Veteran Dinesh Karthik pipped young turk Rishabh Pant in the fight for the second wicketkeeper's slot in India's 15-strong squad announced on Monday for the ICC World Cup starting May 30 in England. There were no surprises as the MSK Prasad-headed selection committee maintained continuity in their choices with the only topic of discussion being the second wicketkeeper.
Mumbai needed 22 runs from the last two overs but Hardik took just six balls to hit the required runs, smashing left-arm spinner Pawan Negi for two boundaries and as many sixes to end the run chase.
Imran Tahir grabbed 4/27 while Suresh Raina remained not out on 58 as CSK beat KKR by 5 wickets in Kolkata to register their seventh win in eight matches in IPL 2019.
Buttler first conjured a 60-run opening stand with skipper Ajinkya Rahane (37 off 21 balls, 6x 4; 1x6) to lay the foundation and then added 87 runs for the second wicket with Sanju Samson (31 off 26 balls; 2x4, 1x6).
Kohli (67) in the company of AB de Villiers (59 not out) scripted a superb run chase, sharing a 85-run stand to lay the foundation.
Shikhar Dhawan found form with a 63-ball 97 and powered Delhi Capitals to a seven-wicket win over Kolkata Knight Riders in the IPL here Friday, leaving two legends at the visiting dugout beaming.
Pollard’s pyrotechnics stole the thunder from Kings XI openers KL Rahul who had carried his bat through with an unbeaten 100 in 64 balls
A clinical Chennai Super Kings maintained their unbeaten run at home with a seven-wicket thrashing of Kolkata Knight Riders in the Indian Premier League here on Tuesday.
Rahul (71*) and Agarwal (55) stitched 114 runs off 84 balls for the second wicket to take Kings XI close to the target.
The MS Dhoni led CSK, which beat Kings XI Punjab on Saturday rather convincingly, will be wary of the Dinesh Karthik's KKR.
Royal Challengers Bangalore have lost all their six IPL 2019 games so far and questions have been raised regarding Virat Kohli's decision making but lack of alternatives are proving costly for the RCB franchise.
The win, which took KKR to the top of the table with eight points from five matches (4 wins and 1 loss), was the best of this season in terms of number of balls to spare.
Joseph made all the difference in the bowling department, ending with sensational figures of six for 12 in 3.4 overs
Needing 66 runs off 24 balls, KKR were up against it before Russell came in and smashed an unbeaten 48 off 13 balls to complete the job with five balls to spare.
The win took Sunrisers' overall head-to-head record against Delhi at the Feroz Shah Kotla stadium to 4-1.
Former India opener and a member of the 1983 World Cup winning team, Kris Srikkanth has revealed that captain Kapil Dev was the only player in the team who had the belief that they could beat the mighty West Indies in the opening match of the tournament. Despite being the underdogs, India defeated the West Indies in the opening match and also overcame some top billed teams in the next matches. In the final at Lord's, India again defeated the West Indies against all odds and won their first World Cup trophy.
Hardik Pandya was characteristically quirky as well as breathtaking and the highlight was the helicopter shot in front of its synonym, Mahendra Singh Dhoni, as Mumbai Indians humbled Chennai Super Kings by 37 runs in the IPL.
RCB, who dropped plenty of catches in this match, are placed at bottom of eight-team table without any points.
Kings XI Punjab's costliest buy Sam Curran proved his worth with an incredible spell at the back end as the home team pulled off a miraculous 14-run victory against Delhi Capitals.
Kuldeep Yadav defended six runs in the final over against Delhi Capitals and took the match to the Super Over, where the visiors lost by 3 runs.
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