IPL 2019: Ajinkya Rahane refuses to comment on R Ashwin's 'Mankad' episode
Cricket | March 26, 2019 14:49 ISTRahane was lavish in his praise for the Kings XI bowling attack which restricted Rajasthan, especially after a superb start to the chase.
Rahane was lavish in his praise for the Kings XI bowling attack which restricted Rajasthan, especially after a superb start to the chase.
Weighing into the Mankading matter, Shukla said a call had been taken to avoid such dismissals in a meeting of captains and match referees in which RCB skipper Kohli and CSK skipper Dhoni were also present.
Chris Gayle announced that the youngsters in the team have his back and they want to win the IPL for the Universe Boss.
Chasing the stiff target of 185, Jos Buttler (69) and skipper Ajinkya Rahane (27) got Rajasthan off to a brisk start, dealing in boundaries and sixes to pile up 64 runs in the first six overs of powerplay.
Here's the probable playing XI for the DC vs CSK IPL clash where rejuvenated Delhi host MS Dhoni's Chennai Super Kings at Feroz Shah Kotla under Shreyas Iyer's leadership.
Shane Warne wrote on his Twitter handle, "Ashwin's actions were simply disgraceful, and I hope the BCCI doesn’t condone this sort of behaviour in the IPL."
It will be a battle where experience will be pitted against youth and astuteness will square off against flamboyance when the King faces his heir apparent on what is expected to be another sluggish Feroz Shah Kotla track.
Kings XI skipper Ashwin sparked off a big controversy on Monday when he mankaded Rajasthan Royals' Buttler, the first to be dismissed in such a manner in the history of the IPL.
Gayle scored 79 off 47 balls and hit eight boundaries and four sixes in the process. Besides Gayle, young Sarfaraz Khan (46 not out off 29 balls) also played a good hand.
There have been strong indications that the World Cup in England could be Dhoni's international swansong but CSK coach wants him to continue for at least one more year.
Pant's unbeaten 27-ball 78 was too much to handle for Mumbai as they failed to get going in their humongous chase of 214.
Having been at the receiving end of Rishabh Pant's brutal onslaught, Bumrah was seen clutching his left-shoulder area after he dived to save the ball on the final delivery of Delhi Capitals innings.
Needing 53 runs from last three overs, the powerful Jamaican changed the course of the match with his big-hitting against Siddharth Kaul, creaming off 19 runs from that over.
On a tricky pitch that assisted slow bowlers, RCB were shot out for 70 in 17.1 overs, a target that CSK achieved in 17.4 overs.
Chennai Super Kings ripped through Royal Challengers Bangalore as the spinners bundled out the visitors for 70 and evidently winning the opener by 7 wickets.
Warner has always been in the thick of things with SRH. He led by example with a staggering 848 runs and helped them win their maiden title in 2016 IPL.
RCB skipper Virat Kohli, who is nothing short of a demi-god himself for his fans, looks all set to heap more records once he takes the field tonight in Chennai.
Watch CSK vs RCB live IPL stream on Hotstar and live TV coverage on Star Sports 1 & HD, Star Sports Select.
Rajasthan Royals players Jaydev Unadkat, Sanju Samson, Ben Stokes, Steve Smith and Jos Butler sported the new-look pink jerseys in an event organised on Friday.
With the Indian Premier League, which begins on Saturday, culminating days before the World Cup, there has been a lot of talk around managing the workload of the players during the next two months.
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