DTVHINDIBad news for Punjab Kings, star player left the team mid-season; Reason written on social media
Sikandar Raza has left IPL and returned to his country. Sikandar Raza (Image Credit- Twitter Sikandar Raza left Punjab Kings team: Bad news has come out after the spectacular victory of Punjab Kings over Kolkata Knight Riders. Star all-rounder Sikandar Raza has left IPL and returned to his country. Sikandar has posted a post saying that he has left the Punjab Kings team. Sikandar gave information about leaving this season of IPL midway by tweeting on social media platform X in which he wrote that “Thank you India, IPL and I enjoyed every minute with Punjab Kings. Now is the time for national duty. We will definitely meet again.” Zimbabwe team is going on Bangladesh tour Actually, Zimbabwe team is on Bangladesh tour from 3rd May. A five-match T20 series will be played in this tour. Sikandar Raza is the captain of the Zimbabwe T20 team due to which he had to return to his country. See his tweet- Thank you India 🇮🇳, @IPL and @PunjabKingsIPL for having me, loved every minute of it Time for national 🇿🇼 duty now #InshaAllah we will meet again soon #visitzimbabwe #visitindia #Alhamdulillah pic.twitter.com/YVkBOtp6bH — Sikandar Raza (@SRazaB24) April 27, 2024 How has Sikandar Raza’s performance been in IPL 2024? In the 17th season of IPL, Sikandar Raza got a chance to play only 2 matches for the Punjab team in which he scored a total of 43 runs at an average of 21.50. Whereas in bowling he has not taken even a single wicket. Sikandar Raza made his debut in IPL in the year 2023 season, in which he played 7 matches. In these 7 matches, he scored 139 runs and during this time he also got a half-century innings with his bat. But this year Raza could not get a consistent opportunity in the team’s playing 11. Punjab Kings got a great victory against KKR In the 42nd match of IPL 2024, Punjab Kings defeated Kolkata Knight Riders by 8 wickets. Batting first against Punjab Kings, Kolkata Knight Riders scored 261 runs on the board at the loss of 6 wickets. Punjab Kings chased the target with 8 balls remaining and won by 8 wickets. Jonny Bairstow played an unbeaten inning of 108 runs in 48 balls with the help of 8 fours and 9 sixes. Prabhsimran Singh scored 54 runs in 20 balls, while Shashank Singh played an unbeaten inning of 68 runs in 28 balls with the help of 2 fours and 8 sixes.
IPL 2024: BCCI rescheduled the mid-season IPL matches of Kolkata and Gujarat, know when the matches will be held now?
KKR and GT matches have been rescheduled. IPL Trophy (Image Credit- Twitter) Amidst the ongoing IPL 2024 season, the Board of Control for Cricket in India (BCCI) has rescheduled the matches of Kolkata Knight Riders and Gujarat Titans. Kolkata, which was to play a match against Rajasthan Royals at Eden Garden on April 17, but now after rescheduling, this match will be played a day earlier i.e. on April 16, 2024. Apart from Kolkata, one match of Gujarat has also been rescheduled by BCCI. Let us tell you that the match between Gujarat Titans and Delhi Capitals on April 16 at Narendra Modi Stadium in Ahmedabad has also been rescheduled. Now this match will be played one day later on 17 April 2024. Apex Cricket Board has given information about the change in the schedule of the matches to the concerned stakeholders including the broadcasters, so that any kind of problem that may arise at the last moment can be avoided. Because of this the matches were rescheduled Let us tell you that the match between Kolkata Knight Riders and Gujarat Titans to be held on April 17 has been rescheduled due to Ram Navami. It is noteworthy that Ram Navami is celebrated with great pomp in Kolkata city, due to which, keeping security in mind, Kolkata Police told the Bengal Cricket Association (CAB) that they will not be able to provide complete security on this day, because Most of the policemen will be busy with the security of Ram Navami festival. So, after the request of CAB, BCCI has taken this decision. On the other hand, if we give you information about the tournament, a total of 14 matches have been played so far. After these matches, Rajasthan Royals are at first place in the points table with three wins in three matches. So Mumbai Indians are at the last position after a hat-trick of defeats in 3 matches. So today on April 2, the 15th match of IPL will be played between Royal Challengers Bangalore and Lucknow Super Giants.
