Anshul Gupta

Former England captain Eoin Morgan picked India as favourites for the T20 World Cup 2024 considering the squad's strength and depth. India despite having the biggest T20 competition, IPL, haven't won the T20 World Cup since the league's inception and would want to end the 17-year drought next month.

England will take on Pakistan in the third T20I of the four-match series as the visitors look to stay alive. England will be without their regular skipper Jos Buttler and hence an opportunity for Pakistan to level the series and take it to the decider at the Oval on Thursday.

Australian superstar Mitchell Starc hoped that he would get retained by the Kolkata Knight Riders ahead of next year's mega auction. Starc after a rough start, came smashing back with two Player of the Match performances in the qualifier and then the final taking KKR to their third IPL title.

Kolkata Knight Riders won their third IPL title beating the Sunrisers Hyderabad in the final rather comfortably by 8 wickets while the first batch of the Indian team landed in New York ahead of the T20 World Cup on Sunday, May 26. Here's a look at the top 10 trending sports stories on May 27.

West Indies swept the three-match T20 series against South Africa with yet another dominant win in the finale by 8 wickets as the visitors without a full-strength side struggled throughout the assignment. Obed McCoy starred with the ball with three wickets as West Indies restricted SA to 163/7.

Kolkata Knight Riders (KKR) won their third IPL title with a comfortable 8-wicket victory against the Sunrisers Hyderabad in the final in Chennai on Sunday, May 26. Skipper Shreyas Iyer, who won his first IPL trophy, brought a bit of a football flavour to the celebrations on the podium.

As Kolkata Knight Riders and Sunrisers Hyderabad lock horns in the final in Chennai on Sunday, May 26, there have been 16 editions of the IPL thus far but do you know when did a losing finalist won the Player of the Match in the summit clash? It has happened only once.

India's ace javelin athlete Neeraj Chopra clarified his decision to skip the Ostrava Golden Spike 2024 meet. The organisers of the meet said that Chopra had suffered a muscular injury but the 26-year-old clarified that the decision to skip is precautionary keeping in mind the Paris Olympics.

West Indies and South Africa will lock horns for one final time in the ongoing three-match T20 series in Jamaica on Sunday, May 26. The hosts have already sealed the series and the Proteas will be keen to avoid the whitewash even though they are missing a few of their key players.

Shaheen Afridi, who was removed as Pakistan's T20 captain after the hammering series defeat against New Zealand. Reportedly, Shaheen denied the vice-captaincy role after being offered the same for the T20 World Cup, however, the Pakistan Cricket Board has now come up with a clarification.

Kolkata Knight Riders (KKR) will take on the Sunrisers Hyderabad (SRH) in the 2024 edition of the IPL. This is the first time this fixture has taken place in the IPL final. Both teams have won at least one trophy. KKR have qualified for the fourth final while SRH will be playing their third.

England and Pakistan will take on each other in now the second T20I of the series which now effectively consists of three matches after the opener was washed out at Headingley. Pakistan have announced their T20 World Cup squad and will now be eager to get out on the park with their first-choice XI.