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According to the IPL’s official guidelines under the PMOA protocol, no one is allowed to use mobile phones in the dugout area. Only the team managers and media managers can use their devices, but even they are restricted to inside the dressing room, not the dugout.
Ahead of every season, the IPL conducts mandatory briefings for team captains and managers, taking them through the PMOA framework and anti-corruption protocols.
Bhinder, a long-serving figure with Rajasthan Royals, has been part of that system for years. During the franchise’s suspension between 2016 and 2018, he also worked with Rising Pune Supergiant as team manager before returning to his old franchise in 2018.
The Royals will take on Kolkata Knight Riders at Eden Gardens on Sunday.
According to the IPL’s official guidelines under the PMOA protocol, no one is allowed to use mobile phones in the dugout area. Only the team managers and media managers can use their devices, but even they are restricted to inside the dressing room, not the dugout.
Ahead of every season, the IPL conducts mandatory briefings for team captains and managers, taking them through the PMOA framework and anti-corruption protocols.
Bhinder, a long-serving figure with Rajasthan Royals, has been part of that system for years. During the franchise’s suspension between 2016 and 2018, he also worked with Rising Pune Supergiant as team manager before returning to his old franchise in 2018.
The Royals will take on Kolkata Knight Riders at Eden Gardens on Sunday.
Published on Apr 17, 2026
#IPL #Rajasthan #Royals #manager #Bhinder #fined #lakh #warned #BCCIs #ACSU #dugout #phone">IPL 2026: Rajasthan Royals manager Bhinder fined Rs 1 lakh, warned by BCCI’s ACSU over dugout phone use
Rajasthan Royals manager Romi Bhinder has been fined Rs 1 lakh and given a warning by the BCCI’s Anti-Corruption and Security Unit (ACSU) for using a mobile phone inside the dugout during his team’s Indian Premier League match against Royal Challengers Bengaluru in Guwahati last week.
“The BCCI ACSU was not satisfied with the Bhinder’s response (to the showcause notice). As it is his first breach, so under the protocols, he has been fined an amount (of Rs 1 lakh) and also handed a warning, clearly mentioning that he needs to be more careful in the future,” BCCI secretary Devajit Saikia told Sportstar.
The decision came after the BCCI issued a show-cause notice to Bhinder to explain his position. “The rules are set clearly for all the stakeholders, including the players and the staff, and we hope this incident will be taken as a deterrent by everyone,” Saikia added.
Footage of the incident, showing Bhinder on his phone with Vaibhav Sooryavanshi seated beside him, quickly went viral on social media, prompting the ACSU to take cognisance.
According to the IPL’s official guidelines under the PMOA protocol, no one is allowed to use mobile phones in the dugout area. Only the team managers and media managers can use their devices, but even they are restricted to inside the dressing room, not the dugout.
Ahead of every season, the IPL conducts mandatory briefings for team captains and managers, taking them through the PMOA framework and anti-corruption protocols.
Bhinder, a long-serving figure with Rajasthan Royals, has been part of that system for years. During the franchise’s suspension between 2016 and 2018, he also worked with Rising Pune Supergiant as team manager before returning to his old franchise in 2018.
The Royals will take on Kolkata Knight Riders at Eden Gardens on Sunday.
Vaibhav Suryavanshi was dismissed first ball against Sunrisers Hyderabad.
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#SRH #IPL #Vaibhav #Suryavanshi #dismissed #golden #duck #time #IPL">SRH vs RR, IPL 2026: Vaibhav Suryavanshi dismissed for golden duck for the first time in IPL
Vaibhav Suryavanshi was dismissed first ball against Sunrisers Hyderabad.
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Vaibhav Suryavanshi was dismissed first ball against Sunrisers Hyderabad.
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#IPL #Suryavanshi #mature #age #teammate #Deshpande">IPL 2026: Suryavanshi is mature for his age, says RR teammate Deshpande
To call Vaibhav Suryavanshi the talk of the T20 circuit is quite the understatement. After showing flashes of promise last season, he has taken a giant leap forward, and the numbers reflect it emphatically.
Having scored 252 runs in seven innings then, he has taken just four games to reach 200 runs this time. His Rajasthan Royals teammate Tushar Deshpande believes the secret to his success lies in his mental strength.
“He plays the ball, not the bowler. He is quite mature for his age, which is extraordinary and something I have not seen in my cricketing career. A 15-year-old boy smashing world-class bowlers! He always has an upper hand on bowlers.”
Ahead of the clash against Sunrisers Hyderabad, Deshpande steered clear of comparisons between the opening pairs of both sides.
“The strengths and weaknesses are completely different. I can’t bowl to Vaibhav in training as preparation to face Travis Head. All four are quite explosive but are different in the way they approach the game or score runs,” he said.
At this stage, it no longer feels like Suryavanshi is adapting to the IPL, but the league is scrambling to adapt to him. If this trajectory continues, the teenager will not just be the story of this season, but a defining force in the T20 landscape for years to come.
As for ‘Travishek’, the OG Goliaths of T20 power-hitting will be eager to remind the teenager that every new generation must first pass through the old guard.
A resurgent Ravi Bishnoi (nine wickets in 11 games, second in the Purple Cap standings) leads the charge. Jofra Archer and Nandre Burger have been effective with the new ball, while Sandeep Sharma, Tushar Deshpande, and Ravindra Jadeja add valuable depth to the attack.
SRH’s inconsistent bowling will need to find both discipline and bite against a Royals side that has looked close to flawless. Fail to seize key moments, and the margin for error could vanish quickly.
Because come Monday, a test of nerve beneath the fireworks beckons. One side feeds on chaos, the other on control — and neither would want to blink first. When the dust finally settles, it won’t matter who landed the first blow, but who stood firm when the going got unforgiving.
A resurgent Ravi Bishnoi (nine wickets in 11 games, second in the Purple Cap standings) leads the charge. Jofra Archer and Nandre Burger have been effective with the new ball, while Sandeep Sharma, Tushar Deshpande, and Ravindra Jadeja add valuable depth to the attack.
SRH’s inconsistent bowling will need to find both discipline and bite against a Royals side that has looked close to flawless. Fail to seize key moments, and the margin for error could vanish quickly.
Because come Monday, a test of nerve beneath the fireworks beckons. One side feeds on chaos, the other on control — and neither would want to blink first. When the dust finally settles, it won’t matter who landed the first blow, but who stood firm when the going got unforgiving.
Published on Apr 12, 2026
#SRH #IPL #Sunrisers #Hyderabad #takes #Rajasthan #Royals #battle #explosive #opening #pairs">SRH vs RR, IPL 2026: Sunrisers Hyderabad takes on Rajasthan Royals in battle of explosive opening pairs
Two of the IPL’s most devastating opening duos are set to clash as a Sunrisers Hyderabad side, blowing hot and cold, hosts the unbeaten Rajasthan Royals at the Rajiv Gandhi International Stadium.
Travis Head and Abhishek Sharma, arguably the most explosive opening pair in T20 cricket over the past two years, once again set the tone against Punjab Kings on Friday, plundering 105 runs in the PowerPlay and briefly threatening the elusive 300-run mark. However, a double strike that removed ‘Travishek’ in a single over and a middle order that struggled to get going helped PBKS restrict the marauders in orange to a now modest 219.
A subpar batting outing only dials up the heat of the spotlight on an undercooked bowling pie. With Pat Cummins sidelined, SRH’s pace unit has often looked toothless and went wicketless against the Kings for 10 overs while conceding 145 runs. In contrast, the relatively inexperienced spin attack offered some resistance, picking up four wickets while giving away 78 runs in 8.5 overs.
Rajasthan Royals has seen SRH’s Travishek and raised their own opening firebomb: JaiSurya (Yashasvi Jaiswal and Vaibhav Suryavanshi), an unintentional homage to a Sri Lankan batting maverick by the same name. The 383 runs the pair has amassed have come at the cost of several proud bowling orders whimpering away.
With Dhruv Jurel contributing 176 runs, three of the top four run-scorers currently wear pink and blue.
After a forgettable season for its bowlers last year, where they finished with the fewest wickets (65), the worst average (42.15), and the second-highest economy rate, 2026 has been good so far, with the Royals at the top of the pile with 35 wickets in just four games.
A resurgent Ravi Bishnoi (nine wickets in 11 games, second in the Purple Cap standings) leads the charge. Jofra Archer and Nandre Burger have been effective with the new ball, while Sandeep Sharma, Tushar Deshpande, and Ravindra Jadeja add valuable depth to the attack.
SRH’s inconsistent bowling will need to find both discipline and bite against a Royals side that has looked close to flawless. Fail to seize key moments, and the margin for error could vanish quickly.
Because come Monday, a test of nerve beneath the fireworks beckons. One side feeds on chaos, the other on control — and neither would want to blink first. When the dust finally settles, it won’t matter who landed the first blow, but who stood firm when the going got unforgiving.
Bhuvaneshwar admitted his team could not implement some of the plans. “But that is part and parcel of T20 cricket,” he said. “So we are not worried much.”
RCB was a spinner short because Venkatesh was brought in as the Impact Player.
“We had only one left-arm spinner, as we used an Impact Player instead of Suyash,” he said. “We didn’t have a leg-spinner or an off-break bowler, and for a left-arm bowler to face a left-arm batter, it is easier,” added Bhuvaneshwar.
Bhuvaneshwar admitted his team could not implement some of the plans. “But that is part and parcel of T20 cricket,” he said. “So we are not worried much.”
RCB was a spinner short because Venkatesh was brought in as the Impact Player.
“We had only one left-arm spinner, as we used an Impact Player instead of Suyash,” he said. “We didn’t have a leg-spinner or an off-break bowler, and for a left-arm bowler to face a left-arm batter, it is easier,” added Bhuvaneshwar.
Published on Apr 11, 2026
#15yearold #mature #Bhuvneshwar #Kumar #Vaibhav #Suryavanshi">For a 15-year-old, he is too mature: Bhuvneshwar Kumar on Vaibhav Suryavanshi
Bhuvneshwar Kumar was all praise for Vaibhav Suryavanshi after the Royal Challengers Bengaluru attack was taken apart by the wonderkid. His sensational innings took the game away from the visiting side and helped Rajasthan Royals maintain its all-win record this season.
“The way he is hitting, it is not slogging, and he is playing proper cricket shots,” Bhuvneshwar said. “For a 15-year-old, he is too mature. He deserves all the credit for the way he is batting.
The seamer said RCB’s score (201 for eight) was alright. “Though we lost wickets in the PowerPlay, our run-rate was adequate for a T20 game,” he said. “Because of the way Rajat Patidar and Venkatesh Iyer batted, we were able to get a par score. But Survyanshi took the game away from us in the PowerPlay. We still took the match into the 19th over, though it was a tough game overall for us. We fought well, though.”
Bhuvaneshwar admitted his team could not implement some of the plans. “But that is part and parcel of T20 cricket,” he said. “So we are not worried much.”
RCB was a spinner short because Venkatesh was brought in as the Impact Player.
“We had only one left-arm spinner, as we used an Impact Player instead of Suyash,” he said. “We didn’t have a leg-spinner or an off-break bowler, and for a left-arm bowler to face a left-arm batter, it is easier,” added Bhuvaneshwar.
#VIDEO #Jurel #Sooryavanshis #fearless #batting #game #easy">VIDEO | Jurel says Sooryavanshi’s fearless batting makes game “look easy”
Rajasthan Royals batter Dhruv Jurel on Friday said teenager Vaibhav Sooryavanshi’s fearless strokeplay not only dismantles opposition attacks but also boosts the confidence of his teammates, even as it tempts them to take more risks.
The 15-year-old Sooryavanshi lit up the contest with a stunning 78 off 26 balls, powering RR to a comfortable six-wicket win over Royal Challengers Bengaluru while chasing 202.
Jurel, who walked in at No. 3, said batting alongside the youngster creates a unique mix of confidence and pressure in the middle.
“When I go in, he makes it look really easy. You walk in and he’s smashing every ball, so you start to feel like nothing is happening on the wicket. But inside, you know cricket isn’t as easy as he’s making it look,” Jurel said at the post-match press conference.
The wicketkeeper-batter admitted that Sooryavanshi’s aggressive approach often pushes others to raise their own scoring rate.
“When you walk in, there’s also that pressure — you feel like, ‘He’s doing it, I need to do the same.’ At the same time, it feels easier because you think the wicket is good if he’s batting like that. So it works both ways,” he added.
Sooryavanshi’s whirlwind knock, which included a 15-ball half-century, set the tone early as RR raced to one of the fastest powerplay totals of the season.
Jurel complemented the youngster with a fluent unbeaten 76, stitching together a crucial partnership that effectively took the game away from RCB.
He said the momentum created by Sooryavanshi allowed him to play with more freedom.
“We were around 65-70 after five overs, and I was just telling myself to cash in and make it count. From the other end, the way he bats is phenomenal,” Jurel said.
It is difficult to not be completely awestruck while looking at Vaibhav Suryavanshi go about his business.
On Friday, he struck a 15-ball half-century against Royal Challengers Bengaluru at the Barsapara Stadium in Guwahati, equalling his own record for the joint second-fastest fifty, which he had scored against Chennai Super Kings earlier this season.
Led by the teenage prodigy’s innings, Rajasthan put up 97 runs in the first six, the side’s best haul in the PowerPlay.
Suryavanshi eventually perished on 78 off 26 balls, holing out to long-on while trying to pick another boundary off Krunal Pandya. But the knock was enough to take him to the top of the Orange Cap standings, at 200 runs from just four innings.
However, that perhaps wasn’t the most valuable cap in his possession last night. After the game, which the Royals won by six wickets, former India skipper Virat Kohli was seen interacting with Suryavanshi.
Not just that, it was later revealed that the batting great, in fact, ended up signing Suryavanshi’s cap with a note that read: “Dear Vaibhav, well done.”
A priceless piece of memorabilia that Vaibhav would perhaps choose to treasure his entire life.
The other lay in how early he has been imposing himself, and against whom, as if reputations were merely details to be worked around. The first time he faced Jasprit Bumrah, he hit him for six. Against Josh Hazlewood, it was four, then more fours, then a six.
Alongside him, Yashasvi Jaiswal ensures that Rajasthan Royals is rarely asked to build. Suryavanshi is enabled to accelerate rather than rebuild, to press where others might pause.
Across three innings this season, 52 off 17 against Chennai Super Kings, 39 off 14 against Mumbai Indians, and now 78 off 26, the consistency lies not just in scoring rate but in clarity. He arrives with a map of options, but one that remains provisional to what the ball demands, revised ball by ball.
The question is not whether he can dominate an over. It is whether this clarity survives when bowlers stop missing, when the game slows just enough to demand a different kind of patience.
For now, Suryavanshi is not merely overwhelming attacks. He is reading them, adjusting to them, and making even the most established names look, briefly, reactive.
The other lay in how early he has been imposing himself, and against whom, as if reputations were merely details to be worked around. The first time he faced Jasprit Bumrah, he hit him for six. Against Josh Hazlewood, it was four, then more fours, then a six.
Alongside him, Yashasvi Jaiswal ensures that Rajasthan Royals is rarely asked to build. Suryavanshi is enabled to accelerate rather than rebuild, to press where others might pause.
Across three innings this season, 52 off 17 against Chennai Super Kings, 39 off 14 against Mumbai Indians, and now 78 off 26, the consistency lies not just in scoring rate but in clarity. He arrives with a map of options, but one that remains provisional to what the ball demands, revised ball by ball.
The question is not whether he can dominate an over. It is whether this clarity survives when bowlers stop missing, when the game slows just enough to demand a different kind of patience.
For now, Suryavanshi is not merely overwhelming attacks. He is reading them, adjusting to them, and making even the most established names look, briefly, reactive.
Published on Apr 11, 2026
#Method #mayhem #Vaibhav #Suryavanshi #dangerous #IPL">Method behind the mayhem — What makes Vaibhav Suryavanshi so dangerous in IPL 2026?
There is a temptation, with innings like Vaibhav Suryavanshi’s 78 off 26 against Royal Challengers Bengaluru (RCB), to reduce them to spectacle. Suryavanshi resists that simplification, even on a night that invites it.
In the penultimate over of the PowerPlay against RCB in Guwahati on Friday, he had just taken Bhuvneshwar Kumar for two successive sixes to bring up a half-century off 15 balls. And then came the fifth ball, quieter, almost incongruous.
A slower delivery, on a length, on middle and leg. Suryavanshi checked himself and played it back down the pitch. It was a small act of restraint. When the pace came off, so did his bat speed. It is not the absence of premeditation that stands out, but the ability to abandon it, mid-thought, mid-swing.
The next ball was short, and he created room to ramp it over short third man for four. But the previous delivery lingered, as such moments often do. This was not instinct alone operating at high speed, but perception keeping pace with it.
His eventual score, at a strike rate touching 300, powered Rajasthan Royals to 129 for two in 8.1 overs in a chase of 202. Eight fours and seven sixes told one version of the innings.
4⃣s × 8 6⃣s × 7
78 off just 26 balls. What a magnificent knock from Vaibhav Suryavanshi comes to an end. 🔥
The 15-year-old prodigy walks off to a standing ovation from the crowd and his teammates 👏
The other lay in how early he has been imposing himself, and against whom, as if reputations were merely details to be worked around. The first time he faced Jasprit Bumrah, he hit him for six. Against Josh Hazlewood, it was four, then more fours, then a six.
Alongside him, Yashasvi Jaiswal ensures that Rajasthan Royals is rarely asked to build. Suryavanshi is enabled to accelerate rather than rebuild, to press where others might pause.
Across three innings this season, 52 off 17 against Chennai Super Kings, 39 off 14 against Mumbai Indians, and now 78 off 26, the consistency lies not just in scoring rate but in clarity. He arrives with a map of options, but one that remains provisional to what the ball demands, revised ball by ball.
The question is not whether he can dominate an over. It is whether this clarity survives when bowlers stop missing, when the game slows just enough to demand a different kind of patience.
For now, Suryavanshi is not merely overwhelming attacks. He is reading them, adjusting to them, and making even the most established names look, briefly, reactive.
