Anshul Gupta

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.

Delhi Capitals will be up against Rajasthan Royals in a must-win clash at home on Tuesday, May 7. Delhi will be coming off after a week's rest and will be geared up to go three in three against the erstwhile table-toppers, who suffered their second loss of the tournament last week against SRH.

The Indian women's team continued its impressive run in the ongoing five-match T20 series against Bangladesh, winning the rain-hit fourth match comfortably. Captain Harmanpreet Kaur starred with the bat, but the duo of Asha Sobhana and Deepti Sharma got their team home with their spin chokehold.

Mumbai Indians will take on the Sunrisers Hyderabad in a crucial clash in the ongoing season of the IPL. The tournament might be all but over for the Mumbai Indians but they will be playing for their point and the clash is important from the perspective of the other eight teams.

The 22-year-old Delhi pacer Harshit Rana, who till last year wasn't even a first-choice pacer for the Kolkata Knight Riders, has transformed into one of the most reliable bowlers for the side in IPL 2024. Rana with his change of pace, accuracy and lines and lengths has impressed one and all.

Indian women's and men's relay teams 4x400m qualified for the Paris Olympics 2024 after finishing in the top half while Scotland and Sri Lanka sealed their berth in ICC Women's T20 World Cup 2024 to be held in Bangladesh later this year. Here's a look at the top 10 trending sports stories on May 6.

Former South Africa Test captain Dean Elgar has elaborated on the ordeal he had to go through the leader of the national team, his sudden removal from the top role and his premature retirement. Elgar played his last Test for South Africa against India in Cape Town and has signed up with Essex now.

Cricket West Indies (CWI) has assured to work closely with all the island nations and countries that are hosting the T20 World Cup 2024 to mitigate the potential security risks. CWI received a security threat from Pakistan for the T20 World Cup, which is set to take place from June 1 to 29.

Scotland scripted history as Kathryn Bryce led from the front with an all-round show to decimate Ireland, to qualify for their first-ever Women's World Cup while Sri Lanka survived a UAE scare to seal the spot in the marquee event in Bangladesh later this year.

Delhi Capitals will be up against the Rajasthan Royals in a must-win clash at home after a week's break on Tuesday, May 7. Delhi lost their last game against the Knight Riders and the Royals too are coming off a 1-run loss against Sunrisers Hyderabad and both will be looking for a win.

MS Dhoni achieved a massive feat in the IPL during the game against the Punjab Kings in Dharamsala on Sunday, May 5 with the catch of Jitesh Sharma off the bowling of Simarjeet Singh. CSK registered their sixth win of IPL 2024 as they defended a modest score of 167 runs.

The dip after the hang time is back for Harshal Patel in IPL 2024 as the Punjab Kings pacer became the first bowler to dismiss MS Dhoni in the season. Dhoni was deceived by the slower delivery from Harshal as the pacer took three wickets against Chennai Super Kings in Dharamsala on Sunday, May 5.

Punjab Kings suffered their seventh loss of the tournament and now are on the verge of elimination as Chennai Super Kings won rather comfortably by 28 runs. Ravindra Jadeja was the star of the show for the Super Kings with the bat and the ball as Punjab's batting line-up self-imploded.

Indian Olympic medallist Bajrang Punia has been provisionally suspended by the National Anti-Doping Agency indefinitely after failure to provide his urine sample in time. Punia issued a statement regarding the same while alleging that the agency brought an expired kit to take the sample.