5 Fastest team centuries for Rajasthan Royals in IPL history

 Rajasthan Royals may not have had the expected season, but they have created some incredible batting records in IPL 2025. In their final home league match of IPL 2025 against Punjab Kings, they once again showed their team's strength by scoring the fastest century for their team in IPL history. Let's take a look at the top five fastest team centuries of Rajasthan Royals in IPL history.

1.RR vs PBKS, Jaipur, 2025

The 2025 IPL season has been difficult for the Royals, but this season has also seen record-breaking batting. Even after their playoff hopes were over, they performed brilliantly while chasing a target of 220 runs in their last home match against Punjab. Yashasvi Jaiswal and Vaibhav Suryavanshi wreaked havoc in the powerplay and took the Royals to 100 runs in just 7.3 overs, their fastest score in the tournament so far.

2. RR vs SRH, Hyderabad 2023

Rajasthan Royals got off to a great start to their 2023 IPL campaign, with Jos Buttler and Yashasvi Jaiswal setting the tone after Hyderabad batted first. Buttler led the attack with a quick half-century off just 22 balls and the duo added 85 runs for the first wicket. Jaiswal and Samson continued the onslaught, helping the Royals reach 100 in just 7.4 overs, their fastest score of the day.

3. RR vs CSK 2021, Abu Dhabi

Rajasthan Royals pulled off a brilliant run chase against Chennai Super Kings in Abu Dhabi in IPL 2021. The new opening pair of Evin Lewis and Yashasvi Jaiswal laid the perfect foundation to easily chase down the 190-run target, ripping apart the CSK bowling. Both the left-handed batsmen started aggressively, adding 77 runs in the powerplay and the Royals eventually crossed 100 in just 8.1 overs, setting up a tricky target.

4. RR vs KKR, Kolkata 2023

After a brilliant bowling performance by Rajasthan Royals, Yashasvi Jaiswal also starred with the bat and demolished the KKR attack while chasing a target of 150 runs at the Eden Gardens. The aggressive left-hander launched the early assault right in the powerplay, helping the Men in Pink cross the 100-run mark in just 8.1 overs. Skipper Sanju Samson provided solid support at the other end, helping Rajasthan Royals chase down the target with ease and register another win in IPL 2023.

5. RR vs SRH, Hyderabad, 2025

Rajasthan Royals displayed explosive power-hitting while chasing a challenging target of 287 against Sunrisers Hyderabad in Hyderabad. They scored 100 runs in just 8.1 overs to set the early momentum. Sanju Samson and Dhruv Jurel made a memorable start to the season by keeping the Royals in the contest in this high-scoring IPL 2025 match.

Pakistan T20 squad announced against Bangladesh

Former Pakistan captain Babar Azam, Mohammad Rizwan and Shaheen Shah Afridi have not been selected for the home series against Bangladesh. Pakistan announced the T20 team for this series on Wednesday, May 21. The reason for keeping these three veterans out has also come to light.

Bangladesh cricket team will play a 3-match T20 series on its Pakistan tour. It will start from May 27, while earlier it was to start from May 25. The postponement of PSL also affected this series. This will be Mike Hesson's first series as Pakistan's head coach. PCB announced a team of 16 players, whose command has been handed over to Salman Ali Agha. Shadab Khan is the vice-captain. Big players like Babar, Rizwan and Afridi are not part of this team.

Babar Azam

Babar Azam, Mohammad Rizwan and Afridi were also left out of the team on the New Zealand tour. However, Pakistan lost badly in that series too. After becoming the head coach, Hesson wanted Babar Azam to be played in the T20 series against Bangladesh, while the selectors were against it. Now after being dropped from the T20 series for the second consecutive time, it is believed that the PCB does not consider these three fit for this short format of cricket.

Why were Babar Azam, Rizwan and Shaheen Afridi out?

The Pakistan Cricket Board said in its statement that the team for the T20 series against Bangladesh has been selected on the basis of performance in PSL 10. Babar has scored 288 runs in 10 matches played so far in PSL 2025, including 3 half-centuries. Rizwan has scored 367 runs in 10 matches, including 1 century. Shaheen Shah Afridi has taken 11 wickets in 10 matches.

Pakistan T20 Squad

• Salman Ali Agha (Captain)
• Abrar Ahmed
• Faheem Ashraf
• Fakhar Zaman
• Shadab Khan (Vice-Captain)
• Haris Rauf
• Hasan Ali
• Hasan Nawaz
• Hussain Talat
• Mohammad Haris
• Khushdil Shah
• Mohammad Wasim Jr
• Mohammad Irfan Khan
• Sam Ayub
• Naseem Shah
• Shahibzada Farhan

MI announce replacements for Will Jacks, Ryan Rickelton and Corbin Bosch

 The league stage matches of IPL 2025 will end on 26 May. In such a situation, the 5-time champion team Mumbai Indians is going to get a triple blow. Actually, after May 26, MI's Will Jacks, Ryan Rickelton and Cobin Bosch will return to their country and join their national team. Because the final match of the World Test Championship is to be played next month. In such a situation, the franchise has announced the replacement of these three players. Let us know who has got a chance in place of these three players and how much money will they get.

These three players were replaced by Mumbai

Johnny Bairstow, Charith Aslanka and Richard Gleeson have been included in place of Mumbai Indians' Will Jacks, Ryan Riccolton and Cobin Bosch. These three players will join the team by the 26th. However, now it remains to be seen whether Mumbai qualifies for the playoffs or not. The fourth place will be decided between Mumbai Indians and Delhi Capitals. This match between MI and DC will be played tomorrow i.e. on Wednesday, May 21 at the Wankhede Stadium.

Jonny Bairstow has been included in the team in place of Will Jacks. He has been included in the team for Rs 5.25 crore. At the same time, Gleeson has been included in the team in place of Rickelton for Rs 1 crore. Charith has been included in the team in place of Bosch for Rs 75 lakh.

POINTS TABLE - Indian T20 League

No	Team	M	W	L	T	NR	NRR	Pts	Recent Forms
1	Gujarat Titans - Q	12	9	3	0	0	+0.795	18	WWWLW
2	Royal Challengers Bangalore - Q	12	8	3	0	1	+0.482	17	NRWWWW
3	Punjab Kings - Q	12	8	3	0	1	+0.389	17	WWWNRL
4	Mumbai Indians	12	7	5	0	0	+1.156	14	LWWWW
5	Delhi Capitals	12	6	5	0	1	+0.260	13	LNRLLW
6	Kolkata Knight Riders - E	13	5	6	0	2	+0.193	12	NRLWWNR
7	Lucknow Super Giants - E	12	5	7	0	0	-0.510	10	LLLWL
8	Sunrisers Hyderabad - E	12	4	7	0	0	-1.000	9	WNRLWL
9	Rajasthan Royals - E	13	3	10	0	0	-0.701	6	LLLWL
10	Chennai Super Kings - E	12	3	9	0	0	-0.992	6	WLLLL

Last updated on 19-May-2025, 11:36 PM

M: Matches, W: Won, L: Lost, T: Tie, NR: No Result, NRR: Net Run Rate, Pts: Points, Q: Qualified, E: Eliminate
Recent Forms: W = Won, L = Lost, T = Tie, D = Draw, NR = No Result

KKR sign Shivam Shukla as Rovman replacement, who is Shivam Shukla?

 Kolkata Knight Riders have signed Shivam Shukla in place of West Indies' Rovman Powell for the remaining matches of IPL 2025. The franchise gave this information on Sunday (May 18). Shivam Shukla has played only one season of Syed Mushtaq Ali Trophy at the domestic level. Earlier, he made headlines in the first season of Madhya Pradesh Premier League. Shivam took 12 wickets in six matches, with his best performance being four wickets for 18 runs.

Kolkata Knight Riders (KKR) are out of the playoff race. Now they have to play their last match of the group stage against Sunrisers Hyderabad on Sunday 25 May. Before this match, the franchise has included Madhya Pradesh's mystery spinner Shivam Shukla in the team. He has got entry in the team in place of deadly West Indies all-rounder Rovman Powell.

Who is Shivam Shukla?

Madhya Pradesh's Shivam Shukla has played only one season of the Syed Mushtaq Ali Trophy at the domestic level. Earlier, he made headlines in the first season of the Madhya Pradesh Premier League. Shivam took 12 wickets in six matches, with his best bowling performance being four wickets for 18 runs.

His economy rate was just 6.2 and he kept the opposition batsmen under constant pressure. His consistency and variety in spin bowling established him as an emerging spinner. Shivam was also nominated for 'Player of the Tournament (Bowling Category).

Top 5 Biggest Fights in IPL History

 The 18th edition of the Indian Premier League has reached its final stage. 3 teams (GT, RCB and PBKS) have reached the playoffs, while only 2 teams (DC and MI) are contenders for the fourth place. Lucknow Super Giants were knocked out of the playoff race after losing to Hyderabad on Monday.

In this match, there was a heated argument between Digvesh Singh Rathi and Abhishek Sharma, which led to a big controversy. Although cricket is called a gentleman's game, but many times players lose their temper in it, the situation reaches to a scuffle. Here we are telling you about the 5 biggest fights in IPL history.

1. Kieron Pollard and Mitchell Starc

In IPL 2014, a heated argument was seen between Kieron Pollard and Mitchell Starc. You can understand the seriousness of this controversy from the fact that Pollard threw his bat towards Starc on the field to hit him.

In this match of RCB vs MI, Starc threw a bouncer to Pollard, after which he went to him and said something. On the next ball, Pollard left the crease and did not play the ball, but Starc did not stop and threw the ball towards his feet. Then Pollard threw his bat to hit him, the good thing was that the ball did not hit Starc's bat. After this controversy, Pollard was fined 75 percent and Starc was fined 50 percent of the match fee.

2. Virat Kohli and Gautam Gambhir

There was a heated argument between Virat Kohli and Naveen, but even before this, there was a heated argument between the two in 2013. Then Kohli was the captain of RCB and Gambhir was the captain of KKR. During a match, when Kohli was going out after getting out, Gambhir probably said something that made Kohli angry. He stopped and asked what are you saying, after which an argument started between the two. Both started coming towards each other but fellow players and the umpire separated them. This dispute remained in discussion for many years.

3. Harbhajan Singh and Sreesanth

In IPL 2008, Harbhajan Singh, playing for Mumbai Indians, slapped Punjab Kings (then Kings 11 Punjab) player S Sreesanth. Sreesanth was seen crying on the field, which shocked everyone. After this, Harbhajan was banned for 11 matches, and his match fees were cut and he was also fined. However, many years later Harbhajan admitted that he should not have done this.

4. Virat Kohli and Naveen Ul Haq

Naveen Ul Haq was a part of Lucknow Super Giants in IPL 2023, during the match against RCB, he had a fight with Virat Kohli. Kohli also gestured to Naveen by removing dust from his shoe, after which the matter escalated. By the way, it started when Lucknow won the match in Bengaluru and Avesh hit his helmet on the ground. Gambhir also gestured the crowd to keep quiet. This controversy was also in the news for a long time.

5. Digvesh Singh Rathi and Abhishek Sharma

Lucknow Super Giants spinner Digvesh Singh Rathi has already been fined twice for notebook celebration but he is not stopping doing it. Due to this celebration, he had a quarrel with Abhishek Sharma. In this match held on 19 May 2025, after dismissing Abhishek, Digvesh did a similar celebration and asked Abhishek to go out by gesturing with his hand.

There was a heated argument between the two players and then the umpire and other players had to intervene. Abhishek asked to hold his hair by gesturing with his hand. BCCI fined Digvesh by deducting his match fee and gave him a one-match suspension. Abhishek was also fined.

IPL 2025: Which players will join the franchise or not?

The IPL is resuming from today after being postponed for a week due to military tension between India and Pakistan. Most of the foreign players of all the 10 teams involved in the IPL are not joining the team again. In this, many players have to play for the national team, while many players are not able to join the team due to injury. Let's know which foreign players are available in which team

Gujarat Titans

Available players- Jos Buttler (available till the end of the league stage)- Kusal Mendis (Kusal Mendis will be available for the playoffs)- Kagiso Rabada (available till the end of the league stage)- Sherfane Rutherford, Rashid Khan, Karim Janat, Dasun Shanaka, Gerald Coetzee

Royal Challengers Bangalore

Available players- Jacob Bethell (available for two league-stage games only)- Lungi Ngidi (available until the league stage ends)- Romario Shepherd, Phil Salt, Tim David, Liam Livingstone, Nuwan Thushara

Players not coming - Josh Hazlewood

Punjab Kings

Available players- Marco Jansen (available until the end of the league stage)- Kyle Jamieson (temporary replacement for injured Lockie Ferguson)- Mitchell Owen, Azmatullah Omarzai, Xavier Bartlett

Players not coming - Josh Inglis, Marcus Stoinis, Aaron Hardy

Mumbai Indians

Available players- Will Jacks (available till end of league stage)- Jonny Bairstow (to be replaced for playoffs)- Ryan Rickelton (available till end of league stage)- Richard Gleeson (to be replaced for playoffs)- Corbin Bosch (available till end of league stage)- Bevan Jacobs, Mitchell Santner, Trent Boult, Reece Tapley, Mujeeb ur Rahman

Delhi Capitals

Available players- Tristan Stubbs (available till the end of the league stage)- Faf du Plessis, Dushmantha Chameera, Sediqullah Atal, (Mustafizur Rahman will be available between 18-24 May)

Players not coming - Mitchell Starc, Jake Fraser-McGurk, Donovan Ferreira.

Kolkata Knight Riders

Available players - Sunil Narine, Andre Russell, Quinton de Kock, Spencer Johnson, Rahmanullah Gurbaz, Anrique Norkhia

Players not coming- Moeen Ali, Rovman Powell

Lucknow Super Giants

Available players- Aiden Markram (available until the end of the league phase), -Will O'Rourke (replaces injured Mayank Yadav)- Mitchell Marsh, Nicholas Pooran, David Miller, Matthew Breetzke

Players not coming Shamar Joseph

Sunrisers Hyderabad

Available players: Pat Cummins, Travis Head, Heinrich Klaasen, Kamindu Mendis, Ishan Malinga

Players not coming - Wiaan Mulder

Rajasthan Royals

Available players- Shimron Hetmyer, Luan-Dre Pretorius, Fazalhaq Farooqi, Quena Mphaka, Wanindu Hasaranga, Maheesh Teekshna.

Players not coming- Jofra Archer, Nandre Berger

Chennai Super Kings

Available players- Noor Ahmed, Mathisha Pathirana, Dewald Brewis, Devon Conway

Players not coming - Jamie Overton, Sam Curran, Rachin Ravindra, Nathan Ellis

LSG signs Will ORourke as replacement for Mayank Yadav after he is injured

 Fast bowler Mayank Yadav, popularly known as Express, has been ruled out of the remainder of the Indian Premier League (IPL) 2025 season due to a back injury. The franchise gave this information on Thursday, May 15.

Lucknow Super Giants have replaced Mayank with New Zealand fast bowler William O'Rourke in the squad for the remainder of the league stage and potentially the playoffs. Mayank Yadav played just two matches for Lucknow after being out of the team for a long time due to injury. This is a big setback for the 22-year-old fast bowler who could not handle his body after a brilliant performance in IPL 2024.

LSG adds Will O'Rourke to team

Lucknow Super Giants (LSG) have signed New Zealand fast bowler William O'Rourke to replace Mayank Yadav, the IPL said in a statement. Yadav has suffered a back injury and is ruled out of the remainder of the season. William O'Rourke will replace him and his reserve price will be Rs 3 crore.

Kyle Jamieson has been included in the team in place of injured Lockie Ferguson

Punjab Kings have included Kyle Jamieson in the team in place of injured Lockie Ferguson. This New Zealand all-rounder has been bought by the Shreyas Iyer-led team for Rs 2 crore.