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Tomorrow's IPL Match: Gujarat Titans (GT) and Sunrisers Hyderabad (SRH) will clash on March 31 at the Narendra Modi Stadium in Ahmedabad. The match will start at 3:30 PM. This will be the third match in IPL 2024 for both teams.

Tomorrow's IPL Match: Delhi Capitals (DC) and Chennai Super Kings (CSK) will clash on March 31 at the Dr. Y.S.Rajashekar Reddy ACA-VDCA International Cricket Stadium in Visakhapatnam. The match will start at 7:30 PM.

lost his captaincy after a disappointing tournament in the World Cup 2023. Afridi took over as the Pakistan captain in the shorter format while Shan Masood became the Test captain. However, Pakistan hasn’t announced any new captain for the ODI format yet.

RCB vs KKR IPL 2024: Amid a lot of buzz on social media on the rivalry between Virat Kohli and Gautam Gambhir, the two players were seen in a pleasant interaction on Friday as they shared a hug and engaged in a conversation. The netizens went crazy over the scene as they reposted the video and expressed their happiness over the ‘end’ of reported rivalries between two legends of Indian cricket. It all happened during the strategic timeout after the 16th over when the Kolkata Knight Riders (KKR) camp was on the field.

ALSO READ: RCB vs KKR IPL 2024 Live Score With this, he went past Hyderabad’s hard-hitting wicket-keeper Heinrich Klaasen, becoming the leading run-scorer in IPL 2024. In 2016, Kohli won the Orange Cap and this time too, he will be aiming to repeat the feat this season.

ALSO READ: RCB vs KKR IPL 2024 Live Score A potential face-off between the two celebrated Indian cricketers is bound to captivate Bengaluru's M Chinnaswamy Stadium. With KKR and RCB locking horns, the much-touted Gambhir-Kohli ‘tussle’ will ensure there is never a dull moment. As Gambhir dons the purple and gold once again, challenging Kohli at his home turf, a visual treat is on the cards for spectators.

cricket itself takes a backseat with players finding it hard to juggle between training and advertising shoots, PTI reported. Speaking about the meteoric rise of the IPL since its inception in 2008 on the Club Prairie Fire podcast, R Ashwin said, “As a youngster coming into the IPL, I was only looking to learn from the big stars, I did not think about how the IPL would look 10 years down the line." “I can say that having been in the IPL for so many seasons, the IPL is huge. Sometimes I wonder if IPL is even cricket because the sport takes a backstage (during IPL)," the premier spinner said.

1. Chennai Super Kings (CSK): After back-to-back wins under captain Ruturaj Gaikwad's leadership, CSK is currently sitting at the top of the IPL 2024 points table with 4 points and a net run rate of 1.979. Till now, CSK has played two matches, the first against RCB and the second against the Mumbai Indians.

IPL) has smashed TV and streaming records, with both Star Sports and JioCinema recording strong viewership growth on the opening day. Chennai Super Kings trounced Royal Challengers Bangalore by six wickets on the opening day (March 22), which was preceded by a star-studded opening ceremony. According to an official statement issued by Disney Star, the opening day of the IPL attracted 168 million unique TV viewers, registering a watch-time of 12.76 billion minutes, which is the highest ever for the opening day in the tournament's history. The opening day on March 22 also witnessed the highest-ever peak TV concurrency of 61 million viewers. Disney Star, which is the official broadcaster of the IPL, is airing the matches on the Star Sports network. “This growth is a reaffirmation of the incomparable capacity of live cricket to aggregate audiences on TV and provides a blockbuster start to tournament. We will continue to enrich the magic of one of the world’s biggest sporting events to take forward the launch momentum and deliver unprecedented viewership,” a Star Sports spokesperson said.

ALSO READ: Hardik Pandya's captaincy ‘ordinary to say the least’: Irfan Pathan reveals MI skipper's 'mistake' during SRH clash SKY is still recovering from sports hernia surgery and his progress has been monitored at the National Cricket Academy (NCA). According to the latest developments, Suryakumar is expected to miss a few more games.

Andhra Cricket Association has served a show-cause notice to Hanuma Vihari a month after the India batter accused the governing body of unceremoniously removing him from captaincy and vowed not to play for the state again. However, Vihari is yet to respond to the notice which was served after the ACA Apex Council meeting a few days ago. «Yes, we have served him a show-cause notice and we are awaiting his reply,» an ACA official told PTI on conditions of anonymity. However, the official said the association did not want to prolong the issue.

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IPL 2024: Hardik Pandya-led Mumbai Indians is being handed a hard time catching up in the Indian Premier League (IPL) game against Sunrisers Hyderabad as its 'ordinary bowling' has helped the SRH to score 148 at a loss of two wickets in just 10 overs. ‘There is only one Bumrah,’ cricket commentator Harsha Bhogle said referring to the MI's fast bowler Jasprit Bumrah in an attempt to summarize the SRH vs MI match. "Wow, incredible hitting and now, some ordinary bowling as the outcome of the boundary barrage.

Tomorrow's IPL Match: Rajasthan Royals (RR) and Delhi Capitals (DC) will clash on March 28 at the Sawai Mansingh Stadium in Jaipur. This will be each team's second match in IPL 2024. Rajasthan are coming from a win against Lucknow Super Giants (LSG) on March 24.

Orange Cap IPL 2024: Virat Kohli to Shivam Dube, checkout the top run scorers after CSK vs GT match The gut-wrenching defeat at the MA Chidambaram Stadium not only dented Gujarat Titans' confidence but also their run-rate as they dropped to 6th place on the IPL points table. After back-to-back wins under the leadership of Ruturaj Gaikwad, CSK now sit at the top of the IPL 2024 points table with 4 points and a net run rate of 1,979. CSK's strong start to the season has sent a clear message to other teams in the tournament that despite a change in leadership, the Chennai based franchise remains a team to be reckoned with.

JioCinema, owned by Viacom18, has made a strong start to the latest edition of Indian Premier League (IPL), clocking nearly 200 million viewers in the first six matches of the Twenty20 cricket tournament which began on March 22, people familiar with the development told ET. The platform, which garnered 449 million viewers during the IPL 2023 season, has set an internal target of 650 million viewers for the IPL 2024. One of the persons said the platform has found strong adoption by viewers on both mobile and connected TV (CTV). JioCinema has gained significant popularity on CTV, with a household reach of 18–20 million, the person added.

Indian Premier League (IPL) matches since 2021. According to reports, he had accumulated a staggering debt of over ₹1 crore through his betting activities. In his complaint, Ranjitha's father, Venkatesh, stated, “He (Darshan) was not willing to get into betting, but the suspects forced him saying it was an easy way to get rich.

MUMBAI : After its merger plans with Zee Entertainment Enterprises Ltd unravelled, Sony Pictures Networks India (SPNI) is quietly taking steps to fortify its sports content offerings. In a strategic move, SPNI has secured exclusive rights to broadcast and stream all New Zealand Cricket (NZC) home series, featuring the men’s (Blackcaps) as well as women’s (White Ferns) matches, in India and associated territories for the next seven years.

advertising budgets by as much as 80% in the April-June quarter from the year-earlier period as they look to expand exposure and reach with media consumption set to surge during the general elections, the Indian Premier League (IPL) and the T20 World Cup. Maruti Suzuki, Tata Motors, Hyundai Motors, Dabur and Godrej Appliances among others said they will be increasing their ad budgets for the next quarter. Overall spending may surpass that of the festive season because of the confluence of events, experts said. Marketers said the increased spend will be on print, broadcast and digital media.

Sony Pictures Networks India (SPNI) said it has acquired New Zealand Cricket (NZC) media rights for the Indian market. The deal is pegged at $90-$100 million (Rs 749-Rs 833 crore), according to industry executives. SPNI, which has been on an acquisition spree in the sports media market and owns media rights to the England and Sri Lanka cricket boards, will broadcast NZC matches on both TV and digital platforms from May 2024 to April 2031. The rights deal includes two India tours to New Zealand, comprising 24 matches across test matches, one-day internationals (ODIs) and T20 internationals. SPNI's head of sports business Rajesh Kaul said the addition of NZC rights will bolster the network's sports portfolio since New Zealand is one of the most respected cricket teams in the world. «Apart from the three cricket boards that we currently have, we are also evaluating a couple of other cricket rights that will become available. We will be prudent while bidding for cricket properties,» Kaul told ET.

T20 World Cup 2024: Almost three years after he announced his retirement from international cricket, Pakistan's controversial player Mohammad Amir announced his comeback to the game and made himself available for the upcoming T20 World Cup 2024 in the United States and West Indies. The left-arm pacer can be a useful addition to Pakistan's T20 squad and is expected to be summoned for the team's camp. "I still dream of playing for Pakistan! life brings us to the points where at times we have to reconsider our decisions, There have been a few positive discussions between myself and the PCB where they respectfully made me feel that I was needed and can still play for Pakistan after discussing with family and we'll wishers I declare that I am available to be considered for upcoming t20WC," Mohammad Amir said in a post on X.