Ajay Mathur

@smat8415 @TheSaintScammer Change Captain and everything will come in order

@TheSaintScammer Yeah, possible.

Will be a harsh call to drop Nissanka but DC needs Miller more atp. DC should develop Porel at top. Get Prithvi Shaw as opener. Try Shaw, Rahul, and Porel with Stubbs, Miller, and Ashutosh to follow next game. Season is already gone, at least set yourself up for next year.

@sportstarweb Immediately need to change Captain He is not a deserving one non aggressive already surrendered at this stage and looking for next season

Should Delhi Capitals have a serious rethink about its David Miller question? #DCvKKR | #IPL2026

@cricketnmore He is not a capable captain need DC to change captain

Despite Delhi Capitals Still Having A Route To 14 Points, Axar Patel Doesn’t Look Fully Invested In This Campaign Anymore 😶 📷 - JioHotstar/IPL

@sportstarweb Good analysis

𝗔 𝗰𝗼𝗺𝗺𝗼𝗻 𝗳𝗮𝗰𝘁𝗼𝗿 𝗶𝗻 𝘁𝗵𝗶𝘀 𝗜𝗣𝗟 𝘀𝗲𝗮𝘀𝗼𝗻’𝘀 𝘄𝗶𝗻𝘀 𝗵𝗮𝘀 𝗯𝗲𝗲𝗻 𝗣𝗼𝘄𝗲𝗿𝗣𝗹𝗮𝘆 𝗽𝗲𝗿𝗳𝗼𝗿𝗺𝗮𝗻𝗰𝗲𝘀. 🔝 A look at the points table also reflects which teams have embraced this approach of setting up, or even finishing, games early. Punjab, Royal Challengers Bengaluru, Sunrisers Hyderabad, and Rajasthan, the current top four, also boast the best returns from their top three batters, especially the openers. Winning the PowerPlay isn’t a guarantee, but it gives the batting side a significant advantage for the rest of the innings. Read more here: shorturl.at/kBXOc ✍️: @smat8415 | 📸: R. V. Moorthy, PTI & Nagara Gopal

🔥 MI - 71 runs 🔥 SRH - 91 runs Sunrisers Hyderabad has dominated the powerplay in its chase of 244 against Mumbai Indians at the Wankhede Stadium. @smat8415 analysed how teams that win the powerplay in IPL 2026 generally have a good chance of winning the match.

Rajasthan Royals’ head coach Kumar Sangakkara was all praise for Shubham Dubey (31*) and Donovan Ferreira (52*) who helped the team end Punjab Kings' unbeaten run in IPL 2026 on Tuesday. ✍️ @smat8415 Read: bit.ly/4ecrj72 📸 Reuters

Pitch no. 4 today for Punjab Kings vs Rajasthan Royals match at New Chandigarh. Same pitch on which GT game was played. It rained a bit early morning and pitch was under covers throughout the day; was cloudy too till around 2 pm. Now it's fully sunny.

#OnThisDay in 2⃣0⃣2⃣5⃣, a 14-year-old Vaibhav Sooryavanshi created history in Jaipur with a 35-ball 100! Guess who will have the opportunity to celebrate the anniversary in style tonight? 😉 Read @smat8415's #IPL2026 preview of #PBKSvRR: shorturl.at/juCxg

Even though LSG ended up losing the game against KKR in a Super Over, its bowler Mohsin Khan was right on the money from ball one, inviting batters to drive off a length, writes @smat8415. #IPL2026 #LSGvKKR READ: shorturl.at/6EfvU

In an attempt to keep their campaigns alive, Lucknow Super Giants and Kolkata Knight Riders — the two bottom-placed teams — played the first super over of the IPL 2026 with the former ending on the right side of the result. ✍️ @smat8415 Report⬇️ bit.ly/3QNQy5T

Knew Narine would bowl. If you look at Pooran’s record, he’s faced him more than anyone in world cricket. Felt he was still our best option. You back your best players. He has struggled but no.s say no one plays Narine better than him. Unfortunately, it didn’t come off - Langer

Pitch at Lucknow today

A good captain preempts how likely a bowler is going to get hit. Nitish's first over - that too in the PP vs Abhishek and Travis Head - was a gamble and it came off. But there was no need for the second over inside the PP against the same batters.

𝐖𝐡𝐲 𝐝𝐨 𝐛𝐨𝐰𝐥𝐞𝐫𝐬 𝐠𝐨 𝐟𝐨𝐫 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐰𝐢𝐝𝐞 𝐲𝐨𝐫𝐤𝐞𝐫? Twenty-four matches into #IPL2026 , Arshdeep Singh has delivered the most wides so far—18, four more than Mumbai Indians’ Shardul Thakur, who has 14. Of Shardul’s 14 wides, 13 have come while bowling wide outside off. In Arshdeep’s case, 11 of his 18 wides have come while operating around the tramline outside off. The wide yorker is one of the hardest deliveries to execute because of the precision required—more often than not, it ends up as a full toss or a slot ball. But when nailed, it is extremely difficult to put away. @smat8415 dives deep into the numbers which reveal the risk and reward behind this variation used in the IPL. Read: shorturl.at/SydJF 📷 Reuters

⭐️ 𝐀 𝐝𝐞𝐛𝐮𝐭 𝐭𝐨 𝐫𝐞𝐦𝐞𝐦𝐛𝐞𝐫 ⭐️ Praful Hinge becomes the first bowler to take three wickets in the first over of an IPL innings 🔥 Sunrisers Hyderabad bought the Vidarbha fast bowler at his base price of Rs. 30 lakh. It was an emotional moment for the family, Hinge said, especially for his father, who had made him take up fast bowling. Read here full story: shorturl.at/3NK8M ✍️: @smat8415 | 📸: Periasamy M, Nagara Gopal

Read this feature by Sahil if you want to know more about Praful Hinge

ᴀʙꜱᴇɴᴄᴇ ᴏꜰ ᴀᴜꜱᴛʀᴀʟɪᴀɴ ꜰᴀꜱᴛ-ʙᴏᴡʟɪɴɢ ᴛʀɪᴏ 😅 ᴍᴜʟᴛɪᴘʟᴇ ɪɴᴊᴜʀɪᴇꜱ ᴀᴄʀᴏꜱꜱ ᴛᴇᴀᴍꜱ 🤕 ꜱᴏ ꜰᴀʀ ꜱᴏ ɢᴏᴏᴅ ꜰᴏʀ ᴍɪ, ʟꜱɢ, ɢᴛ 👍 The much-anticipated IPL 2026 is just a week away, but the build-up has been far from ideal for several franchises. A host of key players are either set to miss the start or have been ruled out of the two-and-a-half-month-long tournament due to injuries and availability issues. @smat8415 takes a look at how all 10 teams are shaping up: shorturl.at/FHsiv 📷 K. Murali Kumar, Shashi Shekhar Kashyap, K. R. Deepak

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Spot a team in the puzzle and that’s your IPL 2026 champion 🏆 Comment what you saw first 👇 #IPL2026 #Cricket #Sportstar

𝐌𝐀𝐍𝐈𝐂 𝐁𝐀𝐀𝐒𝐇𝐀 🔥 Meet the heroes of India’s third T20 World Cup title (Part 2) To think that Sanju Samson wasn’t even the first-choice opener ahead of the T20 World Cup 2026 now feels astonishing in hindsight. A late inclusion, he featured in just five matches, but made every opportunity count, scoring 321 runs and clinching the Player of the Tournament award. Samson played a defining role in guiding India to their third T20 World Cup title. From not playing a single game in the 2024 T20 World Cup to becoming India’s match-winner in 2026 on home soil, this was redemption at its finest. Justice, at last, delivered by Sanju Samson. 🙌🏼 How would you rate this fairytale comeback on a scale of 1–10? ✍🏼 Catch the latest edition ➡️ shorturl.at/W1rQe #SanjuSamson #T20WorldCup #Sportstar