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The 10 teams of the Indian Premier League will compete in a ‘double round-robin’ format in which they play each other twice, once away and once at home. Source link

The Iran war is upending the global LNG outlook as soaring prices, damage to major supplier Qatar’s export infrastructure and potential delays to new supply raise doubts about ‌previously expected demand from price-sensitive Asian buyers.Before the war, analysts expected global liquefied natural gas supply to rise as much as 10% this year to between 460 million and 484 million metric tons as new capacity, mainly ⁠in the U.S. and Qatar, came online, with demand forecast to grow in tandem.Now, Iran’s blocking of the Strait of Hormuz, which handles 20% of global LNG flows, and damage to Qatar’s liquefaction trains -…

File photo of Vijay Mallya. | Photo Credit: Reuters Vijay Mallya, the original owner of Royal Challenger Bangalore, on Thursday (March 26, 2026) took a dig at critics who called it “investment as a vanity project” after the cricket franchise was sold for almost $2 billion (₹18,776 crore).Mr. Mallya, who had bought Royal Challenger Bangalore (RCB) for ₹450 crore in 2008, in a post on X congratulated the new owners of RCB, saying, “I wish them the very best and Godspeed with the most valuable IPL franchise.” The sale of cricket franchise RCB by United Spirits Ltd (USL) almost tops…

Addressing the levy of any forced surcharge amidst the West Asia crisis’ impact on LPG supplies, the Consumer Central Protection Authority (CCPA), in an advisory issued Tuesday (March 24, 2026), asked restaurants and hotels to not levy any unfair additional charges, such as ‘gas surcharge’, ‘fuel cost recovery’ or ‘gas crisis charge’, over and above the final price of food.The watchdog termed such levies as violation of existing guidelines, in addition to being an “unfair trade practice” as it entails “unjustified costs and lack of transparency”.Read the story hereConsumer protection watchdog directs restaurants, hotels against levying any additional ‘LPG, gas…

Sunrisers Hyderabad | Photo Credit: Shiv Kumar Pushpakar The Sunrisers Hyderabad (SRH) in the Indian Premier League (IPL) history remains one such team whose journey has seen both the crest of winning an IPL title and the trough of finishing last in numerous seasons. In spite of the loss, Sunrisers Hyderabad is admired among fans for its lethal bowling attack and low-score defence strategy. Till date, Sunrisers Hyderabad has clinched IPL title once and came as runners-up for two times.In a significant comeback, Sunrisers Hyderabad finished as runner-up in 2024 after a severe drubbing at the hands of Kolkata Knight…

Despite calls to review the Impact Player rule and revert to traditional 11-a-side contests, Indian Premier League (IPL) officials have indicated that any reassessment will take place only after the 2027 edition.At the customary pre-season captains’ meeting held at the Board of Control for Cricket in India (BCCI) headquarters here on Wednesday (March 25, 2026) evening, a majority of the 10 franchise captains expressed reservations about continuing with the rule.It is understood that once one of the senior-most skippers raised concerns, he received vocal backing from several others during the first all-Indian captains’ gathering ahead of an IPL season.While IPL…

New Zealand’s Zakary Foulkes (R) bawls next to South Africa’s Connor Esterhuizen during the fifth Twenty20 international cricket match between New Zealand and South Africa at Hagley Oval in Christchurch on March 25, 2026. | Photo Credit: AFP Connor Esterhuizen’s knock of 75 off just 33 balls helped South Africa secure a 33-run win over ​New Zealand on Wednesday (March 25, 2026), clinching a comeback 3-2 victory in ‌their five-match Twenty20 series after New Zealand had taken ​a 2-1 lead last week.Esterhuizen, who made ⁠his international debut earlier in the series, rekindled South Africa’s innings after a muted start to…

Harmanpreet Kaur in action. | Photo Credit: Getty Images India women’s cricket team captain Harmanpreet Kaur on Wednesday (March 25, 2026) said last year’s ODI World Cup crown at home gave the side much-needed confidence and self belief to win win more titles anywhere in the world.India defeated South Africa in Navi Mumbai to win their maiden ICC title in November last year.And that achievement has instilled self belief in the side to repeat the feat in the Women’s T20 World Cup, to be staged in the United Kingdom from June 12 to July 5.”Look, I believe that in any…

SRH sweats over the return of Cummins and form of Livingstone. | Photo Credit: K. MURALI KUMAR Sunrisers Hyderabad’s regular skipper Pat Cummins joined the team’s training session at the M. Chinnaswamy Stadium here on Wednesday (March 25, 2026).The Australian fast bowler, who is battling fitness concerns, did not overtly exert himself. The 32-year-old indulged in a light warm up, and took part in fielding and catching drills. He went on to deliver a few balls with a shortened run-up in an empty net.While his Sunrisers teammates went full tilt, Cummins did a few sprints under the watchful eyes of…