge.

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Robinson, who was batting on 83 when Carson fell, brought up his hundred with a double, two fours, a single, and a six. Also the skipper for Sussex, Robinson declared the innings for 358-9 immediately after getting to his century. Interestingly, Robinson’s first hundred in the format also came in a rescue act for Sussex. On his first-class debut, he scored 110 off 112 from No.9, helping the side recover from 145-7 to 335.

The right-arm pacer has so far picked up 10 wickets at 21.70, with a best of 5-42, in four matches of the County Championship this season.

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Ben has previously played for Worcestershire Second XI, represented Cheshire in Minor Counties cricket, and turned out for the Royal Navy. Since making his debut in 2024, he has made five T20I appearances for Germany, with his most recent outing proving particularly memorable.

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Ben Kohler-Cadmore smashes 58-ball T20I hundred

Playing against Austria in what was his first T20I outing since July 2024, Ben opened the innings alongside skipper Musaddiq Ahmed, and what followed was utter carnage. The duo stitched together a 238-run opening stand, the third-highest stand in men’s T20Is, with both players getting their respective hundreds. It is only the fourth time that two batters have made hundreds in the same men’s T20I innings.

Musaddiq eventually fell for a 48-ball 122, but Ben, along with Shahid Afridi, took the score over the 300-run mark for just the fourth time in the format. In the process, Ben also reached his maiden T20I ton, hitting 17 fours and six sixes in his 58-ball knock. In turn, Austria were bowled out for 146, handing Germany a 162-run win. In five games, Ben has made 220 runs at 55 with a strike rate of 186.44, numbers skewed heavily following the hundred.

Tom, on the other hand, is yet to make his international debut, having come close after being called up to England’s limited-overs squad for the Ireland series in 2023. However, he continues to make his mark across various T20 franchise leagues, with appearances spread across the BBL, PSL and the IPL. In 270 T20 matches, he has scored 6,709 runs at 27.95 with one hundred. Tom is currently playing for Somerset in the County Championship.

Highest men's T20I team totals

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Among those, Robinson’s case stands out. Now captaining Sussex, he has pushed himself back into contention with 10 wickets across his first three matches of the ongoing County Championship. At his best, Robinson offers something England have often lacked in recent years: a reliable new-ball option, having once been touted as one of the best red-ball bowlers in the world.

Butcher believes that quality still sets him apart.

“I think he is fit, firing, and motivated… now Broady's [Stuart Broad] gone and now Jimmy's [James Anderson] out of the frame, he is probably the best bowler in England,” he said on Wisden’s Cricket Weekly podcast.

Robinson’s early Test career underlined that potential. He averaged 19.80 after his first 11 Tests, picking up 51 scalps with three five-fors. His high release point, accuracy and subtle seam movement made him particularly effective in English conditions.

Robinson's England return dependent on his relationship with the leadership group: Butcher

His progress, however, has repeatedly been interrupted by fitness concerns. Questions around his ability to cope with the physical demands of Test cricket first gained prominence during the 2021–22 Ashes, when he was unable to complete the series. Those issues carried into the following year, forcing him to miss the start of England’s Bazball phase before returning later in the season.

Although he rebuilt his position within the side, a similar pattern emerged during the 2023 Ashes and then the 2024 tour of India, where he again struggled to sustain his workload. That period appears to have had a lasting impact, with the team repeatedly finding themselves a bowler short on the field during matches.

Despite that, Butcher insists Robinson’s skill set is not in question.

“I don't think he has anything to prove as far as how good a bowler he is,” he said. “He has to prove… that attitude-wise he's where he ought to be… and with that then comes the fitness and the robustness required to play Test matches.”

That focus on fitness is central to Robinson’s current situation. At Sussex, he has been managing his workload carefully, particularly as captain of a squad short on seam options. That has, however, limited the number of overs he has bowled in some matches.

Butcher acknowledged that selection may ultimately depend on factors beyond performance alone, particularly Robinson’s relationship with the leadership group.

“It’s entirely dependent on how the land lies in terms of the personal relationship between the captain, coach and Ollie Robinson,” he said. “They might have written him off entirely… or conversations need to be had.”

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The Durham batter has displayed good form in the ongoing County Championship season, putting himself firmly in the discussions for the opening slot on the England Test side. In three matches, he has scored 344 runs at 86.00, with two hundreds.

He had amassed 954 runs at 45.42, including four hundreds, in division one in 2025, which was his first full season with Durham. Gay was also part of the England Lions’ touring party to Australia in the winter, scoring two half-centuries in three matches.

On the back of his consistent performances, the top-order batter was approached by the West Indies to play Test cricket for them. Gay was born in Bedford and then rose through the ranks at Northamptonshire, but as his father’s family came to the UK from Grenada, he is also eligible to play for the West Indies.

“Don't know when it was,” he told Talk Sport. “Maybe just before the Lions, in the winter time? It was maybe about eight months ago, ten months ago. Someone from the [West Indies] board got in touch and opened the invitation to potentially look to play Test cricket. Look, obviously I wanted to play for England but it was actually the West Indies side of things that got me really into the sport when I was really young.

“I went to Grenada with my family – my dad's family are from Grenada – 2007, went to the World Cup. Watched some cricket, Dwayne Bravo signed a shirt and I really fell in love with the game. Obviously, of course, everyone knows about the 80s and all of that but my family, my grandparents and all of that, they loved cricket. So that really got me into the sport and then I grew up then following people like Joe Root and things like that.”

Gay recalled his discussion with a West Indies selector, saying he had to turn down the approach respectfully since he wanted to play for England.

“There was no heads up,” he recalled, “it was just a WhatsApp call from one of the selectors and it was just one of those where it's hard to go like, 'No, I don't want to play for West Indies,' because I've got a lot of my grandparents who were part of the family, that have passed away, who would've gone mad at that phone call. So I had to be very respectful of course, but I want to play for England. I want to play in the Ashes or at the top level.

“And I am English at the end of the day. I went to Bedford School, where Alastair Cook went to school and I'm born and bred in Bedford. So it was a short-ish conversation, but it was still nice to hear that people are looking and rate you as a player.”

Gay made his international debut for Italy in 2024, playing three T20Is for them at the T20 World Cup Europe Qualifier. He scored a 21-ball 50 against Scotland in the tournament, helping the Azzurri qualify for the 2026 T20 World Cup.

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Rajasthan Royals won the toss and chose to bat first.

Rajasthan Royals playing XI: Yashasvi Jaiswal, Vaibhav Sooryavanshi, Dhruv Jurel (wk), Riyan Parag (c), Donovan Ferreira, Ravindra Jadeja, Shubham Dubey, Jofra Archer, Ravi Bishnoi, Nandre Burger, Brijesh Sharma.

Impact sub options: Adam Milne, Dasun Shanaka, Ravi Singh, Yash Raj Punja, Tushar Deshpande.

Delhi Capitals playing XI: KL Rahul (wk), Pathum Nissanka, Nitish Rana, Sameer Rizvi, Tristan Stubbs, Axar Patel (c), Ashutosh Sharma, Kyle Jamieson, Mitchell Starc, Kuldeep Yadav, T Natarajan.

Impact sub options: David Miller, Vipraj Nigam, Karun Nair, Abishek Porel, Auqib Nabi Dar.

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Today's IPL 2026 match: Who are the players to watch out for?

RR vs DC, Jaipur, 7.30pm local time

Mitchell Starc is finally available to play for the Capitals, and his potential match-up against Vaibhav Sooryavanshi is mouth-watering. He will likely slot in for Lungi Ngidi. Whether DC can move on from back-to-back disheartening defeats is also a big question, and captain Axar Patel, along with KL Rahul, would have crucial roles to play in the game.

Jofra Archer has been bowling at full tilt, and his spell should be close to the top of your to-watch list. RR captain Riyan Parag is yet to hit top form on the field this season, with no scores of above 30 so far. With additional off-field complications, it would be a good time for him to counter his critics with a solid performance.

IPL 2026: Where to watch today's match live

The IPL 2026 match between Rajasthan Royals (RR) and Delhi Capitals (DC) will be telecast on the Star Sports network and live-streamed on the JioHotstar app and website in India.

You can find the full broadcast and streaming details of today's IPL 2026 matches here.

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All amounts in INR
Stats as on April 30.

Akshat Raghuwanshi (2.20 crore – LSG)

Yet to play

The middle-order batter from Madhya Pradesh last played professional T20 cricket in 2022, but his exploits in the Madhya Pradesh Premier League brought him to LSG's attention. He hasn't played this season so far.

Mukul Choudhary (2.60 crore – LSG)

Matches: 8 | 158 runs @ 31.20, SR 145.79, 1 fifty

Mukul Choudhary has been the most impressive rookie with the bat so far this season. Playing in the middle order for LSG, he has shown why Justin Langer felt he could be the "scariest No.6 or No.7 batter in India in the next four months." In just his third IPL appearance, he rescued LSG from a near-certain defeat, hitting 54 off 27 from No.7, featuring as many as seven sixes, to complete a last-ball chase.

Also read: Who is Mukul Choudhary, the 21-year-old LSG debutant touted to become the 'scariest batter in India'?

Tejasvi Dahiya (3 crore – KKR)

Yet to play

A stellar Delhi Premier League season in 2025 earned the wicketkeeper-batter a contract from KKR. But with a packed middle order, he has yet to find a chance to showcase his six-hitting ability.

Mangesh Yadav (5.20 crore – RCB)

Yet to play

The left-arm fast-bowling all-rounder from Madhya Pradesh is highly rated and, with the ability to bowl in the middle overs, came in as a potential replacement for Yash Dayal. But he hasn't featured this season yet as RCB have preferred to give Rasikh Salam an extended run in the XII this campaign, while right-arm pacer from Uttar Pradesh, Abhinandan Singh has played three games as well. 

Auqib Nabi (8.40 crore – DC)

Matches: 3 | ER 13.42

Nabi came into the tournament on the back of a superb Ranji Trophy season for Jammu and Kashmir, taking 60 wickets in 10 matches to lead them to their maiden title. He also had an impactful SMAT 2025 season, taking 15 wickets at 13.26.

In red-hot form and with the ability to move the new ball both ways, Nabi attracted bids from four franchises before ultimately going to Delhi. But an IPL that has seen runs being scored at a canter, with frequent scores of 200 and more, Nabi is yet to open his account in three matches, while conceding runs at almost 13.5 per over.

Also read: How Auqib Nabi ground his way from scarcity to IPL spotlight

Kartik Sharma (14.20 crore – CSK)

Matches: 5 | 58 runs @ 11.60, SR 118.36

The joint-most expensive player at the IPL 2026 auction, wicketkeeper-batter Kartik Sharma found a place in the CSK XII right away, hitting 18 off 15 on his debut, but just seven runs across the next two games saw him lose his place in the side.

He returned to the playing XI in their last two IPL 2026 games, against MI and CSK. Against the five-time champions, he raced to a 10-ball 16, hitting Mitchell Santner for two sixes in an over. But he slowed down to be dismissed for 18 off 19. In the following match against GT, he scored 15 off nine, and will be looking to make the most of any more chances that come his way.

Prashant Veer (14.20 crore – CSK)

Matches: 2 | 49 runs @ 49.00, SR 136.11

Signed as a potential long-term replacement for Ravindra Jadeja for a record sum, Prashant hasn't received enough chances to showcase his talent in the IPL. After missing the first match of the season, he was picked in the starting XI against the Punjab Kings, but he could score just six runs in seven balls.

The southpaw played a handy knock of 43 off 29 in the next game against RCB, including hitting a six and three fours off a Krunal Pandya over. He hasn't played since, largely due to team combination reasons, and has also yet to bowl his left-arm spin, possibly due to a recent shoulder injury.

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The annual update takes place around May 1 each year; this year, teams' results achieved prior to April 30, 2023, have been removed from consideration for the ratings. As a result, teams can change positions even without playing any matches. 

India and Pakistan have both moved up a spot as a result of this change, from fourth to third and seventh to sixth, respectively. India have overtaken England, while Pakistan have gone past Sri Lanka.

Read more: England World Cup players pulled out of county round to attend Army training camp

India's rise was driven in large part by England's fall; Ben Stokes's side lost the weightage of 3-0 series wins over New Zealand and Pakistan, as well as a 2-1 win over South Africa.

Pakistan benefitted from that 3-0 loss going out of consideration, as well as 0-0 and 1-1 draws against New Zealand and Sri Lanka, respectively.  

Latest ICC men's Test team rankings

The women's ODI team rankings were also updated on Friday. Australia remain the best team in the world by some distance, and the top six have remained unchanged. Bangladesh have gone up a spot, overtaking Pakistan to move into seventh.

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While some players picked up an injury during the recently concluded T20 World Cup, others have been carrying long-standing issues and also missed the ICC event in India and Sri Lanka. Chennai Super Kings also suffered a big setback ahead of the new season.

CSK have been dealt the latest blow regarding injuries, with Ayush Mhatre ruled out of the season due to a hamstring injury.

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PSL 2026 Eliminator 2: Who are the players to watch out for?

Hyderabad are coming off the back of a morale-boosting win over Multan Sultans in Eliminator 1. Their trio of quicks, Mohammad Ali, Akif Javed and Hunain Shah took two apiece there, and have been the cornerstone of their turnaround after a four-game losing run at the start of the competition. Usman Khan has been in blistering form with the bat of late, along with captain Marnus Labuschagne. Promisingly for them, Maaz Sadaqat found his touch in the previous game with an unbeaten 64 off 33. Just one more push is needed to make the summit clash...

Islamabad were on the wrong end of a Babar Azam special in the Qualifier, and luckily have a second shot at making the final. They will be looking for some course correction from Richard Gleeson and Shadab Khan, who each went at over 10 an over in that game. Teenage opener Sameer Minhas made 44 off 23 then, and will be just as crucial as ever in today's fixture.    

PSL 2026 Eliminator 2, where to watch today's match live: TV channels and live streaming for Hyderabad Kingsmen vs Islamabad United

The PSL 2026 Eliminator 2 between Hyderabad Kingsmen and Islamabad United will be telecast on Tapmad, Tamasha, and Myco in Pakistan. Live telecast will be available on A Sports, PTV Sports, Geo Super, and Ten Sports in the region.

You can find the full broadcast and streaming details of today's PSL 2026 match here.

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You tune into a random IPL game and, almost instantly, you’ll see something spectacular. Abhishek Sharma carving one inside-out over cover. A 15-year-old launching a length ball over mid-wicket. Tim David pulling one over the roof of Chinnaswamy. Shreyas Iyer sending one hurtling towards the commentary box.

Read more: MCC clarify why Angkrish Raghuvanshi's controversial obstructing the field dismissal was fair

It is a testament to how far batting has come. But it is also stripping away contrast. Every boundary begins to look like the last. Every match feels like a continuation of the previous one.

There are outliers on occasions, like Delhi Capitals being reduced to 8-6 by RCB, or the Super Over finish between LSG and KKR in a chase of 155. But they are far and few in between. 

The IPL is still fun, but it’s somehow getting boring at the same time. There are structural reasons for this: the most significant being the standardisation of pitches across the country.

Dwindling identities and identical patterns

Through the 2010s, IPL venues carried distinct identities. Chennai Super Kings built an empire around the turning decks at Chepauk. They had an unmatched win/loss ratio of 2.666 at their home ground, losing only 15 out of 56 games in Chennai between IPL 2008-2019. The Sawai Mansingh Stadium in Jaipur used to be Rajasthan Royals’ fortress; they won each of their seven games there in 2008 and swept all eight games in 2013.

Mumbai Indians perfected their understanding of the Wankhede and won twice the number of matches they lost there between 2013 and 2020, their golden period. When teams visited the Eden Gardens, they expected low and slow tracks where the likes of Sunil Narine, Rajat Bhatia, and Piyush Chawla were difficult to negotiate.

Also read: Bang for your buck? How the most expensive overseas buys at IPL 2026 auction have fared so far

That identity has largely blurred into one now. Almost every IPL pitch resembles a table top curated for maximising boundaries and runs. “I think if we give fair wickets, the spectators will say it’s become boring because the T20 followers want entertainment. They want to see fours and sixes. That’s why the tournament is built like that,” Muthiah Muralidaran, SRH spin-bowling coach, said recently.

This concern, whether real or overstated, has seen teams lose out on their home advantage. CSK’s win/loss ratio in Chennai has gone down from 2.666 before 2020 to 1.083 after. In fact, no team has a win/loss ratio of greater than 1.333 at home this decade. The quest for higher scores across the board has effectively killed the concept of home advantage in the IPL.

Adding to this sameness is the rather even distribution of quality across teams. It’s supposed to be a feature, not a bug, signifying the growing domestic talent base in India and the presence of top international T20 stars. But what it also does is ensure that every team has the kind of firepower to play a 230 vs 230 game against the best sides even if they are going through a rough season. Case in point: Mumbai Indians putting up 243 on the board against SRH and still losing, a reminder that even extraordinary performances now exist within increasingly predictable patterns.

Even beyond conditions and team composition, the structure of the league itself contributes to the monotony. With the expansion from eight to 10 teams, the number of fixtures has naturally increased. Coupled with new T20 leagues sprawling up around the world and a T20 World Cup every two years, there’s too much short-form cricket that people are exposed to year-round. To add to that, the format of the IPL has not evolved to account for what happens when teams fall out of contention.

Also read: Indiawatch: How have India's T20 World Cup winners fared in IPL 2026 so far?

Almost every season sees two or three sides drift away from the playoff race by the halfway mark. From that point on, a portion of the league phase is populated by matches involving teams with little riding on the outcome. And those games tend to follow familiar scripts: high-scoring contests played at full tilt, but with little to no stakes.

This is a function of a lack of jeopardy in the bottom half of the table. Without that, a section of the tournament begins to feel inconsequential, adding to the broader sense of sameness that now runs through the league.

How can the IPL move towards a more diverse structure?

Taken together, these shifts point towards a larger pattern.

The IPL has not lost its competitiveness or quality. If anything, both have improved. But in flattening conditions, equalising teams, and removing consequences for those who fall away, it has also reduced the contrast that once defined it. The cricket on display is no less skilful. But the matches are simply harder to distinguish.

One solution aimed at improving the tournament structure is to somehow introduce jeopardy for teams not in the hunt for a playoffs spot. There could be several ways of doing that, but the most obvious would be a two-tier system with relegation and promotion. That will almost certainly require more teams than 10. But further expansion might not be on the horizon anytime soon, meaning the IPL needs to find other practical ways to stop itself from becoming a repeat watch of the same match 74 times.

More: Rapid hands, split-second reactions: What makes Vaibhav Sooryavanshi a batting tornado

If tournament-wide jeopardy might take years to increase, there’s a neat and much-supported solution for adding in-game jeopardy: removal of the Impact Player. Several captains and star Indian players have by now spoken out against it. While it might not have a significant impact directly on scoring rates as expected, it will make tactical mistakes costlier, which - contrary to what the decision-makers envisage - will make matches more ‘interesting’ to watch.

More immediately, a return to allowing teams to dictate their home conditions, rather than curating uniform batting surfaces, might be the simplest way to restore some of that lost contrast.

The IPL remains the most popular, talent-rich and competitive league in the world. The quality of cricket has never been higher. But in its pursuit of consistency - of surfaces, scoring, and spectacle - it has drifted towards homogeneity.

It is incumbent upon the IPL management to realise that it is variation and anticipation of not knowing what is to come that captivates in sport, not just excellence. Without that, even the most spectacular moments risk becoming just another swipe in an endless feed.

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Punjab Kings were hosting Rajasthan Royals at New Chandigarh on April 28. Chasing 223, Rajasthan got there with four balls and six wickets in hand. Batting at four, RR captain Riyan was the fourth batter to be dismissed, for a 16-ball 29.

Not too long afterwards, the TV cameras captured him smoking what seemed like a vape (an e-cigarette). The footage quickly became viral on social media. The Prohibition of Electronic Cigarettes Act of 2019 prevents “the production, manufacture, import, export, transport, sale, distribution, storage and advertisement of electronic cigarettes in the interest of public health to protect the people from harm and for matters connected therewith or incidental thereto.”

On April 30, the IPL issued a statement confirming that Parag had been fined 25 per cent of his match fee and earned one demerit point for a Level One breach of Article 2.21 of the league's Code of Conduct for Players and Team Officials. The statement also hinted at the entire team being penalised in some way (“the BCCI is also exploring other options to initiate proceedings for stringent action against the erring team, its officials and player/s to ensure that the reputation of IPL remains intact”). 

Since IPL cricketers earn INR 750,000 per match, Riyan was fined INR 187,500.

This was not the first time the RR unit got into trouble this season. Team manager Romi Bhinder was seen using his phone in the team dugout, in breach of the Players and Match Officials (PMOA) protocols. He was fined and given a formal warning for the same.

Before Riyan, there was Shah Rukh Khan

Fourteen years before the Riyan incident, KKR owner Shah Rukh Khan – also one of the most popular Hindi film actors – had found himself in trouble for the same reason. RR was one of the teams on that occasion as well: they were hosting the Kolkata Knight Riders.

On April 8, RR were hosting KKR in Jaipur when Shah Rukh was spotted smoking in the stands. The Rajasthan Prohibition of Smoking Act and Non-Smoker’s Health Protection Act, 2000 prevented anyone from smoking in a public place. An offender could face imprisonment of up to six months or a fine of up to INR 200 (US$ 3.90/£2.4 as per 2012 rates). 

On April 13, the police fined The Rajasthan Cricket Association INR 200 for “letting him smoke in the stadium in Jaipur” following a petition filed by Jaipur resident AS Rathore.

“We argued that the film star violated the law and set a wrong precedent. He smoked in stadium in full public view and deserves action against him,” said his lawyer Nemi Singh Rathore. “Our contention is that if film stars violate laws, it sends a wrong message to society.”

Shah Rukh pleaded guilty to the charges. On August 6, he paid a fine of INR 100 – 1/1875 of the fine imposed on Riyan. Even if one adjusts for inflation, the amount is below 1/1000 of Riyan’s fine.

During the same season, Shah Rukh received a five-year ban from entering the Wankhede Stadium after he got involved in a scuffle with the security during KKR’s game against the Mumbai Indians.

In 2024, the cameras caught Shah Rukh smoking again, this time during KKR’s home game against the Sunrisers Hyderabad. KKR won the trophy that season – as they had in 2012, the year when Shah Rukh had been fined.

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Explained: Why the umpire was right to give Raghuvanshi out

RCB and GT both remained at their original positions, second and fifth, respectively, after the game in Ahmedabad.

What were the talking points in GT vs RCB, Match 42?

Virat Kohli looked at his vintage best, hitting Kagiso Rabada for five consecutive boundaries, but his stay was short-lived. Devdutt Padikkal hung around for a while, but the rest of the batters couldn’t make any telling impact. Jason Holder’s catch of Rajat Patidar was a controversial decision, dividing opinions. Arshad Khan had a great outing, while Jason Holder and Rashid Khan were highly effective as well.

Shubman Gill gave GT a fiery start and was looking at his very best. But he fell to Bhuvneshwar Kumar, who also got both Sai Sudharsan and Jos Buttler. Every time GT got ahead of the chase, RCB pulled it back, but the target was not enough in the end.

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Who were the top performers in GT vs RCB?

Kohli (28 off 13) and Padikkal (40 off 24) were clearly the best batters for RCB. Arshad returned figures of 3-22 while Holder and Rashid took two each. Gill slammed 43 off 18, while Buttler looked great for his 19-ball 39 too. Bhuvneshwar bowled four on the trot to finish with 3-28. Rahul Tewatia finished the match with a 17-ball 27.

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All 15 members of the squad will attend a multi-day training programme with the British Army to prepare for the ICC event, which is set to start on June 12. The players have thus been pulled out of the next round of the One-Day Cup, scheduled for Saturday, May 2.

Managing director of the England Women’s cricket team, Clare Connor, said: “We have been working with the British Army over recent months to create a leadership programme for the World Cup Squad. The various elements of the programme will focus on decision-making, resilience and delivering high performance when the pressure is turned up.

“We are extremely lucky to be able to send our newly selected World Cup Squad into one of the best high-performance environments in the world. I’m confident that what the players will experience and learn over the next few days will be priceless when it comes to performing in some of the pressure moments that a home World Cup will undoubtedly bring.”

The lack of county gametime for England's best players has been a point of debate this season. Several England internationals missed the first round of the One-Day Cup as part of the ECB’s workload management, with the T20 World Cup coming up. The board then withdrew all the England Women players from the second round of the competition to play an intra-squad match as part of their early-season preparation.

Also read: Why England selecting an uncapped teenager for the T20 World Cup isn't the wildcard punt it looks like

England squad for 2026 Women’s T20 World Cup

Nat Sciver-Brunt (c), Lauren Bell, Alice Capsey, Tilly Corteen-Coleman, Charlie Dean, Sophia Dunkley, Sophie Ecclestone, Lauren Filer, Dani Gibson, Amy Jones, Freya Kemp, Heather Knight, Linsey Smith, Issy Wong, Danni Wyatt-Hodge.

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In 2026, the Arnos Vale Stadium in St Vincent & the Grenadines will host CPL matches for the first time. The first three games will be played there. The Kensington Oval in Bridgetown, Barbados, on the other hand, will host its first CPL final.

CPL 2026 schedule: Full fixtures, match timings and venues

England squad for T20 World Cup: Nat Sciver-Brunt (c), Lauren Bell, Alice Capsey, Tilly Corteen-Coleman, Charlie Dean, Sophia Dunkley, Sophie Ecclestone, Lauren Filer, Dani Gibson, Amy Jones, Freya Kemp, Heather Knight, Linsey Smith, Issy Wong, Danni Wyatt-Hodge.

Both the all-rounders that England have been desperate to have fully fit over the last few years, Dani Wyatt-Hodge and Freya Kemp, are set to operate in both their skillsets. The bright, wide-eyed youth of Tilly Corteen-Coleman grabs the headlines, as does the inclusion of Issy Wong in her first World Cup squad. Nevertheless, breaking that freshness into an XI will be a challenge.

The top order

That status quo is most keenly felt in the top six. England’s opening partnership is set in stone as Sophia Dunkley and Danni Wyatt-Hodge – Dunkley was their top-scorer during the intra-squad training camp in South Africa, and Wyatt-Hodge has whacked three centuries in the early rounds of the county season. So locked-in is their partnership that there was no room for Davina Perrin as a bolter in the squad. Speaking on Wednesday, Charlotte Edwards confirmed that the lack of space for Perrin in the top order was the main reason behind her omission.

Then come the established old guard, the current captain and the previous captain at Nos. 3 and 4. While England have previously put Alice Capsey in at one-down, last summer she only played there when at least one of Nat Sciver-Brunt or Heather Knight was out injured. Capsey’s off-spin has also been handy for England, but she’s only bowled a total of nine overs in the last 21 T20Is she’s played. With their all-rounders back in, and four frontline spinners to choose from, she’s most likely been edged out of the top order, but could come in further down in place of one of the specialist spinners, or even as a back-up option with the gloves.

All-rounders

Amy Jones is England’s only frontline wicketkeeper in the XI, and has exclusively batted at No.5 under Edwards. While Jones’s lack of runs in T20Is has drawn criticism for her continued inclusion – she scored her last T20I half-century almost six years ago – there simply isn’t an obvious candidate to pick over her. Capsey is the back-up keeper in the squad and the next cab, who appears to be Kira Chathli, hasn’t yet been selected in a senior international squad.

With Jones at five, at least one of the prized seam-bowling all-rounders will come in at six, and both have different merits. A couple of rapid half-centuries from Gibson down the order for Somerset have shown the finishing ability England have been desperate to get into the side over the last few years, although she would complete an entirely right-handed top six. Kemp, a leftie, was handy as a batter only for Hampshire last year, and has batted at every position from No.4-9 in T20Is. Nevertheless, while Edwards is insistent Kemp is fit to bowl in T20Is (she won’t bowl in the ODI series against New Zealand), she looks to have dropped some of her pace from when she came into the side pre-stress fracture.

There’s a world in which both Gibson and Kemp play on the same team. That would require England dropping one of their specialist pace options, with the compromise being fewer pace options at the death, or one of their spinners.

Bowlers

It’s hard to imagine England going away from their established spin triumvirate. But getting all three of them in might leave them either a seamer or a batter short. Nevertheless, Charlie Dean plays as the vice-captain, and Sophie Ecclestone retains her No.1 spin status.

With all the noise around Tilly Corteen-Coleman’s inclusion in the squad, it’s hard to see how she actually gets in. Edwards stressed that all three left-armers offer something different this week; England do have an established formula. Linsey Smith bowled in the powerplay in all but one of the T20Is she played last summer, while Ecclestone was held back until later, covering over fewer options at the death. While Corteen-Coleman could fill a similar role, Smith is in possession.

England may only play one pace option and rely on their seam-bowling all-rounders higher up. In that case, it would be Lauren Bell, who’s been inked into the team for several years. If they decide to play two at the expense of a spinner or all-rounder, they will need to choose between Lauren Filer and Issy Wong. While Wong has more tricks than Filer, she doesn’t have Filer’s pace or hostility. England will likely go with the express option as a second pacer.

Predicted: England’s T20 World Cup starting XI:

1. Danni Wyatt-Hodge
2. Sophia Dunkley
3. Nat Sciver-Brunt (c)
4. Heather Knight
5. Amy Jones (wk)
6. Freya Kemp
7. Dani Gibson
8. Charlie Dean
9. Sophie Ecclestone
10. Linsey Smith
11. Lauren Bell

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Gujarat Titans won the toss and chose to bowl first.

Gujarat Titans playing XI: Shubman Gill (c), B Sai Sudharsan, Jos Buttler (wk), Washington Sundar, Shahrukh Khan, Jason Holder, Rashid Khan, Arshad Khan, Kagiso Rabada, Mohammed Siraj, Manav Suthar.

Impact Player options: Rahul Tewatia, Glenn Phillips, Anuj Rawat, Nishant Sindhu, Kulwant Khejroliya.

Royal Challengers Bengaluru playing XI: Virat Kohli, Jacob Bethell, Devdutt Padikkal, Rajat Patidar (c), Jitesh Sharma (wk), Tim David, Romario Shepherd, Krunal Pandya, Bhuvneshwar Kumar, Josh Hazlewood, Suyash Sharma.

Impact Player options: Rasikh Salam Dar, Jordan Cox, Mangesh Yadav, Vicky Ostwal, Venkatesh Iyer.

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Today's IPL 2026 match: Who are the players to watch out for?

GT vs RCB, 7:30pm local time

Eyes will be on Virat Kohli, who will have his eyes on the Orange Cap that has exchanged a few hands since he relinquished it earlier this season. After dismantling the Delhi Capitals, Bhuvneshwar Kumar and Josh Hazlewood – the RCB new-ball pair – will also be at the centre of attention.

The GT top three, Shubman Gill, Sai Sudharsan, and Jos Buttler, are a formidable trinity, but the focus will be on the bowlers. GT’s bowling attack, one of the most threatening this season, consists of Rashid Khan, Kagiso Rabada, Mohammed Siraj, and Prasidh Krishna.

IPL 2026: Where to watch today's match live

The IPL 2026 match between Gujarat Titans (GT) and Royal Challengers Bengaluru (RCB) will be telecast on the Star Sports network and live-streamed on the JioHotstar app and website in India.

You can find the full broadcast and streaming details of today's IPL 2026 matches here.

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Raghuvanshi was given out by third umpire Rohan Pandit during Kolkata Knight Riders’ IPL 2026 game against Lucknow Super Giants on April 27. The batter was clearly not pleased with the call, and also the KKR support staff, while the commentators felt the official had made a harsh decision. It also seemed in real time that Raghuvanshi didn’t change directions with a “probable cause”.

But the MCC have now explained why the call to give the batter out was indeed fair. As per Law 37.1.1, either batter would be given obstructing the field if they “wilfully attempt to obstruct or distract the fielding side by word or action.”

To deal with situations where a throw hits the batter, MCC’s Official Interpretation of the Laws of Cricket states that “a batter who changes direction while running, particularly one who changes direction to run on the pitch, or takes any other route that would not be the quickest way to the other end, is making a wilful act.”

In Raghuvanshi’s case, the MCC stated that he was wilfully attempting to obstruct the fielding side by taking a route that wasn’t the quickest way to the other end. The KKR batter had notably taken off for the run through the middle of the pitch but while stopping and turning, he went off the strip towards the leg side, getting in line of Mohammed Shami’s throw.

“When he sets off for his run, he is on the off side of the wicket,” the MCC clarified. “As the ball reaches the fielder he crosses to the middle of the pitch – which is not somewhere he should be running in any event – and then turns and runs back on the leg side, putting himself between the ball and the wicket. This is, by definition, a wilful act.

“Had he stayed off the pitch, remaining on the off side, the ball would not have hit him and even there would have been no question of an obstruction. If he had started running down the leg side, then turned and returned to his ground on that same side before being hit by the ball, that would also see him being Not out - he would have been in the way, but not wilfully. It is the wilful crossing of the pitch that caused his downfall.”

“It is the wilful crossing of the pitch that caused his downfall,” the MCC further stressed, while also clearing the air regarding questions that the batter would have made the ground anyway and thus wasn’t obstructing the fielding side.

“There has been some suggestion that Raghuvanshi should not have been given out because he would have made his ground even if the throw had not hit him,” the statement read. “However, this is not a consideration. Provided the obstruction is not to prevent a catch being taken, whether a dismissal was likely is not a criterion in obstructing the field.”

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During Rajasthan's match against Punjab Kings in New Chandigarh on Tuesday (April 28), Parag, who had been dismissed in the second innings, was spotted on the match broadcast with a device near his mouth that appeared to be a vape, or e-cigarette. Footage of the incident quickly went viral on social media.

The use of vapes in India is prohibited under the Prohibition of Electronic Cigarettes Act of 2019, which prohibits "the production, manufacture, import, export, transport, sale, distribution, storage and advertisement of electronic cigarettes in the interest of public health to protect the people from harm and for matters connected therewith or incidental thereto."

Amid speculation that there could be punishment for Parag beyond the scope of the IPL or BCCI, an unnamed BCCI official told the Indian Express that they would "seek an explanation" for the incident.

On Thursday (April 30), the IPL issued a statement confirming that Parag had been fined 25 per cent of his match fee, and earned one demerit point for a Level One breach of Article 2.21 of the league's Code of Conduct for Players and Team Officials.

The article states, "Article 2.21 is intended to cover all types of conduct that bring the game into disrepute and which is not specifically and adequately covered by the specific offences set out elsewhere in this Code of Conduct, including Article 2.20 (conduct contrary to the spirit of the game).

"By way of example, Article 2.21 may (depending upon the seriousness and context of the breach) prohibit, without limitation, the following: (a) public acts of misconduct; (b) unruly public behaviour; and (c) inappropriate comments which are detrimental to the interests of the game."

The IPL's statement added, "The BCCI is also exploring other options to initiate proceedings for stringent action against the erring team, its officials and player/s to ensure that the reputation of IPL remains intact," suggesting that a team-level punishment could also be on the way.

Earlier this season, Rajasthan Royals team manager Romi Bhinder was seen using his phone in the team dugout, in breach of the Players and Match Officials (PMOA) protocols. He was fined and given a formal warning for the same.

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At Scarborough, Yorkshire won the toss and put Durham in to bat. 16-year-old Ines Blackwell struck twice in two balls to reduce Durham to 45-3 by the end of the first ten overs, before dismissing Hollie Armitage to make to 53-4. Emily Windsor and Bess Heath put on 71 for the fifth wicket, before Phoebe Turner took over. The 23-year-old converted her maiden List A half-century into a knock of 100* off 82 balls, taking her side to a competitive 290-8.

Also read: England announce women's T20 World Cup squad: Uncapped teenage spinner called up

In their chase, Yorkshire lost Lauren Winfield-Hill and Rebecca Duckworth with just four on the board, before a middle-overs recovery came from Jess Jonassen (104) and Sterre Kalis (79). Both were dismissed by the 40-over mark though, with 229 on the board.

In the 43rd over, Blackwell hit a full toss into the off side and set off for a run, having seen non-striker Beth Langston take a start. But Langston turned back mid-run, leaving Blackwell stranded and run out by a mile. Yorkshire were 251-7 by now, needing 40 off 42 balls.

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16 runs and three overs later, Langston paid for another mix-up with her own wicket. Rachel Slater's leg side hoick yielded a single, with Langston going well past the popping crease at the batting end, slowing down. But Slater had called for another run, and charged down the wicket for a second. Langston responded to the call, but eventually had no chance of making her ground and was out for 23.

Four balls after that, a double call of "yes-no" between Slater and Claudie Cooper resulted in the latter failing to make her ground at the striker's end; at 269-9 now, Yorkshire needed 22 off 21 balls.

More: Explained: Why England selecting an uncapped teenager for the T20 World Cup isn't the wildcard punt it looks like

Slater brought the equation down to 10 off the final over, to be bowled by Turner. Jessica Woolston's single put her on strike, and she launched a full delivery for six on the leg side. Two singles off the next three balls saw Slater regain strike, with one to win. She swung at and missed a length delivery outside off, but even as she took off for the bye, Durham keeper Tahlia Wilson hit the stumps with an underarm throw to run her out and tie the game.

It was the first tie of this year's tournament, but the fourth in the competition since 2024.          

Image credit: England & Wales Cricket Board

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The third round of the revamped competition kicked off on April 26, and Guyana played Windward Islands in the final match of their three-game bilateral series. Guyana had already sealed the series with wins by four wickets and an innings and 141 runs in the previous two fixtures.

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They posted 242 batting first, before Gudakesh Motie's 4-52 helped them skittle Windward for 223. The defending champions slid to 129-6 in their second dig, when Motie came to the crease at No.8. He scored 53 in a 91-run stand with opener Tagenarine Chanderpaul, who carried his bat for 117, helping Guyana to 299 and setting Windward 319 to win.

Nial Smith and Shamar Joseph made the early breakthroughs in the fourth innings, reducing Windward to 36-3. Motie entered the attack and trapped Shadrack Descarte lbw, before taking the last three wickets of Kenneth Dember, Alick Athanaze and Darel Cyrus to finish with 4-82.  

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The match haul of 8-134 took Motie's haul for the season to 24 wickets in three games; he recorded 1-4 & 5-51, and 6-73 & 4-46 in the previous two fixtures. The half-century also took his runs tally to 120.

Windward Islands have been a particular favourite opponent of Motie's; in all first-class cricket against the team, he averages 21 with the bat and 14 with the ball against them.

Gudakesh Motie: Record vs Windward Islands in first-class cricket

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How can batters counter Krunal Pandya’s variations? 

How the most expensive overseas buys at IPL 2026 auction have fared so far

All amounts in INR
Stats as on April 29.

Cooper Connolly (3 crore - Punjab Kings)

Matches: 8 | 270 runs @ 45.00, SR 168.75, 2 fifties

Connolly has had a great first season in the IPL with PBKS, having played all the games so far. Batting at No.3 for them, he began with an unbeaten 72 against GT before backing it up with a 22-ball 36 against CSK in a 210-run chase. Connolly also slammed 87 off 46, featuring eight fours and seven sixes, against LSG to help Punjab post a mammoth 254. His most recent outing was against RR, where he hit 30 off 14.

Jack Edwards (3 crore - Sunrisers Hyderabad)

Ruled out due to injury

The only uncapped overseas player to be picked at the auction (he made his T20I debut for Australia after the event), Edwards was ruled out of the IPL 2026 season due to a foot injury. The seam-bowling all-rounder was replaced by England’s David Payne, who has so far played two matches and taken two wickets.

Pathum Nissanka (4 crore - Delhi Capitals)

Matches: 7 | 147 runs @ 21.00, SR 150

Nissanka has played all but one match for the Capitals this season, and while he has given a few good starts, he hasn’t been able to convert any of them into anything substantial, with a top score of 44. He was dropped for compatriot Dushmantha Chameera for DC’s most recent match against RCB. With Delhi having a plethora of top-order options, he would do well for himself to play an impactful knock when he gets his next opportunity.

Ben Dwarshuis (4.40 crore - Punjab Kings)

Yet to play

Ben Dwarshuis was signed as a backup pacer by PBKS and has yet to find a game in the ongoing season. Punjab are flying in the league stage with six wins in eight games; they are unlikely to force any changes unless there’s an injury. The left-arm seamer is competing with the likes of Marco Jansen, Xavier Bartlett and Lockie Ferguson for a spot in the XI.

Jason Holder (7 crore - Gujarat Titans)

Matches: 2 | 23 runs, SR 229.99 | 1 wicket @ 57.00, ER 7.27

Jason Holder was picked for GT’s last two encounters, coming in for an underperforming Glenn Phillips. Batting at No.5 in his first outing of the season against RCB, he slammed a 10-ball 23 and also dismissed Virat Kohli. His second match was against CSK, where he didn’t bat and returned 0-22 from his four overs.

Josh Inglis (8.60 crore - Lucknow Super Giants)

Yet to play

LSG splurged 8.60 crore on Inglis even when PBKS had released him because he was set to miss a major chunk of the IPL 2026 season due to his wedding. And that’s exactly what happened. He is only expected to join the franchise ahead of their encounter against Mumbai on May 4, which would be their ninth match of the season. They are currently at the bottom of the table with four points in eight games.

Mustafizur Rahman (9.20 crore - Kolkata Knight Riders)

Released from squad

KKR spent heavily on Mustafizur, hoping to pair him with Matheesha Pathirana to fix their bowling woes, but haven’t been able to field either of the two. Mustafizur fell prey to worsening India-Bangladesh geopolitical relations after the BCCI instructed the franchise to release him, which even led to Bangladesh’s ouster from the T20 World Cup after they refused to travel to India for the ICC event. KKR replaced Mustafizur with Blessing Muzarabani, who has so far taken four wickets in two games, all of which came against SRH.

Liam Livingstone (13 crore - Sunrisers Hyderabad)

Matches: 2 | 15 runs @ 7.50, SR 60

Livingstone only found a team in the second accelerated round of the auction, but turned out to be the third-most expensive overseas player. But he has played just two matches so far, replacing David Payne for the game against LSG, where he could score 14 off 20 and was subsequently dropped. Livingstone then came on as an impact player against CSK with just 16 balls left in the innings and scored one off five. With 15 runs in two matches, Livingstone has cost SRH just under one crore per run so far.

Matheesha Pathirana (18 crore - Kolkata Knight Riders)

Yet to play

Eight games into their league stage, KKR haven’t been able to field Pathirana after signing him for a hefty 18cr at the mini-auction. He was expected to miss the first few matches after picking up a calf injury at the T20 World Cup, but it was only on April 12 that he was granted the NOC by Sri Lanka Cricket to join KKR, who had already lost four on the trot by then. He joined the team a week later but has yet to make his debut for them.

Cameron Green (25.20 crore - Kolkata Knight Riders)

Matches: 8 | 196 runs @ 28.00, SR 153.12 | 2 wickets @ 48.50, ER 9.37

The most expensive overseas player ever in IPL history, Green felt the brunt of the price tag when he returned scores of 18, 2 and 4 from his first three appearances while not being able to bowl at all, with KKR going on a run of five consecutive defeats. But he seems to be moving in the right direction since being cleared to ball by the CA. He now has a season total of 196 runs and two wickets in eight matches. He’s still far from his best, though, and there is scope for improvement.

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Nawaz’s dismissal, for 18, proved disastrous once again, as Multan fell to 114-8 soon after. Masood, however, hung around for a 46-ball 69 as they ended on a respectable 159-9.

Hyderabad Kingsmen did not get off to the desired start, losing skipper Marnus Labuschagne early, but opener Maaz Sadaqat, one of the finds of the season, and wicketkeeper Usman Khan steadied the innings, taking the team over the 100-run mark without the loss of another wicket.

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Multan get on Steve Smith to bowl the 11th over

Multan, who had used six bowlers in the first 10 overs, found little success and desperately turned to Steve Smith for a turnaround. The Australian, who usually bowls leg-spin, turned up with off-spin this time, conceding two successive sixes. He had his moment of celebration, though, when he dismissed Usman as the move seemingly paid off.

Smith went for 14 runs in the over and did not bowl again. It was his 54th T20 wicket in 282 games, and his first since August 2018. Smith, who was introduced to the world as a promising leg-spin all-rounder during the 2008 Under-19 World Cup, had bowled just once since the start of 2019 - against Rangpur in the Bangladesh Premier League, where he conceded four runs in his only over.

Kingsmen went on to chase the target in the 16th over to set up a place in the second Eliminator against Islamabad United on Friday (May 1).

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Sunrisers climbed to third in the table with the win, while MI remained ninth.

What were the talking points in MI vs SRH, Match 41?

Ryan Rickelton’s big ton was the highlight of the first innings, and his opening partnership with Will Jacks played a crucial role in taking Mumbai to a huge total. Hardik Pandya was back among runs, finishing the innings for Mumbai with a 15-ball 31.

Travis Head’s blitz in the chase stole the show, however, properly marking the return of Travishek, with Abhishek also playing yet another impactful knock. The duo took down the MI bowling unit, even sending Jasprit Bumrah for plenty. 

Heinrich Klaasen possibly played his best knock of the season so far to not let Mumbai make a comeback in the match after SRH lost three quick wickets.

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Who were the top performers in MI vs SRH?

Rickelton, replacing Quinton de Kock for the game, was by far the top scorer with a 55-ball 123, which included 10 fours and eight sixes. Jacks slammed 46 off 22 in his first match of the season. Even with MI getting to 243, Eshan Malinga conceded just 29 runs from his four overs and dismissed Suryakumar Yadav.

Head slammed his first fifty of the season, scoring 76 off 30, and added 129 runs with Abhishek, who scored 45 off 24. Klaasen remained unbeaten at 65 off 30, while Salil Arora hit 30 off 10.

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"I'd say firstly, being a fresh face, I feel like people haven't had that exposure against me,” says Corteen-Coleman. “I think it does make a big difference. I feel like I'm working on challenging both edges of the bat and I love performing under pressure. I think we all bring something slightly different, but I feel like that works well."

Having only made her county debut for Kent in 2024, Corteen-Coleman’s career so far has followed an astonishing trajectory. She made her professional debut less than a month after her county debut, and her Hundred debut for Southern Brave that summer during her school holidays.

That Charlotte Edwards was the Southern Brave coach at the time is important to note. Edwards, a former Kent player herself, also presented Corteen-Coleman with her first U11’s county cap. She played Southern Brave’s opening match of the season in 2024, and dismissed Meg Lanning with her fourth ball of the game.

“I first saw her bowling at Chipshead Cricket Club for Surrey’s second XI against Southern Vipers academy,” says Edwards. “I instantly saw a girl that looked a little bit like Sophie [Ecclestone], if I’m honest.

“Then I remember thinking about her that winter, and then I took that punt on her in The Hundred… I didn’t really know much about her character from the first time I met her, and experienced working with her in The Hundred as a 16-year-old. I’ve never met a young girl so mature, so ahead of her years in many ways, but also really skillful.”

While clearly talented, before last year, she hadn’t torn up the domestic wicket-taking charts in the way that might be expected of a player bolted into the squad for a home World Cup. She took eight wickets in eight matches in last year’s T20 Blast, but lit up The Hundred, conceding 5.75 runs per set and taking 11 wickets. She was the stand-out spinner in the competition, with the best economy rate, and only second to Mady Villiers on the wicket-taking charts. Over the winter, she was involved in all of England’s winter training camps, a clear sign that Edwards was starting the process of integrating her into the senior side.

“The difference we’ve seen from year one of The Hundred to year two where she was probably the best spinner in the comp, and then this winter, physically where she’s gone to and how she’s bowled,” says Edwards. “One of the first things I said in this role was about performance, and she’s performed and she deserves her opportunity to play in a home World Cup. I don’t think there’s any hesitation from anyone in the group that she’s ready to perform on this stage.”

Exposure to big crowds and high stakes early on in her career during The Hundred is also an important point in Corteen-Coleman’s selection. In the auction this year, she was bought for £105,000 by Southern Brave, becoming the most expensive uncapped player in the competition.

"I've been very lucky," she says. "Women's cricket has kind of been on an uphill trajectory for the last couple of years now, so I've had that exposure in front of crowds for domestic and county cricket, but also in the Hundred. I suppose you won't know if you're ready until you're there, but I feel like I've got a great support network around me and I feel like I'm as ready as I can be."

ALSO READ: England announce women's T20 World Cup squad: Uncapped teenage spinner called up

However, despite the noise around her inclusion in the T20 World Cup squad, how much she might actually play remains to be seen. She’s one of three left-arm spinners in England’s squad, and it’s unlikely they would all play in the same XI. Given that one of the other two is Sophie Ecclestone, and the other – Linsey Smith – has been revelatory since her recall to the side last year, it’s hard to see how Corteen-Coleman fits in unless one of those two goes down injured. Perhaps, given that she bowls in the powerplay for Surrey, she’s a more natural fit as a rotational option for Smith than she would be for Ecclestone.

“Just because they’re three left-armers, if they’re your best spinners they should be picked,” says Edwards. “They’re all very different left-arm spinners, so I don’t think you can compare, but we’re really happy with the balance of the squad and the options we’ve got going into a massive couple of months.”

England have also selected Freya Kemp and Dani Gibson, two players they’ve been desperate to have fully fit amid their injury struggles over the last few years. The omission of both Tammy Beaumont and Maia Bouchier, and favouring Issy Wong over Em Arlott, gives this squad a fresh feel, even if they could pick a top six which boasts almost 650 T20I caps between them. If England include one of Kemp and Gibson as well as Sciver-Brunt, and a specialist pacer, there’s a world in which all four of their spinners could feature in the same XI. But, in a World Cup in England, it would look like a one-dimensional side.

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Corteen-Coleman’s age also means she will have grown up watching nearly all of her England teammates. Of the 15 squad members, Freya Kemp, Alice Capsey and Issy Wong are the only three who could have attended secondary school at the same time as her; the rest would have already moved on by the time she started. Particularly relevant in that regard is Sophie Ecclestone, who made her England debut when Corteen-Coleman was 10 years old. As the best left-arm spinner in the world, it’s hardly surprising Corteen-Coleman grew up looking to emulate her.

"Growing up, she [Ecclestone] was my idol, my role model, so to be alongside her this winter has been incredible," she says. "I've learned loads from her, from Linz [Linsey Smith] as well, we’ve had some great conversations. I'm always picking their brains and kind of battering them. They've been really great.

"I understand there's an element of they might think that I'm competing for a spot, but for me, it's not about that at all. I've loved learning from them and I see them as role models and how can I learn from them?"

In selecting a teenager, there’s always going to be an element of taking a punt. The specific circumstances that have allowed Edwards to take that risk speak to both Corteen-Coleman’s talent, and several strands falling into place at the right time.

Both of their all-rounders returning to fitness in time for the tournament freed up a place for a specialist in the squad. Corteen-Coleman’s Hundred last year put her at the head of the spin production line, at a time when England were already keeping an eye on the 2026 summer. That allowed her to make her case as part of the wider group of players England looked at in their winter training camps. It was the perfect run at selection, executed by a talented young player.

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The Mumbai Indians are taking on the Sunrisers Hyderabad in Mumbai today (April 29), with the home team wearing black armbands for the game. Skipper Hardik Pandya walked out to the toss wearing a black armband, in solidarity with the loss of a support staff member's daughter. 

An official Mumbai Indians statement read: "Due to the untimely demise of our support staff’s daughter, Mumbai Indians players will wear black arm bands today, in remembrance and solidarity with the family." 

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Playing XIs: MI vs SRH 

Sunrisers Hyderabad (Playing XI): Abhishek Sharma, Travis Head, Ishan Kishan, Heinrich Klaasen, Salil Arora(w), Nitish Kumar Reddy, Pat Cummins(c), Harsh Dubey, Sakib Hussain, Praful Hinge, Eshan Malinga

Mumbai Indians (Playing XI): Ryan Rickelton(w), Will Jacks, Naman Dhir, Suryakumar Yadav, Tilak Varma, Hardik Pandya(c), Robin Minz, Trent Boult, Jasprit Bumrah, AM Ghazanfar, Ashwani Kumar

Mumbai Indians are currently ninth on the points table, losing five of their last six games, while Sunrisers Hyderabad are well-placed at No.4, with five wins from eight games. 

Durham chased 336 in the fourth innings to beat Lancashire by eight wickets, but McKinney contributed only 22 runs in the game. He played all around a straight delivery from James Anderson to be removed for three, before being bowled again in the second innings, this time by Balderson for 19. 

Alex Lees – 8 & 10

Lees faired little better than his opening partner. An unwise leave onto middle stump off Mitchell Stanley epitomised his match.

Emilio Gay – 41 & 159*

Gay backed up his hundred against Kent with another against Lancashire. His 159 not out off 211 balls in partnership with David Bedingham who also made a century, saw his side home.

Matthew Potts – 66, 3-94 & 3-57

Potts bowled tirelessly and was rewarded for his efforts. His second innings spell, removing Josh Bohannon, Marcus Harris and Matty Hurst was pivotal. Though arguably his contribution with the bat was more decisive. He top scored for Durham in the first innings with his 11th wicket partnership of 78 with Callum Parkinson meaning they remained in touching distance, only trailing by 75.

Haseeb Hameed – 0 &115

After a duck in the first innings, Hameed and Notts recovered after being forced to follow on against Warwickshire. A first century of the season helped Notts accumulate 537-7 in their second innings to secure a draw.

Ben Duckett – 62 & 93

A solid performance from Duckett. His runs saved Notts in the first innings and consolidated their position in the second, but both of his dismissals were sloppy. The first, a loose slap to mid-off off the bowling of Rob Yates; the second a wild cut which ballooned to Chris Woakes at point off Dan Mousley.

Josh Tongue – 5-124

Tongue got his rewards for toiling on a pitch with little in it for him to exploit. He took the early wickets of Rob Yates, Dan Mousley and Sam Hain before mopping up the tail to complete his five-wicket haul.

Tom Haines – 64 & 13, 1-34

On a flat deck at Headingley, both Sussex and Yorkshire scored more than 500 in their respective first innings. Haines looked comfortable for his 64 off 77 before being caught on the crease by Dom Bess. A leading edge gave George Hill a simple caught and bowled in the second innings. He picked up the bonus wicket of Dom Bess while bowling an unusually large 16 overs as the game petered out to a draw.

James Coles – 47 & 53, 3-138

An average showing from Coles. He was able to make starts with the bat in both innings but failed to kick on. With the ball he was expensive but was able to make breakthroughs at regular intervals.

Ollie Robinson – 0-61

Much like all the bowlers, it was a challenging stint for Robinson as he went wicketless in Yorkshire’s only innings. His greatest contributions were with the bat with 40 not out in the first innings and 41 not out in the second.

Joe Root – 96

Returning to Headingley to make his County Championship debut for the season, Root’s 96 off 127 deliveries gave Yorkshire a slim lead over Sussex. However, a loose shot off Henry Crocombe meant their was no century for England’s talisman.

Asa Tribe – 24 & 67*

Sophia Gardens saw both Glamorgan and Leicestershire reach a stalemate. Tribe made a start in the first innings before being castled by Josh Hull. However, given the fourth day to bat without the pressure of a result he calmly made his way to 67 not out before the close of play.

Josh Hull – 2-84 & 0-19

Hull was expensive for his two wickets. His delivery to remove Tribe was a bright spark in an otherwise inconsistent report card. With play ebbing away in the second innings, he went wicketless in his six overs.

Shoaib Bashir – 3-116

Bashir’s was unable to remove lower order pair Henry Brookes and Will Williams, which proved costly, as Derbyshire lost be 10 wickets to Gloucestershire. While bowling with control at times, it would have been an opportunity for Bashir to demonstrate an ability to clean up the tail, albeit in April conditions. Instead, the visitors to put on 191 for the 10th wicket. He eventually got the wicket of Brookes for 89.

Jamie Smith – 5

A game where both teams scored over 400 meant Smith was asked to bat only once and, he didn't continue his good form. A dangled bat off Shane Snater meant Smith was made to watch others piled on the runs. In the process he was replaced at the top of the Division One run-scorers chart by Joe Clarke.

Ollie Pope – 69

Pope steadied the Surrey ship after they slipped to 29-2 with a tidy half century. However, a loss of concentration meant his dismissal was soft, chipping back to Jamie Porter for a simple caught and bowled.

Dan Lawrence – 125, 3-14 & 1-54

A complete all-round performance from Lawrence. His three wickets made him pick of the Surrey bowlers in the first innings, while he also top scored with the bat to give Surrey a 63 run lead after the first innings.

Gus Atkinson – 1-76 & 1-12

Atkinson couldn't make the new ball count in the first innings as the Essex opening pair put on 183. But on a pitch which provided little for the bowlers, he wasn’t alone in his struggles.

Sam Cook – 1-62

Not Cook’s finest outing. While his bowling was accurate, he failed to trouble the Surrey batters as they eclipsed Essex’s first innings total. He removed Dom Sibley for 101 for his sole wicket of the match.

Other Notable Performances

It was a case of what might have been for Glamorgan’s Mason Crane and Gloucestershire’s Will Williams, as the pair missed out maiden first class centuries. Crane reached 99 before being stumped off Ajaz Patel, while Williams was run out on 98.

Elsewhere, Ed Barnard was pick of the batters with his 165 for Warwickshire as his side notched up 459 in the first innings in their draw to Notts.

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Mumbai Indians won the toss and will bat first

Sunrisers Hyderabad (Playing XI): Abhishek Sharma, Travis Head, Ishan Kishan, Heinrich Klaasen, Salil Arora(w), Nitish Kumar Reddy, Pat Cummins(c), Harsh Dubey, Sakib Hussain, Praful Hinge, Eshan Malinga

Mumbai Indians (Playing XI): Ryan Rickelton(w), Will Jacks, Naman Dhir, Suryakumar Yadav, Tilak Varma, Hardik Pandya(c), Robin Minz, Trent Boult, Jasprit Bumrah, AM Ghazanfar, Ashwani Kumar

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Today's IPL 2026 match: Who are the players to watch out for?

MI vs SRH, 7.30pm local time

India T20I captain Suryakumar Yadav has had a disappointing IPL 2026 campaign so far, and all eyes will be on him. His MI captain Hardik Pandya is sailing on the same boat, with both star players yet to click. It would also be interesting to see where MI slot Will Jacks as he gets ready to play his first game of the season.

Abhishek Sharma has been in imperious form and will be the one to watch out for from the SRH squad. His opening partner Travis Head, however, is yet to hit his best. Captain Pat Cummins only returned to the XI in their last game, and he would be eager to make an impact as well.

IPL 2026: Where to watch today's match live

The IPL 2026 match between Mumbai Indians (MI) and Sunrisers Hyderabad (SRH) will be telecast on the Star Sports network and live-streamed on the JioHotstar app and website in India.

You can find the full broadcast and streaming details of today's IPL 2026 matches here.

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PSL 2026 Eliminator 1: Who are the players to watch out for?

Multan Sultans opener Steve Smith and Sahibzada Farhan have been their top scorers this season and enter the Eliminator in form. Shan Masood has had a highly improved campaign this time out, and a lot would depend on him if Multan lose their openers cheaply. Veteran Peter Siddle is their top wicket-taker so far with 13, while the young pace-bowling duo of Arafat Minhas and Muhammad Ismail has been effective as well.

Few expected Marnus Labuschagne to be as effective as he has been for the Hyderabad Kingsmen. The onus would be on him to provide his team a good start, while Usman Khan is in good touch as well and will have a crucial role to play in the Eliminator. Mohammad Ali and Hunain Shah have picked up 25 wickets between them this season. This would be a good occasion for Maaz Sadaqat to score big.

The two sides have faced off twice this season, with both registering a win each.

PSL 2026 Eliminator 1, where to watch today's match live: TV channels and live streaming for Multan Sultans vs Hyderabad Kingsmen

The PSL 2026 Qualifier between Multan Sultans and Hyderabad Kingsmen will be telecast on Tapmad, Tamasha, and Myco in Pakistan. Live telecast will be available on A Sports, PTV Sports, Geo Super, and Ten Sports in the region.

You can find the full broadcast and streaming details of today's PSL 2026 match here.

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They gained a slender 19-run lead when Windward Islands were bowled out for 223, with spinner Gudakesh Motie continuing his fine first-class form, picking up 4-52. Motie has now picked up 20 wickets in his last three first-class matches - all against Windward Islands in the ongoing competition.

Chanderpaul makes first hundred in two years

The second innings belonged to Chanderpaul, who stood tall, batting 297 balls across 99.1 overs to remain unbeaten on 117 at the end of the innings. Opening alongside Matthew Nandu, who registered his second duck of the game, Chanderpaul combined with skipper Tevin Imlach at 19-2. The duo put on 62 runs for the third wicket before the latter departed for 32. Guyana were soon 129-6, but Motie scored a crucial 53 runs in 66 balls to take his team over the 200-run mark. They were eventually out for 299, setting Windward Islands 319 for a win.

Chanderpaul’s ton was his ninth in first-class history in 87 matches, and his first since March 2024, when Chanderpaul had made 101*, also against Windward Islands. The 29-year-old has scored 5,004 runs at 35.74 so far, with 22 fifties.

He made his Test debut against Australia in 2022 and has played 22 games thus far, scoring 670 runs at an average of 29.13 with a high score of 207* against Zimbabwe, also his lone Test hundred.

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After that game, Babar’s season tally stands at 588 runs, the joint-most by anyone ever in a single edition of the league. Peshawar Zalmi have lost just one of their 11 games, and now have the chance to win their first trophy since 2017.

Also read: Four wickets in three balls: Pakistani teenager hits 149kph to claim rare PSL hat-trick

Babar himself, mercifully, has looked a far cry from the batter he did over the past 12 months or so. He was in Pakistan’s T20 World Cup squad, but not without being told by head coach Mike Hesson that his strike rate in the Powerplay was not what the team needed. Against Namibia, after Pakistan had gotten off to a good start, he was not required to bat at all.

What has dogged Pakistan’s star throughout his lean patch has been an air of rigidity. “He’s very much in his own world with his batting… not open to much suggestions,” Herschelle Gibbs said in 2022, after having worked with him at Karachi Kings. Last year, Shoaib Akhtar called Babar a player with “no intention to improve”.

The discussion around him in the T20 format has always been related to his strike rate. This season, it is a personal-best of 146.3. But in 2023 and 2024, Babar put up 500-plus run seasons while striking at 145 and 142. In that sense, it would seem this is simply a return to what his peak looks like.

But, there is a key difference which shows that this PSL season, he may slowly be shedding those undesirable tags from Gibbs and Akhtar.

Marked improvement: Babar Azam in the 2026 Pakistan Super League

In his last two bumper seasons, there was a rather predictable pattern to Babar’s innings. He would start strong against quick bowling in the Powerplay – striking at 155 and 151 respectively in this phase in 2023 and 2024. He combined this with rather exceptional wicket preservation, averaging 70 in the former and not being dismissed by a pacer in the Powerplay in the latter.

Essentially, Babar would do well with pace on and the field up, but could be tied down when slower bowlers came on. And when they found their length, he had no answer, even in his most productive period – the majority of his boundaries came only when they dropped it short, and he could get back to pull or cut.

That has changed significantly this year. Babar has begun to find a way to score even when spinners land it on that in-between length.

This uptick in scoring rate coincides with a change in his method against these lengths. In the previous three seasons, he looked to get to the pitch of the ball and play on the front foot more. In 2026, there has been a firmer commitment to meeting it later, and playing off the back foot.

The slog sweep has also become a more prominent feature of his game – he employed it six times against these lengths in 2023-25. This year alone, he has attempted it seven times, and earned five sixes.

It hasn’t been uncommon this year to see Babar back away and look to cut from the stumps, or slap the ball, cross-bat, through covers and midwicket. There seems to be an extent of understanding that the aesthetics of his batting can be sacrificed for effectiveness. The upshot is that he strikes at 156 against spin this year – his previous best in a PSL season was 128, in 2024.

'I’m really pleased with the way he’s handling the spinners'

These changes have not been accidental. After Babar’s century in the qualifier, Zalmi batting consultant (and Pakistan selector) Misbah-ul-Haq spoke rather eloquently about his shifts this season: “I think when you start to hit the ball hard, normally a batter who is more of a timer of the ball can start to lose shape.

“Your front shoulder opens a bit earlier, and then you don’t have the same power through the off side, or even when hitting straight or toward the leg side, the pull shots and cuts become difficult when you're losing shape.

“So maintaining your shape and just helping the ball, timing it well, that was the adjustment. I think towards the off side as well, especially against spinners, what I worked on with him was that his front leg was going a little across. That’s why he had to play, especially against left-armers, sometimes across the line.

“Now he’s clearing that, giving himself more room, so the off side is open. And even when he has to hit straight or towards mid-wicket or play the slog sweep, once you have that path clear for the bat, it really helps. That’s something I’m really pleased with, the way he’s handling the spinners.”

“The way he dominates spin bowlers is impressive,” Babar himself said of his Zalmi batting partner Kusal Mendis. “Honestly, whenever I bat with him, I enjoy it a lot. I always tell him, ‘Bro, teach me this shot.’ I take tips from him and talk to him about how well he plays against spinners.”

Read more: Purple patch or genuine progress? Unpacking Kusal Mendis' record-breaking PSL season

The results and processes have been heartening to see, and appear to point towards an open-mindedness that Gibbs and Akhtar noted as missing in his game.

The change this year is not just one-sided, though. Babar’s focus on improving as a spin-hitter has coincided with a slight downturn in his scoring rate against pace (148 to 136), which used to be his main strength. During a process of evolution, this is not all that uncommon.

Whether this is truly the start of a new dawn for Babar the T20 batter, only time will tell. More importantly adding a string to his bow, with minimal cost to the other aspects of his game can only be a positive sign. At 31 years old, he is not over the hill. Could there be one more glorious peak yet?

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On Wednesday (April 29), New Zealand announced their 2026 Women's T20 World Cup squad. Legendary all-rounder Sophie Devine and fast bowler Lea Tahuhu also confirmed that this will be their last international assignment after having already retired from ODIs. Earlier, Suzie Bates had already confirmed her retirement post the T20 World Cup.

Also read: New Zealand skipper to call time on 19-year ODI career after 2025 World Cup

“To have our three most senior players all finishing their careers at the same tournament is a rare and special occasion," New Zealand women's head coach Ben Sawyers said. "All three have had distinguished careers in their own right and given so much to this team and the game in general.

“There’ll be a time at the end of the tournament to further acknowledge and celebrate the trio and I know at present they’re very focussed on performing well in their final mission with the team."

Also read: 2024 in Review: Wisden's top ten women's T20I spells of the year

Nensi Patel and Izzy Sharp earn maiden T20 World Cup call-ups

The 23-year-old Patel, an off-spinning all-rounder, made her international debut earlier this year and has been included in the T20 World Cup squad, her first major ICC event. 

Izzy Sharp, who has played six ODIs and 11 T20Is but has never been part of a T20 World Cup squad before, has also been selected.

New Zealand recently won a five-match T20I series against South Africa 4-1. A total of five changes have been to their T20 World Cup squad from the one that won the title last time out.

New Zealand Women's T20 World Cup 2026 squad

Amelia Kerr (c), Suzie Bates, Sophie Devine, Flora Devonshire, Izzy Gaze, Maddy Green, Brooke Halliday, Bree Illing, Polly Inglis, Jess Kerr, Rosemary Mair, Nensi Patel, Georgia Plimmer, Izzy Sharp, Lea Tahuhu.

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Similarly, among the wicket-takers, eight had taken more than 10 wickets, five of those Indian players, but none from the 15 that won the T20 World Cup in March.

All numbers as on April 28, 2026

How have India's T20 World Cup winners fared in IPL 2026 so far?

Suryakumar Yadav

7 matches, 157 runs at 22.42, SR 142.72, HS: 51, 1 fifty

The T20 World Cup-winning captain has had a season to forget so far, failing to get going for the Mumbai Indians, who are stationed at second from the bottom of the points table. 

Abhishek Sharma

8 matches, 380 runs at 54.28, SR 212.29, HS: 135*, 1 hundred, 3 fifties

Abhishek Sharma has been emphatic in the ongoing season and has been in the top half of the Orange Cap list. Even with Travis Head not at his best, Abhishek has consistently provided SRH with rapid starts.

Ishan Kishan

8 matches, 312 runs at 39.00, SR 198.72, HS: 91, 3 fifties

Ishan Kishan is having a great run as well, and along with Abhishek, has kept SRH in the hunt for a playoff spot. He is also among the only three batters from India's T20 World Cup-winning squad with more than 300 runs in the season so far.

Sanju Samson

8 matches, 304 runs at 50.66, SR 169.83, HS: 115*, 2 hundreds

Samson is enjoying a great first season with CSK despite the franchise's struggles. He has hit two hundreds already, and there's still a fair bit of the tournament left. For Chennai to make the playoffs, Samson needs to continue in a similar vein with other batters misfiring.

Rinku Singh

8 matches, 215 runs at 53.75, SR 141.44, HS: 83*, 2 fifties

Rinku Singh has slowly come to life in IPL 2026 after misfiring at the T20 World Cup. He has played knocks of 53* and 83* in back-to-back KKR wins.

Tilak Varma

7 matches, 181 runs at 30.16, SR 170.75, HS: 101*, 1 hundred

Tilak Varma struggled at the start of the season but has slowly picked up pace, also hitting his first IPL hundred in the process.

Axar Patel

8 matches, 31 runs at 6.20, SR 100, HS: 26* | 7 wickets at 28.57, ER 8.33, BBI: 2-18

Axar Patel has had a disastrous first half of the IPL 2026 season with Delhi Capitals. He has shuffled all across the middle order to find form, but hasn't managed to. His bowling hasn't been as effective as he would have liked to either.

Shivam Dube

8 matches, 150 runs at 30.00, SR 140.18, HS: 45* | 1 wicket at 37.00, ER 12.33, BBI: 1-30

Shivam Dube was among India's best players at the ICC event but has struggled to replicate that in the IPL. He hasn't been his usual six-hitting threat, managing just six maximums so far in 107 deliveries faced.

Hardik Pandya

6 matches, 97 runs at 19.40, SR 140.57, HS: 40 | 3 wickets at 63.33, ER 12.66, BBI: 1-18

Hardik Pandya looked close to his best with the bat at the start of the IPL season but has faded away rather quickly since. He hasn't had much to show with the ball either, and under his captaincy, MI are close to the bottom of the IPL table.

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Washington Sundar

8 matches, 157 runs at 31.40, SR 148.11, HS: 55, 1 fifty | 1 wicket at 51.00, ER 9.87, BBI: 1-27

Washington has had a mixed season for GT, with just one wicket to show for, but has played a few decent knocks with the bat, including scoring his maiden IPL half-century.

Arshdeep Singh

8 matches, 8 wickets at 41.12, ER 10.96, BBI: 3-22

Arshdeep Singh has been wayward and struggled to contain the flow of runs this term. This has been his worst IPL season in terms of economy rate so far.

Jasprit Bumrah

7 matches, 2 wickets at 105.00, ER 8.07, BBI: 1-15

Surprisingly, Jasprit Bumrah hasn't managed to be among the wickets for MI this season, taking six matches to open his account. He still has just two in seven matches.

Also read: Jasprit Bumrah clearly isn’t fully fit, so why is he still playing?

Kuldeep Yadav

8 matches, 7 wickets at 33.71, ER 10.26, BBI: 2-31

Kuldeep has conceded two more runs per over this term than his overall IPL economy rate. He has also picked up just seven wickets in eight matches.

Mohammed Siraj

8 matches, 8 wickets at 28.75, ER 7.93, BBI: 2-23

Siraj is the top wicket-taker among the Indian bowlers who played at the T20 World Cup. He has also been the most economical of the lot.

Varun Chakravarthy

6 matches, 7 wickets at 26.57, ER 8.85, BBI: 3-14

Varun took four matches to pick up his first wicket of the season, but has since taken seven wickets in three games.

Also read: Anatomy of a fall: Has the Varun Chakravarthy mystery finally been solved?

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Punjab Kings remained at the top, but Rajasthan jumped to third with the win.

What were the talking points in PBKS vs RR, Match 40?

Punjab Kings put in another strong batting performance after they chased down 265 in an astonishing effort at the weekend. Batting first this time, they were anchored by a half-century by Prabhsimran Singh before Marcus Stoinis's blitz at the end of the innings. They posted 223 for Rajasthan to win, which looked possible when Yashasvi Jaiswal and Vaibhav Sooryavanshi clicked at the top.

However, Sooryavanshi didn't go on to replicate his scintillating hundred from his last outing. He bunted a low full toss to Shreyas Irey on 43 off 16 balls, before Dhruv Jurel stalled Rajasthan's progress with a faltering innings. RR looked the second-favourites for the win when Parag departed, and they stil needed 71 off 36. But Shubham Dubey and Donovan Ferreira bulldozed their way to the target with four balls to spare.

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Who were the top performers in PBKS vs RR?

Marcus Stoinis, with 62 off 22, seemed to have taken PBKS to a winning total, but Sooryavanshi hit 43 off 16, Jaiswal scored 51 off 27, while Ferreira finished the proceedings with a 26-ball 52. Dubey played a handy knock of 31 off 12.

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Peshawar were put into bat by Islamabad captain Shadab Khan, and were given a fiery start by Babar and Mohammad Haris, who had come into the side for James Vince. The duo together scored 72 runs in 6.2 overs, with Haris falling for a 16-ball 35.

Mendis and Babar then joined hands to maintain the momentum, as they have done many times this season. The duo added 84 runs for the second wicket in 51 balls, with the Pakistan star completing a 38-ball fifty during the stand and accelerating in the 14th over, hitting Shadab Khan for two sixes.

He went from fifty to hundred in 19 balls, getting to three figures with a six before falling to Salman Mirza in the penultimate over. Riding on his ton, Kusal Mendis’s 26-ball 41 and Aaron Hardie’s quickfire 20 off 10, Peshawar Zalmi posted 221-7.

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This was Babar's second ton of the PSL 2026 season and fourth overall, joint-most with Usman Khan, who also hit his fourth hundred in the PSL earlier in this campaign. He will have the chance to break the all-time run-scoring record in either Eliminator 2 or the final, depending upon the result of the Qualifier.

Most runs in a PSL season, full list: Babar goes joint-top with Qualifier hundred

PBKS all-rounder Azmatullah Omarzai’s mother passed away recently, and the team is donning black armbands for the game against RR to pay their condolences to the Afghanistan international and his family. On April 27, the eve of their match against Rajasthan, the Punjab Kings tweeted a condolence message.

“Our heartfelt condolences go out to Azmatullah Omarzai on the loss of his mother,” read the tweet. “The entire Punjab Kings family stands with him and his loved ones during this difficult time.”

At the match, Punjab captain Shreyas Iyer donned a black armband when he walked out for the toss. He left a message of support for the all-rounder and his family, saying at the toss: 

“On behalf of the whole team, I just want to share our heartfelt condolences to Azmat and his family for his loss. I’m sure we are there to support him through thick and thin."

One of the eminent pace-bowling all-rounders, Omarzai is yet to play in this edition of the IPL.

PBKS openers Prabhsimran Singh and Priyansh Arya once again gave the team a flying start. After Arya fell for an 11-ball 29, Prabhsimran continued to hit a second consecutive fifty in IPL 2026. Marcus Stoinis slammed a 22-ball 62, with four boundaries and six maximums, to take the team to 222-4.

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Playing XIs for Punjab Kings vs Rajasthan Royals

Punjab Kings (PBKS)

Priyansh Arya, Prabhsimran singh (wk), Cooper Connolly, Shreyas Iyer (c), Nehal Wadhera, Marcus Stoinis, Suryansh Shedge, Marco Jansen, Lockie Ferguson, Arshdeep Singh, Yuzvendra Chahal. Impact Player options: Vishnu Vinod, Vijaykumar Vyshak, Xavier Bartlett, Harpreet Brar, Musheer Khan.

Rajasthan Royals (RR)

Yashasvi Jaiswal, Vaibhav Sooryavanshi, Dhruv Jurel (wk), Riyan Parag (c), Donovan Ferreira, Dasun Shanaka, Ravindra Jadeja, Brijesh Sharma, Nandre Burger, Yash Raj Punja. Impact Player options: Ravi Bishnoi, Ravi Singh, Tushar Deshpande, Shubham Dubey, Shimron Hetmyer.

Rajasthan Royals won the toss and opted to bowl first.

Punjab Kings playing XI: Priyansh Arya, Prabhsimran Singh (wk), Cooper Connolly, Shreyas Iyer (capt), Nehal Wadhera, Marcus Stoinis, Suryansh Shedge, Marco Jansen, Xavier Bartlett, Arshdeep Singh, Yuzvendra Chahal.

Impact Player options: Vishnu Vinod, Vijaykumar Vyshak, Xavier Bartlett, Harpreet Brar, Musheer Khan.

Rajasthan Royals playing XI: Yashasvi Jaiswal, Vaibhav Sooryavanshi, Dhruv Jurel (wk), Riyan Parag (c), Donovan Ferreira, Dasun Shanaka, Ravindra Jadeja, Jofra Archer, Brijesh Sharma, Nandre Burger, Yash Raj Punja.

Impact Player options: Ravi Bishnoi, Ravi Singh, Tushar Deshpande, Shubham Dubey, Shimron Hetmyer.

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Today's IPL 2026 match: Who are the players to watch out for?

PBKS vs RR: 7.30 pm local time 

Punjab will be high on confidence after chasing down 265 against the Delhi Capitals on Saturday. The stars for the team have been Prabhsimran Singh and Priyansh Arya, who have a combined run rate of 14.90 in this tournament, while Shreyas Iyer has been unstoppable. Cooper Connolly has impressed in his maiden IPL season, striking at 164 in six innings. Punjab are yet to lose a game, and sit pretty on top of the points table. 

RR, on the other hand, have lost three of their last four matches. While Vaibhav Sooryavanshi and Yashasvi Jaiswal have been a threat upfront, the batting fizzles down the order, and an early inroad often spells trouble for the team. The battle that will decide the match will be between RR's pace twins of Jofra Archer and Nandre Burger and Punjab's explosive openers. 

IPL 2026: Where to watch today's match live

The IPL 2026 match between Punjab Kings (PBKS) and Rajasthan Royals (RR) will be telecast on the Star Sports network and live-streamed on the JioHotstar app and website in India.

You can find the full broadcast and streaming details of today's IPL 2026 matches here.

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PSL 2026 Qualifier: Who are the players to watch out for?

Peshawar Zalmi vs Islamabad United, Karachi, April 28, 7pm local time

Peshawar’s Sufiyan Muqeem is the top wicket-taker of PSL 2026 so far with 19 wickets, while their star batters Kusal Mendis and Babar Azam are leading the run-scoring charts, with 500 and 485 runs respectively. These three will once again hold the key for a side that lost just one game in the league stage. However, they will want their other batters to step up. Michael Bracewell is their third-highest run-scorer with just 184 runs.

Sameer Minhas, on the other hand, has been giving Islamabad breezy starts in the tournament, and will want to keep the momentum going in the playoffs as well. Captain Shadab Khan has also given well-rounded performances with the bat and the ball, and a lot will depend on him if Islamabad have to go all the way.

Interestingly, this will be the first encounter between the two sides this season after their scheduled league stage game was abandoned without a ball being bowled.

Also read: Purple patch or genuine progress? Unpacking Kusal Mendis' record-breaking PSL season

PSL 2026 Qualifier, where to watch today's match live: TV channels and live streaming for Peshawar Zalmi vs Islamabad United

The PSL 2026 Qualifier between Peshawar Zalmi and Islamabad United will be telecast on Tapmad, Tamasha, and Myco in Pakistan. Live telecast will be available on A Sports, PTV Sports, Geo Super, and Ten Sports in the region.

You can find the full broadcast and streaming details of today's PSL 2026 match here.

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Chase won the toss at Sabina Park and opted to bat first in the third match of their series against Jamaica. He was the second-highest scorer for the side with a quick 102-ball 84 before turning up with the ball to take the 11th first-class five-for of his career and enforce a follow-on on Jamaica.

Barbados’ first innings started smoothly, with the opening pair of Kraigg Brathwaite and Shayne Moseley adding 55 runs together before the latter’s dismissal, bringing Jonathan Drakes to the middle. Brathwaite and Drakes constructed a 145-run stand together, during which the former completed his half-century before falling for 74.

Brathwaite’s dismissal triggered a mini collapse for Barbados, who went from 200-1 to 254-5, before Chase and wicketkeeper Leniko Boucher arrested the downfall. The duo together added 104 runs for the sixth wicket, while also completing their respective fifties. Boucher was dismissed for a 64-ball 50, and Chase for 84. No.8 Shamar Springer contributed with a 60-ball 45 as well, hitting three fours and as many maximums.

Also read: Sidelined West Indies Test wicketkeeper breaks record with maiden first-class double century

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In reply to Barbados’s 439, Jamaica started with confidence as openers John Campbell and Kirk McKenzie added 61 runs together. But Chase brought himself on and broke the dangerous-looking partnership with the fourth delivery of his spell, bowling down Campbell. The off-spinner then bowled Brandon King as well to give Jamaica two quick setbacks.

After Jediah Blades removed McKenzie, Chase joined hands with left-arm spinner Joshua Bishop to take the next seven wickets, with the last five falling in the final five overs, and bowl out Jamaica for 142. Bishop finished with figures of 4-31, while Chase registered 5-28. With the five-for, he also completed 200 wickets in first-class cricket.

Also read: Explained: West Indies’ revamped bilateral series-based domestic structure and why they made the shift

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England 2026 Women's T20 World Cup squad

Nat Sciver-Brunt, Lauren Bell, Alice Capsey, Tilly Corteen-Coleman, Charlie Dean, Sophia Dunkley, Sophie Ecclestone, Lauren Filer, Dani Gibson, Amy Jones, Freya Kemp, Heather Knight, Linsey Smith, Issy Wong, Danni Wyatt-Hodge.

Among other notable inclusions is Issy Wong, who has been named in her first T20 World Cup squad. Wong has been capped 17 times by England in T20Is after making her debut in 2022. She is the third pacer in the squad alongside Lauren Filer and Lauren Bell, having edged out the likes of Mahika Gaur, and Alexa Stonehouse as the other quicks who were part of England's winter training camps.

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Allrounders Dani Gibson and Freya Kemp have also both made the squad. Both of the seam-bowling pair have battled with injuries over the last few years, which have periodically prevented them from bowling. However, both have started the domestic season fully fit, with Gibson smashing back-to-back half-centuries for Somerset in her last two One Day Cup appearances, the latest of which was a boundary-fuelled 77 off 37 balls. 

Their places have come at the expense of Em Arlott, who made her England debut last year. She played all six of England's T20Is last summer, and took nine wickets at 21.22. Other notable omissions from the squad include Tammy Beaumont, who captained England in their most recent T20I outing against India last summer, as well as top-order batter Maia Bouchier, and leg-spinner Sarah Glenn.

Along with their T20 World Cup squad, England have also announced their ODI squad for the upcoming series against New Zealand. Kira Chathli has been named in her first senior England squad as a back-up keeper for Amy Jones, with leg-spin bowling allrounder Jodi Grewcock, also receiving her first international call-up.

England Women ODI squad vs New Zealand

Nat Sciver-Brunt, Em Arlott, Lauren Bell, Alice Capsey, Kira Chathli, Tilly Corteen-Coleman, Sophie Ecclestone, Lauren Filer, Mahika Gaur, Dani Gibson, Jodi Grewcock, Amy Jones, Freya Kemp, Heather Knight, Emma Lamb, Linsey Smith, Issy Wong

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Evin Lewis had retired hurt early in the innings after Leeward Islands captain Justin Greaves won the toss and opted to field at the Antigua Recreation Ground in St John’s. By the time they reached 115, they lost three more wickets.

That was when Da Silva joined Amir Jangoo. The pair stretched the score to 247 by stumps and to 289 on the second morning, before Jangoo (83) and Lewis (who had returned to bat) fell in quick succession.

The unperturbed Da Silva then added 132 with Terrance Hinds (44). He found enough support from the tail to bring up his maiden double ton in first-class cricket. He was ninth out for 220, scored off 304 balls and studded with 29 fours and two sixes, and declared the innings closed immediately, on 522-9. For Leeward Islands, Karima Gore returned 4-86 (including Da Silva’s wicket) and Oshane Thomas 2-70.

This was the ninth first-class hundred for Da Silva, one of which was a Test century. His 220 was also the highest first-class score by a Trinidad & Tobago wicketkeeper as well as the joint-highest first-class score for Trinidad & Tobago since Daren Ganga’s 265 against Leeward Islands in 2004/05 (Jason Mohammed had 220 in the interim period, against the Combined Campuses and Colleges in 2013/14).

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In response, Leeward Islands lost both openers within nine balls without a run on the board. They lost two more wickets before ending the day on 88-4. Gore has scored 60 of these runs and is still at the crease. With him is Greaves, on four.

A record-breaking series by captain Laura Wolvaardt helped South Africa dominate defending ODI champions India to secure a 4-1 series victory.

They started with three wins on the bounce before Deepti Sharma's all-round heroics helped India register a consolation win in the fourth game. South Africa came back strongly in the fifth T20I riding on Wolvaardt's 92* (56) to win by 23 runs.

The series result, however, did not lead to a reshuffling of the team rankings. India entered the series ranked third, while South Africa were ranked fifth. Both sides retained their respective spots, although there was movement in their rating points. 

India dropped from 268 to 262 points, while South Africa gained six points to go from 239 to 245.

Australia (295) and England (277) continue to occupy the top two spots in the rankings.

Bangladesh host Sri Lanka

Bangladesh and Sri Lanka will play three T20Is following the conclusion of their ODI series which Sri Lanka won 2-1. The matches will be played on April 28 and 30 and May 2. 

Also read: ICC Women’s Championship, points table: Updated standings after Sri Lanka beat Bangladesh

Bangladesh are ranked 10th with 195 points heading into the BAN vs SL T20I series, while Sri Lanka are ranked seventh with 229 points.

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Lancashire’s spin-bowling all-rounder Arav Shetty picked up a hand injury in the morning session of day two of their County Championship match against Durham. Tom Hartley, part of the squad, was a straightforward replacement, but Lancashire’s request to bring him on was turned down. The county ultimately had to sub in wicketkeeper-batter George Bell.

They were denied their first-choice sub on the grounds that Hartley was much more experienced with five Test caps, and thus not a like-for-like change for Shetty, who was just playing his third first-class match, adding another incident to the list of controversies surrounding the ECB’s County Championship injury replacement trial.

This was the second time in two rounds that Lancashire were denied their first-choice sub. Last week against Gloucestershire, their request to bring in Tom Bailey for Ajeet Singh Dale were denied because Bailey was considered “too good a bowler”. They had to call up Ollie Sutton from a second XI game in Leicestershire to replace Singh Dale instead.

Seamer Tom Bailey and wicketkeeper George Bell bowl off-spin during Durham’s chase

Lancashire started the game strongly, and despite losing Shetty, took a 75-run first-innings lead following a hundred from Marcus Harris and a combined bowling effort. But their second innings started on the wrong note, and they were reduced to 33-4 and then to 72-6. An unbeaten second first-class from former Durham all-rounder Paul Coughlin helped them set a 336-run target.

Despite losing both their openers with just 46 runs on the board to start the final day, Emilio Gay and South Africa Test batter David Bedingham both hit unbeaten tons to take Durham home in the mammoth chase with eight wickets to spare. During the chase, however, they were aided by Bailey, who was deemed “too good” to feature in the last game, bowling off-spin. Wicketkeeper-batter Bell, who was subbed on for Shetty, had a bowl as well, sending down 5.5 overs of his off-breaks.

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Bandara, batting at No.6 for Dambulla, scored 128 as his side posted 451 in the first innings of their National Super League game against Kandy. On top of this being his third century this year, it was also his third consecutive score of over 50 in the format, having scored 95 and 69 in his last two matches.

Bandara now has 822 runs in first-class cricket this year at 102.75, with three hundreds and two fifties, including a 200* against Police SC in the Major League Tournament – his top score in the format. The tremendous run of form also includes a 151* against Burgher RC.

Also read: Sri Lankan wicketkeeping duo narrowly misses tons in first-class outing

Dambulla batted first against Kandy, but were soon reduced to 36-3, with their top three all falling within 10 overs of the innings. Captain Dhananjaya de Silva and Vishad Randika steadied the ship, adding 119 runs for the fourth wicket before the former fell for 53.

Bandara then joined Randika in the middle, with the latter completing his eighth first-class hundred in the process. He was dismissed for 104 in the third session of day one of the four-day affair, but Bandara ensured Dambulla didn’t lose any more wickets until stumps, with No.7 Kavindu Pathiratne for company.

Read more: 661 runs in five innings: Sri Lanka white-ball batter scores third first-class century in four outings

After seeing off day one, the duo went about their business on the second day, with the wicketkeeper-batter completing his fourth first-class ton in his 26th match in the format. Pathiratne hit a career-best 78 as well, adding 161 runs with Bandara for the sixth wicket and taking Dambulla past the 400-run mark.

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Bandara was the ninth wicket to fall for his team, who went on to post 451. With the 128-run knock, the wicketkeeper took his tally in the ongoing National Super League to 292 runs in three matches at 97.33. He had scored 551 runs at 78.71 in nine matches of the 2025/26 Major League Tournament. This century also took his over first-class batting average to 60.55; he now has 1,635 runs to his name.

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Bengaluru strengthened their hold on the second spot with the win, while Delhi remained stuck in the mid-table muddle.

What were the talking points in DC vs RCB, Match 39?

Without doubt, the biggest talking point of the game was how Bhuvneshwar Kumar and Josh Hazlewood blew DC away in a record Powerplay performance. Apart from Impact Sub Abhishek Porel (30), only David Miller (19) and Kyle Jamieson (12) got into double digits as they were bowled out for 75. RCB chased down the score in the seventh over. Devdutt Padikkal was the top scorer for Bengaluru with 34 runs off 13 balls, while Virat Kohli completed 9,000 IPL runs and finished the game with two consecutive sixes at his home ground.

Punjab Kings remain favourites for the IPL with bookmakers such as Bovada live betting.

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Who were the top performers in DC vs RCB?

Hazlewood, with figures of 4-12 in 3.3 overs, and Bhuvneshwar (3-0-5-3), were the top performers of the DC vs RCB match.

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Durham took on Lancashire at Chester-le-Street in the latest round of the County Championship, the hosts electing to field first on day one (April 24). Lancashire posted 370 thanks to Marcus Harris's 146, before bowling Durham out to take a 75-run lead. The visitors batted all of day three and declared at 260-9 after Paul Coughlin made an unbeaten 100, setting Durham 336 to win on the final day.

Read more: The pace race: Which quicks will make up England's Test attack this summer?

Mitchell Stanley bowled Alex Lees in the 15th over, bringing Emilio Gay to the crease at 28-1. That soon became 46-2 as Ben McKinney was bowled by George Balderson. South Africa Test batter David Bedingham joined Gay at the crease, and the runs soon began to flow.

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The pair got to 99-2 by lunch, following which Gay got to a half-century off 81 balls, and Bedingham reached the same mark off 73. Durham's No.3 scored 74 runs in all in the second session, as his journey from 50 to 100 took only 61 deliveries. They were 233-2 at tea, well-placed to reach their target, albeit helped by Lancashire seamer Tom Bailey switching to off spin after they were denied their first-choice injury substitute of Tom Hartley for Arav Shetty, both spinners. Shetty was eventually replaced by wicketkeeper George Bell, who himself got a bowl later in the innings as well. 

Gay and Bedingham needed only 17.5 overs in the final session to knock off the 103 runs that remained, staying not out on 159 and 129 respectively. This was Gay's second century of the 2026 County Championship, having made 128 against Kent in the opening round.

The left-hander, who can also open the batting, has played three T20Is for Italy and remains eligible to be called up to the England team. With much speculation over the future of the incumbent Zak Crawley-Ben Duckett pairing, a good domestic return this campaign could see him enter the race for a spot at the top of the order for the upcoming Test summer.

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Wood apart, England’s Ashes pace group are young enough, and built up enough credit before the series, to still be in contention now. But England's desire to shake up the Test team has opened the door for those who didn’t make that tour.

Fit and first choice: Josh Tongue, Gus Atkinson

Tongue came out of Australia with the most credit in the bank. He was one of the few bright spots for England during a demoralising two months, and finished the series with 18 wickets in three matches, the exasperating point being that he was only introduced when England were already two down. In the Melbourne Test, he became the first English bowler this century to take a five-wicket haul at the MCG. The stage is set for Tongue to now take a leadership role in the attack. He fits all the key metrics England like, at 6ft 4in with genuine pace, and the ability to use it cannily. He’s Steve Smith’s kryptonite, and his ability to rip through the tailenders is prized.

If Tongue manages to sustain a period of fitness and move on from the injuries which have dogged his career so far, he’ll be standing alongside Atkinson as the new-ball bowler and enforcer duo England will look to build their attack around. Atkinson was the major beneficiary of Anderson's retirement, upstaging his final Test in a breakout debut year in Test cricket. Nevertheless, he struggled in Australia and was dropped for the third Test before a hamstring injury ruled him out of the fifth. While there’s an argument Atkinson could have had more luck, his drop-off in pace was noticeable. However, his previous body of work is still enough to mark him out above the rest, with Australia his first bad series since debuting in 2024.

Absent and injured: Jofra Archer, Brydon Carse

England’s master plan to have Archer fit for the Ashes was crafted years out, and worked to decent effect. He provided the heat and bite with and without the ball in hand that England banked on him for and, even without the returns they might have wanted, he’s still their x-factor. Currently in the IPL, what the vision for Archer’s England career looks like beyond the Ashes is still unclear. Likely, it’s to find a balance between playing as much Test cricket as his body is able to, with a vision to win back the Ashes on home soil in 2027, while also fulfilling his lucrative white-ball commitments.

Brydon Carse's winter was tough. While he kept running in, and was the only bowler to make it through all five Tests, he was wayward and expensive. He came under particular heat when Mark Waugh described his pitch map during the Brisbane Test as “third-grade standard”. While he was the differential in England’s 2024/25 winter tours of Pakistan and New Zealand before a passable summer, Carse now seems in limbo. He was injured out of the IPL before it started, preventing him from re-staking his claim as the third prong of England's attack.

New-ball specialists: Sam Cook, Ollie Robinson, Matthew Potts, Matthew Fisher

England lacked new-ball bowlers capable of extracting what the Kookaburra had to offer early most of all in Australia. They discarded Sam Cook after one outing against Zimbabwe, despite his good record in Australia on multiple Lions tours. There’s also the continued absence of Ollie Robinson, and whether time and wickets are enough of a healer for that particular rift. Cook is second on the wicket-takers list for the Championship so far this season, and Robinson started his first year as Sussex captain with a five-for. Both could force their selection tension to a head with Archer at the IPL and a partner for Atkinson needed early on.

Then, there are the two Matthews, both of whom made it into England’s Australia group. Potts played one Test in the Ashes, one he would like to forget. He bowled 25 wicketless overs and conceded 141 runs. It’s not hard to feel a certain amount of sympathy for Potts, who’s always occupied a fairly ambiguous role for England. He opens the bowling for Durham but has only done so for England a handful of times. Since losing his place to Robinson in 2022, he has never had a prolonged run in the side, coming in exclusively as injury and workload cover. Potts has had a good start to the 2026 summer, and if he can recapture his 2022 form, could yet come again. Another rung down is Fisher, who came into the Ashes squad as cover late on but didn’t play. Nevertheless, since moving to Surrey at the start of last year, he’s steadily climbed back into England consideration.

The high-pace bolter: Sonny Baker

Baker was picked out as potential bolter for the Ashes squad last year, but ultimately his disappointing white-ball debuts stunted his rise. However, his early outings for Hampshire this season have shown a reversion to his linear progress 12 months ago. He took three wickets in one over against Yorkshire, and almost inspired a last-gasp victory over Somerset. It’s assumed that Baker will play Test cricket at some point, but with Carse out injured and Archer in the IPL, his path as a second enforcer might now be at its clearest.

Any other business: Rising stars

Henry Crocombe currently leads the wicket-taking standings in Division One. He dismissed Joe Root four runs short of a century in the former England captain’s first outing of the season, having taken nine in the match in the opening round of the summer. Alongside the likes of Nathan Gilchrist and George Hill, those three form a group on England’s radar for potential future Test honours, even if they’re not close to selection at the minute.

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Wolvaardt began the series with a 39-ball 51 in a successful 158-run chase for South Africa, and followed it up with a 54 (34) in another triumphant chase. She then hit a record-equalling 17th ODI century in the fourth game: a 53-ball 115 featuring 14 fours and five maximums, which took her side home in the 17th over of a 193-run chase and gave them an unassailable 3-0 lead in the series.

Also read: Most women's international centuries, full list: South Africa captain equals Australia and India greats' world-record tally with 47-ball ton

A rare failure in the fourth T20I followed, as India registered their first win of the series. Wolvaardt entered the fifth T20I 72 runs short of Hayley Matthews’ record of the most runs scored in a women’s T20I or tournament. The West Indies great held the record since October 2023, when she slammed 310 runs in a three-T20I series against Australia.

Opening the batting, the South Africa captain started with two back-to-back boundaries in the first over and raced to 25-ball 44 by the end of the powerplay. She eventually completed her fifty off 30 deliveries but lost her opening partner Sune Luus in the same over. South Africa lost two more wickets quickly, going down to 82-3 from 75-0.

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The quick wickets forced Wolvaardt to slow down in the middle overs as she scored 26 runs off her next 20 balls, hitting just two boundaries after completing her half-century before the twin maximums in the last over. She was also starved of strike towards the end, playing only six balls in the last three overs as South Africa posted 155-6. Wolvaardt remained unbeaten on 92 off 56.

Most runs in a WT20I series, full list: Laura Wolvaardt goes top after India series

RCB won the toss and chose to field first.

Delhi Capitals batting-first XI: KL Rahul (wk), Sahil Parakh, Nitish Rana, Sameer Rizvi, David Miller, Tristan Stubbs, Axar Patel (c), Kyle Jamieson, Dushmantha Chameera, T Natarajan, Kuldeep Yadav.

Impact Player options: Auqib Nabi, Ashutosh Sharma, Vipraj Nigam, Tripurana Vijay, Abishek Porel.

Royal Challengers Bengaluru bowling-first XI: Virat Kohli, Devdutt Padikkal, Rajat Patidar (c), Tim David, Jitesh Sharma (wk), Romario Shepherd, Krunal Pandya, Bhuvneshwar Kumar, Josh Hazlewood, Rasikh Salam, Suyash Sharma.

Impact Player options: Jacob Bethell, Jordan Cox, Mangesh Yadav, Vicky Ostwal, Venkatesh Iyer.

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Today's IPL 2026 match: Who are the players to watch out for?

DC vs RCB, Delhi, 7.30pm local time

Delhi smashed their way to 264 last time out thanks to KL Rahul's 152*, but still somehow ended up on the losing side. The opener will definitely be one to watch out for today, as is No.3 Nitish Rana. Kuldeep Yadav had a solid game, considering the number of runs scored. With Lungi Ngidi set to miss out today after his worrying knock on the head, Dushmantha Chameera could get a first game of the season.

RCB continued to impress against Gujarat Titans in their previous game. Their batting lineup may like the look of the smaller Arun Jaitley Stadium in Delhi; Devdutt Padikkal has been in red-hot form and will want to pick up where he left off. With Phil Salt still injured, Jacob Bethell is set to open the batting with Virat Kohli once again.

IPL 2026: Where to watch today's match live

The IPL 2026 match between Delhi Capitals (DC) and Royal Challengers Bengaluru (RCB) will be telecast on the Star Sports network and live-streamed on the JioHotstar app and website in India.

You can find the full broadcast and streaming details of today's IPL 2026 matches here.

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Pandit felt Raghuvanshi was “clearly changing directions” while also “watching the ball” and adjudged him out. The decision did not go down well with the batter, while the KKR bench was infuriated as well, with Abhishek Nayar, Shane Watson and Dwayne Bravo all registering their protests to the decision.

What do the laws say?

Raghuvanshi played the ball to mid-on and ran almost instinctively. Green sent him back, at which point he stopped in the middle of the pitch and turned, ran back in a straight line, and dived to get back into the crease when the throw hit him. There was no malicious intent; the batter clearly didn’t try to get into the throw’s way, so why was he given out? It seemed a clearly wrong decision in real time, but there’s more to it.

Clause 37.1.4 of the IPL Playing Conditions, which deals with obstructing the field dismissal, states that “if an umpire feels that a batter, in running between the wickets, has significantly changed his direction without probable cause and thereby obstructed a fielder’s attempt to effect a run out, the batter should, on appeal, be given out, obstructing the field. It shall not be relevant whether a run out would have occurred or not.”

The law doesn’t consider the batter’s intent as among the conditions to adjudge them out, but the focus is on whether they significantly changed directions without probable cause. The third umpire here likely assumed that Raghuvanshi had taken off through the middle of the pitch before going outside the strip when returning to his crease, thus significantly changing directions without probable cause.

Did Angkrish Raghuvanshi change directions without any probable cause?

“He can’t straightaway turn when he is sprinting down the pitch,” commented Deep Dasgupta on the global feed, echoing the sentiments of many. He may not be entirely wrong on this.

A closer look at the replays suggests Raghuvanshi ran across the pitch at first and was close to the protected area when he was sent back. Instinctively, for a batter not trying to run down the centre of the pitch, he moved outside the strip to get back into his crease.

He would also need some turning radius when stopping midway from a sprint before accelerating again, all while trying to return to the crease in time. This is enough to suggest that there was probable cause for Raghuvanshi to run the course that he did. Ultimately, this decision came down to the umpire's interpretation, and he came down on the side of no probable cause.

At Headingley, Sussex had amassed 502 after Jonny Bairstow had won the toss and opted to field. John Simpson had top-scored with 136, while Tom Price had made 93 and Tom Haines 64. For the hosts, Jack White returned 4-60 and George Hill 3-86.

Yorkshire responded with a 195-run second-wicket stand between Finlay Bean (105) and Sam Whiteman (101). Emerging at 199-2, Root – playing his first match of the 2026 County Championship – soon saw his team slip to 267-4. However, he stayed put, scoring at a rapid pace before Henry Crocombe had him caught-behind just short of a hundred. His 96, scored off 127 balls, included 12 fours.

The tail then pushed Yorkshire to 511. For Sussex, Crocombe finished with 3-107 and Tom Clark with 3-138. At stumps on day three, Sussex were 31-2: they lead by 22 runs.

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... and Ben Duckett his 31st

At Trent Bridge, captain Ed Barnard’s 165 lifted Warwickshire from 179-6 to 459 even as Josh Tongue snared 5-124 and Lyndon James 3-79. A salient feature of the innings was the 119-run ninth-wicket stand between Chris Woakes (64) and Michael Booth (70).

Joe Clarke made 94 in response, but it was not enough as Woakes (3-44) and Booth (4-71) bowled out Nottinghamshire for 279, and Barnard enforced the follow-on. 

In the second innings, Duckett came to bat after captain home captain Haseeb Hameed and Ben Slater put on 118 for the opening stand. Duckett dominated the 150-run second wicket stand before Beau Webster had him out caught for a 120-ball 93 (14 fours, one six). Hameed (115) followed soon afterwards, and Notts ended the day on 310-4. They lead by 130 runs.

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Kolkata Knight Riders posted 155-7 at the Ekana Stadium after Lucknow Super Giants captain Rishabh Pant won the toss and opted to field. Mohsin Khan (5-23) had reduced KKR to 93-5 before Rinku Singh (83 not out in 51 balls) took them to a competitive total.

Aiden Markram (31 in 27) and Pant (42 in 38) took the hosts to 65-1, but they soon slid to 129-7, but Himmat Singh and Mohammed Shami kept them in the hunt. When Tyagi began the final over, LSG needed 17.

Shami got a bye off the first ball. Tyagi’s next ball came chest-high at Himmat, who used the bat to protect himself. The umpires rightly ruled a no-ball and warned Tyagi.

Tyagi’s next ball was another full-toss, and the umpires ruled a no-ball for height again. KKR reviewed the decision, but the umpire’s decision turned out to be correct. Despite bowling two full-tosses above waist height, however, Kartik was allowed to bowl after some confusion on the field.

Clause 41.7.1 of the IPL PLaying Conditions states: “Any delivery, which passes or would have passed, without pitching, above waist height of the striker standing upright at the popping crease, is to be deemed to be unfair, whether or not it is likely to inflict physical injury on the striker. If the bowler bowls such a delivery the umpire shall immediately call and signal No ball.

However, Clause 41.7.3 adds: “If the umpire considers a non-pitching delivery, or a series of non- pitching deliveries, to be dangerous under 41.7.2 when the ball is dead, the umpire shall repeat the No ball signal to the scorers and then caution the bowler, indicating that this is a first and final warning. The umpire shall also inform the other umpire, the captain of the fielding side and the batter of what has occurred. This caution shall apply to that bowler throughout the innings.”

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While both balls were illegal, the umpires deemed that only the first of them was “dangerous”. Thus, Tyagi was allowed to continue bowling.

The game was tied after Shami hit the last ball for six. In the Super Over, Sunil Narine took two wickets in three balls for one run. Rinku then hit a boundary off the first ball to seal the game.

In a complete 180 from yesterday's double-header, both games today saw relatively low scores that took us back to the early years of the IPL. CSK imploded with the bat early on and needed captain Ruturaj Gaikwad to anchor their innings to take them to a competitive total. It didn't turn out to be enough, however, as GT gunned down the total with ease.

A similar story unfolded in Lucknow where the KKR batting was dismantled by Mohsin Khan and a controversial obstructing the field decision. But they came back strongly with the ball to build pressure on LSG and choke them with spin. But last-over drama took the match into the Super Over, where Sunil Narine restricted LSG to just one run to help KKR secure an easy win. 

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Who were the top performers in CSK vs GT and LSG vs KKR?

Ruturaj Gaikwad top-scored for CSK to make his first half-century of the season, albeit it was a slowish one (74 not out off 60). Kagiso Rabada took 3-25 and was adjudged Player of the Match. Sai Sudharsan followed up his hundred from two nights back with a clinical 87 off 46 to take GT home. 

Rinku Singh made his highest ever T20 score (83 not out off 51) to dig KKR out of a hole, while Mohsin Khan became the third Indian left-arm quick to take an IPL five-for (5-23 in four overs with one maiden). Rishabh Pant made 42 off 38 in the chase but the KKR spinners – Anukul Roy, Varun Chakravarthy, and Sunil Narine – combined to bowl 10 overs for 3-75 to restrict LSG before late cameos from Mohammed Shami (11 off 6) and Himmat Singh (19 off 10) coupled with multiple no-balls from Kartik Tyagi took the match to a Super Over. In the Super Over, Narine got the wickets of Nicholas Pooran and Aiden Markram to keep LSG down to just one, which Rinku finished off with one blow.

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Also read: Latest ICC men's ODI team rankings: Bangladesh keep hopes of automatic World Cup qualification alive after beating New Zealand 2-1

As far as T20Is are concerned, Bangladesh are placed at a similar position in the ICC men's T20I rankings – ninth – heading into the three-match series. New Zealand, on the other hand, are placed fourth, sandwiched between Australia at No.3 nd South Africa at No.5.

Defending champions India, who haven't played any T20I cricket since their triumph in the 2026 T20 World Cup, remain at the top of the rankings, followed by England, who India defeated in a semi-final for the ages. 

Also read: BAN vs NZ T20Is, where to watch live: TV channels, live streaming and live score for Bangladesh vs New Zealand 2026

Bangladesh and New Zealand have met in 20 men's T20I, out of which only four have been won by Bangladesh. Three of those four victories have come at home, which should give Bangladesh some confidence heading into the series. 

It must be noted that Bangladesh were replaced by Scotland at the 2026 Men's T20 World Cup.

ICC men's T20I team rankings as of April 26, 2026

Who were the top performers in HK vs RWP, IU vs MS? 

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Hyderabad Kingsmen needed a big win against the Rawalpindiz to overtake Lahore Qalandars on net run rate and qualify for the playoffs. Usman Khan (54 in 26 balls) and Kusal Perera (50 not out in 30) laid the platform; Glenn Maxwell (70 in 37) then took over, lifting HK to 244-6 as Saad Masood finished with 2-34.

Still, to qualify, HK needed to restrict RWP to 158 runs or fewer. At 56-1 in the sixth over, that seemed unlikely, but RWP kept losing wickets at regular intervals against Akif Javed (3-38) and Hunain Shah (4-22). Only Usman Khawaja (66 not out in 43 balls) held the fort as they were bowled out for 136.

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The four slots were decided, but the last match of the league stage determined who faced PZ in the Qualifier. Shan Masood top-scored with a 33-ball 44, while Mohammad Wasim Jr blasted a nine-ball 26 not out to take MS to 192-7. Mark Chapman then led the charge for IU, seeing them to a win with four wickets and ten balls to spare.

IU will now face PZ in the Qualifier, while MS will clash with HK in Eliminator 1.

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In May 2026, Bangladesh will play two Test matches against Pakistan as part of the 2025-2027 World Test Championship cycle. The first Test match, to begin on May 8, will mark the return of Test cricket since January 8. This 120-day gap between two Tests is the longest in more than 50 years.

Bangladesh have named a 15-member squad for the first of the two Test matches, to be played in Mirpur. Najmul Hossain Shanto will lead the side, while Mehidy Hasan Miraz will be his deputy. Senior fast bowlers Taskin Ahmed and Shoriful Islam will return to the squad.

The squad also features the uncapped Tanzid Hasan Tamim and Amite Hasan. A veteran of 34 ODIs and 45 T20Is, opener Tamim is yet to play a Test match. From 25 first-class games, he averages 40.72 with the bat. Middle-order batter Amite, on the other hand, averages 49.32 across 49 games, and also keeps wicket. Last week, he made 162 to help East Zone beat Central Zone by an innings.

Also read: Who are the four uncapped players named in the Pakistan squad for Bangladesh Tests?

Bangladesh squad for the first Test against Pakistan

Najmul Hossain Shanto (c), Mehidy Hasan Miraz (vc), Mahmudul Hasan Joy, Shadman Islam, Mominul Haque Showrab, Mushfiqur Rahim, Litton Das, Mehidy Hasan Miraz, Taijul Islam, Nayeem Hasan, Ebadot Hossain Chowdhury, Shoriful Islam, Taskin Ahmed, Nahid Rana, Tanzid Hasan Tamim, Amite Hasan.

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Schedule for Bangladesh v Pakistan Test series

First Test, May 8-12: Sher-e-Bangla Stadium, Mirpur
Second Test: May 16-20, Sylhet International Cricket Stadium, Sylhet

Mohsin Khan took out the KKR openers, Tim Seifert and captain Ajinkya Rahane, early after LSG captain Rishabh Pant won the toss and opted to field at Lucknow. That brought Raghuvanshi and Cameron Green together: they took the total to 27-2 when Prince Yadav came to bowl the last ball of the fifth over, to Raghuvanshi.

Raghuvanshi pushed the ball to Mohammed Shami at mid-on, but Green sent him back. As Raghuvanshi sprinted back and dived, he was hit by Shami’s throw on the leg. When the ball hit him, Raghuvanshi had not made his ground. The LSG fielders appealed (albeit not very enthusiastically), and the decision was referred to TV umpire Rohan Pandit.

It is worth a mention that Clause 37.1.4 of the IPL Playing Conditions says: “For the avoidance of doubt, if an umpire feels that a batter, in running between the wickets, has significantly changed his direction without probable cause and thereby obstructed a fielder’s attempt to effect a run out, the batter should, on appeal, be given out, obstructing the field. It shall not be relevant whether a run out would have occurred or not.”

After watching multiple replays, Pandit came to the verdict that Raghuvanshi had “significantly” changed his direction of running while turning: he ruled the batter out obstructing the field. Raghuvanshi’s act might not have been deliberate, but the Playing Conditions focus on the change of direction and not on the batter’s intent.

Raghuvanshi had started on the pitch, and his turn had taken him beyond the strip – but it was not very clear whether he had changed direction since Shami threw the ball. On air, commentator Daren Ganga certainly voiced that Raghuvanshi had not changed direction, an opinion that was shared by others in the commentary panel as well.

The KKR camp was seemingly surprised at the call, with visuals showing the support staff having animated discussions with the match officials beyond the boundary. 

Mohsin removed Rovman Powell, Green, and Anukul Roy to finish with 5-24. At the time of writing, KKR were 73-6 in 11 overs with Rinku Singh (15) at the crease.

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Batters dismissed obstructing the field in the IPL

1st T20I: Chattogram, April 27, 1:30 pm.
2nd T20I: Chattogram, April 29, 1:30 pm.
3rd T20I: Mirpur, May 2, 1:30 pm.

Bangladesh vs New Zealand first T20I, live score

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Bangladesh vs New Zealand T20Is, where to watch: Live broadcast and streaming details

Where to watch in Bangladesh

T Sports and Nagarik TV will provide live telecasts of the T20I series in Bangladesh, while Tapmad has secured the rights to live stream all three matches.

Where to watch in New Zealand

Sky TV will broadcast New Zealand’s white-ball tour to Bangladesh back home in New Zealand, including the three T20Is for fans in the country.

Where to watch in Australia

Kayo Sports will live-stream all three matches of the Bangladesh vs New Zealand T20Is in Australia. Fox Sports will provide TV broadcast of the same.

Where to watch in India

FanCode will live-stream all three T20Is of the upcoming series for fans in India.

Also read: Why and how New Zealand have 53 cricketers playing in Asia this summer

Where to watch in the UK

Fans in the UK can watch live action from the T20I series on TNT Sports.

Where to watch in Pakistan

PTV Sports will provide a live telecast of the three T20Is, while Tapmad will carry the live stream of the series.

Where to watch in North America and MENA countries

Digital Sports Central by DRM will provide a live stream of the Bangladesh vs New Zealand T20I series in North America and MENA countries.

Where to watch in the rest of the world

Fans in the rest of the world can live stream the three T20Is on Digital Sports Central by DRM, where available.

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In the South Africa tour, Deepti had figures of 8.4-0-93-0 across the first three T20Is, while she made a solitary run in the only game she was dismissed. Before that, she had 9-0-71-1 in the T20Is in Australia, along with a run-a-ball seven.

Things had not been much better in the other formats either. In the ODIs in Australia, she had made 32 runs in three innings while going for 7.65 an over. In the one-off Test match, she failed to reach 10 in either innings and had two wickets.

Naturally, there were concerns around her form. When asked at a pre-match press conference, bowling coach Aavishkar Salvi had assured: “Deepti is a champion player. We all know that. One or two games or three games doesn’t justify the kind of talent she has, the kind of performance she has done over the years. We all know that she has been a champion player. ... This is the stage where she is probably not at her best as of now. But going back to the drawing board, she is working hard in the camp ... It’s only a matter of a few instances where probably she just strikes and she comes back shining.”

South Africa had already taken a 3-0 lead in the five-match series. In the fourth match, India were 105-4 when Deepti walked out, and captain Harmanpreet Kaur was the fifth to fall, on 120. Deepti (36 not out in 26 balls) and Richa Ghosh (34 not out in 18) then took them to 185-5.

South Africa had successfully chased in the first three games. Here, however, Laura Wolvaardt did not last. Sune Luus (40 in 24) and Tazmin Brits (30 in 23) took the hosts to 76-1 before Deepti bowled Luus and Annerie Dercksen. South Africa reached 123-4 when Kayla Reyneke hit Deepti to deep square-leg.

Deepti returned to strike twice more to finish with 4-0-19-5, her first T20I five-wicket haul, as South Africa finished on 171-9. She also became only the fourth woman bowler to take a five-wicket haul in all three international formats.

She also became the first Full Member player to score more than 35 and take five wickets in a women's T20I. 

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Five-wicket haul in all three women’s international formats

On the final day of the league stage, Karachi will host two games – Hyderabad Kingsmen versus Rawalpindiz, followed by Islamabad United versus Multan Sultans. Here is what the points table looks like ahead of that.

What do Hyderabad Kingsmen need to qualify?

As is evident, three teams have already qualified for the playoffs, while three others have been eliminated, leaving LQ and season debutants HK fighting for the fourth spot.

The two teams are tied on 10 points apiece, but LQ (-0.482) are ahead of HK (-1.037) on net run rate. To qualify, thus, HK, need to make up this net run rate difference.

Batting first, HK finished on 244-6. To go past LQ’s net run rate and qualify, HK now need to restrict RWP to 158 or fewer. If RWP reach 159, LQ will qualify.

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What is at stake at Multan versus Islamabad?

MS and IU have both qualified, but whoever finishes at second place will clash against PZ in the Qualifier. That will give them the cushion of a defeat (even if they lose, they will get another shot at the final via Eliminator 2).

Whoever wins the MS-IU match will, thus, make it to the Qualifier. If the match is abandoned for any reason, MS will play in the Qualifier.

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IPL 2026, Match 37: CSK vs GT live score

GT won the toss and chose to bowl first.

GT playing XI: Shubman Gill (c), Sai Sudharsan, Jos Buttler (wk), Shahrukh Khan, Washington Sundar, Jason Holder, Rashid Khan, Arshad Khan, Kagiso Rabada, Mohammed Siraj, Manav Suthar.

Impact Player options: Glenn Phillips, Anuj Rawat, Kulwant Khejroliya, Nishant Sindhu, Rahul Tewatia.

CSK playing XI: Sanju Samson (wk), Ruturaj Gaikwad (c), Urvil Patel, Dewald Brevis, Shivam Dube, Kartik Sharma, Jamie Overton, Akeal Hosein, Noor Ahmad, Anshul Kamboj, Gurjapneet Singh.

Impact Player options: Sarfaraz Khan, Mukul Choudhary, Prashant Veer, Ramakrishna Ghosh, Matt Short.

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IPL 2026, Match 38: LSG vs KKR live score

The toss will take place at 7pm local time.

LSG (predicted XII): Mitchell Marsh, Ayush Badoni, Rishabh Pant (c & wk), Aiden Markram, Nicholas Pooran, Abdul Samad, Mukul Choudhary, Mohammed Shami, Mayank Yadav, Digvesh Rathi, Mohsin Khan, Prince Yadav.

KKR (predicted XII): Tim Seifert (wk), Ajinkya Rahane (c), Angkrish Raghuvanshi, Cameron Green, Rovman Powell, Rinku Singh, Ramandeep Singh, Anukul Roy, Sunil Narine, Vaibhav Arora, Kartik Tyagi, Varun Chakravarthy.

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Today's IPL 2026 matches: Who are the players to watch out for?

CSK vs GT, Chennai, April 26, 3:30 pm

CSK have won three out of their last four matches and would be keen on continuing their upward trajectory. Sanju Samson has already scored two hundreds and CSK would hope for him to add to that tally. But more importantly, they would want captain Ruturaj Gaikwad to strike form. Gujarat Titans are on six points as well, like CSK, but they are coming off two straight defeats, the last one just two days back despite Sai Sudharsan's century. They'll need their bowling and middle order to come good.

LSG vs KKR, Lucknow, April 26, 7:30 pm

Lucknow and Kolkata are sharing the last two spots on the points table and both teams have had a bit of a gap since their last outings. Nicholas Pooran is yet to make a contribution of note for LSG, while Mayank Yadav's return didn't go to plan in the last game. Both would have eyes on them. For KKR, focus will once again be on Cameron Green's contributions with the bat, while Sunil Narine and Varun Chakravarthy will be expected to continue their momentum from the last game.  

IPL 2026: Where to watch today's matches live?

The IPL 2026 matches between Chennai Super Kings and Gujarat Titans, and Lucknow Super Giants and Kolkata Knight Riders will be telecast on the Star Sports network and live-streamed on the JioHotstar app and website in India.

You can find the full broadcast and streaming details of today's IPL 2026 matches here.

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Lahore Qalandars kept their hopes of qualifying for the playoffs alive, stunning table-toppers Peshawar Zalmi, beating them by six wickets with three balls remaining. Karachi Kings beat Quetta Gladiators but were eliminated from the tournament following Lahore's win.

Who were the top performers in QG vs KRK, PZ vs LQ? 

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Karachi Kings started brilliantly against Quetta Gladiators, with Hasan Ali reducing them to 2-1 in his opening over by removing both Shamyl Hussain and Khawaja Nafay. However, Rilee Rossouw scored a crucial 90 off 54 balls, while captain Saud Shakeel scored a half-century in a 147-run partnership. Despite falling away towards the end of the innings, Quetta posted 195 on the board to set the Kings a steep chase. 

However, the Kings aced it with a huge partnership between David Warner and Reeza Hendricks, who finished unbeaten on 89 and 87, respectively. They completed the chase with nine balls to spare.

In the second game, a 94-run partnership between Michael Bracewell and Babar Azam rescued Peshawar's innings after they were reduced to 36-2 in the powerplay. Bracewell top-scored with 83 off 45 balls, while Babar reached 59 off 45. Both of them were bowled by Haris Rauf, but Bracewell took them through to the final over of the innings, helped by an unbeaten cameo of 27 off 14 balls from Iftikhar Ahmed.

While Rauf was expensive, he and Shaheen Shah Afridi were the pick of the Qalandars' bowling attack that had a difficult day.

In the chase, Qalandars lost wickets at regular intervals, but were anchored by a superb innings from Fakhar Zaman. He kept a steady pace, reaching his fourth fifty in as many innings off his 38th ball at the crease. The chase was sped along at the death by a flurry of boundaries from Sikandar Raza, before he fell onto his own stumps on 29 off 11 balls. Fittingly, it was Fakhar who scored the winning runs.

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Both games of today's double-header saw big totals posted and then chased rather comfortably. Punjab, in fact, broke the world record for the highest successful T20 run chase, overhauling 265 against DC. RR then handed SRH a 229-run target, which was again chased down with relative ease. Vaibhav Sooryavanshi and KL Rahul both hit rapid hundreds, but ended up on the losing side.

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Who were the top performers in DC vs PBKS and RR vs SRH?

KL Rahul was the top performer in the first game of the day, scoring a mammoth 152 off 67, but was undone by 70s from Prabhsimran Singh and Shreyas Iyer. Sooryavanshi slammed 103 off 37 in the second game and was the top scorer in Jaipur. Jofra Archer bowled his heart out, returning figures of 34-2 from his four overs while consistently bowling over 140kph. Abhishek Sharma and Ishan Kishan hit half-centuries for SRH, while Nitish Kumar Reddy played a handy knock og 36 off 18.

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Umpire Amy Clark was hit on the head at the bowler's end by a drive from Mahika Gaur. The ball deflected off bowler Jess Jonassen's hand and hit Clark on the side of her head. After she was assessed by medical staff, she left the field for further treatment. At that stage in the game, Lancashire were nine down and needed another 87 to win the match. 

After play had been delayed for several minutes, Lancashire assistant coach and former Queensland middle-order batter Perren stepped onto the field with the other umpire, Grace Bambury. 

Under MCC Law 2.2, "An umpire shall not be changed during the match, other than in exceptional circumstances, unless he/she is injured or ill. If there has to be a change of umpire, the replacement shall act only as the striker’s end umpire unless the captains agree that the replacement should take full responsibility as an umpire."

Perren took up position at square leg, while Bambury took over from Clark at the bowler's end. After Jonassen finished her over, Bambury continued to umpire at the bowler's end for Claudie Cooper's next over, while Perren continued to fill in at square leg. 

The decision to bring Perren on caused some confusion from the commentators on Lancashire's live stream, who speculated over whether the substitute was allowed.

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The situation didn't last long, however, with Cooper snaring Gaur caught behind off the fourth ball of her over to seal the win for Yorkshire over the defending champions. Lancashire were bowled out for 158, with Yorkshire claiming their second consecutive win in the One Day Cup.

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As many as 17 bowlers have taken 40 or more wickets in ODI cricket for Bangladesh, with an all-rounder, who is "officially not retired from all formats," leading the list with 317 wickets. He is also the only Bangladesh bowler with more than 300 ODI wickets, while two of the top five are currently active.

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Eight players have taken more than 100 wickets for the Tigers since their first-ever ODI against Pakistan in Sri Lanka in March 1986.

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In this quiz, you have to name every Bangladesh bowler with 40 or more wickets in men’s ODIs until April 25, 2026. For that, you have four minutes.

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Playing against Durham on day two at Chester-le-Street, Lancashire required a replacement for off-spinning allrounder Shetty, who sustained an injury to his hand in the morning session. Given that Shetty was the only spinner in Lancashire's side, and former England Test spinner Tom Hartley was part of their squad who had travelled to Durham, it looked like Lancashire had a natural replacement.

The ECB's injury substitute trial, which is part of a wider trial into injury replacements in first-class cricket by the ICC, specifies that all replacements must be like-for-like, at the discretion of the match referee.

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However, when Lancashire announced who would be replacing Shetty, it wasn't Hartley, but wicketkeeper-batter Bell, who was in the squad as cover for Matty Hurst. The BBC later reported that Hartley was turned down as a replacement for Shetty on the grounds that he was more experienced.

Hartley has 43 first-class caps to his name and represented England in five Test matches in India in 2024. Shetty was playing just his third first-class fixture, having signed a two-year contract with Lancashire at the beginning of 2026.

This follows another controversial incident last week, where Lancashire were denied pacer Tom Bailey as an injury substitute for fellow right-arm quick Ajeet Singh Dale on the grounds of experience. They instead had to call up left-arm allrounder Ollie Sutton from a second XI match. 

Speaking to BBC Radio last week, Lancashire head coach Steven Croft said: "It's not like someone is coming in and bowling 10mph quicker. Instead, we've had to call up a left-arm seaming all-rounder and that doesn't sit right with us really."

Now in its fourth round, the substitute trial has had several controversial incidents, with the ECB reportedly looking to tighten the rule after the first block of Championship fixtures ends in June.

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Three matches in the second round, across both divisions, saw two replacements each being made, with Somerset and Yorkshire replacing two of their players, while Glamorgan and Nottinghamshire made one sub each in their round two encounter at Trent Bridge.

While earlier substitutions were permitted only in case of concussion or an international call-up, the new regulations include “injury, illness or a significant life event”. The ECB have explained that “there is no set definition of ‘significant life event'," which could be "either expected or unexpected events that require a player to miss some or all of a match they are playing in. Expected events could include attending the birth of a child, for example, while an unexpected event could include the sudden illness of a family member, among many other examples.”

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Full list of players subbed in the County Championship so far

Round 1

Leicestershire v Essex

Essex

In: Noah Thain

Out: Tom Westley (injury)

Glamorgan v Yorkshire

Yorkshire

In: Will Luxton

Out: Jonny Bairstow (injury)

Round 2

Essex v Somerset

Somerset

In: Will Smeed, Archie Vaughan

Out: Tom Kohler-Cadmore, Lewis Goldsworthy (both injury)

Middlesex v Worcestershire

Worcestershire

In: Ben Gibbon

Out: Adam Finch (concussion)

Nottinghamshire v Glamorgan

Glamorgan

In: Sean Dickson

Out: Ben Kellaway (injury)

Nottinghamshire

In: Lyndon James

Out: Fergus O'Neill (injury)

Yorkshire v Hampshire

Yorkshire

In: Logan van Beek, Ben Cliff

Out: Jhye Richardson, Jack White (both illness)

Round 3

Gloucestershire vs Lancashire

Lancashire

In: Ollie Sutton

Out: Ajeet Singh Dale (injury)

Round 4

Derbyshire vs Gloucestershire

Derbyshire

In: Luis Reece

Out: Anuj Dal (injury)

Durham vs Lancashire

Durham

In: James Minto

Out: Sam Conners (injury)

Lancashire

In: George Bell

Out: Arav Shetty (injury)

Worcestershire vs Kent

Kent

In: Ben Dawkins

Out: Ben Compton (injury)

Last update: April 25, 2026

Also read: Updated County Championship 2026 points table after round two

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Several England players have been rested from some of the opening matches of the county season, with England putting on training camps to prepare for the T20 World Cup, which gets underway in less than two month's time. Sciver-Brunt appeared for Blaze just once last season, playing a single T20 Blast match.

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After Tammy Beaumont was dismissed for four off 11 balls, followed by Scotland captain Katherine Bryce being cleaned up by Sophie Munro in the next over, Sciver-Brunt came out with her side 9-2. She faced up to her first ball from Munro, the last of her second over, and was dealt a ball angled into her, which struck her on the back leg. The Essex fielders appealed, and the umpire quickly raised his finger. That put Munro on a hat-trick for the start of her next over, which Marie Kelly blocked out for a duck.

Things went from bad to worse for Blaze when they lost Jones in the next over, chipping a ball from Kate Coppack straight to the fielder in the ring on the leg side. All three of Blaze's England players contributed eight runs to their chase between them. 

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Despite slipping to 22-4, Blaze did fight back. A half-century from Orla Prendergast from No.7 kept them in the hunt, and, at the time of writing, they require 45 more runs from 16 overs with three wickets remaining to win the match.

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Ngidi was rushed to the hospital after falling backwards, with his head hitting the ground, while trying to take a backtracking catch in the third over of Punjab Kings’ chase. The South Africa pacer immediately held his head, and the medical team rushed onto the field. An ambulance was soon called for, and it made its way on the field to rush him to the hospital.

The game was stopped for a prolonged period due to the injury. Initially, it seems Sri Lanka pacer Dushmantha Chameera was getting ready to replace Ngidi as a concussion substitute. However, the Capitals later brought on leg-spinning all-rounder Vipraj Nigam.

Delhi Capitals' Director of Cricket Venugopal Rao later revealed that they couldn't field Chameera because he would have been their fifth overseas player in the match, when only a maximum of four are allowed. This could have been potentially why the Mumbai Indians didn't bring on Will Jacks as a concussion substitute for Mitchell Santner against the Chennai Super Kings.

Clause 1.2.9 of the IPL 2026 playing conditions that deal with concussion substitutes state that a replacement may be allowed “if a player sustains a concussion or suspected concussion, as a result of a head or neck injury during the course of the relevant match.”

This was the second instance of a concussion substitute in this IPL season after Shardul Thakur replaced Mitchell Santner in Mumbai Indians’ defeat to the Chennai Super Kings. The replacement led to some confusion among fans, with some questioning whether Santner had only injured his shoulder. However, replays showed that Santner had also hit his head on the ground while taking the catch, also possibly twisting his neck.

As far as DC’s IPL 2026 match against PBKs is concerned, the home side posted a mammoth 264-2, riding on KL Rahul’s 67-ball 152. Nitish Rana hit 91 off 44 as well, with the duo adding a franchise record 220 runs for the second wicket in 96 balls.

Punjab, however, raced off the blocks in the powerplay, hitting 116 runs in six overs, with Prabhsimran Singh completing a fifty in the process. He was later dismissed for 76 off 26, while Priyansh Arya departed for 43 off 17. PBKS were 143-2 in nine overs at the time of writing, needing another 122 from 11 overs.

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While Rana fell nine short of a ton in 44 balls, Rahul went on to slam a record-breaking 152 off 67, featuring 16 fours and nine sixes. Delhi posted 264, the seventh-highest IPL total of all time before the Kings began their chase.

Also read: IPL sees second concussion substitute in three days as South Africa quick rushed to hospital after sustaining head injury

Prabhsimran Singh and Priyansh Arya gave the team a fiery start, together adding 126 runs for the opening wicket in just 6.5 overs. Arya fell first for a 17-ball 43 before Prabhsimran’s dismissal in the next over for a 26-ball 76. The duo hit 10 maximums and 11 boundaries between them.

Captain Shreyas Iyer took over from the opening duo, slamming 71 runs in 36 balls, while also being dropped twice by Karun Nair. Punjab overhauled Delhi’s total with seven balls to spare, registering the highest-ever successful run chase in T20 cricket, breaking their own world record.

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Punjab had chased down 262 against the Kolkata Knight Riders at the Eden Gardens in IPL 2024.

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Crane was the third batter dismissed in the 90s in Glamorgan's innings after Kiran Carlson was run out on 95 and Sean Dickson was caught behind on 90. Having come in when Glamorgan were 265-7, Crane combined with Timm van der Gugten, taking his side to 334-7 by the end of play on day one. The No.9 batter was 48*overnight.

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Having reached his half-century early on day two, a fourth for Crane in first-class cricket, he and Tim van der Gugten put on a 133-run partnership to take Glamorgan to 398 before Van der Gugten was caught behind off Ben Green. After a short-lived partnership with Andy Gorvin, Crance came together with Ryan Hadley for the final wicket, taking most of the strike in search of a maiden first-class hundred.

After making it to 99 in the second session of the day, Crane was facing New Zealand spinner Ajaz Patel, who replaced Keshav Maharaj as Leicestershire's overseas player for the entire 2026 season. Getting down on one knee and looking to slog-sweep Patel to bring up his hundred in style, Crane missed, and his back foot dragged out of the crease. Ben Cox took the bails off, and Crane stayed on his knees, head bowed and leaning on his bat, dismissed agonisingly short of the three-figure milestone.

Glamorgan were bowled out for 440, with Crane top-scoring.

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Crane signed for Glamorgan in 2024, having played the entirety of his English professional career for Hampshire before that. He has played one Test for England, at Sydney in the 2017/18 Ashes series, as well as two T20Is, both against South Africa in 2017.

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Having scored 64 in her last appearance for Somerset in their win over Lancashire last week, Knight went even better today (April 25) at Taunton. She came out to bat in the fourth over of the game, after Australian overseas player Maitlan Brown bowled Niamh Holland for 14. 

Knight, who was sacked as England captain last year after a disastrous Ashes series, built the archetypal 50-over innings from No.3, scoring at roughly a run-a-ball throughout her innings to reach three figures. Second opener Rebecca Odgers was dismissed when Knight had only been in the middle for nine balls, before she and Somerset captain Sophie Luff put on a 130-run stand. 

Luff was also dismissed by Brown, having reached a half-century, and Anika Learoyd was trapped lbw by Brown for 12. That left Somerset 181-4 and brought England all-rounder Dani Gibson to the crease. Gibson, who was a record-buy in the inaugural Hundred auction for £190,000 last month, piled on the runs to reach her half-century off 27 balls. She reached the milestone with a six of England teammate Alice Capsey, advancing down the pitch to launch her down the ground and over the rope.

In the following over, Knight reached three figures, with nine fours and two sixes in her innings. She was out in the next over, caught by Tilly Corteen-Coleman off Capsey. Gibsons didn't last much longer, but added four more boundaries in the next 17 balls before she was bowled by Dani Gregory.

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Somerset reached 337-9 in their innings, which is comfortably their highest-ever List A score. Knight's 103 was her 18th List A hundred, putting her in joint second with Tammy Beaumont on the list of the most centuries scored by English women in the format, behind only Charlotte Edwards.

Knight played six One Day Cup matches for Somerset last year in the first season of the new county set-up, but didn't pass 100 once. She last hit a domestic List A century in England when playing for Berkshire in 2019.

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Karachi Kings won the toss and chose to field first.

Karachi Kings playing XI: David Warner (c), Jason Roy, Salman Ali Agha, Reeza Hendricks, Azam Khan (wk), Moeen Ali, Khushdil Shah, Hasan Ali, Abbas Afridi, Zahid Mahmood, Rizwanullah.

Quetta Gladiators playing XI: Shamyl Hussain, Saud Shakeel (c), Rilee Rossouw, Hasan Nawaz, Khawaja Nafay (wk), Dinesh Chandimal, Jahandad Khan, Alzarri Joseph, Abrar Ahmed, Usman Tariq, Khalil Ahmed.

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Lahore Qalandars won the toss and opted to bowl first.

Lahore Qalandars playing XI: Fakhar Zaman, Mohammad Naeem, Abdullah Shafique, Charith Asalanka, Haseebullah Khan(w), Sikandar Raza, Ryan Burl, Daniel Sams, Shaheen Afridi(c), Ubaid Shah, Haris Rauf.

Peshawar Zalmi playing XI: James Vince, Babar Azam(c), Kusal Mendis(w), Farhan Yousaf, Iftikhar Ahmed, Michael Bracewell, Abdul Samad, Khurram Shahzad, Sufiyan Muqeem, Mohammad Basit, Ali Raza.

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Today's PSL 2026 match: Who are the players to watch out for?

Karachi Kings vs Quetta Gladiators, Lahore, April 25, 2:30pm local time

Quetta must win today to have any chance of qualifying for the playoffs. Much of that will depend on top run-scorer Hasan Nawaz, as well as the spin twins, Abrar Ahmed and Usman Tariq. Karachi may also be in trouble if they fail to win, and if leggie Adam Zampa has recovered from illness, he should return to the lineup. The opening duo of David Warner and Jason Roy could also have a big say in today's match.

Lahore Qalandars vs Peshawar Zalmi, Lahore, April 25, 7:00pm local time

Qualification is at stake for Lahore in the evening game; Peshawar have already qualified but have the chance to complete a PSL first by going unbeaten in the group stage. Babar Azam and Kusal Mendis with the bat, and Sufiyan Muqeem with the ball have been exceptional for them this season. Lahore will be depending on Shaheen Shah Afridi to get the breakthroughs up front, and Fakhar Zaman – who has found some form of late – to counter the threats of Muqeem and the exhilarating teenage quick Ali Raza.

PSL 2026: Where to watch today's match live

The PSL 2026 matches between Karachi Kings and Quetta Gladiators and Lahore Qalandars and Peshawar Zalmi will be telecast on Tapmad, Tamasha, and Myco in Pakistan. Live telecast will be available on A Sports, PTV Sports, Geo Super, and Ten Sports in the region.

You can find the full broadcast and streaming details of today's PSL 2026 match here.

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IPL 2026, Match 35: DC vs PBKS live score

DC won the toss and chose to bat first.

DC batting-first XI: KL Rahul (wk), Pathum Nissanka, Nitish Rana, Sameer Rizvi, Tristan Stubbs, David Miller, Axar Patel (c), Lungi Ngidi, T Natarajan, Mukesh Kumar, Kuldeep Yadav.

Impact Player options: Vipraj Nigam, Auqib Nabi, Ashutosh Sharma, Dushmantha Chameera, Karun Nair.