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GT produced a clinical performance with bat and ball to seal a comfortable win over DC and win both matches in the Indian Premier League 2022 so far. The tournament newcomers lost the toss and were put in to bat by Delhi Capitals. Shubman Gill was in top form for the Titans, slamming some eye-catching shots on his way to spectacular half-century. While the side lost Matthew Wade early, Gill and Vijay Shankar rebuilt, although the latter was a tad too slow. Gill made up for it with his ambitious stroke-play and extravagant hitting against spin in particular and raced to his highest score in…

The off-spinner will face the two senior batsmen in successive games in Rajasthan Royals’ next two Indian Premier League fixtures. Veteran Ravichandran Ashwin hailed MI’s Rohit Sharma and RCB’s Virat Kohli, calling them ‘great batsmen’, but also insisted that he enjoys facing both of them in the IPL. Ashwin also revealed an interesting bit of information, when he disclosed that Kohli and Sharma detest getting out to their colleagues from the Indian side, due to their competitive nature, as they expect to do well against the bowlers of their own side.  https://twitter.com/ashwinravi99/status/1508014177519996928 Ashwin, however, relishes the contest, saying that he takes it as a challenge…

KKR’s powerhouse struck an unbeaten 70 to seal an impressive victory over Punjab Kings at the Wankhede stadium. PBKS had another disappointing day with the ball in hand, as they threw away what could be a potentially close encounter. It was also a failed batting effort from the Kings, something that they will have to address, considering that they possess one of the most intimidating batting units in the IPL, if not the most. The win sends Shreyas Iyer’s KKR into pole position on the points table, with two wins in three games and a healthy net run-rate to go along with…

Five-time IPL winners Mumbai Indians will take on the Rajasthan Royals in both sides’ second game of the season, a contest that has increasingly favoured the Royals of late. The clash will take place on April 2 at the DY Patil Sports Academy Stadium in Mumbai, and a lot of the focus will be on Jos Buttler, who boasts a staggering average of 75 against the Mumbai Indians. However, T20 cricket legend Lasith Malinga, who spent his entire career at the Mumbai franchise, is now the bowling coach of the Royals and was seen interacting with his former teammates ahead…

Shivam Dube, Robin Uthappa, and Moeen Ali’s innings, which took CSK to 210, were all in vain. It was a contest of the experienced stalwarts against the newbies, as the Chennai Super Kings took on new franchise Lucknow Super Giants, in a high-scoring contest at the Brabourne Stadium in the Cricket Club of India in Mumbai. B Both teams were coming off losses in their opening games, against the Kolkata Knight Riders and the Gujarat Titans, respectively. Chennai’s batting, which was what disappointed them in the first game, was in excellent form today, as the four-time champions scored a mammoth 210 in the first innings. However, the lack…

Many legends, including Brian Lara, Mark Taylor, and Allan Border were in attendance, to pay their respects to the departed icon. The cricketing fraternity said their final goodbyes to an unparalleled legend of the game in the form of Aussie legend Shane Warne, who passed away due to a suspected heart attack in Thailand on March 4, at the age of 52. The sporting world was taken aback by the sudden demise of Warne, barely hours after he put out a tweet condoling the death of a fellow Australian legend and his own friend, Rod Marsh. Warne’s funeral was held in a private…

Dinesh Karthik, Shahbaz Ahmed, David Willey and Sherfane Rutherford all did a commendable job of executing the chase as Royal Challengers Bangalore registered their debut IPL 2022 victory at the DY Patil Stadium in Mumbai. Both teams were playing their second game of the tournament after the conclusion of the first round of fixtures on Tuesday. KKR were high on momentum after their win against defending champions Chennai Super Kings, but many felt that RCB did have the slight edge heading into the fixture, as they were reasonably familiar with the conditions and the behaviour of the pitches at the DY…

The final game of the first round of fixtures in Indian Premier League 2022 was a rather lopsided encounter between inaugural champions Rajasthan Royals and 2016 winners Sunrisers Hyderabad as the former managed to score a massive victory by 61 runs. Poor starts to both innings is what cost the Hyderabad franchise, as they suffered a bad hit to their net run rate early on in the season, something that might come back to haunt them in the later stages of the tournament in the event of a tie on points in the qualification spots. Considering that the groups are…

The fourth match in the 15th edition of the Indian Premier League featured the two new franchises Gujarat Titans and Lucknow Super Giants taking on each other at Wankhede Stadium. It turned out to be a thrilling match as GT chased down a tricky target in a game which went down to the wire. Credit: IPL Hardik Pandya won the toss in his first assignment as captain of the Titans, and decided to field first, a decision that paid dividends for the Kolkata Knight Riders on the inaugural day of this year’s tournament.  His counterpart, KL Rahul, on the other hand, had a nightmare…

The Punjab Kings pulled off a stunning chase against the Royal Challengers Bangalore in newly appointed captain Faf du Plessis’ first assignment as captain of the Bengaluru franchise. The South African was in scintillating form with the bat, and his magnificent 88, along with excellent helping hands from Virat Kohli and Dinesh Karthik, propelled RCB to a formidable total of 205 in 20 overs. PBKS were in the game from the very first ball but appeared to lose their way in the middle. However, a few poor overs from RCB in the field and with the ball, combined with fantastic…