The Board of Control for Cricket in India (BCCI) secretary Jay Shah confirmed that Indian team players whose teams don't qualify for the Indian Premier League (IPL) playoffs will leave in the two batches for the upcoming T20 World Cup to the USA and the West Indies.
In a huge boost to the English attack, right-arm seamer Jofra Archer has been included in England's squad for the upcoming ICC Men's T20 World Cup 2024, marking his return to international cricket after a lengthy absence due to injury.
After Delhi Capitals triumph over Gujarat Titans, Royal Challengers Bengaluru's hopes of sealing a place in the playoffs is slim in the ongoing Indian Premier League (IPL), however, there is still a chance for RCB to swing fortune to their side in the remaining six games.
In the clash of Qualifier 2 with Mumbai Indians, GT batter Shubam Gill played a remarkable knock of 129, guiding his team to thier highest of 233/ 3. GT also scored the second-highest total against MI in IPL history.
The Tata Group took the initiative to plant 500 saplings for each dot ball in the IPL playoffs.
A total of 84 dot balls were bowled in the match between CSK and GT which meant 42,000 saplings will be planted.
One of the rising talents in Indian cricket, Shubman Gill and star player Virat Kohli have striking similarities across all three formats of the game, which are pretty hard to miss out on.
Mighty impressed with Rinku Singh's yet another sensational performance, former India cricketer Harbhajan Singh claimed the uncapped India cricketer has put himself in the pantheon of legendary match-finishers in IPL.
Even though Kolkata Knight Riders lost the game and have had a disappointing season, the emergence of Rinku Singh has been great to watch for the fans of the team. Former West Indies captain Chris Gayle thinks Singh will end up getting a massive spike in his IPL salary in 2024.
Former cricketers lauded Gill after his match-winning unbeaten knock of 104(52)*. Sachin Tendulkar, Virender Sehwag, Suresh Raina, Harbhajan Singh and BCCI vice president Rajiv Shukla praised Gill for his terrific performance with the bat.
RCB will hope that the match does not get washed out under any scenario. If the match is abandoned Mumbai will qualify if they end up clinching the victory against SRH.
Rinku indeed had a season to remember this year and established himself as a finisher to be feared. In 14 matches, he scored 474 runs at an average of 59.25 and a strike rate of 149.52. He scored four half-centuries in this IPL, with best score of 67*.
Delhi Capitals (DC) assistant coach Shane Watson believes that DC would like to spoil the party after they inflicted a huge blow to the Punjab Kings' hopes of making their place into the Indian Premier League (IPL) playoffs.