Glenn Phillips Angry In Press Conference: Last Tuesday (May 26), Gujarat Titans lost by 92 runs against Royal Challengers Bangalore in the first qualifier of IPL 2026. However, the team still has one more chance to go to the finals. Now in Qualifier-2, Gujarat will face the team that wins the Eliminator. But after the defeat, Gujarat all-rounder Glenn Phillips caught everyone’s attention in the press conference.

New Zealand’s Glenn Phillips got furious over a question. Phillips came for the press conference after Gujarat’s defeat in Qualifier-1. The thing to note is that Phillips was not even included in the 12 players of the team. He was asked a question on which he got very angry.

Glenn Phillips got angry on which question?

Let us tell you that while batting first in the match, Bengaluru had put 254 runs on the board for 5 wickets in 20 overs. This was the biggest total in the history of the playoff stage. In reply, Gujarat was all out for 162 runs. Regarding Bengaluru’s big total, Phillips was asked whether his team had mentally given up after seeing the big total visible on the board?

Phillips got angry at this question. He replied, “This is a stupid question. Why would we do this as professional cricketers? This is a very poor question. We had given everything as soon as we came on the field. While chasing the target of 250, everything should be in your favor. We came on the field with the hope that everything would be fine, but it could not happen.”

How will a big defeat be beneficial? Phillips said

In PC, Phillips also explained how a big defeat would be beneficial for the team. He had said that if the team had lost by a margin of 1 or 2 runs, we would have kept thinking about it, wishing this or that had happened, but when you are not even around, you say that today was not our day. This does not mean that we will not have our day in the next match also.

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Priyansh Arya Six Injured Fan, Blood On Face: Last Tuesday (April 28), the match between Rajasthan Royals and Punjab Kings was played in Mullanpur. Through this match, Punjab faced its first defeat of the season. In the same match, a fan sitting in the stands was seriously injured by a six hit by Punjab Kings’ opener batsman Priyansh Arya, the video of which also surfaced on social media.

It can be seen in the video that apparently after being hit by the ball, blood started flowing from the face of the elderly fan. Blood stains were also visible on his shirt. During this, the people present nearby helped the injured fan. Someone tried to stop the bleeding, while someone was seen cleaning the wound. According to reports, the injured fan was immediately taken to the local hospital.

Priyansh Arya six badly injured a man’s head in stands. pic.twitter.com/csNqEadB92

— Selfless⁴⁵ (@SelflessCricket) April 28, 2026

Priyansh Arya could not play a big innings

Punjab’s young openers could not play big innings against Rajasthan. He scored 29 runs in 11 balls with the help of 5 fours and 1 six. He got a good start, but could not make his innings big.

Punjab Kings got their first defeat of the season

Let us tell you that this was the first defeat of Punjab Kings in the season. In the match, Rajasthan won the toss and decided to bowl. Punjab Kings, who came to bat first, put 222 runs on the board at the loss of 4 wickets in 20 overs. Marcus Stoinis played the biggest innings for the team and scored 62* runs in 22 balls with the help of 4 fours and 6 sixes. Apart from this, Prabhsimran Singh scored 59 runs.

Then Rajasthan Royals came out for run chase and won by scoring 228 runs at the loss of 4 wickets in 19.2 overs. During this, Devonvon Ferreira and Yashasvi Jaiswal played half-century innings for the team. In this way Punjab had to face its first defeat. However, even after this defeat, Punjab is at the first position in the points table.

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Most IPL sixes Against Jasprit Bumrah: With his brilliant performance in IPL 2026, Vaibhav Suryavanshi has become a part of the list in which legendary batsmen like AB de Villiers, Virat Kohli, Kieron Pollard and Andre Russell are present. Here we are talking about the list of batsmen who have hit most sixes on Jasprit Bumrah in IPL, in which Vaibhav’s name has also been included.

The 13th league match of the 19th season of IPL was played last Tuesday (07 April) between Rajasthan Royals and Mumbai Indians. Through the match, Vaibhav faced Jasprit Bumrah for the first time in IPL. He stole the show by hitting a six on the very first ball of Bumrah. Even while starting his IPL career, Vaibhav had hit a six on the first ball.

Hit 2 sixes in Bumrah’s over.

Vaibhav not only remained calm after hitting a six on Bumrah’s first ball, but he also hit the second six in Bumrah’s over. Vaibhav faced only 5 balls of Bumrah, in which he hit 2 sixes and included himself in the list of batsmen who have hit the most sixes against Bumrah.

De Villiers hit the most sixes

Former South African legend AB de Villiers is at the first position in the list of those who hit the most sixes against Bumrah in IPL. De Villiers has hit a total of 8 sixes. The second name in the list is of Virat Kohli, who has hit 6 sixes against Bumrah. After this, JP Dumani is also in the list with 6 sixes.

Moving forward in the list, Kieron Pollard with 5 sixes, Pat Cummins with 4 sixes, Andre Russell with 4 sixes, Dinesh Karthik with 3 sixes, Marcus Stoinis with 3 sixes, Glenn Maxwell with 3 sixes and Vaibhav Suryavanshi with 2 sixes.

Most sixes against Bumrah in IPL

• AB de Villiers – 8 sixes
• Virat Kohli – 6 sixes
• JP Duminy – 6 sixes
• Kieron Pollard – 5 sixes
• Pat Cummins – 4 sixes
• Andre Russell – 4 sixes
• Dinesh Karthik- 3 sixes
• Marcus Stoinis – 3 sixes
• Glenn Maxwell – 3 sixes
• Vaibhav Suryavanshi- 2 sixes

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IPL 2026, Kolkata Knight Riders: There is great news for the fans of Kolkata Knight Riders (KKR). The player worth Rs 18 crore has started practicing for the team. This player is none other than Sri Lankan fast bowler Matheesha Pathirana, who was bought by the franchise for a price of Rs 18 crore in the mini auction held for 2026.

Till now the bowling department of KKR has looked very weak. In such a situation, Pathirana’s return can prove to be a big boost for the team. So let us know what is the complete update regarding the return of Pathirana.

started bowling

According to Cricbuzz, Pathirana has started bowling in the nets. He is slowly recovering. It is expected that Pathirana will be available for the team in the 2026 season. However, no information has been given about which match Pathirana will be available for KKR. On the other hand, the franchise has also not given any update about the fast bowler.

Was injured in 2026 T20 World Cup

Let us tell you that Pathirana had suffered a calf strain injury during the T20 World Cup 2026. Kolkata head coach Abhishek Nair, while giving an update in the press conference before the start of the IPL season, had said that he is with the Sri Lanka Cricket Board for his rehab. Further, the head coach had expressed hope that Pathirana could make a comeback by mid-April.

Mathisha Pathirana’s IPL career

Pathirana has played 32 matches in his IPL career. Bowling in 32 innings of these matches, he took 47 wickets at an average of 21.61, in which the best figure was 4/28. His economy has been 8.68. Let us tell you that Pathirana made his IPL debut in 2022 while playing for Chennai Super Kings. He will remain a part of Chennai till 2025. This will be the first time that Pathirana will play for a team other than Chennai.

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Why No Opening Ceremony For IPL 2026: IPL 2026 is starting from today i.e. 28th March, Saturday. The first match of the 19th season will be played between Royal Challengers Bangalore and Sunrisers Hyderabad at the M Chinnaswamy Stadium in Bengaluru. Fans have often seen that an opening ceremony is organized before the opening match of the Indian Premier League, in which many artists perform and entertain the fans, but this time there will be no opening ceremony.

So let us tell you that the reason for not having an opening ceremony this time is the stampede that took place in Bengaluru last season, in which 11 people lost their lives. Royal Challengers Bangalore won the title in the last season i.e. 2025 IPL. This was the team’s first title, after which there was a lot of enthusiasm among the fans and players.

With the same enthusiasm, RCB’s victory parade took place in Bengaluru, in which there was a stampede outside the stadium. 11 people lost their lives in the stampede. Apart from this, many people were injured.

BCCI Secretary confirmed

While talking to ‘Aaj Tak’, Secretary of the Board of Control for Cricket in India (BCCI) Devjit Saikia had confirmed that the opening ceremony of this year’s IPL will not be organised. He attributed the reason behind the event not being held to the stampede that took place after the victory of Arsi on June 04. With this, tribute can be paid to those who lost their lives.

Talks continue on closing ceremony

Just as the IPL season starts with an opening ceremony, in the same way a closing ceremony is organized at the end of the tournament. Regarding the closing ceremony, Devjit Saikia said that talks are going on. There may be a closing ceremony at the end of the tournament. Now it will be interesting to see whether the closing ceremony takes place or not. Let us tell you that fans enjoy the opening and closing ceremonies very much.

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Who is Abhinandan Singh, IPL 2026 Debut: In the first match of IPL 2026 on Saturday (28 March), the teams of Royal Challengers Bangalore and Sunrisers Hyderabad are on the field. In the match, Bengaluru won the toss and decided to bowl. Meanwhile, the attention of the fans went to the playing 11 of RCB, in which a player named Abhinandan Singh was seen. This name caught everyone’s attention.

Abhinandan is debuting in the Indian Premier League through this match. Let us tell you that Abhinandan has not played a single Ranji match till now, but still he got a place in the playing 11 of Direct Royal Challengers Bangalore. Abhinandan recently made a lot of headlines by dismissing Virat Kohli twice before the start of the season. He had dismissed Kohli twice in the practice match before the start of the season. So let us know who Abhinandan Singh is.

RCB retained

Let us tell you that RCB had retained Abhinandan for the 2026 season. The franchise had bought Abhinandan for a price of Rs 30 lakh in the mega auction held for the 2025 season. However, last season he did not get a chance to play even a single match.

Who is Abhinandan Singh?

So let us tell you that Abhinandan is a fast bowler, who belongs to Uttar Pradesh. His age is 28 years. On March 30, i.e. after two days, he will turn 29 years old.

Didn’t even play Ranji, then how did he get a place in IPL?

So let us tell you that Abhinandan has not played any kind of domestic cricket, which includes Rajini, List-A and T20 cricket (Syed Mushtaq Ali Trophy).

Abhinandan’s luck brightened after his brilliant performance in the 2024 UP T20 League. He took 15 wickets in 10 innings while playing for Lucknow Falcons in the tournament season. After this RCB bought him in the mega auction. Now on March 28, 2026, Abhinandan got a chance to make his IPL debut.

RCB playing 11 in the match against Hyderabad

Virat Kohli, Philip Salt, Rajat Patidar (captain), Jitesh Sharma (wicketkeeper), Tim David, Romario Shepherd, Krunal Pandya, Bhuvneshwar Kumar, Abhinandan Singh, Jacob Duffy, Suyyash Sharma.

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Phil Salt Catches, IPL 2026 1st Match: Royal Challengers Bangalore’s star batsman Phil Salt stole the show by taking not one but two brilliant catches in the first match against Sunrisers Hyderabad in IPL 2026. Believe me, Salt had become a super man to catch the catch of Hyderabad captain Ishan Kishan. Both the catches of Salt were worth watching.

Heinrich Klaasen’s catch was taken first

Romario Shepherd brought the 14th over for RCB in the first innings of the match. On the very first ball of Shepherd, Klaasen hit a shot towards mid-wicket. Seeing Klaasen’s shot, it seemed for a moment that it would become a six, but Salt did an amazing job by catching the ball going outside the boundary line and completed the catch and sent Klaasen to the pavilion.

Picking up where he left off…

Never change, Phil Salt. Never change. #PlayBold #নমমRCB #IPL2026 #RCBvSRH pic.twitter.com/gGu6BD388g

— Royal Challengers Bengaluru (@RCBTweets) March 28, 2026

However, Salt’s catch also came under question. The third umpire checked the catch, but the decision came in his favor. Ultimately the umpire declared the catch clean and declared Klaasen out. Klaas played an innings of 31 runs in 22 balls. He was the third batsman to score the most runs in the innings for the team.

Ishan Kishan became a super man to catch, caught with one hand

After this, Salt transformed himself into a super man to catch Ishan Kishan on the last ball of the 16th over. Ishaan tried to play a shot towards point on Abhinandan’s ball. Seeing the ball in the air, Salt ran and took a catch with one hand, which became a contender for ‘Catch of the Tournament’.

Reminder: NEVER hit the ball towards Phil Salt. pic.twitter.com/9VfYSzWrxb

— Royal Challengers Bengaluru (@RCBTweets) March 28, 2026

Ishaan played a brilliant inning for the team and scored 80 runs in 38 balls with the help of 8 fours and 5 sixes, with which he was the highest run scorer. Due to Ishaan’s innings, the team put a total of more than 200 runs on the board.

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The first match of IPL 2026 will be played between Royal Challengers Bangalore and Sunrisers Hyderabad on Saturday, March 28. A few hours before the start of this match, big news came out, in which it was told that the ban on live telecast of IPL in Bangladesh has been lifted.

According to media reports, this decision was taken by the new Information and Broadcasting Minister of Bangladesh, Zahir Uddin Swapan. He made it clear that if any channel applies to broadcast the Indian Premier League, the government will look at it positively.

The decision was taken after Mustafizur Rahman was out.

So let us tell you that the decision to ban the telecast of IPL in Bangladesh was taken after the country’s fast bowler Mustafizur Rahman was dropped from the upcoming season of the tournament.

What actually happened was that Kolkata Knight Riders had bought Mustafizur for a price of Rs 9.20 crore in the auction held in December 2025. But at this time the situation in Bangladesh was very bad, due to which there were reports of atrocities on minority Hindus living there. After this, there was protest in India that Bangladeshi players would not play in the IPL. In view of the protest, BCCI ordered KKR to release Musfizur, the franchise did the same.

Bangladesh had banned it in January

After Mustafizur’s ouster, news came out in January 2026 that the Information and Broadcasting Ministry of Bangladesh banned the telecast of IPL in the country after Mustafizur Rahman’s ouster. The ban on broadcasting was issued through an official notification signed by Assistant Secretary Firoz Khan.

What did Zaheer Uddin Swapan say on lifting the ban?

Talking about lifting the ban, Zahir Uddin Swapan said, “No one has applied to us for IPL telecast. We do not want to mix politics with sports. We will look at it from a commercial perspective and if any channel applies to telecast IPL, we will consider it positively.”

There is no restriction on anyone for broadcasting

Swapan said, “We will not stop anyone from telecasting it. If Star Sports wants to telecast it, they can. If any of our channels want to telecast it, we will welcome it in a positive manner, but we will not put any pressure on anyone.”

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Virat Kohli, IPL 2026: Virat Kohli has also reached Bengaluru for IPL 2026. On Wednesday, March 18, the video of Kohli’s arrival in Bengaluru was shared by Royal Challengers Bangalore (RCB) through social media. The video was made in a very filmy style. All the teams are finalizing their preparations for the upcoming season. The season will start from March 28.

Fans were waiting for Kohli to reach Bengaluru for a long time. Now he has reached Bengaluru and joined the RCB camp. While sharing Kohli’s video, RCB wrote in the caption, “You don’t need to see him… just to know that he is coming! Check the calendar. There will be signs.”

When will Virat Kohli play his first match?

The first match of the tournament starting from Saturday, March 28, will be played between Royal Challengers Bangalore and Sunrisers Hyderabad. This match will be held at M Chinnaswamy Stadium in Bengaluru, in which Virat Kohli will be seen playing. Therefore, fans will get to see the magic of Virat Kohli in the very first match of 2026 IPL.

You don’t have to see him… to know he’s coming! Check the calendar. There will be signs…#PlayBold #நமம்RCB #IPL2026 pic.twitter.com/qv8tA5ZCrA

— Royal Challengers Bengaluru (@RCBTweets) March 18, 2026

King Kohli’s amazing performance last season

In the last season i.e. 2025 IPL, Kohli batted brilliantly and scored 657 runs in 15 innings of 15 matches at an average of 54.75 and a strike rate of 144.71. During this period, he scored 8 half-centuries, in which the high score was 73* runs. Now it will be interesting to see how he performs this season.

Kohli’s IPL career

Talking about Kohli’s IPL career, he has played 267 matches so far. Batting in 259 innings of these matches, Kohli scored 8661 runs at an average of 39.54 and strike rate of 132.85. During this period, he has scored 8 centuries and 63 half-centuries, in which the high score was 113* runs. Kohli has been playing for RCB since 2008 i.e. the first season of IPL.

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The discussion regarding IPL 2026 has intensified. The tournament is starting from 28th March. Earlier, former Chennai Super Kings captain MS Dhoni advised a player who was bought in the auction for Rs 14.2 crore to save money. So let us know who this player is and why Dhoni gave him such advice.

This player is none other than 20 year old uncapped young all-rounder Prashant Veer. Prashant was included in their squad by Chennai Super Kings (CSK) by paying a huge amount. Dhoni gave important advice to Prashant, who became a millionaire at such a young age, and advised him to avoid unnecessary expenditure.

Dhoni’s advice to Prashant Veer

While talking to Sportstar, Prashant said that till now we (Dhoni and I) have not talked much about cricket. He has asked me to save money and not spend it unnecessarily.

Got a chance in IPL for the first time

This is the first time that Prashant has been included in the IPL by any team. Now it remains to be seen whether Prashant gets a chance in the playing eleven after spending such a huge amount or not.

Prashant Veer’s career

Talking about Prashant’s career, Prashant, who plays domestic cricket for Uttar Pradesh, has so far played 3 First Class, 8 List-A and 9 T20 matches. Left arm spinner Prashant is capable of batting as well as bowling. In first class, he took 2 wickets and scored 7 runs in batting. Apart from this, took 10 wickets and scored 133 runs in List-A. In the remaining T20, Prashant took 12 wickets and scored 112 runs.

The schedule of the second phase of IPL is yet to come.

At present, only the schedule of the first phase of IPL has been revealed, in which the schedule of the first 20 matches has been released. The first phase of the schedule was released due to the elections to be held in five states this year. However, the election dates have been announced. In such a situation, the schedule of the second phase can come any time.

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