DTVHINDI“I am confident that he will be in tomorrow’s match…”- DC head coach said about Akshar Patel’s captaincy
Axar Patel (Photo Source: Getty Images) After securing important wins in their last few encounters, Delhi Capitals will face Royal Challengers Bangalore in their 13th match of the league stage of IPL 2024 on Sunday, May 12, at the M. Chinnaswamy Stadium in Bengaluru. By winning this match, Delhi team would like to maintain its winning momentum. Ricky Ponting has confidence in Akshar Patel’s captaincy skills DC’s regular captain due to slow over rate Rishabh Pant But he has been banned for one match due to which he will not play in the match against RCB. In such a situation, Akshar Patel will lead the team. Addressing the pre-match press conference on Saturday, Delhi Capitals head coach Ricky Ponting said, “He (Akshar) has been the vice-captain in this franchise for the last few seasons. He is a very experienced IPL player, an experienced international player, he is a sensible guy and understands the game very well. He is excited about it. We started talking about this a few days ago when there was a possibility that Rishabh could be banned.” He said, “He knows about this. We have had a meeting with our bowlers today. There will be a meeting with everyone tonight, everyone will look at the plans and make sure that they are ready to lead the team well tomorrow.Delhi Capitals are fifth in the points table with 12 points from 12 matches, while they have registered consecutive wins in their last four matches. After this, Ricky Ponting was asked whether there would be an equal competition between the two teams in this match. To which the DC head coach said, “These are all tough games in the IPL. If you turn the clock back two weeks, RCB were nowhere in this tournament. And, now, they are probably performing as well as anyone else in the tournament.”
IPL 2024: Shubman Gill has enjoyed captaincy and its challenges: Gary Kirsten
Gujarat Titans are running last in the points table of IPL 2024. Shubman Gill and Gary Kirsten (Image Credit- Twitter After Gujarat Titans (GT) finishing last in the points table of the ongoing IPL season, the captaincy of team captain and young Indian batsman Shubman Gill is facing severe criticism. On the other hand, now amidst the criticism of the captaincy of this young player, he has got great support from the mentor of Gujarat Titans team, Gary Kirsten. Gary says that Shubman Gill has enjoyed captaincy and its challenges during IPL 2024. Gary Kirsten gave a big statement regarding Shubman Gill Let us tell you that in the IPL to be released today on May 10, Gujarat Titans are going to face five-time Chennai Super Kings at their home ground. So, in the pre-match conference held before the start of this match, GT team mentor Gary Kirsten said about the captaincy of Shubman Gill – I think he has enjoyed captaincy, it is something that takes time to really master. So I think he enjoyed it this season. He is a world class player, so I have no doubt that he is going to do well in 1-2 of the next 3 matches. There is no doubt about this. Gary further said- You definitely miss some players in the tournament, like we have missed Mohammed Shami for 2 years. It is difficult to replace such players. This season we have not been able to play the kind of cricket we can play and we played last season. Due to your inability to perform consistently, your shortcomings become known to other teams.
“When it comes to captaincy, he is the best leader…”- Irfan Pathan said about Rohit Sharma
Irfan Pathan says that there is no better person than Rohit Sharma to captain India in the T20 World Cup. Irfan Pathan & Rohit Sharma (Photo Source: The ICC Men’s T20 World Cup 2024 will be played jointly in West Indies and America from June 1. BCCI has announced the 15-member Indian team for this tournament. Rohit Sharma is ready to captain India once again in the ICC tournament. Former Indian veteran player Irfan Pathan says that there is no better person than Rohit Sharma to captain India in the T20 World Cup. Captaincy is a completely different thing – Irfan Pathan Irfan Pathan says that captaincy is a difficult job, a person like MS Dhoni made it very easy. Virat Kohli is the best captain in test cricket. In recent times, in white ball cricket, you cannot look beyond Rohit Sharma, he is the best leader. Irfan Pathan while talking on Star Sports said, ‘We always talk about players, but captaincy is a completely different thing. We saw what happened to many captains in this IPL; It is not easy. Captaining a team in cricket still holds a lot of importance and that is why we always talk a lot about Mahendra Singh Dhoni. The whole world has given him high status because it is such a difficult job and he has made it very simple. Irfan Pathan further said, ‘After Mahendra Singh Dhoni, Virat was your best captain till date in Tests, the way he took the team forward. But when it comes to recent white-ball cricket, you can look no further than Rohit Sharma. Even considering the bench strength, he is your best leader. According to Irfan Pathan, these players can captain India in future Irfan Pathan also put forward his views about who can captain the Indian team in the future. They said, ‘In terms of captaincy in the future, his eyes will be on Suryakumar Yadav and Jasprit Bumrah. Now we have Hardik Pandya as the vice-captain, and also Rishabh Pant. So, three or four people are ready, but Rohit is number one.
IPL 2024: Once again CSK crossed the 200-run mark at Chepauk Stadium, Rituraj Gaikwad played captaincy innings for his team.
Batting first, Chennai Super Kings scored 212 runs losing three wickets in 20 overs. CSK (Pic Source-X) Currently, an important match is being played between Chennai Super Kings and Sunrisers Hyderabad at MA Chidambaram Stadium in Chennai. In this match, Sunrisers Hyderabad won the toss and decided to bowl first. All the batsmen played their roles very well in the first innings for Chennai Super Kings. Let us tell you, batting first, Chennai Super Kings scored 212 runs losing three wickets in 20 overs. On behalf of the team, captain Ruturaj Gaikwad batted brilliantly and scored an important half-century for his team. Rituraj Gaikwad played a valuable inning of 98 runs in 54 balls with the help of 10 fours and 3 sixes against Sunrisers Hyderabad. Ruturaj Gaikwad did not spare any bowler of Sunrisers Hyderabad and hit hard against all of them. Ajinkya Rahane failed to score big against Sunrisers Hyderabad and was out after scoring 9 runs. After taking the first wicket quickly, an important partnership of 110 runs was made between Ruturaj Gaikwad and Daryl Mitchell for the second wicket. Daryl Mitchell scored 52 runs in 32 balls with the help of 7 fours and one six against Hyderabad. Shivam Dubey also batted very well for Chennai team and scored 39* runs in 20 balls with the help of 1 four and 4 sixes. Mahendra Singh Dhoni contributed 5* runs. Bhuvneshwar Kumar, T. Natarajan and Jaydev Unadkat took wickets for Sunrisers Hyderabad. Sunrisers Hyderabad will have to score 213 runs in 20 overs to win the match against Chennai Super Kings. If Sunrisers Hyderabad wants to win the match against Chennai, they will have to score 213 runs in 20 overs. There are many batsmen in the team who are in very good form at the moment and they can win this match. However, it will not be so easy for Hyderabad to defeat Chennai in their own home. At present, after the first innings, Chennai Super Kings are in a very good position in this match. Sunrisers Hyderabad has scored 10 points in 8 matches so far and the team is at the third position in the points table of IPL 2024. Talking about Chennai Super Kings, they have scored eight points in 8 matches and the team is at sixth position in the points table of Indian Premier League 2024. 5 Australian players who scored half century in debut IPL match IPL 2024: These 11 foreign players took crores of rupees but flopped IPL 2024: 5 players who hit the most sixes in the 19th and 20th overs of IPL 5 fastest bowlers in IPL history Who are the head coaches of all 10 teams in IPL 2024? Which team has won the most matches against RCB in Chinnaswamy? IPL 2024: 3 former RCB players who are creating havoc in SRH 4 players who have played more than 500 T20 matches MS Dhoni: Amazing records of Dhoni as CSK captain Captains of which teams were changed before the start of IPL 2024
IPL 2024: Even under the captaincy of Sam Curran, PBKS batsmen failed to bat well, lost four important wickets within 10 overs.
In this match, Rajasthan Royals won the toss and chose bowling. PBKS vs RR (Pic Source-X) Currently, the best match of the Indian Premier League 2024 is being played between Punjab Kings and Rajasthan Royals in Chandigarh. In this match, Rajasthan Royals won the toss and chose bowling. His decision has proved to be quite correct so far and Punjab Kings have lost three important wickets within eight overs. The bowlers of Rajasthan Royals have bowled very well so far and there is pressure on the batsmen of Punjab. Let us tell you, their regular captain Shikhar Dhawan is not playing for Punjab team in this match. Atharv Taide, who joined the team in place of Shikhar Dhawan, failed to bat well against Rajasthan and returned to the pavilion after scoring 15 runs. Jonny Bairstow also could not score big and fell victim to Keshav Maharaj after scoring 15 runs. Out-of-form batsman Prabhsimran Singh has returned to the pavilion after scoring 10 runs. So far, Avesh Khan, Keshav Maharaj and Yuzvendra Chahal have taken 1 wicket each for Rajasthan team. Rajasthan Royals have made a very good start against Punjab. However, if the hosts want to win this match, it is very important for them to make a big score. Sam Curran was also out on a personal score of 6 runs. In this match, Sam Curran, who was captaining Punjab Kings, was also out, leaving his team in a difficult situation. He scored only 6 runs against Rajasthan and gave his wicket to Keshav Maharaj. Punjab is in a very difficult situation at this time. Let us tell you that Rajasthan Royals have played 5 matches so far in IPL 2024, out of which they have won four while the team has faced defeat in one. With 8 points, Rajasthan team is at the first position in the points table of IPL 2024. They have lost against Gujarat Titans in their last match. Talking about Punjab Kings, they have won 2 out of 5 matches while the team has faced defeat in 3. IPL 2024: These 11 foreign players took crores of rupees but flopped IPL 2024: 5 players who hit the most sixes in the 19th and 20th overs of IPL 5 fastest bowlers in IPL history Who are the head coaches of all 10 teams in IPL 2024? Which team has won the most matches against RCB in Chinnaswamy? IPL 2024: 3 former RCB players who are creating havoc in SRH 4 players who have played more than 500 T20 matches MS Dhoni: Amazing records of Dhoni as CSK captain Captains of which teams were changed before the start of IPL 2024 5 IPL teams who have the most followers on Instagram
Is Ruturaj Gaikwad feeling the pressure of captaincy?, former cricketer gave a big reaction
Michael Vaughan also gave advice to CSK captain Ruturaj Gaikwad Ruturaj Gaikwad (Photo Source: BCCI/IPL) Ruturaj Gaikwad (Ruturaj Gaikwad) led Chennai Super Kings (CSK) to a 7-wicket win against Kolkata Knight Riders (KKR) on Monday, April 8. First, the lethal bowling of Ravindra Jadeja and Tushar Deshpande restricted KKR to just 137 runs. After this, captain Ruturaj Gaikwad led the team to victory by playing a half-century innings. Meanwhile, former England captain Michael Vaughan believes that CSK captain Ruturaj Gaikwad is still feeling the pressure from former captain MS Dhoni to take over the lead role of the team. He believes that Ruturaj’s batting performance in IPL 2024 has been affected by this. Despite Ruturaj Gaikwad’s brilliant innings against KKR, Michael Vaughan feels the CSK captain was feeling the pressure. Vaughan cited the example of former Manchester United coach Sir Alex Ferguson to explain how it would be difficult for Gaikwad to replace Dhoni at five-time IPL champions CSK. He has taken over from God- Michael Vaughan Vaughan told Cricbuzz, he has taken over the charge from God. It’s like Sir Alex Ferguson is still in the dressing room when the new manager comes in. MS Dhoni is still there. It will be very difficult. It is difficult to give instructions to Dhoni, but I think it is MS who has taken the decision to step aside. Other than this michael vaughn Also gave advice to CSK captain Ruturaj Gaikwad. He said that till now I have not seen Ruturaj in complete control in the middle. The only advice I would give him is to focus on scoring as many runs as possible. If he can do that, I think his team will be in a better position. Let us tell you that under the captaincy of Ruturaj Gaikwad, Chennai Super Kings has played five matches so far this season. Out of these, they have won in three, while they have faced defeat in two. The team is at fourth position with 6 points.
IPL 2024: When Shubman Gill played captaincy innings in front of Punjab Kings, fans gave tremendous reaction.
The 17th match of IPL 2024 is being played between Gujarat Titans and Punjab Kings in Ahmedabad. Shubman Gill (Image Credit- Twitter) GT vs PBKS: The 17th match of the 17th season of IPL is being played today on 4th April between Gujarat Titans and Punjab Kings (GT vs PBKS) at Narendra Modi Stadium in Ahmedabad. In this match, Punjab won the toss and decided to bat first. So, batting first in the match, Gujarat Titans (GT), thanks to the captaincy innings of Shubman Gill, was successful in scoring 199 runs at the loss of 4 wickets against Punjab Kings. On the other hand, fans are seen giving tremendous reaction to this innings of Gill through social media. Talking about Gill’s innings in the match, he has played a brilliant inning of 89 runs in 48 balls. During this innings, Gill hit 6 fours and 4 sixes. Gujarat set a target of 200 runs for Punjab to win. Talking about the match, after winning the toss, Gujarat invited Punjab to bat first. So Gujarat, batting first, scored 199 runs at the loss of 4 wickets in 20 overs. In the end, all-rounder Rahul Tewatia played a stormy innings of 23* runs in 8 balls with the help of 3 fours and 1 six, due to which Gujarat has managed to set a strong target for victory in front of Punjab. However, before this, Gujarat’s start in the match was not anything special. The team lost the wicket of opener Wriddhiman Saha (11) on a total score of 29 runs. But Shubman Gill returned unbeaten due to which GT was successful in reaching this target. Apart from Gill, Kane Williamson played brilliant innings of 26 runs and Sai Sudarshan played 33 runs for Gujarat. So if we talk about Punjab’s bowling, Kagiso Rabada got 2 wickets and Harpreet, Brar and Harshal Patel got 1 wicket each. See how fans reacted to Gill’s innings Shubman gill at Narendra modi stadiumpic.twitter.com/JwadA7OnLW — Stutii (@Sam0kayy) April 4, 2024 WELL PLAYED, CAPTAIN GILL…!!!! 89* (48) with 6 fours and 4 sixes against PBKS at the Narendra Modi Stadium. A solid knock by Shubman, he played throughout the innings and ensured a great total. pic.twitter.com/dG8P51AabO — Mufaddal Vohra (@mufaddal_vohra) April 4, 2024 Shubman Gill already gave a better pose than he would’ve after the century, hence decided to miss it. pic.twitter.com/r2VSXvMUlE — Silly Point (@FarziCricketer) April 4, 2024 Ahmedabad basher back to Academy recruitment 🔥Shubman Gill 89 (48) makes up for fraud Mama pic.twitter.com/new0dCGE3p — Dinda Academy (@academy_dinda) April 4, 2024 Same ground, same pitch, same condition Different results, because money matters Thank you Shubman Gill. #GTvPBKS pic.twitter.com/kmXI18dD3K — Ctrl C Ctrl Memes (@Ctrlmemes_) April 4, 2024 Kane Williamson said – “Shubman Gill leads from the front for us. He’s just unreal timer of the ball, it’s incredible batting by him”. pic.twitter.com/CRHSQRn01O — CricketMAN2 (@ImTanujSingh) April 4, 2024 💥👉💥💥💥💥💥💥💥💥💥 A brilliant knock from Shubman Gill propels Gujarat Titans to a strong total of 199. 📷 Getty • #ShubmanGill #GTvPBKS #TATAIPL #IPL2024 #BharatArmy pic.twitter.com/TxztSeuoNH — The…
IPL 2024: ‘What wrong has Rohit Sharma done?’ – Navjot Singh Sidhu on change in team captaincy by Mumbai Indians
Mumbai has appointed Hardik Pandya as its new captain in place of Rohit Sharma in the ongoing IPL. Navjot Singh Sidhu. (Photo Source: X) Former opening batsman of the Indian cricket team and well-known cricket commentator and politician Navjot Singh Sidhu has given a big statement on the change in the captaincy of his team by Mumbai Indians. Sidhu has taken a jibe at the Mumbai franchise and asked what wrong Rohit Sharma had done. It is noteworthy that before the start of IPL 2024, five-time champion Mumbai Indians management had appointed all-rounder Hardik Pandya, who was traded from Gujarat Titans, as the new captain of the team. After this decision of the franchise, there was a lot of criticism in the cricket world. Navjot Singh Sidhu takes a dig at Mumbai Indians Let us tell you that Navjot, in a discussion with Star Sports in the press room regarding the change of captaincy in the team by Mumbai Indians, said – No one can digest the fact that the hero of India, the captain of India, is not the captain of our franchise. . What wrong has he (Rohit Sharma) done? Fans of the franchise must be thinking the same thing. But what should he do? There is no such thing as success. If he had won both these matches, there would not have been so much noise. Navjot further said- If BCCI had made Rohit the captain for the T20 World Cup in October, the franchise would not have chosen Hardik as the captain. It is a matter of respect for the franchise. So, the real issue here is time. On the other hand, if we give you information about the performance of Mumbai Indians in the 17th season of the ongoing IPL, the team has played 3 matches so far, in which it has faced defeat in all three. The team is currently at the last position in the points table with a hat-trick of defeats. Well, now it will be interesting to see how Mumbai is going to perform in its upcoming matches? Mumbai is now going to face Delhi Capitals in IPL on 7th April.
PCB once again handed over the responsibility of captaincy to Babar Azam, Shaheen Afridi took leave
PCB made Shaheen Afridi the T-20 captain in place of Babar Azam. Babar Azam (Image Credit- Twitter X) A big news related to Pakistan cricket has come out. Pakistan’s legendary batsman Babar Azam has again been appointed captain of the white ball format (ODI & T20I). Pakistan Cricket Board (PCB) Chairman Mohsin Naqvi has given this responsibility to Babar after the recommendation of the selection committee. Shan Masood will remain the captain of the Test team. Pakistan Cricket Board shared a video in which Babar Azam was seen sitting with PCB Chairman Mohsin Naqvi. While sharing the photo, PCB wrote, ‘The selection committee of Pakistan Cricket Board unanimously recommended making Babar Azam the captain of Pakistan cricket team in ODI and T20. PCB Chairman Mohsin Naqvi accepted the recommendation and decided to make Babar the captain. Babar Azam appointed as white-ball captain Following unanimous recommendation from the PCB’s selection committee, Chairman PCB Mohsin Naqvi has appointed Babar Azam as white-ball (ODI and T20I) captain of the Pakistan men’s cricket team. pic.twitter.com/ad4KLJYRMK — Pakistan Cricket (@TheRealPCB) March 31, 2024 Babar Azam had left the captaincy of all three formats after poor performance in the ODI World Cup 2023 hosted by India. After that PCB made Shaheen Shah Afridi the captain of T20 format, while Shan Masood was given the command in Test. However, even after changing the captain, there was no improvement in the performance of the Pakistan team. Pakistan team’s performance was poor under the captaincy of Shaheen Afridi Shaheen captained the team in only five T20s. Pakistan lost the five-match T20 series against New Zealand 1-4. Whereas in Pakistan Super League, Lahore Qalandars remained last in the points table. In such a situation, before the upcoming T20 World Cup, Pakistan has again expressed confidence in Babar Azam. Let us tell you that Babar Azam has scored 5729 runs in 117 ODI matches at an average of 56.72, in which he has scored 19 centuries and 32 half-centuries. Babar Azam has scored 3898 runs in 52 Test matches with 9 centuries and 26 half-centuries and an average of 45.86. In 109 T20I matches, Babar Azam has scored 3698 runs at an average of 41.55, with 3 centuries and 33 half-centuries. Under the captaincy of Babar Azam, Pakistan cricket team has registered 26 wins in 43 ODI matches, while it has faced defeat in 15 matches. During this period, one match has been tied and one match has been inconclusive.
Babar Azam placed some important conditions before accepting the captaincy of Pakistan
Babar Azam left the captaincy after Cricket World Cup 2023. Babar Azam (Photo Source: X/Twitter) Pakistan cricket team could not make it to the semi-finals of the ICC Cricket World Cup 2023 hosted by India last year. After Pakistan failed to reach the playoffs of the tournament, captain Babar Azam resigned from his post. After Babar resigned from the captaincy, the Pakistan Cricket Board handed over the captaincy of Test format to Shan Masood and captaincy of T20 format to Shaheen Afridi. However, the Pakistan cricket team could not perform anything special under the captaincy of the pair of Masood and Afridi. So now reports are coming that once again Pakistan cricket management is looking towards Babar Azam to take charge of the team. But former captain and veteran batsman Babar Azam has put some important conditions before the PCB before taking over the captaincy of the Pakistan cricket team. According to these conditions, Babar wants the head coach of the team to be changed. He also wants to captain all three formats simultaneously, but the selection committee wants Shaheen Afridi to captain the shortest format of the game. It is noteworthy that under the captaincy of Shaheen, Pakistan lost 4-1 to New Zealand in the T20 series. PCB source gave important information Let us tell you that a senior source of Pakistan Cricket Board was quoted as saying by The Hindu – Some members of the selection committee feel that Shaheen Afridi should be allowed to remain the captain for the home T20 series against New Zealand in April and he should prove his ability. Be given a chance to do it. The source further said- He (Babar Azam) has made his opinion clear to the PCB chief and has now asked him to take the final decision. Naqvi has asked the selection committee to convince Babar to accept the captaincy of white ball cricket now and the board will decide on the captaincy of red ball cricket after the T20 World Cup.
