Wood, Mayers shine as Lucknow Super Giants thrash Delhi Capitals in IPL 2023

Mark Wood picks five for 14 and Kyle Mayers makes quickfire 73 to help Lucknow franchise beat Delhi franchise by 50 runs in the two teams’ IPL season opener

Delhi Capitals coach Ricky Ponting wary of travel fatigue in IPL

The former Australia captain says he wants to involve Rishabh Pant despite the player being injured and hopes that David Warner will leave the team with assurance

Respect Gurcharan has earned is priceless: Kapil Dev

Former India captain Kapil Dev and other ex-international stars pay tributes to the veteran coach at the launch of his autobiography

DDCA league weekly round-up

Keshav Dabas and Keshav Dalal score centuries while Bhavishya Malik and Niranjan Ladi miss their tons by a whisker and Manoj Chouhan picks up a five-wicket haul during last week’s games

The life coach

Gurcharan Singh, who has been coaching cricket to kids for over half a century and produced over 100 first-class cricketers, has been awarded Padma Shri. Even today, he stays vigilant in spotting talent

India enter WTC final despite draw in fourth Test

Fourth Test ends in drab draw but thanks to New Zealand’s win over Sri Lanka, India moved to summit clash against Australia at The Oval in June

Kohli’s 186, Patel’s blitz take India ahead

Former skipper scores his 28th century, first since 2019, as India take a significant lead over Australia who now have to fight to save the fourth Test

Time to harvest women’s cricket

Pursuing cricket was tough for girls during our times but now more parents are pushing their daughters into the sport as it promises fame and riches