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File photo of Chennai Super Kings captain Ruturaj Gaikwad with head coach Stephen Fleming. | Photo Credit: R. Ragu Chennai Super Kings is one of the most successful Indian Premier League teams It has also appeared in ten finals and qualified for the playoff stages 12 times, the most among the IPL franchises.This time around, CSK traded Ravindra Jadeja and Sam Curran in place of Rajasthan Royals’ Sanju Samson.Called as a ‘Dad’s Army’, CSK in the IPL 2026 auction opted for young and fresh players to boost up their team. In 2025, CSK ended at the last place.Previously led by…

There is a studious zeal to how R. Smaran goes about his cricket. While batting, he is focused and efficient and not outrightly flashy and extravagant. While speaking, he is both poised and confident without sounding overtly cerebral and nerdy. These facets found wholesome expression in the 2025-26 Ranji Trophy as Smaran, 22, scored a chart-topping 950 runs in Karnataka’s first run to the final in over a decade.What made it all the more remarkable was the fact that the performance came when the side had accomplished batters Karun Nair and Devdutt Padikkal for a majority of the games, and…

Kishan in a conversation with head coach Vettori. | Photo Credit: Sunrisers Hyderabad Sunrisers Hyderabad enters IPL 2026 with a familiar identity and one built on enviable batting firepower.On paper, it once again boasts the league’s most formidable batting line-up that is capable of outscoring any opponent. Yet, some questions linger. Will this batting might be enough to carry it all the way? Can a largely inexperienced bowling unit, sans Pat Cummins for the opening matches, hold its own against IPL’s big hitters? Focusing on its forte makes sense, but is it wise to be over-dependent on it?To be fair…

India is often described as an “underinsured” country. This claim is usually backed by two numbers that appear regularly in official speeches, policy papers, and media commentary: life insurance penetration and density. Low values of these indicators are taken as proof that insurance coverage in India is inadequate and that large sections of the population remain unprotected.The problem is not that these numbers are wrong. The problem is that they are misunderstood — and then used to draw the wrong conclusions during public discourses.In everyday economic language, penetration refers to how widely a product is used. Mobile phone penetration, for…

South Africa players celebrate their win in the fourth Twenty20 international cricket match agaisnt New Zealand in Wellington on March 22, 2026 | Photo Credit: AFP New Zealand foundered against South Africa’s spinners as the Proteas won the fourth Twenty20 by 19 runs Sunday (March 22, 2026) to level the five-match series at 2-2.Connor Esterhuizen made a maiden half-century from 33 balls as South Africa scored 164-5 after choosing to bat. Esterhuizen eventually was out for 57 and his innings made the difference between the teams.New Zealand was ahead at 63-2 after the powerplay with Tim Robinson making 32 from…

South Africa’s Keshav Maharaj. File | Photo Credit: AP Mar 22 (AP) South Africa captain Keshav Maharaj has won the toss Sunday (March 22, 2026) and chosen to bowl in the fourth Twenty20 against New Zealand.After a series of low-scoring matches, New Zealand leads the series 2-1. South Africa won the first match by seven wickets while New Zealand won the second by 68 runs and the third by eight wickets.Tom Latham, who made 63 to lead New Zealand to victory in the third match on Friday, is out of action with a thumb injury.Latham’s opening partner Devon Conway, captain…

Image used for representation | Photo Credit: Getty Images/iStockphoto Rwanda’s Fanny Utagushimaninde became the ​youngest cricketer to score ‌a T20 international century ​during her ⁠team’s 122-run win over Ghana at the Nigeria Invitational ‌Women’s T20I Tournament in Lagos on ‌Saturday (March 21, 2026).Utagushimaninde, aged 15 ‌years ⁠and 223 days, ⁠smashed an unbeaten 111 off 65 balls, surpassing the ​previous record ‌held by Uganda’s Prosscovia Alako, who was 16 years and 233 ‌days old when ​she struck 116 against Mali in ⁠Kigali in 2019.The Rwandan opener also became the ‌first woman to score a hundred on international debut in the format.On…

The Royals players put in the hard yards in the pre-season camp. | Photo Credit: PTI If you are a Rajasthan Royals fan, you are allowed a cry or two in anguish.Firstly you see your best player and captain leave Jaipur after lighting up the Sawai Mansingh Stadium for over a decade with his gorgeous strokeplay. He then goes on to win India the T20 World Cup. Sanju Samson is the man of the moment in Indian cricket, but he has traded pink for yellow.Later, you hear that one of the two men who Royals traded from Chennai Super Kings…

“Not every customer is willing to pay higher airfares, so there is a limit to how high we can price before demand drops,” Air India CEO Campbell Wilson said. File | Photo Credit: The Hindu Air India CEO Campbell Wilson warned airline employees of a possible travel demand squeeze due to the rising cost of aviation turbine fuel and urged for “tighter-than-ever” control on all non-essential spending.He also cautioned that, depending on how the situation evolves, the airline may have to trim capacityAlso Read: Iran-Israel LIVE Updates on March 21, 2026In his first remarks on the impact of the ongoing…

Kolkata Knight Riders suffered yet another blow to their pace resources with India seamer Akash Deep ruled out for at least eight weeks due to a stress reaction in the lower back on Saturday (March 21, 2026), which effectively sidelined him from the Indian Premier League.The injury has also put the right-arm pacer in serious doubt for the one-off Test against Afghanistan in early June.“Akash Deep has had stress reaction on his lower back. There has been recurrence and it might take 8-12 weeks to heal. He is not going to play the IPL and is very unlikely to be…