IPL 2024: Delhi Capitals (DC) has brought in South African fast bowler Lizaad Williams to replace Harry Brook, who left the Indian Premier League (IPL) to mourn his grandmother. Williams, who has played for South Africa since 2021, will now join Delhi Capitals for ₹50 lakh. DC had signed Brook for ₹4 crore. Brook’s grandmother…
BENGALURU: After avoiding the wooden spoon in the inaugural WPL, RCB skipper Smriti Mandhana was given a free hand to ring in changes. An overhaul of the coaching staff followed. At the Hundred in August, the 27-year-old worked with Luke Williams, an Australian with proven credentials in women’s franchise cricket. Williams had coached the Adelaide…
The second season of WPL grabbed a lot of eyeballs with high-octane batting, sixes galore and last-over finishesNEW DELHI: It was a cathartic moment. When Richa Ghosh hit the winning runs in the final, the entire fan base of Royal Challengers Bangalore must have felt a burden being lifted off their shoulders. After all, the…
NEW DELHI: Star Indian batter Virat Kohli expressed his delight on joining the Royal Challengers Bangalore (RCB) camp in preparation for the upcoming Indian Premier League (IPL), scheduled to commence on March 22.Kohli acknowledged his happiness, stating, “It is really good to be back,” as he gears up to represent his franchise once again in…
NEW DELHI: Captain of Royal Challengers Bangalore Smriti Mandhana disclosed that she was unable to hear anything at all during her video call with India’s legendary batsman Virat Kohli, but that he was clearly happy following RCB‘s victory in the Women’s Premier League Season 2.With a masterful effort, RCB defeated Delhi Capitals (DC) by 8…
NEW DELHI: Women rose to the occasion to end the trophy drought for Royal Challengers Bangalore with an eight-wicket victory against Delhi Capitals in the Women’s Premier League final on Sunday.Delhi surrendered the fight at their home ground after their 64-run opening partnership was broken.The official handle of the Women’s Premier League shared a video…
NEW DELHI: Royal Challengers Bangalore‘s (RCB) ‘Ee Sala Cup Namde’ (this year the cup is ours) narrative came to fruition on Sunday as RCB won the Women’s Premier League (WPL) final against Delhi Capitals, securing their long-awaited trophy with an impressive eight-wicket win at the Arun Jaitley Stadium.Reflecting on the triumph, RCB off-spinner Shreyanka Patil,…
What the men haven’t been able to do, the women have done! And done with great poise.Finalists in the 2009, 2011 and 2016 Indian Premier League, the Royal Challengers Bangalore men couldn’t clinch the ultimate prize. The RCB women did it in their first Women’s Premier League (WPL) final itself. As Richa Ghosh smashed a…
NEW DELHI: Meghann Moira Lanning is a superstar or, as she is often called, ‘Megastar’ of women’s cricket. She is a seven-times World Cup (ODI and T20I World Cups included) winner, five of them as a captain, and a Commonwealth Games gold medallist. From scoring the most number of hundreds in women’s cricket (17 tons)…
NEW DELHI: It has been a thrilling second season of the Women’s Premier League (WPL). Close games, high-octane batting, sixes galore, and near sell-out crowds have highlighted the tournament. It could’ve been a repeat of last year’s final with Delhi Capitals once again taking on Mumbai Indians. But, Smriti Mandhana-led Royal Challengers Bangalore pulled off…
