Ten games, seven losses, just six points and a place right at the bottom of the table. That’s not what the Chennai Super Kings are used to, not to mention their fans, and MS Dhoni conceded after the team’s last seven-wicket loss to the Rajasthan Royals that “this season we …
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Five runs to defend in the Super Over for the Kings XI Punjab against the Mumbai Indians. Mohammed Shami has seen his Indian teammate Jasprit Bumrah deliver a masterclass in denying Nicholas Pooran and KL Rahul big runs. Now he has to do it himself. The Kings XI are on …
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A loss in Super Over against the Kolkata Knight Riders left David Warner having to “bite his tongue” not to say something overtly harsh, but the Sunrisers Hyderabad captain admitted to being disappointed with the result. “I don’t know what to say, I’ll probably have to bite my tongue a …
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9:06 pm GMT Vishal Dikshit Just minutes after another impressive hit, an undefeated 55v22 ball, to help the Royal Challengers Bangalore hit 64 runs of the last 28 balls for a seven-wicket win against the Rajasthan Royals, AB de Villiers said he gets “very, very nervous. and erratic” in such …
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When Shikhar Dhawan was with the Hyderabad Sunrisers, he was David Warner’s partner. Then even after moving to the capitals of Delhi, he was quite happy to be second fiddle to players like Prithvi Shaw and Rishabh Pant. Now, with Pant injured and Shaw struggling, Dhawan has become the Capitals’ …
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Dinesh Karthik has retired as captain of the Kolkata Knight Riders, with Eoin Morgan replacing him. Karthik, a team statement said, wanted to focus on his hitting. The franchise made the announcement hours before their game against the defending champions Mumbai Indians in Abu Dhabi on Friday. The Knight Riders …
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With Dinesh Karthik stepping down from his Kolkata Knight Riders captaincy midway through IPL 2020, we observed seven other occasions where IPL teams changed their captains mid-season, for reasons other than injuries or national team calls. Kumar Sangakkara joins Deccan Chargers (2012) With Deccan Chargers winning just one game in …
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Dinesh Karthik handed the Kolkata Knight Riders captaincy over to Eoin Morgan midway through the 2020 IPL. Karthik said the decision would help him focus on hitting more. The Knight Riders are currently fourth on the points table, with four wins in seven games. “We are fortunate to have leaders …
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Just three days after watching AB de Villiers score an undefeated 73 of 33 while the rest of the hitters from both teams couldn’t score as freely, the Royal Challengers Bangalore pushed their best hitters to No. 6 on the same ground against the Kings XI. Punjab and later suffered …
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There are some big names, Chris Gayle and boss Imran Tahir among them, who have played few or no games so far in this IPL. But there is actually a strong logic for neglecting some of them. We have focused on five players who we think would make tactical sense …
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