Tag: Padikkal
Ahead of their Thursday's clash, if Kings XI Punjab (KXIP) and the Royal Challengers Bangalore (RCB) looked for motivation from their head-to-head IPL record, they would have been a bit disappointed as little separated the two teams; both have won 12 matches each since the IPL began in 2008. ....
Fifty-seven players have been released by eight Indian Premier League (IPL) franchises ahead of the 2021 auction, to be held next month. They include Mumbai Indians' fast bowling great Lasith Malinga, former Rajasthan Royals captain Steve Smith, Chennai Super Kings (CSK) off-spinner Harbhajan Singh, and Kings XI Punjab all-rounder Glenn Maxwell. ....
The mega auction concludes with 10 IPL franchises splashing INR 551,70,00,000 across 2 days. A total of 204 players were bought out of 600. Meanwhile, 108 players fetched over INR 1 crore. Ishan Kishan turned out to be the most expensive player in this year’s auction with INR 15.25 crore. The second on the list is Deepak Chahar who was bought by Chennai Super Kings for INR 14 crore.....
Marco Jansen landed the early blows and T Natarajan wiped off the lower-order in a brilliant display of medium pace bowling to restrict Royal Challengers for 68 as Sunrisers Hyderabad romped to a 9-wicket victory in Match 36 at the Brabourne Stadium here on Saturday.....
On the back of an unbeaten 56 by Riyan Parag and a clinical bowling performance led by young pacer Kuldeep Sen (4/20) and senior off-spinner Ravichandran Ashwin (3/17), Rajasthan Royals successfully defended 144 to beat Royal Challengers Bangalore by 29 runs at MCA Stadium on Tuesday.....
On the back of brilliant bowling performance by Dwayne Bravo and Shardul Thakur, Chennai Super Kings registered an assertive six-wicket win over Royal Challengers Bangalore in Sharjah on Friday. With this win, Chennai have now moved back to the top of the points table with 14 points from seven wins out of nine matches. Though they are tied with Delhi Capitals for points, Chennai is on top due to superior net run rate. ....
What a day! Action, drama, entertainment and lots of crores spent in Bengaluru on Saturday as the Day 1 of IPL 2022 mega auction proved to be one of the most astonishing days ever in history of Indian Premier League. After a scary incident involving auctioneer Hugh Edmeades who collapsed during the event, he was well attended by medical team and was fortunately fine. However, he was recommended to take rest and was eventually replaced by Charu Sharma for the remainder of day.....
A clinical bowling performance followed by a convincing batting effort helped Rajasthan Royals thrash Royal Challengers Bangalore by seven wickets in the Qualifier 2 and reach the final of the IPL 2022 at Narendra Modi Stadium, here on Friday. ....
Captain Virat Kohli finally ended his run of low scores with an unbeaten 72 off 53 balls as Royal Challengers Bangalore (RCB) beat Rajasthan Royals (RR) by eight wickets at the Sheikh Zayed Stadium in Abu Dhabi on Saturday. RCB ended their innings on 158/2 with five balls remaining after RR scored 154/6. RR struck early with the wicket of Aaron Finch in the third over but Kohli gave company at the other end as Devdutt Padikkal's (63) aggression kept RCB on track. The 20-year-old, who had scored 56, 1 and 54 in matches before Saturday, contin....
At Thursday's mini auction, South African fast bowling all-rounder Chris Morris set an all-time record of Rs.16.25 crore in the Indian Premier League (IPL), beating Yuvraj Singh's Rs.16 crore, a price that Delhi Daredevils had paid to buy him in 2015. ....