Sandeep Lamichhane has been acquitted of rape by the Patan High Court in Nepal, the Kathmandu Post reported on Wednesday, which might allow him to return to the national set-up and even take part in the upcoming T20 World Cup. According to Tirtharaj Bhattarai, spokesperson for the Patan High Court who was quoted by the newspaper, the earlier court decision was overturned because of “a lack of evidence”. A single-judge…

Litton’s T20I form had dipped so much that he lost his place in the side after scoring 1, 23 and 12 in the first three T20Is of the five-match series against Zimbabwe. His last innings ended when he missed with three consecutive attempts at scooping Blessing Muzarabani, dragging the ball on to the stumps off the last one. “Litton is a very important player in our team,” Shanto said in…

Kagiso Rabada has returned home from the IPL on Sunday evening with an infection in the soft tissue of a lower limb, but is expected to be available for the entire T20 World Cup. Rabada played 11 matches for the Punjab Kings and took 11 wickets at an economy of 8.85 but will not feature in their last two matches. With PBKS ruled out of the playoffs, Rabada was allowed…

Delhi Capitals assistant coach Pravin Amre said that Prithvi Shaw‘s exclusion from the last few games was justified seeing the way Abishek Porel grabbed his chances. Shaw, who played eight games, scored 198 runs at an average of 24.75 and a strike rate of 163.63, and struck one half-century. “He [Shaw] was our retained played, and as you see, last four [of five] games he was also on the bench….

Delhi Capitals’ win against Lucknow Super Giants means neither has a realistic chance of qualifying for the playoffs. It also means Rajasthan Royals are assured of a place in the last four. That leaves two spots up for grabs, with three teams – Chennai Super Kings, Sunrisers Hyderabad, and Royal Challengers Bangalore – in the race. Here’s a lowdown on the chances for each of these three teams, and why…

Rishabh Pant radiated a sense of gratitude after Delhi Capitals’ last league game of IPL 2024. Having played for the first time since his life-threatening accident in December 2022, Pant eased into the rigours of top-flight cricket without major physical discomfort and finished the league phase as DC’s highest run-scorer with 446 runs in 13 games at a strike rate of 155.40. Along the way he earned a place in…

Delhi Capitals 208 for 4 (Porel 58, Stubbs 57, Naveen-ul-Haq 2-51) beat Lucknow Super Giants 189 for 9 (Pooran 61, Arshad 58*, Ishant 3-34) by 19 runs Delhi Capitals signed off the group stage with a 19-run win against Lucknow Super Giants in Delhi, and kept themselves in contention for a top-four finish, even if it is just mathematically. LSG, with one more game left against Mumbai Indians, aren’t knocked…

Ben Stokes will make his first appearance for Durham in the County Championship since May 2022 against Lancashire this week as he steps up his return as an allrounder. The England Test captain’s last competitive match came in the final match of the tour of India at the start of March. Having pulled out of the IPL, Stokes subsequently made himself unavailable for next month’s T20 World Cup to ensure…

Gary Kirsten will start his two-year stint as the head coach of the Pakistan men’s national side on May 19 in Leeds, the PCB announced in Lahore on Tuesday. This will give him three days with the players and other members of the coaching staff before the first game of the four-match T20I series against England, at Headingley on May 22. The series will be Pakistan’s last before the T20…

India will play the second semi-final of the men’s T20 World Cup on June 27 in Providence, Guyana, if they qualify for the knockouts stage. The ICC’s playing conditions for the tournament, accessed by ESPNcricinfo, confirms this. India have likely been allotted the Guyana semi-final because of the match timings. The first semi-final in Tarouba, Trinidad, is a night game, set to be played from 8.30pm local time on June…