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Kolkata Knight Riders’s Varun Chakaravarthy bowls during a practice session on the eve of the Indian Premier League (IPL) 2026 cricket match against Sunrisers Hyderabad, in Kolkata, Wednesday, April 1, 2026. | Photo Credit: K.R. DEEPAK Kolkata Knight Riders (KKR) head coach Abhishek Nayar on Wednesday expressed confidence that spinner Varun Chakaravarthy would bounce back in the Indian Premier League (IPL).Varun conceded a lot of runs in the T20 World Cup and in KKR’s IPL opener against Mumbai Indians (0/48 in four overs) at the Wankhede Stadium the other night.However, Nayar solidly backed the spinner. “He has gone through a…

Elegant and ruthless: Rohit had a belligerent start to IPL 2026, smashing 78 runs at a strike rate of 205. | Photo Credit: EMMANUAL YOGINI The last competitive match Rohit Sharma had played before walking out at the Wankhede Stadium on Sunday night in Mumbai Indians’ Indian Premier League opener was in January. His previous T20 outing had come nearly 10 months ago, when Punjab Kings ended Mumbai Indians’ run in Qualifier 2.But when Rohit took guard against Kolkata Knight Riders in what turned out to be MI’s highest successful chase in the IPL, the rust lasted all of four…

Updated on: Apr 01, 2026 7:14:12 PM ISTLucknow Super Giants vs Delhi Capitals Live Score, Match 5 of Indian Premier League, 2026Lucknow Super Giants vs Delhi Capitals Live Score: Welcome to the live coverage of Match 5 of Indian Premier League, 2026. Match will start on 01 Apr 2026 at 07:30 PMVenue : Bharat Ratna Shri Atal Bihari Vajpayee Ekana Cricket Stadium, LucknowLucknow Super Giants squad – Mitchell Marsh, Mohammad Shami, Shahbaz Ahamad, Anrich Nortje, Nicholas Pooran, Aiden Markram, Avesh Khan, Wanindu Hasaranga, Himmat Singh, Matthew Breetzke, Rishabh Pant, Josh Inglis, Manimaran Siddharth, Mohsin Khan, Ayush Badoni, Arjun Tendulkar, Akash…

Updated on: Apr 01, 2026 7:02:12 PM ISTMultan Sultans vs Hyderabad Kingsmen Live Score, Match 8 of Pakistan Super League, 2026Multan Sultans vs Hyderabad Kingsmen Live Score: Welcome to the live coverage of Match 8 of Pakistan Super League, 2026. Match will start on 01 Apr 2026 at 07:30 PMVenue : Gaddafi Stadium, LahoreMultan Sultans squad – Peter Siddle, Steve Smith, Shan Masood, Tabraiz Shamsi, Mohammad Nawaz, Ashton Turner, Mohammad Imran, Sahibzada Farhan, Delano Potgieter, Josh Philippe, Arshad Iqbal, Mohammad Wasim, Atizaz Habib Khan, Faisal Akram, Lachlan Shaw, Muhammad Shahzad, Arafat Minhas, Momin Qamar, Muhammad Ismail, Awais Zafar, Shehzad GulHyderabad…

The goal: Muzarabani believes he “is good enough” for the IPL and that he wants to “play and perform”. | Photo Credit: EMMANUAL YOGINI Guided by Kolkata Knight Riders mentor Dwayne Bravo, Zimbabwean pacer Blessing Muzarabani believes that his Indian Premier League exposure will make him a better bowler.The 6’8’’ tall speedster acknowledged Bravo’s help. “He has already told me a lot of things. Ever since I started playing, he has already given me a lot of information about my bowling. He told me the kind of skills I need, especially in T20 – how to practice and how to…

NTPC, Sun Pharma, Power Grid, UltraTech Cement and Bharti Airtel were the laggards. File | Photo Credit: Reuters Benchmark indices Sensex and Nifty closed nearly 2% higher on Wednesday (April 1, 2026), in tandem with a sharp rally in global markets on hopes of a potential de-escalation in the ongoing West Asia conflict.Starting the new fiscal year on a high note, the 30-share BSE Sensex jumped 1,186.77 points or 1.65% to settle at 73,134.32. During the day, it surged 2,017.03 points or 2.80% to 73,964.58.The 50-share NSE Nifty climbed 348 points or 1.56% to end at 22,679.40.A drop in crude…

Gross domestic revenues rose 5.9% to over ₹1.46 lakh crore, while those from imports grew 17.8% to ₹53,861 crore. File. | Photo Credit: Getty Images/iStockphoto Gross GST collections grew 8.8% to over ₹2 lakh crore in March, aided by tax mop-ups from domestic sales as well as imports, government data showed on Wednesday (April 1, 2026).The gross Goods and Services Tax (GST) mop-up was ₹1.83 lakh crore in March, 2025.Gross domestic revenues rose 5.9% to over ₹1.46 lakh crore, while those from imports grew 17.8% to ₹53,861 crore.Refund issuance during March rose 13.8% to ₹22,074 crore, the latest data showed.After…

There is something profoundly distressing about an international cricketer trying to forget his days in the game. Laxman Sivaramakrishnan, 60, became a national hero in his brief career, and a victim of colourism in a country that looks down upon the dark-skinned.His is not an isolated case. Abhinav Mukund has spoken about skin colour bias, as have movie stars, and others affected.As a prodigiously talented leg-spinner, Siva was good enough to play for India at 17 alongside his state skipper S. Venkatraghavan, who had made his Test debut before Siva was born! At 19, he won a Test for India, claiming 12 wickets against England in…

Punjab Kings’ skipper Shreyas Iyer during their Indian Premier League 2026 match at Maharaja Yadavindra Singh International Cricket Stadium. | Photo Credit: ANI Punjab Kings captain Shreyas Iyer was fined ₹12 lakh after his team maintained a slow over-rate during their IPL match against Gujarat Titans in Mullanpur.Punjab Kings defeated GT by three wickets to start their IPL 2026 campaign on a winning note.”As this was his team’s first offence of the season under Article 2.22 of the IPL’s Code of Conduct, which pertains to minimum over-rate offences, Iyer was fined ₹12 lakhs,” stated a media release.Pacer Vyshak Vijayakumar and…

There is something profoundly distressing about an international cricketer trying to forget his days in the game. Laxman Sivaramakrishnan, 60, became a national hero in his brief career, and a victim of colourism in a country that looks down upon the dark-skinned.His is not an isolated case. Abhinav Mukund has spoken about skin colour bias, as have movie stars, and others affected.As a prodigiously talented leg-spinner, Siva was good enough to play for India at 17 alongside his state skipper S. Venkatraghavan, who had made his Test debut before Siva was born! At 19, he won a Test for India, claiming 12 wickets against England in Mumbai.A couple…