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IPL 2022 season for the Royals is all about Shane Warne, says Samson
The legendary Australian spinner, who guided the team to its maiden IPL title in 2008, died recently due to a suspected heart-attack while vacationing in Thailand, and since then, there has been a groundswell of emotion in the Royals camp, which wants to win the title and dedicate it to the spin wizard.
CLOSE-IN: T20 getting to be similar to a chess game
The Indian Premier league (IPL) in 2008 had sceptics who felt that cricket was being sacrificed for commercial gains and that the sport will lose its character and the values that it stands for. The gentleman's game that revelled in artistic stroke-play, would breed swatters who would do well killing flies.
Nadal breezes into French Open fourth round; young Alcaraz overcomes Korda
Nadal, the winner of 13 Roland Garros title, dropped serve in the opening game of the match, but settled in on Lenglen and quickly found top gear. He broke back immediately and held to love in his next five service games, winning 23 straight points on serve as he took the contest out of a potentially tricky third-round contest.
IPL 2022: Came up against a strong Rajasthan, says disappointed Du Plessis after RCB's loss
After Prasidh Krishna (3/22) and Obed McCoy's (3/23) sensational bowling, Jos Buttler played a special knock (106 not out off 60) and led Rajasthan Royals to IPL 2022 final with a convincing seven-wicket win over Royal Challengers Bangalore in the Qualifier 2 at Narendra Modi Stadium on Friday.
IPL Turning Point: Wickets at regular intervals in slog overs cost RCB game in Qualifier 2
On Friday, it was only for the first time RCB failed to score 50 runs in the last five overs batting first in the IPL 2022 season. RCB were 123/3 at the end of the 15 overs and looked set to reach at least 170, with Rajat Patidar and Mahipal Lomror at the crease.However, Patidar couldn't carry longer and departed soon after scoring a crucial fifty (58 off 42)
IPL 2022: Mumbai Indians emerge most engaged club in the world: Report
According to the report, the 5-time IPL champions bettered their numbers on this count by over 50 percent in April 2022, clocking 66.1 million engagements, clear of second-placed Liverpool FC by 16m. Mumbai Indians were ranked as the most popular sports brand for March 2022 on YouTube with 40.7M engagements, beating global brands such as FC Barcelona, Liverpool FC, and Real Madrid amongst others.
Formula 1: Leclerc leads Ferrari in second practice at Monaco
Daniel Ricciardo was garage-bound for the first 10 minutes of FP2 with McLaren working on the rear of his car. Soon after emerging, the Australian brought out a red flag having lost the rear of the car and smashed into the barriers at Swimming Pool. The session was resumed with under 40 minutes to play. Before Ricciardo's off, Perez went fastest with a time of 1m 14.001s, while the Ferraris were the only pair to run hards early on, the rest beginning on mediums.
French Open: Djokovic beats Bedene, cruises into fourth round in Paris
The World No. 1, who captured a record-extending 38th ATP Masters 1000 crown in Rome earlier in May, has looked in control throughout the first week in Paris, where the 35-year-old is yet to drop a set. He extended that run on Friday by beating Bedene 6-3, 6-3, 6-2 in a third-round clash. Djokovic had not fallen before the quarter-finals in Paris in 13 years and his now 195th-ranked opponent - whose recent seasons were littered with injuries - faced a huge task to land his first win in the pair's four meetings.
Champions League: Real Madrid's belief is fear factor for Liverpool in Paris
However, that was in the group stage and a relatively benign group allowed Real Madrid to recover and qualify as group winners and that set up a last-16 tie against Paris Saint Germain.PSG totally dominated Real Madrid in the Parc de Princes, managing 8 shots on target, while Ancelotti's men didn't have one effort between the posts.
French Open: Gauff advances to fourth round; Sasnovich stops Kerber's streak
Kanepi, who at nearly 37 is twice Gauff's age, was bidding for her second win over a seeded player this fortnight, having beaten No.10 seed Garbine Muguruza in the first round, but No.18 seed Gauff had little trouble in the 83-minute victory. For a spot in the quarterfinals, Gauff will face No.31 seed Elise Mertens, who was a 6-2, 6-3 winner over Varvara Gracheva.
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