Lucknow Super Giants (LSG) had a tough and inconsistent season in IPL 2025. The team eventually finished seventh with six wins and eight losses in 14 matches. Long before the season started, LSG created huge noise by buying Rishabh Pant for INR 27 crore, which is the highest amount paid for any player in an IPL auction. Many fans expected LSG to have a great season, but the team could not perform consistently.

LSG started the 2025 season with a strong squad that included Aiden Markram, Nicholas Pooran, Mitchell Marsh and some youth in Ayush Badoni and Digvesh Rathi. While some players did well, there were just too many setbacks for the team. Rishabh Pant had a hit-or-miss type of season consistently, so he could not ever really provide match-winning innings. Their pace attack let the team down with a lack of consistency, leading to defeats and preventing LSG from gaining any type of momentum.

Before the start of IPL 2026, important changes were made in the trade window by LSG. They brought in experienced fast bowler Mohammed Shami from Sunrisers Hyderabad. His presence will make their bowling attack stronger along with Avesh Khan, Prince Yadav, Akash Singh and spinner Ravi Bishnoi. LSG also traded Shardul Thakur to the Mumbai Indians and received Arjun Tendulkar in return. Arjun adds a young left-arm fast bowling option to the squad.

LSG Retentions, Releases and Trades for IPL 2026

LSG decided to keep most of their important players for IPL 2026, such as Rishabh Pant, Nicholas Pooran, Aiden Markram, Ayush Badoni and Avesh Khan. They also retained several all-rounders and bowlers for balance in the squad. Simultaneously, LSG let go of the experienced players David Miller and Ravi Bishnoi to make room for new signings at the mini-auction.

With these changes and important trades already done, LSG now go into the IPL 2026 mini-auction with a purse of ₹22.95 crore. They are expected to strengthen their middle order and add more backup bowlers during the auction.

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LSG Retained Players for IPL 2026

LSG have retained Rishabh Pant, Nicholas Pooran, Aiden Markram, Mitchell Marsh, Digvesh Singh Rathi, Ayush Badoni, Avesh Khan, Abdul Samad, Himmat Singh, Matthew Breetzke, Shahbaz Ahmed, Arshin Kulkarni, Arjun Tendulkar, Mohammed Shami, Mayank Yadav, Mohsin Khan, M Siddharth, Prince Yadav and Akash Singh for IPL 2026.

LSG Released Players for IPL 2026

The released players include Shardul Thakur (via trade), David Miller, Aryan Juyal, Yuvraj Choudhary, Rajvardhan Hangargekar, Shamar Joseph, Akash Deep and Ravi Bishnoi.

LSG  Traded Players for IPL 2026

LSG traded Shardul Thakur to the Mumbai Indians, while they brought in Arjun Tendulkar from Mumbai Indians and Mohammed Shami from Sunrisers Hyderabad.

LSG Remaining Purse for IPL 2026

Lucknow Super Giants will enter the IPL 2026 mini-auction with a remaining purse of ₹22.95 crore.

The Gujarat Titans (GT), champions of IPL 2022, had a strong season in IPL 2025, finishing in fourth place. Their group-stage run was one of the most consistent of the tournament, mainly because of the brilliant performances of their top-order batters, who dominated bowling attacks across different venues. Their strong starts with the bat have played a crucial role in GT securing a playoff spot for the third time in four years.

Sai Sudharsan, captain Shubman Gill and England wicketkeeper-batter Jos Buttler all scored more than 500 runs each in the season. This made them one of the best top threes in the tournament. However, since they scored most of the runs, GT’s middle order didn’t get much time to bat, creating concerns about their depth in pressure situations. Because of this, GT are expected to target new middle-order batters in the mini-auction on December 16 in Abu Dhabi.

Over the years, Gujarat Titans became one of the most successful franchises in the IPL. After claiming the title in their maiden season in 2022 under the captaincy of Hardik Pandya, they were in the finals in 2023 and barely missed the playoffs in 2024. All ahead of the 2026 season, GT intend to retain their strong core players while also releasing players who haven't performed well to improve their good squad.

Gujarat Titans Retentions, Releases and Trades for IPL 2026

GT retained most of the key players ahead of IPL 2026, which included their skipper Shubman Gill, leading performers Sai Sudharsan and Jos Buttler, and match-winners like Rashid Khan, Mohammed Siraj, and Rahul Tewatia. They have also retained some other all-rounders and bowlers for maintaining team balance. Meanwhile, GT released some players who didn’t feature in their long-term plans.

The team also made one notable trade, sending West Indies batter Sherfane Rutherford to Mumbai Indians. With a remaining purse of ₹12.9 crore, Gujarat Titans will look to fill crucial middle-order and backup slots at the mini-auction and prepare a stronger lineup for IPL 2026.

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Gujarat Titans 2026 Retained Players 

GT have retained Shubman Gill as captain, along with Sai Sudharsan, Jos Buttler, Mohammed Siraj, Prasidh Krishna, Washington Sundar, Sai Kishore, Kumar Kushagra, Anuj Rawat, Nishant Sindhu, Arshad Khan, Shahrukh Khan, Rahul Tewatia, Kagiso Rabada, Ishant Sharma, Gurnoor Brar, Rashid Khan, Manav Suthar, Jayant Yadav and Glenn Phillips.

Gujarat Titans 2026 Released Players

The released players include Sherfane Rutherford (via trade), Gerald Coetzee, Kulwant Khejroliya, Karim Janat, Dasun Shanaka and Mahipal Lomror.

Gujarat Titans 2026 Traded Players

GT traded Sherfane Rutherford to the Mumbai Indians for ₹2.6 crore as part of their pre-auction squad updates.

Gujarat Titans Remaining Purse

The Gujarat Titans will enter the IPL 2026 mini-auction with a remaining purse of ₹12.9 crore.

The Afghanistan national team has named their ODI and T20I squads for the white-ball tour against Bangladesh in the UAE, and a few players that have been included are new faces and there have been players that were omitted from the squad.

Among the players unreleased from the squad are left-arm seamer Fazalhaq Farooqi, and the allrounders Gulbadin Naib and Karim Janat. Farooqi has been replaced by Fyaz Ahmad, a tall left-arm seamer at 20 years of age and yet to play at the international level, regardless of having played 14 T20 matches with 12 wickets at a respectable economy rate of 9.06.

Another name added to the squad is the young top-order batter, nephew to the Afghanistan captain, Wafiullah Tarakhil, only available for the T20I squad. He had a strong run in the recent Shpageeza Cricket League, ending as the third highest run-scorer with 298 runs at an average of 37.25 and a strike rate of 155.20 over the course of nine innings.

Abdullah Ahmadzai has been added back into the T20I squad after being included as just a reserve in the Asia Cup and mystery spinner, AM Ghazanfar has been included in the ODI squad, with Rahmat Shah also among those listed as reserves for the T20I series, rather than the ODI series.

Rashid Khan's team relies on its spin depth and new players ahead of the Bangladesh white-ball series in Sharjah and Abu Dhabi 

In regard to the squad refresh, ACB CEO Naseeb Khan said "this refresh is part of Afghanistan preparations towards the 2026 ICC Men’s T20 World Cup," and that the team has "a busy season ahead with many T20Is planned." He acknowledged the disappointment of being ousted from the Asia Cup, but is optimistic that AfghanAtalan will "bounce back strong." 

Afghanistan's spin depth is a big asset. Even without Ghazanfar in the main T20I group, they have Rashid Khan, Noor Ahmad, Mujeeb Ur Rahman and Mohammad Nabi available. They will have captain Hashmatullah Shahidi back to join Rashid, Nabi, Ghazanfar and Nangeyalia Kharote for the ODIs and in the conditions of Abu Dhabi, it could be effective to have Ghazanfar and Kharote available. 

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The tour begins with three T20Is in Sharjah on October 2, 3 and 5, then will follow with three ODIs in Abu Dhabi from October 8 to 14. This will complete the second part of a rescheduled all-format engagement between these two teams having Afghanistan won the ODI leg of the engagement in November 2024 by a score of 2-1.

Afghanistan suffered a narrow defeat against Bangladesh by eight runs in their last T20 International during the Asia Cup held in Abu Dhabi, and they will be keen to reverse that outcome this time.

Afghanistan T20I squad: Rashid Khan (capt), Ibrahim Zadran (vice-capt), Rahmanullah Gurbaz (wk), Mohamamad Ishaq (wk), Sediqullah Atal, Wafiullah Tarakhil, Darwish Rasooli, Azmatullah Omarzai, Mohammad Nabi, Sharafuddin Ashraf, Noor Ahmad, Mujeeb Ur Rahman, Bashir Ahmad, Fareed Ahmad Malik, Abdullah Ahmadzai.

Reserves: AM Ghazanfar, Rahmat Shah.

Afghanistan ODI squad: Hashmatullah Shahidi (capt), Rahmat Shah (vice-capt), Rahmanullah Gurbaz (wk), Ikram Alikhil (wk), Ibrahim Zadran, Sediqullah Atal, Darwish Rasooli, Azmatullah Omarzai, Mohammad Nabi, Rashid Khan, Nangeyalia Kharote, AM Ghazanfar, Abdullah Ahmadzai, Bashir Ahmad, Mohammad Saleem Safi.

Reserves: Bilal Sami, Faridoon Dawoodzai.

In the Duleep Trophy 2025 Final, South Zone will face off against Central Zone, and both teams will be coming off emphatic wins in the semi-final of the tournament. As two of the tournament's in-form squads battle it out for the domestic title, it promises to be an exciting contest.

South Zone reached the final after a dominating performance over North Zone with a 197-run onslaught from Narayan Jagadeesan on a first-innings score of 536 for South. With further contributions from Devdutt Padikkal and Ricky Bhui and a consistent performance from Gurjapneet Singh, the combination of South Zone's depth in batting and bowling proved too much for North and South moved on comfortably.

Central Zone booked their place in the final with an all-round performance against West Zone. Saransh Jain took five wickets as they replied to 438 with a daunting 600 thanks to important knocks from Shubham Sharma (96) and Rajat Patidar (77) and support from the middle order. With Jagadeesan and Malewar at the top of the runs charts and Dubey and Singh at the top of the bowling charts, the Duleep Trophy final promises a thrilling contest where individual brilliance could determine the champion.

Duleep Trophy 2025 Final: Match Details

• Match: South Zone vs Central Zone, Final
  
• Date: Thursday, September 11, 2025
• Time: 9:30 AM IST
• Venue: BCCI Centre of Excellence Ground
  

Duleep Trophy 2025 Final: Live Streaming & Broadcast Details

• Live Streaming: JioHotstar app and website
  
• TV Broadcast: JioStar Network Channels

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Duleep Trophy 2025 Final: Squad Details

South Zone: Mohammed Azharuddeen (c & wk), Ricky Bhui (v-c), Ravichandran Smaran, Kale M, Sheikh Rasheed, Tanmay Agarwal, Salman Nizar, Andre Siddarth, Tanay Thyagarajan, Gurjapneet Singh, MD Nidheesh, Vasuki Koushik, Ankit Sharma, T Vijay, Basil NP

Central Zone: Rajat Patidar (c), Ayush Pandey, Danish Malewar, Shubham Sharma, Sanchit Desai, Yash Rathod, Nachiket Bhute, Kumar Kartikeya Singh, Aditya Thakare, Upendra Yadav (wk), Ajay Singh Kukna, Akshay Wadkar (wk), Deepak Chahar, Kuldeep Sen, Saransh Jain

Southern Brave Women (SOB-W) will face Birmingham Phoenix Women (BPH-W) in Match 7 of The Hundred Women's 2025 at The Rose Bowl on Sunday, August 10. Brave won with six wickets against Manchester Originals in their opening match thanks to decent batting and disciplined bowling. On the other hand, Phoenix faced Trent Rockets, where Emma Lamb made a statement with her aggressive innings and Ellyse Perry showed fantastic captaincy. Both teams are equally undefeated and it promises to be a great game.

SOB-W vs BPH-W: Match Details

• Match: Southern Brave Women vs Birmingham Phoenix Women
• Date: August 10, 2025
• Time: 3:30 PM IST
• Venue: The Rose Bowl, Southampton
• Tournament: The Hundred Women’s 2025 – Match 7

SOB-W vs BPH-W: Live streaming Details

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SOB-W vs BPH-W: Predicted Playing XIs

Southern Brave Women:

Danielle Wyatt-Hodge, Maia Bouchier, Laura Wolvaardt, Sophie Devine, Freya Kemp, Chloe Tryon, Georgia Adams (c), Mady Villiers, Rhianna Southby (wk), Lauren Bell, Tilly Corteen-Coleman

Birmingham Phoenix Women:

Georgia Voll, Emma Lamb, Marie Kelly, Ellyse Perry (c), Amy Jones (wk), Sterre Kalis, Ailsa Lister, Em Arlott, Megan Schutt, Millie Taylor, Hannah Baker

The second match of the Delhi Premier League (DPL) 2025 will see the North Delhi Strikers face the Central Delhi Kings at Arun Jaitley Stadium in Delhi. The two sides had contrasting fortunes in the last season of the tournament and will be eyeing a winning start to their new campaigns. North Delhi Strikers reached the semifinals last time but were defeated by East Delhi Riders. Vaibhav Kandpal was the top scorer of the team with 314 runs, and Siddhartha Solanki was the highest wicket-taker with 13 wickets. However, their present squad looks very weak on paper, and no massive expectations are there for finishing in the playoffs.

Central Delhi Kings were placed fifth in the last edition and missed out on the qualification by a narrow margin. Dhruv Kaushik, who contributed 294 runs, was their top scorer, while Rajneesh Dadar took 11 wickets in the tournament. The Central Delhi Kings, with their more balanced line-up for DPL 2025, are being tipped as serious contenders for a spot in the knockouts.

DPL 2025 Match 2: Match Details

• Match: North Delhi Strikers vs Central Delhi Kings
• Date: August 3, 2025
• Time: 2:00 PM IST
• Venue: Arun Jaitley Stadium, Delhi
• Tournament: Delhi Premier League 2025 – Match 2

DPL 2025 Match 2: Live Streaming Details

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DPL 2025 Match 2: Squad Details

North Delhi Strikers:
Kuldip Yadav, Sarthak Ranjan, Vaibhav Kandpal, Pranav Rajvanshi, Gagan Vats, Yash Bhatia, Yash Dabas, Arnav Bugga, Yajas Sharma, Deepanshu Gulia, Deepak Khatri, Vikas Dixit, Samyak Jain, Siddhartha Solanki, Noor Ilahi, Arjun Rapria, Dhanya Nakra, Prabhjot Singh, Siddhant Bansal, Aryan Sejwal, and Harshit Rana.

Central Delhi Kings:
Simarjeet Singh, Yash Dhull, Pranshu Vijayran, Money Grewal, Aryan Rana, Aarnav Koul, Vivek Kumar Tiwari, Aditya Bhandari, Aaryavir Sehwag, Yugal Saini, Siddharth Joon, Gavnish Khurana, Jasvir Sehrawat, Sampooran Tripathi, Sumit Chhikara, Nikhil Malik, Harshit Sethi, Arun Pundir, Yamit Sehrawat, Tejas Baroka, Rishi Sharma, and Jonty Sidhu.

The third match of the Delhi Premier League (DPL) 2025 is scheduled to take place between Outer Delhi Warriors and New Delhi Tigers at Arun Jaitley Stadium in Delhi. Both of them are new teams in the tournament, having not played in the last edition. New squads, with not many experienced players and limited firepower, will not go a long way towards the expectations of the two camps that are looking to make a mark in their first DPL appearance.

Outer Delhi Warriors have their lineup, which is quite average and lacks depth, especially in the batting department, and thus they are seen as dark horses for the semifinal berth. New Delhi Tigers, also, do not have a very high-profile squad with many unknown players and few proven match-winners. Still, both sides will be racing to upset the schedule and embark on a winning streak in DPL 2025.

DPL 2025 Match 3: Match Details

• Match: Outer Delhi Warriors vs New Delhi Tigers
• Date: August 3, 2025
• Time: 7:00 PM IST
• Venue: Arun Jaitley Stadium, Delhi
• Tournament: Delhi Premier League 2025 – Match 3

DPL 2025 Match 3: Live Streaming Details

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DPL 2025 Match 3: Squad Details

Outer Delhi Warriors:
Suyash Sharma, Shivam Sharma, Sanat Sangwan, Harsh Tyagi, Siddhant Sharma, Dev Kashyap, Shaurya Malik, Keshav Dabas, Aman Choudhary, Karan Garg, Atulya Pandey, Mohit Panwar, Shreshth Yadav, Aarav Gautam, Kamal Bhairwa, Aadi Agarwal, Vivaan Jindal, Jitesh Singh, Ashwin Hooda, Anshuman Hooda, Aryan Dhupar, Varun Yadav, Anant S Sareen, Dhruv Singh, Priyansh Arya.

New Delhi Tigers:
Prince Yadav, Hiten Dalal, Deepak Punia, Dhruv Kaushik, Vaibhav Rawal, Keshav Dalal, Aatrey Tripathi, Aayush Kumar, Rahul Dagar, Ruveer Kheterpal, Piyash Chhikara, Nitesh Sharma, Pratap Basista, Ajay Rana, Parikshit Singh Bhati, Pankaj Jaiswal, Aryan Dalal, Shivam Gupta, Pradyuman Sanan, Rahul Chaudhary, Varun Vanjani, Himmat Singh.

The opening match of the Delhi Premier League (DPL) 2025 has been scheduled to be played between South Delhi Superstarz and East Delhi Riders at the Arun Jaitley Stadium, Delhi. The game is set to commence on August 2, 2025 at 8:00 PM IST under the lights. With the defending champions going head-to-head against the tournament favorites, this fixture promises a thrilling start to the season.

South Delhi Superstarz were the runners-up in the last edition after a narrow 3-run loss to East Delhi Riders in the final match. Ayush Badoni (522 runs) and Digvesh Rathi (14 wickets) were the highlight performers, and they still remain as the main players. East Delhi Riders, on the other hand, will need a winning start for their title defense, with Himmat Singh (381 runs) and Simarjeet Singh (18 wickets) still considered the leading players.

DPL 2025 Match 1: Match Details

• Match: South Delhi Superstarz vs East Delhi Riders
• Date: August 2, 2025
• Time: 8:00 PM IST
• Venue: Arun Jaitley Stadium, Delhi
• Tournament: Delhi Premier League 2025 – Match 1

DPL 2025 Match 1: Live Streaming Details

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DPL 2025 Match 1: Squad Details

South Delhi Superstarz:
Ayush Badoni, Digvesh Rathi, Tejasvi, Kunwar Bidhuri, Sumit Mathur, Himanshu Chauhan, Anmol Sharma, Saksham Gahlot, Aman Bharti, Yatish Singh, Divansh Rawat, Sarthak Ray, Prikshit Sehrawat, Sumit Kumar, Aryaveer Kohli, Gulzar Sandhu, Adviteya Sinha, Rohan Rana, Sagar Tanwar, Manish Sehrawat, Ankur Kaushik, Vision Panchal, Abhishek Khandelwal.

East Delhi Riders:
Navdeep Saini, Akhil Chaudhary, Mayank Rawat, Arpit Rana, Salil Malhotra, Rounak Waghela, Vansh Jetly, Yashwardhan Oberai, Sujal Singh, Hardik Sharma, Kavya Gupta, Rohan Rathi, Ashish Meena, Ajay Ahlawat, Kunal Sharma, Rohit Yadav, Mrinal Gulati, Yuvraaj Rathi, Shivam Kumar Tripathi, Vaibhav Baisla, Anuj Rawat.

Speen Ghar Tigers will face Boost Defenders in the twentieth match of the Shpageeza Cricket League 2025 at the Kabul International Cricket Stadium. The match is set to start at 3:00 PM IST (2:00 PM AFT) on July 30, 2025.

Currently, the Boost Defenders are in third place on the points table with three victories and four defeats. They will be keen to bounce back after a heavy 77-run defeat to Amo Sharks. Wasim Akram has been their batting stalwart with 266 runs, while Arab Gul has led the bowling with nine wickets.

The Speen Ghar Tigers are at the foot of the points table with only two victories in seven games. Yet, they gain confidence from a comfortable 50-run victory against Mis-e-Ainak Knights. Darwish Rasooli has made 202 runs until now, and Zahir Khan is their most potent bowler with nine wickets.

SGT vs BDD: Match Details

Match: Speen Ghar Tigers vs Boost Defenders
Date: July 30, 2025
Time: 3:00 PM IST and 2:00 PM AFT
Venue: Kabul International Cricket Stadium
Tournament: Shpageeza Cricket League 2025 – Match 20

SGT vs BDD: Live Streaming Details

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SGT vs BDD: Squad Details

Speen Ghar Tigers:
Rashid Khan (c), Fareed Ahmad, Ijaz Ahmad Ahmadzai, Ikram Alikhil (wk), Zubaid Akbari, Ismat Alam, Faridoon Dawoodzai, Naseer Khan, Zahir Khan, Shams Karokhil, Lutfullah, Ibrahim Sharifi, Baheer Shah, Rahmat Shah, Yousuf Shah, Dawlat Zadran, Rahmanullah Zadran, Hazratullah Zazai.

Boost Defenders:
Ibrahim Zadran (c), Bashir Ahmad, Bilal Ahmad, Noor Ahmad, Mohammad Akram, Yama Arab, Mobin Bakhtyar, Arab Gul, Karim Janat, Haji Murad Muradi (wk), Allah Noor, Naveed Obaid, Abdul Rahman, Tariq Stanikzai, Abdullah Tarakhail, Azim Zadran, Najibullah Zadran, Shawkat Zaman.

Band-e-Amir Dragons will be battling against the table-toppers Amo Sharks in match 19 of the Shpageeza Cricket League 2025 at the Kabul International Cricket Stadium. The match is scheduled to start at 10:00 AM IST (9:00 AM AFT) on July 30, 2025, with both teams entering the game in different states of mind.

Amo Sharks are currently on top of the points table, having five victories and two losses. They are on the back of a 77-run win over Boost Defenders with some most consistent performances from Imran Mir (239 runs) and Sharafuddin Ashraf (11 wickets), who are still leading the team's dominance this season.

On the other hand, Band-e-Amir Dragons sit at the fourth position with three wins and four losses. In their last match, they were defeated by Mis Ainak Knights with a margin of 72 runs. Captain Hashmatullah Shahidi is still their best player with 293 runs, and Gulbadin Naib has been at the forefront of the bowling team with 8 wickets so far.

BAD vs AMO: Match Details

• Match: Band-e-Amir Dragons vs Amo Sharks
  
• Date: July 30, 2025
  
• Time: 10:00 AM IST and 9:00 AM AFT
  
• Venue: Kabul International Cricket Stadium
  
• Tournament: Shpageeza Cricket League 2025 – Match 19
  

BAD vs AMO: Live Streaming Details

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BAD vs AMO: Squad Details

Band-e-Amir Dragons:

Hashmatullah Shahidi (c), Khalil Ahmed, Sediqullah Atal, Abdul Hadi, Haroon Khan, Nangialai Kharoti, Nijat Masood, Asif Musazai, Gulbadin Naib, Izharulhaq Naveed, Darwish Rasooli, Mohammad Saleem, Lalbaz Sinzai, Qamar Shams, and Mohammad Shahzad (wk).

Amo Sharks:

Azmatullah Omarzai (c), Aftab Alam, Sharafuddin Ashraf, Qais Ahmad, Sharifullah Ahmadzai, Yamin Ahmadzai, Hassan Eisakhil, Fazalhaq Farooqi, Mohammad Ishaq (wk), Babar Khan, Abdul Malik, Imran Mir, Ijaz Mihri, Mohammadullah, Noor Rahman, Samiullah Shinwari, and Shahidullah.