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    Winners List of “Wisden Leading Cricketer in the World Award”

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    Wisden Award
    Wisden Award

    The Wisden Leading Cricketer in the World is an annual cricket award selected by Wisden Cricketers’ Almanack to honor the cricketer based upon their performances anywhere in the world in the previous calendar year.

    • It was established in 2004.
    • Since 1889, Wisden has published a list of Cricketers of the Year, typically selecting five cricketers that had the greatest impact during the previous English cricket season.
    • In the 2000 edition, the editor Matthew Engel recognized that the best players in the world were typically no longer playing English domestic cricket, and opted to select the Cricketers of the Year based on their performances anywhere in the world.
    • This criterion was applied for the following three years, but in 2004 it reverted to being based on the English season, and a Leading Cricketer in the World was also selected.
    • An Australian, Ricky Ponting was chosen as the first winner of the award, for scoring 1,503 runs in international cricket, including eleven centuries during 2003.
    • The recipient of the award is selected by the editor of Wisden, with advice from cricket experts.

    Wisden Leading Cricketer in World Award Winners list 

    Following are the list of Wisden Leading Cricketer in the World Award Winners since its established year(2004).

    Note that each year’s Leading Cricketer of the World is announced in the following year’s Wisden, so the 2003 winner was announced in 2004, and so on.

    Wisden Leading Men Cricketer in the World

    Indian cricketer Virat Kohli is the first and only player to bag the award for three continuous years.

    Year Player Country
    2003 Ricky Ponting Australia
    2004 Shane Warne Australia
    2005 Andrew Flintoff England
    2006 Muttiah Muralitharan Sri Lanka
    2007 Jacques Kallis South Africa
    2008 Virender Sehwag India
    2009 Virender Sehwag India
    2010 Sachin Tendulkar India
    2011 Kumar Sangakkara Sri Lanka
    2012 Michael Clarke Australia
    2013 Dale Steyn South Africa
    2014 Kumar Sangakkara Sri Lanka
    2015 Kane Williamson New Zealand
    2016 Virat Kohli India
    2017 Virat Kohli India
    2018 Virat Kohli India
    2019 Ben Stokes England
    2020 Ben Stokes England
    2021 Joe Root England
    2022 Ben Stokes England
    2023 Pat Cummins Australia

    Wisden Leading Woman Cricketer in the World

    Australia’s Meg Lanning is the first cricketer to bag the Wisden Leading Woman Cricketer in the World award.

    Year Winner Nationality
    2014 Meg Lanning Australia
    2015 Suzie Bates New Zealand
    2016 Ellyse Perry Australia
    2017 Mithali Raj India
    2018 Smriti Mandhana India
    2019 Ellyse Perry Australia
    2020 Beth Mooney Australia
    2021 Lizelle Lee South Africa
    2022 Beth Mooney Australia
    2023 Nat Sciver-Brunt England

    Notional list

    A notional list of previous winners, spanning from 1900 to 2002, was published in the 2007 edition of Wisden.

    • In the 2007 edition of Wisden, a list of winners for previous years was published.
    • A sixteen-person panel helped to select the winners, which Engel described as the cricketer that “would have been the first name down in the World XI to play Mars”.
    • It was decided that the first year that would be listed was 1900, as prior to that Engel claimed international cricket was too “inchoate and haphazard to make comparison sensible”
    • No players were named for the Wisden Leading Cricketer in the World Award in 1916 or 1917, as the First World War prevented any first-class cricket being played in England, while in 1918 and 1919 the recipients were five schoolboy cricketers.
    • From 1941 to 1946, the Second World War caused the same issue and no players were named for the Wisden Leading Cricketer in the World Award.
    Year Player Country
    1900 K. S. Ranjitsinhji  England
    1901 C. B. Fry  England
    1902 Victor Trumper  Australia
    1903 C. B. Fry  England
    1904 Bernard Bosanquet  England
    1905 Stanley Jackson  England
    1906 George Hirst  England
    1907 Bert Vogler  South Africa
    1908 Monty Noble  Australia
    1909 Wilfred Rhodes  England
    1910 Aubrey Faulkner  South Africa
    1911 Victor Trumper  Australia
    1912 Sydney Barnes  England
    1913 Sydney Barnes  England
    1914 Jack Hobbs  England
    1915–18 Not awarded due to World War I
    1919 Jack Gregory  Australia
    1920 Herbie Collins  Australia
    1921 Charlie Macartney  Australia
    1922 Jack Hobbs  England
    1923 Patsy Hendren  England
    1924 Maurice Tate  England
    1925 Jack Hobbs  England
    1926 Charlie Macartney  Australia
    1927 Bill Ponsford  Australia
    1928 Tich Freeman  England
    1929 Wally Hammond  England
    1930 Don Bradman  Australia
    1931 Don Bradman  Australia
    1932 Don Bradman  Australia
    1933 Harold Larwood  England
    1934 Don Bradman  Australia
    1935 Stan McCabe  Australia
    1936 Don Bradman  Australia
    1937 Don Bradman  Australia
    1938 Don Bradman  Australia
    1939 Don Bradman  Australia
    1940–45 Not awarded due to World War II
    1946 Don Bradman  Australia
    1947 Denis Compton  England
    1948 Don Bradman  Australia
    1949 Len Hutton  England
    1950 Frank Worrell  West Indies
    1951 Keith Miller  Australia
    1952 Len Hutton  England
    1953 Alec Bedser  England
    1954 Clyde Walcott  West Indies
    1955 Frank Tyson  England
    1956 Jim Laker  England
    1957 Peter May  England
    1958 Garfield Sobers  West Indies
    1959 Richie Benaud  Australia
    1960 Garfield Sobers  West Indies
    1961 Alan Davidson  Australia
    1962 Garfield Sobers  West Indies
    1963 Fred Trueman  England
    1964 Garfield Sobers  West Indies
    1965 Garfield Sobers  West Indies
    1966 Garfield Sobers  West Indies
    1967 Graeme Pollock  South Africa
    1968 Garfield Sobers  West Indies
    1969 Graeme Pollock  South Africa
    1970 Garfield Sobers  West Indies
    1971 Mike Procter  South Africa
    1972 Dennis Lillee  Australia
    1973 Barry Richards  South Africa
    1974 Jeff Thomson  Australia
    1975 Clive Lloyd  West Indies
    1976 Viv Richards  West Indies
    1977 Dennis Lillee  Australia
    1978 Viv Richards  West Indies
    1979 Greg Chappell  Australia
    1980 Viv Richards  West Indies
    1981 Ian Botham  England
    1982 Imran Khan  Pakistan
    1983 Kapil Dev  India
    1984 Joel Garner  West Indies
    1985 Richard Hadlee  New Zealand
    1986 Malcolm Marshall  West Indies
    1987 Martin Crowe  New Zealand
    1988 Malcolm Marshall  West Indies
    1989 Allan Border  Australia
    1990 Graham Gooch  England
    1991 Curtly Ambrose  West Indies
    1992 Wasim Akram  Pakistan
    1993 Shane Warne  Australia
    1994 Brian Lara  West Indies
    1995 Brian Lara  West Indies
    1996 Sanath Jayasuriya  Sri Lanka
    1997 Shane Warne  Australia
    1998 Sachin Tendulkar  India
    1999 Steve Waugh  Australia
    2000 Muttiah Muralitharan  Sri Lanka
    2001 Glenn McGrath  Australia
    2002 Matthew Hayden  Australia

     

    IPL 2021: RR vs DC Highlights – Match 07 | RR Won by 3 Wkts

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    Rajasthan Royals beats Delhi Capitals by 3 wickets
    Rajasthan Royals beats Delhi Capitals by 3 wickets

    IPL 2021 RR vs DC highlights: The IPL 2020 finalist Delhi Capitals won the first match against CSK and set to play their second match of the league against Rajasthan Royals.

    Losing the first match in a close call RR gets into play their second league match of the IPL 2021.

    Match: Rajasthan Royals vs Delhi Capitals

    Venue: Wankhede Stadium, Mumbai

    Toss Details: Kolkata Knight Riders won the toss and opt to bowl

    Captains View 

    Sanju Samson | RR

    We would like to bowl first. The conditions demand that it’s easier to bowl first. Matches come on in a very short time, you have to get over it. We have to take the learning experience and move on.

    We have plans for every batsman. You are expected to go for runs here. We need to have a mindset of picking wickets. I am okay if our bowlers go for some runs, we there to score it back. David Miller comes in for Stokes. Unadkat replaces Gopal. 

    Rishabh Pant | DC

    On this wicket, toss doesn’t matter. The surface looks good. Good to hear that we have won the last five matches (against RR) but the team that plays well will in the match. Hetmyer misses out, Rabada comes in for him. Lalit Yadav makes his debut.

    Playing XI

    Rajasthan Royals(RR)

    Manan Vohra, Sanju Samson(w/c), David Miller, Jos Buttler, Shivam Dube, Riyan Parag, Rahul Tewatia, Chris Morris, Chetan Sakariya, Jaydev Unadkat, Mustafizur Rahman.

    Delhi Capitals(DC)

    Prithvi Shaw, Shikhar Dhawan, Rishabh Pant(w/c), Ajinkya Rahane, Marcus Stoinis, Chris Woakes, Ravichandran Ashwin, Lalit Yadav, Kagiso Rabada, Tom Curran, Avesh Khan.

    IPL 2021 RR vs DC highlights

    Delhi Capitals(DC) Batting

    Prithvi Shaw and Dhawan get into the crease to lead DC while Chetan Sakariya gets in to open the bowling attack against DC.

    Not like their first match against CSK, DC openers struggles to face the RR’s bowling unit. DD’s opener struggled and loses their wicket within the first 3 overs of the innings. Where Shaw returns to Pavillion after scoring 2 runs while his opening partner departures for 9 runs.

    Two quick wickets pose pressure over the DC’s batting unit. Soon the much-expected Rahane too dismissed for 8 runs and walks to the pavilion.

    The pressure builds over the captain. Rishabh Pant gets into the yard where the Stoinis got a duck. Pant needs to build a steady partnership in order to grab some more runs for the team.

    Pant finally joining hands with lower-order batsmen drags DC to score 147 runs for 8 wickets loss. Where skipper Pant scored the maximum of 51 runs from 32 deliveries.

    Rajasthan Royals Batting

    Buttler and Vohra joins hands to chase down the target of less than 150. Woakes opens the attack on behalf of the DC.

    As like DC, Royals to starts to lose early wickets. Within 4 overs Royals loses three wickets for 17 runs. Start performer Sanju Samson too lose his wicket to the DC’s strong bowling unit.

    As a savior, David Miller starts to stand in the yard and defends the DC’s bowling attack. Though Miller makes a long stand RR strikers struggle to make a winning partnership with him.

    Chris Morris then join hands with David Miller and starts to make some quality partnerships. With 2 balls remaining to end the innings RR bags their maiden victory of the IPL 2021 by beating DC by 3 wickets.

    Watch RR vs DC Highlights

    Watch full match highlights of IPL 2021 RR vs DC and check the IPL 2021 points table.

    Man of the Match

    • Name: Jaydev Unadkat
    • Team: RR
    • Role: Bowler
    • Stats: 4 overs – 15 runs – 3 wickets

    Have a lot of experience now I can say of handling tough situations. Was kind of a homecoming for me. Was bowling with the kind of freedom I wanted with the new ball. Couldn’t do that last season.

    Had to step up this time. Didn’t get the first game so I knew the chances when they come, I have to take them. If you see the stats I think I only bowled about four-five change of pace. It was about hitting the hard lengths, hitting good lengths because it was doing a bit.

    Feel there was a bit of moisture. Made good use of it. Changes you as a person in whole (marriage). Feel more settled, more calmer. Nothing like coming to the ground-hugging your wife and then sitting beside guys believing in you.

    Winners List of “Wisden Cricketers of the Year Award” Since 1889

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    Wisden Award
    Wisden Award

    The Wisden Cricketers of the Year are cricketers selected for the honour by the annual publication Wisden Cricketers’ Almanack, based primarily on their “influence on the previous English season”.

    • The award began in 1889 with the naming of “Six Great Bowlers of the Year”, and continued with the naming of “Nine Great Batsmen of the Year” in 1890 and “Five Great Wicket-Keepers” in 1891.
    • In the 2000 edition, the editor Matthew Engel recognised that the best players in the world were typically no longer playing English domestic cricket, and opted to select the Cricketers of the Year based on their performances anywhere in the world
    • From 2000 to 2003 the award was made based on players’ impact on cricket worldwide rather than just the preceding season in England,but the decision was reversed in 2004 with the introduction of a separate Wisden Leading Cricketer in the World award.

    Wisden Cricketers of the Year Award Winners

    Following are the list of Wisden Cricketers of the Year Award Winners since its introduction year(1889).

    • No players were named for the Wisden Cricketers of the Year Award in 1916 or 1917, as the First World War prevented any first-class cricket being played in England, while in 1918 and 1919 the recipients were five schoolboy cricketers.
    • From 1941 to 1946, the Second World War caused the same issue and no players were named for the Wisden Cricketers of the Year Award.
    Year Recipient(s)
    1889 George Lohmann, Johnny Briggs, John Ferris, Charles Turner, Sammy Woods, Bobby Peel
    1890 Bobby Abel, Billy Barnes, Billy Gunn, Louis Hall, Robert Henderson, Maurice Read, Arthur Shrewsbury, Frank Sugg, Albert Ward
    1891 Jack Blackham Gregor MacGregor Dick Pilling Mordecai Sherwin Henry Wood
    1892 William Attewell J. T. Hearne Frederick Martin Arthur Mold John Sharpe
    1893 Herbie Hewett Lionel Palairet Walter Read Stanley Scott Andrew Stoddart
    1894 George Giffen Alec Hearne Stanley Jackson Harry Trott Ted Wainwright
    1895 Bill Brockwell Jack Brown C. B. Fry Tom Hayward Archie MacLaren
    1896 W. G. Grace
    1897 Syd Gregory Dick Lilley Ranjitsinhji Tom Richardson Hugh Trumble
    1898 Frederick Bull Willis Cuttell Frank Druce Gilbert Jessop Jack Mason
    1899 Wilfred Rhodes William Storer Charlie Townsend Albert Trott William Lockwood
    1900 Joe Darling Clem Hill Arthur Jones Monty Noble Robert Poore
    1901 Tip Foster Schofield Haigh George Herbert Hirst Tom Taylor John Tunnicliffe
    1902 Len Braund Charlie McGahey Frank Mitchell Willie Quaife Johnny Tyldesley
    1903 Warwick Armstrong Cuthbert Burnup James Iremonger Jim Kelly Victor Trumper
    1904 Colin Blythe John Gunn Albert Knight Walter Mead Plum Warner
    1905 Bernard Bosanquet Ernest Halliwell James Hallows Percy Perrin Reggie Spooner
    1906 David Denton Walter Lees George Thompson Joe Vine Levi Wright
    1907 Jack Crawford Arthur Fielder Ernie Hayes Kenneth Hutchings Neville Knox
    1908 Albert Hallam Reggie Schwarz Frank Tarrant Bert Vogler Thomas Wass
    1909 Walter Brearley Lord Hawke Jack Hobbs Alan Marshal John Newstead
    1910 Warren Bardsley Sydney Barnes Douglas Carr Arthur Day Vernon Ransford
    1911 Harry Foster Alfred Hartley Charlie Llewellyn Razor Smith Frank Woolley
    1912 Frank Foster J. W. Hearne Sep Kinneir Phil Mead Herbert Strudwick
    1913 John Wisden
    1914 Major Booth George Gunn Bill Hitch Albert Relf Lionel Tennyson
    1915 Johnny Douglas Percy Fender Wally Hardinge Donald Knight Sydney Smith
    1918 Harry Calder John Firth Clement Gibson Gerard Rotherham Greville Stevens
    1919 Percy Adams Percy Chapman Adrian Gore Lionel Hedges Norman Partridge
    1920 Andy Ducat Patsy Hendren Percy Holmes Herbert Sutcliffe Ernest Tyldesley
    1921 Pelham Warner
    1922 Hubert Ashton Jack Bryan Jack Gregory Charlie Macartney Ted McDonald
    1923 Arthur Carr Tich Freeman Charlie Parker Jack Russell Andy Sandham
    1924 Arthur Gilligan Roy Kilner George Macaulay Cec Parkin Maurice Tate
    1925 Bob Catterall Jack MacBryan Herbie Taylor Dick Tyldesley William Whysall
    1926 Jack Hobbs
    1927 George Geary Harold Larwood Jack Mercer Bert Oldfield Bill Woodfull
    1928 Roger Blunt Charlie Hallows Wally Hammond Douglas Jardine Vallance Jupp
    1929 Les Ames George Duckworth Maurice Leyland Sam Staples Jack White
    1930 Ted Bowley Duleepsinhji Tuppy Owen-Smith Walter Robins Bob Wyatt
    1931 Donald Bradman Clarrie Grimmett Beverley Lyon Ian Peebles Maurice Turnbull
    1932 Bill Bowes Stewie Dempster James Langridge Nawab of Pataudi senior Hedley Verity
    1933 Ewart Astill Freddie Brown Alec Kennedy C. K. Nayudu Bill Voce
    1934 Fred Bakewell George Headley Stan Nichols Leslie Townsend Cyril Walters
    1935 Stan McCabe Bill O’Reilly George Paine Bill Ponsford Jim Smith
    1936 Jock Cameron Errol Holmes Bruce Mitchell Denis Smith Arthur Wellard
    1937 Charlie Barnett Bill Copson Alf Gover Vijay Merchant Stan Worthington
    1938 Tom Goddard Joe Hardstaff Jr Len Hutton Jim Parks Sr Eddie Paynter
    1939 Hugh Bartlett Bill Brown Denis Compton Kenneth Farnes Arthur Wood
    1940 Learie Constantine Bill Edrich Walter Keeton Brian Sellers Doug Wright
    1947 Alec Bedser Laurie Fishlock Vinoo Mankad Peter Smith Cyril Washbrook
    1948 Martin Donnelly Alan Melville Dudley Nourse Jack Robertson Norman Yardley
    1949 Lindsay Hassett Bill Johnston Ray Lindwall Arthur Morris Don Tallon
    1950 Trevor Bailey Roly Jenkins John Langridge Reg Simpson Bert Sutcliffe
    1951 Godfrey Evans Sonny Ramadhin Alf Valentine Everton Weekes Frank Worrell
    1952 Bob Appleyard Tom Dollery Jim Laker Peter May Eric Rowan
    1953 Harold Gimblett Tom Graveney David Sheppard Stuart Surridge Fred Trueman
    1954 Neil Harvey Tony Lock Keith Miller Johnny Wardle Willie Watson
    1955 Bruce Dooland Fazal Mahmood Eric Hollies Brian Statham George Tribe
    1956 Colin Cowdrey Doug Insole Jackie McGlew Hugh Tayfield Frank Tyson
    1957 Dennis Brookes Jim Burke Malcolm Hilton Gil Langley Peter Richardson
    1958 Peter Loader Arthur McIntyre Collie Smith Mickey Stewart Clyde Walcott
    1959 Les Jackson Roy Marshall Arthur Milton John Reid Derek Shackleton
    1960 Ken Barrington Donald Carr Ray Illingworth Geoff Pullar M. J. K. Smith
    1961 Neil Adcock Ted Dexter Roy McLean Raman Subba Row Vic Wilson
    1962 Bill Alley Richie Benaud Alan Davidson Bill Lawry Norm O’Neill
    1963 Don Kenyon Mushtaq Mohammad Peter Parfitt Phil Sharpe Fred Titmus
    1964 Brian Close Charlie Griffith Conrad Hunte Rohan Kanhai Garfield Sobers
    1965 Geoffrey Boycott Peter Burge Jack Flavell Graham McKenzie Bob Simpson
    1966 Colin Bland John Edrich Dick Motz Peter Pollock Graeme Pollock
    1967 Bob Barber Basil D’Oliveira Colin Milburn John Murray Seymour Nurse
    1968 Asif Iqbal Hanif Mohammad Ken Higgs Jim Parks junior Nawab of Pataudi junior
    1969 Jimmy Binks David Green Barry Richards Derek Underwood Ossie Wheatley
    1970 Basil Butcher Alan Knott Majid Khan Mike Procter Don Shepherd
    1971 Jack Bond Clive Lloyd Brian Luckhurst Glenn Turner Roy Virgin
    1972 Geoff Arnold Bhagwat Chandrasekhar Lance Gibbs Brian Taylor Zaheer Abbas
    1973 Greg Chappell Dennis Lillee Bob Massie John Snow Keith Stackpole
    1974 Keith Boyce Bevan Congdon Keith Fletcher Roy Fredericks Peter Sainsbury
    1975 Dennis Amiss Mike Denness Norman Gifford Tony Greig Andy Roberts
    1976 Ian Chappell Peter Lee Rick McCosker David Steele Bob Woolmer
    1977 Mike Brearley Gordon Greenidge Michael Holding Viv Richards Bob Taylor
    1978 Ian Botham Mike Hendrick Alan Jones Ken McEwan Bob Willis
    1979 David Gower John Lever Chris Old Clive Radley John Shepherd
    1980 Joel Garner Sunil Gavaskar Graham Gooch Derek Randall Brian Rose
    1981 Kim Hughes Robin Jackman Allan Lamb Clive Rice Vintcent van der Bijl
    1982 Terry Alderman Allan Border Richard Hadlee Javed Miandad Rod Marsh
    1983 Imran Khan Trevor Jesty Alvin Kallicharran Kapil Dev Malcolm Marshall
    1984 Mohinder Amarnath Jeremy Coney John Emburey Mike Gatting Chris Smith
    1985 Martin Crowe Larry Gomes Geoff Humpage Jack Simmons Sidath Wettimuny
    1986 Phil Bainbridge Richard Ellison Craig McDermott Neal Radford Tim Robinson
    1987 John Childs Graeme Hick Dilip Vengsarkar Courtney Walsh James Whitaker
    1988 Jonathan Agnew Neil Foster David Hughes Peter Roebuck Saleem Malik
    1989 Kim Barnett Jeff Dujon Phil Neale Franklyn Stephenson Steve Waugh
    1990 Jimmy Cook Dean Jones Jack Russell Robin Smith Mark Taylor
    1991 Mike Atherton Mohammad Azharuddin Alan Butcher Desmond Haynes Mark Waugh
    1992 Curtly Ambrose Phillip DeFreitas Allan Donald Richie Richardson Waqar Younis
    1993 Nigel Briers Martyn Moxon Ian Salisbury Alec Stewart Wasim Akram
    1994 David Boon Ian Healy Merv Hughes Shane Warne Steve Watkin
    1995 Brian Lara Devon Malcolm Tim Munton Steve Rhodes Kepler Wessels
    1996 Dominic Cork Aravinda de Silva Angus Fraser Anil Kumble Dermot Reeve
    1997 Sanath Jayasuriya Mushtaq Ahmed Saeed Anwar Phil Simmons Sachin Tendulkar
    1998 Matthew Elliott Stuart Law Glenn McGrath Matthew Maynard Graham Thorpe
    1999 Ian Austin Darren Gough Muttiah Muralitharan Arjuna Ranatunga Jonty Rhodes
    2000 Chris Cairns Rahul Dravid Lance Klusener Tom Moody Saqlain Mushtaq
    2001 Mark Alleyne Martin Bicknell Andrew Caddick Justin Langer Darren Lehmann
    2002 Andy Flower Adam Gilchrist Jason Gillespie V. V. S. Laxman Damien Martyn
    2003 Matthew Hayden Adam Hollioake Nasser Hussain Shaun Pollock Michael Vaughan
    2004 Chris Adams Andrew Flintoff Ian Harvey Gary Kirsten Graeme Smith
    2005 Ashley Giles Steve Harmison Robert Key Andrew Strauss Marcus Trescothick
    2006 Matthew Hoggard Simon Jones Brett Lee Kevin Pietersen Ricky Ponting
    2007 Paul Collingwood Mahela Jayawardene Mohammed Yousuf Monty Panesar Mark Ramprakash
    2008 Ian Bell Shivnarine Chanderpaul Ottis Gibson Zaheer Khan Ryan Sidebottom
    2009 James Anderson Dale Benkenstein Mark Boucher Neil McKenzie Claire Taylor
    2010 Stuart Broad Michael Clarke Graham Onions Matt Prior Graeme Swann
    2011 Tamim Iqbal Eoin Morgan Chris Read Jonathan Trott Not awarded
    2012 Tim Bresnan Alastair Cook Glen Chapple Alan Richardson Kumar Sangakkara
    2013 Nick Compton Hashim Amla Jacques Kallis Dale Steyn Marlon Samuels
    2014 Shikhar Dhawan Charlotte Edwards Ryan Harris Chris Rogers Joe Root
    2015 Moeen Ali Gary Ballance Adam Lyth Angelo Mathews Jeetan Patel
    2016 Jonny Bairstow Brendon McCullum Steve Smith Ben Stokes Kane Williamson
    2017 Ben Duckett Younis Khan Misbah-ul-Haq Toby Roland-Jones Chris Woakes
    2018 Shai Hope Heather Knight Jamie Porter Natalie Sciver Anya Shrubsole
    2019 Tammy Beaumont Rory Burns Jos Buttler Sam Curran Virat Kohli
    2020 Jofra Archer Pat Cummins Simon Harmer Marnus Labuschagne Ellyse Perry
    2021 Zak Crawley Darren Stevens Jason Holder Dom Sibley Mohammad Rizwan
    2022 Harmanpreet Kaur Ben Foakes Daryl Mitchell Tom Blundell Matthew Potts
    2023 TBA TBA TBA TBA TBA

     

     

     

    The Hundred Cricket Squad, Schedule, Where to Buy Tickets and How To Watch

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    The Hundred - Team captains

    The Hundred Cricket is a unique tournament introduced by the England Cricket Board(ECB) which is planned to play with 100 balls(deliveries).

    The launch of Hundred Cricket was postponed from 2020, its original inaugural year, to 2021, due to the wide-ranging impact of the COVID19 pandemic, including factors such as spectators and player availability.

    The competition, featuring women’s and men’s teams from eight cities, will begin on July 21 and run for a month until August 21, with the opening fixtures being the women’s clash between Oval and Manchester.

    The Hundred Cricket Rules

    In 2019 February, the ECB announced revised conditions which would be the confirmed format for the upcoming tournament to commence from July 2021.

    • It’s 100 balls per innings. Whoever scores the most runs wins.
    • The fielding side change ends after 10 balls.
    • Bowlers deliver either five or 10 consecutive balls. The captain decides.
    • Each bowler can deliver a maximum of 20 balls per game.
    • Each bowling side gets a strategic timeout of up to two and a half minutes.
    • The coach can walk out to the middle of the ground and discuss tactics with their players mid-game.
    • A 25-ball powerplay for each team.
    • Two fielders are allowed outside of the initial 30-yard circle during the powerplay.
    • A match of The Hundred will last two and a half hours.
    • Simplified scoreboard

    The Hundred Cricket Schedule

    Date Match Venue
    21-Jul Oval Invincibles v Manchester Originals (women’s), Kia Oval
    22-Jul Oval Invincibles v Manchester Originals (men’s), Kia Oval Kia Oval
    23-Jul Birmingham Phoenix v London Spirit, Edgbaston
    24-Jul Trent Rockets v Southern Brave, Trent Bridge
    Northern Superchargers v Welsh Fire, Emerald Headingley
    25-Jul London Spirit v Oval Invincibles Lord’s
    Manchester Originals v Birmingham Phoenix Emirates Old Trafford
    26-Jul Trent Rockets v Northern Superchargers Trent Bridge
    27-Jul Welsh Fire v Southern Brave Sophia Gardens
    28-Jul Manchester Originals v Northern Superchargers Emirates Old Trafford
    29-Jul London Spirit v Trent Rockets Lord’s
    30-Jul Southern Brave v Birmingham Phoenix Ageas Bowl
    31-Jul Welsh Fire v Manchester Originals Sophia Gardens
    Northern Superchargers v Oval Invincibles Emerald Headingley
    01-Aug Birmingham Phoenix v Trent Rockets Edgbaston
    London Spirit v Southern Brave Lord’s
    02-Aug Oval Invincibles v Welsh Fire Kia Oval
    03-Aug London Spirit v Northern Supercharger Lord’s
    04-Aug Birmingham Phoenix v Oval Invincibles Edgbaston
    05-Aug Manchester Originals v Southern Brave Emirates Old Trafford
    06-Aug Welsh Fire v Trent Rockets Sophia Gardens
    07-Aug Southern Brave v Northern Superchargers Ageas Bowl
    08-Aug Oval Invincibles v Trent Rockets Kia Oval
    09-Aug Birmingham Phoenix v Welsh Fire Edgbaston
    10-Aug Manchester Originals v London Spirit Emirates Old Trafford
    11-Aug Southern Brave v Welsh Fire Ageas Bowl
    12-Aug Northern Superchargers v Manchester Originals Emerald Headingley
    13-Aug Trent Rockets v Birmingham Phoenix Trent Bridge
    14-Aug Oval Invincibles v London Spirit Kia Oval
    15-Aug Trent Rockets v Manchester Originals Trent Bridge
    16-Aug Southern Brave v Oval Invincibles Ageas Bowl
    17-Aug Northern Superchargers v Birmingham Phoenix Emerald Headingley
    18-Aug Welsh Fire v London Spirit Sophia Gardens
    20-Aug Eliminator (both women’s and men’s) Kia Oval
    21-Aug Finals (both women’s and men’s) Lord’s

     

    How many teams are participating in “The Hundred” Cricket?

    The inaugural tournament consists of 8 teams in total which were named after the cities in England. The teams are as follows.

    • Birmingham Phoenix
    • Manchester Originals
    • London Spirit
    • Oval Invincibles
    • Northern Superchargers
    • Trent Rockets
    • Southern Brave
    • Welsh Fire

    The Hundred Cricket Squad

    Birmingham Phoenix

    Men’s squad: Moeen Ali, Shaheen Afridi, Henry Brookes, Pat Brown, Chris Cooke, Tom Helm, Adam Hose, Benny Howell, Liam Livingstone, Dominic Sibley, Kane Williamson, Chris Woakes, Adam Zampa, Tom Abell, Daniel Bell-Drummond, Miles Hammond.

    Women’s Squad: Sophie Devine, Emily Arlott, Thea Brookes, Gwen Davies, Ria Fackrell, Phoebe Franklin, Ashleigh Gardner, Kirstie Gordon, Amy Jones, Evelyn Jones, Marie Kelly, Abthaa Maqsood, Isabelle Wong, Georgia Elwiss.

    London Spirit

    Men’s squad: Eoin Morgan (c), Mohammad Amir, Mason Crane, Zak Crawley, Joe Denly, Jade Dernbach, Dan Lawrence, Glenn Maxwell, Mohammad Nabi, Luis Reece, Adam Rossington, Roelof van der Merwe, Mark Wood, Ravi Bopara, Chris Wood.

    Women’s Squad: Heather Knight (c), Amara Carr, Aylish Cranstone, Naomi Dattani, Freya Davies, Charlie Dean, Deandra Dottin, Danielle Gibson, Hannah Jones, Sophie Munro, Susie Rowe, Chloe Tyron, Tammy Beaumont.

    Northern Superchargers

    Men’s squad: Ben Stokes, Aaron Finch, Mujeeb Ur Rahman, Chris Lynn, Adil Rashid, Adam Lyth, David Willey, Olly Stone, Matthew Potts, Matthew Fisher, Tom Kohler-Cadmore, Harry Brooks, Brydon Carse, Callum Parkinson, John Simpson.

    Women’s Squad: Hollie Armitage, Nicola Carey, Alice Davidson-Richards, Helen Fenby, Alyssa Healy, Bess Heath, Beth Langston, Katie Levick, Linsey Smith, Lauren Winfield-Hill.

    Manchester Originals

    Men’s squad: Jos Buttler, Nicholas Pooran, Kagiso Rabada, Harry Gurney, Phil Salt, Matt Parkinson, Joe Clarke, Jamie Overton, Shadab Khan, Tom Lammonby, Wayne Madsen, Steven Finn, Colin Ackermann, Richard Gleenson, Tom Hartley.

    Women’s Squad: Georgia Boyce, Natalie Brown, Danielle Collins, Kate Cross, Mignon du Preez, Alice Dyson, Sophie Ecclestone, Cordelia Griffith, Alex Hartley, Hannah Jones, Emma Lamb, Lizelle Lee, Ellie Threlkeld.

    Oval Invincibles

    Men’s squad: Sam Billings, Alex Blake, Rory Burns, Sam Curran, Tom Curran, Laurie Evans, Will Jacks, Sandeep Lamichhane, Sunil Narine, Jason Roy, Nathan Sowter, Reece Topley, Saqib Mahmood, Colin Ingram, Brandon Glover, Jordan Clark.

    Women’s Squad: Georgia Adams, Megan Belt, Sarah Bryce, Alice Capsey, Tash Farrant, Jo Gardner, Eva Gray, Marizanne Kapp, Rhianna Southby, Dane van Niekerk, Fran Wilson, Rachael Haynes, Mady Villiers.

    Southern Brave

    Men’s squad: Jofra Archer, David Warner, Alex Davies, Liam Dawson, George Garton, Chris Jordan, Tymal Mills, Craig Overton, Delray Rawlins, Andre Russell, Marcus Stoinis, James Vince, Max Waller, Ross Whiteley, Danny Briggs.

    Women’s Squad: Lauren Bell, Maia Bouchier, Freya Kemp, Amelia Kerr, Fritha Morris, Tara Norris, Sonia Odedra, Carla Rudd, Paige Scholfield, Anya Shurbsole, Stafanie Tayor, Sophia Dunkley, Danni Wyatt.

    Trent Rockets

    Men’s squad: Lewis Gregory, Matthew Carter, Joe Root, Nathan Coulter-Nile, Ben Cox, Alex Hales, Rashid Khan, Dawid Malan, Tom Moores, Steven Mullaney, D’Arcy Short, Luke Wood, Luke Wright, Timm Van Der Gugten, Samit Patel.

    Women’s Squad: Katherine Brunt, Kathryn Bryce, Abbey Freeborn, Sarah Glenn, Nancy Harman, Lucy Higham, Sophie Molineux, Natalie Sciver, Annabel Sutherland, Elyse Villani.

    Welsh Fire

    Men’s squad: Qais Ahmed, Jonny Bairstow, Tom Banton, Ben Duckett, Ryan Higgins, David Payne, Liam Plunkett, Ollie Pope, Kieron Pollard, Jhye Richardson, Jake Ball, Ian Cockbain, Josh Cobb, Matthew Critchley, David Lloyd.

    Women’s Squad: Laura Filer, Katie George, Amy Gordon, Alex Griffiths, Georgia Hennessy, Sophie Luff, Natasha Wraith, Jess Jonassen, Meg Lanning, Beth Mooney, Bryony Smith, Sarah Taylor.

    How to Watch “The Hundred Tournament”?

    Being played in England all the matches will be telecasted live. BBC and Sky Sports will broadcast the matches of both men’s & women’s tournaments.

    How to Book The Hundred Cricket Match Tickets?

    As per the latest news, tickets for the 100-ball tournament will be available for sale right from 7th April 2021. Prices have been kept at a nominal level to make the tournament affordable for all.

    To get access to the ticket booking window and for more information about The Hundred, sign up via thehundred.com. Tickets will then go on general sale from 21 April 2021. 

    The early bird window will initially open for the county members and will feature tickets starting from as low as £10 for men’s tournaments. The Hundred Cricket tickets for visitors under 16 are priced at £5. Entry is free for kids below 5 years of age.

    For Men’s Tournament

    • Gold– price will range from something like £18 to £35.
    • Silver– price will range from something like £12 to £30.
    • Bronze– price will range from something like £10 to £16.

    For the Finals of the Men’s 100 Tournament, the ticket price would be £30 or more.

    For Women’s Tournament

    • Gold– price will range from something like £10 to £18.
    • Silver– price will range from something like £8 to £15.

    For the Finals of the Women’s 100 Tournament, the ticket price would be £12.

    For anyone who bought a ticket to the 2020 competition, there will be an exclusive ticket window from 15 – 28 March.

     

    IPL 2021: SRH vs RCB Highlights – Match 06 | RCB Won by 6 Runs

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    RCB beats SRH by 6 runs and registers the second victory of the IPL 2021

    IPL 2021 SRH vs RCB Highlights: With a victory of the first match RCB set to play their second league match against Sunrisers Hyderabad. SRH in the previous game faces KKR and lost the game by 10 runs.

    Match: Sunrisers Hyderabad vs Royal Challengers Bangalore

    Venue: MA Chidambaram Stadium, Chennai

    Toss Details: Sunrisers Hyderabad won the toss and opt to bowl

    Captains View 

    David Warner | SRH

    We will bowl first. Don’t think the conditions will change a lot, we’ll have to play with a positive mindset. We need one or two batters at the crease for an extended period of time. The fielding wasn’t great, we are looking to improve on that. Jason Holder and Shahbaz Nadeem in, replacing Nabi and Sandeep Sharma.

    Virat Kohli | RCB

    Looks patchy, so not a bad toss to lose. Runs on the board in Chennai is proving to be important, if we do get wickets in the middle overs, it will become difficult. Was a good game, but we were not at our best – to finish eight down wasn’t ideal, but as a bowling unit, it was great to be back in the game.

    We will need to be professional, play ourselves in and then get a good total. On such pitches strike rotation is important. You don’t want to leave too much towards the end. We will need to stay ahead of the game – Padikkal is back, he replaces Rajat Patidar. I will open with him, Shahbaz will bat at three.

    Playing XI

    Sunrisers Hyderabad

    Wriddhiman Saha(w), David Warner(c), Manish Pandey, Jonny Bairstow, Vijay Shankar, Jason Holder, Abdul Samad, Rashid Khan, Bhuvneshwar Kumar, T Natarajan, Shahbaz Nadeem

    Royal Challengers Bangalore

    Virat Kohli(c), Devdutt Padikkal, Shahbaz Ahmed, Glenn Maxwell, AB de Villiers(w), Washington Sundar, Daniel Christian, Kyle Jamieson, Harshal Patel, Mohammed Siraj, Yuzvendra Chahal.

    IPL 2021 SRH vs RCB Highlights

    Royal Challengers Batting

    Virat Kohli and Devdutt Padikkal opens the game for the RCB while Bhuvneshwar Kumar opens the bowling attack for the SRH.

    Virat Kohli made a cracking boundary of the very second delivery and made an impressive start. Bhuvneshwar Kumar in his second over dismissed Padikkal and draws the first blood for the RCB.

    Shahbaz Ahmed gets into join hands with RCB skipper. Fans expect an aggressive performance from Virat Kohli who recently loses his No.1 ODI ranking. Though Virat Kohli made some crucial shots from his end SRH bowlers looks out to break the partnership by dismissing the other player.

    Nadeem successfully did this by dismissing Shahbaz Ahmed for 14 runs. Glenn Maxwell gets into play with Virat Kohli. The two world-class players added 43 runs to the RCB scoreboard before Kohli’s dismissal.

    Holder with a short ball dismissed Virat Kohli for 33 runs. The destructive batsman ABD gets into join hands with aggressive batsman Maxwell. Fans expect a firecracker show from this duo.

    Knowing the danger, SRH’s spinner Rashid Khan dismissed ABD with a short ball around off. With ABD’s dismissal, Maxwell gets the pressure of moving RCB to a decent score. As a lone striker without a well-defined partnership, Maxwell dragged RCB to score 149 runs for 8 wickets loss at the end of the 20 overs.

    Sunrisers Hyderabad Batting

    With an achievable target of 150 runs Saha and Warner get in to lead the SRH. RCB’s Siraj opens the attack against the SRH.

    As of RCB, SRH too loses their first wicket in the third over. Siraj dismissed Saha for 1 run. Manish Pandey then join hands with the SRH skipper and in pressure to build a descent partnership for the chase.

    This duo added a massive 83 runs partnership for the second wicket. Followed by a half-century of the previous over Warner loses his wicket to Jamieson mid of 13th over. Shahbaz Ahmed plays a key role in the second over of the innings by picking 3 wickets of the over.

    Shahbaz Ahmed dismissed Bairstow(12), Manish Pandey(38), and Abdul Samad(0) in the same over. Losing 3 wickets of the same over loads pressure over SRH strikers.

    SRH still have their match-winning players in the yard. But in the following over Harshal Patel dismissed Vijay Shankar for 3 runs and increases the pressure over SRH players.

    Holder to lose his wicket to Siray in the followed over and walks to Pavillion after scoring 4 runs. With back-to-back quick wickets, SRH winds up their innings for 143 runs. SRH failed to chase a target of below 150 runs and surrendered to the RCB’s bowling attack.

    RCB beats SRH by 10 runs and bags the second victory of the tournament.

    Watch SRH vs RCB Match Highlights

    Watch full match highlights of IPL 2021 SRH vs RCB and check the IPL 2021 points table.

    Player of the Match

    • Name: Glenn Maxwell
    • Team: RCB
    • Role: All-rounder
    • Stats: 59 runs off 41 deliveries(4’s – 5, 6’s – 3)

    It’s a very nice start, new franchise for me and they have given me a specific role. To start like this is really nice. It’s nice to have batters behind you, you have freedom with AB to come and it’s a very similar role I have in the Australian cricket team.

    The support staff have been backing me as well. It’s just about using the experience. Get myself in and then go for the runs. Probably having those guys behind me is a luxury at RCB. Maybe was pushed a bit too deep and expected to go from ball one, which I am not pretty good at.

    Maybe a bit of cultural thing as well. Obviously.. I think it’s my 4th IPL team and there’s a bit of pressure. So it was really key for me to turn up and do well.

    I will wait for my chance to bowl. Washi is a superstar for us. The more I don’t bowl and hopefully, I can keep contributing with the bat, the more happy I will be.

    IPL 2021: DC’s Anrich Nortje Tests Positive for COVID19

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    Anrich Nortje

    Delhi Capitals dealt with another blow on Wednesday after the team’s South Africa pacer Anrich Nortje tested positive for COVID19. Nortje entered the hotel quarantine with a negative result but returned a positive result in his 2nd Covid-19 test.

    Anrich Nortje tests Positive for COVID19

    ANI reported one of their sources in the know of developments saying, “He came in with a negative report, but has unfortunately tested positive now while undergoing quarantine.”

    The BCCI SOP says a player/support staff, who tests positive for COVID-19, must isolate in the designated area outside the bio-secure environment for a minimum of 10 days from the first day of symptoms or the date of collection of the sample which resulted in a positive RT-PCR report, whichever is earlier.

    Rishabh Pant replaces Shreyas Iyer

    Rishabh Pant, who replaced injured Shreyas Iyer as captain ahead of the season, led Delhi Capitals to a win against MS Dhoni‘s Chennai Super Kings in the opener on Saturday (April 10).

    Chris Woakes and uncapped Avesh Khan produced impressive performances, claiming two wickets each, against CSK. However, Nortje’s further absence could hurt the momentum of the Delhi side.

    Apart from DC all-rounder Axar, Mumbai Indians’ scout and wicketkeeping consultant Kiran More, as well as RCB’s Daniel Sams and Devdutt Paddikal had tested positive. However, Padikkal has since linked up with the squad in Chennai after a negative COVID-19 result.

    Nortje was one of the standout performers for the Delhi-based franchise last year, picking up 22 wickets from 16 matches. He also broke the record of the fastest delivery in the history of IPL, clocking a speed of 156.22 km/h during a league match against Rajasthan Royals in the last edition.

    IPL 2021: Rajasthan Royals All-rounder Ben Stokes Ruled Out

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    Ben Stokes ruled out of IPL 2021 owing to a fractured finger

    Rajasthan Royals all-rounder Ben Stokes has been ruled out of the ongoing IPL 2021 owing to a broken finger which occurred during a low dive catch while fielding against Punjab Kings.

    Ben Stokes Ruled Out of IPL 2021

    During their first league match of the season, Rajasthan Royals faces Punjab Kings on April 12, 2021. Batting at first PBKS scored 221 runs for 6 wickets loss. While fielding Stokes took an extraordinary catch that dismissed dangerous player Chris Gayle for 40 runs.

    During this effort RR’s all-rounder, Ben stokes hurt himself with a finger fracture and continued to complete the match. Post the match RR officially announced the news of Ben stokes unavailability for the season.

    Ben Stokes rules out of IPL 2021 owing to a fracture finger
    Ben Stokes injured himself with a catch dive that dismissed Chris Gayle

    The Royals said in a statement on Tuesday that after Stokes picked up the injury, “subsequent investigations revealed that he sustained a broken finger, which will, unfortunately, rule him out of the remainder of the Indian Premier League 2021 season”.

    “Everyone at Rajasthan Royals absolutely admires Ben for being such a huge asset and a valuable member of the Royals family, both on and off the field, and wishes him a speedy recovery,” the statement further read.

    Rajasthan Royals also announced that Stokes has decided to stay with the team and they will soon look for a replacement for the England all-rounder.

    “We are delighted that Ben would like to stay with the group to provide his valued support and inputs off the field. In the meantime, we will be reviewing potential replacement options for the remainder of the season,” the official statement read.

    In the match against the Kings, Stokes had bowled the eighth over but didn’t come on to bowl anymore even though the Kings scored 221 for 6.

    He subsequently came out to open the innings for the Royals but lasted only three balls before top-edging a pullback to the bowler Mohammed Shami to be out for a duck. The Royals lost the match by four runs.

    Ben Stokes Possible Replacement in IPL 2021

    Without either Stokes or Archer, the overseas options for the Royals are limited. Both Jos Buttler and Chris Morris are first-choice picks, and for the other two slots, they have to choose from among Liam Livingstone, David Miller, Mustafizur Rahman, and Andrew Tye.

    Rahman played in the first match and Livingstone – who can bat in the top order and turn his arm over for part-time off-spin – could be the most likely to fill in for Stokes.

    IPL 2021: KKR vs MI Highlights – Match 05 | MI Won by 10 Runs

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    Mumbai Indians registered their maiden victory of IPL 2021 by beating KKR by 10 runs
    Mumbai Indians registered their maiden victory of IPL 2021 by beating KKR by 10 runs

    IPL 2021 KKR vs MI Highlights: Kolkata Knight Riders who won their first match of the IPL 2021 season set to face the Mumbai Indians for their second league match. Both the team lock their horns to play the second match of the season.

    Match: Kolkata Knight Riders vs Mumbai Indians

    Venue: MA Chidambaram Stadium, Chennai

    Toss Details: Kolkata Knight Riders won the toss and opt to bowl

    Captains View 

    Eoin Morgan | KKR

    We are going to bowl first. Looks similar to the last one, not sure if the dew will come in. We are delighted, we are trying to play an aggressive brand of cricket. It’s a challenge to continue in that manner. No changes in the side. Shakib was handed a special cap to mark his 50th game for KKR.

    Rohit Sharma | MI

    We would have fielded first as well. There was some dew in the first game against RCB, but the ball was turning. Last game we were 20 runs short, so we need to bat well. Of course you want to win every game, but we didn’t play to our potential in the first game.

    We need to understand where we went wrong and learn from it. We got only 30 runs in the last 4 overs, that was our mistake. We also discussed the shots to be playing on slow pitches. Let’s hope we rectify that today. Unfortunately, Lynn misses and de Kock is back.

    Playing XI

    Kolkata Knight Riders

    Nitish Rana, Shubman Gill, Rahul Tripathi, Eoin Morgan(c), Andre Russell, Dinesh Karthik(w), Shakib Al Hasan, Pat Cummins, Harbhajan Singh, Prasidh Krishna, Varun Chakravarthy.

    Mumbai Indians

    Rohit Sharma(c), Quinton de Kock(w), Suryakumar Yadav, Ishan Kishan, Hardik Pandya, Kieron Pollard, Krunal Pandya, Marco Jansen, Rahul Chahar, Trent Boult, Jasprit Bumrah.

    IPL 2021 KKR vs MI Highlights

    Mumbai Indians Batting

    Rohit Sharma and Quinton de Kock gets in to the crease to open for the Mumbai Indians. Harbhajan Singh opens the bowling attack against Mumbai Indians.

    Breaking the expectations de Kock returns to Pavillion after scoring just 2 runs. Varun Chakravarthy draws the first blood for MI by dismissing one of their opening batsmen.

    Suryakumar Yadav and Rohit Sharma then join hands and makes a crucial partnership. Where Suryakumar Yadav loses his wicket after scoring a half-century.

    In the mid of the 11th over Suryakumar Yadav loses his wicket to Shakib Al Hasan while scoring 56 runs.

    Soon in the followed over Pat Cummins dismissed Ishan Kishan for just 1 run and makes quick wickets which slow down the MI’s run rate. After the skipper’s dismissal MI struggles to build a partnership and scored 152 runs for all 10 wickets down at the end of the 20 overs.

    Kolkata Knight Riders Batting

    Though MI set a moderate run target they have depth variations of bowlers in their squad to control the KKR’s batting unit.

    Nitish Rana and Shubman Gill gets in to chase down the target of 153 runs in the allotted 20 overs. Trent Boult opens the bowling attack against the KKR. Nitish Rana makes a lovely boundary of the very first delivery and makes an impressive start for the team.

    MI bowlers struggled to make early wickets. While the KKR’s opening pair build a strong foundation for the KKR’s run chase by scoring 72 runs for their first wicket partnership.

    Rahul Chahar is the player to make the first wicket for MI. Chahar dismissed Gill for 33 runs and breaks the deadly partnership.

    Soon in a couple of overs, Rahul Tripathi got dismissed by the same young gun Rahul Chahar for 5 runs. KKR players struggle to build a perfect partnership for the run chase. KKR players struggle to score a decent double-digit run for the chase and start to fell in the MI bowlers trap.

    At the end of the 20 overs KKR scored 142 runs for 7 wickets loss and loses the match by 10 runs difference.

    Watch KKR vs MI Highlights

    Watch full match highlights of IPL 2021 KKR vs MI and check the IPL 2021 points table.

    Man of the Match

    • Name: Rahul Chahar
    • Team: MI
    • Role: Bowler
    • Stats: 4 overs – 4 Wickets – 27 runs

    There was pressure when they started well and a spinner had to pull it back. I enjoyed Tripathi’s wicket. I was confident in my abilities as I have been playing the IPL for 2-3 years.

    I know Gill well, and I also know he can’t keep hitting me out of the park on a regular basis. I can spin at 90 kph and that’s my strength.

    I had an idea about Nitish walking down the track, so I bowled a flipper outside off on the last ball of my spell. My confidence is sometimes down, but Rohit shows confidence in me to lift me up.

    Mumbai Indians takes care of its players during the off-season as well, and that’s why it is such a special franchise.

    IPL 2021: Check the Inspiring Journey of RR’s Chetan Sakariya

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    chetan sakariya bags three wickets in his IPL debut

    Chetan Sakariya is a 23-year-old fast bowler, who made his debut for Saurashtra in 2018-19. He was picked up for INR 1.2 crore in the IPL 2021 auction by the Rajasthan Royals and made his IPL debut at the first opportunity, named in the XI for the Royals’ opening game of IPL 2021, against the Punjab Kings.

    Chetan Sakariya – Emotional Journey to IPL

    Coming from a humble background he is a huge success story but it hasn’t come easy, especially from an emotional point of view.

    Just three weeks before the IPL auction, Sakariya’s younger brother died by suicide. At that time, Chetan Sakariya was playing in the Syed Mushtaq Ali Trophy for Saurashtra and his family didn’t inform him about his brother’s death for ten days.

    Chetan Sakariya’s mother opened about this information in the “Around the Wicket” podcast. Around the Wicket is a niche media platform that was started in 2019.

    “l hope nobody goes through the pain and struggles we went through. My second child, a son who was a year younger to Chetan, committed suicide a month ago. Chetan was playing the Syed Mushtaq Ali Trophy at that time, which he finished as the sixth-highest wicket-taker.

    Chetan Sakariya's younger brother commit suicide
    Chetan Sakariya with his late brother

    We didn’t inform him about his brother’s death for the first 10 days as we didn’t want his game to be affected. All we told him was that his father wasn’t keeping well. Every time Chetan would call to ask about his father’s health, he would ask us to make him speak to his brother. But I’d change the topic.

    I wouldn’t let him speak to his father too because I knew my husband would tell him the truth. But one day, I broke down on the call. After knowing of his brother’s death, Chetan didn’t speak to anybody for a week. Neither did he eat. The two brothers were very close.

    A month after this tragedy, Chetan has bagged an IPL contract worth Rs. 1.20 crore. Sapna jehvu laage che (it feels like we are dreaming). We’ve struggled a lot financially. Chetan’s father was a lorry driver, but he is bedridden now after meeting with three accidents and undergoing as many surgeries.

    Chetan Sakariya has been roped by Rajasthan Royals for 1.2 Crores in IPL 2021 Auction
    Chetan Sakariya has been roped by Rajasthan Royals for 1.2 Crores in IPL 2021 Auction

    He cannot earn any longer. He is yet to recover from our son’s suicide. Neither does he eat nor talk. I try my best to give him strength. 

    Growing up, Chetan worked at his maternal uncle’s stationery shop to make ends meet. Until five years ago, we didn’t even own a TV. My husband would get the news of Chetan’s progress in professional cricket from outside and then come home and inform us.

    After my husband’s accident, my second child was the breadwinner of the family. But now, he is gone too. Amidst all this, Chetan’s IPL contract is a balm to our pain. The first thing he wants to do with the money is buying us a house in Rajkot. I also contribute to the family income by doing stonework on sarees.

    When my children were small, I would leave them alone at home to go out and do embroidery. That money was used for their education. Ever since Chetan’s IPL contract, the media has been calling us daily. We start getting calls from 8 am. My son worked very hard for this.”

    – Chetan Sakariya’s mother to Around the Wicket exclusively.

    Chetan Sakariya opens his IPL wicket account in his debut match played against the Punjab Kings on 12 April 2021. Chetan Sakariya bags 3 wickets under his name by dismissing leading batsmen like Mayank Agarwal(14), KL Rahul(91), and Jhye Richardson(0).

    IPL 2021: Harbhajan Singh Shows Spirit of Cricket by Comforting Nabi

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    Harbhajan Singh comforts Nabi who took a body a hit while batting

    During the IPL 2021 SRH vs KKR match Harbhajan Singh made a heart warming jesture towards the opponent batsman Mohammad Nabi. Harbhajan Singh made a return to cricket after two years after the 40-year spinner has been roped by KKR in the IPL 2021 Auction.

    Harbhajan Singh comforts Mohammad Nabi

    The incident took place on the fourth ball of the 16th over when Prasidh Krishna banged the ball in short and it hit Nabi – who was trying to pull – on the neck.

    While the batsman was in pain and concern, Harbhajan walked up to the batsman to enquire if he was alright. Nabi was on his feet while getting medical assistance as the umpires called for a strategic timeout.

    After the loss, Warner said that the dew made the difference.

    “The dew made a difference. If the bowlers overpitched, it was easy to hit it, and with the height in their team, and with the cross-seam, it stopped a little bit on us. We would like to have won the first game, but we have four more games at this venue and hopefully we will get used to the square and the dimensions of this ground,” Warner said after the match.

    However, both Harbhajan Singh and Mohammad Nabi are expected to play key roles for their side in the tournament.

    During the match, he did bowl merely an over conceding eight runs. Nabi scored 11 off 14 balls but that was not good enough to help Sunrisers Hyderabad chase 188. Kolkata won the game by 10 runs to get their campaign off to a flying start.

    Kolkata Knight Riders will face the Mumbai Indians on April 13 at Chennai for their next match. While Sunrisers Hyderabad will face Royal Challengers Bangalore on April 14 at Chennai for their next league match of the IPL 2021.

    Will RCB lift IPL 2021 Trophy? – Kevin Pietersen Answers

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    Kevin Pietersen Virat Kohli

    Will RCB lift IPL 2021 Trophy: Former England captain Kevin Pietersen has predicted that Royal Challengers Bangalore (RCB) would have to wait for their maiden Indian Premier League (IPL) trophy after casting doubts over whether they possess a squad to win the coveted trophy.

    Will RCB lift IPL 2021 Trophy – Kevin Pietersen Replies

    RCB are one of the franchises to have never won the IPL trophy and bolstered their squad by adding the likes of Glenn Maxwell, Kyle Jamieson among a few others in a bid to break their trophy drought.

    Pietersen has said he struggles to see why RCB spent heavy signing Maxwell in the auction with the likes of Virat Kohli and AB de Villiers already at their helm. “RCB will always be a massive talking point because they have Virat Kohli and AB de Villiers but have never won the IPL,” Pietersen told Betway 4.

    “Unfortunately, I don’t see why things will be any different for them this year. ‘They’ve got a fantastic batting line-up, we know that. Kohli is obviously world-class, Devdutt Padikkal is a very exciting opening batsman, and AB de Villiers – though he hasn’t played any cricket since the last competition – is such a class player.

    RCB win their first their match of the IPL 2021 season by beating MI by 2 runs.
    RCB skipper Virat Kohli and MI skipper Rohit Sharma

    “So I’m struggling to understand why they have made spent so much money on Glenn Maxwell, who is yet another middle-order batsman. “When you’ve got those players already, do you need another guy? You’ve only got 20 overs to bat. That is a decision that Mike Hesson and RCB will have to front up over if things don’t go to plan. “It feels like they are too top-heavy and should have focused their recruitment more on supplementing the Kyle Jamieson signing.”

    Meanwhile, Virat Kohli Bangalore started their IPL 2021 campaign with a two-wicket win over defending champions Mumbai Indians in Chennai on Friday.

    New signings Jamieson and Maxwell were impressive on the matchday and RCB would be looking for more such performance from the duo during the IPL 2021 season. RCB next face Sunrisers Hyderabad on Wednesday.

    IPL 2021: RR vs PBKS Highlights – Match 04 | PBKS Won by 4 Runs

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    PBKS beats RR by 4 runs and register their maiden victory of the IPL 2021

    IPL 2021 RR vs PBKS Highlights: Rajasthan Royals gets into play the first game of the season with their new skipper Sanju Samson. Both the team lock their horns to play their first matches of the league.

    Match: Rajasthan Royals vs Punjab Kings

    Venue: Wankhede Stadium, Mumbai

    Toss Details: Rajasthan Royals won the toss and opt to bowl

    Captains View 

    Sanju Samson | RR Skipper

    We are going to bowl first. We have challenges to face while picking the XI. But I am happy with the players we have. Morris, Stokes, Buttler, Mustafizur are our overseas players. Very excited about the role.

    KL Rahul | PBKS Skipper

    We all know the history of Wankhede. Everyone wants to bowl first. But we would want to play good cricket. We can’t really pinpoint anything particular. It is about the batting group helping the bowling group and vice versa. We were really happy with the auctions. Meredith, Richardson, Gayle, and Pooran are our foreign players.

    Playing XI

    Rajasthan Royals

    Manan Vohra, Ben Stokes, Sanju Samson(w/c), Jos Buttler, Riyan Parag, Shivam Dube, Rahul Tewatia, Chris Morris, Shreyas Gopal, Chetan Sakariya, Mustafizur Rahman.

    Punjab Kings 

    KL Rahul(w/c), Mayank Agarwal, Chris Gayle, Nicholas Pooran, Deepak Hooda, Shahrukh Khan, Jhye Richardson, Murugan Ashwin, Riley Meredith, Mohammed Shami, Arshdeep Singh.

    IPL 2021 RR vs PBKS Highlights

    Punjab Kings(PBKS) Batting

    The deadliest duo KL Rahul and Mayank Agarwal get into the crease to lead Punjab Kings. Chetan Sakariya opens the bowling attack onbehalf of RR.

    Mayank Agarwal struggles to withstand the aggressive bowling attack of RR and returns to Pavillion after scoring 14 runs. Chetan Sakariya makes his IPL maiden wicket by dismissing Mayank for 14 runs.

    The Universal Boss Gayle gets in to join hands with KL Rahul. No one can easily forget the destructions made by this dup in the last season. The duo added a 67 runs partnership for the next wicket. Riyan Parag puts an end to Gayle’s batting by dismissing the dangerous batsman for 40 runs.

    Still, Punjab Kings have their skipper who is capable of doing miracles on the field. Deepak Hooda makes a quickfire 64 runs off 28 deliveries and dismissed of the Chris Morris delivery.

    Hooda hits a maximum of six 6’s which boosts the Punjab Kings score to 194 runs prior to his dismissal. The duo nearly added 105 runs partnership to the Punjab Kings scoreboard.

    With KL Rahul’s impressive 91 runs Punjab Kings scored 221 runs for 6 wickets loss at the end of the 20 overs.

    Rajasthan Royals(RR) Batting

    Ben Stokes and Vohra gets in to chase the target of 222 runs. Shami opens the attack against RR.

    Shami in the very third ball of the innings dismissed the 2019 WC-winning key player Ben Stokes for duck. Skipper Sanju Samson gets in to take the responsibilities. Manan Vohratoo soon returns to the pavilion after scoring 12 runs.

    On the other hand, Snaju Samson starts to get back to his original form with some power hitters. Joining hands with Jos Buttler, Sanju Samson tries to make a steady partnership. Which then broken by J Richardson. Where he dismissed Buttler for 25 runs with a slower ball.

    Sanju Samson struggles to make a winning partnership. In the mid of 17th over Sanju Samson with a boundary of the J Richardson’s ball becomes the first man to get a hundred on IPL captaincy debut. 

    With 13 runs required off the last over Arshdeep Singh managed to give only 8 runs off the over. Finally, Punjab Kings beats Rajasthan Royals by 4 runs.

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    Man of the Match

    • Name: Sanju Samson
    • Team: RR
    • Role: Batsman
    • Stats: 119 runs off 63 balls(4’s – 12 6’s – 7)

    I think the second part of the innings was the best I ever played, took my time and respected the bowlers, whereas in the first part I was not timing it very well. I took the singles and got into a rhythm and then I started to play my shots in the second half. I enjoy my shots but I come back to the present after I play those shots.

    It automatically happens, when I focus on my skills and watch the ball and react. Sometimes I lose my wicket also, so I just play the same way.

    It’s about trusting my processes to be honest, and I did that, and it came off tonight. The coin looked really nice so I pocketed it, asked the referee if I can have it, but he said no.

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