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Not one over of spin was bowled as Delhi Capitals beat Punjab Kings by three wickets in Dharamshala in the Indian Premier League.

All 39 of the overs were bowled by pace bowlers across the match, with both captains opting to capitalise on the bounce and seam movement offered by the pitch in the Himalayan foothills, where pace has dominated in recent years.

Only once before - a match between Royal Challengers Bengaluru and Chennai Super Kings in 2008 which lasted 39.4 overs - has an IPL match included more deliveries bowled by pacers.

A match between Dolphins and Titans in South Africa's T20 competition in 2004, in which all 40 overs were bowled by quicks, is the only other instance of more deliveries being bowled be pace bowlers in a major international or top-level T20 league fixture.

Delhi's fixture was sealed as they chased 211 with an over to spare.

It condemned Punjab, who were the leaders in this year's IPL after going unbeaten though their first seven matches, to a fourth straight defeat.

Delhi were 74-4 in their pursuit before captain Axar Patel and South African David Miller hit quick fifties.

Axar fell for 56 and Miller 51 but Ashutosh Sharma's 24 from 10 balls effectively sealed the win.

It keeps Delhi in contention for the play-offs. They are three points behind fourth-placed Punjab but have played a game more.

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England's Jacob Bethell made 26 off 27 balls as Royal Challengers Bengaluru won a dramatic last-ball thriller against Mumbai Indians in the Indian Premier League.

Set 167 for victory, RCB lost Virat Kohli for a first-ball duck before fellow opener Bethell steadied the ship in Raipur with his highest score of this year's IPL.

Krunal Pandya was the key man from RCB with 73 off 46 balls - striking four fours and five sixes - as he laid the platform for the chase.

MI appeared to be favourites with 15 required off the last over, but Raj Bawa conceded four wides and a no-ball before Bhuvneshwar Kumar clubbed a six.

Rasikh Salam and Bhuvneshwar then scrambled two off the final delivery to secure victory for RCB which means MI cannot make the play-offs.

Earlier Tilak Varma's 57 off 42 balls had earlier helped MI post 166-7 from their 20 overs while Will Jacks made 10 off 10 balls.

Experienced seamer Bhuvneshwar finished the pick of the RCB bowlers with 4-23.

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Urvil Patel hit the joint-fastest half-century in the history of the Indian Premier League as Chennai Super Kings claimed a five-wicket victory over Lucknow Super Giants.

The 27-year-old batter made 65 off 23 balls as CSK chased down 204 for victory with four balls to spare after Jamie Overton had earlier taken 3-36 to be named player of the match.

Urvil shares the record with Yashasvi Jaiswal who made made 98 not out against Kolkata Knight Riders at Eden Gardens in 2023.

Josh Inglis' 85 from 33 had laid the foundation for LSG's first-innings total of 203-8 while Shahbaz Ahmed hammered a brisk 43.

Urvil's record-equalling fifty at number three laid the foundations for what should have been an easy victory for CSK.

But Shahbaz Ahmed (2-30) looked have got Lucknow back in the game with the wickets of Ruturaj Gaikwad (42) and Urvil.

However, Shivan Dube came out firing, whacking an unbeaten 15 off seven balls and he wrapped up the game with back-to-back sixes as he guided CSK to their sixth win of the season.

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Shubman Gill's 84 from 44 balls led the in-form Gujarat Titans to a 77-run thrashing over Rajasthan Royals.

Captain Gill added 118 inside 11 overs with Sai Sudharsan, who made 55, before England's Jos Buttler fell cheaply for 13.

Washington Sundar struck an unbeaten 37 to push Gujarat to an imposing 229-4, with Rajasthan's bowlers conceding 16 in wides.

England's Jofra Archer conceded 46 from three wicketless overs.

Rajasthan were bowled out for 152 in 16.3 overs in reply, with Ravindra Jadeja top-scoring with 38. 15-year-old opener Vaibhav Sooryavanshi made 36 from 16 balls.

Spinner Rashid Khan was the pick of the bowlers with 4-33 and West Indies all-rounder Jason Holder mopped up the tail 3-12.

Gujarat remain second in the table while Rajasthan are fifth.

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New Zealander Finn Allen hit a brutal 47-ball century to lead Kolkata Knight Riders to a dominant eight-wicket victory over Delhi Capitals and boost his side's unlikely push towards the Indian Premier League play-offs.

By hitting the winning runs with a six, Allen finished exactly 100 not out as KKR completed a chase of 143 with 5.4 overs to spare.

He had 20 from 17 balls and, having been dropped on 42 by Tristan Stubbs, was on 45 from 31.

At that stage KKR were 75-2 after 10 overs but Allen, who scored 33-ball hundred in this year's T20 World Cup semi-final, hit eight of his remaining 16 balls for six.

Fifty-five of KKR's remaining 72 runs came off his bat, while the right-hander also scored 83 runs in an unbroken stand of 116 with Australia Cameron Green, who finished 33 not out.

Allen is only the fourth KKR player to score an IPL century, following West Indian Sunil Narine, India's Venkatesh Iyer and fellow New Zealander Brendon McCullum.

Delhi, meanwhile, were strangely meek with the bat.

They were 74-1 in the eighth over but stumbled to 142-8, taking only 11 runs in five overs from the 12th to 16th despite not losing a wicket.

Delhi drop to eighth in the table on eight points and are struggling to make the play-offs with three games to go.

KKR were winless across their first six matches but have now won four in a row.

They have nine points in seventh - three fewer than Royal Challengers Benglauru, Rajasthan Royals and Gujarat Titans who are third, fourth and fifth respectively.

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England batter Jacob Bethell was dismissed cheaply after an injury scare as Royal Challengers Bengaluru were beaten by bottom-of-the-table Lucknow Super Giants in the Indian Premier League.

Bethell, whose participation in the tournament has been debated in recent weeks, injured a finger attempting a catch as Mitchell Marsh's century helped LSG pile up 209-3 in 19 overs in between rain delays.

He left the field for treatment but was able to open the batting.

The left-hander made 14, 20 and five in his previous innings at this year's IPL and this time was caught for four from five balls slicing a catch to deep third.

Former captain Sir Alastair Cook was among those to suggest the 22-year-old should be playing county cricket in preparation for England's Test series against New Zealand next month.

Australian Marsh's century came from 49 balls, the fastest by a Lucknow player in the IPL. Their next highest scorer was West Indian Nicholas Pooran with 38.

RCB's target was adjusted to 213 in 19 overs because of the rain but the defending champions lost Bethell and Virat Kohli for a two-ball duck in the first two overs.

RCB needed 91 from the last six overs before hitting from Tim David, Krunal Pandya and Romario Shepherd kept them in the contest.

They required a further 20 from the last over but managed only 10. Lucknow won by nine runs via the Duckworth-Lewis-Stern method to end a six-match losing run.

Lucknow remain bottom of the standings but are now level on points with Mumbai Indians. RCB are third having missed the chance to go top.

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Hollie Armitage has been named MI London women's captain for the 2026 season of The Hundred.

Durham's Armitage, 28, who has played six times for England, was captain of Northern Superchargers for their title win in the Hundred last season.

Superchargers were coached to their win by Australian Lisa Keightley, who has since joined MI - formerly Oval Invincibles.

"It is no secret that we hoped Hollie would lead the side after signing her in the auction," Keightley said.

"The role of captain in a short form game is crucial, and Hollie brings a brilliant cricket brain and a degree of calmness to make crucial decisions under pressure."

Armitage said: "Being named MI London's women's captain is huge honour as we start an exciting new chapter.

"Lisa is a terrific coach to work alongside, and we are eager to replicate last year's success in MI London colours."

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Cooper Connolly scored his first T20 century but Sunrisers Hyderabad inflicted a third consecutive defeat on Punjab Kings and replaced them at the top of the Indian Premier League.

Australian Connolly, 22, made 107 not out from 59 balls but Punjab still finished 33 runs short in pursuit of 236 in Hyderabad.

Sunrisers capitalised on dropped catches and piled up 235-4 on another fine batting track, with fearsome opening partnership Abhishek Sharma and Travis Head putting on 54 in 21 balls.

After Abhishek fell for 35 and Head 36, Ishan Kishan hit 55 from 32 balls.

South African Heinrich Klaasen added a further 69 from 43 to take top spot in the leading run-scorers list from India opener Abhishek.

Priyansh Arya was then caught for one off the bowling of Sunrisers and Australia captain Pat Cummins in the first over of the chase.

Prabhsimran Singh followed in the second over for three and captain Shreyas Iyer in the fourth for five.

That left Connolly to play a lone hand, striking seven fours and eight sixes, but the visitors were never truly in the chase.

Punjab, who are coached by Australia legend Ricky Ponting and topped the league phase last year before losing in the final, were unbeaten through their first seven matches in this year's tournament but are now a point behind new leaders Sunrisers.

Two points separate the top five teams in the standings, with Chennai Super Kings two points further back in sixth.

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The final of the 2026 Indian Premier League has been switched from Bengaluru to the Narendra Modi Stadium in Ahmedabad.

Organisers said the match had been switched "owing to certain requirements from the local association and authorities that were beyond the scope of BCCI's [Board of Control for Cricket in India] established guidelines and protocols".

The Modi Stadium, one of the largest cricket grounds in the world, held the IPL finals in 2025, 2023 and 2022.

It also held the 2023 50-over World Cup and the T20 World Cup earlier this year.

The final will be played on 31 May.

The first qualifier will be played on 26 May in Dharamshala.

The eliminator and second qualifier will be held in New Chandigarh on 27 and 29 May respectively.

The final is four days before England's first Test of the summer against New Zealand at Lord's, with Jacob Bethell and Jofra Archer two of England's Test players currently at the tournament and in the play-off places with Royal Challengers Bengaluru and Rajasthan Royals respectively.