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‘Batsmen do not trust their defence much nowadays’: Punjab Kings Arshdeep Singh on his bowling plans | Ipl News

‘Batsmen do not trust their defence much nowadays’: Punjab Kings Arshdeep Singh on his bowling plans | Ipl News

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With five wickets in two matches, Punjab Kings pacer Arshdeep Singh has been among the wickets in the early part of this year’s Indian Premier League. The 26-year-old, who had finished with 19 wickets with an bowling average of 26.08 in last year’s IPL, picked up a wicket yet again in his first over when he removed Mitchell Marsh of Lucknow Super Giants in the team’s away game at Lucknow on Tuesday evening. Kings won the match by eight wickets and Singh, who took three wickets in the match, talked about how batsmen not trusting their defence helps his case. “As you know nowadays, batsmen do not trust their defence much. They just want to go after the ball. So, I had two slips and a deep cover. So just in case the batsman swings and the ball goes up in the air, there is a fielder for me and I am attacking as well with two slips. The wicket at the end got better and I believe you have to stay till the end,” …

‘It looked like he had that zip and late swing’: Mumbai Indians captain Hardik Pandya lauds debutant Ashwani Kumar’s match-winning performance vs KKR | Ipl News

‘It looked like he had that zip and late swing’: Mumbai Indians captain Hardik Pandya lauds debutant Ashwani Kumar’s match-winning performance vs KKR | Ipl News

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Mumbai Indians skipper Hardik Pandya lavished praise on debutant Ashwani Kumar for his 4-wicket haul against defending champions Kolkata Knight Riders at the Wankhede on Monday. Pandya revealed that he decided to go with Ashwani after witnessing him in action in a practice game where he had zip and late swing, adding that he thought the 23-year-old had a pretty different action. “This wicket just offered a bit more and we thought Ashwani can come in and bowl the way he bowled. First of all, it’s all because of the scouts. All MI scouts have gone all the places and picked these young kids. We played a practice game and it looked like he had that zip and late swing, had a different action and plus he is a leftie. The way he took that wicket of Russell was a very crucial wicket,” Hardik said at the post-match chat. The MI skipper also singled out the moment the youngster gobbled up the catch of Quinton de Kock off Deepak Chahar’s bowling in the second over …

‘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 …

‘Didn’t have lunch today, only ate a banana’: Ashwani Kumar after recording best figures by an Indian player on IPL debut with 4/24 vs KKR | Ipl News

‘Didn’t have lunch today, only ate a banana’: Ashwani Kumar after recording best figures by an Indian player on IPL debut with 4/24 vs KKR | Ipl News

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Mumbai Indians Ashwani Kumar had a dream debut for the franchise when he snapped up 4 wickets in his first-ever Indian Premier League match against the Kolkata Knight Riders, becoming the only Indian player to do so. The left arm seamer, who was snapped up by MI for just 50 lakhs in the IPL 2025 mega auction, showed his talent when he also became only the second player in the league’s history to snap up a wicket from his very first delivery. Kumar who was bought in for the 4th over of the match struck straightaway off his first ball when he took out KKR captain Ajinkya Rahane for just 11 runs. He would continue with his fine form, snapping up both Rinku Singh and Manish Pandey in the same over. He sent back Andre Russell for his fourth, setting the record in the process with figures of 4/22. “I felt very good, there was pressure but the team environment helped me to settle down. I didn’t have lunch today, I only ate a banana, …

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 …

SRH vs LSG preview: Can Harshal Patel find new safe home at Sunrisers Hyderabad after online trolling in past? | Ipl News

SRH vs LSG preview: Can Harshal Patel find new safe home at Sunrisers Hyderabad after online trolling in past? | Ipl News

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Harshal Patel is a two-time Purple Cap winner. He is the rare Indian seamer, who specializes in bowling at death with different kinds of slower ones. Mastery over Dwayne Bravo-style dipping delivery that suddenly changes in altitude being a particular highlight. “That is art, how he rolls his wrist, that is his art,” Haryana coach Amarjit Kaypee tells The Indian Express. Despite all the weapons and numbers, Harshal still got trolled on the internet a lot. “Trolling people have the right to say anything; you can’t stop anybody from giving their views. He (Harshal) is mentally very, very strong. He is always focused on what he wants to do, and he is doing what is required for the game,” Kaypee says. Story continues below this ad Harshal’s breakthrough came in 2021, after being traded from the Delhi Capitals, when he picked up 32 wickets in a season – which no other bowler has ever achieved apart from Dwayne Bravo in the IPL. It also fetched him an India T20 debut in November that year. “The …