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DC vs MI Toss LIVE Update, IPL 2025: Will coin flip favour Axar Patel’s Delhi or Hardik Pandya’s Mumbai today?
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DC vs MI Toss LIVE Update, IPL 2025: Will coin flip favour Axar Patel’s Delhi or Hardik Pandya’s Mumbai today?

DC vs MI Toss Live Update IPl 2025:  Delhi Capitals will host Mumbai Indians in their first home game at the Arun Jaitley Stadium in Delhi on Sunday evening. With the Delhi venue aiding high-scoring games over the last few years, both sides will be aiming to go out all guns blazing, with the toss not playing as major a factor as it can at other venues. DC vs MI LIVE Toss Update IPl 2025 match at Arun Jaitley Stadium in Delhi Toss: To be held at 7 PM IST. Story continues below this ad DC in Delhi in IPL 2024 Delhi Capitals nearly took the toss out of the equation at the Kotla last year when they won all four games where they lost the toss. Furthermore, all the wins came defending targets with their only defeat in Delhi coming in a chase after losing the toss. Toss won at ho...
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MI vs RCB: Virat Kohli, Rajat Patidar pile up a run mountain, Krunal Pandya wins battle of brothers
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MI vs RCB: Virat Kohli, Rajat Patidar pile up a run mountain, Krunal Pandya wins battle of brothers

Hardik Pandya threatened a grand heist with a sensational 15-ball 42 but RCB prevailed in a thriller, winning by 12 runs. Virat Kohli sizzled with a classy fifty, Rajat Patidar sparkled with a spunky half ton as RCB piled 221 and managed to get past Hardik and Tilak Varma to register a special win.RCB had lost their last six games at the Wankhede stadium but they breached the fortress with a scintillating batting display and by holding their nerves in the chase. Kohli turned on the run tap with an innings of quality, repeatedly taking on the bowlers before Patidar gave them a dream finish. The leggie Suyash Sharma held Mumbai back in the middle overs but Hardik and Tilak nearly seized the night until Josh Hazlewood and Krunal Pandya intervened to stop them at 209/9. Finally, a proper rolle...
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‘It looked like he had that zip and late swing’: Mumbai Indians captain Hardik Pandya lauds debutant Ashwani Kumar’s match-winning performance vs KKR
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‘It looked like he had that zip and late swing’: Mumbai Indians captain Hardik Pandya lauds debutant Ashwani Kumar’s match-winning performance vs KKR

Mumbai Indians skipper Hardik Pandya lavished praise on debutant Ashwani Kumar for his 4-wicket haul against defending champions Kolkata Knight Riders at the Wankhede on Monday. Pandya revealed that he decided to go with Ashwani after witnessing him in action in a practice game where he had zip and late swing, adding that he thought the 23-year-old had a pretty different action. “This wicket just offered a bit more and we thought Ashwani can come in and bowl the way he bowled. First of all, it’s all because of the scouts. All MI scouts have gone all the places and picked these young kids. We played a practice game and it looked like he had that zip and late swing, had a different action and plus he is a leftie. The way he took that wicket of Russell was a very crucial wicket,” Hardik said ...
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Prasidh Krishna, Sai Sudharsan sparkle as Gujarat Titans roll over Mumbai Indians on black-soil Ahmedabad pitch
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Prasidh Krishna, Sai Sudharsan sparkle as Gujarat Titans roll over Mumbai Indians on black-soil Ahmedabad pitch

Gujarat Titans’ choice to pick a blacksoil sluggish track for the game paid off as Mumbai Indians couldn’t adapt, and lost steam in the chase.Gujarat Titans’ assistant coach Parthiv Patel mentioned during the first innings that it was a deliberate choice from his team to choose a black-soil pitch in Ahmedabad that is on the slower side where the ball can stop a touch as Mumbai Indians, he felt, were more used to red-soil tracks. With the ball not coming on, Mumbai would struggle more than their team. He was proved right as the wheels came off the chase in the second half as the 197-run target proved 36 runs beyond them. Prasidh sparkles The timeout at the end of the eight over of the chase triggered rather interesting scenes. MI were 69 for 2. Unsurprisingly, GT coach Ashish Nehra was out ...
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IPL 2025, MI vs GT | With Hardik back, MI looks to target under-fire Titans
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IPL 2025, MI vs GT | With Hardik back, MI looks to target under-fire Titans

Mumbai Indians Hardik Pandya with Head Coach Mahela Jayawardene during the practice session ahead of IPL 2025 cricket match between Gujarat Titans and Mumbai Indians at Narendra Modi Stadium in Ahmedabad, Gujarat on March 27, 2025. | Photo Credit: Vijay Soneji Gujarat Titans will look to preserve its spotless home record against Mumbai Indians as the two sides meet in an IPL 2025 match at the Narendra Modi Stadium in Ahmedabad on Saturday (March 29, 2025).The Titans have had the better of Mumbai Indians in all three of their match-ups in Ahmedabad across the last two seasons. Both teams come into the fixture after having stumbled in their season openers. While Mumbai lost to Chennai Super Kings in an away e...
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With Hardik Pandya suspended, SKY to captain MI in IPL opener against CSK at Chepauk
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With Hardik Pandya suspended, SKY to captain MI in IPL opener against CSK at Chepauk

Mumbai Indians’ Suryakumar Yadav. File. | Photo Credit: PTI Suryakumar Yadav will captain Mumbai Indians in their opening IPL match against Chennai Super Kings on Sunday (March 23, 2025) as regular skipper Hardik Pandya will be forced to sit out due to a one-match suspension for over-rate offences committed by the team last season.Suryakumar is the national T20 captain and recently led the side to a 4-1 triumph over England at home.However, his batting form wasn't particularly impressive and he managed just 38 runs in the five outings during the series."Surya leads India as well. When I am not there he is the ideal choice," Pandya said during MI's pre-season press conference in Mumbai.MI head coach Mahela Jayaw...
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It’s been a 360 degree turnaround: Hardik Pandya reflects on roller-coaster last few months
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It’s been a 360 degree turnaround: Hardik Pandya reflects on roller-coaster last few months

File photo of Mumbai Indians captain Hardik Pandya. | Photo Credit: K.R. Deepak From incessant boos to frenzied adulation — star India all-rounder Hardik Pandya has seen it all in the last few months, during which his life underwent a "360 degree turnaround" and keeping him afloat in the turmoil was his determination to "never leave the battlefield". As he gears up for his second IPL season as Mumbai Indians captain, Pandya can expect a markedly warmer reception at the Wankhede after playing crucial roles in India's T20 World Cup and the ICC Champions Trophy triumphs. The backlash he faced in IPL 2024 was triggered by the team's decision to hand him the leadership role, replacing Mumbai's very own Rohit Sharma...
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Ricky Ponting credits Ravindra Jadeja, Axar Patel, Hardik Pandya for India’s Champions Trophy triumph
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Ricky Ponting credits Ravindra Jadeja, Axar Patel, Hardik Pandya for India’s Champions Trophy triumph

Former Australia captain Ricky Ponting has lauded India’s all-rounders trio of Ravindra Jadeja, Axar Patel and Hardik Patel for their “outstanding” performance throughout the 2025 Champions Trophy, which was eventually won by the Rohit Sharma-led team. “Their all-rounders right through the tournament were outstanding,” Ponting said on the latest edition of The ICC Review. “(Ravindra) Jadeja, Axar Patel, Hardik Pandya, were all outstanding. I said at the start of the tournament I thought India would be really hard to beat because of their overall balance and because of that mix of youth and experience, and once again, in a final, the captain stands up and gets the job done for his team.” Story continues below this ad India’s Ravindra Jadeja hits the winning run against N...
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‘He was a better and bigger performer’: Mohammad Hafeez and Shoaib Akhtar compare Hardik Pandya to Abdul Razzaq
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‘He was a better and bigger performer’: Mohammad Hafeez and Shoaib Akhtar compare Hardik Pandya to Abdul Razzaq

Former Pakistan cricketers Shoaib Akhtar and Mohammad Hafeez would compare Indian all-rounder Hardik Pandya to another ex-Pakistan player Abdul Razzaq and both would agree that Razzaq was a better player than Hardik. However, Hafeez would also concede that Pakistan cricket should have taken more care of Razzaq and also the player himself should have responded more. “I would agree with him. You take out the details of Abdul Razzaq’s performances. He was a better and bigger performer. But the system didn’t look after him and the player also didn’t respond that much. He was limited in his skills and didn’t try to outdo his own potential. Whatever I’ve seen of Razzaq, he was better than this version of Hardik,” Hafeez said speaking on ‘Game on Hai.’ “Hardik is no Marshall, Waqar, Lee or Srinat...
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It’s been a different Varun Chakravarthy since he has come back to international cricket: Suryakumar Yadav
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It’s been a different Varun Chakravarthy since he has come back to international cricket: Suryakumar Yadav

India’s T20I captain Suryakumar Yadav on Tuesday said mystery spinner Varun Chakravarthy has been a different player since his comeback to international cricket, for he has become mentally tougher and plays with a smile on his face.Chakravarthy returned excellent figures of 5/42 in India’s convincing victory over New Zealand in Dubai on Sunday, which helped the team to top their group on way to the semifinals of the tournament. “The way he left in 2021 and the way he has come back, there are two different Varun Chakravarthys,” Suryakumar, the brand ambassador of Moha, told the media here at an event. Story continues below this ad “He has become a little tough mentally, yet he is smiling a lot and taking everything in his stride irrespective of what happens on the field whi...
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Champions Trophy: How Shreyas Iyer, Rohit Sharma are the faces of India’s risk management
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Champions Trophy: How Shreyas Iyer, Rohit Sharma are the faces of India’s risk management

As pitches in Dubai seem to be getting slower with each outing, all eyes are on the Indian spinners. However, for India to go the distance a lot is riding on the batting unit, which so far has adapted exceptionally to the sort of tracks that have been their biggest undoing in recent times. With a century each to Shubman Gill and Virat Kohli, they have two in-form batsmen in the top three to go with Rohit Sharma to provide rapid starts. In the middle overs where they need to be flexible with their approach against spinners, they have a solid middle-order which includes an enforcer in Shreyas Iyer and two busy players in Axar Patel and KL Rahul before the finishing job is handed over to Hardik Pandya and Ravindra Jadeja. This is as good a top 8 as a team could get in these conditions where b...
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IND vs NZ Rollercoaster: Varun slides into direct contention, Phillips takes a stunner & Rohit’s pull needs a rethink
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IND vs NZ Rollercoaster: Varun slides into direct contention, Phillips takes a stunner & Rohit’s pull needs a rethink

Has Varun Chakravarthy powered himself to earning a spot In the semifinal and maybe beyond? Ravi Shastri roared: “What he’s done is that he has put his hand up now for a spot in the semifinal in the playing XI, because the pitches will be the same, he has been outstanding tonight. Well more headaches for the think-tank and selectors.” With his figures of 5/42, Varun has almost definitely sealed his spot to take on the Aussies in Dubai on Tuesday.Earlier though amidst his flipper and top spinner variations, while aiming at the stumps, there was a tiny slice of luck. And he had Michael Gough to thank. When the English umpire gives a decision on field, rarely has it been overturned in recent times. But he made a rare mistake on Sunday in Dubai when he gave Michael Bracewell out LBW against Va...
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IND vs PAK ICC Champions Trophy: Five key pointers that signified the gulf in class between the teams
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IND vs PAK ICC Champions Trophy: Five key pointers that signified the gulf in class between the teams

– Pakistan were off to a decent start, but lost two wickets just before the end of the first Powerplay. Mohammad Rizwan and Saud Shakeel immediately went into a shell. On the other hand, India, despite losing Rohit Sharma relatively early, didn’t hit the brakes too hard. Between overs 11-20, Pakistan scored just 27 runs and faced 36 dots (60%) while India scored 45 runs and played 25 dots (41.7%) – While Pakistan were able to gradually build in the middle overs, India triggered a collapse soon after. Set batters Rizwan and Shakeel were dismissed in back-to-back overs, just after the second drinks break. Pakistan went from 151/2 in the 34th over to 200/7 in the 43rd over. India, after Rohit’s cameo, had two match-defining partnerships that never allowed Pakistan a footing in the game. – Axa...
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Hardik Pandya makes extraordinary look like an everyday chore, taking India to 15-run thrilling win
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Hardik Pandya makes extraordinary look like an everyday chore, taking India to 15-run thrilling win

In a game of multiple narratives, sterling cameos and comebacks within comebacks, the chief protagonist remained Hardik Pandya. The soul of India’s 15-run, series-sealing victory over England was the wisdom, the chutzpah and belief of Hardik Pandya. When the match wound up, maroon and red plumes from the firecrackers worming into the skies, the cameras converged on Pandya, who strolled with an air of indifference, as though his match-turning 53 was nothing special, but just an ordinary show. Perhaps, he has reached a stage of his career where routine match-defining acts don’t excite him. He has shaped the destiny of countless matches, won every accolade the shortest format could bestow over a cricketer and there is no dream that remains unfulfilled. He makes no fuss, inspires no needless ...
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