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Rayudu, hero of CSK's opening IPL victory against Mumbai Indians, missed out due to mild hamstring injury and Bravo has been also carrying a niggle of similar nature since the Caribbean Premier League where he didn't bowl in the last two games
`Too much is talked of their middle-order but we have lot of confidence in our youngsters’
While Kings XI played their first two matches at the Dubai International Stadium (against Delhi Capitals and Royal Challengers Bangalore), they played their last game at the Sharjah Cricket Stadium against Rajasthan Royals.
Sunil Narine is not able to play the big hits now. It would be better if Dinesh Karthik himself opens instead of Narine, so that his batting order does not go that far back. I will not open with Sunil Narine.
Renowned commentator Simon Doull sees the young talent as a future captain of the side. “I won’t be surprised if we see him leading an IPL side two years down the line at the ripe age of 22-23.
Speaking after their 37-run victory over Steve Smith-led Royals’, he said that seeing n pacers Shivam Mavi and Kamlesh Nagarkoti, who picked up two wickets each, was a delight.
As part of this mentorship programme, pacer Navdeep Saini has been paired with Proteas great Dale Steyn. RCB's Director of Cricket, Mike Hesson gave insights as to how this programme came about and what's the real purpose behind this move.
After being asked to bat first, KKR managed to score 174 runs from their allotted 20 overs. The Karthik-led side then easily defended the target, thanks to the brilliant performance from the bowlers.
In videos that surfaced on social media during the match, Uthappa can be seen picking the ball up during the third over of the match, move his fingers towards his mouth before rubbing briefly on the ball
Shivam Mavi, Kamlesh Nagarkoti, and Varun Chakravarthy took three wickets each
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Kings XI openers Rahul and Mayank Agarwal are enjoying a superb run in the ongoing IPL, leading the run-scorers' tally with 222 and 221 runs respectively, including one century and a fifty each
Mumbai, though, will have the psychological advantage having played a game here before
Given that this was his first offence of the season, Iyer was fined Rs 12 lakh under the IPL's Code of Conduct relating to minimum over-rate offence
For Australia who were put into bat, Ashleigh Gardner and skipper Meg Lanning made noticeable contributions of 29 and 21. For the visitors, Amelia Kerr starred with the ball as she returned with figures of 2/18 from her four overs.
On Monday, Royal Challengers Bangalore (RCB) defeated Mumbai in a Super Over thriller as the scores were levelled after the 20 overs at Dubai International Stadium.
The batting and bowling departments looked out of sorts in their first two matches. However, on Tuesday, they bounced back in all areas to record a comprehensive over an in-form Capitals.
Mumbai Indians skipper Rohit Sharma conceded that RCB controlled nerves better than his team.
Former Australian cricketer Brett Lee feels that the talk of his batting position is putting his side CSK under pressure and they need to sort the issues quickly so that they can win matches.
Chopra said the batsman turned himself into hero from zero in span of seven to eight deliveries.
