S. Dipak Ragav

1 week ago | thehindu.com | S. Dipak Ragav

Chennai Super Kings has picked Mumbai batter Ayush Mhatre as replacement for the injured Ruturaj Gaikwad for the rest of the IPL-18 season. The CSK skipper suffered a hairline fracture on his right elbow after getting hit while batting against Rajasthan Royals at Guwahati on March 30. Ruturaj played two more games against Delhi Capitals and Punjab Kings but was ruled out of the tournament before the clash against Kolkata Knight Riders last Friday.

1 week ago | sportstar.thehindu.com | S. Dipak Ragav |Sunil Gavaskar

Former F1 driver Jean Alesi backed Red Bull driver Max Verstappen for the drivers’ title even though the McLarens appear to have the faster car. “If I have to put the money on a driver, it will be Max. It’s very close, but given what we saw last weekend with Max’s drive, I will put the money on him,” said Alesi during a media interaction ahead of the Bahrain GP this weekend. “I was extremely impressed by his drive, not only during the race, but also the qualifying lap he did.

2 weeks ago | thehindu.com | S. Dipak Ragav

Chennai Super Kings and Kolkata Knight Riders have eight IPL titles between them. However, their form in 2025 has been well below the usual high standards. With time running out, both teams will desperately seek a return to winning ways when they meet at the MAC Stadium on Friday (April 11, 2025). CSK has had a nightmarish start so far, lying ninth on the table and is on a four-match losing streak. Only a miraculous turnaround can salvage the season, and it has to start now.

2 weeks ago | thehindu.com | S. Dipak Ragav

It is not often that Chennai Super Kings enters a match in its backyard as the underdog. The five-time champion boasts the best home record (69.86%) in the competition. However, after an indifferent start to its IPL-18 campaign with reverses in its last two outings, the heat is well and truly on Super Kings when it takes on Delhi Capitals in an afternoon fixture at the MAC Stadium on Saturday. The Men in Yellow have quite a few headaches and need to find solutions quickly.

2 weeks ago | thehindu.com | S. Dipak Ragav

Professional sport is often an ideal testing ground for the ‘survival of the fittest’ theory. Conventional wisdom across disciplines is that athletes are only as good as their last result. You can’t survive at the elite level with extended periods of underperformance. In Formula One, that theory was taken to the extreme when Red Bull unceremoniously dropped its second driver, Liam Lawson, after just two races, a move that sent shockwaves up and down the paddock.