IPL 2022
IPL 2022: MI vs CSK clash gives me the feel of an India-Pakistan game, says Harbhajan Singh
Former India off-spinner Harbhajan Singh, who has been a part of both camps during his IPL playing career, reckons that an MI vs CSK match gives him the feel of an India-Pakistan game because the emotions run high. As compared to previous seasons, where the two teams have been in top half of points tally, 2022 IPL's clash between Mumbai and Chennai sees both teams languishing in the bottom half of the points table. While Chennai have a win against their name in six matches, Mumbai are yet to get a 'w' in six attempts in IPL 2022.
IPL 2022: Faf du Plessis, the catalyst of change at RCB, is leading from the front
Ahead of the beginning of the season, RCB made a big move in bringing du Plessis in to replace Virat Kohli as captain. The South African was bought by the RCB for Rs seven crore at the mega auction and was later appointed as the new skipper of the franchise. Well, the management may have made the decision at the right juncture, but it took a bit of time for the team's fans to register and lock in their minds that the Proteas batter has taken over the reins.
Punjab Kings' all-out approach with bat not paying off after Delhi self-implosion
It's extremely clear that Punjab's batting approach, as seen by the batters assembled by them ahead of IPL 2022 has been built on one theory: To go all-out by looking to hit boundaries all the time. The approach makes their batting order look thrilling when every batter in the line-up comes to the boundary-hitting party when they chased down 206 against Royal Challengers Bangalore where no batter reached fifty but everyone contributed enough to secure a win in their opening match of the tournament apart from posting totals of 198, 189 and 180.
IPL 2022: Sri Lanka's Matheesha Pathirana joins CSK as replacement for Adam Milne
Milne's journey in IPL 2022 has been cut short after suffering a hamstring injury in CSK's first match against Kolkata Knight Riders at the Wankhede Stadium in Mumbai on March 26, where he returned figures of 0/19 in 2.3 overs and has now been ruled out for the rest of the tournament.
IPL 2022: Amid Covid gloom, Ponting's words fired us all up, says DC's Axar after win over PBKS
The spark of motivation for Delhi came from head coach Ricky Ponting's words, which fired the side to thrash Punjab Kings by nine wickets in an all-round show and climb to number six on the points table. In the post-match virtual press conference, left-arm spin all-rounder Axar Patel revealed how Ponting's speech brought the best out of Delhi.
IPL 2022, Day 26 Highlights: Delhi Capitals beat Punjab Kings by 9 wickets
In a one-sided thriller, Delhi Capitals (DC) on Wednesday crushed Punjab Kings (PBKS) by 9 wickets. DC showed an impressive performance with both bat and the bowl. DC's net run rate also improved after this match.
After a devastating 96, RCB skipper Faf du Plessis says century round the corner
It was an emphatic win for RCB as they sealed their fifth win of the season, surpassing LSG in an emphatic all-round display that needed some effort. While du Plessis played a captain's knock, it was Shahbaz Ahmed who played the perfect anchor at the other end, steadying the innings. The duo stitched together a crucial stand of 70 runs.
RCB's athletic fielding complementing their batting prowess
RCB players produced some electric fielding efforts on the pitch which saw them defeat Delhi Capitals by 16 runs on April 16. In a match that saw Dinesh Karthik smash the DC bowling all around the park for his unbeaten 66, former skipper Virat Kohli plucked out a ripper from mid-air while Rawat, Prabhudessai and du Plessis provided the edge on the field, preventing several DC strikes from reaching the boundary ropes.
IPL Turning Point: Delhi's spin trio of Axar, Kuldeep, Lalit sink Punjab with slow show
At 33/0 in 3.3 overs, Punjab were well on their way to prove Simon Doull's prediction of a score of 180-190 correct from the pre-match pitch report. But everything changed when Delhi Capitals' skipper Rishabh Pant brought on Lalit Yadav's off-spin, his sixth bowling option, in the fourth over.
IPL 2022: Warner, Shaw's whirlwind 83-run stand seals Delhi's nine-wicket win over Punjab
After the bowlers put up an impressive show to bowl out Punjab for just 115, Warner and Shaw's fourth consecutive fifty-plus stand made short work of the chase completed with 57 balls to spare. Warner and Shaw came out all guns blazing by bringing up the half-century of their partnership in 3.3 overs, the fastest fifty by a team in IPL 2022. Shaw had initial difficulty against in-swing from Vaibhav Arora but took three boundaries in the opening over.
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