Venkatesh Iyer became the first player to score a century for Kolkata Knight Riders in 15 years as his blistering knock of 104(51) took KKR's tally to 185/6 in 20 overs against Mumbai Indians in the Indian Premier League (IPL) 2023 at Wankhede Stadium on Sunday.
Shah Rukh Khan asked Zimbabwe player how is he feeling after scoring his first IPL half-century, to which Sikandar said that people made a huge thing about fifties but for him millstone doesn't exist as it is more important for him to win the match for the team.
Arjun's debut was one of the most awaited debuts in IPL; considering, he is a son of world most celebrated cricketer Sachin Tendulkar. Mumbai Indians had bought him at 30 lakhs in 2022 IPL auction, however he was the part of the squad but did not play any match. MI had also retained Arjun
In the absence of MI captain Rohit Sharma, who decided to sit out the match with a stomach bug, Suryakumar Yadav will lead the side on to the field. While Arjun Tendulkar will also makes his IPL debut for MI. KKR made no changes to their playing eleven.
Former India cricketer Mohammed Kaif thinks Titans' defeat against KKR wouldn't be in skipper Hardik Pandya's mind as this team always looks to feed off each other's positivity.
Shaw has so far scored just 34 runs in IPL 2023 across five innings and has reached double figures twice. His barren run in IPL could also keep him away from the national side. Shaw had last represented India in an international match in a T20I against Sri Lanka on July 25, 2021.
Purchased by PBKS at his base price of Rs 50 Lakh, Raza has scored 79 runs in four matches so far at an average of 19.75 and a strike rate of over 127. He has also taken two wickets for his side. Raza earned his IPL contract after superb white-ball performances in 2022, which saw him get nam
LSG were led by KL Rahul, who scored 74 runs (56b, 8x4, 1x6) to help them set a target of 160 runs. Sam Curran, who was leading the PBKS in the absence of Shikhar Dhawan, was the pick of the bowlers and picked up three wickets. The Kings chased this down with 3 deliveries to spare, catapulte
Shahrukh has played majorly as a finisher in his IPL career, scoring 341 runs in 24 matches at an average of above 20 and strike rate of over 130.65. He also played some solid knocks for PBKS in the 2021 season, his most prolific season which saw him score 153 runs in 11 matches at a strike
Former India cricketer Sunil Gavaskar reckons it will be interesting to see how Mumbai Indians perform at home as they seemed to have cracked the winning code this season.