Eighth-placed Rajasthan Royals need wins in their remaining four matches to have a slim chance at entering the playoffs stage in the Indian Premier League (IPL) 2025. Their first stop in the quest to qualify for the top four comes at the Sawai Mansingh Stadium against the most in-form team of the season, Mumbai Indians, on Thursday.

Rajasthan’s season turned sour when they failed to chase down totals in three consecutive games against the Gujarat Titans, Royal Challengers Bengaluru, and Delhi Capitals (losing in the super over), despite having had the advantage at some point of the game in all encounters.

However, in their last encounter against the Gujarat Titans, the 14-year-old Vaibhav Suryavanshi stole the show by scoring the fastest century by an Indian batter in the tournament. He, alongside Yashasvi Jaiswal, stitched a 166-run stand as they rushed to the target of 210 and completed the chase in 15.5 overs, the fastest-ever 200+ run chase in tournament history.

Mumbai Indians, on the other hand, continued their dream run as they climbed from the bottom of the Indian Premier League (IPL) 2025 table, after having won only one game in their opening five outings, to now comfortably placed second, having registered five wins on the trot.

The Intercontinental Legends Championship (ILC) on Wednesday unveiled the official team jerseys ahead of its highly anticipated season, set to begin on May 27 at the Shaheed Vijay Singh Pathik Sports Complex in Greater Noida.

The former India opener Shikhar Dhawan headlined the jersey unveiling ceremony alongside ex-India cricketers Parvinder Awana, Praveen Kumar, and ILC founder Pradeep Sangwan.

Speaking about the League and jersey, Dhawan said, "It’s a great initiative to bring together cricketing legends from around the world under one banner. The Intercontinental Legends Championship not only revives the passion of legends but also brings fans a unique blend of nostalgia and entertainment. I’m thrilled to be part of this launch and look forward to the exciting action ahead."

Zimbabwe’s historic three-wicket win over Bangladesh in the first Test at Sylhet has rewritten parts of the ICC Men’s Test Player Rankings. Leading the charge is pace sensation Blessing Muzarabani, whose nine-wicket match haul not only earned him the Player of the Match award but also catapulted him into elite company among Test bowlers.

With a new career-best rating of 705 points, Muzarabani became only the second Zimbabwean bowler in history to breach the 700-point mark in Test cricket—a rare feat that places him firmly in the top bracket. His effort lifted him four places to 15th in the latest ICC Test bowling rankings. Only India's Jasprit Bumrah continues to reign supreme at the top of the list.

Adding to Zimbabwe’s celebration, left-arm spinner Wellington Masakadza made a memorable return to the Test arena after more than two years. Masakadza picked up five wickets in the Sylhet Test and re-entered the Test bowling rankings in joint 68th place.

Following the "India's Got Latent" row, popular content creator Ashish Chanchlani is all set to bounce back with his first web series, "Ekaki".

Marking Ashish's directorial debut, "Ekaki" is touted to be a supernatural thriller that promises to deliver a unique blend of horror and comedy.

Adding to the hype for his next, the content creator dropped an intriguing poster from the show that featured Ashish holding a lantern amidst darkness surrounded by eerie hands. The poster hints at a gripping narrative that will keep audiences on the edge of their seats.

India batter Ruturaj Gaikwad’s childhood coach Mohan Jadhav was confident that his ward would one day lead Chennai Super Kings, but he never thought it would happen so soon.

Gaikwad, who has been part of the franchise since 2019, was named CSK skipper on the eve of the 2024 IPL season after MS Dhoni stepped down from the role. In Gaikwad’s first season as captain, CSK narrowly missed out on qualifying for the 2024 IPL Playoffs. The Chennai side had seven wins and losses each in their 14-game campaign, which saw them finish fifth, below Royal Challengers Bengaluru on net run rate.

Jadhav said he was on cloud nine when Gaikwad was named CSK captain — a moment that lit up his heart.

"I was definitely expecting it, but not this early because there were equally talented people already in line. But as and when CSK announced this decision, it set me on cloud nine. We felt like we are finally achieving our aims," Jadhav said on 'House of Glory' podcast.

The Pakistan Cricket Board (PCB) has announced that Bangladesh will tour Pakistan in May for a five-match T20I series The series will be played in Faisalabad and Lahore from May 25 to June 3.

Initially scheduled as a three-ODI and three-T20I series under the Future Tours Programme (FTP), the tour has been revised to include five T20Is.

"The series, which is part of the Future Tour Programme (FTP), originally consisted of three ODIs and three T20Is. However, with the ICC Men's T20 World Cup scheduled for next year, both the boards have mutually agreed to replace the ODIs with two additional T20Is," PCB said in a statement.

Iqbal Stadium, which has previously hosted 24 Tests and 16 ODIs between 1978 and 2008, will welcome back international cricket after a 17-year hiatus. The historic venue’s last international fixture was an ODI between Bangladesh and Pakistan in April 2008.

After two matches against the Australia A side, the Indian women’s hockey team is set to face the senior team in their next three friendlies at the Perth Hockey Stadium on 1 May. India will be looking to improve upon their performance after suffering two defeats in their first two games against Australia A.

In the first match, India fought valiantly but fell short and were dealt a 3-5 defeat by the Australia A team.

The winning side took an early lead, scoring four goals in the first half. India did well to reduce the deficit but couldn’t make a comeback over the next two quarters. Mahima Tete (27’), Navneet Kaur (45’), and Lalremsiami (50’) scored goals for India, while Neasa Flynn (3’), Olivia Downes (9’), Ruby Harris (11’), Tatum Stewart (21’), and Kendra Fitzpatrick (44’) recorded goals for Australia A.

The horrid home leg for Delhi Capitals (DC) at the Arun Jaitley Stadium in IPL 2025 continued with their 14-run defeat to Kolkata Knight Riders and leg-spin all-rounder Vipraj Nigam admitted the hosts’ could have won the game on Tuesday night if their set batters had continued till the end.

In the chase of 205, DC were kept steady by a 76-run stand between vice-captain Faf du Plessis and captain Axar Patel. But once Sunil Narine took out Axar and Tristan Stubbs in the 14th over, before taking out du Plessis as well, it meant DC suffered another meltdown against spinners- going from 136/3 to ending at 190/9. Before this game, DC had lost 23 wickets to spinners.

Now against KKR, six of nine wickets they lost were taken by spinners, thus exposing a major chink in DC’s batting armour. It also doesn’t help that returns from the likes of Karun Nair and KL Rahul have nosedived.

Francisco Cerundolo recorded an upset 7-5, 6-3 win over two-time champion Alexander Zverev at Madrid Open. The Argentine ended German's seven-match winning streak, which dated back to the start of his Munich title run.

In a rematch of their fourth-round encounter from one year ago, Cerundolo, who also beat Zverev this season in Buenos Aires, saved the only break point he faced, according to ATP Stats.

"I'm super happy because I know he loves playing here. He told me last year when I beat him. He's an incredible player. I have a great relationship with him, so super happy to get another win and to be in the quarter-finals again," Cerundolo said.

Lucas Bergvall has signed a new contract with Tottenham Hotspur, which will run until 2031, the Premier League club announced

Having reached agreement with the Club in February, 2024, Lucas joined the Suprs later that year on July 1 from Swedish Allsvenskan side Djurgarden.

An excellent debut campaign has seen the 19-year-old make a total of 45 appearances in all competitions to date, with his first coming against Leicester City in our opening game of the 2024/25 season.

He netted his first goal for the Club in a 1-0 victory over Liverpool in the Carabao Cup semi-final, first leg in January, 2025, and has four assists to his name across fixtures in the Premier League and UEFA Europa League.