Kolkata Knight Riders have kept their hopes of making it to the IPL 2026 playoffs alive, thanks to a 4-wicket win against the Mumbai Indians. MI’s woes were amplified by Tilak Varma, who played his slowest knock in 14 years. Meanwhile, RCB have received a boost just before the playoffs as Phil Salt has rejoined the team. In international cricket, Bangladesh completed a historic whitewash against Pakistan by defeating the latter in the 2nd Test as well. Talking about the World Test Championship (WTC), Gautam Gambhir and Shubman Gill have already commenced their planning for the upcoming matches. On that note, let’s take a look at top headlines from Wednesday.
Cricket 1 min Snubbing Auqib Nabi for IND vs AFG Test proves Ranji Trophy not a parameterTilak Varma’s knock
Much to the dismay of MI and the batter, Tilak Varma came up with the slowest innings (min 30 balls), in the last 14 years of IPL in the game against KKR. While the record for the slowest innings lies with Sourav Ganguly (SR of 46 in 2008), Tilak rolled back the years, but not in a positive way. It is still the 9th slowest overall in the history of IPL. Read more here.
Salt returns
RCB are once again favourites to win the Indian Premier League (IPL). With their bowling group firing, RCB have one of the most settled groups. That’s the reason why they became the first team to qualify for the playoffs this season. Now, they will soon get their destructive batter back. Phil Salt, who has missed seven games for RCB, will join the team later this week. Read more here.
India’s ‘Project BGT’
The Indian management, led by captain Shubman Gill and head coach Gautam Gambhir, has prepared a blueprint for success at home in Test cricket. The failure to win even one Test against New Zealand in 2024 and South Africa in 2025 has forced the management to move away from serving raging turners to visitors. Gambhir and Gill have decided to opt for black soil, mixed soil, and traditional Indian pitches for home Test matches for the remainder of the World Test Championship (WTC) cycle. Read more here.
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DRS May 21: Tilak Varma’s slowest innings, Gambhir-Gill plan ‘Project BGT’, Bangladesh humiliate Pakistan Predicted CSK Playing XI vs GT: Gurjapneet Singh to replace Akeal Hosein in Ahmedabad? Tilak Varma plays slowest innings in 14 years, amplifies MI’s batting woesPakistan humiliated
Pakistan find a new low again. The men’s team that had promised to usher in a new era under Sarfaraz Ahmed has dealt a huge loss as Bangladesh has completed a Test series whitewash over them. After hammering them away from home in 2024, Najmul Hossain Shanto and his men have done it again, recording their first-ever whitewash over Pakistan at home in history! Read more here.
Parag slams IPL 2026 commentators
RR skipper Riyan Parag doesn’t seem to be the kind who will just ignore whatever is being spoken about him. The youngster faced some sort of criticism after being caught in the vaping controversy. He expressed his displeasure over the fact that he was being targeted by IPL commentators over his personal life. He clarified that his game doesn’t get affected by the outside noise, but then also, the line between professional and personal life should not be crossed. Read more here.
KKR defeat MI
After the end of 13 matches, KKR have won 6 and lost 6; On Wednesday, the Ajinkya Rahane-led team beat MI by 4 wickets, to get to 13 points, and stay alive in the race to playoffs. Chasing 148, Kolkata got home in 18.5 overs. Bowlers were the stars on the day as usual for KKR. Read more here.
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