DTVHINDI‘Our fielding was weak’: New Zealand captain Kane Williamson after the humiliating defeat against Afghanistan
Afghanistan beat New Zealand by 84 runs. New Zealand vs Afghanistan (Image Credit- Twitter X) NZ vs AFG: A big upset has been seen in the 14th match of the T20 World Cup 2024 being played under the hosting of West Indies and USA. Let us tell you that in this match, the Afghan team has won a big victory against New Zealand by 84 runs. This victory of the Afghan team is being discussed a lot in the cricket world. Talking about the match, the Afghan team batted first and set a target of 160 runs for the Kiwi team to win. But when New Zealand came out to chase this target, it could score only 75 runs in 15.2 overs and had to face a shameful defeat by 84 runs in the match. On the other hand, team captain and veteran batsman Kane Williamson has given a big statement on New Zealand’s crushing defeat against Afghanistan. Williamson says that our fielding was very weak. Kane Williamson gave a big statement Let us tell you that after the match between New Zealand and Afghanistan ended, Kane Williamson said during the post-match – First of all congratulations to Afghanistan, they left us behind in every department in the match. They saved their wickets on such a pitch and made a good total. We have to forget this defeat quickly, and come back for the next challenge. Williamson further said- The matches in the tournament are very short and end quickly. It was difficult to chase a score of 160 runs, but after that the skill shown by their spin bowlers made this target very difficult. Our fielding was weak, especially in the first 10 overs, we had chances but we did not use them. We did not take advantage of the opportunity and this changed the result of the match to a great extent. We will talk about this and then try to make a good comeback in the next match.
“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.
Bowlers will have to change their mentality, Harbhajan Singh’s big statement on RCB’s weak bowling
RCB and Harbhajan Singh. (Image Source: IPL-BCCI/X) Today the 16th match in IPL 2024 will be played between Lucknow Super Giants and Royal Challengers Bangalore. Faf du Plessis and company have lost two out of three matches. both times rcb They have lost while defending the target and their bowling unit looks very weak. Talking on this issue, former Indian cricketer Harbhajan has said that RCB bowlers should change their mindset while defending the target in IPL 2024. While talking to Star Sports, Harbhajan Singh said that he repeatedly makes mistakes in the team he selects. They invest more on batting and that too overseas. They take on strong overseas batsmen but bowling has always been their weakness. This is still the situation and it is also obvious. If you bowl well you can get them out – Harbhajan Singh He further said, whether you bat first or second, you have to bat well to score 180 runs and 180 should be the winning total. Your mindset is that the 180 will be chased. How will he be pursued? The opposing team will have to score that score. Harbhajan Singh continued his talk and said, if you bowl well then you can get him out. It doesn’t matter who is playing, whether it is Russell or anyone else. A good ball is a good ball. Bowlers will have to change their mentality. Instead of trying to survive by bowling a good over, he should try to take wickets. Harbhajan Singh believes that RCB would have looked to score a total of 200, so that the weakness of the bowling could be hidden. He said that one cannot score 220 or 230 every time. Therefore the bowlers will have to take responsibility. Siraj is not looking in good form. He needs to get in form. Other bowlers will also have to perform well.
IPL 2024: “Their link in spin is weak” – Aakash Chopra said about Mumbai Indians
MI strengthened their spin attack a bit by buying Shreyas Gopal and Mohammad Nabi in the auction. While Gopal can be a backup to Chawla, Nabi can be fielded as a spin-bowling all-rounder, especially in spin-friendly conditions. mumbai indians ipl 2024 squad Rohit Sharma, Hardik Pandya (captain), Dewald Brewis, Suryakumar Yadav, Ishan Kishan, Tilak Verma, Tim David, Vishnu Vinod, Shams Mulani, Nehal Wadhera, Jasprit Bumrah, Kumar Karthikeya, Piyush Chawla, Akash Madhwal, Jason Behrendorff, Romario Shepherd. , Arjun Tendulkar, Gerald Koitze, Dilshan Madushanka, Shreyas Gopal, Nuwan Thushara, Naman Dheer, Anshul Kamboj, Mohammad Nabi, Shivalik Sharma
IPL 2024: “I think the bowling has become weak” Former legend said about RCB’s bowling
RCB vs LSG (Photo Source: BCCI/IPL) Former Team India batsman Sunil Gavaskar believes that the bowling of Royal Challengers Bangalore (RCB) has become weak after the release before IPL 2024 and buying players in the auction. The Bengaluru-based franchise had released some key bowlers like Josh Hazlewood, Wanindu Hasaranga and Harshal Patel ahead of the IPL 2024 auction. They bought Alzarri Joseph, Lockie Ferguson, Yash Dayal and Tom Curran in the auction to strengthen their seam-bowling. Sunil Gavaskar gave a big statement regarding RCB squad During a discussion on Star Sports, Gavaskar was asked whether Royal Challengers Bangalore have strengthened or weakened their bowling based on changes in their players. Responding to this, Gavaskar said, “I think the bowling has weakened, there is no doubt about that. We knew that Josh Hazlewood would not be available for the entire season. So his non-selection is understandable.” The former India captain also questioned RCB for releasing Harshal Patel and Wanindu Hasaranga. Responding to this, Gavaskar said, “However, letting Harshal Patel go, letting Hasranga go, is a bit surprising. Both of them can bowl opening as well as middle overs as well as late overs, letting go of such experience means they probably haven’t helped their team.” Harshal took 14 wickets in 13 matches at an economy rate of 9.65 in IPL 2023. Hasaranga dismissed nine players in eight matches and gave away runs at an average of 8.89 runs per over last season. RCB’s full squad for IPL 2024 Faf du Plessis (captain), Virat Kohli, Rajat Patidar, Anuj Rawat, Dinesh Karthik, Suyyash Prabhudesai, Glenn Maxwell, Will Jacques, Alzarri Joseph, Yash Dayal, Mahipal Lomror, Karn Sharma, Manoj Bhandage, Mayank Dagar, Sourav Chauhan, Swapnil Singh. , Vijaykumar Vishak, Akash Deep, Lockie Ferguson, Tom Curran, Mohammed Siraj, Reece Topley, Himanshu Sharma, Rajan Kumar, Cameron Green, Alzarri Joseph, Yash Dayal, Tom Curran, Lockie Ferguson, Swapnil Singh, Sourav Chauhan.
