IPL 2024: KKR gave a crushing defeat to SRH at Narendra Modi Stadium, confirmed their place in the final.
Venkatesh Iyer batted brilliantly and played a match-winning inning of 51* runs with the help of 5 fours and 4 sixes in 28 balls. KKR (Pic Source-X) Today i.e. on May 21, in the first qualifier of the Indian Premier League 2024 played at the Narendra Modi Stadium in Ahmedabad, Kolkata Knight Riders defeated Sunrisers Hyderabad by 8 wickets. In this match, all the players from Kolkata Knight Riders performed very well and played an important role in the victory of their team. Not only this, with this victory, Kolkata Knight Riders have confirmed their place in the final of the Indian Premier League 2024. Let us tell you, batting first, Sunrisers Hyderabad got all out for 159 runs in 19.3 overs against Kolkata. The team had a very bad start in this match and they lost four important wickets for 39 runs within five overs. Abhishek Sharma failed to bat well in this match and was out after scoring three runs. Not only this, Travis Head returned to the pavilion without opening his account. Nitish Reddy also could not score big and was out after scoring 9 runs. However, for Sunrisers Hyderabad, Rahul Tripathi batted very well and played an important inning of 55 runs in 35 balls with the help of 7 fours and one six. Apart from Rahul Tripathi, Heinrich Klaasen played a valuable inning of 32 runs in 21 balls with the help of 3 fours and 1 six. Captain Pat Cummins contributed 30 runs while Abdul Samad scored 16 runs. For Kolkata Knight Riders, experienced fast bowler Mitchell Starc bowled brilliantly and took three wickets for 34 runs in four overs. Apart from Mitchell Starc, Varun Chakraborty took two wickets while Sunil Narine, Vaibhav Arora, Andre Russell and Harshit Rana took one wicket each. Kolkata Knight Riders make it to the final of IPL 2024 Kolkata Knight Riders, chasing the target, won the match by losing two wickets and secured their place in the final. On behalf of the team, Venkatesh Iyer batted brilliantly and played a match-winning inning of 51* runs with the help of 5 fours and 4 sixes in 28 balls, while captain Shreyas Iyer contributed 58* runs. Both of them did not spare any bowler of Sunrisers Hyderabad and hit hard against everyone. Sunil Narayan scored 21 runs while Gurbaz played an important inning of 23 runs. Captain Pat Cummins and T. Natarajan took 1-1 wicket for Sunrisers Hyderabad. 5 Australian players who scored half century in debut IPL match 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 wreaking havoc in SRH 4 players who have played more than 500 T20 matches MS Dhoni: Amazing records of Dhoni as CSK captain Captains…
IPL 2024: RCB made a strong comeback in the tournament and made its place in the playoffs, Smriti Mandhana praised the men’s team.
Royal Challengers Bangalore had lost 7 of their first 8 matches of IPL 2024, however after this the team made a strong comeback and won 6 consecutive matches. Smriti Mandhana and RCB Team (Pic Source-X) Royal Challengers Bangalore made a very good comeback in the Indian Premier League 2024 and made their place in the playoffs of this season. Let us tell you, Royal Challengers Bangalore had to face defeat in 7 of their first 8 matches of IPL 2024, however after that the team made a tremendous comeback and won 6 consecutive matches. Indian women’s team’s experienced batsman Smriti Mandhana has presented her side regarding this performance of Royal Challengers Bangalore. Let us tell you, Smriti Mandhana is the captain of the Royal Challengers Bangalore team in the Women’s Premier League 2024. Under her captaincy, the Royal Challengers Bangalore team won the Women’s Premier League 2024 trophy. The match between RCB and Chennai Super Kings was played at M Chinnaswamy Stadium in Bengaluru. In this do-or-die match, Royal Challengers Bangalore defeated Chennai Super Kings by 27 runs and made their place in the playoffs of this season. During this match, women’s team players Smriti Mandhana, Renuka Singh, Shreyanka Patil and Asha Shobhana were also present at the M Chinnaswamy Stadium. After the match was over, RCB shared a video on its official social media account in which Smriti Mandhana said, ‘I have just realized that watching the match is more stressful than playing. It feels good that we batted first and scored a big score and won the match. I always feel very good coming here. It is also happy to see that our players made a good comeback this season and made their place in the playoffs. This shows the character of RCB team: Smriti Mandhana Smriti Mandhana further said, ‘We also won two of the first three matches and there were some matches in which our performance was quite disappointing. Every player wants that we should perform well on the field. It takes a lot of courage to come back from this position and qualify. This also shows the character of the team. RCB has performed very well in the last few matches and now they have to play an eliminator match against Rajasthan Royals. This match will be played on 22 May at Narendra Modi Stadium in Ahmedabad. Both the teams would definitely like to win this match. At present, RCB’s confidence is very high and the team would definitely like to win the trophy this season. 5 Australian players who scored half century in debut IPL match 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…
“Kaka, come back next year, the impact player rule is still in place” – Virat Kohli said to Chris Gayle
Virat Kohli met Chris Gayle after the RCB vs CSK match. Kolhi and Gayle (Source: RCB) In IPL 2023, the match was played between Chennai Super Kings and Royal Challengers Bangalore on 18 May. RCB won this match by 27 runs and confirmed their place in the playoffs. After the end of this match, Virat Kohli met former RCB teammate Chris Gayle, whose video went viral very quickly on social media. Let us tell you that, former RCB opener Chris Gayle also came to encourage the Bangalore team in this match. After the match, Virat gifted him the RCB jersey and said, Kaka, play IPL next year. This video of their conversation has gone viral very fast on social media. Chris Gayle met Virat Kohli after RCB vs CSK match Current RCB opener Virat Kohli gifted a signed RCB jersey to his former teammate Chris Gayle and said, “Kaka, come back next year, the impact player rule is still on. Now you don’t need to field, it has been designed for you (Virat laughingly said this to Chris Gayle).” Chris Gayle and Virat Kohli in the RCB dressing room together – nostalgia max! Virat jokingly asks Chris to come back to the #IPL – what do you think about it, 12th Man Army?#PlayBold #நமம்RCB #IPL2024 pic.twitter.com/Bj9HVFfVka — Royal Challengers Bengaluru (@RCBTweets) May 20, 2024 Left-handed opener Chris Gayle has retired from IPL, but before that he played several seasons for RCB. Apart from this, he was also a part of Punjab Kings, but now he has distanced himself from IPL and is seen playing in the leagues of retired cricketers. Earlier, he was seen playing in Legends League Cricket in November last year. Let us tell you that since the introduction of the Impact Player rule, some players are used only for batting and some players are used for bowling. In such a situation, Virat Kohli jokingly told the same thing to Chris Gayle that he has to only bat, because for fielding, any other player can be used as an impact player, who is capable of bowling.
IPL 2024: ‘If you are not in form you cannot retain your place’ Praveen Amre on Prithvi Shaw
Delhi Capitals’ chances of reaching the IPL 2024 playoffs are very slim. Prithvi Shaw (Image Credit- Twitter X) In their last league match of the ongoing IPL 2024, Delhi Capitals won against Lucknow Super Giants by 19 runs. The team won 7 out of 14 matches played, while losing the same number of matches. However, during this period, the team gave continuous opportunities to many players in the team, but Delhi management did not give continuous opportunities to Prithvi Shaw. Shaw played a total of 8 matches in the ongoing season in which he could score only 198 runs at an average of 24.75. On the other hand, now Delhi Capitals team’s assistant coach Pravin Amre has given a big statement regarding Prithvi Shaw. Amre says that if you are not in form, you cannot retain your position. Praveen Amre gave a big statement regarding Prithvi Shaw Let us tell you that after the end of Delhi Capitals’ match against Lucknow Super Giants, Praveen Amre said – He (Prithvi Shaw) was one of the players retained by us. As you can see in the last four or five matches he was on the bench. But this is IPL and if you are not in form you cannot retain your place. There was a lot of pressure on the team because every match was important, and we had to win every match. Praveen further said- We played well in today’s match, we played without her (Prithvi Shaw) and won the match. In his place, Abhishek Porel got the chance and he grabbed it with both hands. What a brilliant innings Porel played today. After Jack Fraser McGurk was out in the first over, we managed to score 73 runs in the powerplay, credit for this goes to Shay Hope and Porel.
T20 World Cup: Rohit Sharma and Ajit Agarkar were against the inclusion of Hardik Pandya in the team, on whose advice was given the place?
Rohit Sharma and Ajit Agarkar (Photo Source: Hardik Pandya-led Mumbai Indians has become the first team to be eliminated from the qualification race in this season of IPL. Mumbai Indians team looked unstable after Rohit Sharma was removed from the captaincy before the start of IPL. Interestingly, Mumbai Indians have four players in the Indian team for the T20 World Cup to be held in June. Rohit Sharma will be the captain of the Indian team, while Hardik Pandya will be the vice-captain, Suryakumar Yadav and Jasprit Bumrah will also be included in the team. But should Hardik Pandya be included in the Indian team or not? Now information is coming to light that there was confusion regarding this. According to the news of Dainik Jagran, after Hardik Pandya was given the captaincy of Mumbai Indians, there was a possibility that the team would gradually stabilize, but that did not happen. According to a report in Jagran, Indian team captain Rohit Sharma, some members of the selection committee and chairman of the selection committee Ajit Agarkar were not keen on including Hardik Pandya in the final 15. There has been a lot of discussion about Hardik Pandya during this year’s IPL season, questions were also raised on his form. Pandya has so far scored only 200 runs in 13 matches at a strike rate of 144.93. He has taken 11 wickets in bowling in 13 matches. His bowling average is 10.59 runs per over. After half a season of IPL, Pandya was successful in catching the rhythm of bowling. It was also said in the news that Hardik Pandya was included in the World Cup squad under pressure. It is also being said that after the T20 World Cup, Rohit Sharma will retire from T20 cricket. Captain Rohit Sharma and selection committee chairman Ajit Agarkar had announced the Indian team for the T20 World Cup in a press conference. At that time Ajit Agarkar was asked about the inclusion of Hardik in the team. What is the reason for including Hardik Pandya in the team despite his poor form? When asked, Ajit Agarkar said that the selection committee has no other option for Hardik Pandya.
IPL 2024: Gujarat Titans out of the playoff race, KKR’s place in top-2 confirmed, there will be a fight between these teams for top-4
After the cancellation of GT vs KKR match, Gujarat Titans are out of the race for the playoffs. GT vs KKR (Photo Source: X/Twitter) IPL Playoff Scenario: The 63rd match of IPL 2024 was scheduled to be played today (May 13) between Gujarat Titans and Kolkata Knight Riders at Narendra Modi Stadium, Ahmedabad. But due to rain the match was abandoned without a toss. Both the teams had to share 1-1 points. After the cancellation of the match, Gujarat Titans are out of the tournament. Gujarat is the third team to be eliminated from this season after Mumbai Indians and Punjab Kings. Gujarat kept its playoff hopes alive by defeating Chennai Super Kings. To make it to the top-4, GT had to win the last two matches of the league stage. But the match against Kolkata has been cancelled. Even if the team beats Sunrisers Hyderabad in the next match, it will still not be able to reach the playoffs with 13 points. Gujarat Titans had won the trophy in the very first season under the captaincy of Hardik Pandya, and were runner-up last season. But under the captaincy of Shubhman Gill, the team has faced a lot of ups and downs this season. Kolkata Knight Riders have confirmed their place in the top-2 with 19 points. Let us tell you which teams will now fight to reach the playoffs- IPL Playoff Scenario: Rajasthan will have to do this work to reach the playoffs Rajasthan Royals are second in the points table with 8 wins and 16 points from 12 matches. The team needs a win to ensure a place in the playoffs. But Rajasthan would like to finish the league stage in the top-2. For which the team will have to show great performance in the last two matches against Punjab Kings and Kolkata Knight Riders. This is how CSK and Sunrisers Hyderabad can reach top-4. Chennai Super Kings and Sunrisers Hyderabad are at third and fourth place with 14 points each. To reach the playoffs, CSK will have to win the last match of the league stage against Royal Challengers Bangalore at any cost. Whereas Sunrisers Hyderabad still has to play two matches against Gujarat Titans and Punjab Kings, the team would like to win both the matches. Difficulties have increased for RCB, Delhi and Lucknow Royal Challengers Bangalore are at fifth position in the points table with 12 points. The team has to play the last match of the league stage round on May 18 at home against Chennai Super Kings. The team can stake a claim for the playoffs even with 14 points. But for this the team will have to defeat CSK by 18 runs and whatever the target is, it will have to be achieved in 18.1 overs, so that their net run rate can be good. After the defeat against RCB, Delhi’s hopes of reaching the playoffs have diminished. The team will play its last match against Lucknow Super Giants, even if the team wins this match, they will have to depend…
IPL 2024: GT’s dream of making its place in this season’s playoffs shattered, but thanked all the fans through Lap of Honor
Due to rain not a single ball was bowled in this match. GT (Pic Source-X) Today i.e. on 13th May, Gujarat Titans had to play an important match of the Indian Premier League 2024 against Kolkata Knight Riders at the Narendra Modi Stadium in Ahmedabad. However, this match got postponed due to rain and Gujarat Titans are also completely out of the race for this season’s playoffs. Let us tell you, to remain in the race for the playoffs of the Indian Premier League 2024, it was very important for Gujarat Titans to win the match against Kolkata Knight Riders. However, due to rain, not a single ball was bowled in this match. Gujarat Titans got one point in this match and the team was out of the playoffs of this season. After the result of the match, Gujarat Titans players were seen giving Lap of Honor to all the fans. This was Gujarat Titans’ last match at home. All the fans of Gujarat Titans will be very disappointed that their team could not make it to the playoffs this season. Under the captaincy of Shubman Gill, the team failed to show good performance in the 2024 season. Fireworks were also seen at Narendra Modi Stadium during the Lap of Honor. Its video is going viral very fast on social media. Here’s the video: Fireworks are going off in the sky as this marks the end of Titans home leg, and the players are taking a lap around the ground to thank the crowd.#GTvsKKR pic.twitter.com/hnMoCu2idU — AMI Media (@AMIMedia1) May 13, 2024 Gujarat Titans have won 5 out of 13 matches so far in IPL 2024 while they have lost 7. After the match against Kolkata, the team has 11 points and is at eighth position in the points table of IPL 2024. The team has to play its last match of this season against Sunrisers Hyderabad on 16 May at the Rajiv Gandhi International Stadium in Hyderabad. Even if Gujarat Titans wins the match against Hyderabad, the team will not be able to make it to the playoffs this season. Kolkata Knight Riders are the only team to have qualified so far in the Indian Premier League 2024 playoffs. They have 19 points and the team is at first position in the points table of IPL 2024. 5 Australian players who scored half century in debut IPL match 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 the 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: Dhoni’s amazing record as CSK captain Captains of which teams were changed before the start of IPL 2024
Did not get place in T20 World Cup squad, Shubman Gill gave a strong answer to the selectors by scoring 104 runs in 55 balls.
Shubhman Gill played a brilliant inning of 104 runs in 55 balls with the help of 9 fours and 6 sixes. Shubman Gill (Photo Source: BCCI/IPL) IPL 2024, GT vs CSK: Shubman Gill Won POTM Award: In the 59th match of IPL 2024, Gujarat Titans defeated Chennai Super Kings by 35 runs. After this victory, the team has reached 8th position in the points table with 10 points, and remains in the race for the playoffs. Batting first in the match, GT scored 231 runs on the board at the loss of 3 wickets. In response, while chasing the target, Chennai could score only 196 runs at the loss of 8 wickets in 20 overs. The hero of this victory of Gujarat Titans was captain Shubman Gill, who played a century. Shubman has been given the title of Player of the Match for his excellent performance. Shubman Gill scored a century in 50 balls The pair of Sai Sudarshan and Shubman Gill gave a great start to Gujarat Titans. Together they added 58 runs in the powerplay, then made a partnership of 210 runs for the first wicket. This is the biggest partnership so far for Gujarat Titans in IPL. Sai Sudarshan was out against Tushar Deshpande in the 18th over after scoring 103 runs in 51 balls. Then in the same over, Shubman Gill also lost his wicket. He played a brilliant inning of 104 runs in 55 balls with the help of 9 fours and 6 sixes. Shubman Gill completed his century in just 50 balls. This is his first century as a captain, and the fourth century of his IPL career. Let us tell you that this century of Gill is also the 100th century of IPL. A lot of questions are being raised regarding the form of Shubman Gill in IPL 2024. But today’s century against CSK has given a strong answer to all the critics. Shubhman Gill was the highest run-scorer last season, but this season he has not scored much runs with his bat, so far he has scored 424 runs in 12 matches.
IPL 2024: KKR reached the top in the points table by defeating LSG at their home, CSK captured the third place.
After the win against Lucknow, Kolkata Knight Riders have reached the top of the points table with 16 points. KKR & CSK (Photo Source: BCCI/IPL) IPL 2024 Points Table: In IPL 2024, two explosive matches were played on 5th May. Chennai Super Kings won against Punjab Kings by 28 runs. Whereas Kolkata Knight Riders defeated Lucknow by 98 runs at their home. After these two matches, there has been a big upheaval in the points table. After defeating Lucknow, Kolkata Knight Riders have reached the top of the points table with 16 points. Rajasthan Royals have slipped one place to second place. After the defeat of Lucknow Super Giants, Sunrisers Hyderabad has reached fourth place, and KL Rahul’s team has come to fifth place. After the win against Punjab Kings, Chennai Super Kings has moved straight from fifth to third position with 12 points. After the defeat, Punjab Kings are still at 8th position. Number Team match Victory Garland Tie N/R score net run rate 1 Kolkata Knight Riders 11 8 3 0 0 16 1.453 2 Rajasthan Royals 10 8 2 0 0 16 0.622 3 Chennai Super Kings 11 6 5 0 0 12 0.700 4 Sunrisers Hyderabad 10 6 4 0 0 12 0.072 5 Lucknow Super Giants 11 6 5 0 0 12 -0.371 6 Delhi Capitals 11 5 6 0 0 10 -0.442 7 Royal Challengers Bangalore 11 4 7 0 0 8 -0.049 8 punjab kings 11 4 7 0 0 8 -0.187 9 gujarat titans 11 4 7 0 0 8 -1.320 10 Mumbai Indians 11 3 8 0 0 6 -0.356 IPL 2024: Status of both the matches played today The first match of the day on 5 May was played between Punjab Kings and Chennai Super Kings in Dharamshala. In the match, CSK, batting first, scored 167 runs at the loss of 9 wickets. Ravindra Jadeja played the highest innings of 43 runs in 26 balls. Chasing the target, Punjab Kings could only score 139 runs in 20 overs, and Chennai won by 28 runs. Jadeja also showed excellence in bowling and took maximum 3 wickets for 20 runs in 4 overs. In the second match played at Ekana Cricket Stadium, Kolkata Knight Riders defeated Lucknow by 98 runs. Batting first, KKR put 235 runs on the board at the loss of 6 wickets. Sunil Narayan played an inning of 81 runs in 39 balls. While chasing the target, Lucknow team was all out for 137 runs in 16.1 overs. Harshit Rana and Varun Chakraborty took maximum 3-3 wickets for Kolkata.
ICC announced match officials for T20 World Cup 2024, these umpires including Kumar Dharmasena got place
T20 World Cup is starting from June 2 ICC and Kumar Dharmasena (Image Credit- Twitter The International Cricket Council (ICC) has today announced the match officials for the upcoming T20 World Cup 2024 on May 3. It is noteworthy that this time this multinational tournament is starting from June 2 under the joint hosting of West Indies and USA. The first match will be played between USA and Canada. So now the ICC has announced the match officials for this much-awaited tournament, in which 20 umpires including 6 match referees have been included. There are some big names in the list of umpires including Kumar Dharmasena, Chris Brown. Match Officials at the ICC Men’s T20 World Cup umpires: Chris Brown, Kumar Dharmasena, Chris Gaffaney, Michael Gough, Adrian Holdstock, Richard Illingworth, Allahudien Paleker, Richard Kettleborough, Jayaraman Madanagopal, Nitin Menon, Sam Nogajski, Ahsan Raza, Rashid Riaz, Paul Reiffel, Langton Rusere, Shahid Saikat, Rodney Tucker, Alex Wharf, Joel Wilson and Asif Yaqoob match referee: David Boon, Jeff Crowe, Ranjan Madugalle, Andrew Pycroft, Richie Richardson and Javagal Srinath T20 World Cup 2024 starts from June 2 On the other hand, if we give you information about the tournament, this time a total of 20 teams are participating in the Multination Tournament. All 20 teams have been divided into four groups of 5 each. A total of 55 matches will be played between all the teams within 28 days. So after the league stage, the top 2 teams from each group will qualify for the next round of the tournament. England cricket team is currently the defending champion of this world tournament. Teams included in Group A: India, Pakistan, Ireland, Canada and USA. Teams included in Group B: Scotland, Oman, England, Australia, Namibia. Teams included in Group C: New Zealand, West Indies, Afghanistan, Uganda, Papua New Guinea. Teams included in Group D: Sri Lanka, Bangladesh, Netherlands, Nepal, South Africa.