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Yuzvendra Chahal 'welcomes' KL Rahul, Chris Gayle to RCB
"Welcome to @RCBTweets boys @henrygayle @klrahul11," said Chahal in his tweet with a video of Gayle and Rahul having a chat on the field wearing the Punjab jersey during their match on Monday against Rajasthan Royals.
Parag latest to use 'perpendicular' action
Parag bowled just one over in the explosive Punjab Kings innings and had his arm almost perpendicular to his body when he bowled the third ball of the over to Chris Gayle. Ravichandran Ashwin had used a similar action earlier this season while Kedar Jadhav is known to use a slinging release quite frequently.
Neuberg conducting Covid-19 tests for IPL teams
As per the guidelines, all the players, management team, broadcasting crew, state and central cricket committee member, groundskeepers, hotel staff, and the event management team are being tested. The tests are conducted at various hotels where the teams are stationed in the bio bubble and at the stadiums for the other staff members at a regular interval.
Bat fearlessly like Hooda: KL Rahul to teammates
"It is important for us to bat fearlessly. It is great to see boys trying to understand what we expect," said Rahul after the match. Hooda made 64 off 28 balls, his knock helping the team put up a big 221-run total.
Second half of the knock was my best in IPL: Samson
Samson, who replaced Steve Smith (now with Delhi Capitals) at the helm of the franchise, played a calculated innings as he overcame the early loss of a couple of wickets and built his innings well.
IPL 2021: Samson's ton on IPL captaincy debut goes in vain as Punjab win 4-run thriller against Rajasthan Royals
RR looked very much in the game throughout as Samson brought the equation down to 5 runs off two balls. However, he refused to take a run on the second last ball after he had hit it to deep extra cover which could have fetched them a run, even a double. Instead, he eyed a glory shot for six on the last ball, but holed out to deep extra cover as his side fell short by four runs.
Big-hitting Gayle becomes first to hit 350 sixes in IPL
Interestingly, no other batsman has even got 250 sixes with AB de Villiers coming a distant second with 237. The Jamaican batsman, known for his explosive batting and big-hitting, wasn't picked for the initial matches in the last season held in the UAE.
Hardik's shoulder niggle a worry for Mumbai Indians
MI's director of cricket operations Zaheer Khan admitted that Hardik's workload management is creating an imbalance. In the first match against Royal Challengers Bangalore on Friday, they used only five bowlers and with their fifth bowler Rahul Chahar going for runs, MI were left without any option to step in for him and stem the flow of runs.
Every Bayern player to be a leader in PSG showdown: Joshua Kimmich
Bayern lost the home leg 3-2 last week, and there have been only been five previous occasions in the elite event that a team has rebounded from such a defeat in the away leg, DPA report. Bayern themselves were on the losing end 2011 against Inter Milan but hope to emulate Manchester United who achieved that rare feat two years ago against PSG, winning 3-1 in Paris after losing 2-0 at Old Trafford.
Dutee Chand gears up for World Relays as Indian team sets sight on Tokyo
The 25-year-old Odisha sprinter is one of the key runners in the national women's 4x100m relay squad shortlisted for next month's World Relays, an Olympic qualification competition, in Poland. To practice baton exchange and train with other members of the team, Dutee had reached Patiala from Bhubaneswar on Sunday.
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