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When you think of Marcus Stoinis’s bowling alley on Saturday night in Sharjah, the first thing you’ll probably think of is Rahul Tripathi defeating him in the seventeenth plus of the Kolkata Knight Riders chase. Or you will think of the immersion yorker who launched on the 20th to seal …

Shivam Mavi and Kamlesh Nagarkoti set fire to fast weapons in India’s undefeated race to the 2018 U19 World Cup title in New Zealand and downed stumps for speedy fun. The Kolkata Knight Riders were so impressed with them that they got Nagarkoti (INR 3.2 crore) and Mavi (INR 3 …

Was there a case to hit first? The result of the Kolkata Knight Riders against the Rajasthan Royals sees the teams that batted first so far in the 2020 IPL claim nine wins out of 12 games. And yet only once did a team win the toss and hit first. …

2:02 a.m. M. GMT Saurabh somani Close Saurabh Somani is assistant editor at ESPNcricinfo How do you fit Kane Williamson on a T20 side? On the one hand, there is the undoubted class. On the other hand, a T20 hit rate of 125.00 stares you in the face. When teams …

We probably wouldn’t be discussing this if the Rajasthan Royals hadn’t pulled off a heist against Kings XI Punjab in Sharjah. But why did KL Rahul, who is fully equipped to go ballistic like the other hitters in the game, choose to play inside himself and simply deliver the punch …

Pat Cummins’ high auction price of INR 15.5 crore (about $ 2.2 million) was much discussed after the bowler had been expensive in the Kolkata Knight Riders opener against the Mumbai Indians. Cummins had hit 49 runs in three no-ground overs in that game, his worst economy rate in a …

It’s not often that the Chennai Super Kings find themselves fighting at the start of an IPL season. This time, however, they lost key players even before the tournament began, and an injury to Ambati Rayudu has weakened their batting to the point where they have fallen out of contention …

The Punjab Kings XI have filed an appeal with match referee Javagal Srinath over what they believe was a wrong line call in the 19th final of their match against Delhi Capitals on Sunday night. The “short-term” call cost them their game, said CEO Satish Menon. Satish Menon believes referee …

Ruturaj Gaikwad, the Chennai Super Kings hitter, is back inside the team’s biobubble after returning two negative Covid-19 tests after two weeks of isolation at a separate quarantine facility in Dubai. On Monday, the franchise confirmed on Twitter that Gaikwad had resumed training. It is not yet clear whether this …

Shane Watson feels that “it was a loss for the Indian one-day team” that they did not select Ambati Rayudu for the 2019 World Cup, saying after the middle order hitter’s match-change innings for Chennai Super Kings against the Mumbai Indians in 2020. IPL starter who was “amazing” the way …