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Opener Jason Roy and skipper Kane Williamson struck confident half-centuries to shape Sunrisers Hyderabad's comfortable seven-wicket win over Rajasthan Royals as IPL Play-offs calculations got a bit more complicated on Monday. Opener Jason Roy and skipper Kane Williamson struck confident half-centuries to shape Sunrisers Hyderabad's comfortable seven-wicket win over Rajasthan Royals as IPL Play-offs calculations got a bit more complicated on Monday. Opting to bat, the Royals scored 164 for six on the back of a well-calculated 82-run knock by skipper Sanju Samson

"Best Finisher In T20s": Ravindra Jadeja Earns Praise From Former Cricketers, Experts For Late HeroicsIPL 2021, CSK vs KKR: Ravindra Jadeja's heroics with the bat helped Chennai Super Kings edge past Kolkata Knight Riders on Sunday. Ravindra Jadeja took the Indian Premier League (IPL) 2021 by storm when he smashed a whirlwind 20 runs in four balls in the 19th over off Prasidh Krishna which helped Chennai Super Kings (CSK) edge past Kolkata Knight Riders (KKR). The win helped CSK claim the top

IPL 2021, Orange Cap And Purple Cap Latest Table: DC's Shikhar Dhawan is still leading the Orange Cap race with 430 runs. Meanwhile, RCB's Harshal Patel is on top of the Purple Cap race with 19 wickets. Harshal Patel claimed a hat-trick as Royal Challengers Bangalore defeated Mumbai Indians by 54 runs in Match 37 of the Indian Premier League (IPL) 2021 season, at the Dubai International Stadium in Dubai on Saturday. Chasing a target of 166 runs, MI got off to a

Glenn Maxwell justified his million dollar contract with an all-round performance before Harshal Patel took a hat-trick to ensure a thumping 54-run victory for Royal Challengers Bangalore over Mumbai Indians in the Indian Premier League in Dubai on Sunday. Maxwell (56 off 37 balls and 2/23) produced one of his better efforts in the IPL while Harshal (4/17 in 3.1 overs), the current Purple Cap holder removed Hardik Pandya, Kieron Pollard and Rahul Chahar off successive deliveries to defend a target of 165

Kolkata Knight Riders (KKR) captain Eoin Morgan said that his side is finally playing a brand of cricket associated with head coach Brendon McCullum. After registering an emphatic seven-wicket win over Mumbai Indians in the Indian Premier League (IPL) 2021 season, Kolkata Knight Riders (KKR) captain Eoin Morgan said that his side is finally playing a brand of cricket that is associated with head coach Brendon McCullum. Rahul Tripathi and Venkatesh Iyer played knocks of 74* and 53, respectively, as Kolkata Knight Riders

Kolkata Knight Riders produced a clinical performance for the second successive game to tame Mumbai Indians by seven wickets in an IPL 2021 match. Rookie Venkatesh Iyer left many in awe of his talent as Kolkata Knight Riders produced a clinical performance for the second successive game since IPL's resumption to tame the mighty Mumbai Indians by seven wickets and enter the top-four in the points table in Abu Dhabi on Thursday. Iyer (53 off 30), playing his second IPL game, displayed the

IPL 2021 Points Table: Delhi Capitals (DC) climbed back to top of the table after defeating SunRisers Hyderabad (SRH) in match 33 on Wednesday, in Dubai. Delhi Capitals (DC) resumed their Indian Premier League (IPL) 2021 campaign with a win against SunRisers Hyderabad (SRH) in Match 33, at the Dubai International Stadium on Wednesday. Kagiso Rabada took three wickets to restrict SRH to 134 for nine after 20 overs. Facing a target of 135, DC cruised to 139 for two in 17.5 overs,

Anrich Nortje, with his extreme pace, is a great asset to have, said Delhi Capitals captain Rishabh Pant after their win over Sunrisers Hyderabad. South African Anrich Nortje, with his extreme pace, is a great asset to have as he became the difference between a score of 134 and 160 during Delhi Capitals' eight -wicket victory over Sunrisers Hyderabad, feels winning team captain Rishabh Pant. Norte returned with figures of 2/12 in his 4 overs, but more importantly scared David Warner with raw

IPL 2021: All-round Delhi Capitals beat SunRisers Hyderabad by 8 wickets to go top of the points table. South African bowlers Anrich Nortje and Kagiso Rabada helped set up an eight-wicket win for Delhi Capitals on Wednesday in an Indian Premier League match that went ahead despite a SunRisers Hyderabad player testing positive for coronavirus. Hyderabad left-arm quick Thangarasu Natarajan and six of his close contacts were isolated hours before the latest match in the Twenty20 tournament in Dubai. An IPL release said

Punjab Kings (PBKS) fans didn't take kindly to the omission of Ravi Bishnoi from the team's Indian Premier League (IPL) 2021 clash against Rajasthan Royals (RR) on Tuesday, with many taking to Twitter to troll head coach Anil Kumble over the line-up. Chris Gayle, who was celebrating his 42nd birthday on Tuesday, was also missing from the playing XI. While Gayle's omission surprised many, including Sunil Gavaskar and Kevin Pietersen in the TV studio, fan favourite Bishnoi's omission upset others. With speculation linking

IPL 2021, PBKS vs RR: Despite their loss to Rajasthan Royals, Punjab Kings had plenty of positives to take, including a stunning diving catch by Fabian Allen. Rajasthan Royals (RR) sealed a thrilling final over win against Punjab Kings (PBKS) in Match 32 of the Indian Premier League (IPL) 2021 season on Tuesday at the Dubai International Stadium. Despite the defeat, Punjab had plenty of positives to reflect on including some brilliant batting by KL Rahul and Mayank Agarwal. One moment which stood

Final over heroics from Kartik Tyagi guided Rajasthan Royals to win by 2 runs vs Punjab Kings. Fast bowler Kartik Tyagi bowled a sensational last over as Rajasthan Royals pulled off an incredible two-run win over Punjab Kings in an Indian Premier League (IPL) thriller on Tuesday. Punjab required four runs off the last six balls but Tyagi dismissed Nicholas Pooran (32) and Deepak Hooda (0) and gave away only one run to snatch the win for his team from the jaws of

Kolkata Knight Riders (KKR) produced a clinical performance as they beat Royal Challengers Bangalore (RCB) by nine wickets in match 31 of the Indian Premier League (IPL) 2021 on Monday. With the win, KKR are back in contention in the race for top four while RCB's net run-rate took a hammering after a heavy defeat. On Tuesday, Punjab Kings and Rajasthan Royals will go head-to-head and the winner of that contest will go level on eight points with Mumbai Indians. IPL Points Table

The Indian Premier League returned in dramatic fashion as Chennai Super Kings staged a superb fightback to defeat defending champions Mumbai Indians. Chennai were reduced to 24-4, effectively 24-5, because of an injury to Ambati Rayudu in Dubai. But opener Ruturaj Gaikwad batted through the innings for 88 not out from 58 balls to help them post 156-6. Mumbai then never recovered from 37-3, closing on 136-8, to give Chennai victory by 20 runs. CSK, captained by India legend MS Dhoni and with

Virat Kohli will step down as captain of the Indian Premier League (IPL) franchise Royal Challengers Bangalore (RCB) after the 2021 season, the player said on Sunday. Kohli this week also gave up the captaincy of India's Twenty20 side to manage his immense workload, saying he would not continue in the role after this year's World Cup in the United Arab Emirates and Oman. "This will be my last IPL as captain of RCB. I'll continue to be an RCB player till I

The Indian cricket national team's current skipper Virat Kohli has announced that he will be stepping down as the T20 captain. Kohli, who is recognised as one of the greatest players of all time has an exceptional record of scoring nearly 3,200 runs and picking up 4 wickets from the 90 matches played.  The 32-year-old announced this major decision in his official twitter handle confirming that he will continue to lead the national team in ODI and Test cricket.  Kohil, who is also the

REUTERS India's cricket board chief Sourav Ganguly said their players refused to play the fifth and final test against England due to COVID-19 concerns and denied that the upcoming Indian Premier League had played any part in the decision. The Old Trafford test was cancelled last Friday barely two hours before its scheduled start as the tourists, who were leading the series 2-1, failed to field a side after their physiotherapist tested positive for COVID-19. "The players refused to play but you can't

BBC The fifth Test between England and India is set to go ahead on Friday after no further positive Covid-19 tests were returned by the tourists. India cancelled an optional training session earlier on Thursday in Manchester after another of their coaching staff was found to have Covid. Head coach Ravi Shastri tested positive during India's fourth Test win. Negative results were returned after fresh tests on Thursday, the England and Wales Cricket Board confirmed. Earlier in the day, India players had been

REUTERS LONDON, Sept 7 - Rohit Sharma took the player-of-the-match award and Jasprit Bumrah produced what pundits called the "spell of the summer" but Shardul Thakur's role was no less important in fashioning India's victory in the fourth test against England on Monday. The team led by Virat Kohli produced a bowling masterclass on a flat deck at The Oval to prevail by 157 runs and go 2-1 up in the five-test series. India conceded a 99-run first innings lead but Rohit's century

Rohit Sharma's imperious century gave India the edge over England after three days of a fascinating fourth Test at the Kia Oval. Rohit was commanding in making 127 - his first Test hundred outside India - leading the way as the tourists reached 270-3, a lead of 171. He added 83 for the first wicket with KL Rahul, then 153 for the second with Cheteshwar Pujara, who was impressive for 61. Rohit benefited from being dropped for the second time by Rory Burns,