Rinku hits 6, 6, 6, 6, 6 to snatch IPL victory
Rinku Singh blasted five sixes off the final five balls as the Kolkata Knight Riders chased down 205 to stun the Gujarat Titans in an IPL thriller on Sunday.
Rinku Singh blasted five sixes off the final five balls as the Kolkata Knight Riders chased down 205 to stun the Gujarat Titans in an IPL thriller on Sunday.
Spinner Ravindra Jadeja’s 3-20 and a bludgeoning 61 by Ajinkya Rahane guided the Chennai Super Kings to an emphatic seven-wicket win over the Mumbai Indians.
Blazing half-centuries from Jos Buttler and Yashasvi Jaiswal helped the Rajasthan Royals climb to the top of the IPL table with a 57-run hammering of the Delhi Capitals.
Geoffrey Toyana has been appointed head coach of Easterns.
Such is the impact of South African imports on New Zealand cricket that the Black Caps could select a competitive team made up entirely of them.
Tim Seifert was the match-winner again as New Zealand clinched the T20I series against Sri Lanka with a tense four-wicket victory in Queenstown on Saturday.
Krunal Pandya’s 3-18 led a wounding spin attack for the Lucknow Super Giants to outclass the Sunrisers Hyderabad on a slow pitch during Friday’s five-wicket victory.
Andrew Puttick will be Pakistan’s batting coach during their upcoming limited-overs series against New Zealand.
Wayne Parnell has replaced the injured Reece Topley in the Royal Challengers Bangalore squad.
Mushfiqur Rahim shrugged off Bangladesh’s mid-innings jitters to hit a quickfire half-century on Friday and seal a seven-wicket victory over Ireland in their one-off Dhaka Test.
All-rounder Shardul Thakur blitzed a half-century off 20 balls to rally the Kolkata Knight Riders in Thursday’s 81-run IPL win over the Royal Challengers Bangalore.
Debutant Lorcan Tucker became only the second Irishman to hit a Test century to lead a tenacious fightback against Bangladesh in Dhaka.
Western Province and Proteas batsman Zubayr Hamza has signed for the Central Gauteng Lions.
New Zealand captain Kane Williamson is expected to miss the World Cup in India later this year after rupturing a knee ligament.
Skipper Shikhar Dhawan’s unbeaten 86 and four wickets by Nathan Ellis helped the Punjab Kings to their second straight IPL victory with a tense five-run win over the Rajasthan Royals.