KM Asif

Kolkata Knight Riders' bowling woes deepen as pacer Akash Deep is ruled out for at least eight weeks with a lower-back stress injury. This sidelines him from the IPL and casts doubt on his availability for the upcoming Test against Afghanistan. The injury recurred during his rehabilitation, adding to KKR's growing list of unavailable bowlers.

Kolkata Knight Riders are scrambling for replacements ahead of IPL 2026 after Harshit Rana's injury. Mid-preseason trials at Eden Gardens are underway, with Navdeep Saini and Akash Madhwal among those being assessed. The team also faces concerns with Mustafizur Rahman's departure and Matheesha Pathirana's delayed return, intensifying their bowling worries.

Kolkata Knight Riders' new head coach Abhishek Nayar anticipates a season of opportunities, leveraging a strong leadership group including Dwayne Bravo and Shane Watson. The team aims to finalize combinations, with Rinku Singh and Ramandeep Singh expected to step up. KKR awaits medical updates on pacer Harshit Rana and Lankan bowler Matheesha Pathirana.

After a camp in Nagpur, the Rajasthan Royals are holding the second camp in Guwahati that will be held between March 5 and 10. Players for the upcoming camp include Devdutt Padikkal, KC Cariappa, Abdul Bazith, Kunal Rathore, KM Asif, Dhruv Jurel, Kuldip Yadav, Akash Vashisht, Riyan Parag and Murugan Ashwin.

Sunrisers Hyderabad stand-in skipper Bhuvneshwar Kumar won the toss and elected to field first against Rajasthan Royals in Match 4 of the Indian Premier League. Senior pacer Bhuvneshwar is leading the home team only for this game as their regular skipper Aiden Markram is away for national duty.

Rajasthan Royals skipper Sanju Samson decided to bowl after winning the toss against Kolkata Knight Riders in the IPL 2023 match at Eden Gardens in Kolkata on Thursday.

There was no major windfall for Kerala cricketers on day one of the IPL auctions in Bengaluru with only two players being picked by the franchises. Seamer Basil Thampi was bought by Mumbai Indians at his base price of Rs 30 lakh. The seamer had earlier represented Sunrisers Hyderabad in IPL.

Right-arm medium-pacer KM Asif (6 for 22) was the wrecker-in-chief for Kerala as they humbled Assam by 240 runs in their Kalpathi AGS Buchi Babu clash at the CPT-IP Grounds here on Wednesday. Asif was well-supported by Vinod Kumar who returned with figures of 2 for 43. For the losing side, Subham Mandal (55) and Abhisekh Thakur (39) were the notable contributors.

Needing just two players to complete their squad for the IPL 2019, defending champions Chennai Super Kings bought pacer Mohit Sharma and uncapped player Ruturaj Gaikwad for Rs 5 crore and 20 lakh respectively in the IPL auction held in Jaipur.

Rajasthan Royals captain Sanju Samson won the toss and opted to bowl in their IPL match against Chennai Super Kings on Saturday.

Delhi Capitals skipper Rishabh Pant won the toss and elected to bowl against Chennai Super Kings in their Indian Premier League match on Monday.

There was no major windfall for Kerala cricketers on day one of the IPL auctions in Bengaluru with only two players being picked by the franchises. Seamer Basil Thampi was bought by Mumbai Indians at his base price of Rs 30 lakh. The seamer had earlier represented Sunrisers Hyderabad in IPL.

Rajasthan Royals' Shimron Hetmyer has been in the thick of action when it comes to taking catches and this time too he came up with a fine running catch to get rid of Kolkata Knight Riders (KKR) opener Jason Roy in an Indian Premier League (IPL) match at the Eden Gardens in Kolkata on Thursday.

With both teams in almost must-win situation, Royal Challengers Bangalore skipper opted to bat first after winning the toss against Rajashan Royals' captain Sanju Samson in their crucial IPL match at the Sawai Man Singh Stadium in Jaipur on Sunday.

Chhattisgarh continued its winning run in the Vijay Hazare Trophy, beating Andhra by 56 runs in the Elite Group 'A' game. Asked to bat first, Chhattisgarh, who had stunned defending champions Mumbai on Saturday, crawled to 268/9 in their allotted 50 overs.

Indian Premier League's (IPL) defending champions Chennai Super Kings (CSK) have begun their training for the upcoming season at the Lalbhai Contractor Stadium in Surat on Monday.

Three-time champions Chennai Super Kings added their available six slots during the 2021 IPL player auction to complete their full 25-member squad for the upcoming season of the Indian Premier League.

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Rajasthan Royals skipper Sanju Samson won the toss and opted to bowl against Punjab Kings in the Indian Premier League (IPL) at the Barsapara Cricket Stadium in Guwahati on Wednesday.

Ahead of the upcoming Indian Premier League (IPL) season, MS Dhoni-led Chennai Super Kings (CSK) on Wednesday released Harbhajan Singh, Kedar Jadhav, Murali Vijay and Piyush Chawla from the squad.