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RCB coach Andy Flower on difference between 2025 and 2026 IPL titles: More confidence now

RCB coach Andy Flower on difference between 2025 and 2026 IPL titles: More confidence now

4 min readJun 1, 2026 06:07 PM IST Royal Challengers Bengaluru head coach Andy Flower had admitted there was a definite difference between their successive IPL title triumphs, saying in 2025 when they first lifted the trophy there was a lot of uncertainty and tension. Having won their first IPL title last year breaking the 18-year drought, RCB joined the likes of Chennai Super Kings and Mumbai Indians as the third team to win the tournament twice in succession. While their performances last season itself was wholesome, this season from the start to finish, they played like a team that knew how to overcome challenging phases and emerge victorious. Having taken charge of RCB ahead of the 2024 season when they made the play-offs after a stuttering start to the season, Flower said it is a culmination of all three seasons. “Definite differences between 2025 and 2026 campaigns. But I would also mention the 2024 season, because that was instrumental in setting our determination to do things a little bit differently. The very tough first …

Mining Socials: When Jaddu told Virat a love story; Rishabh Pant sees LSG through and Bhuvi, unfazed by Chinnaswamy’s 200+ score challenge | Cricket News

Mining Socials: When Jaddu told Virat a love story; Rishabh Pant sees LSG through and Bhuvi, unfazed by Chinnaswamy’s 200+ score challenge | Cricket News

Rajasthan Royals are wasting no time on the flights criss-crossing the country, as their star players get chatty in the sky-lounge. LSG are warming up to captain Rishabh Pant, even putting out an unedited post clearing the air, where Sanjiv Goenka hugs Rishabh Pant after their first loss which mischief makers left out. And Bhuvi and Krunal talk about their minefield of a homeground that routinely leaks 200 scores, making life treacherous for their own bowlers. The Sosh-Snips: Jesal-Toral: Romantic apocalypse tale told by History Prof Jaddu to Virat A dozen years ago, Ravindra Jadeja had told Virat Kohli about the tale of Jesal-Toral, J, a 14th century bandit who reformed under the loving influence of poetess Toral, and both were immortalized through their adjacent graves. Kohli narrated the tale, in which details slightly changed to two buildings that keep shifting closer to each other and will end in apocalypse. “I’ll take Virat to that place. It’s actually Jesal, Toral’s samadhis (tombstones) in Kutch. But Virat added masala and told the story as if it’s …

Syed Mushtaq Ali Trophy 2024: Knockout schedule, qualified teams, final group-stage points table | Cricket News

Syed Mushtaq Ali Trophy 2024: Knockout schedule, qualified teams, final group-stage points table | Cricket News

The group stage of the Syed Mushtaq Ali Trophy 2024-25 ended on Thursday, with 127 games played and 10 teams qualifying for the knockout stages. The top six teams directly advance to the quarter-finals, and teams from seventh position to 10th position will battle it out in the pre-quarterfinals. The two teams that win the pre-quarterfinals will then join the top six in the quarter-finals. After several matches went down the wire, heaps of runs put up on the board and seeing multiple records broken, the top 10 teams were only confirmed at the end of the the last group match between Andhra and Mumbai. SMAT 2024 Qualified teams and ranking (1-10) 1. 24 points – Baroda (+2.353) – Group B topper2. 24 points – Delhi (+2.224) – Group C topper3. 24 points – Madhya Pradesh (+1.533) – Group A topper4. 20 points – Mumbai (+1.246) – Group E topper5. 18 points – Vidarbha (1.839) – Group D topper 6. 24 points – Saurashtra (+2.257) – 2nd place in Group B7. 24 points – Bengal …