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The last time Arsenal played in the Champions League final, Bukayo Saka was still four years away from joining the club’s academy.

Ahmedabad will host the IPL final for a second successive season on May 31 replacing the “originally designated” Bengaluru, the BCCI announced on Wednesday while allotting Qualifier 1 to Dharamsala and two other playoff games to New Chandigarh.

Royal Challengers Bengaluru will look to rediscover their batting rhythm after a rare collapse in their previous outing as they aim to strengthen their play-off push against bottom-placed Lucknow Super Giants in a reverse leg IPL match here on Thursday.

A profligate Punjab Kings put down catches at the drop of a hat as Sunrisers Hyderabad buried them under a huge total, winning their IPL contest by 33 runs to move to the top of the points table here on Wednesday.

Arshdeep Singh might be having an inconsistent run in this IPL, but Punjab Kings’ assistant coach Brad Haddin wants the “world-class” left-arm pacer to be at his very best for the “important games at the back end of the tournament.”

Former India captain and coach, Ravi Shastri, has raised serious concerns over the country’s top pacer Jasprit Bumrah’s dip in form in the Indian Premier League (IPL) 2026, attributing it as much to mental fatigue as physical strain, while urging the Mumbai Indians to manage their premier pacer carefully ahead of a packed international calendar.

Mumbai Indians opener Ryan Rickelton has said he remains uncertain about the extent of skipper Hardik Pandya’s injury, admitting he has little clarity on the all-rounder’s recovery timeline after he was ruled out with a back spasm.

Punjab Kings batters will be under pressure to halt a worrying slide when they face a confident Sunrisers Hyderabad in the Indian Premier League here on Wednesday.

Sanju Samson paced his unbeaten 87 off 52 balls perfectly on a tricky track as Chennai Super Kings kept themselves relevant in the Indian Premier League with an eight-wicket win over a self-destructing Delhi Capitals here on Tuesday.