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IPL team owners ‘obviously have a say’ in selection of XI: Liam Livingstone | Cricket News

IPL team owners ‘obviously have a say’ in selection of XI: Liam Livingstone | Cricket News

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3 min readUpdated: Jun 5, 2026 12:31 PM IST Liam Livingstone could play just two matches in the 2026 season of the Indian Premier League for Sunrisers Hyderabad and the England all-rounder has said that it may be because the team owners preferred a player above him. Livingstone had rather forgettable outings for SRH this season, scoring a 20-ball 14 against Lucknow Super Giants and then a solitary run as an Impact Player off five balls against Chennai Super Kings. He didn’t bowl in either matches and while SRH lost to LSG, they beat CSK by 10 runs. Livingstone played for Lancashire a couple of days after SRH’s IPL campaign ended in the Eliminator. “I think there are three ways in the IPL. You are either playing, locked in and everything is kind of set out for you. There’s like a fringe where you may or may not. And your thoughts are, ‘If I play, this is how it’s going to go.’ Me this year, when I went there we got a lad in the …

SRH captain Pat Cummins mulls skipping IPL 2027 for Ashes: ‘Something has to give’

SRH captain Pat Cummins mulls skipping IPL 2027 for Ashes: ‘Something has to give’

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3 min readUpdated: Jun 3, 2026 11:09 AM IST Sunrisers Hyderabad captain Pat Cummins could have a limited role with the franchise in the Indian Premier League (IPL) season next year. Or perhaps none at all. With an intense international calendar set to peak in the 2027 calendar year, Cummins is open to cutting down on his franchise commitments over the season. “Something has to give,” he said. And it’s not going to be one of the 150th anniversary Test at MCG in March, the Border-Gavaskar Trophy series in India, a potential World Test Championship final or the ODI World Cup defence in late 2027. ALSO READ | 12 matches in 40 days: India set for biggest cricket tour to New Zealand in October Sandwiched between either end of a jam-packed international season will be the 20th edition of the IPL, running over two months between March and May and the Sunrisers skipper will be mindful of the workload that could hamper Australia’s star pace trio involving himself, Josh Hazlewood and Mitchell Starc. Ashes, WC …

‘Everyone apart from SRH players were sad’

‘Everyone apart from SRH players were sad’

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3 min readUpdated: May 28, 2026 09:57 PM IST Indian legend Sunil Gavaskar lavished huge praise on teen prodigy Vaibhav Sooryavanshi after his blistering 29-ball 97 against the Sunrisers Hyderabad in the Indian Premier League (IPL) Eliminator, terming him ‘God’s gift to Indian cricket’. The 76-year-old also said the youngster needs o be picked for India’s upcoming white ball tour of England. “2026 will be remembered as Vaibhav Sooryavanshi Year. He (Sooryavanshi) is ready to play T20 International cricket. For England away T20 series, he will be selected. I mean he deserves to be selected after this brilliant show. If you don’t give him chance after this performance, when will you give him chance? Don’t go by his age. He is hitting those bowlers who are older than him. In fact at 15, he is hitting bowlers with 15 years of international experience. Just look at his fearless approach,” Gavaskar said on the Sports Tak YouTube channel. “Yes there will be headache as to whom you should drop. But it is a happy headache to …

Chris Gayle declares Vaibhav Sooryavanshi as the ‘New Six machine’ after IPL Eliminator carnage vs SRH

Chris Gayle declares Vaibhav Sooryavanshi as the ‘New Six machine’ after IPL Eliminator carnage vs SRH

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3 min readMay 28, 2026 12:13 PM IST Vaibhav Sooryavanshi on Wednesday broke a record that was set just a year after he was born by Chris Gayle and the West Indies legend has taken note. Sooryavanshi, playing just his second season in the IPL, and the first full one as a regular in the Rajasthan Royals playing eleven, surpassed Gayle’s record for most sixes in a single season of the league as he launched a stunning assault on Sunrisers Hyderabad in the Eliminator of the 2026 IPL on Wednesday. “What a phenomenal player Vaibhav is. Great entertainment young man! New Six machine @IPL,” said Gayle after the match in a post on X about the 15-year-old Sooryavanshi. Sooryavanshi blasted a barrage of sixes with every SRH bowler, including captain Pat Cummins, bearing the brunt. Overall, the teenager hit as many as 12 sixes and five fours on the night. This took his tally of sixes for the season to a whopping 65. Gayle held the previous record of 59 which he had set in …

Vaibhav Sooryavanshi shines as RR eliminate SRH to reach IPL 2026 Qualifier 2

Vaibhav Sooryavanshi shines as RR eliminate SRH to reach IPL 2026 Qualifier 2

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Cricket’s young prince Vaibhav Sooryavanshi is enjoying the pressure of conquering the kings of the world game. In the bust-or-boom Eliminator, he bested Sunrisers Hyderabad’s power pair of Travis Head and Abhishek Sharma; he reduced Pat Cummins to the depths of humiliation; he made the world wonder again of his glowing potential. Is it bottomless? The more one thinks one has fathomed his genius, the more unfathomable it looks. His 29-ball 97, 72 off which came in maximums, expedited Rajasthan Royals to 243 for 8, a total Sunrisers Hyderabad fell short by 47 runs. Jofra Archer and Co completed what a 15-year-old had started. Cummins has a career longer than Sooryavanshi’s age; his honours board reads multi-format World Cups, the World Test Championship and Ashes; he has conquered the finest batsmen in the world, crushed their egos and ended their careers. But he would remember with astonishment the night a 15-year-old felled him, a boy not yet out of school schooling him. It took just three balls for the schooling to begin. Cummins had erred …

Vaibhav Suryavanshi Blitz Powers Rajasthan Royals To 243/8 Against SRH

Vaibhav Suryavanshi Blitz Powers Rajasthan Royals To 243/8 Against SRH

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A stunning knock from Vaibhav Suryavanshi has set up the Rajasthan Royals to post 243 runs in the eliminator of the IPL 2026 on May 27 at Mullanpur. Along with his blitz, Dhruv Jurel’s fifty has set up the Rajasthan Royals to post a mammoth total against Sunrisers Hyderabad. After being invited to bat first, Yashasvi Jaiswal and Vaibhav Suryvanshi opened the innings while Pat Cummins opened the bowling attack. The 15-year old troubled SRH bowlers struggled to contain runs. Vaibhav Suryavanshi brought up a 16-ball fifty and also made a record-breaking history on smashing the Most sixes in a single IPL season. The Previous record was held by Chris Gayle, who smashed 59 sixes in the 2012 season. Despite using four bowling options, SRH couldn’t break the partnership as the Rajasthan Royals scored 80 runs in the power play. Suryavanshi did not stop as he went on to score 97 runs off 28 deliveries. However, Praful Hinge bagged the crucial wicket of the 15-year-old, breaking the 125-run partnership for the first wicket. Vaibhav Suryavanshi …

Vaibhav Suryavanshi Carnage Lights Up Mullanpur Against SRH

Vaibhav Suryavanshi Carnage Lights Up Mullanpur Against SRH

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A batting blitz from Vaibhav Suryavanshi has set up a fiery start for Rajasthan Royals in the eliminator of the IPL 2026 against Sunrisers Hyderabad at Mullanpur. He went on to smash 97 runs off 29 deliveries, which included 5 fours and 12 sixes. After being invited to bat first, Yashasvi Jaiswal and Vaibhav Suryvanshi opened the innings while Pat Cummins opened the bowling attack. The 15-year old troubled SRH bowlers struggled to contain runs. Vaibhav Suryavanshi brought up a 16-ball fifty and also made a record-breaking history on smashing the Most sixes in a single IPL season. We have no words for you, Vaibhav Sooryavanshi 🔥 Baby Boss, FOR REAL! 💗😭 pic.twitter.com/RX6hBRU4bv — Rajasthan Royals (@rajasthanroyals) May 27, 2026 The Previous record was held by Chris Gayle, who smashed 59 sixes in the 2012 season. Despite using four bowling options, SRH couldn’t break the partnership as the Rajasthan Royals scored 80 runs in the power play. Suryavanshi did not stop as he went on to score 97 runs off 28 deliveries. However, …

Bowling lineups have work cut out: SRH asst coach on Travishek & Vaibhav-Jaiswal | Cricket News

Bowling lineups have work cut out: SRH asst coach on Travishek & Vaibhav-Jaiswal | Cricket News

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4 min readMay 26, 2026 09:42 PM IST With Sunrisers Hyderabad facing Rajasthan Royals in the Eliminator at Mullanpur on Wednesday, the focus will be on the opening pairs of the two sides. Sunrisers’ opening pair of Abhishek Sharma and Travis Head have amassed 563 runs and 393 runs respectively; Royals’ openers Vaibhav Sooryavanshi and Yashasvi Jaiswal have amassed 583 runs and 397 runs respectively. Sunrisers’ assistant coach James Franklin quipped that bowling lineups of both sides will have their work cut out in the Eliminator. “Absolutely, I mean, both pairs of openers for both teams are exciting cricketers. They are destructive in their own ways and means. We have obviously seen for a few years now, the dynamic partnership that we have with Travis (Head) and Abhishek (Sharma) and then obviously the emergence from the fag end of last year’s IPL and this IPL, Vaibhav (Sooryavanshi)and (Yashasvi) Jaiswal as an opening partnership has been very destructive. So I would say both the teams’ bowling line-ups have got their work cut out for them. But …

The MRF pace foundation’s hand in SRH’s success

The MRF pace foundation’s hand in SRH’s success

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A couple of days before Sunrisers Hyderabad’s game against Chennai Super Kings that sealed their spot in the playoffs, their pacers Eshan Malinga and Praful Hinge had checked-in unannounced at the MRF Pace Foundation guest house in Chennai where young fast bowlers from across the country are lodged for the off-season camp. It was a throwback of sorts for the two pacers who have hogged the limelight in IPL 2026, where they sat across the table and shared breakfast and lunch. Three years ago, they were in the Foundation house, taking early steps into their cricketing career. It is where they got a window to what it takes to be fast bowlers at the elite level – eating right food, having a diet plan and training methods. The notable miss on that day was Sakib Hussain, the 21-year-old tear away pacer from Bihar, who now has 15 wickets this IPL at an average of 23. Three years back, a scout had taken notice of him in Gopalganj and had sent him to MRF Pace Foundation …

Sehwag defends RCB loss to SRH

Sehwag defends RCB loss to SRH

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2 min readMay 23, 2026 11:50 AM IST Former India opener Virender Sehwag defended Royal Challengers Bengaluru despite their stinging 55-run defeat to the Sunrisers Hyderabad in their final IPL 2026 league-stage game in Hyderabad on Friday. Stepping out to safeguard their top spot in the standings and not concede a defeat in excess of 90 runs to lose a Qualifier 1 spot to SRH, RCB played out a 256-run chase in a unique fashion. Barring the Powerplay, RCB did not ever press into top gear during the chase. A quickfire 44 from Venkatesh Iyer set the innings in motion even when star batter Virat Kohli fell cheaply on 15. On the back of skipper Rajat Patidar’s half-century, RCB finished on 200 in 20 overs, despite only losing four wickets. Despite the spectacular batting, hosts Hyderabad then settled for third spot on Net Run Rate. ALSO READ | Virat Kohli snubs Travis Head handshake but SRH star has last laugh on field in RCB defeat Having retained their Qualifier 1 position at the top of …