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IPL23 Match no 50 RCB vs DC this Match DC won by 7 wickets. Phil Salt (Player of the Match): "We spoke beforethe game about being positive and take them on.We saw how good they were in Bangalore whenthey had their tails up.The real strength of mine is when I get going Idon't really look to take my foot off the pedal toooften. We knew the wicket was quite slow andlow and we knew that realistically we would slowdown in the middle.I thought it was par. I thought we would have tobat really well to get there but the boys came outswinging and played really wel.Marsh came in and hit the second ball for six orsomething like that and it puts the bowlers on thebackfoot. He's a top player.David Warner (Delhi Capitals Captain): "That wasamazing. I thought 180 was probably par score.The ball started skidding nicely at the back end. Iwas confident restricting them to 180 if we comeOut with the intent led by Phil Salt to try chase thistotal down.We said from the outside that we wanted to gofor the target. Siraj and Hazlewood might havebowled the other overs well but that was Ourintention today. Siraj has been bowling extremelywell and he's their backbone. He takes earlywickets in the powerplay and if we take him on a little bit and bring back his length where a lotof his dismissals have been bowled and LB. Thatwould work in our favor. We were able to get to agood start in the first 6 anda great finish there bySalty and Rilee.Credit to the way the bowlers have bowled. Theywere fantastic, they defended 130 twice. Anrichisn't here one of the most experience but Ishantleading there and Khaleel which makes us astronger. Indian bowling component. With theexperience of Kuldeep and Axar as well. They are2 outstanding bowlers and we gota great team anda great momentum now.Its all about momentum and its all jammed atthe momnent We go on to Chennai now. We knowits gonna be a tough one down there. They'vegot some good momentum as well. I think we'vefound the right balance now at the right time." Rilee Rossouw (Delhi Capitals): "We bowled quitewell. It was a great result for us. I thought it wasa decent score. Warner and Salt were wonderfulup at the top. Then Marsh followed it really well. Icame up with the same intent and tried to knockoff the remaining runs. We are wonderful as agroup. It has been an amazing feeling. They arevery supportive even though not playing.It was a tricky pitch. It was gripping and turningearlier. I think Salt playeda blinder. He wasfantastic and the way he took on the bowlersin the fist six set the match for us. Otherwise, iwould have been a tough chase. The intent of can't lose anymore brings out thebest in us. We can't lose any game from here andthe freedom it gave us was the result you sawtonight. The way we played tonight no one will tellthat we lost 6 games or how many ever. We needto keep going and who knows we might be luckyto sneak into the playoffs." Faf du Plessis (Royal Challengers BangaloreCaptain): "I felt it was pretty close. We walkedaway with a total of 180+ andat the halfway markit was close. There was a bit of dew and we haveto give credit to their batters.The dew came and our spinners couldn't comeinto the play. A little bit of dew and it hamperedOur plans. I felt that the pitch changed a bit as thematch progressed. When we batted it was quiteslow. At the end of the 12th over, we thought.was a good score. Obviously, you want one ot uieovers to go for 15-20 and get to 2O0. But they got off to a strong start and the base wasset. With the dew settling in, our bowlers weren'tin control of the proceedings. Their batters putour spinners under pressure. We gave a goodfoundation for Maxi to come at three. But verypleased to see Lomror the way he played. Goodtalent and finally, he showed what he has got.Very positive from him. We want someone atnumber 3 to score runs and that will be icing onthe cake. Delhi Capitals finally removethemselves from the number 10 spot in thepoints table with a thumping win over theRoyal Challengers Bangalore by 7 wickets! Amagnificent batting display from the hosts whereevery batter who got the opportunity banked on itand took the team to win with 20 balls in hand.RCB skipper Faf du Plessis won the tOss earlierand elected to bat first with RCB scoring 181/4their 20 overs on the back of half centuries froMahipal Lomror (54* off 29) and Virat Kohli (55 off 42 ) RCB skipper Faf du Plessis won the toss earlierand elected to bat first with RCB scoring 181J4 intheir 20O overs on the back of half centuries fromnMahipal Lomror (54* off 29) and Virat Kohli (55 off46). Faf played a good hand with 45 in 32 balls.Mitchell Marsh picked up a couple of wickets withMukesh and Khaleel getting one each.The chase began on a bright note with theAustralian-English batting pair of skipper DavWarner and Phil Salt adding 60 for the first wicharging from the word'go: The end of thepowerplay saw DC running away with the game The chase began on a bright note with theAustralian-English batting pair of skipper DavidWarner and Phil Salt adding 60 for the first wicketcharging from the word 'go!. The end of thepowerplay saw DCrunning away with the gamehaving 70 runs on the board losing just Warner(22).Salt and number 3 Mitchell Marsh (26 off 17)continued the assault and added 59 for the2nd wicket but Axar Patel chipped getting ridMarsh. Another brilliant partnership bloomedbetween Salt and Rilee Rossouw as they added 52 between Salt and Rilee Rossouw as they added 52runs getting the team much closer to victory. Saltwas dismissed by Karn Sharma off a beautiful legbreak delivery in the 16th over.Axar Patel came in and slammed 8 off just3 ballsto take the teanm home. 12 sixes were hit in theinnings with 6 of them being hit by Salt himself.Rossouw hit 3 sixes and finished the game offwith a maximum. It was a bad outing for the RCBbowlers with Hazlewood, impact player HarstPatel and Sharma the only wicket takers.

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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.

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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 .

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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!

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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.

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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!

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