Royal Challengers Bangalore captain Virat Kohli said AB de Villiers’ match-wining 73 against Kolkata Knight Riders was a “superhuman” effort as “every other batsman” struggled on the dry Sharjah pitch. RCB registered a massive 82-run win on the back of de Villiers’ unbeaten 33 ball blitzkrieg and the guile of Yuzvendra Chahal (1/12) and Washington […]
Wicket-keeper batsman Rishabh Pant will be out of action for at least a week due to a hamstring injury that he suffered recently, Delhi Capitals captain Shreyas Iyer said. Pant had suffered the injury during the match against Rajasthan Royals on Friday. DC missed Pant on Sunday as they slumped to a five-wicket defeat against […]
Learning the art of playing a perfect pull shot from the peerless Ricky Ponting is a dream that Shimron Hetmyer is living during his stint with the Delhi Capitals. The explosive middle-order batsman showed glimpses of his destructive self during his 24-ball-45 knock against Rajasthan Royals. The first of his five sixes was a pull […]
Chennai Super Kings head coach Stephen Fleming said Kedar Jadhav was sent ahead of Ravindra Jadega and Dwayne Bravo in a tense run chase against Kolkata Knight Riders because of his ability to play spin well. However, Jadhav laboured to seven off 12 balls as KKR won the game by 10 runs here on Wednesday. […]
Brian Lara says “great batsman” KL Rahul shouldn’t be bothered with wicket-keeping in the Indian team and he should be allowed to concentrate on his batting. Lara also feels that Rishabh Pant has matured in the past year and he should be considered as India’s number one wicketkeeper-batsman. Rahul did a great job keeping wickets in the limited overs […]
Ravichandran Ashwin of Delhi Capitals has issued a ‘Mankading’ warning after sparing Aaron Finch of Royal Challengers Bangalore in their IPL match last night. Bowling the third ball of the third over of the innings as RCB chased 197, Ashwin did not deliver the ball when he saw that Finch at the non-striker’s end had […]
Just like his skipper Virat Kohli, Royal Challengers Bangalore’s star batsman AB de Villiers, too, feels poor execution of skills let the team down against Delhi Capitals, resulting in a 59-run drubbing in their last IPL match here. De Villiers was of the view that RCB came second best to DC in all departments of […]
DUBAI: The Indian Premier League (IPL) has launched an investigation after one of the players in this year’s tournament in the United Arab Emirates reported being approached for possible corruption, the league’s integrity chief said on Sunday. The world’s richest cricket league, long plagued by corruption, is in its third week and is being played […]
Boasting an explosive batting line-up that complements their affective death bowling, Mumbai Indians will have their nose ahead in the IPL match against Sunrisers Hyderabad here on Sunday. To add to SRH’s worry, doubts remained over lead seamer Bhuvneshwar Kumar’s participation in the match. Bhuvneshwar picked up an injury on Friday night and was unable […]
“We know sky is the limit in the last four overs,” said Mumbai Indians all-rounder Kieron Pollard after adding 67 runs in 23 balls with Hardik Pandya in their IPL game against Kings XI Punjab here. After skipper Rohit Sharma laid the foundation with a 45-ball 70, Pollard and Pandya smashed fours and sixes at […]