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IPL 2022: Punjab Kings beat Mumbai Indians by 12 runs
It was the fifth-successive loss for the five-time champions Mumbai Indians in the ongoing IPL 2022 season. Invited to bat first, brilliant fifties by Shikhar Dhawan (70 off 50) and Mayank Agarwal (52 off 32) powered Punjab Kings to 198/5 in 20 overs. Apart from Shikhar and Mayank's superb hitting at the top, Jitesh Sharma (30 off 15) and Shahrukh Khan (15 not out off 6) gave late flourish to Punjab's innings at lower down the order.
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Xavi Hernandez's men will be favourites to progress into the last four after a 1-1 draw in Germany a week ago, but should bear in mind that their two home matches in the Europa League this season ended in draws against Napoli and Galatasaray. The Catalans have improved drastically since Xavi took over as first-team coach, and are unbeaten in their last 15 matches in all competitions, with just two losses in their last 23 games.
IPL 2022: Dhawan, Mayank fifties propel Punjab to 198/5 against Mumbai Indians
Apart from Shikhar and Mayank's brilliant hitting at the top, Jitesh Sharma (30 off 15) and Shahrukh Khan (15 off 6) gave late flourish to Punjab's innings at lower down the order, after being invited to bat first. Basil Thampi (2/47), Jasprit Bumrah (1/28), Murugan Ashwin (1/34), Jaydev Unadkat (1/44) were the wicket-takers for Mumbai Indians.
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The football's governing body also stated that the draw for the tournament will be held in Zurich on June 24. Apart from hosts India, six countries - Brazil, Chile, China PR, Colombia, Japan and New Zealand - have been confirmed for the competition so far and are sure to feature in the draw on 24 June. With a total of 16 teams set to contest the tournament, spots are still up for grabs in several confederations.
IPL 2022: Retire out will happen a lot in the coming days, says R Ashwin
On Sunday, Ashwin became the first batter in the IPL to retire out while batting for Rajasthan against Lucknow Super Giants. He was promoted to number six in the tenth over and after having scored 28 runs off 23 balls, Ashwin walked off after two balls of the 19th over when Royals were 135 for 4, to make way for Riyan Parag, who struck a six in one of the four balls he faced as Rajasthan eventually won by three runs.
IPL 2022: Mumbai Indians win toss, opt to bowl against Punjab Kings
"We will bowl first. Looks like a similar pitch to the ones we have played, there will be help for the pacer, need to exploit. Just one change - Tymal Mills is back, replacing Ramandeep.Just want the guys to keep their heads high, it's important not to lose focus, keep trying harder and harder to get the points. Looking forward to doing well as a team," the Mumbai skipper said.
IPL 2022: Calls for Mumbai Indians to follow CSK's template to get back to winning ways
Chennai, the defending champions, on Tuesday registered their first win of the ongoing edition of the mega event, defeating Bangalore at the DY Patil Stadium. Chennai's win was set up by a mammoth 165-run stand between Shivam Dube (95 not out off 46 balls) and Robin Uthappa (88 off 50 balls) hitting 17 sixes and 12 fours, as 156 runs came off the last 10 overs. With the ball, off-spinner Maheesh Theekshana took out openers Faf du Plessis and Anuj Rawat while left-arm pacer Mukesh Choudhary and captain Ravindra Jadeja dismissed Virat Kohli and Glenn Maxwell respectively to break the back of Bangalore's chase in the first six overs.
IPL 2022, Day 18 Highlights: Chennai Super Kings beat Royal Challengers Bangalore by 23 runs
In a high-scoring thriller, Chennai Super Kings (CSK) on Tuesday defeated Royal Challengers Bangalore (RCB) by 23 runs. It was the first win of CSK in IPL 2022 and the first victory for Ravindra Jadeja as a captain. Here are the key highlights of the game:
No marked gains for Indians; Afridi climbs to No. 10 in T20I rankings for bowlers
India's all-format skipper Rohit Sharma is further down at 14th, while former skipper Virat Kohli is 16th. In the T20I Rankings for bowlers, Pakistan's Shaheen Afridi's 2/21 in the one-off T20I against Australia sees him climb four spots to No.10. Despite the best efforts of the ICC Men's Cricketer of the Year 2021 in the penultimate over, Australia got over the line with five balls to spare.
IPL 2022: Will DK's RCB showing revive his India T20 World Cup dreams?
Former England captain Nick Knight said as much when he commented that he sees in Karthik a cricketer who can perform the job of a finisher in this year's T20 World Cup if he continues to finish matches for his Bengaluru franchise in IPL 2022. In IPL 2022, Karthik has been a critical finisher for RCB, making 131 runs and averaging the same number with a strike-rate of 218.33, especially in matches against Punjab Kings, Kolkata Knight Riders and Rajasthan Royals.
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