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IPL Match 12: Kolkata Knight Riders register a comfortable win to hand RR their first defeat

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  A superb all-round effort led Kolkata Knight Riders to a comfortable win over Rajasthan Royals in the 12 th Match of IPL 2020 played at Dubai International Stadium, Dubai on Wednesday. Rajasthan Royals captain Steve Smith won the toss and decided to field first. Robin Uthappa dropped a simple catch to give Sunil Narine reprieve. After that Shubman Gill and Narine provided a steady start for Kolkata Knight Riders with positive stroke play. Narine hit some lovely shots to put pressure on RR bowlers. Jaydev Unadkat got the breakthrough dismissing Narine hitting the inside onto the stumps. KKR openers put on 36 runs in 4.5 overs. Gill struggled initially but made batting look easy. At the end of six overs, KKR scored 42 for 1. Nitish Rana and Gill took on Shreyas Gopal and Riyan Parag with aggressive strokes. At the end of the first timeout, KKR reached 66 for 1. After the timeout, Gill showed his class and kept on hitting lovely boundaries. Rahul Tewaita got the big wicket of N...

Amelia Kerr all-round performance leads New Zealand to a consolation win

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  Thanks to the all-round effort, New Zealand women registered a consolation win in the 3 rd and final T20I match played at Allan Border Field, Brisbane on Wednesday. New Zealand captain Sophie Devine won the toss and decided to field first. Beth Mooney looked in decent touch with positive strokes putting some pressure on White Ferns bowlers. Sophie Devine produced a beauty to dismiss Beth Mooney. Amy Satterthwaite dropped an easy chance to dismiss Meg Lanning at slips. At the end of the first six overs, Australian women made 42 for 1. Tahuhu coming into the second spell dismissed Healy who cut the ball straight to Perkins at backward point. Amelia Kerr immediately struck to get rid of Racheal Haynes giving a simple catch to Satterthwaite at midwicket to leave Australian women in trouble at 46 for 3. Ashleigh Gardner looked in fine touch putting pressure on White Ferns with attacking strokes. Australia lost their 4 th wicket as Meg Lanning hit a full toss giving an easy cat...

IPL Match 11: Sunrisers Hyderabad defeat Delhi Capitals to register their first win

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  Sunrisers Hyderabad produced a much-improved performance to defeat Delhi Capitals comfortably in the 11 th Match of IPL played at Sheikh Zayed Stadium, Abu Dhabi on Tuesday. Delhi Capitals captain Shreyas Iyer won the toss and decided to field first. It was a cautious start by David Warner and Jonny Bairstow against disciplined bowling by Nortje and Ishant Sharma. Bairstow survived an LBW shout as the umpire decided to review the decision, it was retained due to the umpire’s call. Warner showed his class against Nortje and put some pressure on Delhi Capitals bowlers. At the end of six overs, SRH openers scored 38 for 0. Bairstow took the attack to Amit Mishra in his first over. At the end of the first timeout, SRH scored 52 for 0. After the break, it was a good display of batting by both SRH openers. Amit Mishra struck for Delhi Capitals as the umpire gave not out and Iyer decided to review the decision, it was overturned as it hit the gloves. SRH openers put on 77 runs for ...

IPL Match 10: Royal Challengers Bangalore register a thrilling win in Super Over

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  Royal Challengers Bangalore held their nerves to defeat Mumbai Indians in a thrilling match played at Dubai International Stadium, Dubai on Monday. Mumbai Indians captain Rohit Sharma won the toss and decided to field first. Aaron Finch was dropped by Rohit Sharma. After that chance, he looked in great touch taking on Mumbai Indians opening bowlers right from the word go. On the other hand, Devdutt Paddikal made a slow start. Finch hit 3 boundaries off Rahul Chahar’s over to put enough pressure on the MI team. At the end of six overs, RCB openers made 59 for 0 and the first timeout was taken. After the timeout, Finch completed his fifty off just 31 balls. Trent Boult got the breakthrough for Mumbai Indians dismissing Finch giving a simple catch to Pollard at long-off. RCB openers added 81 runs in 9 overs. Virat Kohli's struggle continued as he looked out of sorts. He was dismissed by Rahul Chahar giving an easy catch to Rohit Sharma at extra cover. After the wicket of Kohli, ...

Stats: Rajasthan Royals did the unthinkable in IPL history

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  It was an amazing night of cricket as Rajasthan Royals stunned everyone to successfully chase down the highest total in IPL history against Kings XI Punjab at Sharjah Cricket Ground, Sharjah played yesterday. RR captain Steve Smith won the toss and decided to field first. The decision did not pay off as Mayank Agarwal and KL Rahul smashed the Rajasthan Royals bowlers to all parts of the ground. Mayank looked in cracking form and completed his fifty off just 26 balls. On the other end, Rahul gave good support to him. It was an amazing opening partnership as they added 183 runs in just 16.1 overs. Mayank Agarwal was dismissed for a brilliant 106 off 45 balls. Rajasthan Royals made a decent comeback in the last 4 overs. Nicolas Pooran quickfire 25 off 8 and Maxwell cameo helped Kings XI Punjab score 223 for 2. Chasing 224 runs to win, Jos Buttler coming into the playing XI fell cheaply to Sheldon Cottrell for 4. Sanju Samson and Steve Smith looked in sensational touch putting ...

This Day That Year: India lift the Asia Cup for 7th time

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  Under the leadership of Rohit Sharma, the Indian Cricket Team defeated Bangladesh in a thrilling final played at Dubai International Stadium, Dubai on 28 th September 2018. Indian captain Rohit Sharma won the toss and decided to field first. The Bangladeshi openers Liton Das looked in fine form hitting boundaries putting pressure on Indian bowlers. At the end of 10 overs, Bangladesh raced away to 65 for 0. After the restrictions, Das made the batting look easy and kept on piling runs. Mehidy Hasan Miraz came to open the innings along with Das gave him good support. Das completed his fifty off just 33 balls laying a strong foundation for a massive total. The part-time spinner Kedar Jadhav got the breakthrough for India ending 120 runs for the opening wicket. India made a strong comeback into the game by taking wickets of Imrul Kayes, Rahim, and then a brilliant combination run by Jadeja, and Chahal reduced Bangladesh to 139 for 4. India kept on taking wickets at regular inter...

IPL Match 9: Rajasthan Royals beat Kings XI Punjab in a high scoring thriller

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  Thanks to a superb batting effort, Rajasthan Royals defeated Kings XI Punjab in a high scoring thriller played at Sharjah Cricket Ground, Sharjah on Sunday. Rajasthan Royals captain Steve Smith won the toss and decided to field first. Mayank Agarwal looked in cracking form right from word go putting pressure on Rajasthan Royals bowlers. On the other hand, Kings XI Punjab captain KL Rahul continued from where he left in the last match. At the end of the first six overs, the openers raced away to 60 for 0. After the power play overs, Kings XI Punjab made the batting look easy and kept on piling runs with ease. At the end of the first timeout, the openers made 86 for 0. Mayank Agarwal reached his fifty off just 26 balls while Rahul completed a half-century off 35 balls. Both batsmen smashed Shreyas Gopal with big strokes. Mayank showed his class by hitting all over the park against the pacers and spinners. At the end of the second timeout, Kings XI Punjab scored 161 for 0. May...

Australia women beat NZ to win the series

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  The Australian women’s team proved too strong as they defeated New Zealand in the 2 nd T20I played at Allan Border Field, Brisbane on Sunday. New Zealand captain Sophie Devine won the toss and decided to bat first. Sophie Devine and Maddy Green began off steadily with positive strokes in the first two overs. The left-arm spinner Molineux bought into the attack struck by getting rid of Sophie Devine with a simple return catch to the bowler. Trying to steal a third run, Maddy Green was run out by a brilliant throw by Wareham and gather by Healy leaving New Zealand in trouble at 19 for 2. Suzie Bates struggled to time the ball while Amy Satterthwaite looked in decent touch putting pressure on Australian spinners. At the end of six overs, New Zealand women scored 36 for 2. After the power play overs, both White Ferns batters kept on ticking the scoreboard and hitting boundaries. Wareham struck for Australia as Satterthwaite was brilliantly stumped by Healy. The third umpire took...

IPL Match 8: Kolkata Knight Riders register an emphatic win to open their account

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  After losing their opening encounter, Kolkata Knight Riders produced a dominating performance as they defeated Sunrisers Hyderabad easily in the 8 th of IPL played at Sheikh Zayed International Stadium, Abu Dhabi on Saturday. Sunrisers Hyderabad captain David Warner won the toss and decided to bat first. It was a cautious start by Warner and Bairstow facing top quality bowling from Pat Cummins. Before being dismissed, Bairstow decided to review the decision that hit the back leg and went to Dinesh Karthik, the decision was upheld. Cummins came back strongly after being smashed for runs in the first match to get rid of dangerous Bairstow with a beauty. At the end of the first six overs, SRH scored 40 for 1. Manish Pandey struggled with timing initially against Kuldeep Yadav but then put KKR bowlers under some pressure. At the end of the first timeout, SRH scored 59 for 1. Soon after the timeout, Varun Chakravarthy dismissed Warner who gave a simple return catch to the bowler. W...

IPL Match 7: Delhi Capitals cruise to a comfortable win over CSK

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  Delhi Capitals registered an emphatic win over Chennai Super Kings in the 7 th match of the tournament played at Dubai International Stadium, Dubai on Friday.   Chennai Super Kings captain MS Dhoni won the toss and decided to field first. It could have been an ideal start for CSK as nobody appealed as the replay showed that it hit the inside edge of the bat. Josh Hazlewood playing his first match spiled a tough chance on his own bowling. Prithvi Shaw played with intent but Shikhar Dhawan struggled with his timing. At the end of six overs, Delhi Capitals scored 36 for 0. Prithvi Shaw put the pressure on Piyush Chawla right from word go. After struggling initially, Dhawan made good use by smashing Ravindra Jadeja for boundaries. Delhi Capitals openers kept the scoreboard ticking and put enough pressure on CSK bowlers. There was something in eyes of Shaw and the umpires took the first strategic timeout. After the break, Dhawan and Shaw made the batting look easy. Piyus...

Stats: KL Rahul creates history in IPL

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  Kings XI Punjab captain KL Rahul looked in sublime form during the match against Royal Challengers Bangalore played at Dubai International Stadium, Dubai on 24 th September 2020. Royal Challengers Bangalore captain Virat Kohli won the toss and decided to field first. KL Rahul put the bad balls away for boundaries putting the RCB bowlers under pressure. He never looked in discomfort and timed the ball decently. Mayank Agarwal also looked decent with his stroke play but was dismissed by a beauty by Yuzvendra Chahal. After the strategic timeout, Rahul completed his fifty off 36 balls. Nicolas Pooran who was promoted at number 3 struggled for timing. Shivam Dube struck twice to get rid of Pooran and Maxwell. He was dropped twice by Virat Kohli at the boundary and took the advantage of the chances. Rahul plundered RCB bowling to complete his 2 nd IPL century off 62 balls. It was amazing hitting by Kings XI Punjab captain who just upped the ante with great hitting and remained no...

IPL Match 6: All-round Kings XI Punjab crush RCB

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  Kings XI Punjab produced an all-round display as they defeated the Royal Challengers Bangalore by a massive margin in the 6 th match of IPL played at Dubai International Stadium, Dubai on Thursday.     Royal Challengers Bangalore captain Virat Kohli won the toss and decided to field first. Mayank Agarwal and KL Rahul began off to a steady start putting pressure with boundaries. Umesh Yadav was wayward with his bowling giving away free runs. Navdeep Saini was bought into the attack replacing but could not steam the flow. At the end of six overs, Kings XI Punjab openers scored 50. Yuzvendra Chahal was bought into the attack and produced a googly to dismiss Mayank Agarwal. Kings XI Punjab openers put on 57 runs in 7 overs. KL Rahul looked in brilliant touch putting pressure on the RCB bowlers. Nicolas Pooran promoted to number 3 faced some problems against Yuzvendra Chahal. At the end of the first strategic timeout, Kings XI Punjab made 70 for 1. KL Rahul comple...

This Day That Year: India became World Champions

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  Under the young captaincy of MS Dhoni, history was created as India defeated arch-rivals Pakistan to become inaugural World T20 winners played at Wanders, Johannesburg on 24 th September 2007. India captain MS Dhoni won the toss and decided to bat first. Yusuf Pathan replacing Virender Sehwag came to open the innings along with Gambhir. It was a flying start by Pathan who scored a quickfire 15 off 8 balls. He was dismissed by Mohammad Asif trying to clear and caught by Shoaib Malik. Robin Uthappa fell cheaply for just 8 runs facing 11 deliveries. Gambhir looked in great touch putting the pressure on the Pakistani bowlers and reached his fifty off just 38 balls. On the other hand, Yuvraj Singh struggled to time the ball. Umar Gul struck as Pakistan dismissed Yuvraj with a simple return catch to the bowler. Yuvraj and Gambhir added 63 runs for the 3 rd wicket. The Indian captain MS Dhoni was dismissed cheaply for 6 by MS Dhoni. Rohit Sharma came to the crease and played som...

IPL Match 5: Mumbai Indians register an emphatic win

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  Thanks to all-round performance, Mumbai Indians registered an emphatic over Kolkata Knight Riders in the 5 th match of IPL 2020 played at Sheikh Zayed International Stadium, Abu Dhabi on Wednesday. Kolkata Knight Riders captain Dinesh Karthik won the toss and decided to field first. It was an ideal start as Shivam Mavi got the breakthrough dismissing Quinton de Kock who tried to pull as Nikhil Naik took the catch at midwicket. Surya Kumar Yadav got off to a quick start as he hit 4 boundaries off Sandeep Warrier 2 nd over. Rohit Sharma looked in great touch hitting Pat Cummins for big shots with his favorite pull shots. Sunil Narine was bought into the attack but both batsmen looked in great touch. At the end of the first six overs, Mumbai Indians scored 59 for 1. Surya Kumar Yadav and Rohit Sharma put enough pressure on Kolkata Knight Riders. Mumbai Indians took the first strategic timeout with the scoreboard reading 83 for 1. Both batsmen played Kuldeep Yadav well taking s...

IPL Match 4: Rajasthan Royals beat Chennai Super Kings in a high scoring thriller

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  Rajasthan Royals started their IPL campaign with an impressive win over Chennai Super Kings in a high scoring thriller played at Sharjah Cricket Ground, Sharjah on Tuesday.   Chennai Super Kings captain won the toss and decided to field first. It was an ideal start as Deepak Chahar got rid of the youngster Yashaswi Jaiswal trying to pull giving a simple return catch to himself. Sanju Samson faced his first ball of the innings in the 4 th over. His first scoring shot was a six off Sam Curran’s bowling. RR captain Steve Smith played with intent putting pressure on the CSK bowlers. At the end of the first six overs, Rajasthan Royals scored 54 for 1. Sanju Samson just teed off as Ravindra Jadeja was bought into the attack by MS Dhoni. Piyush Chawla was belted for 28 runs in his first over. During his over, Samson completed fifty off 18 balls. Chennai Super Kings decided to take the strategic timeout. MS Dhoni decided to not take a review that was hitting the leg stump. Sa...

This Day That Year: MS Dhoni led side qualified for the finals

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  The young Indian Team proved everybody wrong as they defeated a strong Australian squad in the 2 nd semi-finals of the World T20 played at Kingsmead, Durban on 22 nd September 2007. Indian captain MS Dhoni won the toss and decided to bat first. Virender Sehwag and Gambhir started off cautiously before Mitchell Johnson got the wicket of Sehwag. Gambhir who looked good was dismissed by Johnson leaving India in trouble at 41 for 2. Yuvraj Singh came to the crease and took the attack to Australian bowling. He was severe with his stroke play keeping on good form that he displayed in the tournament. On the other, Robin Uthappa gave most of the strike to Yuvraj. The left-handed southpaw just looked in great touch and reached his fifty off just 20 balls. It was an amazing knock by Yuvraj Singh who kept on hitting big strokes against a top-quality bowling line up. Andrew Symonds ran out Robin Uthappa to end superb 84 runs stand for the 3 rd wicket. Yuvraj Singh was dismissed for ...

IPL Match 3: Royal Challengers Bangalore starts the tournament with an easy win

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  Royal Challengers Bangalore started the 2020 edition of the IPL with a convincing win over Sunrisers Hyderabad in the 3 rd match played at Dubai International Stadium, Dubai on Monday. Sunrisers Hyderabad captain David Warner won the toss and decided to field first. Devdutt Paddikal and Aaron Finch started cautiously in the first over against Bhuvneshwar Kumar. Paddikal looked impressive with his stroke play putting pressure on SRH bowlers. Paddikal smashed T Natarajan for three boundaries in the 4 th over. Mitchell Marsh was bought into the attack and had to hobble off due to an injury. His opening Aaron Finch struggled to time the ball but hit a six off Vijay Shankar’s bowling from a free hit. At the end of six overs, Royal Challengers Bangalore made 53 for 0. After the power play over, Rashid Khan was bought into the attack but Paddikal and Finch played with intent. Royal Challengers Bangalore scored 75 for 0 at end of the first strategic timeout. Paddikal reached his ...

Stats: Pakistan young bowler picks a unique feat in T20 format

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  The left-arm young teen sensation Shaheen Shah Afridi was at his best during the Natwest T20 Blast 2020. He achieved this amazing feat playing for Hampshire against Middlesex played at Ageas Bowl, Southampton on 20 th September 2020. Hampshire captain James Vince won the toss and decided to bat first. It was a disappointing batting performance by the hosts who never looked at ease losing wickets at regular intervals. Apart from Sam Northeast making 31 off 28 balls, Alsop 25 off 22 balls, and Holland 25 off 20 balls, none of Hampshire batsmen could not score runs. Hampshire posted 141 for 9 at the end of 20 overs. Felix Organ took the first two wickets of Middlesex. The youngster came into the attack by dismissing Stephen Eskinzai to put the visitors under some pressure. After a decent partnership, Afridi struck again to get rid of Luke Hollman to reduce Middlesex to 80 for 6. John Simpson took most of the strike and kept Hampshire on course for a win. On the other hand, Tom ...

IPL 2020 Match 2: Delhi Capitals register a thrilling win in Super Over

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  The second match of the IPL 2020 saw Delhi Capitals register a thrilling win to beat Kings XI Punjab played at Dubai International Stadium, Dubai on Sunday. Kings XI Punjab newly appointed captain KL Rahul won the toss and decided to field first. Sheldon Cottrell and Shami troubled Delhi Capitals openers with their swing. The decision paid off as Shikhar Dhawan was dropped by Rahul, but a miscommunication ended in the run-out of Dhawan. In the same over, K Gowtham missed catching running backward. Shami bowled with brilliant seam putting Delhi Capitals batsmen under pressure. Prithvi Shaw played a reckless shot from Shami’s bowling with a simple catch to Chris Jordan at mid-on. Shami took the 2 nd  wicket of the over getting rid of dangerous Shimron Hetymer giving an easy catch to Mayank Agarwal to leave Delhi Capitals in trouble. It was a superb bowling effort by Punjab bowlers to keep the pressure right from word go. At the end of six overs, Delhi Capitals made just 23...

This Day That Year: India beat South Africa to reach the semi-finals of World T20 2007

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  The Indian Cricket Team proved their mettle as they defeated the hosts South Africa in their final Super 8 stage match played at Kingsmead, Durban on 20 th September 2007. Indian captain MS Dhoni won the toss and decided to bat first. Gautam Gambhir and Virender Sehwag gave the team a decent start putting on 32 runs. The pitch at Durban had some help for the bowlers. India lost 3 quick wickets of Gambhir, Dinesh Karthik, and Virender Sehwag to be in some trouble at 33 for 3. Playing only his 2 nd T20I match, Rohit Sharma came to the crease and looked solid with his stroke play. Robin Uthappa fell cheaply as India lost their 4 th wicket at the score of 61. The Indian captain MS Dhoni and Rohit Sharma steadied the innings taking singles and hitting boundaries off bad balls. Both batsmen kept on ticking the scoreboard to put pressure on the South African bowlers. Dhoni was run out in the final over for a quickfire 45 off 33 balls. Rohit and Dhoni added 85 runs for the 5 th ...

IPL 2020 Match 1: Faf du Plessis and Rayudu takes CSK to a win over MI

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  Thanks to superb knocks by Faf du Plessis and Ambati Rayudu, Chennai Super Kings started the 2020 IPL on a winning note defeating defending Champions Mumbai Indians by 5 wickets played at Sheikh Zayed Stadium, Abu Dhabi on Saturday.   Chennai Super Kings captain MS Dhoni won the toss and decided to field first. Rohit Sharma started off the innings with a lovely boundary off Deepak Chahar. Quinton de Kock looked in cracking form with positive stroke play putting pressure on CSK bowlers. Lungi Ngidi was bought into the attack but could not stop Quinton de Kock from hitting boundaries. Piyush Chawla struck with his first over as Rohit Sharma tried to hit a shot and went into the hands of Sam Curran's hands at mid-off. Mumbai Indians openers added 46 runs in 4.4 overs. In the next over, Sam Curran dismissed de Kock for a quickfire 33 off 20 balls with an easy catch to Shane Watson at midwicket. At the end of the first six overs, Mumbai Indians scored 51 for 2. Saurabh Ti...

This Day That Year: Indian legend created major record

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  It was a historic night for cricketing fans as Yuvraj Singh became the first batsman in T20Is to hit six sixes in international cricket. He achieved this remarkable feat during an important Super 8 match of the ICC World T20 against England played at Kingsmead, Durban on 19 th September 2007. Indian captain MS Dhoni won the toss and decided to bat first. The decision paid off as Sehwag and Gambhir laid a strong foundation putting on 136 runs in 14.4 overs. Sehwag was dismissed for superb 68 off 52 balls while Gambhir scored 58 off 41 balls. Robin Uthappa fell cheaply in the 17 th over. Yuvraj Singh came to the crease and put the England bowlers under immense pressure right from word go. He teed off hitting Stuart Broad for six sixes in the 19 th over. He was in some mood that night. After smashing four big hits, Yuvraj hit going down the knee going into the hands of a jam-packed crowd. He then swung the bat and went high into the night sky for a massive six. With this hit,...