“CSK is better than Mumbai Indians because…”, Krishnappa Gautam created a sensation with this statement
What I like most about CSK is that they will make sure you are comfortable – Krishnappa Gowtham Krishnappa Gowtham and MS Dhoni (Photo Source: BCCI) Indian player Krishnappa Gautam believes that the dressing room of Chennai Super Kings is better than the dressing room of Mumbai Indians. Krishnappa Gautam was seen playing for Lucknow Super Giants in IPL 2024. Earlier, he has been a part of Mumbai Indians, Chennai Super Kings, Rajasthan Royals and Punjab Kings. They will make sure you are comfortable – Krishnappa Gowtham Krishnappa Gowtham, while talking in an exclusive interview with CricTracker, said that Mumbai Indians leave no stone unturned in taking care of their players. On the other hand, Chennai Super Kings not only takes care of their players but also ensures that their families are happy, everyone is in a good mood and mental state and this is what makes CSK special. Krishnappa Gautham said, I think Mumbai has a very professional setup. When it comes to Mumbai, everything is very organised. When it comes to Chennai, they are also professional and organised. They have everything that Mumbai has, but what I like most about CSK is that they will make sure that you are comfortable and at the same time they will make sure that your whole family is comfortable. They believe that if people around you are comfortable and they are happy, then you can perform at your best. They make sure that everyone is in a good condition and a good mental state. Before IPL 2017, Mumbai Indians bought Krishnappa Gowtham for 2 crores, but he did not get opportunities and the franchise released him before the 2018 mega auction. Rajasthan Royals bought Gowtham in the mega auction, that season he played 15 matches and took 11 wickets at an economy of 7.80. Krishnappa played a brilliant innings of 33 runs in 11 balls in the match against Mumbai Indians, on the basis of which Rajasthan Royals defeated Mumbai by 3 wickets at Wankhede. Krishnappa Gowtham was an important part of Rajasthan Royals’ playing 11 in IPL 2018, but he did not get many opportunities in 2019. He played only 7 matches and was released by the franchise before the upcoming season. Krishnappa played two matches for Punjab Kings in IPL 2020 and was released again. In IPL 2021, Chennai Super Kings bought Krishnappa Gowtham for a huge price of Rs 9.25 crore. However, he did not get a chance to play a single match that season.
MI or KKR- which IPL team does Virat Kohli consider his arch enemy?
Virat Kohli has named Kolkata Knight Riders (KKR) as his favourite IPL opponent ahead of Mumbai Indians (MI). Virat Kohli of RCB (Image Source: BCCI/IPL) Virat Kohli is an IPL legend and holds a special record of being the only player to represent the same franchise in every season. The Royal Challengers Bangalore (RCB) star batsman joined the franchise as a rookie in the 2008 draft. Despite his initial struggles, RCB backed Virat and retained him ahead of the IPL 2011 mega-auction. After that Virat Kohli became the full-time captain of RCB in 2013. Virat has been playing for RCB since 2008, so he has had a long rivalry with every opponent in the T20 league. While talking to Star Sports, Virat talked about IPL and picked his best opponent. Which IPL team does Virat Kohli consider his arch enemy? Virat has named Kolkata Knight Riders (KKR) as his favorite IPL opponent ahead of Mumbai Indians (MI). Let us tell you that Virat was a part of the first IPL match played between RCB and KKR on 18 April 2008. The team captained by Sourav Ganguly scored a total of 222 runs and RCB was all out for 82 runs. Virat was out after scoring 1 run off 5 balls in that match. Kohli’s stats against Mumbai Indians Kohli played his first IPL match against Mumbai Indians on 20 April. He scored 23 runs off 14 balls and RCB achieved the target of 166 runs. At the same time, he has scored 855 runs in 33 matches against Mumbai Indians. Kohli has also scored five half-centuries against MI. Kohli’s stats against KKR Virat has played 34 matches against KKR and scored 962 runs. He has one century and six half-centuries to his name. Interestingly, RCB has never faced Mumbai Indians or KKR in the IPL final. Kohli’s IPL career The Indian legend is the highest run scorer in IPL. He has scored 8004 runs in 252 matches. Virat has 8 centuries and 55 half-centuries to his name. Virat has played 3 IPL finals with RCB, but has never won the trophy.
When Hardik Pandya was being abused by fans in IPL, what was going on in the dressing room? Bumrah said it all
Jasprit Bumrah recalled the time when Hardik Pandya was booed by fans and said that Mumbai Indians stood by him strongly during the tough time. Hardik Pandya (Photo Source: BCCI/IPL) Mumbai Indians replace Rohit Sharma for this year’s IPL season to Hardik Pandya had chosen their new captain. But this decision had to face a lot of criticism from the fans. Not only the team but captain Hardik Pandya also became a victim of the fans’ anger, fans used to boo him continuously. Jasprit Bumrah recalled the time when fans used to target Hardik Pandya and boo him whenever he was on the field. Let us tell you that once the situation got worse when the entire stadium started hooting against Hardik Pandya as soon as he stepped in for the toss. The matter got so worse that Sanjay Manjrekar had to intervene and ask the spectators to “behave properly”. What did Jasprit Bumrah say about Hardik Pandya at that time? Star Indian fast bowler Jasprit Bumrah spoke on the issue and said that Mumbai Indians strongly supported Hardik during this difficult time. Bumrah told the Indian Express, “We were with Hardik, talking to him, if he needed any kind of help. But some things are beyond our control.” People in India are often driven by emotions and it can affect a player when players from their own country criticise. However, he stressed the importance of taking such situations seriously and moving on, as it is impossible to stop everyone from expressing their opinions.” However, things changed for Hardik Pandya after the T20 World Cup 2024, he got massive support and the story changed completely. Pandya scored 144 runs at a strike rate of 150 and also picked up 11 wickets. During the World Cup final, his brilliant bowling performance of 3/20 led India to victory. He dismissed South Africa’s top batsmen Heinrich Klaasen and David Miller and India won the World Cup trophy.
‘We always keep players’ privacy in mind’, Star Sports breaks silence on Rohit Sharma’s ‘privacy violation’ tweet
Star Sports said in the statement – No audio of this conversation was neither recorded nor broadcast. Rohit Sharma and Abhishek Nayar (KKR vs MI) (Photo Source – X/Twitter) Indian captain Rohit Sharma criticized broadcaster Star Sports for breaching privacy during IPL 2024. He wrote about it while posting on Twitter (x) on May 19. Now the broadcaster has responded to his sharp criticism, knowing which you will also be surprised. what is the whole matter Let us tell you that a video of Rohit Sharma had gone viral, in which he was heard talking to Kolkata Knight Riders assistant coach Abhishek Nair and talking about the future. After this video surfaced, according to media reports, speculations about Rohit Sharma joining KKR also increased. Later KKR removed this video from its social media account. What did Rohit Sharma say On May 19, Rohit Sharma got angry at the broadcaster and criticized it for privacy violation. He wrote, Cricketers’ lives have become so intrusive that cameras are now recording our every move and conversation, whether we are with our friends and teammates during practice or in solitude on match days. Despite my request to Star Sports not to record my conversation, it was aired on air, which is a violation of privacy. Star Sports issued statement Now Star Sports has issued a statement in response to Indian captain Rohit Sharma. “A clip involving a senior Indian player and his post on social media has gained prominence since yesterday,” Star Sports wrote in its statement. The clip was taken during a practice session at the Wankhede Stadium on May 16, to which Star Sports had access. In which the senior player was shown chatting with his friends. He further said in his statement, no audio of this conversation was neither recorded nor broadcast. In the clip, only the senior players were requesting not to record the audio of their conversation. This was shown in the live coverage of Star Sports. There was no scope for editing it. We take player privacy into account and are committed to it.
What did Nita Ambani say to the players after Mumbai Indians’ poor IPL season? Rohit- Hardik’s name also taken; watch video
Even after the very bad defeat of Mumbai Indians, Nita Ambani left no stone unturned in boosting the morale of the players. Mumbai Indians and Nita Ambani (Image Source: BCCI/IPL) Mumbai Indians, led by captain Hardik Pandya, faced a shameful campaign in IPL 2024. Mumbai Indians’ last match was with LSG in which MI was defeated by Lucknow Super Giants by 18 runs. In this match, Mumbai team could reach only 196 runs in 20 overs against the challenge of 215 runs. After this defeat, Mumbai Indians came at the bottom of the points table. After the defeat, Mumbai Indians players returned to the dressing room very disappointed. After this match, Mumbai Indians owner Nita Ambani reached the dressing room and consoled the disappointed players and encouraged them to move forward. He also extended special wishes to the players playing for the Indian cricket team for the World Cup. The video of this conversation has been posted on the social media account of Mumbai Indians. What did Nita Ambani say to Mumbai Indians players? Even after the very bad defeat of Mumbai Indians, Nita Ambani left no stone unturned in boosting the morale of the players. While addressing the players of Mumbai Indians, Nita Ambani said that- “This season of IPL 2024 has been very disappointing for all of us. Things were not going our way. But despite all this, Mumbai Indians have a huge fan base. Not just as an owner, but I think it is a huge honor and special thing to wear the Mumbai Indians jersey. At the same time, it is a matter of honor and pride for me to be associated with this team. I think after returning from here we will think about our mistakes.” What did Nita Ambani say by taking the names of Rohit Sharma, Hardik Pandya? Nita Ambani further said that now the whole world will keep an eye on some players of Mumbai Indians. Therefore, I would like to wish all the best to all the players who are going to represent their country for the T20 World Cup 2024. Let us tell you that, on this occasion, he especially took the names of the players included in the Indian team, Rohit Sharma, Hardik Pandya, Suryakumar Yadav and Jasprit Bumrah and congratulated them. Rohit Sharma is the captain of Team India in this year’s T20 World Cup; Hardik Pandya is the vice-captain. Apart from this, looking at the form of Jasprit Bumrah and Suryakumar Yadav, the Indian team has high expectations from these two.
May 19- Evening News Headlines: All the latest news till this evening from IPL 2024
This news gives a brief description of the events which made headlines in the cricket world today. (Image Credit- Instagram) 1) Rohit Sharma angry at Star Sports, raised voice regarding players’ privacy, tweeted this on social media
Star Sports Rohit Sharma angry, raised voice regarding players’ privacy, tweeted this on social media
Rohit Sharma’s performance in IPL 2024 was very ordinary. Rohit Sharma (Pic Source-X) In IPL 2024, former Mumbai Indians captain Rohit Sharma remained in the headlines for many reasons. He remained in the news due to his good performance in the initial matches of the season. As the season came to an end, Rohit started coming into the headlines due to his poor performance and some viral videos. Now Rohit Sharma has come into limelight because of a tweet. In fact, despite the Indian captain saying no, Star Sports had shared a video of him on social media. He has expressed his anger on this. Rohit expressed his anger x But wrote, ‘The lives of cricketers have become so intrusive that cameras are now recording our every move and conversation.’ He wrote, ‘We cannot communicate with our friends and colleagues during training or in matches. Despite asking Star Sports not to record my conversation, it was played on air, which is a violation of privacy. See that tweet of Rohit Sharma here The lives of cricketers have become so intrusive that cameras are now recording every step and conversation we are having in privacy with our friends and colleagues, at training or on match days. Despite asking Star Sports to not record my conversation, it was and was also then… — Rohit Sharma (@ImRo45) May 19, 2024 You will also remember that before the match against Kolkata Knight Riders, a video of Rohit Sharma went viral very fast. In that video, Rohit was seen saying many things to KKR assistant coach Abhishek Nair. In that conversation, Rohit had also said that I don’t know if this is my last one. This thing touched the fans the most and after that many speculations were being made that perhaps this is Rohit’s last season with Mumbai. However, the KKR franchise immediately deleted that video. After this, another video of Rohit went viral in which he had forbidden the cameraman to record audio. But still the broadcasters recorded the audio and the video quickly went viral.
“As a batsman, I know that I can live up to my standards…”- Hitman on his performance in IPL 2024
Lucknow Super Giants (LSG) ended their season in IPL 2024 with an 18-run win against Mumbai Indians (MI) at the Wankhede Stadium in Mumbai on Friday. Batting first in the match, Lucknow scored 214 runs and restricted Mumbai to 196 runs to get an easy win, but the margin of victory was not big enough to reach the top 4. Their tournament journey ended with a group-stage exit. After this match, Rohit Sharma (68* runs) talked about the T20 World Cup team and his IPL 2024 performance in a special conversation with JioCinema on Match Center Live. Rohit Sharma said, “We thought a lot about the team that we ultimately selected for the World Cup. Spinner, seamer, batsman and keeper, we knew before the IPL who we would choose for the World Cup. IPL performance can be up and down for everyone. So we didn’t focus too much on that. We needed to look at the performance of some players, but it was important for us to give clarity to everyone as to whether everyone going into the IPL will participate in the team and what their roles will be so that they can practice and play accordingly. So that we can, we had shared all these hints with 70% of the team before the IPL.” Rohit Sharma spoke on performance in IPL 2024 Regarding his performance during IPL 2024, Sharma said- “As a batsman, I know that I have not been able to perform as per my standard. But, after playing for so many years, I know that if I think too much, I will not be able to play well.” I just try to stay in a good mindset, stay in the right zone, keep practicing and work on all the flaws in my game. Our season didn’t go according to plan, we blame ourselves for that because we made a lot of mistakes during the season. We lost a lot of matches which we should have won, but it is the nature of the IPL that you get some opportunities and when those opportunities come, you have to grab them.”
IPL 2024: Mumbai Indians are out of IPL, but Hardik’s confidence is still at the 7th sky!, watch video
Mumbai Indians have finished the IPL at the last position. Hardik Pandya and Mumbai Indians (Image Credit- Instagram) In the ongoing season of IPL, Mumbai Indians captain Hardik Pandya has shared a video on his official Instagram account. Hardik’s confidence is visible in this video. In the video, Hardik does not seem worried at all, even after the team is out of the IPL playoff race. Watch this video shared by Hardik Pandya So, cricket fans are seen reacting quickly on this video of Hardik. It is noteworthy that in the ongoing season of IPL, five-time champion Mumbai Indians became the first team to be eliminated from the playoff race. Also, before the start of the season, Mumbai team management had appointed Hardik Pandya as the new captain of the team in place of Rohit Sharma. But this decision of the team has not been of much use to them. Under the captaincy of Hardik, who was traded from Gujarat Titans, Mumbai was able to win only 4 out of 14 matches played in the ongoing IPL season, while it had to face defeat in 10 matches. Also, the fans were not happy when Hardik was made the captain in place of Rohit. Whenever Hardik Pandya went to the field during the toss or batting, the fans used to welcome him with boos. However, now Hardik will be seen playing for the Indian cricket team in the upcoming T20 World Cup 2024. All-rounder Pandya has also been given the responsibility of vice-captain in Team India. Well, now it will be worth watching how Hardik and the Indian team are going to perform in the upcoming T20 World Cup. It is noteworthy that Team India will start its title campaign in the T20 World Cup with the match against Ireland on June 5.