Scott Styris, who represented the now-defunct Deccan Chargers in the first three seasons of the IPL, played for the Super Kings in 2011. He played just two games that season, scoring 5 runs, and didn’t pick up any wickets. His bold prediction seems to have hurt his former franchise. CSK shared an old picture of Styris donning their team jersey and asked why he placed them right at the bottom....
DC are comfortably poised with four wins from six games, but suffered a close loss to the Royal Challengers Bangalore in their previous IPL 2021 encounter. KKR, on the other hand, are fifth with two wins from six games, and desperately need to gather momentum as we approach the midway point of the league stage. DC’s squad for IPL 2021: Ajinkya Rahane, Amit Mishra, Avesh Khan, Axar Patel, Ishant Sharma, Kagiso Rabada, Prithvi Shaw, Ravichandran Ashwin, Rishabh Pant, Shikhar Dhawan, Lalit Yadav, Marcus Stoinis, Shimron Hetmyer, Chris Woakes, Anrich Nortje, Steve Smith, Umesh Yadav, Ripal Patel, Lukman Hussain Meriwala, M Siddharth, Tom Curran, Sam Billings, Pravin Dubey, Vishnu Vinod, Shams Mulani, Aniruddha Joshi...
Last year, the UAE was expected to provide slow, low wickets that the spinners would’ve been right at home on. But what transpired was something else entirely, as the slow bowlers struggled to get purchase with a layer of grass on the pitch and short boundaries in all directions. Chennai, Delhi and Ahmedabad are on the list of venues for IPL 2021, although no team will play any matches at home....
Chakravarthy (3/13) was the standout performer as Kolkata Knight Riders (KKR) pulverized Royal Challengers Bangalore (RCB). KKR defeated the RCB by nine wickets in match 31 of the Indian Premier League (IPL 2021) on Monday in Abu Dhabi. Analyzing Chakravarthy’s splendid effort against the RCB, Dasgupta pointed out the qualities that make the leggie a tough proposition for batters in T20 cricket. Chakravarthy cleaned up a struggling Glenn Maxwell (10) with one that drifted in and skidded through....
PBKS needed just four to win off the last over with eight wickets in hand. Kartik Tyagi (2/29), however, held his nerve in a sensational manner, conceding only one. Aiden Markram (26 not out off 20) managed only one off the first two balls, bringing Nicholas Pooran (32 off 22) on strike. The left-hander perished caught behind, trying to run Tyagi down to third man. With three needed off three, Deepak Hooda missed a full and wide outside off stump, walking across to the off side....
Hyderabad will be among the last few franchises to travel to the UAE to begin their preparations. The Indian players in the IPL squad will assemble in Mumbai from where they will leave for UAE on September 2. Meanwhile, Priyam Garg recently shared an image with teammate Abhishek Sharma on an Instagram story of them leaving for Mumbai to join the squad. The former U-19 captain captioned the post:...
The Australian government recently suspended all direct flights from India until May 15. Cricket Australia (CA) are currently in talks with their government to bring home the two cricketers. A CA spokesperson talking to Cricbuzz said: Adam Zampa and Kane Richardson could be stuck in India until May 15 following the travel ban due to the rise in COVID cases in India. CA, though, are looking to make arrangements for a flight from Mumbai to Doha, a route which Rajasthan Royals’ Andrew Tye took to get back to Australia earlier....
Williamson scored an excellent 56 and Shakib made 35 but both of them fell early in the death and hence, the hosts couldn’t get the finish they wanted. SRH lost 7 wickets and scored 41 runs in the last five overs as they managed to reach 146 in their 20 overs. Barring Umesh Yadav who went at 9 runs an over, the RCB bowling was very good. In their chase, RCB got off to a fast start as Parthiv Patel scored a quick 20....
We have seen great bowling performances from players like Rashid Khan and Sunil Narine but as always the uncapped players have performed out of their skins. Out of the top three wicket-takers, two are uncapped and these players have a very good chance of making their debut for their respective sides. So here are the top five uncapped bowlers this season. #5 Jofra Archer This year many fast bowlers from the Big Bash League got to showcase their talent like Billy Stanlake and Ben Laughlin to name a few, but so far Jofra Archer has been the pick of the lot....
The MS Dhoni-led side posted a spectacular win against Royal Challengers Bangalore in the first match of the season. They rattled the star-studded batting line-up of RCB on meager 70 runs while in reply chased down the total quite comfortably. Later in the second match, Chennai pipped Delhi Capitals by six wickets at Feroz Shah Kotla. In the first match, the side played three overseas players including Shane Watson, Dwayne Bravo, and Imran Tahir while in the second, they stuck to the same overseas bunch....
Chennai Super Kings captain MS Dhoni won the toss and decided to bat first. Faf du Plessis, playing his first match of this year’s IPL, along with Shane Watson provided a solid start, adding 54 by the end of 6 overs. Both the batsmen played with positive intent, adding pressure on the Kings XI Punjab bowlers. Kings XI Punjab captain Ravichandran Ashwin got the first breakthrough, dismissing Shane Watson. Suresh Raina who arrived at the crease following Watson’s dismissal struggled to time the ball but du Plessis continued to bat strongly, reaching his fifty off 33 balls....
Deccan Chargers are the only discontinued team to have won an IPL trophy. They won the second edition in South Africa in 2009 by defeating Royal Challengers Bangalore in the finals. Check IPL 2020 Live Score Before the start of inaugural edition, many cricket pundits and fans considered Deccan Chargers as strong favorites to lift the trophy, since they had many match-winning players in their ranks who were capable of changing the course of the match in just a few overs....
Rajasthan Royals, on the other hand, suffered two defeats in a row and currently at the bottom of the points table. They lost their opening game against KXIP and then failed to defend 198 against Sunrisers Hyderabad. Royals need a win desperately to turn around their season. If CSK bat first: M. A. Chidambaram Stadium produced a rank slow turner for the opening fixture and RCB were all out for 70....
Both the franchises have big names but they have failed to fire collectively as a team. They are languishing at the bottom of the table, with Rajasthan ahead of Bangalore on NRR. Another loss, and it will be an uphill journey to the playoffs. RR have been in a good position in almost all of their defeats whereas RCB seem to be clueless right now, as both their batting and bowling outfits have failed to impress....
The Malayali player was involved in a 119 run partnership with Rahane before playing innovative strokes, which helped Rajasthan Royals post a strong total of 198 for 2. Samson and Ben Stokes added 64 runs in quick time to help Rajasthan Royals post 198 for 2 in 20 overs. His knock went in vain as SRH won the match by 5 wickets. Moreover, he had scored his maiden century back in 2017 for Delhi Daredevils against Rising Pune Supergiant....
CSK had a fantastic season last year after serving a two year ban by lifting the trophy for the third time thus quenching the thirst of the fans who had waited for a period of two years to see the Men in Yellow. From the start of the IPL, the Chennai Super Kings have always had a pool of talented bowlers from Lakshmipathy Balaji to Doug Bollinger, from Dwayne Bravo to Mohit Sharma and Deepak Chahar but still there have been batsmen who have dominated the CSK bowlers....
Andre Russell’s innings against the SRH and Rishabh Pant’s against Mumbai Indians have been the highlights so far. In IPL, net run-rate is one of the most important statistical figures, and often comes into play every year to separate the teams in the points table that are tied on the same points. Though NRR might seem to be a big mathematical model that is difficult to comprehend, it is actually quite simple and can be calculated by anyone, as explained here....
Chopra made this observation while previewing the Bangalore-based franchise’s IPL 2020 clash against Kings XI Punjab (KXIP) in a video shared on his YouTube channel. Aakash Chopra spoke about some of the changes RCB could make in their playing XI. He felt that RCB could add more depth to their bowling attack, considering that it is their weak link. The former KKR player highlighted that Navdeep Saini is the only RCB bowler who can hold his own in the death overs, with Chris Morris indisposed at the moment....
There were a few more stars who received mega IPL contracts in 2020 namely Chris Morris, Glenn Maxwell, Sheldon Cottrell, and Piyush Chawla. Players like Chris Lynn and James Neesham were also in the headlines after the only one franchise showed interest in them. Apart from this, a plethora of talented batsmen went unsold in the auction. Over the years, the fans have witnessed that the unsold names return to the league after any player is ruled out of the tournament....
Aakash Chopra mentioned that the Rajasthan Royals would be happy that their captain Steve Smith will be available for the contest, although they will be hit hard by the absence of Ben Stokes. The renowned commentator hoped that Rajasthan Royals would give Yashasvi Jaiswal an opportunity to bat at the top of the order, with other Indian youngsters like Sanju Samson and Riyan Parag holding fort in the middle order....
