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Why Ravindra Jadeja could not speak to MS Dhoni before RR vs CSK match in IPL 2026

Why Ravindra Jadeja could not speak to MS Dhoni before RR vs CSK match in IPL 2026

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2 min readMar 31, 2026 03:04 PM IST Donning the pink of Rajasthan Royals, Ravindra Jadeja’s emotional reunion with his former IPL franchise, Chennai Super Kings, ended in his side’s comfortable eight-wicket win on Monday night. While he had the wood over his former team with a fine bowling performance, Jadeja revealed that he could not catch up with his former India and CSK captain MS Dhoni in Guwahati. After having played 200 matches for CSK and emerged as its most successful spinner over the years, Jadeja was linked in a trade with his first IPL franchise, RR, ahead of the IPL 2026 auction last December. Heading into the fixture, Jadeja revealed that he could not reconnect with his former India and CSK skipper Dhoni. “Baat nahi hui, kyunki Mahi bhai phone band hi rakhte hain (Did not speak with Mahi bhai as he keeps his phone off),” Jadeja told the broadcasters. “Baat nahi hui, par jab bhi main milunga Mahi bhai se toh khoob saari baatein karunga (I couldn’t speak but will do a …

Vaibhav Sooryavanshi’s ‘do-teen hazar run’ claim on IPL 2026 target catches Ravindra Jadeja off guard

Vaibhav Sooryavanshi’s ‘do-teen hazar run’ claim on IPL 2026 target catches Ravindra Jadeja off guard

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Vaibhav Sooryavanshi’s rise has already made him one of the most closely watched young names around IPL 2026. But at a recent Rajasthan Royals event, it was not just his promise with the bat that stood out. It was his ease under the spotlight. Vaibhav Sooryavanshi for the Rajasthan Royals. (X images) Asked about his goals for the season, the teenager first disarmed the room with a joke, then revealed something more telling about where his head is ahead of the tournament. Beneath the laughter was a clear message: he is not chasing a personal milestone so much as trying to fit into a process and contribute to a bigger team objective. Vaibhav Sooryavanshi’s joke, then the message There is a reason Sooryavanshi continues to attract attention wherever he goes. He is young enough for every public appearance to become a talking point, yet polished enough to understand how quickly those moments can define perception. At the Rajasthan Royals’ pre-season interaction, he handled that balance neatly. When a reporter asked him about his plans for …

T20 World Cup | ‘Axar is going to be one of India’s great players’: Sunil Gavaskar on how India vice-captain is filing the void left by Ravindra Jadeja | Cricket News

T20 World Cup | ‘Axar is going to be one of India’s great players’: Sunil Gavaskar on how India vice-captain is filing the void left by Ravindra Jadeja | Cricket News

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3 min readUpdated: Mar 6, 2026 08:42 PM IST India vice-captain Axar Patel was instrumental in his team’s 7-run victory over England in the T20 World Cup semifinal on Thursday with the allrounder drawing accolades not for his batting or bowling but for his exceptional fielding efforts. Axar pulled off two brilliant efforts to send back the ominous looking Will Jacks and the England skipper Harry Brook, two wickets which helped India tighten the grip on the match. In the first instance, Axar ran 24m backwards from the cover position to pull off a stunning catch off a slow-cutter from Jasprit Bumrah to dismiss Brook inside powerplay. This was followed up with another outstanding effort when in the 14th over, Jacks sliced an Arshdeep Singh delivery towards deep point and Axar scampered to his left to catch the ball before relaying it to Shivam Dube as he crossed the ropes. Former player Sunil Gavaskar was effusive in Axar’s praises, saying the 32-year-old was becoming one of India’s greatest cricketers due to his all-round skills and …

Rachin Ravindra Stars in Knockout Blow to Sri Lanka’s Campaign

Rachin Ravindra Stars in Knockout Blow to Sri Lanka’s Campaign

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A brilliant four-wicket haul from Rachin Ravindra has set up New Zealand’s comfortable 61-run victory against Sri Lanka in the men’s T20 World Cup 2026 at R. Premadasa Stadium, Colombo. He made a crucial 32-run knock and four wicket haul with a 6.80 economy, which has helped the Kiwis to secure 2nd place in the group 02 of the Super 8s stage in the Men’s T20 World Cup 2026 points table. After being invited to bat first, Tim Seifert and Finn Allen opened the innings while Dilsha Madushanka opened the bowling attack. Allen who made 23 runs off 13 deliveries got dismissed on a delivery from Maheesh Theekshana when he attempted a chip tamingly back to the bowler. With Dushmantha Chameera bagged the wicket of Tim Seifert for 8 runs, Sri Lanka scored 44 runs in the powerplay. He picked his second wicket dismissing Glenn Phillips for 18 runs. Rachin Ravindra who made 32 runs off 22 deliveries, has lost his wicket to Maheesh Theekshana. With Mark Chapman got dismissed by duck, New Zealand lost …

T20 World Cup 2026: Glenn Phillips, Rachin Ravindra outshine Yuvraj Singh Samra’s 110 to seal New Zealand’s Super 8 berth | Cricket News

T20 World Cup 2026: Glenn Phillips, Rachin Ravindra outshine Yuvraj Singh Samra’s 110 to seal New Zealand’s Super 8 berth | Cricket News

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Bouncing back from their defeat to South Africa, New Zealand sealed their Super 8 spot, but to do so, they had to overcome an impressive century from Canada opener Yuvraj Singh Samra. Although Canada eventually lost their fizz, the 19-year-old Samra owned the day at Chepauk, where, during the course of his 110, he became the youngest ever batter to score a century in World Cups. His hundred was also the first by a batsman from an Associate nation, which keeps throwing up new stories. For a brief while, when New Zealand found themselves 30/2 in the chase of 174, Afghanistan would have watched it with plenty of interest. However, Glenn Phillips (76 off 36) and Rachin Ravindra (59 off 39) took them out of the hole and put them into the Super 8’s phase with unbeaten fifties. Their innings, though, was overshadowed by that of Samra, the lone player born and raised in Canada who is part of this squad. Born to parents with Indian roots, his father, Baljit Samra, had named him after …

Latur gives Congress a rare boost after controversy over Ravindra Chavan’s Vilasrao Deshmukh remark | Mumbai News

Latur gives Congress a rare boost after controversy over Ravindra Chavan’s Vilasrao Deshmukh remark | Mumbai News

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Latur has emerged as one of the very rare bright spots for the Congress, along with Chandrapur, where the party appears poised to take control of the municipal corporation Friday. The party’s performance in Latur, where it is leading in 47 of the corporation’s 70 seats under the leadership of MLA Amit Deshmukh, comes in the backdrop of a statement made by Maharashtra Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) chief Ravindra Chavan. The Congress and Vanchit Bahujan Aghadi (VBA) alliance has swept the Latur Municipal Corporation, comfortably crossing the majority mark to take control from the BJP. The BJP has been restricted to 22 seats, while the Eknath Shinde-led Shiv Sena faction has failed to open its account. In the previous municipal elections, the Congress had won 33 seats, while the BJP had bagged 36. The result has been widely read as a political rebuttal to the controversial statement made by Ravindra Chavan during the campaign. Addressing party workers in Latur during the campaign, Chavan had declared that the memories of Vilasrao Deshmukh would be wiped out …

‘Jadeja doesn’t care about team politics; he is just focused on his game’: Ex-teammates on how Ravindra Jadeja is still going strong at international level | Cricket News

‘Jadeja doesn’t care about team politics; he is just focused on his game’: Ex-teammates on how Ravindra Jadeja is still going strong at international level | Cricket News

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Sometime around 2018 during a tour of England when he turned all classical in his batting, Ravindra Jadeja transformed himself into a Test batsman. In the years to come, his white ball cricket slowly began to feel the effects . There were sporadic burst of performances since 2021, but of late especially, Axar Patel has gone ahead of him in the pecking order. He is playing in this ODI series against New Zealand as the team management want to keep Axar Patel fresh and injury-free for the T20 world cup. Yet, only a fool can say Jadeja’s ODI days are over. People who know him closely at Rajkot in Gujarat, the venue for second ODI against New Zealand, aren’t surprised about their Bapu’s competitive streak and willingness to do what is needed to level up. Bhushan Chauhan, a former Saurashtra opener and team-mate, remembers a teenaged Ravindra Jadeja. “He was more mature than his age. We understand what we had to do when we were at the last stage of our career but he knew …

IPL Auction 2026: CSK in search of a an overseas all-rounder, a replacement for Ravindra Jadeja and a fast bowler | Cricket News

IPL Auction 2026: CSK in search of a an overseas all-rounder, a replacement for Ravindra Jadeja and a fast bowler | Cricket News

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Five-time champions Chennai Super Kings will unusually have a busy mini-auction after they fumbled last season to finish at the bottom of the table. With Rs 43.40 crore left in their auction purse, CSK have enough funds to fill the holes they have created by letting go of players. The question though is whether they can land like-for-like replacements from the auction, where the demand totally outweighs the supply. Here is a look at what KKR would be up to at the auction table Retentions: MS Dhoni, Ruturaj Gaikwad, Sanju Samson (traded in from RR), Ayush Mhatre, Dewald Brewis, Shivam Dube, Urvil Patel, Noor Ahmad, Nathan Ellis, Shreyas Gopal, Khaleel Ahmed, Ramakrishna Ghosh, Mukesh Choudhary, Jamie Overton, Gurjapneet Singh, Anshul Kamboj. Ahead of the auctions, CSK already got hold of one of their prime targets in Sanju Samson. Having used much of their last season looking to identify talents that could serve them for the next season, their replacement picks Dewald Brevis, Ayush Mhatre and Urvil Patel have already strengthened the squad. However, the exit …

Why was Irfan Pathan critical of Ravindra Jadeja after the 2nd ODI: ‘There was one issue for me…’ | Cricket News

Why was Irfan Pathan critical of Ravindra Jadeja after the 2nd ODI: ‘There was one issue for me…’ | Cricket News

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India lost the 2nd ODI against South Africa on Wednesday. The hosts posted 358 runs, which South Africa chased down in the final over. With the bat, Virat Kohli and Ruturaj Gaikwad scored sublime tons for The Men in Blue, and KL Rahul chipped in with a cameo half-century in the end. However, former Indian cricketer Irfan Pathan was critical of Ravindra Jadeja, who was batting in the final overs and scored 27 runs from 24. “There was one issue for me. Ravindra Jadeja’s innings, which was 27 balls for 24 not out, felt extremely slow. During commentary we were saying that this could hurt India, and in the end that became the difference. If you are in such a strong position, above 300, and everyone is striking above a run a ball while you are at 88, it clearly means the innings lacked urgency. Sometimes a slower innings happens, and that is fine, but the intent from Jadeja was disappointing,” Pathan said on his show Seedhi Baat. “The intent could have been better. And …

‘Draw will feel like a win,’ says Ravindra Jadeja ahead of mammoth run chase | Cricket News

‘Draw will feel like a win,’ says Ravindra Jadeja ahead of mammoth run chase | Cricket News

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India may be facing a tall order on the fifth day of the Guwahati Test against South Africa, with 522 runs left to chase and two wickets having already fallen, but all-rounder Ravindra Jadeja suggests that even being able to save the Test in the manner of a draw will feel like a win for the embattled home side. “I don’t think it will affect the next series. But, as a cricketer, nobody wants to lose the series, especially in India. So, hopefully, we will try (to play) our best cricket. We will try to put our best foot forward tomorrow,” Jadeja told news reporters after the end of play on Day 4, per PTI. “Hopefully, we will try and save the Test match. So that, at least, I know even if we aren’t winning the series at least, we are able to draw the match, which is going to be a win-win situation for us.” The 36-year-old has been the top performer for India in a dire Test, taking seven wickets in the match. …