IPL team captains for the 2025 season. (Pic credit: IPL/BCCI) The much-awaited IPL 2025 kicked off on Saturday, 22 March, with a thrilling season opener between defending champions Kolkata Knight Riders (KKR) and Royal Challengers Bengaluru (RCB) at the Eden Gardens. The 18th edition of the Indian Premier League promises high-octane cricket as ten teams…
The NBA standings determines the performance of each team throughout the regular season, which includes key metrics like wins, losses, win percentage and other metrics like Games behind (GB), Conference records and division records. These statistics determine playoff seedings, making it crucial to understand tiebreaker rules: Win Percentage (PCT): Number of wins divided by the…
Barcelona’s Robert Lewandowski scores the goal. (AP Photo) Barcelona climbed to the summit of the La Liga standings after securing a narrow 1-0 victory against Rayo Vallecano at home, with Robert Lewandowski converting a penalty kick.Following recent setbacks by both Madrid clubs, who drew 1-1 whilst playing with reduced squads on Saturday, Barcelona capitalised on…
Aiden Markram. (AP Photo) NEW DELHI: South Africa clinched a dominant 10-wicket victory over Pakistan at Newlands on Monday, cementing their top spot in the World Test Championship (WTC) standings.With a points percentage of 69.44, South Africa will finish as leaders of the WTC league phase, regardless of the results from Australia’s upcoming two-Test series…
Australian players celebrate on the last day of the fourth Test between Australia and India at the Melbourne Cricket Ground. (AP) Australia have taken a giant step towards the final of the World Test Championship after beating India by 184-runs in a dramatic finish to the fourth Test in the Border-Gavaskar Trophy. From a seemingly…
Australia’s Travis Head bats on Day 1 of the fourth Test between Australia and India at the Melbourne Cricket Ground. (AP) The fourth Test match between Australia and India got underway on Thursday at the Melbourne Cricket Ground with the series locked at 1-1. Both teams are now striving to catch up with South Africa…
Smriti Mandhana. (ANI Photo) Smriti Mandhana has climbed the T20I and ODI batting rankings. The Indian batter now holds the second position in both formats. This follows her impressive performances against the West Indies.The latest ICC rankings update, released Tuesday, reveals Mandhana’s ODI rating of 739. Only South Africa’s Laura Wolvaardt, with a rating of…
The ICC Test mace (Photo Source: ICC) India’s 10-wicket defeat in the pink-ball Test against Australia in Adelaide on Sunday pushed them down to number three in the World Test Championship (WTC) standings, which will decide the two finalists to play in the summit clash next year in June at Lord’s.India could score just 180…
NEW DELHI: New Zealand‘s World Test Championship Final hopes faced a setback on Tuesday as they received a three-point penalty for slow over-rate in their match against England, resulting in a slide in the standings, according to ICC.This development benefits India, who maintain their leading position with 61.11 percentage points. How a change in batting…