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In a momentous occasion that reverberated through the world of chess, D Gukesh, a 17-year-old chess prodigy hailing from Chennai, scripted an extraordinary chapter in the sport’s chronicles by clinching victory at the fiercely contested FIDE Candidates Chess Tournament 2024. With this remarkable achievement, Gukesh not only secured the prestigious title but also etched his name in the annals of chess history as the youngest player ever to advance to the final stage of the World Chess Championship, a feat previously attained only by the legendary Viswanathan Anand. The grand…

Rajasthan Royals skipper Sanju Samson has been fined Rs 12 lakh after his team maintained a slow over rate during the Indian Premier League match against Gujarat Titans. (As It Happened | Scorecard) The Royals’ four-match winning streak was broken by the Shubman Gill-led Titans, who won the match by three wickets in a last-ball thriller on Wednesday. “Sanju Samson, the Rajasthan Royals captain, has been fined after his team maintained a slow over rate during their TATA Indian Premier League (IPL) 2024 match against Gujarat Titans at the Sawai…

An inconsistent Punjab Kings will go up against an unpredictable Sunrisers Hyderabad in match 23 of the Indian Premier League 2024 on Tuesday. (Preview | Full Coverage) Both SRH and PBKS are fifth and sixth respectively in the table with two wins and two losses each. After winning their opening match at the newly-built Maharaja Yadavindra Singh International Cricket Stadium in Mullanpur, Chandigarh, the Kings will return to their home. The batting of the Shikhar Dhawan-led side has blown hot and cold while the same could be said about their bowling.…

In doing so, the franchise became the first team in the history of T20 cricket to register a total of 150 wins. Yesterday’s victory over DC was MI’s 139th in IPL. The five-team IPL champions have also won 11 games in the now defunct Champions League T20. MI achieved this feat in their 273rd T20 match. Apart from 273 wins MI also have 117 defeats against their name. The favourite team of the five-time IPL champions has been Kolkata Knight Riders whom they have beaten 23 times, while Chennai Super…

The youngster returned with figures of 5/30 in 3.5 overs, which includedThe youngster returned with figures of 5/30 in 3.5 overs, which included a double-wicket maiden, as Lucknow Super Giants beat former champions Gujarat Titans by 33 runs at Ekana Cricket Stadium, Lucknow. a double-wicket maiden, as Lucknow Super Giants beat former champions Gujarat Titans by 33 runs at Ekana Cricket Stadium, Lucknow. A right-arm medium pacer from Kolkata, who plays for Vidarbha in domestic cricket, Thakur thus became the third bowler to bag a five-for against the Titans after…

Even with Punjab Kings batter Shashank Singh going all guns blazing on one end, a victory for his team looked unlikely against Gujarat Titans (GT) on Thursday in their Indian Premier League (IPL) match at the Narendra Modi Stadium in Ahmedabad. (Full Coverage) The Kings needed 50 off 27 balls when the Madhya Pradesh born Ashutosh Sharma walked in at 8 as the Impact Player. When Sharma left on the first ball of the final over, the equation read 7 runs off 5 balls. In the 43-run stand that he…

Sher budha zarur hho gaya lekin shikaar karna nahi bhoola (Tiger may be getting old, but still knows how to hunt)” is a famous dialogue from the popular Bollywood film ‘Bharat’ and it might hold true for some of the senior pros of Indian cricket, who have shown that they have still got it. Whether it’s Mohit Sharma, Shikhar Dhawan or now Ishant Sharma, all of them are reminding everyone what they can still do despite being in the twilight of their careers. Ishant, the tall Indian pacer, may have…

Hardik Pandya has taken over the captaincy of the Mumbai Indians (MI), the skipper is under constant scanner. He is facing a tough IPL phase this year with hostile crowd at stadiums, who keeps booing the MI skipper. Not just this, questions too have been raised on his poor on-field decisions. The all-rounder has cleared that the criticism doesn’t affect him much, but the intensity of the anger against him is looking unstoppable. In addition to this, MI has also not won any of the matches in this season so far. Now,…

Royal Challengers Bengaluru will be up against the Lucknow Super Giants in a repeat of the most heated contest of the 2023 edition of the IPL. However, the home team RCB is under pressure having lost two games so far and will have to tackle a resurgent LSG outfit at the bowlers’ graveyard. The Royal Challengers Bengaluru have found themselves in a tricky spot in the 2024 edition of the IPL having lost two games out of three played thus far as the home ground continues to bring bad news and results…

The Royal Challengers Bengaluru’s (RCB) issues with their bowling continue to persist in the 2024 edition of the IPL as well. Kolkata Knight Riders chased down a target of 183 runs in just 16.5 overs as they made the RCB attack look like club cricket-level at Bengaluru’s M Chinnaswamy Stadium on Friday, March 22. Virat Kohli’s 83* helped RCB get to a score in excess of 182, which looked to be par with the slower balls gripping from the surface. However, the wicket got better as the match progressed and…