Shaw made his IPL debut for Delhi last year and scored 245 runs from 9 matches with the best score of 65. Chasing the target of 186 runs to win, Shaw took time to settle before playing some brilliant shots to put pressure on KKR bowlers. The young opener reached his fifty off just 30 balls and added 89 runs for the 2nd wicket with Shreyas Iyer. Shaw continued to showcase his talent with some great shots....
CSK lost the first qualifier match against MI while DC defeated SRH in the eliminator. In the group stage, both teams won nine matches and lost five. But CSK finished at the second position in the IPL Points Table, one position above DC, on the basis of net run rate. Ahead of their meeting tomorrow, let’s take a look at the head-to-head stats between the two franchises and the probable playing XIs for the match....
Virat Kohli’s men will be itching for a win as will be Dinesh Karthik’s boys. This is what makes it such an equal and interesting contest. We pick out three key battles that you cannot miss: #1. Virat Kohli vs Lockie Ferguson India and Royal Challengers Bangalore’s captain Virat Kohli, who has been opening the innings, will be up against New Zealand’s Lockie Ferguson. Ferguson is extremely quick and can crank it up to generate a good amount of bounce....
Royal Challengers Bangalore has had their worst-ever start to a IPL campaign this season. Having lost all four matches, RCB is the only team in the league that remains winless so far. Virat Kohli & co are on the cusp of being knocked out of the tournament, and we are only in the second week of the IPL. RCB has been poor in all the three departments, which is why they are languishing at the bottom of the table....
Despite the Indian captain and vice-captain, the World No. 1 and No. 2 batsmen respectively, being the captains of the two sides, the brouhaha surrounding this encounter was due to an entirely different reason: the face-off between the world’s best batsman Virat Kohli and the world’s best bowler Jasprit Bumrah. Over the years the IPL has built a platform for the world’s best to play with and against each other....
On the last day of the trade window ahead of IPL 2019, IPL franchises could be releasing few of the biggest buys from last year’s Auction. Sunrisers Hyderabad’s Manish Pandey and the Rajasthan Royals duo of Jaydev Unadkat, Ben Stokes could all be on the way out. According to a report in the Mumbai Mirror, the trio could be amongst the biggest players released just a year after they were bought by their respective teams....
The background Mumbai Indians and Sunrisers Hyderabad share a fierce rivalry on the pitch and are the two most popular teams in the Indian Premier League. Ahead of the start of the new season, Mumbai and Sunrisers were involved in a cheeky Twitter banter which the fans enjoyed a lot. Both the teams gave it back to each other over the debate who has the best all-rounders in the league and fair to say it was the Mumbai outfit, who had the last laugh....
As always, Royal Challengers Bangalore have released a lot of players and will look to the IPL auction scheduled on 19 December 2019 to fill the gaps left by the released players. RCB are a very well-followed team, but IPL success has eluded them so far. Despite having superstars like Virat Kohli and AB de Villiers in their ranks, they are yet to crack the winning formula. The IPL auction gives them another opportunity to put together a team capable of delivering the ultimate prize, the IPL trophy....
He made these picks in a video shared on his YouTube channel, highlighting that they were not in any particular order. Aakash Chopra’s first pick of an Indian player who has stood out in the current edition of the IPL was KL Rahul. The reputed commentator reasoned that the Kings XI Punjab captain coped very well under pressure. He added that Rahul performed consistently and altered his game as per the demands of the situation....
When the two teams clashed earlier in the season, the Mumbai-based franchise emerged victorious by five wickets. Shikhar Dhawan starred for DC, but an outstanding performance from Quinton de Kock undid his excellent work. Although the Capitals had been phenomenal in their first ten matches, they seem to have lost their momentum in the last three games. They have succumbed to the Sunrisers Hyderabad, the Kings XI Punjab, and the Kolkata Knight Riders....
KKR suffered yet another top-order collapse - unfortunately one of the most constant themes of their campaign this season - with Shubman Gill breaking his rut to score a composed half-century. Dinesh Karthik and Rahul Tripathi’s poor form continued, while there were no repeat heroics from either Nitish Rana or Sunil Narine. After taking apart one of the best attacks in the tournament, the former fell to a very average delivery by part-timer Glenn Maxwell to be dismissed first ball....
In the past, RCB has always been guilty of losing from must-win positions. A lack of presence of mind in crunch situations has always hampered their chances of qualifying. In a given match, they start strong but are unable to maintain the same tempo until the end of the game. Mistakes with the bat, ball and on the field have always been their undoing. Heading into this year’s auction, RCB have retained 12 players, which includes only two overseas players in AB de Villiers and Moeen Ali....
Imran Tahir’s brilliant direct hit caught Kyle Jamieson short of his crease on Sunday as CSK cruised to a 69-run win over RCB. The 42-year-old’s stunning fielding effort left many surprised, with Imran Tahir not regarded as a great fielder due to his age. The CSK duo got together for a chat after the game, and Ravindra Jadeja asked Imran Tahir to explain the secret behind his stupendous fielding effort....
While in conversation with the Hindustan Times, Hesson picked batsmen Rajat Patidar, Suyash Prabhudessai and Mohammed Azharuddeen as the three uncapped Indian players who can help RCB go all the way in IPL 2021. All three of the aforementioned Indian players were bought for their base price of INR 20 lakh at the IPL auction in February. Opening up on Mohammed Azharuddeen’s signing, Hesson said the wicketkeeper-batsman could be the type of ‘high-impact’ player who can take some pressure off the usual suspects....
Mumbai got off to a sedate start, losing a couple of wickets in the powerplay as the CSK new-ball bowlers found nice movement, both off the air and off the pitch. However, Suryakumar Yadav and Ishan Kishan batted well to bring MI back on track. After both of them were dismissed, Krunal Pandya, who was promoted ahead of Kieron Pollard, provided a big finish as he hit a brilliant 22-ball 41....
The Men in Yellow have managed to hold on to their legendary skipper MS Dhoni, and with merely a few years of cricket left in him, he’ll be looking forward to giving his best for his side. CSK have dominated proceedings in their eight years of IPL and have won the IPL crown twice. They also made it to the finals of the tournament in six out of the eight occasions and not once failed to make it to the qualifiers....
(Uncapped) Krishnappa Gowtham out – Manan Vohra in Uncapped player preference order: Siddarth Kaul, Manan Vohra, Murugan Ashwin Captain – AB de Villiers Captaincy preference order: AB de Villiers, Virat Kohli, Shikhar Dhawan Multipliers remaining – 2 Guru’s team ahead of SRH vs RCB: V Kohli, AB de Villiers, M Vohra, C Gayle, KL Rahul, S Samson, J Archer, K Pandya, M Zadran, B Kumar, S Kaul While the Sunrisers Hyderabad have no reason to change their playing XI today, Royal Challengers Bangalore can bring in Manan Vohra and Moeen Ali in place of Brendon McCullum and Murugan Ashwin....
According to reports in ESPNCricinfo, the governing council were in favour of allowing three retentions per team and it was not well received by the IPL franchises. The most successful team in the IPL, Mumbai Indians, wanted a total of seven players to be back with them for next season while their arch-rivals, Chennai Super Kings, who are coming back from suspension, wanted five players to be retained. Also see: IPL 2020 Owners...
Raina can get you runs at the top, crucial breakthroughs in the middle overs and can effect a dismissal with his brilliant fielding skills as well. He is a total package for any team in T20s. Raina, who was a crucial member of the 2011 World Cup winning squad, is now on the fringes of the Indian team. He has been dropped from both the ODI and T20 sides....
Rajasthan Royals captain Ajinkya Rahane won the toss and decided to field first. It was a great start for Rajasthan as Jofra Archer dismissed Ambati Rayudu for 1 in the 2nd over. Ben Stokes then struck with the wicket of Shane Watson for 13. Kedar Jadhav was also dismissed cheaply for 8 runs before MS Dhoni and Suresh Raina steadied the innings. At the end of 6 overs, CSK were 29 for 3....
