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  • KKR vs MI: Pat Cummins hits joint quickest IPL half -century, KKR storms to No.1 in factors desk

    Kolkata Knight Riders stormed to victory by 5 wickets vs Mumbai Indians on the MCA Stadium in Pune on Wednesday. They have now changed Rajasthan Royals because the No.1 within the IPL 2022 factors desk.

    KKR ‘s victory was scripted by Pat Cummins, who smashed a surprising 56 not out off 15 balls, and Venkatesh Iyer, who scored a gutsy half-century. Chasing 162, KKR had been in bother after dropping Ajinkya Rahane, Shreyas Iyer, Sam Billings and Andre Russell with nonetheless some work to do.

    However, Cummins, who was enjoying his first match of IPL 2022, paired up with Venkatesh handy Mumbai Indians their third defeat in as many matches this season. Cummins equaled the report for the quickest half-century within the Indian Premier League when he received to the milestone off solely 14 balls. He now holds the report with KL Rahul.

    KKR skipper Shreyas Iyer gained the toss and requested MI to bat first on a contemporary pitch with bounce on provide on the MCA Stadium. Umesh Yadav, the Purple Cap holder, struck in his 2nd over to take away Rohit Sharma whereas Dewald Brevis, who impressed on his IPL debut with a 19-ball 29, was despatched again by Varun Chakravarthy.

    Ishan Kishan had a torrid time within the center and was dismissed by Pat Cummins for a 21-ball 14, however the innings was anchored by Suryakumar Yadav (52) and his 83-run stand with Tikal Varma set the platform for Kieron Pollard who smashed 3 sixes off the ultimate over of Pat Cummins to offer MI a aggressive 161 for five off their 20 overs.

    RAHANE GOES EARLY

    KKR have adopted an attack-at-all value strategy to their batting however on Wednesday, Ajinkya Rahane and Venkatesh Iyer had been watchful in opposition to Basil Thampi and Daniel Sams in a chase of 162. While Thampi conceded simply 8 runs in his first spell of two overs, Sams gave away 6 in a single over. KKR’s openers had been additionally cautious in opposition to Jasprit Bumrah, taking simply 2 runs off his first over.

    By the time Tymal Mills got here on for his first over, the stress of the asking charge was mounting for KKR. Rahane, who had managed solely 7, pulled a brief ball from Mills straight to Sams at deep midwicket. That dismissal introduced KKR skipper Shreyas Iyer into the center alongside Venkatesh Iyer.

    ROHIT FAILS

    Rohit Sharma has a wonderful report in opposition to Kolkata Knight Riders. On Wednesday, Mumbai Indians would have hoped for his or her captain to deliver on his A sport because the workforce sought their first win of IPL 2022 however that wasn’t to be. After struggling within the first two overs, Rohit mistimed a pull off Umesh Yadav and was well caught by KKR wicketkeeper Sam Billings. Rohit’s patchy innings yielded solely 3 runs as Umesh Yadav inched ahead within the race for the Purple Cap, extending the hole between himself and Yuzvendra Chahal and Avesh Khan.

    BABY AB SHINES

    Dewald Brevis has modeled his sport on his icon and fellow South African AB de Villiers. ABD was an integral a part of Royal Challengers Bangalore for a number of years and produced a few of the most breathtaking innings within the Indian Premier League. On Wednesday, Brevis was handed a debut as Tim David was dropped. Brevis’s fame preceded him – he was the main run-scorer within the U-19 World Cup. Against KKR, he did his fame no hurt with a 19-ball 29 earlier than he was achieved in by Varun Varun Chakravarthy.

    ISHAN STRUGGLES

    Ishan Kishan held the Orange Cap briefly and continues to be second behind Jos Buttler within the Orange Cap checklist, however on Wednesday, the Mumbai Indians opener couldn’t discover any sort of rhythm in opposition to a top-quality KKR bowling line-up. Ishan noticed his captain Rohit Sharma fall to Umesh Yadav and Dewald Brevis make an thrilling debut. But Ishan, usually a free-flowing batter, couldn’t get his timing proper as MI scrapped for runs. Suryakumar Yadav, coming again and after an harm lay-off, didn’t begin properly both and MI had been in huge bother when Ishan’s painful keep on the crease was ended by Pat Cummins.

    TILAK, SURYA FIGHT

    Suryakumar Yadav didn’t begin properly after getting back from an harm break, however he step by step discovered his timing within the firm of Tilak Varma, who introduced himself within the IPL with a maiden half-century in opposition to Rajasthan Royals. The two got here collectively at a time when MI had been in a spot of trouble, however they bailed the workforce out of bother with an 83-run partnership. As Suryakumar Yadav started to seek out the gaps, Tilak continued from the place he left off in opposition to RR.

    Suryakumar fell to Pat Cummins for a 36-ball 52 within the final over of the MI innings however his innings and Tilak’s fireworks gave Mumbai Indians one thing to bowl with in opposition to a power-packed KKR batting line-up.

    POLLARD EXPLODES

    Suryakumar Yadav and Tilak Varma gave Kieron Pollard the right platform to blow up. Coming in to bat at No.5, Pollard hit Pat Cummins for 3 sixes and completed with an unbeaten 22 off balls. MI took 23 runs within the twentieth over to race away to 161 for 4, a complete which had appeared out of attain once they had been tottering at 55 for 3 in 11 overs.

  • Over-reliant on top-order, SRH sink to Super Over defeat towards DC

    Sunrisers Hyderabad’s inept middle-order present foiled their splendid bowling effort as they slumped to yet one more in Indian Premier League (IPL), shedding Sunday’s contest towards Delhi Capitals through Super Over.
    Hyderabad spinners Rashid Khan and Jagadeesha Suchith’s tight spells had restricted the Capitals to 159 for 4 regardless of a fast 81-run stand between openers Prithvi Shaw (53) and Shikhar Dhawan (28).
    However, Hyderabad’s over-reliance on their top-order batsmen meant that when skipper David Warner (6) and Jonny Bairstow (38) have been dismissed, New Zealand captain Kane Williamson was left to anchor the sinking ship.
    DC are at the moment positioned second with 8 factors from 5 video games whereas SRH are seventh with a lone win.
    With Capitals full of confirmed performers, it was not potential for Williamson (66 not out) to do the job with out assist from different finish. His preventing knock was not sufficient to take the facet residence.
    However, well timed hits from Suchith (15 off 6) helped SRH tie the scores and take it to the Super Over.
    SRH managed only one boundary, setting a straightforward nine-run goal for Capitals who knocked off the required runs regardless of Rashid Khan’s brillance.
    At the beginning of the chase after Warner’s run out, it was different opener Bairstow, who saved the run-rate underneath management along with his energy hitting whereas Williamson was his regular assuring self.
    Bairstow was dismissed instantly after hitting a huge six of pacer Avesh Khan within the seventh over.
    Young Virat Singh took a while to search out his toes towards superior Capitals’ spin trio of R Ashwin, Axar Patel and Amit Mishra, which meant that the accountability to search out fast runs was on the Kiwi batsman.
    Virat (4 off 14) consumed too many balls and was ultimately dismissed by Khan. It introduced Kedar Jadhav (9) to the crease however he too didn’t final lengthy. He was stumped off Mishra. It was the middle-order that faltered once more with SRH’s probabilities of play-off qualification evaporating with every passing sport.
    SRH wanted 50 runs from the ultimate 5 overs with Williamson holding the innings collectively .
    Earlier, skipper Rishabh Pant (37) and Steve Smith (34 not out) raised a 58-run stand for the fourth wicket to make sure a preventing complete for DC after electing to bat.
    Shaw started with a hat-trick of fours off pacer Khaleel Ahmed. Those have been breathtaking strokes, straight out of textual content e book.
    There was sheer magnificence in his cowl drives, each alongside the bottom and those performed over the sphere as Shaw backed his timing with precision and energy.
    His six off pacer Siddarth Kaul over lengthy on and the ramp shot over brief third-man off the identical bowler bore testimony to his supreme contact.
    Dhawan was blissful enjoying the second fiddle because the Capitals placed on board 51 with out loss in Powerplay overs.
    Left-arm spinner Suchith, enjoying his first sport for SRH, did a good job, freely giving solely 21 runs in his four-over quota. He persistently troubled Dhawan.
    Suchith bowled in tandem with Khan, SRH’s finest spinner over time, as the 2 bowlers put brakes on the run circulate.
    Rashid additionally supplied his facet with first breakthrough when he discovered stumps of Dhawan, ending DC’s 81-run opening stand.
    Shaw’s splendid knock resulted in a run out after a mix-up with skipper Pant.
    Pant and former Australia captain Steve Smith have been now two new batsmen on the crease. They saved the scoreboard transferring.
    Smith was dropped on 14 by Kaul off Vijay Shankar. Khaleel had additionally missed out on an opportunity supplied by Pant a couple of balls in the past off Rashid.
    The duo managed to get a couple of boundaries however SRH bowlers largely managed the proceedings.

  • IPL 2021: Bowlers arrange Royals, Samson places ending touches

    Much to his crew’s delight, Sanju Samson took duty after two early wickets. Bowlers had set Rajasthan Royals up properly, limiting Kolkata Knight Riders to 133/9. After that, some widespread sense batting was wanted, which the Royals skipper did. A six-wicket win with seven balls to spare rounded off a superb evening for the Rajasthan-based franchise, whereas KKR suffered their fourth straight defeat.
    Bowlers arrange Royals
    KKR innings had simply 9 fours and 5 sixes, which attested Royals’ bowling self-discipline. A dropped catch however, fielding, too, was glorious.
    Credit to Royals’ planning that allowed the bowlers to cool down. The Royals skipper had a sweeper cowl posted proper from the outset, which other than giving satisfactory safety to Jaydev Unadkat and Chetan Sakariya in Powerplay, considerably crippled Nitish Rana’s – sq. of the wicket is his favorite space in opposition to pacers – stroke-play as properly.
    It wasn’t Shubman Gill’s evening. The KKR opener struggled to get going and was dropped on six earlier than a direct hit from Jos Buttler put him out of his distress. To make issues worse, Gill dropped Yashasvi Jaiswal on nought when Royals batted.
    For Royals, Morris was probably the most profitable bowler with 4/23 and received the big-hitters out – Andre Russell, Dinesh Karthik and Pat Cummins. But going past the scorecard, Mustafizur Rahman (1/22) in all probability made a extra vital contribution. The left-arm seamer guessed the tempo of the pitch proper, disguised his cutters brilliantly and managed to get some lateral motion even for his slower deliveries. Mustafizur strangulated KKR once they had been seeking to up the ante. And Morris benefitted from that.
    Maybe, a top-order collapse within the final sport weighed heavy on KKR, as they regarded cagey in Powerplay. 25/1 within the first six overs pegged them again. Only when Rahul Tripathi got here to the crease, did his aspect look to be attempting to interrupt the shackles.
    Tripathi, nevertheless, would rue his name that received his captain out. A bowler’s again drive had ricocheted off Morgan’s bat on to the stumps on the non-striker’s finish and there was by no means a single in it. But Tripathi referred to as earlier than repenting. Morgan by then had reached the no-man’s land.
    Inexplicably, KKR despatched Sunil Narine as a pinch-hitter forward of Russell and Cummins – the 2 gamers who had the momentum from the earlier sport. The solely cause for Narine’s promotion could possibly be that the crew administration wished to proceed with a left-right mixture however the determination backfired.
    From Royals’ viewpoint, it was essential to take away Russell early and coming within the sixteenth over, the latter nonetheless had a good bit of time to wreak havoc. But Morris out-thought him. Russell positioned himself to hit a large yorker, however he received a pitched up supply close to block-hole that prevented a free swing. A catch to long-on ensued.
    Samson places ending touches
    He had began off with a century on this IPL earlier than regressing to his customary tender dismissals mode. It had irked Sunil Gavaskar even. On Saturday, nevertheless, Samson ensured that the bowler’s efforts weren’t laid to waste.
    Buttler regarded shaken after being hit on the helmet by a Cummins bouncer, and fell cheaply. Jaiswal adopted swimsuit. Shivam Dube and Rahul Tewatia received out trying to play adventurous pictures, when their job was to play second fiddle.
    But Samson was utility personified and when he performs like that, he appears a beautiful batsman. A pull for a six off a Cummins’ supply was the shot of the match.

  • Sunrisers open their account as Punjab Kings play like paupers

    Sunrisers Hyderabad received their crew choice proper, and have been rewarded with a convincing nine-wicket win. After their first three matches, they have been all-time low. Their web run charge was gasping for an improve. On Wednesday at Chepauk, after bundling out Punjab Kings for 120, they gained with eight balls remaining.
    Bowlers did the job for SRH. Khaleel Ahmed with three wickets was first amongst equals. After that, David Warner and Jonny Bairstow placed on 73 runs for the opening wicket. The latter stayed until the top to make the win hiccup-free. Punjab, of their first match in Chennai, allowed circumstances to get the higher of them.
    First amongst equals
    Khaleel is a proficient left-arm pacer, adequate to play 11 ODIs and 14 T20Is. But inconsistency hasn’t served him properly. A fractured wrist early in 2020 was a setback as properly. On Wednesday, slower deliveries did the trick for him.
    Mayank Agarwal mistimed a pull and was caught by Rashid Khan at mid-wicket. The Punjab opener had had a reprieve within the very first over, Rashid dropping him off Abhishek Sharma on nought. On a day when KL Rahul fell cheaply, Agarwal was Punjab’s largest hope for a great whole. He did not capitalise on the youth.
    Fabian Allen, too, was taken out by a short-of-a-length slower ball, the batsman slicing it to further cowl. Khaleel’s third sufferer was Shahrukh Khan, who was spectacular, however went for a slog to a slower supply within the penultimate over. His crew was crawling and the teenager needed to likelihood his arm.
    Spare a thought for Abhishek Sharma, who dismissed Deepak Hooda and Moises Henriques, two exhausting hitters, to offer Sunrisers a major benefit. An arm ball foxed Hooda, whereas Henriques was executed in by a flighted supply.
    On a darkish and dry Chepauk pitch, it was by no means simple for Punjab to get into the groove straightaway. At the identical time, their batting past the opening pair doesn’t encourage a lot confidence. When Rahul and Agarwal hearth, Punjab revel. Chris Gayle, regardless of being the x-factor, has turn into extra of a big gamble at this stage of his profession.
    Jonny boy
    Adding to Punjab’s troubles, their greatest bowler hasn’t began to fireplace on all cylinders but. Coming into this IPL, Mohammed Shami hadn’t performed any cricket after struggling a damaged arm in Adelaide in December final 12 months. His radar remains to be not working.
    Warner slashed him for a 4 to place strain on the bowler proper on the outset. Allen bowled the subsequent over and Bairstow took a 4 and a six. To make issues worse, Punjab missed a run-out – Sunrisers’ floor fielding was glorious quite the opposite – when Bairstow was 15. Punjab regarded to have thrown within the towel a little bit too early.
    Sunrisers, although, had to make sure there was no middle-overs meltdown. So, it was vital for Bairstow to hold on. He did that, scoring 63 not out off 56 balls. Kane Williamson, again to full health, supplied an assured presence alongside the opener. Sunrisers had missed his class and quietness within the earlier three matches.

  • IPL 2021, MI vs RCB Report: A confirmed saviour, and an sudden one

    IPL 2021, MI vs RCB Report: A confirmed saviour, and an sudden one