“The most expensive player cannot be the weak link of the team” – Irfan Pathan said about Mitchell Starc
Former Indian all-rounder Irfan Pathan has criticized the poor performance of IPL’s most expensive player Mitchell Starc. Mitchell Starc (Pic Source-X) In the mini auction held before IPL 2024, Australian fast bowler Mitchell Starc was bought by Kolkata Knight Riders (KKR) for Rs 24.75 crore. With this he became the most expensive player in IPL history. Obviously, when a player is bought for so much money, the expectations from him increase a lot. However, Starc has not been able to perform as per expectations in the ongoing IPL season. Former Indian all-rounder Irfan Pathan has slammed IPL’s most expensive player Mitchell Starc for his poor performance. In the match played against Rajasthan Royals on Tuesday, Mitchell Starc could not take wickets and was also very expensive. Mitchell Starc has returned to IPL after almost 9 years. Against RR, Mitchell Starc gave away 50 runs in 4 overs and did not get any wicket. Irfan Pathan shared this post about Mitchell Starc Irfan Pathan tweeted on Twitter, “The most expensive player in the team cannot be your weak link.” Mitchell Starc Before the match against Rajasthan Royals, he had hinted at a comeback in the match against Lucknow Super Giants. He took three wickets in this match, where he took three wickets for 28 runs in 4 overs. Most expensive player in your team can’t be your weak link. — Irfan Pathan (@IrfanPathan) April 16, 2024 Mitchell Starc gave 11 runs in the first over and 13 runs in the second over against Rajasthan Royals. He bowled both these overs in the powerplay. After this he gave eight runs in the 10th over. He gave 18 runs in the 18th over. Thanks to this over, Rajasthan was successful in making a comeback in the match. RR needed only 28 runs in the last two overs. Harshit Rana and Varun Chakraborty could not defend 28 runs in the last 2 overs. Rajasthan won on the last ball of the match. Rajasthan Royals defeated Kolkata Knight Riders by two wickets in a thrilling match on Tuesday. At one time Kolkata team was winning the match easily but no KKR batsman could dismiss Butler.
Big statement from the veteran player regarding Pakistan’s security and Kohli-Pant and Gill in India’s World Cup team.
Virat Kohli has been one of the great players for a long time: Henry Nicholls In the year 2021, the New Zealand cricket team suddenly canceled the Pakistan tour due to security concerns. However, he has visited the country twice in 2023.There are less than two months left for the ICC T20 World Cup to begin in the West Indies and USA from June 1-29. In such a situation, to prepare for the tournament, New Zealand has planned to play five T20I matches in Pakistan to finalize its team. Meanwhile, a big statement has come from New Zealand regarding the tour of Pakistan. New Zealand batsman Henry Nicholls has expressed his confidence regarding security in Pakistan. Let us tell you that the New Zealand team has already reached Pakistan and is preparing in full swing for the five-match series at the Rawalpindi Cricket Stadium from Thursday, April 18. Nicholas was asked a lot of questions in a special interview, let’s see what he answered – This will be New Zealand’s third tour in the last 17 months. How safe is Pakistan for cricketers in terms of security? We have spent a lot of time in Pakistan since last year. From the players’ perspective, we feel incredibly safe. When we came here, the board and others took very good care of us. Whenever I have been there I feel safe and the security there has been of the highest level. How do you see New Zealand’s chances of winning the T20 World Cup this time? We have a really strong T. We know from the number of players we have currently playing in the IPL and other competitions around the world that we have a strong squad and hopefully this will work out for the team. We will definitely do wonders in this tournament. 2 New Zealand players who can change the fortunes of the team in the upcoming World Cup? Glenn Phillips and Rachin Ravindra Who are Henry Nicholls’s four semi-finalists in the T20 World Cup and why? New Zealand, West Indies, India, England. I think we can see the final match between New Zealand and India. How much will Team India need Virat Kohli in the T20 World Cup? Virat Kohli has been one of the great players for a long time. I feel fortunate to have played against him and know how competitive he is. Having Virat Kohli in the team makes India a more dangerous team than ever. Which two players of India can play an important role in the T20 World Cup campaign? I think Rishabh Pant and Shubman Gill.
‘Please sell RCB’ After RCB’s performance against SRH, the veteran tennis player made a special appeal to BCCI.
Yesterday on 15th April, Hyderabad made the highest score in IPL history against RCB. Royal Challengers Bengaluru (Image Credit- Twitter X) Indian tennis star Mahesh Bhupathi has appealed to the Board of Control for Cricket in India (BCCI) to sell IPL team Royal Challengers Bangalore (RCB). Let us tell you that the performance of RCB in the ongoing season of IPL has not been anything special. The team is currently running at the last position in the points table. The team has played a total of seven matches in IPL 2024, out of which it has lost 6 matches. Besides, the net run rate of the team is also -1.185. Also, let us tell you that the ownership rights of RCB team are with United Spirits Limited. However, before this, Vijay Mallya was the owner of the team from 2008 to 2016. However, now after seeing the team’s performance in the ongoing IPL season, the tennis star who has won 12 Grand Slams has requested to sell the ownership of the team. Mahesh Bhupathi appealed to sell RCB Let us tell you that after the Royal Challengers Bangalore vs Sunrisers Hyderabad match yesterday on April 15, Mahesh Bhupathi wrote through his official By selling RCB, there is a need to implement a new team owner who will look after the franchise in the same way as other teams. See this social media post of Mahesh Bhupathi For the sake of the Sport, the IPL, the fans and even the players I think BCCI needs to enforce the Sale of RCB to a New owner who will care to build a sports franchise the way most of the other teams have done so. #tragic — Mahesh Bhupathi (@Maheshbhupathi) April 15, 2024 On the other hand, if we give you information about the match held between Royal Challengers Bangalore and Sunrisers Hyderabad at Chinnaswamy Stadium yesterday on 15th April, many records were seen being made in this match. SRH, batting first, scored 287 runs at the loss of 3 wickets in 20 overs, which is the highest score in an innings in IPL history. So when RCB came out to chase this target given by SRH, they also scored a total of 262 runs at the loss of 7 wickets in 20 overs, but they had to face defeat in the match by 25 runs.
IPL 2024: “A player like him is only one in a generation” – Brett Lee said a big thing in praise of Matheesha Pathirana
Mathisha Pathirana won the title of Player of the Match by taking 4 big wickets against Mumbai Indians. Matheesha Pathirana & Brett Lee (Photo Source: IPL 2024: Chennai Super Kings registered their fourth win of the season by defeating Mumbai Indians by 20 runs in the previous match. In the match, CSK batted first and scored 206 runs on the board. Rohit Sharma played an unbeaten inning of 105 runs for Mumbai, but could not lead the team to victory. Chasing the target, MI could only score 186 runs. For Chennai Super Kings Matheesha Pathirana Had taken 4 big wickets, it was the brilliant spell of the bowler that led the team to victory. Australian veteran player Brett Lee is not tired of praising Mathisha Pathirana. Brett Lee says that a player like Pathirana is only one in a generation. He keeps getting stronger – Brett Lee After the MI vs CSK match, Brett Lee while talking about Matheesha Pathirana on GeoCinema said, ‘A player like him is only one in a generation., Maybe 2.0 in terms of slingers, but tonight he bowled brilliantly once again. He is bowling at a speed of 150 km per hour. It was a different wicket, out of hand. But he got four wickets, he is satisfied with that. He seems like a lovely kid too, he is going from strength to strength and that is a big reason why the Men in Yellow are doing well, the others are bowling just as well as him. Mathisha Pathirana was out of two matches due to injury, but made a great comeback against Mumbai Indians and played a big role in CSK’s victory. Pathirana took 4 wickets for 28 runs in 4 overs. Mathisha Pathirana had dismissed Ishan Kishan (23), Suryakumar Yadav (0), Tilak Verma (31) and Romario Shepherd (1). In IPL 2024, Matheesha Pathirana has so far taken 8 wickets in three matches at an average of 11.00 and economy of 7.33. Pathirana is currently ranked 8th in the Purple Cap list.
IPL 2024: Phil Salt played a match-winning inning of 89* runs against LSG, also won the Player of the Match award.
In this match, Phil Salt batted very well for Kolkata Knight Riders and played an unbeaten match-winning inning of 89 runs for his team with the help of 14 fours and 3 sixes in 47 balls. Phil Salt (Pic Source-X) Today i.e. on 14th April, in a spectacular match of IPL 2024 played at Eden Garden, Kolkata, Kolkata Knight Riders defeated Lucknow Super Giants by 8 wickets. In this match, Phil Salt batted very well for Kolkata Knight Riders and played an unbeaten match-winning inning of 89 runs for his team with the help of 14 fours and 3 sixes in 47 balls. Phil Salt did not spare any bowler of Lucknow team and continuously hit hard. Salt started playing aggressively from his first ball of this match. Because of this batting of Phil Salt, he was awarded the Player of the Match award against Lucknow. Not only this, Phil Salt also made a very good partnership with captain Shreyas Iyer and added 122* runs for the third wicket. Not only in batting but also in wicketkeeping, this English player did very well and took two brilliant catches. He caught the catches of Marcus Stoinis and Nicholas Pooran of Lucknow. Kolkata defeated Lucknow at home In this match, Lucknow team batted first and scored 161 runs losing 7 wickets in 20 overs. The worst thing for the Lucknow team was that their wickets kept falling at regular intervals. On behalf of the team, Nicholas Puran batted brilliantly and played a stormy innings of 45 runs. Apart from him, captain KL Rahul contributed 39 runs, while young batsman Ayush Badoni scored 29 runs. Nicholas Puran was the highest run scorer for his team in this match. Mitchell Starc bowled very well for Kolkata Knight Riders and took three wickets for 28 runs in four overs. Apart from them, Vaibhav Arora, Andre Russell, Varun Chakraborty and Sunil Narayan took one wicket each. 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
MI vs CSK: “Marine will hit a six on Drive….” Not Dhoni, this CSK player is going to hit a big six against MI; Read full statement
Aakash Chopra has talked about Ajinkya Rahane and the CSK department to focus on Mustafizur Rahman and Mathisha Pathirana. Shivam Dube (Photo Source: IPL Official Website) Mumbai Indians and Chennai Super Kings are going to face each other in the 29th match of IPL 2024 at Wankhede Stadium today on 14th April. Mumbai and Chennai are the two most successful teams of ‘IPL’. Both these teams have won five titles each so far. In such a situation, this year both the teams have a chance to make the record of winning the most IPL trophies. Before this season, both the teams have got new captains. Ruturaj Gaikwad took over the command of Chennai from Dhoni, while Hardik Pandya was made the captain of Mumbai in place of Rohit Sharma. But the rivalry between both the teams is the same old. This is the El-Clasico match of IPL where two legendary teams come face to face. Aakash Chopra gave a big statement regarding this match Former India cricketer Aakash Chopra has shared some interesting information ahead of the much-awaited clash between Chennai Super Kings (CSK) and Mumbai Indians (MI) at the Wankhede Stadium on Sunday, April 14. Chopra has said that everyone should watch Shivam Dubey’s batting in today’s match, he believes that Dubey will wreak havoc against the spinners today. Dubey is eyeing a place in the Indian T20 World Cup team, so he will definitely be trying to give his best performance, especially in front of Hardik Pandya’s team. Regarding Shivam Dubey, Aakash Chopra said- “There is a kid in Chennai, his name is Shivam Dubey, who is actually a Mumbai kid. He has been hitting the ball very hard so far. “In today’s match, he will hit two or three balls towards Marine Drive, one towards Church Gate and one towards Air India Building.” “If you are talking about high-scoring games, you have to go with your six-hitters – find a batsman who has the ability and power to hit sixes consistently and Shivam Dubey definitely has these qualities. He also has fire inside him, and his aim is to make the World Cup team, so he is going to prove to be very lethal.” Along with this, Aakash Chopra has asked Ajinkya Rahane and the CSK department to pay attention to Mustafizur Rahman and Mathisha Pathirana.
MI vs CSK: This young player of Mumbai Indians is creating havoc with his yorkers in the nets, Lasith Malinga is also stunned after watching the video.
Team bowling coach Malinga is also stunned after seeing this brilliant yorker ball of Arjun Tendulkar. CSK vs MI (Photo Source: BCCI/IPL) Mumbai Indians bowling all-rounder, Arjun Tendulkar surprised his team’s bowling coach Lasith Malinga with his right-arm fast bowling skills during a net practice session at the Wankhede Stadium. The next match of Mumbai Indians is to be played against Chennai Super Kings. This is called El Clasico match of IPL in which Rohit Sharma and MS Dhoni will face each other. After losing 3 consecutive matches, Mumbai Indians have sounded the trumpet of victory and then won 2 matches one after the other. At the same time, Chennai Super Kings have been in form since the beginning and are at third place in the tournament. Questions are being raised about Arjun Tendulkar Everyone’s question is when will Arjun Tendulkar, son of the great Sachin Tendulkar, be seen in the playing 11. Mumbai has played 5 matches this season, but till now Arjun Tendulkar has not been seen in the playing eleven or as an impact player in any match. Arjun is doing wonders in bowling in the nets, and after seeing his yorkers, he has become a favorite of the team’s bowling coach Lasith Malinga. Arjun Tendulkar is impressing Lasith Malinga with his yorkers. Mumbai Indians have shared a video on their social media account before the match against Chennai. In this video, Arjun Tendulkar is seen practicing bowling. The most special thing about this video is that first Arjun bowls with his right hand but after that Arjun starts bowling with his left hand. Arjun is seen throwing many amazing yorkers in this practice. The team’s bowling coach Malinga is also stunned after seeing this brilliant yorker ball of Arjun. As soon as this video of Arjun surfaced, fans are speculating that maybe Arjun Tendulkar will be seen in the playing eleven of Mumbai Indians in the next match. watch video Story of turf-turf 🥲#MumbaiMeriJaan #MumbaiIndians pic.twitter.com/TZjtJ6A5RB — Mumbai Indians (@mipaltan) April 13, 2024 Arjun is yet to make a mark in the IPL, as he has played only 4 matches for the franchise since joining the team in 2021. In all those games he scored only 3 wickets and 13 runs.
IPL 2024 MI vs CSK Match 29 – Three big player battles on which fans will keep an eye
This match between Mumbai and Chennai will be played at Wankhede Stadium. Mumbai Indians and Chennai Super Kings (Image Credit- Twitter The much-awaited match of the ongoing IPL season will be played between five-time champions Mumbai Indians and Chennai Super Kings (MI vs CSK) on 14 April. Let us tell you that in this match to be held at Mumbai’s historic Wankhede Stadium, it is possible that cricket fans will see Rohit Sharma and MS Dhoni playing against each other for the last time. Apart from Rohit and Dhoni, this match will also see a player battle between some other players, on which the fans would have been watching for a long time. So today in this article we are going to give information about these three big player battles: 1. Rohit Sharma vs Mustafizur Rahman In the ongoing season of IPL, former Mumbai Indians captain Rohit Sharma is in amazing form. In the tournament, Rohit has scored a total of 156 runs at an average of 31.20 and strike rate of 167.64. So during this period he has hit 17 fours and 10 sixes. Rohit also looks to use the powerplay quickly. On the other hand, left-handed Mustafizur Rahman is also seen bowling in the powerplay for Chennai Super Kings. Also, Rohit has been seen getting trapped a bit in front of the left arm fast bowler. In such a situation, the battle between these two players is going to be very exciting.
IPL 2024: ‘He still has pride…’ Big statement from former Australian player regarding Riyan Parag
An old tweet of Ryan is still in discussion. In which he claimed to hit four sixes in one over. Riyan Parag (Photo Source: IPL Official Website) The excitement of IPL 2024 continues. Rajasthan Royals is the only team which has not faced defeat in any match so far. Rajasthan has won four out of four matches. Riyan Parag has made the most important contribution in the team’s victory. Currently, he remains in the race for Orange Cap with 185 runs. Meanwhile, the former Australian player has given a big statement about this young batsman. He said that last year he was very proud. Former player Brad Hogg has given this big statement before the 24th match of the 17th season of IPL between Rajasthan Royals and Gujarat Titans. Brad Hogg claimed Ryan was a bit arrogant last year. But now he is under control, since then an old tweet of Ryan has remained in the news. In which he claimed to hit four sixes in one over. Brad Hogg’s big statement regarding Riyan Parag- Brad Hogg said, “I feel very good when I see young Parag. He is the youngest player to score a half-century in the history of IPL. I like his energy and way of fielding. I think he’s really matured this year. “I think he had a little bit of an ego last year.” he adds, “I’m not insulting him by saying this, but I think he had a little bit of arrogance last year and still has that, but he’s in control. He believes in himself. Now he is more concerned about what he can do for the team than cementing his place in the team.” Riyan Parag’s old tweet goes viral- My inner conscience says I’m hitting 4 sixes in an over at some point this IPL.. — Riyan Paragg (@ParagRiyan) March 14, 2023 In fact, the 22-year-old batsman had claimed in a tweet last year that he can hit four sixes in an over in IPL 2023. However, Ryan could not do so. It is believed that Hogg has given this statement in the context of this tweet.
“Throw him out of the team” – Aakash Chopra is giving such statement regarding which player of PBKS
PBKS vs SRH (Photo Source: BCCI/IPL) Former Team India cricketer Aakash Chopra has given a big statement about Punjab Kings and their player Jonny Bairstow. He is curious to see how many more chances Punjab Kings (PBKS) will give to Jonny Bairstow, who is continuously flopping with the bat, in IPL 2024. Sunrisers Hyderabad (SRH) set a target of 183 runs against Punjab Kings on Tuesday, April 9 in Mullanpur. In this match, Bairstow was out for zero on three balls and the Punjab team was limited to 180/6 and thus they had to face defeat by two runs. Shared on your YouTube channel In a video, he talked about the run chase of Punjab Kings. Along with this, he expressed surprise at the manner of Shikhar Dhawan’s dismissal and said that Bairstow once again disappointed his team. Aakash Chopra gave a big statement regarding Punjab Kings and Jonny Bairstow He said, “I did not understand Shikhar Dhawan’s dismissal. The keeper had come up. He was thrown out first. It is a bit surprising how he went out after the keeper came in. “You don’t usually see such mistakes from Shikhar.” He further said, “You can see it from others but not from the summit. However, he made that mistake. It will be worth seeing how many chances this team keeps giving to Bairstow because you are giving him a lot of chances but he is not giving you results. Bairstow has scored 81 runs in five innings in IPL 2024 at a disappointing average of 16.20. In such a situation, Punjab Kings can drop Bairstow in the upcoming match. The Punjab team will now hope that Liam Livingstone becomes fit and available as soon as possible, in such a situation Prabhsimran Singh can again be seen opening with Dhawan.