“Young people on our team? That’s an oxymoron! (Serie) “ This was the joke of Chennai Super Kings coach Stephen Fleming when asked about Sam Curran in particular during an interview on the bench at IPL 2020. Curran, 22, with his youthful looks and mischievous energy, is an anomaly. in …
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New Delhi: Additional Chief Metropolitan Magistrate, Rouse Avenue Court, Delhi, Vishal Pahuja made a shocking announcement on Tuesday before proceedings began in Mobashar Jawed Akbar v Priya Ramani – that your court is not competent to hear the case in view of the order of the Supreme Court in Ashwani …
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Why did Sam Curran lead the batting? No team had scored as slowly as the Super Kings in the power play this season prior to this game, and they decided it was time to turn things around: After 68 runs of 31 balls in the middle order, Curran was promoted …
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Bhopal: Although the by-elections in Madhya Pradesh have not received as much attention as the assembly elections in Bihar, they are equally important. There are 28 constituencies heading for early elections on November 3, the largest in the state, which will decide whether Shivraj Singh Chouhan, who came to power …
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In the middle of the league stage, the Indians of Mumbai, the capitals of Delhi and the Royal Challengers of Bangalore are at the top of the charts and are on their way to the playoffs. These teams have identified their core group that gives them the best balance. Many …
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Genius is difficult to describe. AB de Villiers scored an undefeated 73-of-33-ball Monday night against the Kolkata Knight Riders, on a field where everyone else was 218 of 207, and while that’s obviously extraordinary, it wasn’t. Look extraordinary. Or let’s put it this way. Did not see differently extraordinary. It …
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Delhi Capitals fast pitcher Ishant Sharma has been ruled out of the 2020 IPL with a torn abdominal muscle. Sharma had suffered a back spasm while training in the UAE prior to the start of the IPL last month and played only one game for the Capitals, against Sunrisers Hyderabad …
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Kolkata Knight Riders has expressed “surprise” at the complaint of its main subsidiary, Sunil Narine, for suspicious action in the match against Kings XI Punjab on 10 October. Narine was included in a “warning list” by the IPL, which said that the affiliate was “suspended” in case this tournament was …
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Delhi Capitals dealt with the injuries of two key players, R Ashwin and Amit Mishra, in the first half of the tournament quite efficiently, but the third seems to have left them, well, paralyzed. Rishabh Pant, who possibly injured his hamstring during his sixth game, did not make it to …
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It came home to me in the Super Over. Not the one that resulted from the Kings XI Punjab effectively drowning in a sea of misadventures against the Delhi Capitals, but the one that Virat Kohli and AB de Villiers had to make eight runs for the Royal Challengers Bangalore …
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