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1 week ago | 
espn.in | S Sudarshanan |Karthik Krishnaswamy |Hemant Brar
A few bowlers awaiting their turn at the Mumbai Indians (MI) nets on Wednesday peered over to their right. Sunrisers Hyderabad (SRH) were into their training and two key batters were doing their thing. A mellow version of Travis Head went through several of his shots, just not with the free-flowing bat swing. In the adjacent net, Abhishek Sharma had a longish bowling stint with plenty of laughs - at one point he was adamant Abhinav Manohar was caught by one of the imaginary boundary riders.
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1 week ago | 
espn.in | S Sudarshanan |Deivarayan Muthu
Nitish Rana started IPL 2025 by batting at No. 4 and scoring 11 and 8. Ahead of Rajasthan Royals' (RR) match against Chennai Super Kings (CSK) in Guwahati, he was pushed to No. 3 and he scored a 36-ball 81. He batted at that spot just once in the next three games. For Rana, his batting position is all about what the situation demands and he's prepared to move up and down the order.
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1 month ago | 
espn.in | S Sudarshanan |Sreshth Shah
Where they finished last yearSeventh. Lucknow Super Giants (LSG) started with three wins in their first four IPL 2024 matches, but couldn't win more than two in a row after that. They had the lowest net run-rate (-0.667) among the four teams that finished with 14 points, with the best of the quartet making the playoffs. What's new in IPL 2025Ahead of the last mega auction, LSG let go of KL Rahul, who had led them to two playoffs in 2022 and 2023, their first IPL two seasons.
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1 month ago | 
espn.in | S Sudarshanan |Vishal Dikshit
It is not often that Jemimah Rodrigues is a far cry from her cheerful self. Alice Capsey and Shafali Verma also seldom shy away from a laugh. But as the Delhi Capitals dragged themselves towards the presentation area, the dejection loomed large. A few hundred fans who were cheering Rodrigues, Shafali, Shikha Pandey and the others only got a nod with heads bowed down in response. The players were desperately searching for a shoulder to lean on.
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1 month ago | 
espn.in | Vishal Dikshit |S Sudarshanan |Sampath Bandarupalli
As soon as the umpire's finger went up to signal Shafali Verma's dismissal, a fired up Shabnim Ismail sped towards captain Harmanpreet Kaur at cover with a couple of punches thrown in the air. Ismail roared. Harmanpreet roared back louder. Once they were face to face, fists pumping, veins on their arms about to pop, they paused for a second and suddenly surged into each other's arms just as the noise around them reached a crescendo.
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1 month ago | 
espn.in | S Sudarshanan |Sampath Bandarupalli
Harmanpreet Kaur has hailed Mumbai Indians' fighting spirit after they withstood severe pressure from Delhi Capitals on their way to an eight-run win in the final of WPL 2025. It was MI's second title in three seasons of the tournament. "The way we played today, we fought till the last ball, even though we didn't start the way we wanted," Harmanpreet, who was also the Player of the Match for her 44-ball 66, said at the presentation.
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1 month ago | 
espn.in | Vishal Dikshit |S Sudarshanan |Daya Sagar
The league phase of WPL 2025 is over, and with the knockouts to come, we asked our correspondents to write about the players who have thrilled them, the 'wow' moments and surprises from the season so far, and to tell us the match-ups to watch in the knockouts. A moment that made you go 'wow'Hemant Brar: Gujarat Giants' Kashvee Gautam stepping out to Mumbai Indians' Shabnim Ismail, hitting her for a six, and celebrating it with multiple fist pumps.
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1 month ago | 
espn.in | S Sudarshanan |Daya Sagar |Vishal Dikshit
Harmanpreet Kaur is among the few batters in the women's game who does not need a free hit to get going. When she got one in Mumbai Indians' (MI) opening match of WPL 2025, she took full toll. She waltzed down the track and smacked Radha Yadav over the long-off boundary for a 74m hit. It was just the ninth ball Harmanpreet had faced; little did we know it was a sign of things to come. Ever since Harmanpreet's international debut in 2009, her strokeplay has attracted attention.
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1 month ago | 
espn.in | Hemant Brar |S Sudarshanan
"Hum bane hi udne ke liye hain. Thehraav aayega par hum udna nahi bhoolenge [I am born to fly. There can be stoppages but they cannot make me forget how to fly]." Those were the words of Amanjot Kaur, Mumbai Indians' seam-bowling allrounder, after a thrilling, penultimate-ball win against Royal Challengers Bengaluru in WPL 2025. Those who were at the M Chinnaswamy Stadium that day did witness Amanjot flying. After MI opted to bowl first, she picked up 3 for 22 to help restrict RCB to 167 for 7.
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2 months ago | 
espn.in | Nagraj Gollapudi |S Sudarshanan
In the wake of the contentious run-out incidents during the last-ball thriller between Delhi Capitals and Mumbai Indians on February 15, the WPL has notified teams that the LED bail will need to be fully dislodged for umpires to judge that the wicket is broken in the context of run-out and stumping decisions. This means the pre-existing playing condition, which states that the stumps are deemed to be broken when the bails light up, will not be applicable in WPL 2025 going forward.
