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  • Have seen sufficient in cricket, all the time wish to be humble: MS Dhoni after CSK’s win over KKR

    Chennai Super Kings survived fairly just a few nervy moments on Wednesday evening as they eked out an 18-run win over Kolkata Knight Riders of their IPL match. However, skipper Mahendra Singh Dhoni stated that his job had in truth grow to be “quite easy” in the direction of the tip of the sport because the battle was primarily between the quick bowlers and the massive hitters.
    Batting first, CSK posted a rating of 220/3 after being requested to bat after which decreased KKR to 31/5. Andrew Russell (54) and Pat Cummins (66 not out) went on a six-hitting spree to maintain KKR within the hunt earlier than being bowled out for 202 in 19.1 overs.
    “Quite easy in a game like this. From the 16th over onwards the contest was between the fast bowler and the batsman. You can’t do too much. Can’t put a different field. It’s about you vs me. The side that has won is a side that has executed slightly better,” Dhoni stated on the post-match presentation.
    “You don’t want to take too many early wickets. Big hitters coming in, 200 runs, there’s only one way they’ll play. Not much you can do. The only option was Jadeja. It was turning, was a bit dry.”
    Explained: How issues have fallen in place for Dhoni & CSK in IPL 2021
    “If they’d’ve had extra wickets, may’ve been totally different. Have seen sufficient in cricket, all the time wish to be humble. There’s no good cause when you have scored, the opposition can’t rating.

    “My lines to the players was that we have got good runs on the board but let’s be humble.”
    Complementing teen Ruturaj Gaikwad for coming good with the willow, Dhoni stated, “The batting has been really good. Rutu is somebody who has shown his class in the last IPL. You always need to assess where he is mentally. Once when he was off guard, I just asked him how are you feeling today.”
    “When you put a question like that, you wait for the reactions, you see what’s in his eyes. There was enough in his reactions to suggest he wasn’t rattled. That’s what I’ve been doing all my life (applying psychology) but in a good way.”

    Losing skipper Eoin Morgan stated he didn’t suppose his workforce had an opportunity after they have been decreased to 31 for 5 in 5.2 overs.
    “It’s (pulse) quite high at the moment. What a hell of a game of cricket. Certainly from the position we were in after our powerplay, we probably didn’t think we’d get as close as we did,” he stated.
    “But Andre Russell, Dinesh Karthik actually did put a partnership collectively, when you try this making the most of the situations right here, it’s very troublesome to cease.
    (With PTI inputs)

  • I don’t need anybody to say I’m unfit: MS Dhoni

    Chennai Super Kings skipper Mahendra Singh Dhoni on Monday admitted that whereas it’s arduous to “keep up” with youthful gamers within the squad he doesn’t need anybody to level fingers at him over his health.
    Dhoni, 39, who retired from worldwide cricket final yr, admitted that “getting old and being fit are two difficult things”.
    “When you are playing, you don’t really want anyone to say he’s unfit. I have to keep up with the younger guys, they are very fast, it’s good to challenge them,” Dhoni stated after CSK beat Rajasthan Royals by 45 runs of their IPL match.
    “Performances are something that’s guaranteed. I wasn’t guaranteeing performances when I was 24. I can’t guarantee when I am 40, but at least if people can’t point finger at me that he’s unfit then that will be a big positive for me.”
    Meanwhile, talking in regards to the match, the CSK captain applauded his facet’s efficiency.
    “I felt Sam bowled very well. Deepak, there was a little bit of miscalculation with the knuckle supply. So I felt a superb begin was vital. Even the moist ball was spinning.
    “I don’t really mind Jos playing reverse sweep. If the wet ball was turning then the chance of the dry ball turning is high.”
    “The way we have prepared. The bowlers have been under the pump last year also, so they’re used to the conditions.”
    “Our bowlers bowled very well, they batted too deep. 10-15 runs further we gave down the road. We misplaced the match however there are a number of positives.
    “The dew didn’t come and the ball was nonetheless turning, so it was a bit stunning to see.
    “It’s important to maintain good composure, this format demands us to score at a higher risk rate, so it’s very normal to get out often. I keep working on the basics and giving myself some time at the centre,” he concluded.
    (With PTI inputs)

  • IPL 2021: AB de Villiers’ absolute carnage flooring Kolkata

    AB de Villiers’ grasp class propelled Royal Challengers Bangalore to an imposing win over Kolkata Knight Riders of their IPL match, on Sunday.
    RCB scored 56 runs within the final three overs, together with 21 within the last six deliveries, to set KKR a stiff goal of 205 after electing to bat.
    De Villiers walked in when RCB had been at 95/3 after 11.1 overs. From that time, he constructed a partnership with Glenn Maxwell. When he was lastly dismissed, the injury had been carried out with 76 from 34 balls. 55 of these runs got here within the final 5 overs.
    De Villiers blazed away to 76 off 34 balls with the assistance of 9 fours and three sixes. Throughout his innings, the Proteas batsman was in whole management and performed pictures throughout the bottom residing as much as his tag of ‘Mr 360’. The cowl drive was his best shot with 22 runs coming from that shot.
    De Villiers was significantly deadly on Andre Russell, who after a sensational final over within the earlier sport, was taken aside by ABD in a 21-run over.

    ABD’s absolute carnage – 76*(34)#RCBvKKR #ABDevilliers pic.twitter.com/UnzLQgsPnZ
    — Oreo (@Oreohotchoco) April 18, 2021
    The Knight Riders had been off to an excellent begin with leg-break bowler Varun Chakravarthy leaving RCB in early hassle at 9/2 with the large wickets of skipper Virat Kohli (5) and Rajat Patidar (1) within the second over.
    Opening the bowling for KKR, veteran off-spinner Harbhajan Singh bowled a decent line and size to stifle the RCB batsmen in his first two overs.
    After Chakravarthy lured Kohli to go over cowl with a tossed-up supply that drifted away from the right-hander, Rahul Tripathi pulled off a sensational catch working again from extra-cover. The high batsman was nowhere near the ball.
    Chakravarthy then went via the defence of Patidar with one which darted again on touchdown.
    Mixing aggression with warning, Maxwell and Devdutt Padikkal (25) revived the RCB innings after the early blows on the MA Chidambaram Stadium.

    Surely South Africa, you must discover a option to play @ABdeVilliers17 within the #T20WorldCup. Surely.
    — Harsha Bhogle (@bhogleharsha) April 18, 2021
    While the younger Indian appeared content material taking part in the second fiddle, the swashbuckling Australian counter-attacked in advantageous style and performed the large pictures with consummate ease.
    The in-form Maxwell upped the ante when he cleared his entrance leg to plonk Shakib Al Hasan over long-on for his first most within the sixth over.
    The one bowled by Shakib turned out to be a productive over for RCB as they received 17 runs off it.
    After reaching 45 for 2 on the finish of the six powerplay overs, Maxwell shifted gears and raced to his half-century in simply 28 balls. Even Chakravarthy, who was on fireplace a while in the past, was not spared by Maxwell as he smashed him for a six and 4 off successive balls.
    Prasidh Krishna ended the third-wicket partnership of 86 runs by sending again Padikkal, which signalled the arrival of De Villiers within the center.
    Joining forces, the dazzling duo of Maxwell and De Villiers didn’t permit the KKR bowlers to settle into any kind of rhythm till premier pacer Pat Cummins ended their 53-run affiliation.

    That shot although 🔥🔥#AbDeVilliers #RCBvKKR #IPL2021 pic.twitter.com/6JLS7Vrqtu
    — Thyview (@Thyview) April 18, 2021
    After that, the present belonged to De Villiers as he toyed with KKR bowlers.

    (With PTI inputs)

  • Jason Roy joins Sunrisers Hyderabad as alternative for Mitchell Marsh

    Sunrisers Hyderabad signed up England batsman Jason Roy as a alternative for Mitchell Marsh, who has made himself unavailable for your complete season owing to private causes.
    Marsh, who made his Indian Premier League debut in 2010, has performed a complete of 21 IPL video games. Marsh had acquired injured within the first sport of the 2020 version and couldn’t play thereafter.
    His alternative, Jason Roy made his IPL debut in 2017 enjoying for Gujarat Lions & later featured for Delhi Daredevils (now Delhi Capitals) within the 2018 IPL version.
    He has performed a complete of 8 matches and scored 179 runs with one half-century to his title. He averages 29.83 at a strike-rate of 133.58 with a better of 91. Roy confirmed respectable kind within the current ODI and T20 sequence towards India however was not capable of convert begins.
    Sunrisers Hyderabad have acquired Roy at his base value of two Crore.

  • IPL 2021: MI vs RCB season opener to be performed with out followers; see full schedule

    Image Source : IPLT20.COM File photograph of IPL trophy.
    The much-awaited Indian Premier League 2021 full schedule was launched by the Indian cricket board (BCCI) a day after India triumph England 3-1 within the four-match Test collection in Ahmedabad. 

    The season opener will see defending champions Mumbai Indians face off with Virat Kohli’s Royal Challengers Bangalore in Chennai on April 9 with the ultimate slated in Ahmedabad on May 30. 

    As per BCCI’s official assertion, the league stage matches can be performed over six cities — specifically Chennai, Mumbai, Delhi, Bangalore, Ahmedabad and Kolkata — with out followers on the stadia and a call can be reviewed afterward permitting spectators on the stadia if the COVID-19 pandemic scenario improves.

    Giving up on the normal home-away format when performed in India resulting from pandemic scenario, the IPL can be performed over three phases with two cities internet hosting 4 groups every in each section within the league phases. The carnival will first be camped in Mumbai and Chennai, then shifting to Delhi and Bangalore with the ultimate league phases in Bengaluru and Kolkata.

    The qualifiers and the ultimate match then can be performed in Ahmedabad’s Narendra Modi Stadium.

    See the whole schedule beneath: 

    Image Source : IPLT20.COMIPL 2021 schedule web page 1

    Image Source : IPLT20.COMIPL 2021 schedule web page 2.

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  • IPL 2021 | We had been wanting to vary our title since 2019: Punjab Kings co-owner Ness Wadia

    Image Source : IPLT20.COM Kings XI Punjab
    KXIP is now Punjab Kings and its co-owner Ness Wadia on Saturday stated the franchise wanted to rebrand itself after so a few years of IPL and the title change was one thing it needed since 2019.
    Wadia feels Punjab Kings is a less complicated title in comparison with Kings XI Punjab and can join extra with their fan base.

    “We just felt that we wanted to relook at things. We needed to rebrand and reinvent ourselves after so many years. As they say, if something doesn’t work, change it and try and get it working,” Wadia advised PTI, referring to the workforce’s title-less run within the IPL because the occasion’s inaugural version in 2008.
    “Kings XI Punjab had a reference to the playing XI. Punjab Kings is more inclusive and will resonate better with the fans. We had been thinking of a name change for last couple of years. COVID came in 2020 so we put it on hold. We thought if we could do it at the big auction next year or the smaller auction this season, so finally decided to do it this year.”
    With the COVID caseload coming down drastically in India, the upcoming version is about to be performed within the nation. Wadia is happy concerning the IPL returning residence.

    “The UAE has had an enormous quantity of instances just lately. India is safer at this level. We simply must ensure that strict protocols are in place, like we had within the UAE.
    “Hopefully, some part of the stadiums will be filled with spectators. I don’t see full crowds being allowed for the games. I am the sure the right decision will be taken in due time. We are still two months away from the tournament,” stated Wadia.
    The BCCI accepted a 10-team IPL from 2022 at its Annual General Meeting (AGM) final yr. To begin with, there may be a nine-team earlier than the occasion expands additional.
    “I don’t know how nine will work, 10 is a good number. It is also good that they are expanding the brand. It also increases the fan base and more players get a chance to play the IPL,” Wadia stated.
    On his workforce’s buys on the public sale, he added: “Anil and KL are quite happy about the players they have got. Now just they need to go out there and perform.”

  • IPL 2021 Auction | Tempo driver’s son Chetan Sakariya earns huge, mourns demise of youthful brother

    Image Source : INSTAGRAM/SAKARIYA.CHETAN Chetan Sakariya
    Left-arm tempo bowler Chetan Sakariya, who was picked by Rajasthan Royals for Rs.1.2 crore within the Indian Premier League (IPL) public sale on Thursday, started helping his maternal uncle in his stationery enterprise in his village, some 10 kilometres from Bhavnagar in Gujarat, even whereas he was ending college.
    The uncle took care of his bills for training, cricket gear, and coaching on the Sir Bhavsinhji Cricket Academy, a go-to place for budding cricketers in and round Bhavnagar, and from the place the likes of Saurashtra gamers Sheldon Jackson, Harvik Desai, and Sandip Maniar have emerged.

    Sakariya’s dad, who owned and drove a tempo, took care of the household together with his meagre revenue.
    “When I was in school, I had to balance studies and cricket. But after completing my 12th I focussed on cricket. I would train in the evening and in the first half, I would work for my uncle,” Sakariya instructed IANS from Kolkata, the place is with the Saurashtra workforce for the Vijay Hazare Trophy one-day event.
    Sakariya, who turns 23 this month, was first inspired by his college coach when he was in tenth and instantly enrolled into the Bhavsinhji Academy. From there, he obtained an opportunity to play under-16 for Saurashtra however after that there was a lull the place he struggled.
    Sakariya was picked for MRF Pace Foundation and spent 5 months there on his motion and health.
    “I played for the Saurashtra under-19 and also the under-23 teams. Soon, I was called up for the senior team’s probables and was put in the loop. The coaches said that with experience I would improve,” he mentioned.
    Niraj Odedra, a former Saurashtra participant, who has been a coach with the workforce for the final 5 years, says his motion was what caught their eye.
    “It is very difficult to find pace bowlers. It is even more difficult to find bowlers with rhythmic action. He has such a rhythmic, repetitive action. Besides, he is very hard-working,” Odedra instructed IANS.
    “When I was young I used to try the bowling action of Junaid Khan [Pakistan left-arm pace bowler]. He was taking wickets back then and people were talking about him. I tried copying him but I developed my own action after copying him,” ponited out Sakariya.

    Having bowled on the senior Saurashtra workforce nets, he made his Ranji Trophy debut in November 2018 towards Gujarat and he picked a fifer in first innings as Saurashtra gained factors on first innings via a 25-run lead. He picked 29 wickets in eight matches in his debut Ranji season.
    But it was his potential to bowl within the shortest format, the T20, that was to catch everybody’s eye and lead him into the league of crore-grossers.
    During the 2019-20 Syed Mushtaq Ali Trophy, he impressed the Royal Challengers Bangalore scouts.
    “I was approached by the RCB scouts when I was playing a T20 match against Jharkhand. They called me for trials in January, just before Covid-19 broke out. Coach Mike Hesson was impressed. They gave me match scenarios at the nets and I impressed them. Unfortunately, a lockdown happened. But they kept in touch and signed a contract with me,” mentioned Sakariya.
    Sakariya was quickly on a flight to the UAE for the IPL 2020 as a web bowler for RCB and that’s the place his brush with somebody from the massive league got here.
    South Africa tempo bowler Dale Steyn and Umesh Yadav had been on the nets and he imbibed classes from them.
    “Steyn taught me a lot of things related to planning out batsmen. He taught me how to come round the wicket to a left-handed batsman and bowl wide outside off-stump. It is a very difficult job for a left-armer. I got Moeen Ali out in an intra-RCB practice game during IPL 2020. It becomes tough for a left-handed batsman to play from there,” says Sakariya.
    “There were other things too but that was the most successful experiment. Umesh bhai also taught me how to plan. My skills in variation were developed at the RCB nets during IPL 2020.”
    Steyn taught him loads of expertise, he says. The brush with the Steyn & Co on the RCB nets bore fruit on the Rajasthan Royals trials.
    “I bowled extraordinarily well at the Rajasthan Royals trials just recently. One of the coaches came up to me and praised me for having different types of deliveries. I think I have six different variations — back-of-the-hand, bouncer, yorker, cutter, and slow bouncer etc, but I bowl two-three perfectly. That performance and in the Syed Mushtaq Ali Trophy is what I think got me a big contract,” mentioned Sakariya. He bagged 12 wickets in 5 matches that put him sixth within the wicket-takers’ record of the Syed Mushtaq Ali Trophy.
    The very first thing Sakariya did on Thursday was name his household instantly after being picked. It was in all probability the primary second of pleasure the household skilled in a yr that began on an unlucky word as Sakariya’s youthful brother dedicated suicide final month

  • IPL 2021 | Rohit Sharma welcomes new Mumbai Indians gamers to ‘metropolis of heroics’

    Image Source : IPLT20.COM Rohit Sharma
    Mumbai Indians skipper Rohit Sharma welcomed gamers who had been purchased by the defending champions within the IPL 2021 Auction on Thursday in Chennai. 

    Rohit took it to social media to put up a video that confirmed all seven gamers with Mumbai Indians’ anthem enjoying within the background. “Welcome to the city of heroics!” wrote Rohit within the caption. 

    The Mumbai outfit purchased Nathan Coulter-Nile and Adam Milne to bolster their bowling unit. MI purchased again Coulter-Nile for INR 5 crore after managing so as to add New Zealand’s Milne to the squad for INR 5.4 crore. MI additionally added an all-rounder to the squad within the type of James Neesham, who was purchased at his base value of INR 50 lakh. 

    Mumbai nonetheless have Jasprit Bumrah, Trent Boult and Dhawal Kulkarni of their tempo division. The franchise additionally snapped up Arjun Tendulkar, the son of legendary cricketer Sachin Tendulkar, and Marco Jansen, a younger South African fast, for INR 20 lakh every. They additionally managed to bag veteran Piyush Chawla for INR 2.40 crore and Yudhvir Charak for INR 20 lakh.

    Mumbai Indians received the seven gamers for less than Rs 11.7 crore on the mini-auction on Thursday. Earlier, MI had retained most of their gamers. However, they’d launched Lasith Malinga, Mitchell McClenaghan, James Pattinson and Coulter-Nile.

    List of gamers retained

    Rohit Sharma, Quinton de Kock, Suryakumar Yadav, Ishan Kishan (WK), Chris Lynn, Anmolpreet Singh, Saurabh Tiwary, Aditya Tare, Kieron Pollard, Hardik Pandya, Krunal Pandya, Anukul Roy, Jasprit Bumrah, Trent Boult, Rahul Chahar, Jayant Yadav, Dhawal Kulkarni, Mohsin Khan

    Players purchased at IPL 2021 Auction:

    Adam Milne (INR 3.20 Cr), Nathan Coulter-Nile (INR 5 cr), Piyush Chawla (INR 2.40 Cr), James Neesham (INR 50 L), Yudhvir Charak (INR 20 L), Marco Jansen (INR 20 L), Arjun Tendulkar (INR 20 L)

  • Vivo to sponsor IPL 2021 as bids for switch of rights not upto expectations: BCCI supply

    Image Source : TWITTER/IPL Dream11 had been the IPL title sponsors for the 2020 version, successful the rights for Rs 222 crore.
    Chinese cellular producer Vivo will return to sponsor the IPL this season after its makes an attempt to switch the rights to a different firm did not materialise as gives weren’t upto its “expectations”.
    Vivo’s sponsorship take care of the BCCI, value Rs 440 crore per 12 months, was suspended final season because of the Sino-India border stand off within the aftermath of a violent conflict in japanese Ladakh.

    “…the offer made by Dream11 and Unacademy was not upto Vivo’s expectations this year, so they have decided to take it themselves and explore next year,” a BCCI supply advised PTI.
    Dream11 had been the IPL title sponsors for the 2020 version, successful the rights for Rs 222 crore, which was practically half of what Vivo was paying yearly for a five-year deal.

    Vivo gained the IPL title sponsorship rights for 5 years from 2018 to 2022 for a reported sum of Rs 2190 crore.
    The anti-China sentiment within the nation peaked after the violent face-off between the Indian and Chinese troops in Galwan Valley. India misplaced 20 troopers within the conflict, whereas China additionally acknowledged unspecified casualties.
    The stand-off on the Line of Actual Control (LAC) precipitated outrage throughout India with a number of requires boycott of Chinese firms and merchandise.
    It is on this backdrop that Vivo and BCCI determined to droop the deal for the 2020 season, which was held within the UAE as a result of COVID-19 pandemic. Half of the annual Vivo sponsorship cash is distributed equally amongst eight franchises which involves Rs 27.5 crore.

  • Joe Root ‘determined’ to be part of IPL sooner or later

    Image Source : GETTY IMAGES Joe Root
    England skipper Joe Root has stated that he is determined to be part of the Indian Premier League (IPL) at some stage in his profession. For the third consecutive yr, Root determined to skip the IPL and justified his transfer by mentioning the quantity of worldwide cricket he is been taking part in. 

    Root has solely entered the public sale as soon as – in 2018 — the place his title was introduced twice however not one of the franchises bid for the right-hander.

    “At some point of my career, I am desperate to be a part of an IPL season. Hopefully, a few more beyond that as well. It is something I would love to experience, and love to be a part of,” Root stated in a digital press convention.

    “With the amount of international cricket and Test cricket, in particular, this year didn’t feel like it was the right time (to enter the IPL auction). I didn’t feel like I could throw in all my energy into it, which it deserves. And, I don’t think it would set me up and set English cricket up best with what’s to come. Very difficult decision. Hopefully, next year, there’s more of an opportunity to potentially be part of the IPL or at least be in the auction,” he added.

    Root additionally stated that the return of followers could have a large impression on the second Test towards India, ranging from Saturday on the MA Chidambaram Stadium in Chennai with 50 per cent spectators. 

    “I think it will massively (impact). Having an atmosphere within the stadium is a massive part of international cricket what makes it special in many ways is that the interaction between fans and players. Obviously, when you come to India we all how passionate Indians are about cricket and it is a big part of life in many ways here. We are very much excited about that and we are looking forward for that.”

    While England have gained a 1-0 lead within the sequence by profitable the primary Test by 227 runs, India will search redemption on the similar venue, with a spot within the World Test Championship closing being on the road. The Virat Kohli-led facet must win two matches and never lose any of the video games to make it to the summit conflict.

    Root additionally introduced England’s 12-man squad for the second Test. While Stuart Broad has changed veteran James Anderson, all-rounder Moeen Ali has been picked instead of Dom Bess. “We are going to make four changes. Jimmy, Jofra (injured), Jos, Dom Bess are out with Foakes, Ali, Stone, Broad and Woakes coming into the XII,” Root stated.

     

    England 12-member squad: Joe Root (captain), Dominic Sibley, Rory Burns, Ollie Pope, Dan Lawrence, Ben Stokes, Ben Foakes (wk), Moeen Ali, Chris Woakes, Stuart Broad, Jack Leach, Olly Stone.