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  • DC vs RR: Knew bowlers we would have liked to focus on – Devdutt Padikkal after Rajasthan document highest complete in IPL 2022

    Jos Buttler’s gorgeous 116 paired with Devdutt Padikkal’s breezy half century took Rajasthan to an enormous complete in opposition to DC on Friday, 22 April.

    Devdutt Padikkal of Rajasthan Royals. Courtesy: PTI

    HIGHLIGHTSThis was Buttler’s third hundred of the seasonButtler scored his century in 57 ballsRR scored the best complete of the season, beating KKR

    Rajasthan Royals recorded the best complete within the Indian Premier League this season, hitting Delhi Capitals for 222 runs of their registered 20 overs. The majority of the workload was shared between two batsmen- Jos Buttler and Devdutt Padikkal, who scored 155 runs between them.

    The pair began slowly owing to some nice presentation of swing bowling from Khaleel Ahmed and Shardul Thakur, however took on the DC assault after the preliminary motion died down. In the method, Buttler recorded his third century of the season, smashing it all around the park to convey his feat up in simply 57 balls.

    Speaking within the mid-innings interview, Devdutt Padikkal, who performed the right second fiddle to Buttler and scored 54 off 35 himself, revealed what the 2 had been speaking about in the midst of the innings.

    “I asked him ‘Is it that easy to bat?’” joked Padikkal after Rajasthan’s innings ended.

    He additional added that the 2 of them knew which bowlers to focus on and got here into bat with a set plan.

    Jos Buttler has been head and shoulders above the remainder of the gamers and already has 491 runs from seven matches. He is properly on track for matching Virat Kohli’s 4 century season and, at this price, may overtake him as properly.

  • RCB vs CSK: Kohli exclaims, David yawns, Faf scoops in Chennai’s six-wicket win

    The exclamation escaped Virat Kohli’s lips after he was shocked by how a lot Ravindra Jadeja spun the ball. It had landed outdoors leg stump and broke proper throughout his startled jab and went previous the off stump. Oi! went Kohli. He let loose a chuckle. So did Jadeja. Only man who didn’t present a lot shock was after all MS Dhoni who had his proper gloves in the best place to pouch it. Where did that flip come from, although? In truth, the highest soil got here off a contact on that event – a puff of mud flew up because the ball gripped and spun. This pitch isn’t identified for a lot flip. Perhaps, it’s right down to the newly-relaid floor after the final IPL which is but to calm down, possibly. Kohli fell subsequent over, swat-flicking Dwayne Bravo straight to the deep midwicket fielder. And Kohli had a wry smile on the missed six.

    5⃣3⃣ Runs4⃣1⃣ Balls6⃣ Fours1⃣ Six
    Sit again & take pleasure in this breezy half-century from @RCBTweets captain @imVkohli 🎥 ⬇️ #VIVOIPL #RCBvCSK https://t.co/vqQ0ZZgCqd
    — IndianPremierLeague (@IPL) September 24, 2021
    To yawn is human… Davidine
    Tim David let loose a yawn on the sprawling couch contained in the dressing room. In full gear, barring the helmet. He stretched his limbs, slumped again over the couch, tilted his head, and saved yawning, his mouth agape. The second, funnily or embarrassingly, was caught on the digital camera. In the dug-out that hugged the pitch, Simon Doull was mining data on the most recent IPL debutant, who turns up for Singapore, from Sanjay Bangar, and the good producer might need thought it was the suitable time to introduce David to the world. The timing was unimaginable—he was yawning simply when Bangar was waxing lyrical on David’s vitality and depth. Maybe, he was nonetheless jet-lagged, possibly the motion that was unfolding within the center wasn’t thrilling sufficient (Virat Kohli and Devdutt Padikkal have been dealing at a strike price of 130-135 thereabouts, whereas our hero belts at 154), or possibly it was his approach of coping with nerves (yawning, some neuroscientists imagine, is a stress-buster), or possibly it was the sheer restlessness of sitting geared-up for his IPL debut. His wait solely stretched longer, because the openers ate up 13.2 overs. And as a substitute of him, they despatched AB de Villiers subsequent. You might think about how he would have reacted to the choice. With a yawn clearly! To yawn, in any case, is human.

    Back to again wins for @ChennaiIPL! 👏 👏
    A convincing victory for #CSK as they beat #RCB by 6⃣ wickets. 👌 👌 #VIVOIPL #RCBvCSK
    Scorecard 👉 https://t.co/2ivCYOWCBI pic.twitter.com/qKo58oFAJb
    — IndianPremierLeague (@IPL) September 24, 2021
    The first scoop of enjoyment
    Even as Faf du Plessis shuffled throughout to lap-scoop a pacy supply from Navdeep Saini to the fine-leg boundary, Simon Doull and Murali Kartik on air began to debate who was the inventor of that shot. Doull was the opinion that Zimbabwe’s Flower brothers, Andy and Grant, and Guy Whittall had tried these. Murali Kartik plumped for Douglas Marillier, who swatted Glenn McGrath in an exciting final over in 2001 (he lapped two fours off tried yorkers however Zimbabwe misplaced by a run). Doull cued up Australia’s Ryan Campbell who performed the closest to the modern-day lap in 2002 in opposition to Sri Lanka’s Nuwan Zoysa. “I am just wondering someone in 90s played that shot,” went Doull.
    Hey Doullie, maybe you’re remembering your countryman Dion Nash in 1998. Another final over thriller it was. Shaun Pollock had the ball with New Zealand needing 7 off 2. Nash shuffled a contact in direction of off, bent down and paddled Pollock to fine-leg. The exhilaration on the alternative of shot (Tony Greig on air would handle “what a beautiful little paddle shot!) was brutally cut short as the commentators, players, and umpire started to sweat whether it was a six or a four as it had landed on the rope. Rope meant four then. There were two ropes adjacent to each other which overlapped at one point and after replays, it was judged to be a four (Check the famous cricket YouTuber Robe Linda’s channel to see Nash’s beauty). Nash would hole out to deep midwicket next ball where Lance Klusener took a good running catch and a distraught Nash trudged off. History would perhaps be kinder to him as that “beautiful little paddle shot” was maybe the actual progenitor of the modern-day model of the lap.

  • India vs Sri Lanka: Put on sizzling seat, India’s bench freezes

    India’s younger batsmen missed a giant alternative. Over the back-to-back T20Is, Ruturaj Gaikwad, Devdutt Padikkal and Nitish Rana had an opportunity to point out their abilities on the worldwide stage. Instead, they did not ship.
    Shikhar Dhawan was anticipated to guide the depleted facet from the entrance. He received out to a golden duck within the third T20I after selecting to bat first on a contemporary however dry Premadasa pitch. This sequence was stated to be an audition for the left-hander, with a watch to the upcoming T20 World Cup. Dhawan is not an automated choose within the shortest format and after 86 runs within the three T20Is at a strike-rate of touching 109, he now has his large match popularity to impress the selectors.
    Sanju Samson but once more did not bridge the hole between league/home cricket and worldwide cricket. Kuldeep Yadav’s resolve and software helped India go previous their lowest-ever T20I whole, 74 versus Australia. But 81/8 in 20 overs attested batting implosion.
    Rahul Chahar’s three wickets delayed the inevitable. But it was a troublesome ask for the bowlers. Bringing Kuldeep into the assault so late, after debutant Sandeep Warrier, didn’t assist issues both. Sri Lanka received by seven wickets with 33 balls to spare to annex the three-match sequence – their first T20I sequence victory since 2019, after they had crushed Pakistan. Leg-spinner Wanindu Hasaranga celebrated his birthday along with his career-best 4/9 from 4 overs. With due credit score to the 24-year-old, the Indian batsmen performed him with the uncertainty of dealing with Muttiah Muralitharan.
    Covid-forced isolation of 9 gamers had given the chance to Gaikwad and Co to show their mettle on the worldwide stage. The second T20I on Wednesday was their bedding-in sport. Also, the best way the Indian innings panned out on a sluggish pitch yesterday, the likes of Padikkal and Rana didn’t have a lot scope to make their presence felt. The ultimate T20I on Thursday gave them the chance to plan their innings. But they appeared to be in a rush to take the constitution flight to Bangalore after the sport.
    READ | Difficult state of affairs however we determined to remain on: Shikhar Dhawan
    The mix-up between Padikkal and Gaikwad bordered on comical. The southpaw tried a sweep, missed it and the ball rolled all the way down to quick superb leg. Padikkal ran with out his companion. Gaikwad, initially ball-watching, despatched him again. The scoreboard recorded the dismissal as leg-before, however the operating between the wickets was mind-boggling.
    Samson’s dismissal was much more disappointing. Being the second-most senior participant in a five-man batting line-up, his job was to take the Indian innings deep. Samson tried to play throughout the road to a Hasaranga flipper and was caught plumb in entrance. Two balls later, Gaikwad perished, as he did not learn a googly. “If you are picked to play for India, be it a 15-member squad or 20-member, you should be good enough to be in the XI,” coach Rahul Dravid had stated yesterday. The children didn’t stay as much as his expectations.
    Rana was brilliantly caught and bowled by Dasun Shanaka and after 10 overs India have been 39/5, their lowest-ever T20I rating at that stage of the innings, an additional downgrade from 42/6 towards New Zealand in 2016.
    Bhuvneshwar Kumar hung round for some time earlier than being out to a different superb catch from Shanaka. But Kuldeep’s 23 not out off 28 balls confirmed that batting wasn’t an inconceivable process. Kuldeep did the fundamentals proper, ready for the ball and enjoying with the flip towards the spinners. Fifty extra runs to the entire and the iffy Sri Lankan batting line-up may need come underneath strain. Instead, India’s eight-series successful streak in T20Is ended with a whimper.
    Brief scores: India 81/8 in 20 overs (Ok Yadav 23 not out; W Hasaranga 4/9) misplaced to Sri Lanka 82/3 in 14.3 overs (D de Silva 23 not out; R Chahar 3/15) by 7 wickets.

  • Team India juniors are fortunate to have learnt from Rahul Dravid: Sanju Samson

    Ahead of India’s white-ball tour of Sri Lanka ranging from July 18,, the likes of Sanju Samson and Devdutt Padikkal have been all praises for collection head coach Rahul Dravid and lauded his “calm” and “humble” nature on Thursday.
    With Virat Kohli and different key gamers in England for the upcoming five-Test collection in opposition to the hosts, a new-look India will tackle Sri Lanka in a limited-overs tour, comprising of three ODIs and as many T20Is.
    India will likely be led by senior batsman Shikhar Dhawan and seamer Bhuvneshwar Kumar will likely be his deputy.

    When #TeamIndia wentLights ⚡️Camera 📸Action 🎬
    The pleasure is build up forward of the ODI collection in opposition to Sri Lanka 👌 👌 #SLvIND pic.twitter.com/fo1HrkTR8B
    — BCCI (@BCCI) July 14, 2021
    In an interplay on Star Sports’ present Follow The Blues, wicketkeeper-batsman Samson talked about how lucky the younger weapons are to have learnt the commerce from the legendary Dravid, who performed in 164 Tests and 344 ODIs for India.
    “Each and every individual in the India A side or the juniors going into the Indian team have been fortunate to go through a person called Rahul Dravid. We are very lucky to learn our cricket from him,” mentioned Samson.
    “I remember going to the Rajasthan Royals trials one day – I batted really well – and he came up to me and asked me a question ‘can you play for my team?’. So, that was the biggest moment of my life, and I can never forget that. That shows how great a human being he is, and I really enjoy his company.”
    Opener Padikkal pitched within the dialog too.
    “I have always been awestruck by how incredibly calm and gentle a human being he is. To have achieved so much in cricket and to be so down-to-earth, humble and kind towards everyone is incredible to watch. To have him as our coach, you couldn’t ask for anything more,” mentioned the 21-year-old.
    Nitish Rana, the Kolkata Knight Riders opener, expressed his need to develop persistence much like the 48-year-old Dravid.
    “I have heard that Rahul Dravid as a coach is similar to Rahul Dravid as a player. I wish I could bring even one per cent of the patience he has within me; it will be a big achievement for me,” he mentioned.

  • Devdutt Padikkal’s princely century leaves Rajasthan Royals in tatters

    Devdutt Padikkal waltzed to an excellent hundred to make Royal Challengers Bangalore’s win a stroll within the park. Such was his dominance that Virat Kohli, his opening associate, was blissful to play second fiddle. Together they placed on 181 runs in an unbroken opening stand, as Bangalore received with 21 balls to spare. Four on the spin now.
    From 43/4 within the eighth over, Rajasthan Royals recovered to put up 177/9. Pretty first rate, however not adequate on a batting-friendly Wankhede pitch and in opposition to Bangalore’s batting would possibly. Mohammed Siraj (3/27) bowled a improbable spell upfront to melt up Royals’ top-order. Sanju Samson made issues worse for his staff by but once more throwing his wicket away.
    Padikkal excels
    The left-hander had enhanced his fame in final 12 months’s IPL. This 12 months, throughout the two matches he performed on Chepauk pitches, Padikkal had struggled for timing. On a floor the place the ball got here properly on to the bat, the southpaw discovered his rhythm.
    He minimize Chris Morris over level for a 4. He gorgeously drove a Mustafizur Rahman supply over long-off for a six. When the spinners got here, Padikkal neutralised them with the lightness of contact. Riyan Parag and Rahul Tewatia seemed clueless in opposition to such high-quality batting. Shreyas Gopal was as soon as reversed-pulled to the third man boundary. Royals bowling surrendered to Padikkal’s ‘dancing feet and flashing blade’.

    The pupil and the grasp at work. Fabulous viewing. These Southpaws make it look straightforward – @devdpd07 @imVkohli @RCBTweets #RCBvsRR #IPL2021 pic.twitter.com/2HsQKN7nXZ
    — Ravi Shastri (@RaviShastriOfc) April 22, 2021
    Fifty got here off 27 balls, by way of a 4 off Parag. The hundred was reached off 51 deliveries, by way of a glowing cowl drive off Mustafizur. He remained unbeaten on 101.
    All the whereas, Kohli eschewed his ego and allowed the teen to play the lead. Towards the back-end of the innings, the Bangalore captain shifted gears and galloped to a 47-ball 72 not out, finishing 6,000 IPL runs within the course of. But the night time belonged to Padikkal.
    Siraj sizzles, Samson fizzles
    Earlier, Siraj bowled a improbable first spell to place Royals below strain. He stored Jos Buttler guessing with the variations in angle.
    The Royals opener walked into the off aspect to attain a boundary. But when he moved into the leg aspect to make room for an inside-out cowl drive, Siraj adopted him and breached his defence. The yorker that dismissed David Miller would have gotten nearly any left-hander out.

    Sanju Samson’s IPL profession:
    🔹 111 video games🔹 28.13 common🔹 Three centuries, 13 half-centuries
    A 50-plus rating for each 6.9 innings.
    Would you say he has underperformed within the event?#IPL2021 pic.twitter.com/dWGGBJBzXN
    — Wisden India (@WisdenIndia) April 22, 2021
    With wickets falling on the different finish, the onus was on Samson to take the innings ahead. The Royals captain hit a luxurious six over deep mid-wicket off Washington Sundar after which chipped the subsequent supply straight to Glenn Maxwell at brief mid-wicket.
    This has now turn out to be type of routine, from the T20Is in opposition to Australia in Sydney final 12 months to this 12 months’s IPL. Samson hasn’t been doing justice to his expertise. Shivam Dube, Parag and Tewatia contributed to provide Royals’ complete respectability. But on the night time, they seemed paupers in opposition to Bangalore’s princely present.
    Brief Scores: Rajasthan Royals 177 for 9 in 20 ovs (Shivam Dube 46, 32b, 5×4, 2×6; Rahul Tewatia 40, 23b, 4×4, 2×6; Mohammed Siraj 3/27, 16 dots) misplaced to Royal Challengers Bangalore 181 for no loss in 16.3 ovs (Devdutt Padikkal 101*, 52b, 11×4, 6×6; Virat Kohli 72* 47b, 6×4, 3×6).

  • Devdutt Padikkal is one for the longer term, deserved to get 100: Virat Kohli

    Devdutt Padikkal is a “great talent” and “one for the future”, feels RCB captain Virat Kohli, who’s completely satisfied that the fashionable left-hander has put to relaxation all debates as regards to his strike-rate after his maiden IPL hundred in opposition to Rajasthan Royals right here on Thursday.
    Padikkal smashed an unbeaten 101 off 52 balls in a gap stand of 181 together with his skipper as RCB gained the sport by 10 wickets.
    “It was an outstanding innings. He (Devdutt) batted really well for his first season last time as well. There was a bit of a talk about accelerating after 40-50, this was the best way to put it to rest,” Kohli mentioned on the post-match presentation ceremony.
    “He is a great talent, great one to look forward in the future. I had the best seat in the house,” Kohli couldn’t cease praising the 20-year-old Bangalorean sufficient.

    Fastest IPL a whole lot by Indian batsmen for RCB:
    🔴 Virat Kohli – 47 balls🔴 Devdutt Padikkal – 51 balls
    That’s wonderful firm to be in 😅#IPL2021 #RCBvRR pic.twitter.com/zYpAuN0PMO
    — Wisden India (@WisdenIndia) April 22, 2021
    Kohli loved taking part in a passive function because the skipper needed his younger teammate to get 100.
    “Tonight, my role was different and I wanted to hang in there. In the end I picked my spots, the pitch was good. We spoke about it (the 100), he (Devdutt) said finish it off. He said (there could be )many more to come, I told him ‘you tell me that after you get the first one.’”
    Kohli now desires Padikkal to construct on this knock.
    “I want him to build from here and really help the team. He deserved to get the hundred today, flawless innings.”He additionally praised the bowling assault for proscribing Royals to 177 for 9 on a placid deck.
    “We don’t have many stand-out names in bowlers, but we have effective bowlers. Guys who can do it day in day out. Four out of four times we’ve been the stand-out team in the death overs. We actually restricted 30-35 runs. Dev’s innings was outstanding, but for me the bowling which was aggressive, optimistic was key.”

    IPL 2020:🔴 First participant to attain three fifties in 4 IPL innings🔴 Most runs by an uncapped participant in debut season🔴 Second-highest run-scorer for RCB#IPL2021:🔴 Maiden IPL hundred🔴 Second-fastest IPL 100 by an Indian for RCB
    What a discover Devdutt Padikkal has been 👏👏 pic.twitter.com/mkHZCKvk5b
    — Wisden India (@WisdenIndia) April 22, 2021
    Young Padikkal mentioned that each one he needed to do after recovering from COVID-19 was to attend for his flip.
    “To be honest it’s been special, all I could do was wait my turn. When I had Covid all I wanted was to to come here and play, and when I missed the first one (game), it really hurt me,” Padikkal mentioned.
    He mentioned he didn’t take into consideration the hundred as he was okay had skipper Kohli scored the successful runs earlier than he accomplished his three-figure mark.
    “The ball was coming on really well, and when we get into a partnership like that it gets easier. No real tension when the hundred came, I told Virat to go for it. At the end of the day even if I didn’t get a hundred it wouldn’t have mattered to me if the team won.”
    Royals skipper Sanju Samson feels that the group wants to return to the drafting board after their third defeat in 4 video games.
    “We need to do some homework and need an honest review about our batting.That’s what this sport is all about, we keep on failing and we keep on coming about. It puts you down but you have to keep on fighting,” Samson mentioned.

  • Vijay Hazare Trophy: Devdutt Padikkal’s career-best 152 palms Karnataka huge win vs Odisha

    Talented opening batsman Devdutt Padikkal continued his scorching type to notch up a List A career-best rating of 152 to assist defending champions Karnataka register an enormous 101-run win over Odisha in a Group E match of the Vijay Hazare Trophy on Wednesday.
    The 20-year-old opener smashed 5 sixes and 14 fours en path to his third List A century in his sixteenth recreation to propel Karnataka to 329 for 5 after being invited to bat on the KSCA Ground 3 in Alur.
    The Royal Challengers Bangalore opener paced his innings brilliantly, taking 55 balls to achieve his half-century and 119 deliveries for his ton.
    But he took off within the ultimate 10 overs as he cracked 52 runs off his final 21 balls to cruise to his maiden 150 off 138 deliveries.
    Padikkal now has 301 runs from three matches, averaging 100.33 with scores of 52 and 97 within the first two matches.
    In reply, Odisha had been bowled out for 228 in 44 overs with Prasidh Krishna and Sheyas Gopal grabbing three wickets every handy Karnataka their second win from three matches to maneuver to second spot within the standings.
    In one other Group E match, Kerala defeated Railways by seven runs in a high-scoring thriller on the Just Cricket Academy to register their third win on the trot and consolidate their place atop the desk.
    Veteran opener Robin Uthappa (100 from 104 balls; 8x4s, 5x6s) cracked his second century from three matches in firm of fellow opener Vishnu Vinod (107 from 107b; 5x4s, 4x6s) earlier than Sanju Samson took cost with an explosive 61 to energy Kerala to an enormous 351 for six.
    Samson, who was appointed Rajasthan Royals skipper after they parted methods with Steve Smith, clobbered six fours and 4 sixes in his 29-ball knock, whereas Vathsal Govind remained unbeaten on a 34-ball 46 (2x4s, 3x6s).
    Half-centuries from Mrunal Devdhar, Arindam Ghosh, Saurabh Singh and Harsh Tyagi meant the match went all the way down to the wire.
    But medium pacer MD Nidheesh (3/83) took two wickets — Amit Mishra and Tyagi — in successive balls within the final over to take Kerala over the road in a dramatic end.
    Brief Scores:
    At KSCA Ground, Alur: Bihar 193 in 46.1 overs (Yashasvi Rishav 67; Shivam Sharma 7/31) misplaced to Uttar Pradesh 194/5 in 28 overs (Priyam Garg 57, Akshdeep Nath 54, Upendra Yadav 51 not out) by 5 wickets.
    At KSCA Ground 3, Alur: Karnataka 329/5 in 50 overs (Devdutt Padikkal 152, Ravikumar Samarth 60, Krishnamurthy Siddharth 41, Abhimanyu Mithun 40 not out) beat Odisha 228 in 44 overs (Subhranshu Senapati 78, Ankit Yadav 56; Prasidh Krishna 3/46, Shreyas Gopal 3/47) by 101 runs.
    At Just Cricket Academy: Kerala 351/6 in 50 overs (Vishnu Vinod 107, Robin Uthappa 100, Sanju Samson 61, Vathsal Govind 46) beat Railways 344 in 49.4 overs (Mrunal Devdhar 79, Arindam Ghosh 64, Saurabh Singh 50; MD Nidheesh 3/83) by seven runs.