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27 Apr

Coach Ricky Ponting says players in IPL are safe from Covid while the outside situation is “grim”.

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The IPL has created the “safest” bio-hub for its participants but Delhi Capitals head coach Ricky Ponting says he is also well aware of the “grim” COVID-19 situation outside the bubble in India and often discusses it with his players. The Australian great, while admitting that IPL can be a welcome distraction in these tough times, said that COVID-19 has dominated the conversations within his team. “This IPL, probably more than any other, has become more about what’s happening on the outside rather than what’s happening here. We are probably the safest people in the country probably because of the bubbles we are in,”…

27 Apr

BCCI ensures that foreign players competing in the IPL will reach their respective countries seamlessly.

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The BCCI on Tuesday said it would do everything to ensure that foreign players competing in the IPL reach their respective countries seamlessly once the tournament ends, a day after three Australians quit the event amid an upsurge of COVID-19 cases in India. Andrew Tye (Rajasthan Royals) and the duo of Kane Richardson and Adam Zampa (both Royal Challengers Bangalore) withdrew as apprehension set in after a couple of weeks went by smoothly for the league held in front of empty stands across six venues. “We understand that many of you are apprehensive about how you will get back home once the tournament concludes……

26 Apr

Ravindra Jadeja’s outstanding all-rounded performance hands CSK their win against RCB.

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Ravindra Jadeja underlined why he is such a vital cog in the Chennai Super Kings machinery with a thoroughly dominant all-round performance that knocked the sails out of Royal Challengers Bangalore. He set it up with the bat, scoring an unbeaten 28-ball 62, a staggering display of power-hitting, pummelling IPL 2021’s Purple Cap holder Harshal Patel for 37 runs in the final over of CSK’s innings. With the ball, he snared the wickets of Washington Sundar, Glenn Maxwell and AB de Villiers, and affected Dan Christian’s run-out to hand Virat Kohli’s team its first loss of the season. Jadeja grabs momentum with the bat The IPL can be…

24 Apr

Ashish Nehra says Mohammed Siraj has even more skills than senior colleague Jasprit Bumrah.

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Siraj already has more variations than Bumrah and just needs to maintain his fitness and increase his game awareness, said Ashish Nehra. Nehra said pacer Mohammed Siraj has even more skills than his senior India colleague Jasprit Bumrah. Siraj already has more variations than Bumrah and if he can maintain his fitness and increase his game awareness, Nehra said ‘sky is the limit’ for him. “There was talk about a couple of years ago that he used to pick up 5-6 wickets in every match for India A with the red ball… (now he) is a very good all-format bowler. There is…

23 Apr

Virat Kohli becomes the first player in history to score 6000 runs in IPL

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Virat Kohli extended his all-time run-scoring record over other batsmen in the IPL by getting to 6021 runs in 196 matches. Virat Kohli became the first player in history to score 6000 runs in the Indian Premier League (IPL) during Royal Challengers Bangalore’s ten-wicket win over Rajasthan Royals at the Wankhede Stadium in Mumbai on Thursday. The 32-year-old, who had played his first IPL match against KKR in 2008, extended his all-time run-scoring record over other batsmen in the cash-rich league by getting to 6021 runs in 196 matches. He has five hundreds and 40 fifties. Chasing a target of 178,…

23 Apr

Mumbai Indians all-rounder Hardik Pandya says he ‘does miss his bowling’

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Star India and Mumbai Indians all-rounder Hardik Pandya on Friday said he ‘does miss his bowling’ but not being able to do that due to a shoulder niggle in the ongoing IPL doesn’t put more pressure on his batting. MI head coach Mahela Jayawardene has said that Hardik has not bowled so far in the IPL due to a shoulder niggle. Ever since his return from a back surgery he underwent in 2019, Hardik doesn’t bowl as much as he used to. ‘I do miss my bowling but I don’t think it’s putting pressure on my batting. I have played…

22 Apr

Pat Cummins played his best-ever T20 innings in a losing cause as KKR fell 18 runs short of the target against CSK

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Kolkata Knight Riders (KKR) fell 18 runs short of the target against Chennai Super Kings (CSK) on a batting paradise of a wicket at Wankhede Stadium, Mumbai. Cummins registered his personal best score of 66 runs from 34 deliveries including four fours and six sixes. Cummins remained unbeaten and lacked support from the other end as KKR bundled out for 202 with five balls still left in the innings. En route his unbeaten 66, Cummins smashed 30 runs off Sam Curran’s over entering a rare list of batsmen in IPL who have scored 30 or more runs in an over.…

22 Apr

MS Dhoni reminds his players to be humble on the field over CSK’s win over KKR.

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Chennai Super Kings survived quite a few nervy moments on Wednesday night as they eked out an 18-run win over Kolkata Knight Riders in their IPL match. However, skipper Mahendra Singh Dhoni said that his job had in fact become “quite easy” towards the end of the game as the battle was mainly between the fast bowlers and the big hitters. Batting first, CSK posted a score of 220/3 after being asked to bat and then reduced KKR to 31/5. Andrew Russell (54) and Pat Cummins (66 not out) went on a six-hitting spree to keep KKR in the hunt before being…

21 Apr

Amit Mishra says he particularly enjoyed dismissing opposition skipper Rohit Sharma and Kieron Pollard.

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Delhi Capitals spinner Amit Mishra, who picked up a match-winning four-wicket haul against Mumbai Indians, said he particularly enjoyed dismissing opposition skipper Rohit Sharma and Kieron Pollard. Mishra led the bowling charge with figures of 4/24 to help the Delhi franchise restrict the Mumbai Indians to 137/9. “The wickets of Rohit Sharma and Kieron Pollard were special for me because they have been game changers for MI for many years. I always go for wickets in every match that I play,” said the 38-year-old in a team release. “I had a clear-cut plan about where I should bowl and how I could dismiss…

20 Apr

Chennai Super Kings look to extend their winning run when they clash with struggling KKR in their next match.

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After their abject campaign in UAE last year, the CSK started the season in an ominous fashion, losing to Delhi Capitals by seven wickets in a one-sided affair. On a roll after back-to-back wins, the vintage Chennai Super Kings would look to extend their winning run when they clash with struggling Kolkata Knight Riders in their next IPL match here on Wednesday. After their abject campaign in UAE last year, the CSK started the season in an ominous fashion, losing to Delhi Capitals by seven wickets in a one-sided affair. But since then, the MS Dhoni-led side has come on…