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‘Rolls-Royce just stayed in third gear’: PBKS coach Ricky Ponting on skipper Shreyas Iyer’s half century vs LSG | Ipl News

‘Rolls-Royce just stayed in third gear’: PBKS coach Ricky Ponting on skipper Shreyas Iyer’s half century vs LSG | Ipl News

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Punjab Kings head coach Ricky Ponting lauded skipper Shreyas Iyer for his well-paced half century in the match against Lucknow Super Giants, saying that the former KKR captain was like a ‘Rolls-Royce in third gear’. Iyer got his 50 off the last ball of Punjab’s chase when he smashed a six to overhaul LSG’s 172-run target in 16.2 overs for the loss of two wickets. “Skipper (Iyer) did it easy again. Rolls-Royce just stayed in third gear for most of the day. Didn’t have to go any harder than that. Just steers the ship home. You haven’t got an average yet,” Ponting said during the team meeting following the big victory. Iyer is yet to be dismissed in IPL 2025, having notched up an unbeaten 97 in the opening game against Gujarat Titans. He is currently the second-highest run-getter in the season with 149 runs. 𝑷𝒖𝒏𝒕𝒆𝒓 𝒊𝒔 𝒐𝒏𝒄𝒆 𝒂𝒈𝒂𝒊𝒏 𝒑𝒓𝒐𝒖𝒅 𝒐𝒇 𝒕𝒉𝒆 🦁s! 👏#LSGvPBKS #IPL2025 #BasJeetnaHai #PunjabKings pic.twitter.com/Rt3Xi1AtHl — Punjab Kings (@PunjabKingsIPL) April 2, 2025 In the match, opener Prabhsimran Singh supported his skipper’s cause …

‘Collective batting failure’, says Kolkata Knight Riders captain Ajinkya Rahane after MI thrash them by 8 wickets | Ipl News

‘Collective batting failure’, says Kolkata Knight Riders captain Ajinkya Rahane after MI thrash them by 8 wickets | Ipl News

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A forlorn Kolkata Knight Riders captain Ajinkya Rahane said that his team’s ‘collective batting failure’ was the reason for their 8-wicket loss against Mumbai Indians at the Wankhede on Monday. Kolkata were brought to their knees by MI debutant Ashwani Kumar who snapped up figures of 4/24 as the defending champions were skittled out for just 116. “Collective batting failure. It was a good wicket bat on as I mentioned in the toss. 180-190 would have been good on this wicket. It has a very good bounce. Sometimes you have to use the pace and bounce. We got to learn really fast from this game,” Rahane said in the post-match chat. “Couldn’t do much with the ball. They tried their best. But not much runs on the board. We kept on losing wickets. Four wickets in the powerplay. It was difficult to consolidate and get that total on the board. You need that partnership going. You need one batsman to stay till the end,” he added. Story continues below this ad In the match, the …

‘That decision was very good’: Nitish Rana on being promoted to No.3 in RR vs CSK match | Ipl News

‘That decision was very good’: Nitish Rana on being promoted to No.3 in RR vs CSK match | Ipl News

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Nitish Rana who was promoted to No. 3 in the Rajasthan Royals batting lineup before the match against the Chennai Super Kings repaid the faith by the management by played a blistering 81-run innings on Sunday against CSK. The former Kolkata Knight Riders player said that he changed his game plan from the previous two matches and tried to use the pace of the Barsapara Cricket Stadium wicket to his success. “I got to know yesterday (Saturday) when Rahul sir called me before going to practice. Riyan also told me that I could bat at number 3. I guess, that decision was very good,” Nitish said at the post-match press conference. “In the first two matches, I was trying to hit hard. So, my learning from the last two matches was that if I try to use pace in this wicket, how much pace I can use on the new ball, if I try to do that, then my success rate can increase in making runs. And today, I did the same thing…,” he added. …

‘It was an incredible knock of the highest standard’: Kane Williamson lauds Nitish Rana for 81-run innings vs Chennai Super Kings | Ipl News

‘It was an incredible knock of the highest standard’: Kane Williamson lauds Nitish Rana for 81-run innings vs Chennai Super Kings | Ipl News

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New Zealand batter Kane Williamson lauded Nitish Rana’s batting in the Sunday’s match against Chennai Super Kings, calling it a knock of the highest standard. The former Kiwi skipper also praised the fielding of Rajasthan Royals, saying that it was big factor in the Royals’ 6-run win over the 5-time champions CSK. “Nitish is an excellent player of spin, but he got his innings started against the seam, using the pace well. He accessed the areas behind square nicely and perhaps came in at No. 3 due to the left-hand, right-hand combination. It was an incredible knock of the highest standard, and I think that’s key for him moving forward in this tournament,” Williamson said. “Rajasthan Royals have several other talented batters, but today, Nitish was the match-winner. That said, in a game like this—on a surface where the margins are so fine—I believe Rajasthan Royals’ fielding is what truly got them across the line,” he added. Story continues below this ad In the match, Rana’s explosive 81 off 36 balls, laced with 10 fours …

Rajasthan Royals ring more alarm bells for Chennai Super Kings | Ipl News

Rajasthan Royals ring more alarm bells for Chennai Super Kings | Ipl News

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A romantic ending glimmered in the Guwahati skies. The probability of MS Dhoni turning the clock back and finishing the game with vintage swagger lurked. Needing 20 off the final over, Dhoni in pugnacious mood with 16 from 10 balls, nervous excitement soaked the stadium and the minds of the audience. But in pure anticlimax, he perished in the first legal ball of the over. Despite the strikes of Jamie Overton, Chennai Super Kings fell six runs short of Rajasthan Royals’ score of 182, thus handing out their opponents the first win of the season. Hangman Hasaranga Wanindu Hararanga exudes a monkish calm in the direst of situations. Where lesser-willed men sense danger, he sniffs an opportunity; when the tide seems to turn against him, he merely decides to change the course of the current himself. His performance in Guwahati was not ripped from the leg-spinner’s book of marvel. He is more of a utilitarian than an ethereal spinner. He doesn’t trade magic ball, does not fill the audience with awe, but does just enough …

Prasidh Krishna, Sai Sudharsan sparkle as Gujarat Titans roll over Mumbai Indians on black-soil Ahmedabad pitch | Ipl News

Prasidh Krishna, Sai Sudharsan sparkle as Gujarat Titans roll over Mumbai Indians on black-soil Ahmedabad pitch | Ipl News

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Gujarat Titans’ choice to pick a blacksoil sluggish track for the game paid off as Mumbai Indians couldn’t adapt, and lost steam in the chase. Gujarat Titans’ assistant coach Parthiv Patel mentioned during the first innings that it was a deliberate choice from his team to choose a black-soil pitch in Ahmedabad that is on the slower side where the ball can stop a touch as Mumbai Indians, he felt, were more used to red-soil tracks. With the ball not coming on, Mumbai would struggle more than their team. He was proved right as the wheels came off the chase in the second half as the 197-run target proved 36 runs beyond them. Prasidh sparkles The timeout at the end of the eight over of the chase triggered rather interesting scenes. MI were 69 for 2. Unsurprisingly, GT coach Ashish Nehra was out there, jabbering away passionately to Kagiso Rabada and Prasidh Krishna. Surprisingly, MI’s Rohit Sharma, who had lost his off stump to a peach of a scrambled offcutter from Mohammad Siraj, was out …

SRH vs LSG: Shardul Thakur shines with ball and Nicholas Pooran closes out with bat | Ipl News

SRH vs LSG: Shardul Thakur shines with ball and Nicholas Pooran closes out with bat | Ipl News

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SRH’s batting stutters to put on a mediocre score on a belter and Pooran powers LSG to a comfortable win Lucknow Super Giants breached Sunrisers Hyderabad’s fortress on Thursday as their bowling plans worked to curtail the power-packed SRH batting order. SRH’s bowling issues, which surfaced last season, continued to persist. Pooran’s fast hands “You have a great bat speed; is it natural or you worked on it?” Nicolas Pooran’s answer to the commentator WV Raman’s query was quite something. “I have never worked on my bat speed, just a natural incredible talent!” He said with the same nonchalance with which he pummelled the SRH bowling. Story continues below this ad The left-hander is in Don Bradmanesque form in the T20 format. Regardless of the league he plays for, he has been piling runs at an unrealistic strike rate. With his ability to stay still and by virtue of his fast hand-speed he got into positions as late as possible, making a mockery of the SRH bowling attack. Out of his 70 runs, 60 came …