The Latest Breaking News from Nicholas Pooran

NEW DELHI: Lucknow Super Giants batter Nicholas Pooran was on a six-hitting spree on Tuesday, and in the process, he became the 36th player to hit 100 or more sixes in the history of Indian Premier League (IPL) while playing against Royal Challengers Bengaluru (RCB) in Bengaluru.

RCB's batting approach under scrutiny as they face LSG, with focus on explosive starts and big totals.

Not merely the 21-year-old bowled the fastest ball of the season, he also took the first three wickets of Punjab Kings to help Lucknow Super Giants register a 21–run win — its first in the 17th edition of the IPL — at the Atal Bihari Vajpayee Stadium on Saturday night.

Twenty20 cricket has largely been a batsmen-friendly format with bowlers allowed only one short-pitched delivery every over, including in international games, but the Indian cricket board tweaked the rule to level the playing field at this year’s IPL.

NEW DELHI: Sandeep Sharma, a Rajasthan Royals pacer, hailed a rule change in the Indian Premier League (IPL) that permits bowlers to bowl two bouncers every over, claiming it will keep batters guessing and the game more unpredictable.

NEW DELHI: Veteran spinner Ravichandran Ashwin commended the stellar performance of right-arm seamer Sandeep Sharma after Rajasthan Royals' triumphant start to their IPL 2024 campaign against Lucknow Super Giants.

JAIPUR: Rajasthan Royals tasked Sandeep Sharma with a tough job - to stop the growing partnership of 85 off 51 balls between KL Rahul (58 off 44 balls) and Nicholas Pooran (64 not out off 41 balls) as Lucknow Super Giants (LSG) needed 49 from 24 balls. The seamer did…

Indian Premier League 2024: Rajasthan Royals vs Lucknow Super Giants in Jaipur on March 24. It is K.L. Rahul versus Sanju Samson.

NEW DELHI: All eyes are on KL Rahul as he prepares to lead Lucknow Super Giants (LSG), after recovering from a quadriceps injury, against Rajasthan Royals in their opening match of the new Indian Premier League season on Sunday.