Vishal Dikshit

1 month ago | espn.in | Shashank Kishore |Vishal Dikshit

Lucknow Super Giants (LSG) captain Rishabh Pant showed signs of a return to form with his 49-ball 63 against Chennai Super Kings (CSK), even though his side lost by five wickets. Coming into this game, he had scored just 40 runs off 50 balls across five innings in IPL 2025. It was a strange knock, though. Pant walked in at No. 4, after LSG had lost two early wickets, and moved to 27 off just 16 balls. But he slowed down considerably after that and was on 38 off 38 at one point.

1 month ago | espn.in | Shashank Kishore |Vishal Dikshit |Sreshth Shah

By the time Shivam Dube got Chennai Super Kings (CSK) over the line at the Ekana Stadium in Lucknow on Monday, it was hard to tell which the home side was. Flags - because of the sticks - had not been allowed in, but the stands still glowed with the yellow of the CSK jerseys, celebrating despite the un-CSK-ness of the win. It began with a bold call to bench two veterans. R Ashwin, he of the INR 9.5 crore tag, was left out to bring in a seam-bowling allrounder in Jamie Overton.

1 month ago | espn.in | Vishal Dikshit |Sreshth Shah

Lucknow Super Giants (LSG) legspinner Ravi Bishnoi did not know why he didn't get a fourth over despite having figures of 3-0-18-2, but backed Rishabh Pant by saying that the captain was best placed to take such decisions, and he must have had plans in place. LSG were defending 166 at home against Chennai Super Kings (CSK) but failed in their attempt after Shivam Dube and MS Dhoni finished the job with three balls to spare by taking down LSG's pace bowlers in the death overs.

1 month ago | espn.in | Vishal Dikshit |Himanshu Agrawal

Punjab Kings (PBKS) are not getting the most out of their ace legspinner Yuzvendra Chahal, according to their fast-bowling coach James Hopes. Chahal has played in all of PBKS' five games so far but has picked only two wickets to average 83.50, and has finished his quota of four overs in only two games. In fact, in PBKS' 18-run win against Chennai Super Kings (CSK), Chahal was brought on only in the 17th over.

1 month ago | risingnepaldaily.com | Vishal Dikshit

By Vishal Dikshit, April 4 (ESPN CRICINFO): While Kolkata Knight Riders (KKR) regained the dazzling batting form they had lost somewhere on their trip to Mumbai, the Sunrisers Hyderabad (SRH) batting continued to be lackluster as they slumped to their third loss in a row after starting IPL 2025 with a mammoth 286. Four days after being skittled for 116 by Mumbai Indians, KKR posted a stiff 200 for 6, led by a 29-ball 60 from vice-captain Venkatesh Iyer and an unbeaten 17-ball 32 from Rinku Singh.