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Speaking about Mandhana, Karthik described her as one of his favourite players, highlighting not just her batting ability but also the calm authority and freedom she brings as a leader.

Sanjay Bangar praised Jason Holder’s all-round impact after Gujarat Titans’ four-wicket win over RCB. Shubman Gill led a dominant chase, while GT bowlers restricted RCB to 155. The victory strengthened GT’s position with 10 points from five matches.

Former India all-rounder Irfan Pathan says Sunrisers Hyderabad’s poor powerplay performance with the bat and lack of bowling control led to their six-wicket loss to Royal Challengers Bengaluru in the IPL 2026 opener at the M. Chinnaswamy Stadium.

Former India opener Aakash Chopra has picked his preferred Sunrisers Hyderabad playing XI for their IPL 2026 opener against RCB, backing Eshan Malinga as Pat Cummins’ replacement and urging the team to bat Nitish Kumar Reddy at No. 5.

PUMA India has launched a new broadcast channel offering fans exclusive behind-the-scenes access to Royal Challengers Bengaluru players. The first video features Virat Kohli, Phil Salt and Venkatesh Iyer sharing candid moments and light-hearted conversations.

Virat Kohli laughs off reports claiming he requested chartered flights during IPL 2026. He shared a humorous Instagram story to refute the claims and delivered a motivational talk to RCB players in the first training session, emphasising focus and urgency from day one.

Virat Kohli has urged Royal Challengers Bengaluru to stay focused as defending IPL champions, warning of a tough 2026 season. RCB began preparations in Bengaluru with head coach Andy Flower welcoming new signings ahead of their title defence.

Virat Kohli mourns the June 4 Bengaluru stampede during RCB’s IPL celebration, which killed 11 people. Kohli extended condolences, and RCB launched ‘RCB Cares’ to improve crowd safety and compensate the victims’ families.

The decision taken in the 28th BCCI Apex Council meeting held on Saturday comes in the aftermath of the stampede outside the M. Chinnaswamy Stadium during the victory celebrations of Royal Challengers Bengaluru (RCB) on June 4.

RCB won their first IPL title, defeating Punjab Kings in the IPL 2025 final and earning Rs 20 crore while Punjab Kings received Rs 12.5 crore as runners-up.

The stampede-like situation at Eden Gardens had more to do with erstwhile corrupt officials of Cricket Association of Bengal, who had printed fake tickets above capacity and there were at least 20,000 people more.

Taking to his X timeline, Mahesh Babu wrote, "All heart….All class….All #18. This win was written in the stars… Congratulations @imVkohli and Team RCB on this historic win…"

Gujarat Titans’ pace bowler Prasidh Krishna got the ‘Purple Cap’ for being the leading wicket-taker with 25 wickets while his teammate Sai Sudharsan got the ‘Orange Cap’ for scoring most runs, 759

“If I cast my mind back to how poorly I captained when I was his age, I’ve got tremendous respect for how he’s held himself with all that scrutiny and captained some big players,” Royal Challengers Bengaluru head coach Andy Flower said

Punjab Kings head coach Ponting said that a little bit of inexperience in the middle overs cost the team and that a little bit of experience would have helped the team

RCB finally got to lift the trophy after finishing runners-up on three occasions previously. It was a heartbreaking loss for Punjab Kings who were playing only their second final and first since 2014.

RCB have decided to go ahead without Tim David, who had missed their last two matches with an injury.

The match RCB Vs PBKS is at Narendra Modi Stadium on June 3

“We consciously made the effort, we are not really going to pay too much attention to that and we are still going to find a way of putting up games of cricket together and finding ways of winning the match,” Zaheer said

"We have a strong belief system. We have match winners. Look at our playing XI, and we have match winners,” Jitesh Sharma said