INDIA PREMIER LEAGUE 2020
IPL 2020 is being played in the UAE this year due to the COVID-19 situation in India © BCCI / IPL
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WEDNESDAY, OCTOBER 14
Despite Kane Williamson’s best efforts, Chennai Super Kings pocketed two points against Sunrisers Hyderabad by securing a 20-run victory. With this victory, CSK climbs to sixth place, behind SRH only according to NRR. [scorecard]
Sam Curran’s promo might have raised some eyebrowsIt might as well have surprised Sunrisers Hyderabad, but it certainly wasn’t a bolt of lightning out of nowhere. The move has been in the works for a while.
With half of the matches in the league phase of IPL 2020 done and dusted off, Cricbuzz looks at the various trends and patterns that have emerged thus far.
Delhi Capitals, sweating from fitness issues and the loss to the Mumbai Indians, I have some questions that need answered. The Rajasthan Royals enter the game driven by the return of Ben Stokes and a victory over Sunrisers Hyderabad.
TUESDAY, OCTOBER 13
Royal Challengers Bangalore beat Kolkata Knight Riders by a whopping 82-race margin at Sharjah to climb to third place on the points table. The architect of the victory was AB de Villiers, who scored 73 * (33) and helped set a whopping 193 run goal. It was a run-chase past KKR on a relatively slower, two-beat Sharjah pitch, where they twisted to 112/9 at the end. [scorecard]
Villiers AB scored at a strike rate of 221 when everyone else in the game worked for 218 of 208 balls. It was a time when he worked with a different set of physical rules, complementing his rear standing stance with lightning-fast feet and a super still head and producing another IPL punch to savor. Virat Kohli called him ‘superhuman’ and his inputs as something ‘only AB could do what he did today’.
Ishant Sharma ruled out for IPL 2020 with a “tear of the left internal oblique muscle”. The pacemaker experienced an acute episode of pain in his left rib cage while bowling in a team training session on October 7. He ends this edition having played only one game for Delhi Capitals.
Can the Super Kings stay away from winning territory? With just two wins in seven games, that’s the question the MS Dhoni team will be faced with when they take on Sunrisers Hyderabad in Dubai tonight. The last time these two teams met this year, SRH came home for 7 runs.
MONDAY, OCTOBER 12
Mumbai Indians achieved a close victory over the capitals of Delhi, and now they share the top spot alongside Delhi Capitals at the 2020 IPL. Quinton de Kock and Suryakumar Yadav made up fifty, while IM chased the 163 goal in the final of the match. For DC, Shikhar Dhawan scored the leading scorer with a well-measured 69. [Scorecard]
Rajasthan Royals achieved a win from behind against Sunrisers Hyderabad in the other game of the double. On a two-beat deck, RR was at an annoyance point at 78-for-5. However, Rahul Tewatia once again took advantage of the opportunity to play a blinding, scoring 45 on just 28 balls, as RR chased the 163-on-point goal. the last one finished. He even delivered a couple of reverse punches to Rashid Khan. Riyan Parag gave him good support with a 42-for-26 ball as the pair took the winger home. [Scorecard]
We look at the maturity of Parag. How the 19-year-old hitter has displayed the required temperament under pressure at such a young age.
Here’s something about the evolution of Shreyas Iyer, the batter. How he’s evolved as a hitter since the days when he used to back up his “instincts and go with the flow.”
Kolkata Knight Riders would be sweating from fitness by Andre Russell before his game against Royal Challengers Bangalore. To make matters worse for KKR, Sunil Narine has also been reported for a suspicious action.
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