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IPL 2026: How ex-cricketer cop beat algorithm, traffic to trigger green corridor and get Lungi Ngidi to hospital in 11 minutes | Cricket News

IPL 2026: How ex-cricketer cop beat algorithm, traffic to trigger green corridor and get Lungi Ngidi to hospital in 11 minutes | Cricket News

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A drive that usually takes 25-30 minutes through central Delhi’s evening traffic was cut to just 11 minutes on Saturday, as a rare “green corridor” rushed South African bowler Lungi Ngidi from Feroz Shah Kotla to BLK Max Hospital in Rajender Nagar after a heavy on-field fall during an IPL match. At the centre of the operation was ACP Sanjay Singh, an ex-cricketer who has shared the field with Gautam Gambhir and Virat Kohli. Ngidi fell on his neck and head while attempting a catch at mid-off during the clash between Delhi Capitals and Punjab Kings. He was treated on the field, but concern over the severity of the injury quickly escalated. At 6:16 pm, an ambulance left the stadium. By 6:27 pm, it had reached the hospital, covering roughly 10 km at peak hour in less than half the usual time. The sequence moved fast, but not by chance. Lungi Ngidi lies down on the ground after getting hurt during PBK vs DC IPL match. (Express Photo | Praveen Khanna) The moment ACP Singh, …

Lungi Ngidi stretchered off, taken to hospital after nasty fall in DC vs PBKS IPL 2026 | Cricket News

Lungi Ngidi stretchered off, taken to hospital after nasty fall in DC vs PBKS IPL 2026 | Cricket News

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2 min readApr 25, 2026 06:24 PM IST Delhi Capitals pacer Lungi Ngidi was stretchered off the field and taken to a hospital after suffering a head injury during the IPL 2026 match against Punjab Kings at the Arun Jaitley Stadium on Saturday. The incident occurred in the third over of Punjab Kings’ chase of 265, with the visitors racing to 43 without loss in 2.3 overs. Ngidi was injured while attempting a catch off Priyansh Arya at mid-off. Axar Patel delivered a ball outside off stump, and Arya mistimed his lofted drive high towards the infield. Ngidi backtracked in an effort to complete the catch but could not get to the ball cleanly. While trying to reach backwards, the South African pacer lost his balance and fell heavily, landing on the back of his head on the outfield. Medical staff rushed onto the field immediately, and play was halted as Ngidi received treatment. Players from both teams watched on as doctors and physios assessed the fast bowler. A stretcher was then brought onto the …

Lungi Ngidi on how long it took him to confidently bowl his slower ball: ‘When I get it right, it creates chances’ | Ipl News

Lungi Ngidi on how long it took him to confidently bowl his slower ball: ‘When I get it right, it creates chances’ | Ipl News

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“It does take a lot mentally. I mean, it’s a brave ball to bowl, if you ask me. Because, like I said, when I get it wrong, it can be a low full toss, or it can be a slot ball, and it can still travel for boundaries.” Those words, in many ways, capture the tightrope modern T20 bowlers walk on – a battle between execution and risk as well as between deception and punishment. For South African pacer Lungi Ngidi, the slower ball is not merely a variation; it is a calculated gamble, which requires nerve and nuance. “It took me almost close to a year to get the confidence to deliver this ball… when I get it right, it creates chances. It has become one of my weapons. And yes, it takes a lot of confidence to be able to run in, bowl a ball, and get it to dip on the yorker length, if we want to call it that,” he said in a media roundtable interaction, tracing the evolution of a …

Lungi Ngidi, Natarajan Star as Delhi Capitals Bowl Out LSG for 141

Lungi Ngidi, Natarajan Star as Delhi Capitals Bowl Out LSG for 141

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A solid bowling performance from Delhi Capitals, notably three-wicket hauls from Lungi Ngidi and Natrajan, has restricted Lucknow Super Giants in the IPL 2026 clash played at Lucknow. A brilliant performance from Delhi, skittled out LSG on their homeground on Wednesday clash. After being invited to bat first, LSG opened their innings with Mitchell Marsh and Rishabh Pant opening the innings, while Mukesh Kumar opened the bowling attack. After Pant’s unlucky dismissal for 7, Aiden Markram got dismissed for 11 runs by Axar Patel in the last over of the powerplay. By the end of 6 overs, Lucknow Super Giants scored 48 runs with Mitchell Marsh and Ayush Badoni at the crease. Innings Break! An all round bowling effort from #DC help restrict #LSG to 141 💪 Chase on the other side! Updates ▶️ https://t.co/lfP7dRNKfg#TATAIPL | #KhelBindaas | #LSGvDC pic.twitter.com/9HHSOUTdTP — IndianPremierLeague (@IPL) April 1, 2026 T Natrajan, who came to bowl in the 7th over, dismissed Ayush Badoni for a duck, and Pooran’s cheap dismissal for 8 runs by Lungi Ngidi. …

How Lungi Ngidi learned cricket’s deadliest slower ball from Dwayne Bravo

How Lungi Ngidi learned cricket’s deadliest slower ball from Dwayne Bravo

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Lungi Ngidi’s devilishly-dipping slower ball has been the delivery of the T20 world cup. Twelve wickets at an economy rate of 6.87, the slower ball that’s redefining the tournament was something that Dwayne Bravo perfected and Ngidi made his own. It didn’t come easy. Ngidi stood a couple of metres from the South African bowling coach Eric Simons. Not bowling. Just releasing the ball straight into his coach’s glove. Over and over. The wrist snap at release—that’s what mattered. Everything else could wait. It was an IPL season at CSK when Ngidi wasn’t playing much. Dwayne Bravo was his teammate, the master of slower deliveries with 631 T20 wickets to his name. The West Indian all-rounder had turned the variation into an art form, mixing off-cutters with wide yorkers, keeping batsmen guessing even when they knew what was coming. Ngidi would watch him in the nets, study his release, ask questions. Raw pace had made Ngidi effective in red-ball cricket, but T20s demanded something more. He needed variety to survive. “I was at the IPL …

Aiden Markram, Lungi Ngidi power South Africa past West Indies; India semifinal equation simplify

Aiden Markram, Lungi Ngidi power South Africa past West Indies; India semifinal equation simplify

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3 min readUpdated: Feb 26, 2026 07:14 PM IST Aiden Markram led by example with a fiery fifty after Lungi Ngidi broke West Indies’ middle order as South Africa continued their menacing winning run with a 9-wicket win over West Indies in the T20 World Cup 2026 Super 8 match at the Narendra Modi Stadium in Ahmedabad on Thursday. With this result, India’s path to the semifinal has become much clearer, with net run rate not coming into play. Now, with just wins over Zimbabwe and West Indies in their last two Super 8 games, would suffice for India’s qualification to the semifinal alongside South Africa from Super 8 Group 1. South Africa made a mockery of the 177-run chase, overhauling the target in just 16.1 overs to reach four points and get very close to qualification for the semifinals. They would still need to wait for the India vs Zimbabwe game to officially qualify. Earlier, South Africa’s pacers ran through the West Indies’ batting line-up before a stirring lower-order fightback from Romario Shepherd and …

Pace-off ploy: How Marco Jansen and Lungi Ngidi befuddled India’s batters | Cricket News

Pace-off ploy: How Marco Jansen and Lungi Ngidi befuddled India’s batters | Cricket News

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5 min readHyderabadFeb 25, 2026 09:38 AM IST India and South Africa met before the T20 tournament on a flat track at the DY Patil Stadium during a warm-up game, where the free-stroking Indian batters went ballistic with the ball coming nicely onto the bat. However, come the Super 8 game, South Africa had taken notes from that practice encounter and came back with a well-orchestrated plan to counter the Indian batting line-up. During this World Cup, Indian batters are having a hard time dealing with slower balls, averaging 14.4 when the pacers have taken pace off. When bowling at their regular speed, the average spiked up to 38.8. Lungi Ngidi, who specialises in pace-off, was the ace up their sleeve. Ngidi bowled two in the powerplay in all the games in this tournament. But on Sunday, he was utilised sparingly in the first six overs, bowling just one, and his remaining three were kept for the later part of the innings. “Lungi is a threat whenever he bowls,” skipper Aiden Markram said post game. …

How Dwayne Bravo helped Lungi Ngidi master the art of slower deliveries

How Dwayne Bravo helped Lungi Ngidi master the art of slower deliveries

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3 min readFeb 23, 2026 09:38 PM IST Lungi Ngidi didn’t have anything to show in his wicket columns but his bowling figures of 4-0-15-0 that included ten dot balls proved to be crucial in choking the Indian batting line-up on Sunday. The Protea pacer used slower balls to effective use and restricted the hard-hitters such as Shivam Dube, Suryakumar Yadav, and Abhishek Sharma. Him becoming a master of slow balls came from practice nets in the Indian Premier League (IPL). He spent hours observing and learning from Dwayne Bravo in the 2018 season of IPL as part of the Chennai Super Kings. “Like I’ve always said, I was at the IPL in 2018 with Bravo, and that entire IPL, that’s all I worked on. I wasn’t playing, so I got time to practice it. And then when I got back to South Africa, I just tried to perfect that ball,” Ngidi said about his decisive weapon in the T20s. Against India, He repeatedly mixed and matched between wide yorkers. One of the best T20 …

‘I’ve lost so much weight today’: Lungi Ngidi on South Africa’s stressful Super Overs win vs Afghanistan in T20 World Cup | Cricket News

‘I’ve lost so much weight today’: Lungi Ngidi on South Africa’s stressful Super Overs win vs Afghanistan in T20 World Cup | Cricket News

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2 min readFeb 11, 2026 05:04 PM IST South Africa Lungi Ngidi said that he was so stressed during the Super Overs in the South Africa vs Afghanistan encounter at the T20 World Cup, that he might have lost a lot of weight. Ngidi was handed the ball for the first Super Over and he ended up conceding 17 runs, thanks to Azmatullah Omarzai and Rahmanullah Gurbaz. South Africa then managed to tie the Super Over as well so the match necessitated another Super Over. This time, the Proteas batted first and scored 23 with the Afghans ultimately ending at 19/1, giving them their second loss in the tournament. “I’ve lost so much weight today. I’ve never been that stressed in my life in a cricket game. But I’m happy to come out on the winning side. I actually knew that I was probably going to be the option (for the Super Over). And the captain said to keep doing the same. Almost got a wicket again with the slower balls but it just wasn’t …

Markram, Ngidi power South Africa to resounding win over Canada

Markram, Ngidi power South Africa to resounding win over Canada

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3 min readUpdated: Feb 9, 2026 11:55 PM IST South Africa averted the air of upsets that has been lingering since the start of the T20 World Cup as they opened their campaign with a convincing 57-run win over  Canada at the Narendra Modi Stadium in Ahmedabad on Monday. Led by a half-century from Aiden Markram and sturdy cameos from David Miller and Tristan Stubbs at the death, South Africa put on a nearly spotless batting performance despite being stated partly by the Canada spinners in the middle phase. Sent in to bat first by Canada skipper Dilpreet Bajwa on a largely benign strip, South Africa consistently maintained a firm scoring rate, collecting 10 runs per over on an average despite losing Quinton de Kock early on. Dropped in the third over at short-third, de Kock failed to build on his repreive as Bajwa cleaned up the left-hander on 25. SA vs CAN HIGLIGHTS However, led by a diet of enthalling shots by Markram through the square and down the groud, the Proteas motored past …