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Former IPL winner on KL Rahul’s batting approach

Former IPL winner on KL Rahul’s batting approach

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3 min readMay 2, 2026 02:49 PM IST With his knock of 75 runs off 45 balls against hosts Rajasthan Royals at Jaipur on Friday night, Delhi Capitals and Indian batsman KL Rahul grabbed the purple cap taking his tally to 433 runs in nine matches this IPL. Rahul, who has scored one hundred in this IPL, scored his third fifty of this year’s IPL on Friday night and was instrumental in setting up the Delhi Capitals chase first with his opening wicket partnership of 110 runs with Pathum Nissanka and then steadying the innings during the chase. Former Indian batsman Ambati Rayudu rated Rahul’s knock highly and shared how a batsman like KL Rahul can take on any bowler at any time. “He (Rahul) has always had the game. He can take on any bowler at any time; it is just his mindset. Today we have seen a very, very good approach to his batting,” Rayudu said on ESPNCricinfo. In his IPL career since 2018, the first time when he crossed 500 runs in …

‘In a zone of his own’

‘In a zone of his own’

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3 min readApr 20, 2026 02:07 PM IST Former India off-spinner Ravichandran Ashwin has praised Shreyas Iyer for his ability to chase down big scores, admitting that the right-hander was currently in a zone of his own and ahead of Rajat Patidar, as far as his spot in India’s T20I squad is concerned. Iyer has made a strong start to his IPL 2026 campaign, with 208 runs in six matches at a strike rate of 182.46. His captaincy has also helped the Punjab Kings stay the only unbeaten side of the season, so far. The 31-year-old was part of India’s squad for the five-match T20I series against New Zealand before the T20 World Cup after Tilak Varma was injured, but was not included in the squad which went on to defend the title. “The audacity with which he is going about 200-220 chases is exceptional. At this point of time, if he’s not going to find higher honors, it’s not his loss anymore. It’s ours that we can’t see him performing for the Indian team …

‘You cannot build pressure on him’: Ashton Agar lauds Virat Kohli’s knock vs AUS in Champions Trophy semifinal | Cricket News

‘You cannot build pressure on him’: Ashton Agar lauds Virat Kohli’s knock vs AUS in Champions Trophy semifinal | Cricket News

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Australian spinner Ashton Agar said that it was pretty difficult to build any pressure on Virat Kohli when he is in such hot form. This was after Kohli scored an impressive 84 runs against Australia in the Champions Trophy semifinal on Tuesday, helping to guide India to the final. “It is not the damage that he can do to the fence, it’s just the fact that you cannot build pressure on him. So it’s really hard to get him out in a sense. You never really feel like you’re on top of him unless the ball is really spinning. And you don’t get a lot of pitches in one-day cricket like that,” Agar said on ESPNcricinfo’s Match Day. “That’s the frustrating part about bowling to him. He has this fantastic ability to hit your best ball, the top of middle stump, slightly spinning away, he holds the bat’s face slightly longer than other batters do, opens it in the last second, and hits it in the cover point gap. He’s probably the best in the …

Sanjay Manjrekar says it’s unlikely that Rohit Sharma will be there in the 2027 World Cup | Cricket News

Sanjay Manjrekar says it’s unlikely that Rohit Sharma will be there in the 2027 World Cup | Cricket News

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Former India cricketer Sanjay Manjrekar said that it was very unlikely that current India skipper Rohit Sharma will stick around for the 2027 World Cup. Manjrekar also suggested that the ongoing Champions Trophy might be the last international tournament that Rohit takes part in. “I have a feeling (that) if he has decided, I mean can Rohit Sharma be there for the 2027 Cricket World Cup? I don’t think so, very unlikely. So, then, this could be, what you are suggesting, could be the final tournament,” said Manjrekar on ESPNcricinfo’s Matchday programme. “I’m expecting Rohit Sharma to go out there and he should be actually liberated not so much by this being his sort of swansong or whatever, just by the fact that so much of quality batting to come (from him),” added Manjrekar. Story continues below this ad Rohit has started the Champions Trophy with a dominant 41 runs against Bangladesh and notched up a 69-run partnership with vice captain Shubman Gill. Before that, he came back to form with a century against England …