Sanju Samson anchors Chennai to 8-wicket win over Delhi in Indian Premier League

DELHI, India (AP) — Opening batter Sanju Samson smashed an unbeaten 87 off 52 balls and anchored Chennai Super Kings to an eight-wicket win over Delhi Capitals in the Indian Premier League on Tuesday.

Samson, who has scored two centuries this season for his new franchise, led Chennai to 159-2 with 15 balls to spare as the five-time champions continued a remarkable turnaround in the tournament with three wins in the last four games.

Delhi was limited to 155-7 with spinners Akeal Hosein (1-19) and Noor Ahmad (2-22) troubling the home team batters on a tricky wicket.

“They are calling me ‘Cheetah’ but I like Sanju more,” said a smiling Samson after his match-winning knock. “I have been working a bit on my initial movement and it has been coming off. I had to be a bit too selfish to get a hundred so I thought let's win the game ... finishing not out, winning the game gives you more satisfaction.”

Samson was slow off the blocks and scored run-a-ball 22 before cutting loose in the latter half of the chase and smashing six sixes and seven boundaries. Kartik Sharma made an unbeaten 41 off 31 balls and together with Samson shared a match-winning partnership of 114 runs to leave Delhi at No. 7 with four wins in 10 games.

Chennai is at No. 6 with 10 points from five wins and five losses.

Lungi Ngidi had provided Delhi an early breakthrough when captain Ruturaj Gaikwad (6) couldn’t time his flick well and was caught at deep square leg in the fourth over and Urvil Patel hit two sixes in his brief knock of 17 off nine balls before he got stumped soon after the power play.

But Chennai’s persistence with Kartik Sharma in the middle-order paid off as he controlled the chase with Samson. Wrist-spinner Kuldeep Yadav’s (0-34) struggle continued in the middle overs while Mitchell Starc (0-30) also couldn’t get through the defenses of the two set batters in his return spell.

“We were 10-15 runs short and the wicket got a little better to bat on later in the game,” Delhi skipper Axar Patel said. “It wasn’t easy for new batters to get set, but with set batters they were able to take the game away.”

Delhi struggled to get momentum when Mukesh Choudhary’s off-cutter deceived Pathum Nissanka (19) and the Sri Lankan opener spooned an easy catch to Dewald Brevis. Lokesh Rahul (12) then misread Hosein’s turning delivery and holed out at mid-off before Ahmad struck in his first over when Karun Nair (13) swept straight to short fine-leg inside the 30-yard circle.

Ahmad struck again in his second over when Nitish Rana (15) couldn’t control his sweep shot and was caught at deep backward square before Delhi slipped further to 69-5 when Patel's below-par season with the bat continued as he spooned an easy catch to cover.

Ahmad dropped Tristan Stubbs on 2 at covers and the South African revived Delhi with 65-run partnership with impact player Sameer Rizvi, who top-scored with 40 off 24 balls with four sixes. Two of Rizvi's big hits came in the final over of Anshul Kamboj, who finished with expensive figures of 0-49 and conceded 20 runs in the last over.

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Chennai Super Kings' Noor Ahmad and Gurjapneet Singh celebrate the wicket of Delhi Capitals' Karun Nair during the Indian Premier League cricket match between Chennai Super Kings and Delhi Capitals in New Delhi, India, Tuesday, May 5, 2026. (AP Photo/Manish Swarup)

Delhi Capitals' Tristan Stubbs plays a shot during the Indian Premier League cricket match between Chennai Super Kings and Delhi Capitals in New Delhi, India, Tuesday, May 5, 2026. (AP Photo/Manish Swarup)

Delhi Capitals' Sameer Rizvi plays a shot during the Indian Premier League cricket match between Chennai Super Kings and Delhi Capitals in New Delhi, India, Tuesday, May 5, 2026. (AP Photo/Manish Swarup)

Chennai Super Kings' Sanju Samson plays a shot during the Indian Premier League cricket match between Chennai Super Kings and Delhi Capitals in New Delhi, India, Tuesday, May 5, 2026. (AP Photo/Manish Swarup)

NEW YORK (AP) — Sometimes, you can always get what you want: On Tuesday, The Rolling Stones confirmed that they will release a new album, titled “Foreign Tongues,” on July 10.

They also released a new single, titled “In The Stars.”

To celebrate, Mick Jagger, Keith Richards and Ronnie Wood will attend an album announcement event in Brooklyn Tuesday afternoon.

The Stones' last album was 2023's “Hackney Diamonds.” It was their first album of original material in 18 years — since 2005’s “A Bigger Bang.” It was also their first full-length release since the death of drummer Charlie Watts in 2021. He appeared posthumously on two of that album's 12 tracks.

According to press materials for “Foreign Tongues,” it will also include a special appearance from Watts from one of his final recording sessions before his death, as well as contributions from Steve Winwood, Paul McCartney, the Cure’s Robert Smith and the Red Hot Chili Peppers' Chad Smith.

“I love doing these recording sessions in London at Metropolis. It was a very intense few weeks recording ‘Foreign Tongues,’” Mick Jagger said in a statement. “We had 14 great tracks and we went as fast as we could. I like the room there as it’s not too big so you can feel the passion in the room from everyone.”

The Stones also worked closely with Oscar-winning pop producer Andrew Watt (known for his work with Post Malone and Justin Bieber, and the Stones' “Hackney Diamonds,” to name a few).

Speculation surrounding a new Stones album has been going around for weeks. First, posters appeared around London with the band name “The Cockroaches,” a pseudonym the Stones' have used in the past, along with a QR code. The code led to ‘thecockroaches.com’ and a sign-up page. Once a user had signed up, they received a confirmation message from Universal Music — the Stones' label. Representatives did not provide The Associated Press with comment or confirmation at the time.

Eventually it led to a white label, vinyl-only release of the track “Rough and Twisted” using The Cockroaches name — the first true tease of “Foreign Tongues” decipherable only by their most dedicated fans.

Then, in the week leading up to their announcement, billboards with the band's iconic mouth and tongue logo began appearing in major cities around the world with the words “Foreign Tongues” in various languages: “Fremmede Sprog,” “Vreemde Tongen,” “Dayuhang Dila,” “외국어,” and “Langues Étrangères” among them. Around the same time, the Rolling Stones' official website was updated to feature video clips stylized to look like surveillance footage of them in the studio.

On Sunday, the band shared a slide puzzle graphic fans believed to be the album artwork, depicting a cartoonish collage of the members' faces. (They were correct; it was the official album cover.) There was also a short video clip, just 10-seconds long, that appeared to tease a new song.

“The Tonight Show with Jimmy Fallon” will host the surviving members of the Stones across three nights this month, NBC announced Tuesday.

Jagger will appear on Wednesday's show and Fallon will host Richards on Thursday. Wood will appear on May 13.

No additional details on whether the band will perform together on the show were immediately released.

FILE - Ronnie Wood, from left, Mick Jagger, Steve Jordan, and Keith Richards of The Rolling Stones perform during the "Hackney Diamonds" tour on June 27, 2024, in Chicago. (Photo by Rob Grabowski/Invision/AP, File)