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  • Premier League, Bundesliga have set templates for sports activities to proceed amid lockdown: Eoin Morgan

    England and Kolkata Knight Riders captain Eoin Morgan is pained to see the surge of COVID-19 circumstances in India however indicated the continuing IPL may nonetheless go on as Bundesliga and Premier League have set the proper “templates” for sports activities to proceed amid lockdown.
    Returning to India in lower than six months after the 2020 version was staged in UAE amid the pandemic, IPL discovered itself within the grip of a second wave of COVID-19 with few Australian gamers and India’s Ravichandran Ashwin exiting the occasion.
    With India’s well being disaster system crumbling, a number of states have clamped stringent restrictions, together with night time curfews and lockdowns.
    “Certainly in the UK last year we went through severe lockdown for a prolonged periods of time, and it looked for a long time cricket wasn’t going to be played,” Morgan stated in a digital press convention after KKR beat Punjab Kings by 5 wickets on Monday.
    “I believe once we first got here out of the lockdown, I keep in mind the primary sport being on TV was most likely in New Zealand and in Australia. It was the Rugby Union’s league after which slowly, the Bundesliga began and the Premier League began.
    “And that almost displayed that you can play while the country is almost in full lockdown. So, certainly, there’s a template to make that happen, it has happened. But also, as long as it doesn’t disturb what’s happening in the public eye.”
    Sending out his message to combat the pandemic collectively, Morgan stated: “…we fight this together, no matter where in the world you are, and so things like social distancing, going out wearing masks, and just generally trying to stay as safe as you can, are very important messages to portray.”
    His KKR teammate and Aussie world primary Test bowler Pat Cummins has confirmed the way in which by donating USD 50,000 to PM Cares to “purchase oxygen supplies for India’s hospitals”.
    While a lot of his compatriots left the nation in concern of the pandemic, Cummins was the primary cricketer on this yr’s IPL to publicly announce such a contribution on Twitter as he additionally urged his fellow gamers to chip in.
    “We are constantly talking about this situation that’s unfolding outside of our bubble. It’s not nice to be honest, watching from afar, certainly considering how lucky we are to be in a bubble and not be affected by it very much,” Morgan stated.

    “We obviously lend our support and heartfelt attitude to everybody who is ill or going through tough times.”Playing their first match in Ahmedabad this season, KKR snapped their four-match shedding streak with a five-wicket win over Punjab Kings to leap as much as fifth place from backside of the desk.

  • Knights slay hapless Kings with twin tweakers choking momentum in center overs

    On a slow-and-low pitch, Kolkata strangled Punjab with their spinners within the center overs. It appeared they wouldn’t get to 100 however Chris Jordan swung his bat round to push the full to 123. The chase received off to the acquainted Kolkata wobble, however captain Eoin Morgan and Rahul Tripathi settled the difficulty.
    The finger-flicking spin pair
    In the essence of their artwork, they appear to be soulmates: carrom ball right here, an off-break there, some come on a bit gradual, others skid on fast. A decade again, their tribe would have been thought to be ‘mystery spinners’; as of late there isn’t a actual thriller about them, however Sunil Narine and Chakravarthy did the job within the center overs to strangle Punjab. There was quite a lot of dew on the outfield, and it could not have been straightforward as the 2 stored wiping the ball dry after each supply, however they held their poise to strangle the run move. Resultantly, the wickets got here, and Punjab dawdled in the direction of a below-par complete.
    It have to be stated that wicketkeeper Dinesh Karthik received the temper early on this middle-overs spell. “Varudu varadu!” (It’s coming, coming) he would encourage Chakravarthy, together with little recommendations on the road and angle of assault, and so they had been typically spot on. Chakravarthy stored tweaking and ripping them as did Narine, who rigorously expunges pleasure from his visage after a wicket; the truth is, so does Chakravarthy. Both received their possibilities to play ‘cool’ just a few instances on the evening.
    Narine struck within the twelfth over with the massive wicket of Mayank Agarwal. It wasn’t an incredible ball, however Agarwal shovelled his pull to the deep midwicket fielder. In his subsequent over, Narine slipped in an 89.1 kmph off-break that threaded the bat-pad hole of Moises Henriques to crash into the stumps.
    Chakravarthy joined within the enjoyable with a 96.3 kmph screaming carrom ball that beat Nicholas Pooran’s heave to bowl him. With Prasidh Krishna creating bother together with his short-of-length kickers, Punjab seemed like they received’t cross 100 however Chris Jordan’s breezy 30 received them to 123.
    Captain Morgan aces the chase
    The chase will need to have prompted a well-recognized sinking feeling for Kolkata, who had been wobbling at 17 for 3, that included a shocking catch. Narine had miscued the heave in the direction of cow nook however the wiry Ravi Bishnoi lined some 30 metres from deep sq. leg earlier than throwing in a dive to take a sensational catch.

    A cushty 5 wickets win for @KKRiders as they end the job with 20 balls to spare. With this efficiency in opposition to #PBKS, #KKR’s four-match shedding streak involves an finish. https://t.co/sBoaBIpF2J #PBKSvKKR #VIVOIPL pic.twitter.com/7ZgBzU7MCO
    — IndianPremierLeague (@IPL) April 26, 2021
    But captain Morgan and Tripathi steadied the nerves with constructive intent. They didn’t precisely counterattack however didn’t retreat right into a shell both. They performed their pictures, ran effectively, and with the fours coming at a daily clip, the run charge didn’t pose any issues. “We knew that if we bat with proper cricketing shots, we can win this,” Tripathi would say later, which is what they did.
    Morgan did what he at all times does, unfurling his calculated prices down the observe to seamers interspersed with punchy drives. He didn’t let the required run charge climb in any respect, as he stored enjoying the boundary pictures every so often. Most assaults attempt the brief ball at him and so did Mohammed Shami, however on the gradual and low Motera observe, the left-hander dismissed that risk with a six early on within the piece. He crashed Shami for a few fours within the powerplay and as soon as the required charge grew to become lower than run-a-ball, settled in to rotate the strike. Tripathi is a free-flowing batsman and although he fell, Karthik hastened the tip with a few large hits.

  • RR vs KKR: Sanju Samson hails bowlers, Eoin Morgan rues abnormal batting

    Skipper Sanju Samson couldn’t have requested for a greater present from his pacers, who scripted Rajasthan Royals’ six-wicket win, whereas Eoin Morgan rued his facet’s abnormal batting efficiency within the IPL right here on Saturday.
    The Royals chased down a modest 134-run goal with ease for his or her second win of the season after their pacers restricted the rivals to 133 for 9.
    Samson himself performed a calculative knock of 42 runs in his workforce’s win.
    “It was brilliant actually. The bowlers have been doing well in the last four-five matches – the youngsters as well as the seniors. I enjoy captaining them,” mentioned Samson on the post-match presentation ceremony.
    “We could see in Morris’ eyes that he wanted the competition to get big batsmen out,” he mentioned about Chris Morris, who starred with a four-wicket haul.
    Samson mentioned he doesn’t come into the crease with a particular “mindset”.
    “I just love to keep enjoying my batting, but nowadays I play according to a situation and try to win games for my team.”
    KKR skipper Eoin Morgan rued the poor present by his batters.
    “The batting was the letdown and we lacked a lot of intent throughout the whole innings. We were behind the game right from the get-go. Possibly, we were 40 short which is a lot in a T20 game,” mentioned the English participant.
    “The bowlers had too much to do. It’s a stark contrast to the last game. The wicket hasn’t been as good as it has been in the previous games and we couldn’t overcome the challenge. It left us with a lot to do, which we couldn’t do,” he added.
    Morgan emphasised the necessity to play freely.
    “The clearer the mind, the easier it is. Ultimately, one guy needs to play free-flowing cricket. Two sides struggling to gain momentum in the tournament and we missed big two points,” he mentioned.

  • KKR has undergone a seamless transition after DK stop captaincy: Eoin Morgan

    Kolkata Knight Riders skipper Eoin Morgan feels it has been a seamless transition to captaincy for him after Dinesh Karthik stop halfway into the final IPL season within the UAE.
    Karthik had introduced his choice to stop after 4 wins and three losses in 2020 “with a view to focus on his batting and contributing more to the team’s cause”, handing over the reins to England World Cup-winning skipper Morgan.
    “I was delighted to be taken on board, but given that I have captained a lot over the years, it’s been indeed a seamless transition,” Morgan mentioned in a video posted on KKR web site.
    Morgan additional credited coach Brendon McCullum and his deputy Abhishek Nayar for making certain that there was no communication hole among the many gamers.
    “Baz (McCullum) and Abhishek Nayar had executed such an unbelievable job of speaking to the gamers. Their relationship with DK and myself and even the senior gamers was so good that the transition was fairly seamless and I truly didn’t give it an excessive amount of thought.
    “It wasn’t an emotional decision. He (Karthik) was actually very logical and selfless from his point of view and to show the courage to step down in the middle of the competition based on (what) you think is better for the team, is incredibly courageous,” mentioned Morgan.

    Karthik had put throughout his ideas to the crew administration on October 7 final yr, the day KKR had received their encounter towards Chennai Super Kings, however it was made official per week in a while October 15, forward of their match towards Mumbai Indians.
    Asked what was enjoying on his thoughts earlier than he determined handy over the captaincy to Morgan, Karthik mentioned, “I wanted to give Morgan a chance because it was really important, we had played seven and there were seven more games to go, so we had enough time. It would have been very unfair of me to move on if we were doing so badly that we had no chance further in the tournament.”
    “In the 2.5 years that I have led the team, I think I earned the trust of the boys. I think that’s very important as a leader. They know for a fact that they would get a lot of honesty from me. That makes things easy and Morgan is very similar to me on that front. I think the boys believed that both the people put the team ahead of themselves and that’s why the decision was taken,” Karthik mentioned.
    The veteran wicketkeeper-batsman has had a combined marketing campaign up to now this season. In their IPL lung-opener, he hit a cameo of twenty-two not out from 9 balls to propel KKR to 187/6 as they beat Sunrisers Hyderabad by 10 runs.
    But he appeared out of types towards Mumbai Indians in his eight not out from 11 balls as he together with big-hitting Andre Russell failed to complete off a simple chase with the crew needing 30 runs from the final 27 balls.
    KKR subsequent play Royal Challengers Bangalore in Sunday’s afternoon match.

  • Eoin Morgan says Jos Buttler, Ben Stokes can be Rajasthan Royals openers in IPL 2021

    England and Kolkata Knight Riders captain Eoin Morgan mentioned in an interview that Ben Stokes can be Jos Buttler’s opening associate for Rajasthan Royals this season, the crew which can be led by Sanju Samson for the primary time.
    Speaking on a Sky Sports podcast, Morgan mentioned: “Jos Buttler and Ben Stokes will be opening for Rajasthan Royals this season.”
    Morgan was talking about making an attempt to present most alternatives to gamers like Buttler and Stokes, who he mentioned have “gotten better and better” the extra they’ve been pushed to roles of accountability.
    “If the two superstars of a team open the batting, it’ll be great to watch. But as an opposition skipper I will be thinking we need to start well in the bowling innings,” Morgan mentioned.

    💬 The problem for us is making an attempt to enhance & achieve consistency in the way in which that we wish to play – an aggressive, constructive model of cricket 💬 💪👍@eoin16 says England learnt loads of classes from #IndvEng 💡
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    — Sky Sports Cricket (@SkyCricket) April 1, 2021
    Morgan can be main the Kolkata-based franchise this season, the reins of which crew he took over from Dinesh Karthik in the course of the earlier season.
    READ | England have massively benefitted from IPL: Eoin Morgan
    However, Morgan mentioned that Stokes would bat within the center order for the England crew in T20Is. He defined that England have loads of candidates who can play within the high three, and that as a result of “games are won in the last 10 overs and not the first 10”, the nationwide crew wish to house out their match-winners within the batting order.

  • India gamers love new experiences, need to play in ‘The Hundred’: Eoin Morgan

    England’s white-ball captain Eoin Morgan, who additionally leads Kolkata Knight Riders within the IPL, claims that quite a lot of Indian gamers are focused on being part of his nation’s bold ‘The Hundred’ league in addition to different franchise occasions throughout the globe.
    Morgan additionally urged the sport’s directors to have a roadmap for the following 10 years to make sure that prime gamers will not be compelled to decide on a profitable non-public league profession over worldwide cricket.
    “Just having conversations out here about ‘The Hundred’, I know that there are Indian cricketers out here who would love to play in The Hundred and other competitions around the world,” Morgan instructed ‘Sky Sports’ throughout an interplay however didn’t take any names.
    “They love travelling and experiencing new conditions and cultures, and they would add huge value to a tournament like that,” he added.
    The Hundred is a franchise-based 100-ball cricket occasion that was supposed to begin final 12 months in England. However, the COVID-19 pandemic led to its postponement to this 12 months.
    Morgan mentioned the ICC just isn’t doing sufficient to accommodate the nations that are shedding gamers to personal leagues.
    “My greatest fear is that the sport isn’t altering and accommodating the tempo at which it’s rising.
    “It is definitely an area of concern and one that needs improvement going forward because you play against countries and some aren’t able to play their best XIs because they are competing against big leagues around the world,”
    Morgan instructed former England skipper Nasser Hussain through the chat.
    Morgan cautioned ICC that in one other decade’s time, the franchise leagues will take over worldwide cricket.
    “Whoever is in charge needs to think about what that looks like in 10 years’ time because if they don’t manage it, franchise leagues around the world will become more dominant.”
    According to Morgan, the error that the custodians of the sport have made just isn’t segregating the three codecs correctly.
    “One of the most important errors we make as a sport is having all three codecs overlap or not recognising the roles that they play inside the sport. T20 cricket is an avenue for a younger child who has by no means seen the sport and sees this massive shiny factor on TV with stars and the ball being blasted all over the place.
    “50-over cricket has a different dynamic, it gives you a little bit of everything all in one day. Test match cricket is our most prestigious game for our elite players. It will always be like that and for a very few countries around the world, it is prioritised,” Morgan analysed.

  • Eoin Morgan identifies KKR’s largest power in IPL 2021

    Two-time Indian Premier League (IPL) champions Kolkata Knight Riders (KKR), have fallen quick by way of delivering the products on the final lap of the event prior to now three season however this time they’re ready to go all the best way.
    England’s World Cup-winning captain Eoin Morgan will lead the knights and based on the 34-year-old, they’ve bench power to take care of the challenges of damage and sickness.

    From one bubble to a different 👀
    A particular supply from Pune arrived this afternoon! 🤩@prasidh43 #KKR #HaiTaiyaar #IPL2021 #Cricket pic.twitter.com/Cy8mAaAN7J
    — KolkataKnightRiders (@KKRiders) March 29, 2021
    Stating that KKR has a well-rounded squad, Morgan stated that the largest power can be their middle-order.
    “The one positive, amongst others last year was the versatility within our middle order and the flexibility to either promote Sunil or promote myself or DK,” he stated throughout a digital press convention on Wednesday.
    “The power throughout the center order is, if we play effectively, there’s a variety of groups who won’t get pleasure from taking part in in opposition to us.

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    — KolkataKnightRiders (@KKRiders) March 30, 2021
    “It is one of the strengths of our side, we need to make the right call in when to play the best hand. And that’s one of the things that we learned from last year,” he stated.
    Morgan additionally stated that including somebody like Harbhajan Singh has bolstered their spin division within the event.
    “Adding Harbhajan to our squad has strengthened us in a really good way. When you look at our spin department as a whole, on paper, it’s one of the best in the tournament and that’s factual,” the KKR skipper stated.
    “If you look at the options that we have and the conditions that we might play in probably particularly in Chennai, which notoriously can turn or at least raise the eyebrows of our spinners which is hard to do,” he added.
    “It’s an area that if we play well in the tournament I think our spinners will have bowled well and contributed in that regard,” he additional added.
    If we examine the KKR facet with the earlier seasons, then the purple brigade seems to be a way more balanced facet.
    Their star-studded line-up has a mixture of youthful exuberance and expertise, which is able to doubtless assist them attain the playoffs berth this time.

  • Eoin Morgan, Sam Billings to overlook 2nd ODI towards India

    England captain Eoin Morgan will miss the ultimate two One-Day Internationals of the continued sequence towards India in Pune due to damage. And Sam Billings will probably be unavailable for recreation two of the sequence on Friday, with a choice on his availability for Sunday’s last match to be taken sooner or later.
    Jos Buttler will captain England in Morgan’s absence and Liam Livingstone will make his ODI debut.
    Morgan will miss out after sustaining a cut up webbing between his thumb and index finger in Tuesday’s sequence opener, an damage that required 4 stitches.
    The captain went by a fielding drill throughout coaching on the MCA Stadium on Thursday and afterwards declared himself unfit.
    Morgan mentioned: “I had the hand re-dressed earlier than the beginning of coaching in the present day but it surely rapidly turned obvious that I discovered myself defending the damage and entering into the fallacious positions to catch the ball.
    “There’s nowhere to cover on the sphere in worldwide cricket lately, particularly in limited-over codecs so it didn’t require any nice thought to make myself unavailable.
    “It was a freak injury and it’s extremely frustrating but there’s nothing I can do about it. It’s now just a case of letting the cut heal. I have every confidence in Jos and the rest of the squad coping without me.”
    Billings didn’t practice on Thursday after he suffered a bruised left collar bone whereas fielding in Tuesday’s opening match, and the damage remained sore on Thursday.
    Dawid Malan, with the tour occasion as cowl, has been drafted into the squad and is on the market for choice.
    England will look to stage the sequence and keep alive within the contest after dropping the primary ODI by 66 runs.
    Teams
    India: Virat Kohli (Captain), Rohit Sharma (vice-captain), Shikhar Dhawan, Shubman Gill, Suryakumar Yadav, Hardik Pandya, Rishabh Pant (wicket-keeper), KL Rahul (wicket-keeper), Yuzvendra Chahal, Kuldeep Yadav, Krunal Pandya, Washington Sundar, T Natarajan, Bhuvneshwar Kumar, Md. Siraj, Prasidh Krishna, Shardul Thakur.
    England: Eoin Morgan (Captain), Moeen Ali, Jonny Bairstow, Sam Billings, Jos Buttler, Sam Curran, Tom Curran, Liam Livingstone, Matt Parkinson, Adil Rashid, Jason Roy, Ben Stokes, Reece Topley, Mark Wood. Covers: Jake Ball, Chris Jordan, Dawid Malan.

  • Injured Eoin Morgan, Sam Billings uncertain for second ODI

    England skipper Eoin Morgan and Sam Billings are uncertain for the second ODI towards India in Pune on Friday after sustaining accidents within the series-opener, dealing a recent blow to the aspect’s floundering marketing campaign.
    The guests suffered the setbacks of their 66-run defeat after the skipper break up the webbing between his proper thumb and index finger that required 4 stitches. In one other incident, Billings injured his collarbone following a clumsy dive to cease a boundary.
    “We’re going to wait 48 for hours and see how it is…give as much time as needed to hopefully be available for Friday,” Morgan mentioned on the post-match interplay.
    Morgan, who scored 22 as England had been bowled out for 251 in pursuit of India’s 318, mentioned his batting wouldn’t be 100 per cent given the damage and fielding too is a priority with a break up webbing.
    Billings, who had dislocated his left shoulder to overlook their triumphant marketing campaign within the 2019 World Cup, too batted within the stiff run chase, and scored 18.
    “I haven’t spoken with Sam about his batting so I don’t know in his instance… In mine, it’s never going to be at 100 per cent but it’s not that I can’t hold a bat,” Morgan mentioned.

    Down 0-1, the world champions face a must-win state of affairs within the second of the three ODIs right here on Friday.
    Going ahead, Morgan mentioned, they’d give nearly all of their gamers alternatives which might imply openings for Matt Parkinson, Reece Topley and uncapped Liam Livingstone.
    “ODI cricket has been the vehicle to grow our squad and try and improve beyond our best XI on the field so there will be opportunities for guys coming in,” Morgan mentioned.

  • ‘Morgan should miss a few games’: England’s gradual over charge criticised in 1st ODI vs India

    England’s gradual over charge within the first ODI vs India on the Maharashtra Cricket Association Stadium in Pune on Tuesday was criticised by former gamers and commentators. The first innings within the match took nearly an extra 45 minutes to complete as India scored 317/5 in 50 overs. Skipper Eoin Morgan needs to be “having to miss a few games”, stated Graeme Swann on air.
    As England bowled first within the 1st ODI, the primary hour noticed the guests bowling simply 11 overs. By the tip of the second hour, nearly half of the innings had been finished.
    At 5 pm IST, when the 50 overs have been presupposed to have been bowled, England have been 8 overs brief. Swann stated within the commentary field: “At this rate, Morgan is going to have to miss a few matches.”
    Ajit Agarkar identified that a number of accidents had prolonged the innings, however agreed that the over-rate within the T20I collection had been dangerous basically. Murali Kartik identified that the fifth T20I had taken 5 hours to complete.
    “There were injuries to Rohit Sharma and Sam Billings, but in general the over rate has been pretty poor in the England series,” stated Agarkar.

    11 overs in an hour … One day cricket … !!!!! I’ve determined it’s not me getting previous it’s the sport that should bloody hurry up … #INDvsENG
    — Michael Vaughan (@MichaelVaughan) March 23, 2021
    Former England captain Michael Vaughan wrote on Twitter: “11 overs in an hour … One day cricket … !!!!! I have decided it’s not me getting old it’s the game that needs to bloody hurry up … #INDvsENG.”
    England clawed again into the sport within the center overs after a powerful begin by Shikhar Dhawan, who fell 2 runs wanting a century, earlier than Krunal Pandya scored the quickest ODI fifty by a debutant.
    The innings completed nearly 45 minutes after the scheduled time.