The Dubai International Stadium has hosted two games of IPL 2020 so far. The teams batting first have won both the contests. The Delhi Capitals tied with Kings XI Punjab in the first game, while Royal Challengers Bangalore beat Sunrisers Hyderabad by ten runs on the subsequent night. Although the captains have preferred to field first after winning the toss, only one team has successfully pursued a target in IPL 2020....
RR made the cardinal error of going aggressively for a big victory without first ensuring a win, and paid a hefty price by ending their season at the ignominious bottom position on the IPL 2020 points table. In what was something a colour negative of KKR’s batting performance against DC, Narine and Rana were dismissed for nothing, while it was Gill and Tripathi who put up contributions with the bat....
Speaking on YouTube channel Khelneeti, Karim reckoned that Yuzvendra Chahal would be determined to perform after being snubbed from the 2021 T20 World Cup squad. The crafty spinner lost his place to Rahul Chahar in the team for this year’s showpiece event. Karim suggested that Chahal will want to prove to captain Virat Kohli that he should have been picked in the side for the ICC event. He said:...
The franchise shared a video on its social media handles announcing the arrival. Head coach Anil Kumble and domestic stars like Deepak Hooda, Arshdeep Singh and Murugan Ashwin, among others, made appearances. You can watch the clip here: Looking ahead to the season, Kumble, who’s also a former Indian captain, said that the Punjab Kings will look to simply take it one game at a time this season. Left-arm pacer Arshdeep Singh, who took seven wickets for the Punjab Kings in the first half and also made it to Team India’s T20 side as a COVID replacement recently, also backed his head coach....
Ahead of their highly anticipated encounter against the Kolkata Knight Riders (KKR), the franchise took to social media to dedicate a special post to their skipper. The video featured the likes of AB de Villiers, Mike Hesson, Glenn Maxwell, Sanjay Bangar, Yuzvendra Chahal and Mohammed Siraj. Kohli’s close friend De Villiers congratulated him on achieving the significant feat and said the team was extremely proud to take the field with him in his momentous game....
This year the franchises have shelled out a considerable amount of money for the spinners, proving the worth of spinners in a T20 side. Thus, in the eleventh edition of IPL, all the eyes will be on the spinners playing for the eight participating teams. Here we look at the spin bowling prowess of all the eight teams for IPL 2018. #1 Amit Mishra (Delhi Daredevils) Gautam Gambhir’s appointment as a captain will be a big boost for DD who haven’t played a single final across the ten years of IPL....
There was a minority, however, who felt that the Virat Kohli-led side could place their bet on KL Rahul, a player who had evolved enormously as a limited-overs batsman at the franchise, scoring 397 runs in the 2016 edition. That didn’t turn out to be the case and the right-hander was instead picked by the Kings XI Punjab for a sum of Rs 11 crore, a good nine crores more than his base price....
One of the sweetest sides of the tournament has been the clash of the Indian teammates as the captains of various teams. The players who fight out together in internationals become rivals during the two-month long extravaganza. Rohit Sharma and Virat Kohli who can be seen partnering in the blues can be seen in different coloured kits standing against each other during these two months. All this has made the tournament interesting....
Brilliant captaincy from Virat Kohli, who was well backed by his bowling unit, saw RCB restrict Kane Williamson’s side to an under-par score, with the skipper leading from the front for the hosts with a well-made half-century. In reply, RCB started off brightly, helped by a couple of dropped chances, before a string of wickets derailed their run chase and despite a good partnership between Colin de Grandhomme and Mandeep Singh towards the end, SRH held their nerve to win the contest by 5 runs....
The first few seasons of the IPL were spent in identifying the ideal T20 combination which guarantees success, and only Chennai Super Kings managed to consistently make the playoffs, retaining their core every year and sending out a strong message that the principle of continuity is an important aspect in a fast-moving format. While Rajasthan Royals proved in the inaugural edition itself that the tournament can be won without big names, as other teams gained experience and built better-balanced squads, RR’s strategy to stick with youth did not pay off as they struggled to repeat their 2008 success....
Two Test matches later, we had the Sandpaper Gate controversy. Cameron Bancroft was seen.tampering the ball with sandpaper and got caught on camera as he eerily tried to hide his instrument of misconduct. After press conferences and much opining over the fate of the ones involved, Cricket Australia put the curtains on the matter from their end by sanctioning a one-year ban to captain and vice-captain Steve Smith and David Warner, both of whom have stood down from their leadership roles....
ng the overseas players, Australians have been always an integral part of IPL. The first edition of IPL was won by Rajasthan Royals, captained by Shane Warne - the only team led by a non-Indian captain in that edition. In the past 11 editions, Australian players have bagged 5 Orange Caps, 1 Purple Cap and 4 Most Valuable Player titles. The 12th edition of IPL has 12 Aussie players on-board, of which 11 players have already played in the previous editions of IPL....
Over the years, there have been many players who have shot to prominence and also made their debut in international cricket just because of their performance in IPL. On the other hand, there have also been players who were successful at the international stage but could not replicate their international successful in the Indian Premier League. Here, we take a look at three players who will want prove themselves in IPL 2019....
Ravichandran Ashwin was bowling to Sanju Samson. He ran up to the crease. Buttler, at the non-striker’s end, was walking down the pitch looking at the other end. But Ashwin had halted his delivery stride to knock the bails off at his end and Buttler was caught out of his crease. The third umpire was consulted and he declared the Englishman out. The incident immediately led to turmoil on social media with questions being raised on the fairness of what Ashwin had done and whether it should have been done....
The Delhi Capitals will head into the game on the back of three successive wins against the Kings XI Punjab, the Rajasthan Royals and the Royal Challengers Bangalore. On the other hand, the Super Kings are currently in the midst of a mini slump, having managed to win just one of their last four outings. The absence of MS Dhoni affected them in all departments during their last game against the Mumbai Indians....
KXIP’s game was marred by Ashwin’s mankading controversy. The Punjab players don’t have much time to ponder about that incident as they are facing KKR on Wednesday at Eden Gardens. In this article, we take a look at how KXIP could line up for their 2nd IPL game of this year. Openers - KL Rahul and Chris Gayle KL Rahul had a poor start to IPL 2019 as he got out for just four runs in the 1st first over against Rajasthan Royals....
The ‘Eagles’ from Hyderabad will be welcoming back their former captain David Warner and he will be hoping to get a few runs under his belt. The game will be full of brilliant individual contests and cannot be missed at any cost. We pick out three battles which will decide which way this game goes. #1 Sunil Narine vs David Warner Former KKR captain Gautam Gambhir had bowled West Indies off-spinner Sunil Narine at the start of the innings with the new ball and one could expect new skipper Dinesh Karthik to do the same....
What exactly happened? On the backdrop of Chris Gayle’s 79 and Sarfaraz Khan’s 46, Kings XI Punjab posted 184 on the board. Chasing a stiff target, Rajasthan Royals were in the chase for the most part of the game as he smashed the bowlers all over the park. Ashwin was bowling well with an economy rate of under 6. As he was about to bowl the last ball of his spell, he stopped in his delivery stride and hit the stumps in the non-striker’s end only to find Buttler out of the crease....
Head to Head Overall Stats: Both KXIP and DC have gone head to head in 22 IPL matches, with the Kings securing the honors in 13 games. While in 2018, Punjab managed to edge out Daredevils on both occasions. Head to Head in IS Bindra (PCA) Stadium: Delhi have visited the lion’s den on six occasions but have managed to pip out the hosts only once (in 2010). Kings XI Punjab Perspective The Kings bounced back in the last game against Mumbai to register their second win of IPL 2019....
Both the teams finished in the top 4 of the points table last year. They clashed thrice in IPL 2018 and the Orange Army prevailed twice over the Knights, including once in the playoffs. The Kolkata Knight Riders received a major setback when their three 3 pacers - Shivam Mavi, Kamlesh Nagarkoti, and Anrich Nortje were ruled out of the season because of injuries. However, Kolkata Knight Riders are still a very strong side on paper and here are the reasons why Kolkata will have a winning start to IPL 2019....
