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IPL23 Match no 34 palyed between DC vs SRH this match DC won by 7 runs. Axar Patel (Player of the Match): "34 off 34 wasimportant than my bowling. I didn't understandanything. I ordered a coffee and then threewickets fell in an over. We hada chat with Pandeyand wanted to have runs on the board to defenda total. The wicket was slow and it was comingslowly. So, worked with Kuldeep as a tandem. Iloved bowling with Kuldeep. I enjoyed takingboth Klaasen and Mayank's wickets. Yes, thespace is increasing to keep my POTM awads. Yes,sure I will have my new coffee. Thank You."David Warner (Delhi Capitals Captain): "Love ithere, it's an amazing crowd. I haven't been herefor a long time, thanks for hanging around. Yeah,thank you all for your support, and for hangingaround. My hair can only get white from here andcan't get gray. We had challenges with our battersbut it's good that we can get two points.Mukesh delivered an excellent last over:. Thetwo spinners have been great, they are our rock.These are very experienced bowlers and theycan't let you down. You just need to maneuverthem well.From day1, he [Ishant Sharma] kept telling methat I am ready, Iam ready. unfortunately, hewas down with a fever during two games, butcredit to him for standing up tall. We spoke beforethe game that teams have won from here also.We have got back-to-back games against SRH,hopefully, we can start again. Thank you verymuch, thanks to the crowd too. Cheers."Active Catch of the Match: Kuldeep YadavLongest Six Hit in the Match: David Warner (88 m)Anrich Nortje (Delhi Capitals): "Really happy to getthe win. Still not the ideal performance. Maybea few runs short but the spinners dida fine joband we did a greatjob closing out the game inthe end. There was a bit of inconsistency on thelength and we decided to bowl there. I tried tokeep it simple. Just focus on the target and go.But the plan is always to keep it simple. The planwasn't to bowl half-volleys. But you get someidea of where the guy is going to hit and it helnsMukesh was very clear with his plans. He focureally well in the end. He took his time andexecuted the plan brilliantly."Aiden Markram (Sunrisers Hyderabad Skipper):"Not good with the bat again. Not enough intent.Looked like we were not excited to win this gameactually. We have to get back to the drawingboard and plan. We want to play a certain brandof cricket. But unfortunately, we are lettingourselves down with the bat I enjoy doing itbut the guys need to bring out theirA-game.Incredibly proud of the bowlers. They executedtheir plans brilliantly. Our bowling side doesn'tdeserve to be on the losing side tonight. Thatthe only positive thing we have got out of thisgame. Another thrilling finish in thisyear's IPL This time it was a low scoring thrillerin Hyderabad and it is David Warner and DelhiCapitals who held their nerves to win the game by7 runs. Amatch that was going SRH's way at onepoint turned around and it is back-to-back winsfor Warner and his men. With this, DC defendtheir lowest ever total in IPL history.Chasing a gettable 145 for the victory, SunriseHyderabad lost Harry Brook early. MayankAgarwal played well for his 49 off 39 balls. The impact player Rahul Tripathi struggled for his15 off 21 balls. Heinrich Klaasen provided thefireworks towards the end with his 31 off 19 ballsbut fell at the crucial time. Washington Sundartried his best with an unbeaten 24* off 15 balls.But it was a bridge too far as SRH finished with137/6 in 20 overs.Axar Patel was the pick of the bowlers for theDelhi Capitals with figures of 2/21 in 4 overs.Anrich Nortje chipped in with a couple of wickfor 33 runs in 4 overs. A wicket apiece for KuldeepYadav who kept it tight and Ishant Sharma who bowled 3 overs. A great bowling perfornance forthe Capitals and it was Impact Player MukeshKumar who held his nerve in the end.Earlier in the game, Delhi Capitals won the tossand elected to bat first. They lost Phil Salt for agolden duck. Skipper David Warner struggled forhis 21 off 20 balls. Mitchell Marsh looked goodand got a start for his 25 off 15 balls. ManishPandey scored 34 off 27 balls. Axar Patel scoreda crucial 34 off 34 balls. This enabled the Capto get to 144/9 in 20 overs which did not lookenough but it proved just about adequate in the Washington Sundar was the pick of the bowlersfor Sunrisers Hyderabad as he got 3 wickets ina single over. He finished with 3/28 in 4 overs.He was ably supported by Bhuvneshwar Kumarwho finished with exceptional figures of 2/11 in 4overs. Natarajan picked up the other wicket to fallas there were three run outs in the DC innings aswell.So, Delhi gets their second win in 7 games and 2in a row. They are now level on points with SRand KKR and only behind them on Net Run Rae.The IPL is becoming interesting as we touch the halfway point of the tournament in the leaguestage. This is the 5th consecutive win for DC overSRH in IPL.

IPL23 Match No 32 RCB vs RR this match RCB won by 7 runs. Glenn Maxwell: "Yeah, it's a position that I don'tmind coming to bat. I have done that many timesplaying for Australia whenever they lose twoquick wickets in the powerplay. Came into theseason with good form, and have a good trust inthe dressing room.With the new ball, it skidded off the surfaceand came nicely to the bat and needed to beproactive. As the ball became old, it became a bittricky for the batters. You saw the chaos in the lastphase of the innings. But thought that the scorewe put in was enough on this surface.I thought that it was my job to finish the jobfor the team. Should have batted through andmade sure that wve end up posting a big total. IfImanaged to get through that ball or even tooka single, I would have stayed longer and finishedthe innings. I think it's myjob, very simple. Thereis a big gap in the batting line-up which I have to Royal Challengers Bangalore won by 7 runstake the responsibility to fill. Overall, happy withthe win."Virat Kohli (Royal Challengers Bangalore Captain):"To be honest we had this discussion at the toss,the pitch looked dry. The impotant thing was,we had10 overs under the lights and if we hit theright lines they could not get it a way but with theimpact player rule the game is different and weare very happy we could win it.I was saying to Harshal upstairs because I thinkthis counter-attack was better than the ChennaiGame. The way Maxi came out and batted wasamazing, to take the game away in just 4 overs,and then Fafjoined in too, it was an amazing partnership. We thought at one stage 160 wouldbe enough but the way they batted, they put us ina commanding position.Siraj's wicket of Buttler was phenomenal, he isbowling as well as I've seen over, he is leadingour attack until Josh comes in next game andhe has been doing a tremendous job, I'm realyhappy with him. Harshal bowls the tough overs,he does not have the new ball in hand, and youare going to get hit at times but he isa smart guyand for him to bowl like that and close the gamewas fantastic. He bowled well in the Delhi game too and once Josh is back we will have a newbowling unit"Active Catch of the Match: Shahbaz Ahmed (SanjuSamson's catch)Longest Six Award: Glenn Maxwell (91 Metres)Most Fours Award: Faf du Plessis (8 Fours)Most Valuable Asset of the Match: Glenn Maxwell Mohammed Siraj (Royal Challengers Bangaloreand current Purple Cap Holder): "Ialways try tokeep it simple and bowl on good length tryingto swing it I am enjoying the challenge to bowlwith the new ball. The ball is coming out of thehand nicely. Purple Cap comes and goes butperforming consistently is what matters themost. Only one ball has swung into Jaiswal andthe others went aCross. Then I concentrated onSCrambled seam more often. There was a bitreverse and not east to hit those for sixes. Hajwith the role of a leader of the bowling."Sanju Samson (Rajasthan Royals Captain): "Ahh..I think when we play in this ground anythingaround 12-13 runs in the final over is gettable.It's all about momentum and usually, Hettie(Hetmyer) does it for us. Today, Jurel was briliantand scored well. But it was a matter ofa shothere and there. The selection of the numberthree batter depends on which team we areplaying against, who is bowling and what is thesituation. Whether we are chasing or setting atarget. Yeah, I think with his experience Ashwis definitely a batter to come ata pressuresituation. He has done it before. He was there in acOuple of matches and did well to provide someboundaries. So, he was the man at that moment.Winning and losing are the parts and parcels ofthe game. In IPL these come and go (on losingmargins getting closer). We need to put it on theback and move in with daily routines."7:30 PM IST | AND WITH THAT THE ROYALCHALLENGERS BANGALORE SEAL A THRILLINGVICTORY IN THE GAME! They defeata hapleceRajasthan Royals by 7 runs to become the 6ttteam to achieve 8 points this season! The tablebecomes even tighter with this crucial victory for Kohli and his troops!Rajasthan Royals won the toss and elected tobowl first, they were in dreamland soon! TrentBoult showed off his powerplay bowling prowessto silence the Chinnaswamy crowd by sendingKing Kohli packing for a golden duck! He soonfollowed it up with the wicket of Shahbaz Ahmedin the 3rd over to leave RCB reeling at 12/2 at onestage.However, Glenn Maxwell and Faf du Plessissteadied the ship first and then went onto script one of the best partnerships in recent history! Theduo stitched together a 127 run-stand, smashinghalf centuries on the way to take their team to astrong position at 139/2 before Yashasvi Jaiswalproduced a brilliant piece of fielding to run Faf outin the 14th over!The floodgates opened after Faf's run-out asMaxi and 5 others followNed suit to end RCB'sinnings at 189/9 at end of the first 20 overs.Glenn Maxwell top scored for his team with7runs off 44 balls while Trent Boult and SandeeySharma picked up 2 wickets each. Come the chase, it was Mohammad Siraj's turn toshow off his prowess. The Indian pacer uprootedButtler's middle stump in the very first over tosend him packing for a duck. Post that it was theSouthpaw-ers who went to add 98 runs to thetotal in the next 11 overs to put Rajasthan in thedriver's seat in the chase.Devdutt Padikkal went onto notch up a half-century but soon after that both Padikkal andJaiswal fell to identical dismissals as King Kohlisent both of them back with two simple catchesat long on! And once again 3 others followed suitas Rajasthan could not keep up with the climtrun-rate. Harshal Patel held his nerve in the lastover to claim a fantastic victory for his team! Devdutt Padikkal was the top scorer in the chasewith 52 runs off 34 balls while Harshal Patel foundhis mojo back to pick up 3/32 from his quota of 4Overs.The table tightens with Bangalore's victory hereand they will look to now string along a few more.They have qualified in every season they havewon their Go Green Match! Will the history remainthe same this season .

IPL23 Match no 30th LSG vs GT this match GT won by 7 runs. Mohit Sharma (Player of the Match): "Nothingis special. Everything is normal. I feel theconsistency is there and it's in process. The bestthing about this team is that you do well or bad,you need to go back and do the process rightfrom the beginning.You don't need to do a lot of things. Just do thepractice and do it with honesty. Yeah, this isspecial. The believe factor didn't go anywhere.Hardik was again and again telling us that weare winning this game, we are winning thisgame. Ashu [Ashish Nehra] Bhai came in duringthe timeoutand told us to do our work with fullhonesty and things will happen. It was importantto stay positive and focus on the present.I didn't think too much, was just clear with my thought process. I wasn't thinking too much thatneed to bol and bouncer or a yorkerso thebatter keeps judging."Hardik Pandya (Gujarat Titans Captain): "This isa way of God telling us it's okay after the first twogames, something incredible happened today.The only message I wanted to give was let'snot have any regrets. As a champion player youshould be happy and satisfied with the effort,no matter the result The atmosphere changedand people started believing, a win like this canchange your tournament completely.I think the way the wicket was playing and onthe high end side we could have got 10 runsmore. The pitch was very slow, they bowled reallywell, they put the pressure on us anda couple ofbatters did not get the runs and we spoke aboutin the strategic timeout that a batter needs to bat long. They ticked off in the powerplay but I'nmhappy we were able to come back.When there was 30 balls in 30 I felt they were stillIahead but when 27 off4 overs came, I sniffedan opportunity and kind of had a sense that wemight be in the game, let's keep going andeverysingle bowler contributed andas the captain ofGujarat Titans I could not have asked for more.The amount of cricket Mo [Mohit Sharma] hasplayedI don't think I have to interfere, theexecution, the calmness he showed made myjob easy. At the same time the over that Shamibowled, showed his experience and specialmention to Jayantas well, bowling like this after a long time of not playing. The credit is reallytheirs."Active catch of the match: Naveen-ul-HaqMost fours in the match: KL RahulMost valuable asset of the match: Krunal PandyaGame-changer of the match: Hardik Pandya Noor Ahmad (Gujarat Titans): "First ofall, thanksto almighty Allah. We were in a crucial situation.We wanted to attack and that's what we achieved.In the first over, I tried to control a bit. In thesecond over I got the rhythm, I wanted the batterto play on the front foot and bowled good areas.In the end, it wasa good result. I didn't make anychanges, kept it simple. I wanted to hit the rightareas and that's whatI desired"KL Rahul (LSG Captain): "I don't know how thshas happened and it happened so fast. That's KL Rahul (LSG Captain): "Idon't know how thishas happened and it happened so fast That'scricket which keeps reminding us that the gameis never won until the last ball. I stll can't put afinger on itand say where we went wrong but it iswhat it is, we've lost 2 points. We had the game inour pockets and we let it slip.I think we were quite brilliant. 135 is probablypar or 1O under par and we bowled really well.We know these conditions so we used it well.bowlers were very clear with their plans and thenexecution was spot on. We started well with the bat as well. I can't believe what has happened anawe just have to accept it as it is. Its a game andthese things keep happening but this is going tosting us fora while and we'l try and come backstrong. We are doing a lot of things right. We are8 points strong, 7games we have played. We arestill goodas a team. These things happen you aresomething on the wrong side.We were well ahead of the game andI wasn'ttrying to bat really deep but still trying to playshot and trying to take on the bowlersI fancybut they bowled really well in those 2-3 over period with Noorand Jayant. Should have takenfew more chances as we had wickets in hand butwasn'tan easy wicket for batters to come in andget going straightaway. I should have taken a fewmore chances or should have hit a few more offthe middle of the bat."7:15 PM IST | GUJARAT TITANS HAVE STOLENAN INCREDIBLE VICTORY FROM THE JAWS OFDEFEAT! WE HAVE JUST SEEN 4 WICKETS FALLIN 4 BALLS IN THE LAST OVER! They shockedand defeated Lucknow Super Giants by 7 runsto make it 4 victories from the first 6 matchesthe season! What a collapse this has been forLucknow Super Giants! GUJARAT TITANS HAVE STOLENAN INCREDIBLE VICTORY FROM THE JAWS OFDEFEAT! WE HAVE JUST SEEN 4 WICKETS FALLIN 4 BALLS IN THE LAST OVER! They shockedand defeated Lucknow Super Giants by 7 runsto make it 4 victories from the first 6 matches ofthe season! What a collapse this has been for theLucknow Super Giants!Gujarat Titans won the toss and elected to batfirst, the decision backfired almost immediateKrunal Pandya was handed the second overof the match and he dismissed the in-formShubman Gill for a duck to put the Titans underearly pressure! However, Wriddhiman Saha andHardik Pandya stabilized the innings, stitchingtogether a 68 run-stand before Krunal Pandyastruck again to dismiss Wriddhiman Saha on 47runs off 37 deliveries.Hardik Pandya stood firm as he delivered acaptain's knock, top scoring for his team with 66runs off 50 balls! Although the rest of the batterscould not contribute much to the score and thGujarat Titans were restricted to 135/6 fromtheir 20 overs. Krunal Pandya was the pick of the bowlers as he picked up 2/16 from his quota of 4Overs.Come the chase, there were always fears as thetrack was getting slower as the match progressed.KL Rahul became the first player to play out backto back maidens in the first over of an innings, butMayers and KL Rahul soon swung momentumback in Lucknow's favour. The duo utilized thepowerplay to the fullest extent as they smashed55 runs in 6.2 overs before Rashid Khan strucsend Mayers back to the dugout. Krunal Pandya walked in at No. 3 and played theperfect fiddle for KL Rahul who was playing theanchor role, the Southpaw scored run-a-ball 23to bring his team to a strong position at 106/I2from 14.3 overs. Noor Ahmad got the crucialbreakthrough and it was a stupendous collapsefollowed. With 3O runs required off 30 deliveriesand KL Rahul still at the crease with 8 wicketsremaining, it looked like a dead game.However, the Gujarat Titans bowlers turned tlgame on it's head through some tight bowlinyand wickets. Noor Ahmad dismissed Nicholas Pooran for just a single run and Mohit Sharma'sfairy-tale comeback story continued! Gujaratwent onto pick up 4 wickets in the last over toeventualy snatch the victory and the points fromLucknow's claws! The team from UP are yet to winagainst their counterparts from Gujarat!A huge confidence boosting victory for GujaratTitans and that too in a game where they havebatted first! They will be ecstatic with the resultand will look to build on this in the upcomingmatches!

IPL23 Match No 27 RCB vs PBKS This match RCB won by 24 runs.Mohammed Siraj (Player of the Match): "Imissedmy length on the first ball and bowled a bit short.Igot some swing so thought ofpitching it a bit up.IfI pick a wicket in the poweplay then I will setthe tone for the future matches as the oppositionteam gets under pressure.The lockdown was most important for mebecause my performances went down beforethat. I thought it as my last year and gave my bestin the lockdown. I worked hard in the gym andfocused on my bowling which made me confidentin the next IPL.Ihave recently played one-day internationalsso feeling myself in a good rhythm. The ball isleaving the wrists well. My confidence is very high.Iam an excellent fielder sometimes I do misfield.I want to improve in every facet of the gamebecauseIdon't want to lose my place in the teamfor not being able to do this or that so I want toimprove in every facet of the game."Mohammed Siraj is the player of the match andalso gets the Purple Cap.Virat Kohli (Royal Challengers Bangalore Captain):"Yeah, exactly that's what I said earlier:. This resultdoesn't make us an invincible team and theresults before this game doesn't make us a badteam. The table doesn't define your mood. It'stowards games 12-13 that decides where we are.We assessed the conditions really well. Theconditions changed drastically in the first half.Ithink Faf batted outstandingly in the first innings.The way he batted helped us add 20-30 extraruns to the total. We had to spend some extratime since we weren't batting deep.I felt the wicket underneath was rough. As soonas the 7-8 over was done, the ball was goingbashed through the square, and the ball wasgetting scuffed up. I think there was not enoughwater there as the pitch stays shiny if it is donewell. There were hardly any sixes hit off the backfoot against the spinners. Even off the seamers,the ball wasn't going well.Had we stayed in we hada chance to givea cracktowards 190 or 200. At the end, it was a goodjobto get 175.I told the bowlers to keep your chesthigh, keep your heads high and tell that you can take the wickets here. Cannot afford to take thegame deep when they are 6-7 wickets down. Mostof the teams bat deep but we had options for theball. 25 runs give you good enough margins ofboost to your run rate.At the halfway stage of the game, the thoughtwas to set the intensity to the opposition andyou kinda break the game open when you takefour wickets in the powerplay as well. I think youcannot break the game one endas well, We justneed to be present out there and take the game."Wanindu Hasaranga (Royal ChallengersBangalore): "Yeah, there was a little bit of grip forthe spinners and I tried to bowl wicket-to-wicketkeeping it tighter. Also tried to bowl my primarywicket-taking (Googly) deliveries. I didn't think Icould manage a direct hit (Sam Curran run-out)from there and get a run-out It was unbelievable.Happy with the win, a great atmosphere here atRCB andI am enjoying the time."Sam Curran (Punjab Kings Captain): "I thoughtwe played really well as a group. The way Fafand Virat played was really good as well, credit tothem. But at the same timeI felt they got awefrom us too well. In the end we didn't probablybat well enough.Sam Curran (Punjab Kings Captain): "T thoughtwe played really well as a group. The way Fafand Virat played was really good as well, credit tothem. But at the same time I felt they got awayfrom us too well. In the end we didn't probablybat well enough.They bowled well and we lost wickets early withsome run outs as well. The conditions were quitestrange as wel. We thought it was gonna rain tone stage. Lots to learn from.Its a really good wicket with good sized boundaries. Any wicket which you play on mustbe good wicket. Fair contest with batand ball. Istill think the wicket was really good today. Wedid a lot of things right today butjust a couple ofthings with the bat we probably would look backon and regroup.The games come thick and fast. We go back toMumbai on Saturday, so I guess its not panic. Itsjust about learning from it andI am sure Mumbaiwill be a really gOod wicket for our batters as iCredit to RCB but we are really excited alread,Saturday." After being sent to bat first, Faf du Plessis andVirat Kohli, the usual openers set a perfectplatform for big a commendable total. Theystarted off with some crisp stroke play mixed withexcellent running between the wickets. The duostuck around for a long time and notched up 137runs for the opening wicket. This was also thehighest partnership in Mohali. In addition, thiswas the second time a century-plus stand waswitnessed in this edition of IPL, and guess whwas RCB again.The first breakthrough came in the first ball of The first breakthrough came in the first ball ofthe 17th over when skipper Sam Curran handedthe ball to Harpreet Brar. The left-arm spinnerenforced two wickets in two balls removingVirat Kohli and Glenn Maxwell. Faf playedsome outrageous shots but was taken abackby the wittiness of Nathan Ellis. With some latecontributions from the middle order, RCB couldfetch 174 runs on the board for the loss of fourwickets. Faf du Plessis (84) and Virat Kohli (59)were the highest run-getters while Brar emerwith two wickets.Arriving for the chase, Punjab Kings were out onthe back foot by the RCB bowlers. MohammedSiraj and Wayne Parnell operated from both endsenforcing a flurry of wickets in the Dhawan-lessPunjab side. Atharva Taide failed to gleam for thesecond time in the competition while Matt Shortreturned back with just eight runs.Liam Livingstone was a no-show on his firstexposure in the 16th edition of IPL The middleorder collapsed and it was just PrabhsimranSingh (46) who looked strong from the topfive. It felt as if he was filling the big shoes of usual skipper Shikhar Dhawan and was doing afabulous job.Whenever the Punjab-based franchise tried tostitch partnerships, RCB bowlers returned witha scalp. Mohammed Siraj was spitting venomtoday and was well assisted by Wayne Parnelland Harshal Patel. Although Jitesh Sharma (41off27) was the lone assaulter for PBKS, he failed tosteer his side past the finishing line. Virat Kohlidropped his catch while the gloveman was orbut it didn't matter much as Siraj took the onu.of all-out folding on his own shoulders. Wanindu Hasaranga was sensational with the ball andon the field as well. He bagged two wickets andforced a run-out on Harpreet Singh Bhatia.One of the big positives for RCB was the numberof successful reviews they had. Includingtwo spot-on reviews for a wide in the firstinnings, they've taken four successful reviews.Mohammed Siraj was the star with four wicketsunder his name. In the end, Punjab Kings couldgather just 150 runs on the board, which mea24 runs victory for RCB.

IPL23 Match no 22 KKR vs MI this match MI win by 5 wickets. Venkatesh Iyer: "Thank you, would have beenhappier if we had finished on a winning note butnonetheless, pleased with my batting. That is therole that management has assigned to me, andit is my responsibility to repay them. Obviously, itwas a lovely wicket to bat on. Once you've sCored30-40 runs, scoring becomes easy. I'm overjoyedto have sCoreda hundred. Their new ball bowlersare both swing bowlers, and it becomes difficultonce they settle down. So I didn't want to allowthem to settle. It becomes easier to play themonce the swing goes off. When you're out theredoing something for the team, you forget aboutyour injury. The wicket was fantastic, andI washaving a great time out there. In retrospect, Ibelieve we scored 15-20 runs fewer, and theway MI was going, they could have scoredit inanother over. But yeah, we were short" Suryakumar Yadav (Mumbai Indians Captain):"Obviously we are happy. And that is what thechat was all about before the game. I would haveloved to finish the game but happy with the wayI batted. I was very pleased with how the teamperformed. We thought the wicket was a littledry in the afternoon, but the way the guys battedsettled it down in the evening. In day games atthe Wankhede, 160-170 is a good score and canbe chasable too if one gets a good start. That iswhat exactly Kishan did. He got us off to a greatstart. I took my time with the first five-seven balls,thinking that if I could get my eye in, I couldsCore. I walked onto bat very confident, relaxedand tension free. We know what kind of firepowerwe have lower down the order if the top order gives us a good start. (Piyush Chawla)It was alegenday spell. He raised his hand when wereunder pressure. He always asks for the bowlingwhenever the pressure is there."Active Catch of the Match: Hrithik ShokeenLongest Six Hit in the Match: Tim David (95m)Most Fours Hit in the Match: Venkatesh Iyer Nitish Rana (Kolkata Knight Riders Captain): "Ithink we were 15-20 runs shot Feeling sorry forVenky, that he played so well, scoreda hundredand still ended up on the losing side. Wholeteams knows that (Venky lyer is the secondcenturion for KKR). In the upcoming matches,hopefully even others will score centuries.The way Ishan targeted Sunny, was special. Wecould have dragged the game had we bowledbetter in power-play. Would want mny bowlingto deliver. 1-2 bad games is nota cause of worry,but if we are failing in 5 matches, that is a sign of Rohit Sharma came in as an impact playerand opened the batting for MI alongsideIshan Kishan. Both came out all guns blazingand smashed the KKR bowlers to all parts ofMumbai. While Kishan hammered boundaryafter boundary, Rohit's stay was short but was anentertaining one. Umesh Yadav took a blinder atthe edge of the circle to dismiss Hitman (20 off13) in the 5th over. But before getting out, Rohitadded 65 runs for the first wicket in no time withhis partner Kishan doing all the hard yards oftonking boundaries. Kishan (58 off 25) went on to score his firstIPL fifty this year and was out a few balls afterthe milestone, while the number three batterSuryakumar Yadav (43 off 25) playeda quickfireknock and came back into the form with a bang.He was magnificent with his trademark shotsand alongside Tilak Varma (30 off 25) set up thematch for MI. Both added 60 runs for the thirdwicket before the latter lost his stumps to SuyashSharma (2/27), who was brilliant with the ballfKKR.Tim David and SKY plaved some good shots and tried to finish the game early. But a coupleof wickets with MI needing a few runs delayedthe finish only for a few deliveries. David (24* off13) remained unbeaten and took the team homewith 14 balls remaining!Earlier in the afternoon, the stand-in skipper ofMI, Suryakumar Yadav, won the toss and decidedto bowl first. KKR didn't start well, as they lostNarayan Jagadeesan for a duck in the secondOver.Venkatesh Iyer came at number three, and then it was all about him. The southpaw smashed all theboundaries until the 10th over and fought likealone warrior with a sour knee. He added 46 runsfor the second wicket alongside RahmanullahGurbaz, who didn't contribute much and hadanother failure in the IPL Soon after, KKR Ilosttheir skipper Nitish Rana in the bowling of HrithikShokeen.But Shardul Thakur was promoted up theorder, and he supported the Madhya Pradeshall-rounder in resurrecting the innings with apartnership of 50 runs for the fourth wicket. While Thakur rotated the strike, Venky Iyer was theaggressor smashing boundary after boundary.After the dismissal of Shardul in the 13th over,Venky slowed down a touch but didn't lose themomentum and completed his maiden IPLhundred. This was KKR's first hundred afterBrendon McCullum's 158 against RCB in 2008.Venkatesh Iyer was out at 104 off 51 balls,including 9 sixes and 6 fours, with the team scoreat 159/6. While Rinku Singh failed to give theteam a good finishing, Andre Russell finally strucKsome lusty blows to propel the team to185/6 in their allotted 20 overs.For MI, Shokeen picked two wickets and was thebest bowler, while apart from debutant ArjunTendulkar, everyone who bowled scalped a wicketeach.7:20 PM ISTI Mumbai Indians dominate therun chase as they go home with two more pointsby beating Kolkata Knight Riders by 5 wickets'Venkatesh Iyer's century goes in vain as KKRbowlers fail to restrict the opposition. On the otherhand, MI batters Ishan Kishan and Suryakumar Yadav comeback to form by scoring a goodamount of runs in the fixture!

IPL23 Match no 21 LSG VS PBKS This match PBKS won by 2 wickets. Sikandar Raza (Player of the match): "Yeah, itfeels great, to be honest. But when I got out therewere a few demons in my mind. But credit goesto Shahrukh for the way he batted and took theteam over the line. It's one of the biggest stageandI was looking to perform well here. Ihadafewaverage games, good to put on a show today.I think Jitesh's wicket was a game-changing one ifhe would have been at the crease he would havefinished off the game with a few overs to spare.But the way Shahrukh played was pretty good, hejust came and hit the first ball for the six."Sam Curran (Punjab Kings Captain): "T knewyou gonna say that. Amazing win. Seems likethe franchise loves the close games. It's good tocome out on top. I thought our. spinners bowlednicely, the way G came in with the ball was good.The way Sikandar Raza came in and batted wasreally good. I think Trev and the other coachingside were really clear with his [Shahrukh Khan]roles in the team. Perhaps guys who can hit sixes.I think in IPL you go ground to ground and comeup with a different game plan. I thought thewhole bowling group bowled really wel. You haveso many options to work which is really well. Ihaven't done it before."This is the only second time that LSG have lostwhile defending a total in IPL. They have won8 of the 10 occasions when they have battedfirst. The last time LSG lost while defending wasagainst Gujarat Titans back in 2022 which wastheir first-ever IPL game.Shahrukh Khan (Punjab Kings): "Yeah, I am reallyfeeling good. The way everyone played. Razaplayed very well. I thought Ijust came into thmiddle a bit late. Just when Jlitesh got out it w:a strategic timeout. I try to use my power. IfI tryto be cheeky it doesn't work for nme. When Brar was batting, I just said him to go for a big shotas I was at the other end even if he gets out.Unfortunately, he got out to Wood."KL Rahul (Lucknow Super Giants Captain): "Yes,we were about 1O runs short in the end. The dewcame in the endand made life easier for thebatters. We didn't do a goodjob with the ball.You can't rely on previous games when you'replaying on new ground and pitch. Obviously,you can't rely on the same players to do thejob everv match. We take things as they come.assess them as they happen, and don't really setgoals for ourselves. We can get to 180-190 if acouple of batters get in and play good knocks.Unfortunately, today's batters hit good shots butwere caughtjust inside the boundary. Somedaysit goes for sixes. We would have gotten those10-15 extra runs on another day, and it wouldhave made all the difference.(On his catch) The game was on the line, andIalways try to give my all when Im on the fielcYou need to give your best every game and psome performances. Each player has a distinct role to play, which iswhy it is referred to as a team game. We have 7-8batters on our team, and only a fewof them canclear any boundary. Some are not as powerfulas others, but they are talented. It is about eachplayer doing their part and playing their role,which is what makes a team exciting, and thatis what we must do. Pooran and Stoinis are twopower hitters in our lineup. Mayers at the top takethe aggressive approach, and the restof us haveto assess the situation and stick to what workthem. It's all about giving them the confidence wdo what they want"|We have been treated to somenerve-wracking moments in the ongoingIPL season and this had to be one of them. Thematch swung like a see-saw and it was the PunjabKings' middle and lower batting order that helpedthem cross the finish line. Shahrukh Khan (23*off 10 balls)!! You gotta keep faith in him andthe 27-year-old will finish matches for you jus.as he does for his State, Tamil Nadu.A Shikhar Dhawan-devoid Punjab side gets back to winningways after two losses under the leadership ofstand-in skipper Sam Curran.Yudhvir Singh Charak hada dream IPL debutwith the new bal in hand as the tall pacerremoved Atharva Taide right in the first over ofthe innings and drew the first blood. Right in hissecond over the Jammu-based pacer uprootedthe off stick of Prabhsimran Singh who wasbeaten on the inside edge during the intendedrive. Matthew Short stepped up and played some outrageous shots, scoring 34 runs off 22balls while batting one down. He was succoredby Harpreet Singh Bhatia (run-a-ball 22) whostruggled against the LSG bowling attack.Wickets fell in patches but it was Sikandar Razawho gleamed at the need of the hour. Just whenthe Punjab-based franchise was falling behindwith the required run rate, Sikandar Raza (57 off41 balls) hit two sixes and a four against Krun.Pandya in the halfway stage. He went on tobecome the first Zimbabwean cricketer to notch a fifty in IPL and narrow down the equation tosome extent. But alas! The all-rounder couldn'tfinish the chase as Ravi Bishnoi who wasintroduced late got the better in the 18th over.With 20 runs needed from the last twoovers, Shahrukh Khan and Harpreet Brar had theassignment put out in front of their eyes. MarkWood delivered an excellent 19th over barrina six off the top edge of the blade of ShahrukWith 7 runs needed off the last over, the equationseemed to difficult for the wrist spinner Bishnoi.Shahrukh Khan fetched a couple of doubles andsmashed the third ball of the over towards widishlong off to bring back triumph in the Punjabcamp.Charak, Wood, and Bishnoi scalped twO wicketseach followed by solitary pieces for Gowtham andPandya.Losing the toss, KL Rahul and his boys had to batfirst. Kyle Mayers capitalized on the new hardand notched up some quick runs. He smasheusome breathtaking sixes but was outfoxed by left-KL Rahul was the one grafting from one end andKrunal Pandya joined hands with him for the thiwicket jolting 48 runs to the tally.Post this, the skipper fell short of assistance fronthe other end as player came in and went backto the pavilion. It was a no-show for NicholasPooran today as Kagiso Rabada got the better cthe calypso power. Stoinis popped up with someblows but could score just 15 runs off 11 balls.Rahul's 74 off 56 balls helped LSG reach 159 ruat the end of 20 overs.

IPL23 Match no 20 RCB vs DC this match RCB won by 23 runs.Virat Kohli (Player of the Match): "A tricky one.When it went up in the air, I first of all made sureno one's close to me as I wanted space to judgethe ball. It was difficult one and the other2 werequite easy.To be honest I was very disappointed that I gotoff to a full toss. I've been playing really well. After50I was targeting 30-35 runs in the next 10 balls.That's usually howIplay and that would havehelped us getting past 200. There was 1 thingImentioned to the guys in the change room.175 is enough on this pitch. It felt like it sloweddown considerably when the spinners came onto bowl and even the balls to hit off the backfootof Kuldeep specially were holding up. Unlike theother games that we played, maybe because weplayed in the day so I think we did well enough to get to 175 in the endand we had belief that itsenough.Player of the Match: Virat KohliFaf du Plessis (Royal Challengers BangaloreCaptain): "We needed that just to get theconfidence back in the group. T20 cricket is agame of that especially the bowling unit. We wereunfortunate to defend in a few games now. Its notalways easy at Chinnaswamy. So very proudofthe bowlers tonightIt was the first day game of the season also withthis new rule now with the extra batter you alwayswant to have some more runs on the board. 175ata day game normally feels like a good score.The way we bowled in the first6 overs, not onlytoday but in all the gamnes. Siraj setting the tonebeautifully.First 6 overs are the most important with the bat.You wanna try and play positive, get ahead in thegame almost. The way that they bowled was justunbelievable. Huge credit to our seamers in thefirst 6."Vyshak Vijaykumar (Royal ChallengersBangalore): "I didn't know that (on being therecord holder of Vyshak Vijaykumar's spell of4-0-20-3 are the best figures for an Indianbowler playing for RCB on IPL debut). It wasanice feeling to be playing here. It's my first outing.I was looking for an opportunity for a long timeand finally got a game. Yeah, Faf told me thatthe wicket has slightly on the slower side anditwas holding up a bit. Hence I went for a changeof paces. It rewarded me. I kept on bowling chard lengths with some change of pace. Yeah,again that was Faf who came in and said to go for a slower one when Warner was going all gunsblazing and it paid off for me. I was working onknuckleball for two years and now finally it haspaid the dividend for me. I was a bit nervous atthe start, but the management said to go Outthere andexpress myself. Yeah, I was bowlingatthe nets and helping out my teammates."David Warner (Delhi Capitals Captain): "Yeah, lookI said at the toss that we need to bat well. Ourbatting didn't get together and we failed to ctdown a total that our bowvlers did well to restrictthem. See, once we lose three wickets inside thepowerplay, you are always behind the game. Sirajwith his tail up was bowling magnificently. See itshould have been an easy task to chase that scorein this ground but we failed to build partnershipsand couldn't get the win. The positives are thatOur bowlers were on spot and they managed torestrict the opposition. We have a five days offfrom the game now, and will come with betterintent. Yeah, we saw teams coming back fromlosing five games ina row to lift the trophy. Sowe will have that in mind and try to replicate tsame. powerful performance fromthe bowlers and handy contributions from thetop order has propelled the Royal ChallengersBangalore get their second victory in the IndianPremier League defeating the Delhi Capitals by23 runs.Quick recap to the game as DC won the toss andelected to chase. Faf du Plessis and Virat Kohliprovided another good start to RCB adding 42runs for the first wicket. Mitch Marsh removindu Plessis inside the powerplay broke the stariu.Mahipal Lomror and Kohli then added 47 forthe 2nd wicket with the former skipper gettinganother half century but he was dismissed by LalitYadav off a full toss as the spinners tied down thescoring rate. Mahipal Lomror got dismissed for 26off 18 balls in the 13th over, handing the secondwicket to Mitch Marsh.DC picked up 3 wickets in 3 balls with Axar Patelgetting his second in the 14th over followed bKuldeep Yadav's first 2 balls in the next overfetching him 2 wickets in form of Glenn Maxwell(24) and Dinesh Karthik fora golden duck.The left handed pair of Anuj Rawat and ShahbazAhmed kept the scoreboard ticking and helpedRCB cross the 170 run mark providing somecushion to the bowlers. Kuldeep Yadav (2/23) andMitchell Marsh (2/18) picked up a couple with LalitYadav and Axar taking one wicket apiece.RCB followed the batting performance with atremendous start in the powerplay getting 3early wickets inside the first 3 overs. Prithvi Shawopened the innings as the impact player andwas run out the very second ball with Anuj Ravwuhitting the bull's eye.Mitchell Marsh was the second man to departwith Wayne Parnell striking in his first over. Sirajthen bowled another beautiful ove, the third ofthe chase and sent back the young Yash Dhul forjust a single. DC also lost skipper David Warnerinside the powerplay and lost half of their side for53 runs with Abhishek Porel also departing soon.Manish Pandey playing at his home turf playedsome beautiful strokes and helped himself toa 50 in 38 balls but was sent back by WanindıHasaranga in the 14th over. Axar Patel failed tocarry his form and was out for 21 in 14 balls. AmanVijaykumar Vyshak on his IPL debut registeredthe best figures for RCB with 3/20 in 4 overs andgot good support from Mohammed Siraj (2/23)with Wayne Parnell, Harshal Patel and WaninduHasaranga making a comeback picking upawicket each stopping the Capitals for 151/9 anddefending the total with ease.

IPL23 Match no 19 KKR vs SRH this match SRH won by 23 runs. Harry Brook (Player of the Match): "It was aspecial night and thankfully we go over the lineas well. It got a little bit tensed in the middle therebut its good to be on the winning side tonight.A lot of people say opening the batting in T20 isthe best time to bat. You only have 2 fielders outso but I'm happy to bat anywhere. Batted in theTests at 5 and quite probably batted at 5 in T20cricket also but Im happy to do whatever theteam needs.Unfortunately my 4 Test hundreds have to beabove this one but its definitely up there and thecrowd tonight was phenomenal. Those balls Ifaced against Chakaravarthy and the crowd wasgoing mental so its good to be playing in front ofsuch a great stadium and great fans tonight so Ienjoyed it.I was put under pressure by myself after a first I was put under pressure by myselfafter a firstfew games. Being on social media, people callingyou rubbish and you slightly start to doubtyourselfa little bit but I just went out there witha 'I don't care' mentality tonight and thankfully itcame off.There are a lot of Indian fans out there whoprobably gonna be saying 'well done' tonight butthey were slagging me offa few days ago so Imglad that I was able to shut them up to be honest.'Aiden Markram (Sunrisers Hyderabad Captain);:"Thanks, Harsha. It is great to win away fromhome. The total was not safe. It was a toughgame but hats off to the bowlers to help us getover the line. The field is slightly smaller and theoutfield is quick. A// the players gave their bestand played with intent. Yeah, suppose we got offto a great start and played with freedom. We batdeep and that's the result of the impact players.I think it worked quite well. We know that Harryis a great talent. He hits good cricket shots inthe powerplay and can take us deep. He is Mrreliable for sure. It was a tough wicketas a bowlerand kudos to him for keeping it tight. It's a greatbunch of fellows. There is an extra bit of banter.It's cricket at the endof the day, teaches you alesson.It's great to be the captain of the team andend up with a wvin."Bhuvneshwar Kumar (Sunrisers Hyderabad):"Ahh... First of all, to start, we wanted to pickearlywickets and that is the way we could have stoppedthem. When you are defending the totals, youneed to pick early wickets. In the final over of thepowerplay, they took on our bowler and scored afew quick runs which kept the game hanging inbalance. But we came back well to restrict them.Iam nota big fan of bowling slower balls butthat is what the game needs nowadays. I justtried to bowl according to the situation, accoruyto the batters how they reacted to my previousdeliveries, seeing the dimensions and puttingthem in the rightareas.Just go to him (on asking about Umran Malik'ssecond over after going for plenty in his first over).He is a fiery pace bowler and can be a game-changer. One shouldn't confuse him, you shouldallow the youngster to bowl good deliveries bybacking him.I think the pitch is a bad one for the bowlers,haha! Of course, it is an excellent one for thebatters! Harry Brook is a class apart. Good to see Nitish Rana (Kolkata Knight Riders Captain):"Thank you sir, thank you!! We didn't bowlaccording to our plans. The total wasa bit toomuch. We could have bowled a bit better:. It is wellknown that it is notpractically possible to do everyday what Rinku did in the last match.We tried to take the match to the deep. I tried tohang around from one endand take the inningsdeep. Whenever I got the opportunity, I tried tohit the odd balls. Regarding home advantagewe are aware that the Eden Gardens pitchbehaves in such a way. We were prepared for 200 runs. If your main bowler goes for a lot of runs,you cannot do anything. There will be a lot ofmatches when this bowler will only win matchesfor me. It would've been more entertaining if wehad got the two points."11:14 PMIST: A magnificent century fromHarry Brook in the first innings followed by atremendous teamwork from the bowlers havegiven Sunrisers Hyderabad their second victoratthe season as they defeat Kolkata Knight Ridby 23 runs. A quick recap to the game as KKR won the tossand elected to bowl first looking at the dew factor.Opener Harry Brook rode on his luck and scoredthe first ever century of the season finishing at100 in 55 balls with 12 fours and 3 sixes.SRH skipper Aiden Markram slammed aswashbuckling fifty batting at the other end.The partnership between Brook and Markramwas worth 72 for the third wicket, and the latterwas out straightaway after his 4th IPL fifty,giving Varun Chakravarthy his first wicket of thematch. Brook smashed 23 runs off one Lockie Shardul Thakur holed out in the penultimate overbowled by Natarajan again and all hopes werelost for a KKR victory. Umran Malik who conceded28 runs in his single over against Rana was taskedto bowl the final over and chipped in with a wicketconceding just 8 runs.Rinku got to his half century and finishedunbeaten at 58 in 31 balls with 4 fours and4sixes but his effort wasn't enough to chase themammoth total as Mayank Markande (2/27):the other bowlers put the brakes on the attack...batters. twice. Sunil Narine was economic with 0/28.Varun Chakravarthy picked upa wicket but wasexpensive and so were the other KKR bowlers asindicated by the score.Defending the biggest total of the season so far,the Sunrisers bowlers started off well getting ridof Rahmanullah Gurbaz on the third ball of theinnings without conceding a run. Left arm seamerMarco Jansen was brilliant yet again and wason a hattrick sending impact player VenkatesIyer and pinch hitter Sunil Narine on consecuuvedeliveries. Skipper Nitish Rana arrived with intent and beliefand smashed 28 runs off Umran Malik's firstover adding 62 runs with N Jagadeesan who waspositive as well in his 21 ball innings comprisingof 5 fours and a six opening the batting.He was sent back by Mayank Markande in the 9thover sending Andre Russell in the middle whowas suffering from a calf injury and walked off thefield twice in the first innings. Last game's heroRinku Singh then joined the skipper in the mias the scoring rate declined thanks to some tignubowling from Markande, Sundar, Natarajan and TNatarajan was brought back in the attackand bowled a pretty decent over getting rid ofNitish Rana thanks to a spectacular catch fromWashington breaking the 69 run stand and takingthe equation down to 58 in 3 overs. The next overbowled by Bhuvneshwar fetched 1O runs with thesenior pro finishing with an economic 1/29.Shardul Thakur holed out in the penultimate overbowled by Natarajan again and all hopes werlost for a KKR victory. Umran Malik who conce28 runs in his single over against Rana was taskedto bowl the final over and chipped in with a wicket Shardul Thakur holed out in the penultimate overbowled by Natarajan again and all hopes werelost for a KKR victory. Umran Malik who conceded28 runs in his single over against Rana was taskedto bowl the final over and chipped in with a wicketconceding just 8 runs.Rinku got to his half century and finishedunbeaten at 58 in 31 balls with 4 fours and4sixes but his effort wasn't enough to chase themammoth total as Mayank Markande (2/27):the other bowlers put the brakes on the attack...batters.

IPL23 match no 17 RR vs CSK this match RR won by 3 runs. RAshwin (Player of the Match): "Isurprisepeople I guess. SometimesI am sent up to batand people are surprised that he has promotedhimself in the order, he just took it upon himselfbut that's a role given to me. We lost Sanju, Iwas expected to just go and play there. I am farbetterjudging my pace, when I want to go andnot in a hurry likeI really used to be before sotaking a few balls. I want to be there, understandthe situation and then utilize my strengths. Ihave my own strengths ifI try to overcome myweaknesses a lot that is when I really succumb.In every batting innings, I am padded up rightfrom the start. So I don't know when Iam goingand when I am asked to go. That's not preferablya role a batsman would enjoy but Iam okay withit because I don't get to bat very often so I'mnhappy.Its lot more mental I guess. I've been bowlingreally well. I came in froma good Test formn. Inbetween I was hurrying through the crease bitmore, not getting enough drop, not getting theball to work for me so Ijust feel like I'm gettingthe length right able to drop the ball, changethe pace. Usually I work realy hard during theIPL. I've just taken a backseat and the bowling istaking care of itself.Sanju Samson (Rajasthan Royals Captain): "Ithink we have to give credit to the boys. Chasingthat sort ofa score, in this sort of ground withthe dew factor around. The guys kept their cool.Almost every bowler contributed really well.Everyone was involved and wanted to win thisgame against CSK. We wanted to go back withhappy nmemories and I have never hada happymemory at Chepauk. But really happy with theeffort.not over till the last ball. We knew what MSD cando in the middle. I do a lot of planning anda lot otresearch with Our data team. Buta lotof calls havebeen taken inside the ground considering thesituation of the match. A lot of thoughts are goingaround. Nothing works for MS Dhoni."Yuzvendra Chahal (Rajasthan Royals): "In the firsthalf the way Jaddu bhai was bowling, the ball wasgripping. In the second half there was some dewand I didn't want to give easy deliveies and I hadto vary my pace.This is nmy 2nd season with Ash anna. Beforethat we have played together so we have a g0odbonding. Zamps have always done good forthe Australian team and was the player of thematch in the last Australia series. We share stamongst each other in the nets about how tobowl and talk between the match as well.Self belief is very important when Mahi bhai isbatting. In the last over Sandy backed himselfwith his yorker and didn't concede runs.Such wins impact the side. When it goes till theendand you get to know the effort neededespecially when the best finisher is battingand you win against him then its a differentmomentum. Such games boost you up for thenext matches."Sandeep Sharma (Rajasthan Royals): "Ijustwanted to execute the yorkers in the last overs. Iam bowling good yorkers in the nets and I triedto bowl yorkers at the heel. But it turned out tobe low full tosses and it went for maximums.Thereafter, I decided to change my plans andwent around the wicket. I tied to bowl yorkersto Jadeja from over the wicket and wanted tochange angles for Mahi bhai as he smashed mefor two maximums from the other angle."MS Dhoni (Chennai Super Kings Captain): "Ithink in the middle we lost the game. We needa bit more runs, we needed to rotate the strikemuch better in the middle overs. We can't beplaying that many dot balls as we played tonight.Once the set batters were there we needed tobe more proactive. If the pitch is gripping andturning square, then I can understand. But itwasn't troubling that much. The new batters couldcome and stroke properly. The batters shouldtake responsibility for tonight's loss. It affectsnet run rate in the last phase of the tourname...Hence taking a risk in the early phase would haveYou look at the field, at the bowler, andat whatthe bowler is trying to do, and then you just standthere and wait for them to make a mistake; if theybowl in good areas, good luck to them. I wouldwait for it, and that has worked for me; you needto back your strength, and my strength is hittingstraight. There was some dew, and once the ballreached the outfield, the batters found it easier.Overall, I was pleased with the bowlers. Theybowled well. I didn't really know that it was my 200th game asCSK captain. And it doesn't matter as well. What isthe difference between 199 and 200? It doesn'treally matter in the end. I took it as a normalgame. Yeah, nice to tick the milestones along. Itis all about how you are performing and what arethe results.": Another last ball thriller in theIndian Premier League as the Rajasthan Royalsmanage to score just 3 more runs than theChennai Super Kings to deposit their first victoryat the Chepauk Stadium. Sandeep Sharma, theexperienced swing bowler kept his calm in thefinal over to defend 21 runs.A poor outing with the bat from the CSK middleorder had Jadeja and Dhoni under the pumpto deliver the goods in the final 3 overs but thtarget was a bit too far from the men in yellowgrasp. Excellent composure from Sandeep as hemissed his lines and length in the first 3 balls butdid well to defend later.Quick recap to the game as Rajasthan Royalsposted 175/8 in their 20 overs failing to bankon the good start provided by Jos Buttler andDevdutt Padikkal after MS Dhoni won the tossin his 20Oth match as CSK captain and opted tobowl first. Padikkal was promising in the second-wicket partnership with Jos Buttler, which had 77runs added to the tally.While it looked like RR was dominating in themiddle, Ravindra ladeja initiated a CSK comebackby scalping Padikkal (38 off 26) and SanjuSamson (0 off 2) in the same over to reduce thePink Army to 88/3 in the 9th over. Ashwin (30off 22) clubbed a couple of lusty blows to CSKdebutant Akash Singh before being the youngseamer's maiden IPL wicket.Before getting out for 52 Buttler completed3000 IPL runs. Hetmyer (30* off 18) fired a fewboundaries in the slog overs to take the teamCSK didn't get a tidy start as their top scorerRuturaj Gaikwad was dismissed early in the 3rdover for just 8. Ajinkya Rahane (31 off 19) battingat number 3 carried his good form from theprevious game and added 68 runs with DevonConway for the second wicket.Wickets kept tumbling as the RR spinnersdominated with Ashwin getting the prized wicketof Rahane for the 5th time in IPL history. MoeenAli had a forgettable day in the field getting ofor 7 with impact player Ambati Rayudu gettir.yout seCond ball.Conway was the 6th to depart trying to up theante and finished at 50 in 38 balls. Jadeja andskipper MS Dhoni then joined forces to give thefinishing touches. The spinners Ashwin (2/25),Chahal (2/27) and Zampa (1/43) finished theirrespective spells by the end of 18 overs with theequation being 40 in 12 balls.Jadeja hit a couple of sixes and a four in the overbowled by Holder to bring the equation down21 in the final over. Sandeep Sharma startedtfinal over with a couple of wides under pressurebringing the equation to 19 off6 and then 19 off5 with a tremendous yorker but Dhoni got betterof him and smashed the 2nd and 3rd deliveries ofthe over for a sixes.Sharma turned the game around conceding just 3singles bowling brilliant yorkers to win the gamefor RR in the final over when 5 runs were neededoff the final ball. Sandeep finished with 1/30 withKuldeep Sen making his comeback in competitivecricket after December 2022 bowling a tidy 2-overspell conceding just 8 runs off it.

IPL23 match no 16th DC vs MI this match MI won by 6 wickets. Rohit Sharma (Mumbai Indians Captain & Playerof the Match): "Winning the game is the mostimportant thing and its a great feeling to crossthe line. Honestly we've been working really hardsince before the first game. We got the guys tocome in pretty early, we helda camp in Mumbaicouple of weeks. So we've been working reallyhardand finally to get the result feels really good.But we do understand its not the end but the firstwin is always special so were gonna cherish this.: We have had another thriller in IPL2023. For the third night in a row, we go to the lastball and it is the Mumbai Indians who hold theirnerves to win this game by 6 wickets off the lastball. It's their first win in 3 games. Delhi Capitals,on the other hand, have now lost their first fourgames and it's back to the drawing board forDavid Warner and his men.Let's give you a recap of what was anotheramazing night in the IPL. Mumbai Indianscaptain Rohit Sharma won the toss and decidedto field first. They lost Prithvi Shaw for 15. ManishLet's give you a recap of what was anotheramazing night in the IPL. Mumbai Indianscaptain Rohit Sharma won the toss and decidedto field first. They lost Prithvi Shaw for 15. ManishPandey showed intent and scored 26 off 18 balls.Skipper David Warner struggled out there butfought his way to 51 off 47 balls. But it was AxarPatel's 54 off 25 balls that powered the Capitals to172 as they were bowled out for 194 overs. Theylost wickets in clumps and paid the price in theend.Piyush Chawla was the pick of the bowlers withexceptional figures of 3/22 in 4 overs. He wasgreat for Mumbai Indians. Jason Behrendorffcame back and picked up 3 wickets for 23 runs. Acouple of wickets for Riley Meredith who bowledwell. A wicket for Hrithik Shokeen.Chasing 173 for the win, Mumbai Indians got offto a great start courtesy of their openers RohitSharma and Ishan Kishan. The duo put on 71forthe first wicket. Ishan was run out against the runof play for 31. Rohit Sharma was magnificent withhis 65 off 45 balls as the skipper returned and roared back to form. Tilak Varma was impressiveyet again with his 41 off 29 balls. They lost wicketsin clusters at the death overs. But Tim Davidand Cameron Green held their nerves to win thegame. David was 13* off 11 balls while Green wasunbeaten on 17* off 8 balls. MI got across the lineoff the final ball of the game.A couple of wickets for Mukesh Kumar and awicket to Mustafizur Rahman. Axar Patel wasexceptional with the ball as kept things tight.Anrich Nortje bowled a great last over and altstole the game but to no avail. DC tried, but were A couple of wickets for Mukesh Kumar and awicket to Mustafizur Rahman. Axar Patel wasexceptional with the ball as kept things tight.Anrich Nortje bowled a great last over and almoststole the game but to no avail. DC tried, but weresecond best on the night.So, MI wins this game by 6 wickets to climbupwards in the points table. Stick around for thepresentation ceremony.David Warner (Delhi Capitals Skipper): "You lookat the last three IPL games, it has been incredible.We finished on the wrong side tonight. Thebowlers did a fantastic job to fight till the end.Rohit played a very good knock at the top of theorder. That's what we expect from Nortje, bowling150+ consistently and he along with Mustafizurdid a fine job. I thought of throwing at thebowler's head but David was on the wrong sideandI decided to throw to the keeper. Because ofthe surface here, I threw directly to the keeperinstead of bouncing. We are losing wickets inheaps and need to stop those. Axar is battingbrilliantly and needs to bat in top four soon." Cameron Green (Mumbai Indians): "You expectus to get across the line earlier but happy to finishon the winning side. The conversation we hadonthe bench was to get a few boundaries and luckythat we got some in the end. Obviously, it was funbut there was pressure as well. When the throwwent tOwards David's end, I turned around to seewhether he got there and when the throw was up,we knew we had made it. Change of bats becausemaybe he thought he wasnt getting it off themiddle of the bat."

IPL23 match no 13 KKR vs GT this match KKR won by 3 wickets. Rinku Singh (Player of the Match): "The beliefwas there that I can do it. Rana told me to keepbelieving. Umesh did well to take the single andI backed my ability, I was not thinking much. Justplayed to the merit of the ball. Backof the handball and I hit it straight down the ground for themaximum. I am chuffed andI am going to enjoyit"Nitish Rana (KKR Captain): "Hada little bit ofbelief because Rinku had done it in the previousover. However we did not cross the line lastyear. When he hit the second six then the beliefincreased as Yash Dayal wasn'table to execute.Itis very important to have that belief wheneveryou are chasing any total, especially as a captain.To be honest, you win a match out off 100 gameslike this. When we were bowling we held the match in ourgrasp. We just bowled two badovers in the death.Same thing happened with our batting. RashidKhan's one over put us on the backfoot. Creditgoes to Rinku Singh, the 2 points that we have gottonight are just due to his efforts.People asked me why Rinku is the top rankedplayer and plays second fiddle. I would like torespond to them tonight that if this is secondfiddle then imagine what would be his topperformance. We saw how important player he is.In the last match he held one end and tonight ifIwas batting, I wauld have thought of hitting30 inthe final over foronce but yOur heart knows whatyou are capable of I don'thave enoUgh vords todescribe Rinku's innings." Venkatesh Iyer (Kolkata Knight Riders): "It was agreat game to be a part of and I really enjoyedit. We were in Control and then lost our way, butRinku was there to save us again. The coaches tellus to chase and score 200 and we did that. Thesekinds of games gives us confidence and hope toride the momentum going forward. We lost thefirst game due to rain and then we played wellagainst RCB and now this game and the win willgive us great confidence. Hope to carry on thegood Work." Rashid Khan (GT Captain): "T20 is all aboutentertainment We were in the same position buton the winning side last year. It is a learning partfor our team in the early part of the competitionbut more importantly we hada good game ofcricket and hopefully the fans liked it as wel.The ball Yash bowled was the one he is morecomfortable with but it just didn't work out in themiddle. Its one of those days when your plan:in the opposite side. Credit to the batter the whe finished the game. I keep it simple to hit the right areas consistently.In T20 ifyou miss your right length you see whathappened. That's what T20 is all about, you canmiss your line and lengths. As a bowler I try mybest to hit the area as much as possible.We got what we wantedasa team. We got those200+ runs but as a bowling unit we have, I feelits enough total to defend but as I said its T20,sometimes 250 doesn't look good to defend butas a team these are things for us to learn spethe bowling department and take the positive.out of this game. So early in the competition so Rinku Singh hit 40 runs in his last 7 balls to takeKKR to a victory!7:20 PM IST: What a game have we witnessed inIPL 2023. Rinku Singh hits 5 sixes in a row off thefinal over to win the game for the Kolkata KnightRiders by 3 wickets off the final ball of the innings.What a game we have had as Yash Dayal misseshis length and gets tonked for sixes. KKR notchaeup their second win in three games while Guj.loses their first game of the tournament. Let's just recap this amazing game. Kolkata losttheir openers early in pursuit of 205 for the win.But then it was the Venkatesh Iyer show as hescoreda breath taking 83 off 4O balls. He wasably supported by Nitish Rana who scored 45off 29 balls. They did the major job and thingsfell away. In came Rinku Singh who scored amagnificent 48* off 21 balls which included 31runs off the Yash Dayal over. KKR got home offthe final ball of the innings. This was some gameto say the least. Rashid Khan turned the match on its head witha hat-trick as he got three wickets. A coupleof wickets for Alzarri Joseph who bowled anexcellent spell of 2/27 in4 overs. MohammadShami got a wicket and so did Joshua Little whowent for runs. They had the match in their bagsand had it stolen from them at the death.Earlier in the game, Sai Sudharsan's halfcentury where he scored 53 off 38 balls and asplendid knock from Vijay Shankar who scored Earlier in the game, Sai Sudharsan's halfcentury where he scored 53 off 38 balls and asplendid knock from Vijay Shankar who scoredan unbeaten 63* off 24 balls. Shubman GillScored 39 at the top of the order as GujaratTitans amassed 204/4 in 20 overs. WriddhimanSaha and Abhinav Manohar ended with doublefigures.Sunil Narine was the pick of the bowlers forKolkata Knight Riders as he picked up 3/33 inovers. Suyash Sharma got the other wicket toIt was a hard day for the bowlers and a brilliant It wasa hard day for the bowlers and a brilliantday for the batters. It was a game to renmemberfor all of us.So, KKR wins by 3 wickets to climb upwards in thepoints table. Stick around for the presentations.

IPL23 Match no 12 CSK vs MI this match CSK won by 7 wickets. That is the end of an amazing double-headerSaturday. While RR won the afternoon encounterbeating DC bya comfortable margin, CSK walkedpast MI in what was an one-sided affair underlights here at Wankhede.Ravindra Jadeja: "I think when we were bowlingit wasn't really spinning. Yeah, odd balls werespinning but it was going straight for the mostpart of it. I and Mitchell Santner were looking tobowl on right lines and lengths with the battersthey had. Here and there we could have gone forruns but it's okay It's a bit of mixed wickets here.Sometimes it's good for batting, sometimes it ispacey or sticky. We keep discussing with eachother and bowl accordingly. It's important tospeak to one another and support each other."Player of the Match: Ravindra Jadeja MS Dhoni (CSK Captain): "It feels good and alsonot to forget we lost Deepak in the first over. Itwas a big challenge. He has been our new ballbowler. Magala was playing his first game. Itwas bit of an issue how to shuffle the bowlersand who to bowl when. Good thing is that thespinners bowled very well. Initial 6-7 overs, itwasn't turning a lot They were able to play thebig shot. I feel it was a two-paced after that. Sospinners were able to use that in their favor. Fastbowlers came back nicely. Magala and Pretoriuscame back nicely. Overall its a very good effortafter losing one of your premium bowler. To comeafter losing one of your premium bowler. To comeback an drestrict them close to 160 is a very goodeffort.We believe in him (Tushar Deshpande). Whathappens is when you are new, you have adifferent sort of pressure and when you play IPLfor a few games and it feels like a comeback.I feel as cricketers its one of the worst feelingsto have. He hada very god domestic seasonand that helps. We are constantly talking to himabout what needs to be done. He is very goodwith execution. but in the last couple ofgames he strength. You wont be somebody who will beconsistently hitting sixes but you have the abilityto manipulate the field, use the pace of the bowlerand he is technically very sound. I said go andenjoy because that's what is needed. Don't taketoo much stress. Yes we are not able to give youthe first game but when the chance comes, we'llback you and I was very happy the way he batted.I think he was a bit disappointed the way he gotout which is always a good signal when a playersays I could have done slightly more.I feel all the games are important. The more you can manage. The first target is to win enoughgames to make into the qualifiers and thendepending on where you are standing on theleague's table. But that's far too ahead. Importantis to look at the problems in front of you and takeit one game at a time, try to do well, try to wingames and gather points."Active catch of the match award: Ravindra Jadeja(caught and bowled dismissal - Cameron Green)Longest six hit in the match: Shivam Dube Ajinkya Rahane (Chennai Super Kings): "RaviBhai, how are you? Really enjoyed. Igot to knowbefore the toss. Moeen was unwell and Flem(Stephen Fleming) told me that I was playing. Ihada good domestic season. That's mny strength,I wanted to back my strength, hold my shape,play my strokes, and not smash the balls hard.Before every game you have to think that you arein the game, you have to be ready. IPL is a lortournament andyou don't know when you argoing to geta game. I always enjoyed playing atthe Wankhede. Never playeda Test match here yet and would like to play. I know the groundwell.I think it is the important thing about Mahi bhaiand Flem (Stephen Fleming) is to they give youthe freedom. They told me to play my game,focus on your process and focus on your game.Luckily I was ready. I visualize myself and beprepared for my game. Thank You Ravi Bhai."Ajinkya Rahane gives the Orange Capto RutGaikwad. Rohit Sharma (Mumbai Indians Captain): "Welost our way in the middle. Didn't capitalize on thestart that we got. It was a gOod pitch and we were30-40 runs short the way we got the start butcouldn't capitalize in the middle overs. Gotta givecredit to their spinners as well, they bowled prettywell kept us under pressure and we were notableto respond.You need to try out different things, need toattack. You need to brave at the time. We've ga couple of guys who are young into the IPLplaying for the first time so gotta give some tinme can manage. The first target is to win enoughgames to make into the qualifiers and thendepending on where you are standing on theleague's table. But that's far too ahead. Importantis to look at the problems in front of you and takeit one game at a time, try to do well, try to wingames and gather points."Active catch of the match award: Ravindra Jadeja(caught and bowled dismissal - Cameron Green)Longest six hit in the match: Shivam Dube to them. They've got real talent as well. But it willtake some time. AIl we gotta do from our side isback them and show enough trust in their abilitywhich we are trying to do from our side.The senior guys need to step up starting with me.We know the nature of IPL. When it starts yougotta get some momentum towards and if youdon't its always tough and we are trying to findthe momentum. Its 2 games still. Notall lost herebut you are right. Some of the senior guys froour team need to step up with the bat.That's the nature of this tournament, you can wina few on the trot. Ifyou lose, it gets hard to getthat momentum. We want to come out of thatlosing streak, I wouldn't callita streak, its just 2games. You need to do a lot of things right whichwe are trying to figure in our changing room. Weare not able to execute in the middle. We need tocome out and take that opportunity and be braveenough to do it in the middle.We know we hada disappointing last seasonyou always start afresh. Even when we won th5 trophies, we never thought of that we won last year. Its always starting fresh. Every oppositionis quality. You have to be good on that particularday to win the games and beat the opposition. Itscrucial for us, what has happened has happenedthe last year. We can't change too much about itbut we can learn from what happened in these 2games. Bring it out and be more brave to bring itOut on the field."MS Dhoni won the toss and decided to putMumbai Indians into bat. Rohit Sharma andIshan Kishan gave the team a head start, adding38 runs in no time. Tushar Deshpande struck with a beauty as he nipped away to castle the stumpsof the MI skipper (21 off 13) in the 4th over.Kishan (32 off 21) continued to be aggressive andstitcheda quickfire 26 runs for the second wicketalongside Cameron Green (12 off 11), with MIscoring 61/1 in the powerplay.But it was where the game turned on its head asMSD introduced the spinners. Ravindra Jadejabowled a terrific spell, dismantling MI's top andmiddle order. Jadeja was given good supportMitchell Santner, who, in tandem, kept Mumbquiet in the entire middle phase. Jaddu finished with the figures of 4-0-20-3, while the Kiwi left-arm spinner finished with 4-0-28-2. Amidst this,Tilak Varma contributed with a handy 22 butcouldn't take the innings deeper.It was Tim David whose counter-attack took MIto a competitive total. Deshpande puta break onDavid's (31 off 22) whirlwind innings after gettinghit for a few runs in the 17th over. Hrithik Shokeen(18* off 13) scored some runs in the end, to propelMumbai Indians to 157/8 in their allotted 20overs.CSK lost the services of Deepak Chahar,who walked off after the first over due to apulled hamstring. Dwaine Pretorius, despitegoing wicketless, bowled beautifully and waseconomical throughout his spell. Sisanda Magalawas expensive but got his maiden IPL wicket inthe process.Chasing 158 to win, CSK lost Devon Conwayfor a duck in the first over, bowled by JasonBehrendorff. The number three batter Ajinky:Rahane came out of his blocks and creamedevery stroke he played. The Mumbaikar showedhis class and played an eye-pleasing knock. Eachand every shot in the knock of 61 off 27 balls wasa treat to watch and hit 7 fours and 3 sixes in hisfirst fifty on CSK debut and is also the fastest half-century of the ongoing edition.Ruturaj Gaikwad was a mere spectator at theother end and added a match-setting partnershipof 82 runs for the second wicket alongsideRahane. Piyush Chawla broke this stand bydismissing Rahane in the 8th over. Afterward:Gaikwad and Shivam Dube knitted 43 runs forthe third wicket, which steered the Yellow Army Kartikeya, the impact player of MI, in the 15thOver.Then the impact player of CSK Ambati Rayudu(20* off 16) and the sensible batting display ofGaikwad (40* off 36) sealed the deal for CSK asthey finished off the game with 11 deliveries left!

lPL23 match no 11th RR vs DC this match RR won by 57 runs .Yashasvi Jaiswal (Player of the Match): "Iamtrying to learn and it is very important for me.Iam trying to express myself. No, I was notthinking that it can happen. But if there was aloose ball, I would hit it. If there was a chance Iwould get it. Everything I try to learn from him[JosButtler]. The way he practices and plays his game.I was prepared for that, the practice, and whenIgo there, I can go for it. I knew that I had thepractice.Oh, I wasn't aware of it. Later when Ilooked atit, Isaw that it was a no-ball. Later, Sanju Bhai told methat koi baat nahi [not an issue in hindi]."Sanju Samson (Rajasthan Royals Captain): "Ithink me scoring runs hahaha [what didn't gowell]. I think the way Iplay this format was to goout there and play with a strike rate of 140 or 145strike rate, if we do this it is quite normal to getdismissals like this. It is a funny moment I feel. Iwas feeling that i was going to take a good catchandit happened. Sometimes you feel like thatandI did it.Yes off course, definitely right. Last day, it was wetgame, and the ball swinging through. We needto be used to play in wet ball and with Yuzi andAshwin, they have the experience to bowl with thewet balls. He is always looking at the batters andgetting the hints. A comprehensive win for theRajasthan Royals here in Guwahati as they winby 57 runs to notch up their second win in threegames. They have outplayed the Delhi Capitals inall facets of the game as David Warner's side losetheir third straight game in a row. A lot of issues toaddress for the Capitals.Chasing a mammoth 20O for the win, DelhiCapitals lost their impact player Prithvi Shaw fora bronze duck and Manish Pandey for a goldenduck. That set them back and they never gotgoing to be honest. Rilee Rossouw fell for 14.Skipper David Warner struggled through to get to65 off 55 balls. Lalit Yadav tried to give impetus tothe innings but he fell for 38 off 24 balls. The restof the batters did not get to double digits as theCapitals crawled their way to 142/9 in 20 overs.There was no intent shown through the course ofthe innings as not a single six was hit.98Trent Boult was the pick of the bowlers with 3/29in 4 overs. Ravichandran Ashwin chipped in with2/25 in4 overs. Yuzvendra Chahal got 3 wicketsfor 27 runs in 4 overs. Sandeep Sharma got theother wicket and bowled as miserly as ever. All inall, a disciplined bowling performance alongsidean awesome fielding performance from theRoyals.Earlier in the game, Rajasthan Royals whowere put into bat first came out all guns blazingcourtesy of their openers Yashasvi Jaiswal andJos Buttler. The duo put on 98 runs inside 9 overs.Jaiswal was the initial aggressor as he scored 60off 31 balls. Jos Buttler top scored and anchoredthe innings with his blistering 79 off 51 balls.Shimron Hetmyer's unbeaten 39 off 21 balls tookRR closer to the 200-run mark. They finished with199/4 in 20 overs.Mukesh Kumar was the pick of the bowlers for theDelhi Capitals with a couple of wickets in his spell.A wicket apiece for Kuldeep Yadav and RovmanPowell. It was a tough day for the Capitals inthe field and with the ball and all in all, thetournament has not started well for them.So, the Royals courtesy of their win climbs to thetop of the IPL standings owing to a superior netrun rate compared to the other teams.I knew that they have a lot of left-handers at thetop of the order. It was very important for getthrough the powerplay and Ashwin was verygood in helping us. No, I think he are still to figureOut it."Sanju Samson presents the purple cap toYuzvendra Chahal.David Warner (Delhi Capitals Captain): "Whenyou are chasing 200, you have to start well inthe powerplay. Trent Bouit bowledamazinglyand we couldn't get well. It is always a challengeagainst him. It is all about the skills and the planfor powerplay. All and where we are professionalathletes. Out here it is all about executing. Wewill look to rebound here and head to Mumbai,perhaps Mumbai, swinging conditions again.athletes. Out here it is all aboutexecuting. Wewill look to rebOund here and head to Mumbai,perhaps Mumbai, swinging conditions again.The team will always look to bowl well to you.It's frustrating to hit to the fielders off late. Look Ithink, if we could have keep him around 170-180.With Khaleel Ahmed going down it was achallenge as well. Rovman Powell was good."Warner gets the Orange Cap.

IPL23 match no 8 PBKS vs RR this match Punjab king won by 5 runs. Nathan Ellis (Player of the Match): "Ah, yeah, oneof those days, where you can bowl potentiallynot to your best but get rewards. Probably someother guys on the side, deserve awards but stokedto get some rewards. Nice one to get it.To do ball by ball. It's more about one ball at atime. Iam not some who will get swiped aboutwhat to bowl in the fifth over or in the 10th over.In T20I cricket, every ball counts. It's more to bein the moment, easier said than done.You wanna try to focus on drying the ball. The ballwas wet and the best way to get to do was to bowlcross seam. That was my percentage ball. Veryhappy to see Sam get us over the line."Shikhar Dhawan (Punjab Kings Captain): "Yes,absolutely there were nervous moments. ButI was keeping calm and discussed with thebowlers about the plan. There was dew, you haveto respect that. I am happy with the total weput on the board. We scored 197 and then Ourbowlers gave us early wickets before Nathan Elliscame and bowled wel. It was a full team effort.Switch Hit (haha, replies to the question aboutthe turning point in the game). I doing my bestto increase the strike rate. This time we have gota big batting lineup. These two games we wereplaying well. Starting with Prabhsimran Singh andthen Iplayed according to the situation. We willtry to keep the momentum going with intent andSam Curran (Punjab Kings): "When it comes tothose situations you just gotta do or die. If youknow your yorker, youre gonna be okay but if youdon't then those are the moments you practicefor. When you got such quality hitters and newrule as well where the batters keep coming.Iguess its those moments you wanna be in.Somedays it would work and somedays it won'tbut luckily we won today.It was strange how they changed their ball in thefirst innings when it was a little bit wet and I wastrying to get our ball changed but I don't knowhow it really works when they can change theirball and we can't. Iguess we have to get on withit and sory for slowing the play down with the tailbut that's what happened.Prabhsimran has been amazing. I was with him atPunjab four years ago. He was very young and heis still young. The way he has been playing withShikhar is amazing and the team got off to a gooastart. Hope its a start of a great campaign for himand hopefully the runs keep coming because heis an amazing player.Well I guess the way we batted there I was happyjust sitting in the dugout when the boys werebatting beautifully.I was ready to go. There'sgames where I will go up and there will be gameswhere I won't so all that matters and we Won ourWell I guess the way we batted there I was happyjust sitting in the dugout when the boys werebatting beautifully. I was ready to go. There'sgames where I will go up and there will be gameswhere I won't so all that matters and we won ourfirst two games is which we came here to do.Its amazingly hard. You try and dip balls in waterand train with it. In India the dew is very big in allgrounds so its incredibly hard to hold the searYou try to geta cross seam but that's not a naball to bowl a yorker so maybe its somethingto work on. Its extremely tough but everyone'sIts amazingly hard. You try and dip balls in waterand train with it. In India the dew is very big in allgrounds so its incredibly hard to hold the seam.You try to geta cross seam but that's not a naturalball to bowla yorker so maybe its somethingto work on. Its extremely tough but everyone'sgotta doit so that's no real complaining. We justgotta keep getting better because the batters andbowlers are getting better. That's why this is thebest tournament in the World."Rajasthan Royals won the toss and decided tobowl first in the maiden IPL game at Guwahati.Punjab Kings' opening batters came out all gunsblazing to destroy the new ball bowlers of RRconsisting of Trent Boult, and KM Asif, and it wasespecially Prabhsimran Singh with the assault.The swashbuckling batter carved away 7 foursand 3 sixes to his maiden IPL fifty in a blink ofan eye and scored 60 off 34 balls. He was thefirst one to go as Jos Buttler tooka screamer inthe bowling of Jason Holder. Before getting oPrabhsimran and Shikhar Dhawan blistered90 runs for the opening wicket, with the latterHowever, Dhawan hit a ball hard straight intothe team's previous match hero, BhanukaRajapaksa's hand and the victim left the fieldstraightaway, playing no further part in the game.But Dhawan batted through the innings and wasunbeaten at 86 off 56 balls, including 9 foursand 3 sixes, which helped the side post a totalof nearly 200. In the process of this responsibleinnings, the Punjab skipper achieved a rare featof becoming only the third batter in the historIPL to score 50 fifty-plus knocks.Amidst this, Jitesh Sharma played a handycameo of 27 off 16 deliveries, adding 68 runsalongside Dhawan. PBKS lost a couple of quickwickets in a span of a few deliveries betweenthe 16th and 17th over. While Jitesh was takencare of by Yuzvendra Chahal, Sikandar Raza wasbamboozled bya brilliant carrom ball deliveredby Ravichandran Ashwin to get bowled out.Shahrukh Khan (11 off 10) didn't get going togive PBKS a powerful finish but had a decentpartnership with Dhawan of 37 runs for the fourthwicket, with the latter shifting his gears as PunjabKings posted 197/4 in their allotted 20 overs.For RR, while the rest of the bowlers- Boult, Asifand Chahal were taken to the cleaners, JasonHolder and Ashwin bowled terrific spells stoppingthe momentum of the opposition in the midd'-overs besides scalping three wickets betweerthem.In what was a drama-filled run chase from RR,they failed to chase the game despite comingclose to the target. To everyone's surprise, RaviAshwin opened the batting with Yashasvi Jaiswalinstead of Jos Buttler. Though Jaiswal hammereda couple of glorious shots, his stay was short atthe crease. Arshdeep Singh made the new ballcount by dismissing both the openers withoutmuch on the board.Coming at number three, Buttler (19 off 11)clubbed a few but he too as Jaiswal cannot takethe innings deeper and fell in a streaky mannerto Nathan Ellis, who hada dream day with theball in hand as he decimated RR with his superbspell of 4-0-30-4. It included the wickets of SanjuSamson, Devdutt Padikkal and Riyan Parag apartfrom the wicket of Jos the Boss. Though thesedidn't come at regular intervals, Ellis struck atcrucial junctures of the match to push the horside onto the back foot.With 74 runs needed off the final five overs, Jurel(32* off 15) and Hetmyer (36 off 18) lifted theirside and gave them a chance in the match bysmashing the bowlers left right and centre with aquick-fire 62-run partnership for the 7th wicket.But with the run out of Hetmyer in the third ballof the last over bowled by the tournament'sexpensive buy Sam Curran, RR's hopes almostdied. Curran bowled well and conceded just 10runs off the last over and restricting the hosts *-192/7 to win two in two games.

IPL23 Match No 7 DC Vs GT This match GT won by 6 wickets. Sai Sudharsan (Player of the Match): "Thanks forbacking me, Hardik. A little bit nervous as this ismy first award. I was thinking of playing well andSCoring most often. I was not under any pressure. Hardik Pandya (Gujarat Titans Captain): "I meanit was really funny from the start We don't knowwhat exactly was happening in the powerplay. Butit was fun. I guess we conceded a bit more in thepowerplay. But we came back well. See, I back mydecisions and take those on instincts. It came outwell tonight. I am happy with that.David Miller (Gujarat Titans): "At times, you getjet lagged but not this time, and happy to getacross the line. We were within the range. Justa matter of three sixes or 4 fours. So we werebacking ourselves to chase it down. We startedwell last year and buildmomentum at the start ofthis season. We are making good clear decisionsandit has helped us ace chases. A pretty relaxedenvironment to be honest with you. They loveto get on the golf course but the calmness in thedressing room helps us succeed."David Warner (Delhi Capitals Skipper): "Idon'tthink I was surprised by it but the ball wasswinginga lot upfront. Losing three wickets in thepowerplay was always going to be a struggle. Butthe way the lower order batted is a learning for us.We have got six games here and we have to learnfrom our mistakes. The bowlers bowled extremelywell. Sai came out and played extremely well.Miller also did his thing. Axar didn't get a bowltonight because of the wicket and the matchups.Kuldeep bowled because of his wrong'uns andMarsh also did a goodjob."GT Won the toss earlier in the evening and optedto field first. Mohammed Shami, the new balIbowler of the Titans, started off with an eventfulover as he cut David Warner in half with beautifulseam movements both ways, apart from beingwayward sometimes. Despite looking scratchy,Warner scored runs in the powerplay. Shamicontinued bowling with terrific seam positionsand gave DC heartbreak with the double strikesof Prithvi Shaw and Mitchell Marsh well inside thefield restrictions.Warner and Safaraz Khan added 30 runs for thethird wicket and tried to rebuild, but a fiery spellfrom Alzarri Joseph in the middle overs shatteredthe momentum of DC. He bowled Warner, whilein the very next ball, Joseph bounced out RileeRossouw for a golden duck to leave DC reeling at67/4.Debutant Abhishek Porel impressed everyonebut couldn't stay at the crease for a long timeas spin wizard Rashid Khan castled the youngsouthpaw. But before getting out, Porel stitched34 runs for the fifth wicket alongside Sarfaraz,who struggled to get going in the entire matchand was also taken care of by Rashid Khan.It was Axar Patel in the slog overs who gave agood finishing to the innings with a quick-fireknock but was out in the 20th over. Anrich Nortjescored a boundary off the last delivery to pushthe score past 160 as DC posted 162/8 in theirallotted 20 overs.For GT, it was once again, Rashid Khan withimpressive figures of 4-0-31-3 was the successfulbowler and Mohammed Shami, despite beinga tad expensive, scalped three wickets, whileAlzarri Joseph picked two wickets and was reallyaggressive in the middle overs.

IPL23 Match 5th RCB vs MI this match RCB won by 8 wickets. What a batting masterclass we have witnessedtonight from Faf du Plessis and Virat Kohli as theysee their team home with plenty of deliveries left.A lot of thinking to do for Rohit Sharma and cobefore playing the next game.Faf du Plessis (RCB Captain and POTM): "Itwas nice for us to start the way we did in thepowerplay, Siraj with his tail up is a beautiful thingto see isn't it? The confidence thathe got the lastfew months playing for India is really importantfor us so he set the tone really well for us. urbowlers stuck to their task really well. The last 2 or3 overs there's a bit of learning to try and improveat the death there. When you are asked how tobat in a chase, that is a pretty good example.The cutters were working really well so if you tooksome pace off the ball, it wasn't so easy to hit theball. If you got in some good positions and playedsome good cricketing shots there was value forthat as well. Credit to the groundsmen for makinga fantastic wicket. Even the spinners, there wassomething for them if you bow in good areas.Really aood allround cricket wicket.Its my first time playing here as a home player.Always a special place and the atmosphereespecially when you are batting with Virat Kohli.That energy that comes off him andalso thecrowd, how they get behind you. Its a specialplace.You have to try and keep up with the youngstersand put in the work. I try and make sure that I stillpush the old hamstrings so I can move as quicklyas I wanna move on the field like in the youngdays. So its very important for nme to keep doingthat. Staying fit and making sure that I play asmuch cricket as possible.You have to try and keep up with the youngstersand put in the work. I try and make sure that I stillpush the old hamstrings so I can move as quicklyas I wanna move on the field like in the youngdays. So its very important for me to keep doingthat. Staying fit and making sure that I play asmuch cricket as possible.The confidence, the start of campaign. All ofus are confidence players. You want to start atournament with a band so that will be huge forboth of us to get that confidence going."Faf du Plessis: Active catch of the Match (fordismissal of Hrithik Shokeen)Nehal Wadhera: Longest six of the MatchTilak Varma: Most fours of the MatchTilak Varma: Most valuable asset of the MatchTilak Varma: Game changer of the MatchVirat Kohli: "I thought it was a phenomenal win.A homecoming after four years. I thought wewere pretty balanced till the end of the game. Vewere good with the ballas well, slipta few runsin the last few overs. WVould credit their batters.Faf started with the bat,Ijoined him later. It waspretty good and hope it would help our run-rategoing in the future.The way they batted in the last two overs, wasbrilliant. Me and Faf hit some decent areas andkept putting pressure on their bowlers which wascrucial. Ina way we nullified them with outr initialapproach. It was a packed rowd and every seatwas full when we were there. We knew we Ouldgeta support like this. The intensity of the crowdpropels us to do well.I think it was phenomenal from him [KarnSharma]. He hada good domestic season,unfortunately missed out last season. That comesfrom a reputation of bowling in bright spots. Hewas ready to play. Even in the nets, he was notgetting hit for sixes. He gota cOuple of big wicketsandgot us in a good place. To come and performagainst Mumbai Indians in the first game andamidst crowd like Chinnaswami, it was amazing.Look, I wanted to mention it Apart from Mumbaiwinning it five times and Chennai winning it fourtimes, we are the third team who have playedthe playoffs eight times. We try to be the best-balanced side in the tournament. We need tokeep building on the momentum and need toexecute the plans going forward."Rohit Sharma (Mumbai Indians Captain): "Didn'thave the great start with the bat in the first sixovers but I thought it was a good effort towardsthe end from Tilak specially and fewof the otherbatters to bat around him and get us to 170 wasa great effort but then we didn't turn up with theball. Didn't execute what we spoke of. But thesethings happen. First game of the season, we needto know. We need to get those things right whichwe are speaking of. I think we didn't batted wellenough to get enough runs. That was a goodpitch to bat on.He is a verry positive person. Quite talented aswell. Some of the shots he played today - beingthe first game of the season, he showed a lot ofcourage. That is something we spoke of, we wantto be brave, we want to be courageous enoughout in the middle but we didnt start well with thebat and it then was always that catching up game.Hats off to Tilak to get us to a competitive totalthere.Ifyou look at the pitch, it was a good pitch to baton. We didn't set any target as such but you sawwe didn't even bat to halfof ourpotential and westill ended up getting 170. So probably 30-40runs more would have been ideal. But we didn'tstart well and were struggling to play the catchupgame. Tilak was magnificent.For the past 6-8 mnonths I am used to playingwithout Jasprit Bumrah. This is a different set upbut someone needs to put their hand up andcome in and fill that place. We can't keep dwellingon it Things that are in your control yoU can tryand control that. Injuries are not in your controlso cannot really do much about it. The other guyswe have aroundare quite talented as well. Lot ofthese guys haven't played IPL before so you needto give them support and encouragement. Its İustfirst game of the season, we've got a lot to locforward."Royal Challengers Bangalore won the toss anddecided to have a bowl first in their home returnafter four years. The decision proved alright bythe RCB bowlers as they reduced the five-timechampions to 20/3 inside the powerplay. All thebig names of Ishan Kishan, Canmeron Green andRohit Sharma failed to show resistance againstthe fiery RCB new ball bowlers.Suryakumar Yadav and Tilak Varma added 28runs for the 4th wicket as they tried to rebuildthe innings. The IPL debutant Michael Bracewellbroke this stand with the wicket of scratchy-looking Suryakumar in the 9th over. But thepartnership of 50 runs for the 5th wicket betweenVarma and the debutant Nehal Wadhera gavethe glucose that the team needed. While theformer was steering the ship with oCcasionalboundaries, the latter took a few balls beforeopening up. Wadhera (21 off 13) impressed oand all by tonking a couple of lusty blows to KauSharma, but the leg-break bowler had the lastMI lost Tim David and Hrithik Shokeen in a spanof a couple of overs and were reeling at 123/7 atthe beginning of the 18th over and were in deepwaters. But a stunning partnership between TilakVarma and Arshad Khan helped the side posta good total after facing a scarcity of batters onthe crease. The duo stitched 48 runs for the 8thwicket and broke down the death bowling abilityof the home side. While Varma was unbeaten onan impressive 84 off 46 balls including 9 fourand 4 sixes, Arshad remained not out at 15 of9 balls to propel MI to 171 in their allotted 20Overs.RCB used 7 bowlers with Siraj, Akash Deep, ReeceTopley, Bracewell, and Harshal Patel scalpinga wicket each. But the impressive performancecame from the leg break bowler Karn Sharmawho finished with the figures of 4-0-32-2. Onecan say that RCB lost Topley to injury and hencetaken for runs in the slog overs but you can'tanything away from the youngster Tilak Varma.Chasing the competitive target172, RCB veteranopeners Faf du Plessis and Virat Kohli battedlike beasts and hammered each and every MIbowlers to all parts of the ground. The shotsthey played were pleasing to the eyes and gavea perfect homecoming for the hosts. While duPlessis smashed his 26th IPL fifty, Virat Kohliamassed his 45th IPL half-century. Amidst theseboth smoked delightful boundaries with theSouth African scoring 5 fours and 6 sixes, whilethe Indian star tonked 6 fours and 5 fours.Faf and Virat added 148 runs for the first, givingMI no chance in the contest. However, thedebutant Arshad Khan dismissed Faf du Plessis(73 off 43) in the 15th over and gave some respitefor the team. A few balls later promoted finisherDinesh Karthik holed out in the deep for a duck,handing Cameron Green his maiden IPL wicket.But Glenn Maxwell (12* off 3) and Kohli (82*off 49) didn't allow further damage as the duofinished off things pretty quickly in the 17th oas RCB won the match by 8 wickets. Kohli hitthe winning six over long-on and gave a perfect

Ipl23 Match no 4 RR vs SRH this match RR won by 72 runs. Jos Buttler (Player of the Match): "Fantastic startfor us. We hada really good season last year but itcOunts for nothing. We start fresh this year and itsa great marker for us as the first game.Iplan a little bit but you react on the day andassess the conditions. Try and play accordingly,try and put the opposition under pressure. Reallyenjoying my batting at the moment and trying tokeep a clear mind.Imjust trying to keep a clear mind and try toreact. Once you geta good start in the powerplay,not too wickets down, allows you to be quiteaggressive and looking for the big shots."Sanju Samson (Rajasthan Royals Skipper): "Iwas wondering how we will start this season buthappy to start with the win. Having batters likeButtler and Jaiswal, we can expect to score bigin the powerplay. We definitely are a very goodside. But you never know with this format andtournamnent. So we have to keep our heads downand keep working hard. We did a decentjob towin this game. There are plenty of strengths butthere should be weaknesses. You can't be 100%right all the time. We will find the weaknesses aswe move ahead in the tournament."Yuzvendra Chahal:" The way we got the startin batting. The way Jos and Yashasvi batted, weknew that it is a big score on this pitch and it willIbe hard to hit. Ialways back myself. I don't botherwho's batting and all. My plan was to vary thepace and bowl stump to stump.Its always my strength. I am not doing anythingnew. Sometimes I don't get wickets, sometimesI get hit, its the same thing. When I get a fifer orsomething, definitely a new celebration will come.Its justa first match, too early to celebrate."Bhuvneshwar Kumar (Sunrisers HyderabadSkipper): Just got to forget it and move forward.Last five to six overs we pulled things back withthe ball. There was something in it for the bowlersbut we didn't bowl well upfront. They also battedreally well. Captain is coming back and it willdefinitely be a good batting side. It was a prettygood track. The good thing is that we can getwhatever we want and we quickly need to bounceback in our next game.": The finalists of the previous seasonget off to the new season in style with a huge72 run victory over the Sunrisers Hyderabaddefeating the Orange Arnmy on their home turfin Hyderabad. Bhuvneshwar Kumar captainedSRH in place of Aiden Markram who is absent onnational duty and elected to bowl first.Jos Buttler and Yashasvi Jaiswal provided amagnificent start to the Royals adding 85 runsfor the first wicket in the powerplay. Buttlerscored a quickfire 54 in 22 balls with 3 sixes and7 fours. Yashasvi also scored 54 in 37 deliveriesand added another 54 runs for the 2nd wicketwith skipper Sanju Samson who kick started hisseason with 55 in 32 balls which included 4 sixesand 3 fours.Shimron Hetnyer finished the innings hitting 22in 16 bals as the Sunrisers bowlers dragged thetotal down to 209 which was once looking goingpast 240.T Natarajan playing competitive cricketfor the first time after October 2022, was the pickof the bowlers with 2/23 in 3 overs. FazalhagFarooqi also picked upa couple of wickets butwas expensive. Adil Rashid on IPL debut bowledsmartly albeit finished wicketless.Rajasthan started their second innings witha double bang with Trent Boult starting theproceedings with a double wicket maiden to sendRahul Tripathi and Abhishek Sharma back in thevery first over. Wickets kept tumbling at regularintervals with only Mayank Agarwal lookingstubborn scoring 27 in 23 balls. Harry Brook also playing for the first time in theIPL and in his 100th T20 fixture got off to a startbut was well set by Yuzvendra Chahal gettinghim out for the 3rd time in T20 history. SRHintroduced as their first ever impact player gettinghim in place of Farooqi with RR getting NavdeepSaini in place of Yashasvi Jaiswal.Chahal was the pick of the RR bowlers with 4/17.Trent Boult bowleda terrific spell of 2/21 with adouble wicket maiden at the beginning to guideRR to a strong defense. KM Asif (0/15 in 3), JasonHolder (1/16) and R Ashwin (1/27) also bowledeconomically. Umran Malik batting at number 10 providedSome entertainment to the crowd with some biglusty hits scoring 19 in just8 balls and askingthe team management for a promotion in thebatting order but the target seemed tOo muchfor the Hyderabad batters who never looked inthe element and were out of the reckoning in themiddle overs itself.

IPL23 Match No 3 DC vs LSG this match LSG won by 50 runs. A comprehensive win for Lucknow Super Giants(LSG) and they initiate the season witha win of50 runs margin. Delhi Capitals will try to regroupand assess the areas of improvement. t's just thestart of the tournament though.Mark Wood (Player of the Match): "Definitely. therun ups were a problem due to the dew but gotinto a rhytm slowly. We practised with the wetball. Last time I was here was for CSK and didn'tgo well. Happy to improve fromn that. ball anddid not go into the match. I slipped in the match.But KL was patientand Morne helped me as well.Today I was trying to keep it short and come froma longer run up. It does affect you, if you haveto constantly think about the landing area. So,happy to have sorted it out and getting the jobdone for the team. Happy to help the team win inthe end."KL Rahul(Lucknow Super Giants captain):" Yeah, itwas a great start I think. At the initial stage, I saidthat we were clueless about the pitch as well. Weweren't familiar with the conditions. We will takea lot of confidence with this one. Again, the tossis not in our hands, but with the new rule, you getto choose what team you want to go with. It hascome in handy.I felt that we were 25-30 runs above par. Theway Kyle batted, took the approach against thespinners, and got us to a good start, was superb.But the way they started in the first three over,they were about 30-odd runs I think.The whole group I think. It was Woody's day. hetook six [five actually] wickets, which was reallywell. He made an impact there. It was Woody'sday but I think in the end, it was the overall groupwho did the job.Obviously, we will take a lot of confidence fromit. We will try to take as much off it. This is T20cricket, and we will try not to overdo it. But yes, wewill take the confidence from it"Active Catch of the Match: Prithvi ShawLongest Six of the Match: Kyle Mayers (99m)Most Fours of the Match: David WarnerMost Valuable Asset of the Match: Kyle MayersGame Changer of the Match: Mark WoodElectric Striker of the Match: Kyle MayersMarcus Stoinis (Lucknow Super Giants):"A greatstart by the boys and we are happy that we haveWon in the manner we did. Yes, nice to havethose problems Iike that. The coaches say goodproblem to have. It was soaking wet out there.We practise under lights. It's a sandy surface, theguys slipped up here and there. It happens. Thepitch looked different at each ends. One end spunwhile the others helped the pacers. So, we had toadjust to the conditions and we did that. Yes, I amhappy that I was not needed to bowl. But if calledfor, I am ready to bowl and good to go."David Warner (Delhi Capitals Captain): "It wasdifficult to bat during the chase as it was made bythe LSG bowlers. They bowled really well in thepowerplay and put us under pressure. During thetoss, I thought 175 should be par. But they addeda few more runs. Not to take anything awayfrom their bowlers, who bowled with good intentand putus in trouble. They did an outstandingjob. Momentum is important in this game. Wetalk about forming alliances, but you can't takeWood's place. He's a fantastic bowler, and hedemonstrated his true talent and experiencetonight. See, you can't dropa catch and that tof Kyle Mayers. In fact, you shouldn't be droppingcatches. Once you give life to a big guy will makeyou pay for it. From either end, it appeared as ifyou were bowling on two different surfaces. It'sa case ofgoing back to the drawing board for us.We go back to Delhi infront of our home crowdfor the next game. I think I have been back inDelhi around 2010-11. Now the pitch there mighthave changed a bit. Haha.. I would like to forthat(Cheekily smiles when asked aboutplayiny..Delhi in the BGT Test match vs India last month)."Arriving for a hefty chase Delhi Capitals falteredwith every wicket inside the powerplay. It wasMark Wood who rushed the batters with pace andenforced cracks in the wall of the Capitals. Warnerwas the lone warrior for them and lost partnerswho could succor him at the right time. PrithviShaw and the skipper looked in good touch untilthe inception of Wood. The Englishman wentthrough the gates of Shaw and Mitchell Marshon back-to-back deliveries, pushing Delhi on theback foot.Sarfaraz Khan was promoted second down butfailed to gleam. He got some wood on a seriousbumper, losing his poise and falling bizarrely.Rilee Rossouw (30) glued 38 runs with Warner inthe middle but was removed by Ravi Bishnoi. Thiswas yet another awkward dismissal where theProteas batter got the swell of the blade on thefollow-through of the shot, ending up in a caught-Out.Rovman Powell and Aman Khan looked likewalking wickets and Warner (56 off 48 balls)succumbed under the pressure. The tail draggedon with some runs but it didn't add much value.Mark Wood arrived for the ultimate over andenforced two wickets, bringing up the first fifer ofIPL 2023. Avesh Khan and Ravi Bishnoi baggedtwo wickets each.Earlier, David Warner of DC had won the toss andelected to field first. In the absence of Quinton deKock, Kyle Mayers came to open the innings withKL Rahul. They initiated the innings watchfullagainst the left-arm pacers of Delhi Capitals. luwas a matter of time before Mayers switchedEarlier, David Warner of DC had won the toss andelected to field first. In the absence of Quinton deKock, Kyle Mayers came to open the innings withKL Rahul. They initiated the innings watchfullyagainst the left-arm pacers of Delhi Capitals. Itwas a matter of time before Mayers switchedgears and brought his stormy side. AlthoughKL Rahul was dismissed early today it was theCaribbean all-rounder who steered the inningsdeep.Deepak Hooda, Krunal Pandya, and MarcusStoinis could only touch the double-digit markbut failed to convert to a healthy score. KhaleelAhmed and Kuldeep Yadav were taken to thecleaners but struck with scalps in the middlephases. After the dismissal of Mayers (73 off38 balls), Nicholas Pooran took the charge andhelped LSG reach a commendable total. A quickcameo from Ayush Badoni and a last-ball sixoff impact player sub, Krishnappa Gowthampropelled the total to 193.

IPl23 match no 2 PBKS vs KKR this match PBKS won by 7 runs by DLS Method. Arshdeep Singh is the player of the match for hismagical bowling performance. | The Punjab Kings win their openingencounter of the season by7 runs thanks tothe Duckworth Lewis Stern method. A livelyperformance by the bowling attack well led byArshdeep Singh and a brilliant batting show fromBhanuka Rajapaksa (50), Shikhar Dhawan (40),Prabhsimran Singh (23 off 12) in the top orderand then some fireworks down the order fromJitesh Sharma, Sikandar Raza, Sam Curran andShahrukh Khan helps the Kings to put their firstcouple of points on the table.A quick recap to match number 2 of the 2023season. KKR won the toss and elected to bowlfirst putting a strong total of 191/5. Tim Southeepicked upa couple of wickets but conceded 54runs in his four overs. Umesh Yadav bowledeconomically and picked up a wicket alongsideVarun Chakravarthy and an expensive SunilNarine.KKR didn't get a very good start losing 3 wicketsin the powerplay including their first 2 in a singleArshdeep over when the left arm quick bowler gotrid of the opener Mandeep Singh and number3 Anukul Roy. Rahmanullah Gurbaz got a goodstart but was dismissed by Nathan Ellis in the 5thOver.Venkatesh Iyer was the impact player substitutefor KKRand scored 34 in 28 balls getting inpartnerships with Nitish Rana and Andre Russell.Newly appointed skipper Rana scored 24 in 17balls adding 46 runs for the 4th wicket. RussellIyer was dismissed just before the rain intervalin the 16th over but Shardul Thakur understoodthe assignment in the drizzle and smashed asix off his very first ball adding 8 runs in no timewith Sunil Narine. The rain got heavier and theumpires got the players off the field. After waitingfor around half an hour, it was confirmed that thematch could not proceed further and KKR wereleft short of just 7 runs of the DLS par score.