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NEW DELHI: Renowned Indian and Royal Challengers Bengaluru (RCB) batsman Virat Kohli recently made a witty admission about post-match dietary indulgences during RCB‘s promotional event. When asked about his favourite guilty pleasure snack after a match, Kohli humorously stated that there is no guilt involved, and one can eat freely. Pointing at Mohammed Siraj, he…
Ever since asking Joginder Sharma to bowl the final over of the 2007 T20 World Cup against Pakistan, former Chennai Super Kings (CSK) and India captain MS Dhoni has been known to putting his trust into young players and turning them into champion performers, and Sri Lankan pacer Matheesha Pathirana is experiencing something similar at…
NEW DELHI: When the Twenty20 World Cup starts in the Americas next month, Kolkata Knight Riders and Australia pacer Mitchell Starc feels that the absence of the Impact player rule from the Indian Premier League will make the captains play more strategically.Teams have been batting with greater boldness and fearlessness since the impact player rule…
NEW DELHI: Leg-spinner Piyush Chawla stated that India captain and Mumbai Indians opener Rohit Sharma was compelled to play as an impact substitute in the IPL match against Kolkata Knight Riders because of a “mild back stiffness”.IPL ORANGE CAP | IPL PURPLE CAP | IPL POINTS TABLETheir 24-run defeat against KKR, in which Rohit was…
Royal Challengers Bengaluru (RCB) will host Gujarat Titans (GT) for their Indian Premier League (IPL) match at the M Chinnaswamy Stadium on Saturday; and a day before the game, Gujarat skipper, Shubman Gill, hopped into the RCB dressing room and met Virat Kohli, who teased him playfully.IPL 2024: Results | Points Table In a video…
With their seventh victory in IPL 2024 at Mumbai Indians‘ (MI) fortress Wankhede Stadium on Friday, Kolkata Knight Riders (KKR) not just got a foot inside the playoffs but also fixed the one weak-link they had so far in their campaign — the form of fast bowler Mitchell Starc.IPL STANDINGS: Points Table | Orange Cap…
Five-time champions Mumbai Indians are all but out of the race to IPL 2024 playoffs. Going through one of their worst seasons in IPL history, Hardik Pandya & Co. faced their eighth defeat in 11 matches, losing to Kolkata Knight Riders by 24 runs on their home ground, Wankhede Stadium, on Friday.IPL STANDINGS: Points Table…
NEW DELHI: The disappointment was clearly visible on captain Hardik Pandya‘s face after Mumbai Indians suffered their eighth defeat, their fourth consecutive loss, in the IPL 2024 season. With a 24-run defeat to the Kolkata Knight Riders, the five-time champions are nearly eliminated from the tournament.The only previous time KKR defeated Mumbai Indians at the…
NEW DELHI: Kolkata Knight Riders’ bowling attack worked together seamlessly to secure a 24-run victory against the five-time champions Mumbai Indians in an IPL match on Friday.While KKR’s batsmen struggled with their game plan and were bowled out for just 169, with Venkatesh Iyer‘s 70 being the standout performance, Mumbai Indians’ underperforming batters faltered on…
