KM Asif

Saurabh Dubey’s selection as Kolkata Knight Riders’ injury replacement raised eyebrows after the left-arm pacer spent over two years out of competitive cricket. But KKR’s faith in the former net bowler is beginning to pay off. After impressive spells against Gujarat Titans and Mumbai Indians, including wickets of Rohit Sharma and Suryakumar Yadav, Dubey has emerged as one of the surprise stories of KKR’s season.

Kolkata Knight Riders' bowling woes deepen as pacer Akash Deep is ruled out for at least eight weeks with a lower-back stress injury. This sidelines him from the IPL and casts doubt on his availability for the upcoming Test against Afghanistan. The injury recurred during his rehabilitation, adding to KKR's growing list of unavailable bowlers.

Kolkata Knight Riders are scrambling for replacements ahead of IPL 2026 after Harshit Rana's injury. Mid-preseason trials at Eden Gardens are underway, with Navdeep Saini and Akash Madhwal among those being assessed. The team also faces concerns with Mustafizur Rahman's departure and Matheesha Pathirana's delayed return, intensifying their bowling worries.

Kolkata Knight Riders' new head coach Abhishek Nayar anticipates a season of opportunities, leveraging a strong leadership group including Dwayne Bravo and Shane Watson. The team aims to finalize combinations, with Rinku Singh and Ramandeep Singh expected to step up. KKR awaits medical updates on pacer Harshit Rana and Lankan bowler Matheesha Pathirana.

After a camp in Nagpur, the Rajasthan Royals are holding the second camp in Guwahati that will be held between March 5 and 10. Players for the upcoming camp include Devdutt Padikkal, KC Cariappa, Abdul Bazith, Kunal Rathore, KM Asif, Dhruv Jurel, Kuldip Yadav, Akash Vashisht, Riyan Parag and Murugan Ashwin.

Sunrisers Hyderabad stand-in skipper Bhuvneshwar Kumar won the toss and elected to field first against Rajasthan Royals in Match 4 of the Indian Premier League. Senior pacer Bhuvneshwar is leading the home team only for this game as their regular skipper Aiden Markram is away for national duty.

Rajasthan Royals skipper Sanju Samson decided to bowl after winning the toss against Kolkata Knight Riders in the IPL 2023 match at Eden Gardens in Kolkata on Thursday.

There was no major windfall for Kerala cricketers on day one of the IPL auctions in Bengaluru with only two players being picked by the franchises. Seamer Basil Thampi was bought by Mumbai Indians at his base price of Rs 30 lakh. The seamer had earlier represented Sunrisers Hyderabad in IPL.

Right-arm medium-pacer KM Asif (6 for 22) was the wrecker-in-chief for Kerala as they humbled Assam by 240 runs in their Kalpathi AGS Buchi Babu clash at the CPT-IP Grounds here on Wednesday. Asif was well-supported by Vinod Kumar who returned with figures of 2 for 43. For the losing side, Subham Mandal (55) and Abhisekh Thakur (39) were the notable contributors.

Needing just two players to complete their squad for the IPL 2019, defending champions Chennai Super Kings bought pacer Mohit Sharma and uncapped player Ruturaj Gaikwad for Rs 5 crore and 20 lakh respectively in the IPL auction held in Jaipur.

Rajasthan Royals captain Sanju Samson won the toss and opted to bowl in their IPL match against Chennai Super Kings on Saturday.

Delhi Capitals skipper Rishabh Pant won the toss and elected to bowl against Chennai Super Kings in their Indian Premier League match on Monday.

There was no major windfall for Kerala cricketers on day one of the IPL auctions in Bengaluru with only two players being picked by the franchises. Seamer Basil Thampi was bought by Mumbai Indians at his base price of Rs 30 lakh. The seamer had earlier represented Sunrisers Hyderabad in IPL.

Rajasthan Royals' Shimron Hetmyer has been in the thick of action when it comes to taking catches and this time too he came up with a fine running catch to get rid of Kolkata Knight Riders (KKR) opener Jason Roy in an Indian Premier League (IPL) match at the Eden Gardens in Kolkata on Thursday.

With both teams in almost must-win situation, Royal Challengers Bangalore skipper opted to bat first after winning the toss against Rajashan Royals' captain Sanju Samson in their crucial IPL match at the Sawai Man Singh Stadium in Jaipur on Sunday.

Chhattisgarh continued its winning run in the Vijay Hazare Trophy, beating Andhra by 56 runs in the Elite Group 'A' game. Asked to bat first, Chhattisgarh, who had stunned defending champions Mumbai on Saturday, crawled to 268/9 in their allotted 50 overs.

Indian Premier League's (IPL) defending champions Chennai Super Kings (CSK) have begun their training for the upcoming season at the Lalbhai Contractor Stadium in Surat on Monday.

Three-time champions Chennai Super Kings added their available six slots during the 2021 IPL player auction to complete their full 25-member squad for the upcoming season of the Indian Premier League.

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Rajasthan Royals skipper Sanju Samson won the toss and opted to bowl against Punjab Kings in the Indian Premier League (IPL) at the Barsapara Cricket Stadium in Guwahati on Wednesday.

Ahead of the upcoming Indian Premier League (IPL) season, MS Dhoni-led Chennai Super Kings (CSK) on Wednesday released Harbhajan Singh, Kedar Jadhav, Murali Vijay and Piyush Chawla from the squad.

Alleppey Ripples' seamers Anand Joseph and Fazil Fanoos spearheaded a 33-run victory over Trivandrum Royals in the Kerala Cricket League. Chasing 146, Trivandrum crumbled to 112 all out. In another match, Kollam Sailors easily overcame Calicut Globstars by eight wickets, driven by Abhishek Nair's unbeaten half-century.

Rajasthan Royals completed their full squad strength of 25 after buying nine players in the IPL 2023 mini-auction in Kochi on Friday. West Indies all-rounder Jason Holder was the biggest buy for RR as they splurged Rs 5.75 crore for his services.

Chennai Super Kings once again focussed on retaining their core base of players as much as possible as they bought back Deepak Chahar, Dwayne Bravo, Ambati Rayudu and Robin Uthappa in the IPL Mega Auction 2022.

The IPL mega auction in Bengaluru turned out to be a major disappointment for Kerala cricketers as a majority of them had no takers in the two-day event.

Rajasthan Royals leg spinner Yuzvendra Chahal went past Dwayne Bravo to become the leading wicket-taker in the history of the Indian Premier League.

Needing five players to complete the squad for the IPL 2020, Chennai Super Kings shelled out Rs 6.75 crore to rope in leg-spinner Piyush Chawla making him the most expensive Indian buy in the auction.

Defending champions Chennai Super Kings - who started off their practice ahead of the IPL-12 season with a group of domestic players on March 7 - saw MS Dhoni join the squad on Saturday evening.

The CSK squad comprises seven fast bowlers but most of them were unavailable for the first training session. While Deepak Chahar and a couple of other Tamil Nadu net bowlers were infected with coronavirus last week and will be out for another few more days, the likes of Dwayne Bravo and Josh Hazlewood are busy with Caribbean Premier League and Australia national duties respectively.

Chennai Super Kings beat Delhi Daredevils by 13 runs in an Indian Premier League (IPL) match on Monday night to reclaim the top spot in the points tally in Pune. Chasing 212, DD's Rishabh Pant and Vijay Shankar struck quickfire half-centuries to give CSK a late scare but in the end, the visitors managed 198/5 in 20 overs.