Experienced pacer Ishant Sharma made a memorable comeback in the IPL, claiming two wickets in the match against KKR. The 34-year-old proved his mettle in his comeback IPL match in nearly two years, clocking 140 kmph-mark during his four-over spell. He finished with 2-19 and was named 'Player
Delhi Capitals picked up their first victory of the Indian Premier League (IPL) 2023 against Kolkata Knight Riders at Arun Jaitley Stadium by four wickets on Thursday and luck certainly played a crucial role in their victory.
Avesh Khan was the star bowler and successfully defended 18 runs in the final over and also picked up two wickets in that over. He threw light on his different roles in the Lucknow Super Giants set-up.
KKR showed mettle with bowl and took the game to the last over. For KKR, Nitish Rana lead from the front took two scalps and Varun Chakravarthy also bagged the crucial two wickets including David Warner's dismissal. DC Captain David Warner played a match-winning knock of 57 off 51 balls.<
Royal challengers Bangalore pacer Mohammed Siraj delivered his best performance in the Indian Premier League 2023, picking up a four-wicket haul against Punjab Kings. On being adjudged the 'Player of the Match', Siraj said he is reaping the dividends of his hard work during the lockdown.
RCB had a great start where they scored 137 runs without losing any wickets. However, after the 17th over they lost their two big wickets of Virat and Glenn Maxwell in the consecutive dismissal. RCB lost momentum and were not able to make the most of their death overs.
Knight represented RCB in eight matches, scoring 135 runs in eight innings at an average of 22.50 and a strike rate of over 140. She did not have any hundred or fifty to her name, with her best individual score being 34. She also took four wickets in eight matches with best figures of 2/17 a
Pakistan pace bowler Haris Rauf has displayed some sensational form against New Zealand in the five-match white ball T20I series. With ten wickets in three T20Is, he leapt frog his teammate Shadab Khan and Shaheen Afridi to become top-ranked Pakistan in the ICC T20I bowler rankings.
For CSK, Deshpande bagged three while Pathirana claimed two wickets to hand Chennai an eight-run win over RCB. Glenn Maxwell scored the highest for RCB
A young fast bowler impressed everyone in the IPL season of 2022. He was influential for LSG in the season where he took 14 scalps in nine matches with the best bowling figures of 4/16. He had taken wickets with an average of 14.07 and an economy of 5.97.
RCB started their IPL stint with a win against Mumbai Indians by 8 wickets but lost two consecutive matches against Kolkata Knight Riders and Lucknow Super Giants respectively. In the last match against Delhi Capitals, RCB bounced back and won by 23 runs.