“If you want to score runs, you have to work on it” – Aakash Chopra told the biggest weakness of CSK captain
Former Team India cricketer Aakash Chopra has exposed a major weakness of Chennai Super Kings (CSK) captain Ruturaj Gaikwad. Actually, Chennai Super Kings has to play a match against Sunrisers Hyderabad (SRH) in Hyderabad on Friday, April 5 and just before this match, Aakash Chopra talked about the biggest weakness of the Chennai captain this season. Aakash Chopra said that Ruturaj Gaikwad has been troubled a lot by the left arm pacers this season. Left-arm fast bowlers have dismissed Gaikwad in all three of his innings in the current edition of the IPL. Yash Dayal, Spencer Johnson and Khalil Ahmed have sent him to the pavilion by getting him caught out by the wicketkeeper or at first slip. In a video shared on his YouTube channel, Chopra picked Gaikwad as Chennai Super Kings’ star performer for Friday’s match. They said that, “I am focusing a lot on the captain because Ruturaj has top class numbers against this team. He has won the Player of the Match award and scored 50 or more runs. So why not Ruturaj Gaikwad? What has happened so far – the left-arm seamers are troubling him.” The former India batsman said that the CSK opener cannot face T Natarajan and Marco Jansen. They said that, “However, we don’t know whether T Natarajan is available or not and I don’t see Marco Jensen playing. When the pitch is so flat, I am very hopeful that he will score runs. He looks in good form but the number of runs is lacking.” Chopra also believed that SRH’s bowling attack could have Jaydev Unadkat as a left-arm fast bowler. However, he also said that the Saurashtra bowler has less chances of dismissing the CSK batsman and even if he does, their batsman will not get out cheaply against CSK.
IPL 2024: ‘We need 24 runs in 2 overs to win’ Shashank and Ashutosh gave a big statement after leading Punjab to victory against Gujarat, watch video
Punjab had achieved a thrilling victory against Gujarat by 3 wickets. Shashank Singh and Ashutosh Sharma (Image Credit- Twitter Yesterday on April 4, the 17th match of the ongoing IPL season was played between Gujarat Titans and Punjab Kings (GT vs PBKS) at the Narendra Modi Stadium in Ahmedabad. Let us tell you that in this match Punjab has defeated Gujarat by three wickets in a thrilling manner. So, Shashank Singh and Ashutosh Sharma, who came as impact players, played important roles in this victory of Punjab Kings. Shashank played an unbeaten inning of 61* runs in 29 balls with the help of 6 fours and 4 sixes, while on the other hand Ashutosh played an impactful inning of 31 runs in 17 balls with the help of 3 fours and 1 six. Also, after this innings, both of them have given a big statement regarding the victory of Punjab. Ashutosh says that he and Shashank were confident that both of them would win this match. Apart from this, he has told that if he had not stayed with the Punjab camp for one more day, this golden opportunity would have been lost from his hands. Ashutosh and Shashank gave a big statement on Punjab’s victory over Gujarat Let us tell you that after the thrilling victory of Punjab Kings over Gujarat Titans, a video of Shashank Singh and Ashutosh Sharma has been shared on the official Instagram account of the Indian Premier League. In this video, Ashutosh says- Before this match, there was a trial match at some other place, there was a flight at night. But I got a call asking me to wait for one more day. Then I thought that if these people are speaking to me then it must be something good. So I left the trial of another team, and today I am in the Punjab team. Shikhar paaji and Sanjay sir were giving me a lot of confidence from the dugout. People used to call me a slugger, but Sanjay sir made me believe that you play some extraordinary shots, and believe in that only. This also benefited me in Ranji Trophy. I played an inning of 100 runs in my debut match. I was very relaxed during the match, I knew what to do there. Neither of us panicked at all, when we both stood there we knew that we could do it. Only 24 runs are needed in two overs, we will make it. Watch this viral video of both the players
IPL 2024: Dhoni hit the same six against Delhi as he had hit in Vizag in 2005 during his innings of 183* runs, watch video.
Dhoni played an unbeaten inning of 37* runs in 16 balls against Delhi Capitals. MS Dhoni (Image Credit- Twitter X) MS Dhoni, who is playing as a player for the first time in IPL 2024, is seen finishing matches for his team in IPL this year. Let us tell you that yesterday on March 31, fans got to see vintage Dhoni in the Delhi Capitals vs Chennai Super Kings match in Vizag. Let us tell you that in this match, Dhoni batted amazingly and played an unbeaten inning of 37* runs with the help of 4 fours and 3 sixes in 16 balls. Although, this innings of Dhoni could not give victory to Chennai, but Dhoni reduced the margin of defeat to 20 runs. On the other hand, during this innings, Dhoni played a shot which he had played against Chaminda Vaas during his unbeaten 183* run innings on this ground in the year 2005. It is said that during this innings, Dhoni’s era had started in Indian cricket. Dhoni played this innings against Sri Lanka. So, during this innings, Dhoni played exactly the same shot against Delhi in the extra cover area. Watch the video of this shot of Dhoni 17.6 was similar to this. pic.twitter.com/HpMovBvDeE — Akash (@rebelmla10) March 31, 2024 Also, if we tell you about this innings of Dhoni, in that match Dhoni came to bat at number 3 and this was the second century of his ODI career. Before this he had scored a century against Pakistan. In this match, Dhoni batted till the 47th over, due to which India easily achieved the target of 299 runs with 6 wickets in hand. Apart from this, Dhoni had played innings of 45* and 80 runs in the fourth and sixth matches of the series against Sri Lanka respectively. India won this ODI series against Sri Lanka by 6-1. The story after this, you all know very well that India had won all three ICC trophies (T20 World Cup 2007, World Cup 2011 and Champion Trophy 2013) under the captaincy of Dhoni.
BAN vs SL 2nd Test: After the second day of play, Sri Lanka scored 531 runs while Bangladesh scored this many runs.
6 players played half-century innings for Sri Lanka Bangladesh vs Sri Lanka, 2nd Test (Image Credit- Twitter X) The second match of the ongoing Test series between Bangladesh and Sri Lanka cricket team is being played at Zahoor Ahmed Choudhary Stadium in Chattogram. The second day of this second test match ended today on March 31. So at the end of the second day, the Sri Lankan cricket team seems to be in a very strong position. In the second match, a total of 6 players from the Sri Lankan cricket team played half-century innings. However, Kamindu Mendis, who was batting brilliantly on 92 runs, missed his century. Despite the slow wicket, Sri Lankan batsmen were successful in troubling Bangladesh players. Even though no Sri Lankan batsman scored a century, the Sri Lankan team managed to post a strong score against Bangladesh at the end of the day. Sri Lanka scored a total of 531 runs after batting 159 overs. For Sri Lanka, openers Nishan Madhushanka and Chamika Karunaratne made a great start and added 96 runs for the first wicket. Madhushanka was out after scoring 57 runs while Karunaratne was out after scoring 86 runs. Apart from this, wicketkeeper Kusal Mendis played a brilliant inning of 93 runs, while Angelo Mathews contributed 23 runs and Dinesh Chandimal contributed 59 runs. Apart from this, Prabhat Jayasuriya added 28 runs. Kamindu Mendis remained unbeaten after scoring 92 runs, but could not score his century. If we talk about Bangladesh’s bowling in the match, Shakib Al Hasan got the maximum 3 wickets, while Hasan Mahmood took 3 wickets. Apart from this, Khalil Ahmed and Mehdi Hasan Miraj got 1-1 wicket. So at the end of the second day, Bangladesh has scored 55 runs at the loss of 1 wicket after 15 overs. And it is still behind Sri Lanka by 476 runs on the basis of first innings. Mahmudul Hasan Joy became the victim of Lahiru Kumara after scoring 21 runs. Zakir Hasan 28 and Taijul Islam are present at the crease at the time of stumps. See the reactions of the fans after the end of the second day of the second test match between Bangladesh and Sri Lanka.
IPL 2024: Punjab Kings bowed before the pace of debutant Mayank Yadav, LSG won the match by 21 runs.
Lucknow Super Giants won against Punjab Kings by 21 runs. LSG Team (Photo Source: IPL Official Website) IPL 2024, LSG vs PBKS: The 11th match of IPL 2024 was played between Lucknow Super Giants and Punjab Kings at Ekana Cricket Stadium, Lucknow. Lucknow Super Giants captain Nicholas Puran won the toss and decided to bowl first. Batting first, Lucknow Super Giants put 199 runs on the board at the loss of 8 wickets. While chasing the target, Punjab Kings could only score 178 runs at the loss of 5 wickets in 20 overs and Lucknow Super Giants won by 21 runs. LSG vs PBKS: Quinton de Kock played a half-century innings Lucknow Super Giants got their first blow against Punjab Kings in the fourth over. KL Rahul, who came to bat as an impact player, lost the wicket against Arshdeep Singh for 15 runs. Devdutt Padikkal (9) and Marcus Stoinis (19) also failed to play big innings. There was a partnership of 47 runs for the fourth wicket between Quinton de Kock and Nicholas Pooran. Quinton de Kock played an inning of 54 runs in 38 balls with the help of 5 fours and 2 sixes. Captain Nicholas Pooran was out against Kagiso Rabada in the 16th over. Nicholas Pooran played an inning of 42 runs in 21 balls with the help of 3 fours and 3 sixes. Krunal Pandya played an unbeaten inning of 43 runs in 22 balls with the help of 4 fours and 2 sixes, on the basis of which Lucknow Super Giants put 199 runs on the board. For Punjab Kings, Sam Curran took the maximum of 3 wickets for 28 runs in 4 overs. Arshdeep Singh took 2 wickets, while Kagiso Rabada and Rahul Chahar took 1 wicket each. Debutant Mayank Yadav bowled brilliantly LSG vs PBKS, Punjab Kings got a great start while chasing the target. There was a partnership of 102 runs for the first wicket between Shikhar Dhawan and Jonny Bairstow. Debutant Mayank Yadav gave the first success to Lucknow Super Giants in the 12th over. Jonny Bairstow returned to the pavilion after scoring 42 runs in 29 balls. Mayank Yadav then made Prabhsimran Singh (19) and Jitesh Sharma (6) his victims. Mohsin Khan gave two big blows to Punjab Kings by dismissing Shikhar Dhawan and Sam Curran in the 17th over. Shikhar Dhawan played the highest innings for the team of 70 runs in 50 balls with the help of 7 fours and 3 sixes. Liam Livingstone played an unbeaten inning of 28 runs, but could not lead the team to victory. For Lucknow Super Giants, Mayank Yadav took maximum 3 wickets for 27 runs in 4 overs. Mohsin Khan took 2 wickets. LSG vs PBKS: Reaction of fans on social media after Lucknow’s victory- Mayank Yadav, what a find ?#LSGvsPBKS #PBKSvsLSG #MayankYadav pic.twitter.com/HtM5mgihdh — Zimbabar Azam (@ZImbuNimbu) March 30, 2024 Mayank Yadav clocks 155.8kmph.. Batsman facing M Yadav:#LSGvsPBKS pic.twitter.com/XZFNYhZCMi — 𝑽𝒊𝒔𝒉𝒘𝒂 (@Vishnu49137510) March 30, 2024 new star of cricketspeed merchantName is Mayank Yadav#RCBvsKKR #LSGvsPBKS #PremierLeague #IPL2024 #Mayank_Yadav#mayankyadav pic.twitter.com/8LTnIFNPJy…
IPL 2024, LSG vs PBKS: KL Rahul failed as ‘Impact Player’, returned to the pavilion after scoring only 15 runs
KL Rahul could play only 15 runs against Punjab Kings KL Rahul (Photo Source: IPL Official Website) The 11th match of IPL 2024 is being played between Lucknow Super Giants and Punjab Kings at Ekana Cricket Stadium, Lucknow. Nicholas Pooran is captaining LSG today in place of KL Rahul against Punjab Kings. Nicholas Pooran has won the toss and decided to bat first. KL Rahul entered the field today as an impact player, but failed to play an impactful innings. KL Rahul lost his wicket against Arshdeep Singh Arshdeep Singh was bowling the fourth over of Lucknow Super Giants’ innings. KL Rahul had scored 12 runs in the first four balls of the over, which included a six and a four. Then KL Rahul lost his wicket on the fifth ball. KL Rahul tried to play a pickup shot. But Jonny Bairstow, posted at backward point, took a brilliant catch and showed KL Rahul the way to the pavilion. KL Rahul was able to score only 15 runs in 9 balls, and Lucknow Super Giants got the first blow at the score of 35. Nicholas Pooran had told during the toss that KL Rahul is returning from injury, and the management wants to give him a break in the long tournament. Due to which today KL Rahul is not captaining, and is playing as an impact player. Devdutt Padikkal also returned to the pavilion cheaply After the wicket of KL Rahul, Devdutt Padikkal lost his wicket against Sam Curran in the sixth over. Devdutt Padikkal returned to the pavilion on a duck in the last match. Today against Punjab Kings he could score only 9 runs in 6 balls. Till the time of writing the news, Lucknow Super Giants have scored 95 runs at the loss of 3 wickets in 11 overs. Quinton de Kock (46*) and Nicholas Pooran (5*) are currently unbeaten at the crease.
“Kohli scored 83 runs in 59 balls, KKR scored 85 runs in 5.5 overs….”- Aakash Chopra taunted RCB bowlers.
On Friday, March 29, in Bengaluru, RCB set a target of 183 runs for KKR, in which Virat Kohli played an unbeaten inning of 83 runs in 59 balls. Narine and Salt added 86 runs in just 6.3 overs, helping the visitors register a massive win with 19 balls and seven wickets to spare. While chasing Kolkata Knight Riders (KKR)’s target in a video shared on his YouTube channel, Chopra said that Narine and Salt had finished the match by scoring as much as Kohli within the powerplay. Chopra said that, “When Sunil Narine opens, the template is very clear – ‘Either me or you will not be there.’ He plays like this, tries to hit sixes. Everyone knows that he has trouble with yorkers or bouncers. But if you don’t get success in it, like Bengaluru didn’t get success in the first six overs, it takes the match very much out of your control.” He further said, “He was also accompanied by Phil Salt. Phil Salt gave away 18 runs in the very first over. He was fantastic. To put things in context, the opposition bowled well but Kohli took 59 balls to reach 83 and Kolkata had scored 85 runs in 5.5 overs. Be it Alzarri Joseph, Mohammed Siraj or Yash Dayal, everyone took a lot of beating. Let us tell you that Narine scored 47 runs in just 22 balls, which included two fours and five sixes. Salt hit two fours and as many sixes in his innings of 30 runs in 20 balls. Both these batsmen made the match one-sided with their innings.
IPL 2024: “Runs are not scored by sitting in the dugout” – Wasim Jaffer and Tom Moody angry over Prithvi Shaw not getting a chance
Prithvi Shaw has not got a chance in the first two matches of IPL 2024. Prithvi Shaw. (Image Source: Twitter) Delhi Capitals has had a very poor start in the Indian Premier League (IPL) 2024 season. The team has lost its first two matches. After losing their opener against Punjab Kings in Mullanpur, Delhi faced defeat against Rajasthan at the Sawai Man Singh Stadium in Jaipur. Batsman Prithvi Shaw was not included in both the matches. Delhi chose Ricky Bhui in his place in the top order and gave a chance to Abhishek Porel in the lower middle order, but he did not get the results as expected. After these two matches, questions are being raised on the place of Ricky Bhui in the team, who has scored only 3 runs in the last two matches. Former cricketers Tom Moody and Wasim Jaffer are also surprised by Delhi’s decision to give a chance to two uncapped batsmen in place of international batsman Prithvi Shaw. Wasim Jaffer surprised when Prithvi Shaw did not get a chance in the playing XI On ESPNcricinfo, both Moody and Jaffer expressed their disappointment, saying that these decisions of Delhi do not make any sense. Tom Moody told ESPNcricinfo, “It makes no sense because you have an Indian international player sitting in the dugout. Yes, he has not performed as well as we expected in the IPL. But you can’t score from the dugout. Wasim Jaffer said, “Now that they have kept him with you and have not allowed him to go to the auction, I am surprised that they are not feeding him. He has played most of the season for Mumbai. So you can imagine he’s fit. I am surprised. Punishing him and then losing the game is not the way to proceed.” Shaw scored only 106 runs in 8 matches in the last season of the Indian Premier League. This was Shaw’s worst season in the tournament. Recently, Sourav Ganguly had also told why Prithvi Shaw is not getting a chance this season. Sauv Ganguly said that Prithvi Shaw is in the team, but he cannot be played in the middle order. Let us tell you, Prithvi Shaw has only opened his career so far, so DC does not want to play him in the middle order. Prithvi Shaw is an opening batsman. We have decided to open with Marsh and Warner and Ricky Bhui is a middle-order batsman. That’s why they bat at different positions.
IPL 2024: Riyan Parag’s brilliant innings overshadowed Delhi Capitals, Rajasthan Royals won the match by 12 runs.
Rajasthan Royals won the match against Delhi Capitals by 12 runs. RR vs DC (Photo Source: IPL Official Website) IPL 2024, RR vs DC: The 9th match of IPL 2024 was played between Rajasthan Royals and Delhi Capitals. Delhi Capitals captain Rishabh Pant won the toss and decided to bowl first. Batting first, Rajasthan Royals put 185 runs on the board at the loss of 5 wickets. Chasing the target, Delhi Capitals managed to score 173 runs at the loss of 5 wickets in 20 overs and Rajasthan Royals registered a resounding win by 12 runs. RR vs DC: Riyan Parag played a brilliant innings Batting first against Delhi Capitals, Rajasthan Royals got a bad start. The team had lost 3 wickets at the score of 36. Yashasvi Jaiswal (5), Sanju Samson (15) and Jos Buttler (11) returned to the pavilion cheaply. After which there was a partnership of 54 runs for the fourth wicket between R Ashwin and Riyan Parag. Ashwin was out against Akshar Patel in the 14th over. Ashwin played an inning of 29 runs in 19 balls with the help of 3 fours. Riyan Parag played an unbeaten inning of 84 runs in 45 balls with the help of 7 fours and 6 sixes. Let us tell you that this is the biggest innings of Riyan Parag so far in IPL. Dhruv Jurel (20) and Shimron Hetmyer (14*) made important contributions. Khalil Ahmed, Mukesh Kumar, Enrique Norkhia, Akshar Patel and Kuldeep Yadav took 1-1 wicket for Delhi Capitals. Avesh Khan gave only 4 runs in the last over RR vs DC, While chasing the target against Rajasthan Royals, Nandre Berger gave two big blows to Delhi Capitals in the fourth over. Nandre Berger showed the way to the pavilion to Mitchell Marsh (23) and Ricky Bhui (0). David Warner was batting well. But he lost his wicket against Avesh Khan in the 12th over, and missed the half-century. David Warner played an inning of 49 runs in 34 balls with the help of 5 fours and 3 sixes. Rishabh Pant then got out against Yuzvendra Chahal in the 14th over after scoring 28 runs in 26 balls. In the last over, Delhi Capitals needed 17 runs to win. But Avesh Khan bowled brilliantly and gave only 4 runs. Delhi Capitals could score only 173 runs and Rajasthan Royals won by 12 runs. Tristan Stubbs played an unbeaten inning of 44* runs in 23 balls and Akshar Patel played an unbeaten inning of 15* runs in 13 balls but could not lead the team to victory. For Rajasthan Royals, Nandre Berger and Yuzvendra Chahal took 2-2 wickets, while Avesh Khan took one wicket. RR vs DC: Reaction on social media after Rajasthan Royals’ victory- Exceptional innings by @ParagRiyan & superb death Bowling by @rajasthanroyals specifically @Avesh_6 lead to victory.#HallaBola #RRvsDC #IPL2024 pic.twitter.com/t2ZhVMw8Sc — Munaf Patel (@munafpa99881129) March 28, 2024 Let’s celebrate #AveshKhan #RR win by 12 runs #RRvsDC #SMSstadium #IPL2024 pic.twitter.com/2bf3XqKgFg — Mandakini (@mandakini_) March 28, 2024 Well played Riyan Parag #RRvsDC A quality innings again…
IPL 2024: 40 overs, 523 runs, 38 sixes, a night of doom for the bowlers in Hyderabad, MI gets second consecutive defeat.
Sunrisers Hyderabad won against Mumbai Indians by 31 runs. SRH vs MI (Photo Source: IPL Official Website) IPL 2024, SRH vs MI: The 8th match of IPL 2024 was played between Sunrisers Hyderabad and Mumbai Indians. Mumbai Indians captain Hardik Pandya won the toss and decided to bowl first. Sunrisers Hyderabad, batting first, put 277 runs on the board at the loss of 3 wickets, which is the highest total in IPL history. Chasing the target, Mumbai Indians could only score 246 runs at the loss of 5 wickets, and Sunrisers Hyderabad won by 31 runs. SRH vs MI: Batsmen batted brilliantly The pair of Mayank Agarwal and Travis Head gave a good start to Sunrisers Hyderabad. There was a partnership of 45 runs between the two batsmen for the first wicket. Mayank Agarwal was out against Hardik Pandya after scoring 11 runs in the fifth over. In the second over of the innings, Tim David missed the catch of Travis Head, which proved costly for Mumbai Indians. Travis Head completed his first half-century in 18 balls. Then played an inning of 62 runs in 24 balls with the help of 9 fours and 3 sixes. Abhishek Sharma again played brilliantly and scored a half-century in 16 balls. Abhishek is the fastest batsman to score a half-century for Sunrisers Hyderabad. Abhishek Sharma played a brilliant inning of 63 runs in 23 balls with the help of 3 fours and 7 sixes. Aiden Markram and Heinrich Klaasen also showed their magic. Heinrich Klaasen played an unbeaten inning of 80 runs in 34 balls with the help of 4 fours and 7 sixes. Whereas Aiden Markram scored unbeaten 42 runs with the help of 2 fours and 1 six in 28 balls. All the bowlers of Mumbai Indians proved to be very expensive. Hardik Pandya, Gerald Coetzee and Piyush Chawla took 1 wicket each. Pat Cummins bowled brilliantly SRH vs MI, Rohit Sharma and Ishan Kishan had come with the intention of giving an aggressive start to the team, but the team got its first blow at the score of 56. Ishan Kishan lost his wicket against Shahbaz Ahmed in the fourth over after scoring 34 runs in 13 balls with the help of 2 fours and 4 sixes. After which Rohit Sharma lost his wicket against Pat Cummins in the very next over. Rohit Sharma played an inning of 26 runs in 12 balls with the help of 1 four and 3 sixes. Naman Dhir was out against Jaydev Unadkat in the 11th over after scoring 30 runs in 14 balls. Tilak Verma was batting brilliantly, but was out against Pat Cummins in the 15th over. Tilak Verma played an inning of 64 runs in 34 balls with the help of 2 fours and 6 sixes. Hardik Pandya scored 24 runs in 20 balls. Whereas Tim David played an unbeaten inning of 42 runs with the help of 2 fours and 3 sixes in 22 balls. Chasing 278 runs, Mumbai Indians could only score 246 runs and Hyderabad registered a…