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Lot of conversations to be had in SRH about Warner: Williamson
The Sunrise Riser franchise had announced that Williamson had replaced Warner as captain on the eve of the match and went on to drop the latter from the squad. Recently Kane Williamson said that there are still "conversations to be had" about David Warner's role in the team
Dhawan leads clinical DC to 7-wkt win over PBKS
DC chased down the target of 167 runs with 14 balls to spare, as Dhawan anchored the chase and put up partnerships with Prithvi Shaw, Steve Smith, captain Rishabh Pant, and Shimron Hetmyer.
IPL 2021: Jos Buttler's maiden T20 ton leads RR to 55-run win over SRH
Chasing a mammoth target of 221, Rahman and Morris led the way as RR restricted SRH to 165 for eight wickets in 20 overs. With David Warner replaced by Kane Williamson as SRH captain and dropped from the team, Manish Pandey (31) walked out with Jonny Bairstow (30) to open the innings.
RR's Jaydev Unadkat pledges 10% of IPL earnings to fight Covid
Unadkat, who led the India Under-19 attack in the 2010 World Cup in New Zealand and has been with RR since 2018, said, "I would like to share something I have been feeling these last couple of weeks. Our country is going through a lot of distress and, for that matter, I know how privileged we are to be in this position to play cricket.
Atletico survive penalty, Real Madrid stay in the race
Diego Simeone's side survived a late penalty, missed by Fidel Chaves, as they battle for their first league title since 2014, reports DPA. Atletico striker Luis Suarez came close in the opening stages and then the Uruguayan had a goal ruled out for a narrow offside. Marcos Llorente fired the Rojiblancos ahead in the 23rd minute with his 12th league goal of the season from Yannick Carrasco's cross.
Treating CSK ties as El Clasico of IPL motivates us: MI's Pollard
"CSK, they have class players in the side. We build this match as the El Clasico of IPL. And, when you have international guys, such as (MS) Dhoni, (Dwayne) Bravo and (Faf) du Plessis, with so much experience, we want to be able to come out and perform to the best of our ability in these sort of matches," said Pollard, who has been MI's mainstay for more than a decade.
Red-hot Rayudu smashes refrigerator in MI dugout with six
Though the 35-year-old Rayudu emerged the highest scorer for his team, smashing an unbeaten 72 in only 27 deliveries -- with seven massive hits and four boundaries --, it was not enough as Mumbai Indians came back strongly to reach the 219-run victory target off the last ball of the over.
Cummins' battle with Maxwell, AB to dominate show| Preview
RCB, who sit pretty with 10 points from five wins in seven games, have however been struggling in recent games. They have lost two out of their last three matches, the latest against Punjab Kings by 34 runs on Friday night. KKR, on the other hand, have won just two out of their seven matches and have odds stacked heavily against them.
Orange cap stays with Rahul, Purple with Harshal
The former Proteas skipper, who averages 64, still trails Punjab Kings skipper K.L. Rahul by 11 runs. Rahul is the current holder of the cap with 331 runs. He averages 66.2. Delhi Capitals batting duo Shikhar Dhawan (311 runs) and Prithvi Shaw (269 runs) are third and fourth in the list. Rohit Sharma, who scored 35, moved ahead of Sanju Samson and into the fifth position with an aggregate of 250 runs.
Former national selector Kishan Rungta no more
Rungta, who also played first-class cricket between 1953 and 1970 for Maharashtra and Rajasthan, served as the national selector in three phases and for a total of eight years. He also served as the chief selector for a year. "He passed away last night (Saturday night) at a local hospital," Mukund Rungta, his son, told IANS from Jaipur on Sunday.
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