Delhi Capitals opt to bat vs Punjab Kings Both teams were unchanged from their previous games. Australia’s pace ace Mitchell Starc has linked up with DC, but isn’t ready to play yet. He is hoping to be available for DC ahead of their game against Rajasthan Royals (RR) on May 1. England allrounder Rehan Ahmed…
If you can’t beat them, join them. Samit Patel’s 60-cap international career was littered with run-ins with England selectors, but after announcing his retirement from English domestic cricket on Friday following an ECB ban, he has revealed that he has applied to become one – and, failing that, that he wants to work with Trent…
Kohli scored 81 in 44 balls opening the innings, scoring at 184.09, and also took back the Orange Cap after the game, having gotten to 328 runs from seven innings this season so far. “He’s always looking to try and get better,” Steyn, Kohli’s one-time team-mate at RCB, said on ESPNcricinfo’s TimeOut show. “He’s what…
Also on the rise after the RCB-GT game were Rajat Patidar, the RCB captain, who scored just 8 against GT – his second low score in a row – but pulled level with SRH’s Ishan Kishan at 238 runs (Patidar is eight and Kishan nine because of the difference in strike rate), and GT opener…
“I mean, we had to assess the wicket early on,” he said of RCB’s batting effort. “Because A, they have a quality bowling attack, and B, with a chase of 200 (206) in Bangalore, we know we’re only one partnership away. I think the conversation between me and [Jacob] Bethell was to try and analyse…
Royal Challengers Bengaluru chose to bowl vs Gujarat Titans RCB made a forced change: Phil Salt was injured and Jacob Bethell replaced him. Bethell was not part of the bowl-first XI and would come in only in the second innings as Impact Player. GT made two changes. They brought in Jason Holder for Glenn Phillips…
Krish Bhagat, all of 21 years of age, was playing just his second IPL match on Thursday for Mumbai Indians (MI). On debut three days prior, he had bowled overs four and six, conceding ten runs overall to Shubman Gill, Washington Sundar and Glenn Phillips. He didn’t bowl in the powerplay at all against Chennai…
He has now hit two of the four centuries scored so far in the tournament, and that has taken Samson’s tally to 293 runs. Unfortunately for Samson, apart from those two centuries and a 48 in between, there have only been single-digit scores, meaning that the Sunrisers Hyderabad (SRH) duo of Abhishek Sharma (323 runs)…
“Pretty tough on him [Mukesh Choudhary],” CSK captain Gaikwad said at the post-match presentation. “I would dedicate this win to him. Coming in from that sad situation, it takes a lot of effort mentally. He came back for the team, he knew we needed him. All glory to him. Even we spoke before… we wanted…
Gloucestershire allrounder Ben Charlesworth will join Lancashire on a three-year deal. The 25-year old will remain at Bristol until the end of the season before officially becoming a Lancashire player from November 1 until the end of the 2029 summer. Charlesworth becomes the seven player to move on from Gloucestershire since the end of last…