12:16 a. M. IST Saurabh somani Close Saurabh Somani is assistant editor at ESPNcricinfo Hyderabad sunrises 164 of 5 (Garg 51, Sharma 31) time Super Kings of Chennai 157 of 5 (Jadeja 50, Dhoni 47 *, Natarajan 2-43) for seven runs Every now and then at the IPL, talented young …
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Big picture It was the last time in 2015, the year before his two-year suspension, that the Rajasthan Royals won their first three games in a season. Having started the 2020 season with two victories, including the most successful and record-breaking IPL chase on Sunday courtesy of Rahul Tewatia and …
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Capitals of Delhi 175 of 3 (Shaw 64, Pant 37 *, Dhawan 35, Chawla 2-33) Super Kings of Chennai 131 of 7 (du Plessis 43, Rabada 3-26, Nortje 2-21) by 44 runs Three nights ago, they had settled for protecting their net execution rate after falling too far behind the …
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3:16 am IST Saurabh somani Near Saurabh Somani is assistant editor at ESPNcricinfo Mumbai Indians 195 of 5 (Rohit 80, Suryakumar 47, Mavi 2-32) Kolkata Knights Riders 146 of 9 (Cummins 33, Karthik 30, Pattinson 2-25) for 49 runs The Mumbai Clinical Indians ignored their opening game loss at IPL …
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Royals of Rajasthan 216 of 7 (Samson 74, Smith 69, Archer 27 *, Sam Curran 3-33) Super Kings of Chennai 200 of 6 (du Plessis 72, Watson 33, Dhoni 29 *, Tewatia 3-37) for 16 runs Sanju Samson, Steven Smith and Jofra Archer all managed to outnumber the Chennai Super …
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Super Kings of Chennai 166 of 5 (Rayudu 71, du Plessis 58 *) time Mumbai Indians 162 by 9 (Tiwary 42, de Kock 33, Ngidi 3-38, D Chahar 2-32, Jadeja 2-42) by five windows The IPL is back. This particular season may be unusual to the point of being surreal, …
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Australia 294 of 9 (Maxwell 77, Marsh 73, Wood 3-54) England 275 of 9 (Billings 118, Bairstow 84, Hazlewood 3-26) for 19 runs Australia began their World Cup Super League campaign with a close win over the world champions at Emirates Old Trafford. A century-long position between Glenn Maxwell and …
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Saint Lucia Zouks 56 times 0 (Cornwall 32 *) time Guyanese Amazon Warriors 55 (Deyal 2-2, Zahir 2-12, Kuggeleijn 2-12) for 10 windows The Guyana Amazon Warriors may have gained momentum with three straight wins to reach the semifinals, but they took off in stunning fashion against the St Lucia …
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Australia won the toss and decided to hit against England Both England and Australia entered the second T20I unchanged at the Ageas Bowl after a game of nip and tuck on Friday night. Australia will hit first on the same field used in that first game, in anticipation of conditions …
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Big picture By no means should England have won (or Australia lost) the series opener: 39 of 36 balls with nine wickets in hand and two established hitters is child’s play. Except, of course, that the T20 can throw off some extraordinary finishes. That one has created this series wonderfully: …
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