NEW DELHI: On an evening at Chinnaswamy where records were broken one after another and Royal Challengers Bengaluru succumbed to a dreadful fifth straight defeat, their stumper-batter Dinesh Karthik had a night to remember as he smoked an unreal 35-ball 83 in the improbable chase of 288. In a record-shattering contest that had 549 runs…
NEW DELHI: Veteran Dinesh Karthik turned out to be the lone warrior in Royal Challengers Bengaluru‘s middle-order, smashing a whirlwind 35-ball 83 in his side’s improbable chase of 288 against Sunrisers Hyderabad in the IPL on Monday. Aged 38, Karthik produced an absolute gem of a knock and almost gave RCB a sniff of a…
NEW DELHI: Succumbing to a fifth straight defeat of the season, Royal Challengers Bengaluru once again had a tough night, this time against Sunrisers Hyderabad as they lost a record high-scoring encounter at the Chinnaswamy on Monday.With RCB bowlers getting ripped apart, Sunrisers raked up 287 for 3 — the highest ever total in the…
NEW DELHI: Sunrisers Hyderabad (SRH) set a new record in the Indian Premier League (IPL) by amassing a formidable total of 287-3 against Royal Challengers Bengaluru (RCB), the highest-ever in the tournament’s history.Travis Head‘s explosive century, scored off just 41 balls, and Heinrich Klaasen‘s aggressive 67 contributed significantly to SRH’s imposing total. This milestone surpassed…
NEW DELHI: In a breathtaking display of power-hitting, Royal Challengers Bengaluru‘s Dinesh Karthik etched his name in IPL 2024 history by smashing the longest six, a 108m hit, of the tournament against Sunrisers Hyderabad on Sunday.Karthik unleashed his immense batting prowess to deliver a thunderous blow that left the Chinnaswamy Stadium crowd stunned and his…
“Don’t bowl length in the death overs” was a maxim often used by commentators, coaches, and experts when they saw bowlers disappear into the stands in the closing stages of ODIs and T20s.IPL ORANGE CAP | IPL PURPLE CAP | IPL POINTS TABLEWith bats getting bigger and the batters getting stronger, length balls were often…
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NEW DELHI: Glenn Maxwell faced another setback in the IPL 2024 as he earned an unwanted record during Royal Challengers Bengaluru’s seven-wicket defeat to Mumbai Indians on Thursday. The Australian all-rounder was dismissed for a duck after facing just four balls, equalling the record for the most ducks in IPL history alongside Dinesh Karthik and…
NEW DELHI: Rohit Sharma‘s stump-mic chatter gained significant attention during the India-England Test series at home and the former Mumbai Indians captain was caught again by the stump mic in the IPL 2024 match against Royal Challengers Bengaluru.Dinesh Karthik went hammer and tongs against MI bowlers in the death overs, prompting Rohit to tickle his…
NEW DELHI: Dinesh Karthik stands out as one of the very few cricketers who have been part of each IPL season since its inception in 2008 and the veteran Royal Challengers Bengaluru wicketkeeper-batter now dropped a significant hint indicating that the IPL 2024 will be his final season.Karthik has set the IPL on fire with…
