Anshul Gupta

Kolkata Knight Riders became the first team to qualify for the playoffs in the 2024 edition of the IPL after an 18-run win against the Mumbai Indians in their final home game of the season at the Eden Gardens. One of the stars of KKR's campaign, Sunil Narine achieved a rare double in the IPL.

Pakistan's two-month-long tour in a bid to achieve T20 supremacy will begin in Ireland with a three-match T20 series. Pakistan are yet to zero in on a 15-man squad for the T20 World Cup and these three matches against Ireland and then four against England will give them a fair idea of the side.

Lucknow Super Giants owner Sanjiv Goenka seemed pretty angry after the thrashing his side was handed by the Sunrisers Hyderabad chasing 166 runs in just 9.4 overs in IPL 2024. Goenka was involved in an animated discussion with skipper KL Rahul on the ground, which didn't look good at all.

Travis Head and Abhishek Sharma decimated Lucknow Super Giants by chasing down 166 in just 9.4 overs as the Sunrisers Hyderabad registered their 7th win in the 2024 edition of the IPL. 165 looked like a decent total with the pitch gripping and turning and SRH openers ripped apart that speculation.

Punjab Kings will take on the Royal Challengers Bengaluru in a battle of survival in the 2024 edition of the IPL at the HPCA Stadium in Dharamsala, which will be there final home game of the season. The team losing the game is potentially knocked out of the tournament and hence the stakes are high.

Ireland have named their 15-man squad for the T20 World Cup and team for the upcoming T20 series against Pakistan and a tri-series alongside Netherlands and Scotland. Ireland pacer Josh Little, who is currently playing IPL for the Gujarat Titans, has been allowed to stay.

Sri Lanka have qualified to the Women's T20 World Cup as Qualifier 1 and find themselves in the group of death alongside Australia, India, Pakistan and New Zealand. Sri Lanka gave Scotland a proper thrashing in the qualifiers final riding on the captain Chamari Athapaththu's record century.

Sunrisers Hyderabad will be ruing dropping a game against the Mumbai Indians on Monday as they face Lucknow Super Giants in probably the most decisive game as far as the race to the playoffs is concerned in the 2024 edition of the IPL. Lucknow themselves are coming off a 98-run loss to KKR.

Tilak Varma has come of age in the 2024 edition of the IPL playing varied roles and scoring runs at different tempos according to the team's requirements and apart from Jasprit Bumrah, has been the only shining light in terms of consistency in an otherwise horror season for the Mumbai Indians.

Kolkata Knight Riders got their flight diverted twice due to inclement weather in Kolkata while Suryakumar Yadav's second IPL century took Mumbai Indians to an important win against the Sunrisers Hyderabad in IPL 2024. Here's a look at the top 10 trending sports stories on May 7.

Kolkata Knight Riders (KKR) are in Varanasi following a couple of diversions on their way to Kolkata from Lucknow. The rain and thunderstorms in the City of Joy meant that KKR's charter flight was first diverted to Guwahati and the second attempt failed too, which took them to Varanasi.

Scotland women's cricket team scripted history by qualifying for their maiden World Cup after beating Ireland in the qualifiers semi-final and now the Kathryn Bryce-led side has the real opportunity to make some heads turn as they face unbeaten Sri Lanka in the final.