Pooran names Gayle as the greatest T20 player of all time
Kings XI Punjab batsman Nicholas Pooran names Chris Gayle as the greatest T20 player of all time. Pooran states this after their second IPL 2020 win against RCB.
Chris Gayle made his maiden IPL 2020 entry via this match. Gayle hits an impressive half-century in 36 deliveries and makes an easy victory for KXIP.
Pooran names Gayle as the greatest T20 player
After the match, Pooran, while speaking to Mayank Agarwal, named a player who according to him is the greatest T20 player of all time. Pooran named his fellow West Indian and ‘Universe Boss’ Chris Gayle.
He said: “For me, Gayle is the greatest T20 player who has played the game”.
“When Chris is batting, you always have a chance of winning the game. Once he is there, it is a different mood in the camp obviously. He started off slowly, but he had not played cricket for a long time…He has shown once more why he is the greatest T20 batsman. It is wonderful to see him get runs,” he added.
Chris Gayle
Chris Gayle started his IPL season on a high after scoring a half-century against Royal Challengers Bangalore. However, just one run was needed off the final ball where Pooran stepped in and finished the innings with a six. It reminded him of the situation against Delhi Capitals where the match headed into the super over where KXIP lost the match.
He said: “The last over started, it was like deja vu. Last three balls, one run. It was like the Delhi game all over again but the difference was that I was in the dugout. A million things were running in my mind. I was not clear, to be honest, what I was gonna do. I never wanted to be in that position. After sitting out for so long, I have to bat the last ball.”
Kolkata Knight Riders(KKR) Dinesh Karthik hand over his captaincy to Eoin Morgan. Dinesh Karthik crowns as KKR skipper in 2018 and continues to lead the team in 2019 and 2020 IPL.
Dinesh Karthik Hands Over Captaincy to Eoin Morgan
Regarding this KKR official announced as” Dinesh Karthik has informed the KKR management that with a view to focus on his batting and contributing more to the team’s cause, he wishes to hand over the team’s captaincy to Eoin Morgan”.
Venky Mysore, CEO of KKR said “we are fortunate to have leaders such as DK, who has always put the team first. It takes a lot of courage for someone like him to take a decision such as this. While we were surprised by his decision, we are respectful of his wishes. We are also fortunate that Eoin Morgan, the 2019 World Cup-winning captain, who has been the vice-captain, is willing to lead the side going forward. DK and Eoin have worked brilliantly together during this tournament and although Eoin takes over as captain, this is effectively a role swap and we expect that this transition will work in a seamless manner”
On behalf of everyone at Kolkata Knight Riders, we thank DK for all his contributions as the captain over the past two and a half years and wish Eoin the very best going forward.
DK leads the KKR in the current IPL season where KKR holds the fourth position in the IPL points table. Though KKR holds a safe spot in the points table they fail to show consistent performance. KKR won 4 matches out of seven they played so far. KKR is set to face Mumbai Indians tonight(16/10/2020) in Sheikh Zayed Stadium, Abu Dhabi.
Eoin Morgan leads England and won the 2019 Men’s cricket world cup. He also holds the England record for the fastest fifty in ODIs and during the 2019 ICC World Cup, he scored the highest number of sixes in an ODI inning, with 17 sixes against Afghanistan.
Sachin Tendulkar replies to Yuvraj Singh Instagram post
Former Indian cricketer Yuvraj Singh who announced his international retirement in 2019 still carves to play cricket. In order to reveal this Yuvi posted a picture on social media in which he is seen holding a large bat with signatures of prominent cricketers on it.
Yuvraj Singh Instagram Post
“Miss my playing and traveling days, one of the biggest bats I’ve held! And who’s this person hiding behind me? Can’t remember,”
After this post, Indian cricket legend, Sachin Tendulkar who plays along with Yuvraj Singh on many important occasions made a reply.
“Ha ha ha… Yuvi I can tell the person who is hiding behind you. It is Aslam Bhai who repaired our bats and this photo was taken in Mumbai. Am I right? I can also see some autographs on the bat, can anyone tell me who has signed at No. 2 spot??” commented Tendulkar.
Yuvraj replied fondly: “hahaha yes paji I remember now!! It is Aslam Bhai. He had come after taking your signature.”
This duo plays an important role in the 2011 World Cup-winning tournament. Yuvi and Sachin bags the major share for India’s victory in the 2011 World Cup.
Irfan Pathan joins the conversation
Pathan, another Team India member in the mid and late 2000s, joined the conversation.
“Bhai bowlers ko bat itna hi bada lagta that jab aap batting karte the (Brother, the bowlers felt you had a bat this big when you were at the crease),” Irfan commented.
Yuvraj replied rather humbly: “apne to pehli ball par out kar diya kitni bar (you have dismissed me on the first ball many times).”
IPL 2020 RCB vs KXIP Highlights: Royal Challengers Bangalore is set to play the 31st match of IPL 2020 against Kings XI Punjab. KXIP is in pressure to win this match in order to stay alive in the tournament. This match plays a crucial role for KXIP in order to make it to the playoff.
While RCB holds the 3rd position in the IPL 2020 points table by winning 5 matches so far.
Match: Royal Challengers Bangalore(RCB) vs Kings XI Punjab(KXIP)
Venue: Sharjah Cricket Stadium, Sharjah
Toss Details: Royal Challengers Bangalore won the toss and opt to bat
We’ll bat first. It looks like a dry surface and got considerably slower the last night. We saw in the second innings there was no dew and it was gripping. RCB means a lot, not many understand that emotion. 200 games for them is unbelievable, I wouldn’t have believed it in 2008. It is an honor, they’ve kept me and I have stayed on.
When the team wins you look good as a captain. There have been many individuals who have put their hands up even after two losses. It’s only halfway and we have to keep it up. The most important thing is to focus on your own skillset.
Even in the biggest ground in the world people score 220. There is no given in cricket and we just want to carry on. We are unchanged.
KL Rahul | KXIP skipper
We were looking to bat first as well. Just looking to get a couple of wickets and put pressure on them. We all feel we deserve more than two points and have played good cricket and have lost a couple of close games.
We have come here looking to win this game and be the best team we can. Everybody knows that all games are must-wins for us from hereon. It’s not a bad place to be in, we need to bring our A-game and do our best.
Three changes: Mandeep got injured yesterday, and Prabsimran and Mujeeb miss out. Gayle, Hooda, and Ashwin come in. We’ll see the batting order after how the first innings goes. Chris coming in gives us a lot of energy.
Playing XI
Royal Challengers Bangalore(RCB)
Devdutt Padikkal, Aaron Finch, Virat Kohli(c), AB de Villiers(w), Washington Sundar, Shivam Dube, Chris Morris, Isuru Udana, Navdeep Saini, Mohammed Siraj, Yuzvendra Chahal.
Kings XI Punjab(KXIP)
Chris Gayle, KL Rahul(w/c), Mayank Agarwal, Nicholas Pooran, Glenn Maxwell, Deepak Hooda, Chris Jordan, Murugan Ashwin, Mohammed Shami, Ravi Bishnoi, Arshdeep Singh.
RCB vs KXIP Highlights
Royal Challengers Bangalore(RCB) Batting
Finch and Devdutt Padikkal gets in to the crease to lead RCB. KXIP starts with much unexpected as they let Maxwell to open the attack against RCB. RCB makes boundaries of the every over while Arshdeep Singh puts a breaking point by dismissing Padikkal while scoring 18 runs.
RCB skipper Virat Kohli gets in to the crease. Soon Murugan Ashwin dismissed the dangerous batsman Finch in the first over bowled after the powerplay. Another surprise from RCB side as they let Washington Sundar to bat instead of ABD. Soon Washinton Sundar got dismissed while scoring 13 runs.
Still, ABD is not in the yard, Shivam Dube gets in to the crease and joins hands with the skipper. It’s the best time for the ABD show but RCB makes a change in the order which may result in a slow run rate.
RCB has a poor record while getting to bat in lower-order but still RCB goes with that plan. As expected Ab de Villiers fails to show his form in the lower order and dismissed while scoring 2 runs. ABD has batted only three-time in the 6th or below position before this match.
While AB de Villiers batting at #6 (or below) in IPL
2(5) RCB vs KXIP UAE 2020
6(6) DD v MI Centurion 2009
33(14)* RCB v PWI Bengaluru 2012
10(6) RCB v CSK Bengaluru 2014
Shami makes a back to back wickets by dismissing ABD and Kohli in the same over and lands RCB in trouble. Though the aggressive batsman departs in the much-needed time, Chris Morris with a couple of six and a boundary of the last over makes RCB to score 171 runs for 6 wicket loss.
Shami dismissed Kohli and ABD in the same over
Bowlers dismissing Virat Kohli & AB de Villiers in the same over in IPL
Jacques Kallis, Kolkata, 2012
Dhawal Kulkarni, Mumbai, 2013
Ashish Nehra, Ranchi, 2015
Krunal Pandya, Mumbai, 2016
Thisara Perera, Pune, 2016
Nitish Rana, Kolkata, 2018
Shreyas Gopal, Bengaluru, 2019
Mohammed Shami, Sharjah, 2020 *
Kings XI Punjab(KXIP) Batting
KXIP still now won only one match in IPL 2020 that too against RCB in the previous meeting. With Chris Gayle in the team, KXIP is not in the mood to change the well in form opening batsman. Thus Mayank Agarwal and KL Rahul get in to the crease.
KXIP makes a slow start and makes use of the 4th over bowled by Chahal. Agarwal hits a couple of boundaries and a six off the over and equals the required run rate. At the end of the powerplay, KXIP scored 56 runs with a 51 run stand. Chahal in his next over dismissed Mayank Agarwal while scoring 45 runs.
Universal Boss gets in to the crease and RCB fans is in great expectations from the most aggressive batsman of the IPL. Gayle makes a steady start as this is his first match in this tournament and makes comfortable while making 10+ dot balls at the beginning.
Gayle makes his comeback by hitting back to back sixes and boundaries and reached his half-century in 36 deliveries. While just a run needed for the victory Gayle dismissed by a misunderstanding run out. With 1 run needed off 1 ball KL Rahul makes a massive six and bags the second victory for the KXIP. KXIP beat RCB by 8 wickets.
Chris Gayle in the first match of an IPL season
10(12) v Deccan
75(60) v MI
102(55)* v KKR
2(8) v KKR
92(58)* v MI
20(7) v KXIP
96(56) v KKR
1(4) v SRH
32(21) v SRH
63(33) v CSK
79(47) v RR
53(45)* v RCB
I have no idea, it’s (heartbeat) the highest it can be. I don’t even have words. We knew we had to scrape and get over the line. We are a far better side than where we are in the points table.
It just got too close for comfort, happy that we crossed the line. As a group, we have been disappointing. It can get frustrating. Our skills were good, but we didn’t capitalize on the big moments.
It becomes a habit – winning and not winning. There are ups and downs and this has been the roller-coaster. We wanted this win to get some confidence in the group. It’s my first time as captain, for me it’s always about winning. The personal performances haven’t been on the mind too much.
He’s (Gayle) not been feeling well in the last couple of weeks. But, he is hungry even at 41. He always wanted to play from the first day. He was training hard, he wanted to be out in the park. It was a tough call to make and not make him play.
It’s important to keep the lion hungry. Wherever he bats, he’s dangerous. He’s taken it up as a challenge as well. He’ll still be intimidating.
The India tour of Australia, scheduled for the end of this year, will begin with a white-ball series before the Test matches take place.
India tour of Australia
A full series in Australia usually begins with the Test series before the ODI and T20I matches are played, thus representing a break in tradition for Cricket Australia.
Test Match Venues
“The tour will commence with a white-ball component before the four-Test series, at this stage, begins in Adelaide on December 17-21. Other venues include Melbourne (December 26-30), Sydney (January 7-11), and Brisbane (January 15-19),” says a report in The Australian.
Indian Test cricket team
CA chief Earl Eddings also put to rest any lingering doubts over the tour being potentially called off, saying he has been in touch with BCCI president Sourav Ganguly and knows the matches will take place.
“I’m 100 percent confident they are coming. Sourav Ganguly and I talk about it most days and we are already planning when we can catch up once he and the team get over here,” the paper quoted Eddings as saying.
The report also added that Virat Kohli and co. will land in Brisbane instead of Perth or Adelaide and will not face much strictness in terms of quarantine time despite the state of Queensland currently seeing severe restrictions.
Tim Paine’s View
Meanwhile, Australia Test skipper Tim Paine rejected apprehensions that the IPL stints of team’s star players — such as batting mainstay Steve Smith and pacer Pat Cummins — would leave them under-prepared for the eagerly-awaited red-ball series against India in December.
Former skipper Smith, opener David Warner and top fast bowlers Cummins, Josh Hazlewood, and James Pattinson are currently playing for different teams in the 13th edition of IPL in UAE.
Tim Paine
The IPL will conclude on November 10, while a four-round block of Australia’s domestic Sheffield Shield gets underway in Adelaide this weekend, with the final game of the block between New South Wales and Victoria starting November 17.
Paine feels it is unlikely that the IPL players will get enough time to participate in Shield cricket ahead of the India series with a mandatory 14-day quarantine rule in place for international arrivals in Australia due to the COVID-19 pandemic.
“I wouldn’t have thought so, with restrictions coming back into the country,” he was quoted as saying on Tuesday by 7news.com.au.
Indian former cricketer Ajit Agarkar predicts the possible teams to enter into the play-off in IPL 2020. According to the IPL points table rule, the top four positioned teams would enter the playoff.
According to the point table rules, each team would get 2 points while winning the match. While the tournament is in its halfway Delhi Capitals, Mumbai Indians, Royal Challengers Bangalore, and Kolkata Knight Riders hold the top four positions in the IPL 2020 points table.
Ajit Agarkar Predicts teams to enter the playoff
Ajit Agarkar makes the prediction on the basis of the players form and mental strength while playing the matches. Agarkar points out that the top three teams in the points table would get into the playoffs as they sealed the safest position.
“It’s such a close tournament, so many ups, and downs, but clearly Mumbai Indians and Delhi Capitals look like the two best teams – form-wise and personnel-wise. KKR, in my opinion, got a real bonus win against CSK. They are my third team,” Agarkar said in the Star Sports show ‘Cricket Connected.’
According to Agarkar, the fourth team to enter the final four will be either Rajasthan Royals or Sunrisers Hyderabad. “The fourth team for me is between Rajasthan Royals and Sunrisers Hyderabad. I had CSK at the start of the tournament, but at the moment, these two teams look slightly better than what CSK is playing.
IPL Points table updated after completion of 30 matches
IPL teams fight to make it to the playoff
The fight to enter the playoff is still in heat as still there are chances for the last 3 teams of the points table to make into the playoff. Earlier the magic has been done by Dhoni-led CSK in IPL 2010 where CSK made it to playoff while at the same position as of now.
Though things were not in favour of CSK as they lose two key players before the beginning of the tournament CSK would bounce back to survive. CSK had a record of entering the playoff in every IPL it played so far.
Indian skipper Virat Kohli who currently leads RCB in IPL 2020 suggests that DRS should be used to review wides and no-balls for high full-tosses too. Kohli suggests this after the controversial moment happened in SRH vs CSK match. After this many accept and some reject the decision of the on-field umpire.
Virat and KL Rahul Live Interaction
Virat Kohli had a fun Instagram live chat with KL Rahul who is one of his teammates of the Indian cricket team. While the chat both cricketers made a conversation regarding the changes that need to introduce in the DRS(Decision Review System).
Virat Kohli’s Suggestion
“I am going to speak as a captain. As a captain, I would like to have the ability to review a wide, which could be a wrong call, or a waist-high full-toss, which could be a wrong call.
“We have seen this historically how big these things can be in such a high-profile tournament like IPL and in general T20 cricket,” Kohli said during an Instagram Live chat with his India team-mate, KL Rahul.
“It is a fast-paced game and you can miss a small margin and we have all seen this is a big factor. If you lose the game by a run and you are not able to review that wide, it could make a massive difference in someone’s campaign,” he added.
KL Rahul Reply
Replying to this KL Rahul makes a unique suggestion to add in ICC rules. Rahul also sounded similar feelings and said, “If that rule comes in, it is very good. You can give a team two reviews and say you can use it for whatever.”
As per the current rules of ICC, teams are allowed only one review per innings in T20 games, including in the Indian Premier League.
Asked if there were any other changes he would like to see in the rules which are currently in place, Rahul said, “If someone hits a six over 100 meters, it should be given more runs. I will ask my bowlers about this.”
IPL 2020 DC vs RR Highlights: Delhi Capitals is set to play the 30th match of IPL 2020 against Rajasthan Royals. Delhi Capitals holds the second position in the points table as they lose only two matches in this tournament till now.
DC with a strong batting and bowling order makes consistency victories in the IPL 2020. While RR faces DC for the second time in the tournament where DC beat RR in the first match by 46 runs.
With all-rounder, Ben Stokes entry RR hopes to make a comeback by winning this match against DC.
Match: Delhi Capitals(DC) vs Rajasthan Royals(RR)
Venue: Dubai International Cricket Stadium, Dubai
Toss Details: Delhi Capitals won the toss and opt to bat
We will bat first. It’s been dry and like we saw the other games, it’s holding a bit. We want to approach every game positively and we got a really good bowling attack to execute our plans. We got good back-ups who can come and perform, we are definitely missing him (Pant). We got one chance. Tushar Deshpande is making his debut for us and he comes in for Harshal Patel.
Steve Smith | RR skipper
I was gonna bat as well. Hopefully, we can bowl well, restrict them, and chase it later on. It’s obviously a used wicket and hopefully, we will put some pressure with the ball. We are playing with the same team. And yes, Ben (Stokes) will open again.
Ben Stokes, Jos Buttler(w), Steven Smith(c), Sanju Samson, Robin Uthappa, Riyan Parag, Rahul Tewatia, Jofra Archer, Shreyas Gopal, Jaydev Unadkat, Kartik Tyagi.
DC vs RR Highlights
Delhi Capitals(DC) Batting
Prithvi Shaw and Dhawan get in to the crease to lead DC. Jofra Archer dismissed Shaw off the first delivery and makes a shocking moment for DC. Ajinkya Rahane gets in to join hands with Dhawan.
Archer with a length ball off his second over dismissed the struggled Rahane while scoring 2 runs off 9 deliveries. With back-to-back wickets, DC seems to get in trouble but Dhawan is in strike who is capable of dragging the team towards a perfect score.
DC skipper Iyer and Dhawan drags the team as expected where Dhawan makes his half-century in just 30 balls. A much needed fifty for DC at this position. After a massive six Dhawan walks to Pavillion after scoring 57 runs off 33 deliveries.
With a mixture of boundaries and wickets, DC scored 161 runs for 7 wicket loss.
Rajasthan Royals(RR) Batting
Again RR follows the same opening duo by sending Stokes and Buttler gets in to the crease to lead RR. The duo starts to strike aggressively but soon dismissed in back to back overs. As Nortje dismissed Buttler while scoring 22 runs off 9 deliveries and Ashwin dismissed Smith while scoring 1 run.
With Stokes and Samson’s impressive innings RR scored 85 runs for 2 wicket loss at the end of the 10th over. In the next over Tushar Deshpande dismissed Stokes and followed by Samson’s dismissal by Axar makes a huge blow for RR.
Still, RR has the game-changer Rahul Tewatia in the strike. With an impressive death over from DC, RR restricted to score only 148 runs for 8 wicket loss. Delhi Capitals(DC) beat Rajasthan Royals(RR) by 13 runs.
Anrich Nortje: Been feeling it the last few days. Nice to see some results. Buttler played them really well. Maybe I was a touch too full. Didn’t expect him to go for a six first ball. Maybe he was expecting something else of that delivery. Stuck to my strength and paid off.
Didn’t expect the second ramp. Luckily I stuck to it. We’ve got a good coach in Ryan. Lovely working with KG. Tushar has been working in the nets. Enjoying my experience with them. Doesn’t look like it but it’s nerve-wracking. Better to be on the field than on the other side.
Dhoni makes an angry gesture while on field umpire Paul Reiffel attempts to signal a wide.
In the match against Sunrisers HyderabadMS Dhoni makes a controversy move against the on-field umpire. It was the final moment of the match which is a much-needed victory for CSK to survive in this tournament.
Dhoni Umpire Clash
Shardul Thakur bowls the 19th over of the innings. where he loses a two-run of the first delivery followed by a wide off the second delivery again followed by another wide delivery. The second wide delivery gets into the controversy as both bowler and wicketkeeper MS Dhoni makes a shot against the umpire decision.
On-field umpire Paul Reiffel raises his hand to signal the delivery as wide but captain cool makes an angry gesture after which the umpire lowers his hand. Netizens get into the conversation about the umpire’s decision change.
Many criticise MS Dhoni as they believe that Dhoni’s rage makes the umpire to change his decision. While some believe that MS Dhoni did that correct by stopping the umpire from giving the wide decision. Because once the umpire gave a decision he has no authority to call back the decision apart from appealing for wickets.
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Opposition captain David Warner was seen gesturing angrily from the dugout as Reiffel seemed to have a change of mind.
Umpire’s decision rule
According to the IPL playing conditions in the category of the umpire’s decision, it states, “An umpire may alter any decision provided that such alteration is made promptly. This apart, an umpire’s decision, once made, is final.”
If one looks at the replay, umpire Reiffel did NOT actually signal a wide and then change his decision. MS Dhoni protested just about at the right time and ensured that umpire Reiffel did not signal the wide and instead, left it half-way.
The controversial decision might not have played a big part in the outcome of the match. With the win, CSK goes to the sixth spot in the points table.
SRH has suffered another loss and it puts them in danger of not qualifying for the knockouts.
Gautham Gambhir scored 206 vs Australia at Delhi in 2008
Indian former cricketer Gautam Gambhir plays many crucial roles in the Indian cricket team winning moments.
Although the credit of winning two World Cups for India – the 2007 T20 World Cup and the 2011 World Cup – is given to MS Dhoni, Gambhir played a crucial role in both these tournaments. He scored 75 runs in the 2007 World T20 Final versus Pakistan and 97 against Sri Lanka in the 2011 ODI World Cup final.
Top Crucial Knock from Gautam Gambhir
75 runs vs Pakistan in 2007 World T20 final
India in the 2007 T20 World Cup last against Pakistan didn’t get a decent beginning as Yousuf Pathan got out subsequent to scoring 15. He had come to open with Gambhir. Wickets continued falling at ordinary spans, however, Gambhir remained at the wrinkle, guaranteeing his side arrived at a decent aggregate. He made 75 off 54 balls at a strike rate of 138.88 along with eight boundaries and two sixes. He helped his team arrive at 157 off 20 overs. India won this match by five runs.
Gambhir scored 75 runs vs Pakistan in the 2007 World T20 final
206 vs Australia at Delhi in 2008
In the third Test match of the series against Australia, Gambhir, profiting by home conditions, played an extraordinary match. He scored 206 runs off 380 balls with 26 fours and a six. He made a partnership with Laxman who additionally scored 200 not out. The two helped the team cross the score of 613 in the first innings. However, the match finished in a draw.
Gautham Gambhir scored 206 vs Australia at Delhi in 2008
137 vs New Zealand at Napier in 2009
This was a match sparing inning after India was made to follow on and was following by in excess of 300 runs. He made 137 runs in 436 balls, remaining on the wrinkle for 643 minutes. He sewed associations with Rahul Dravid, Sachin Tendulkar, and VVS Laxman in that game. When he got out, the group had emerged from the threat and the match was spared.
Gambhir scored 137 runs vs New Zealand at Napier in 2009
150 (not out) vs Sri Lanka at Kolkata in 2009
Batting first, Sri Lanka had set an objective of 316 for India. Pursuing the objective, India lost two early wickets as Sehwag and Tendulkar got out at 10 and eight. At that point, Gambhir and Virat Kohli represented long on the wrinkle and sewed a tremendous association. Gambhir scored 150 (not out), while Kohli made 107. The southpaw fueled his side to triumph.
97 vs Sri Lanka in 2011 ODI World Cup final
Gambhir in this match played a pivotal inning. India had lost two early wickets. Virender Sehwag, who came to open with Sachin Tendulkar, got out at duck. Tendulkar additionally parted with his wicket at 18.
At that point, Gambhir, who came to bat at number three, attempted to line an organization with Virat Kohli after Tendulkar strolled back to the structure. Yet, Kohli got out at a score of 35. At the point when it seemed as though India were losing grasp on the match, Gambhir and Dhoni made an association, bringing their side once again into the game.
Gambhir got out subsequent to scoring 97 of every 122 balls. Notwithstanding, at that point, he had performed his responsibility. At last, Dhoni and Yuvraj Singh completed the game and India lifted the World Cup.
Gambhir scored 97 vs Sri Lanka in 2011 ODI World Cup final
IPL 2020 SRH vs CSK Highlights: Sunrisers Hyderabad is set to play the 29th match of IPL 2020 against Chennai Super Kings. Though SRH has very good batting and bowling order they still fail to make consistency victory in the tournament.
On the other hand, CSK after facing lots and lots of criticism get in to play their 8th match of the tournament. CSK fans expect a massive comeback from the three-time IPL trophy winners.
Match: Sunrisers Hyderabad(SRH) vs Chennai Super Kings(CSK)
Venue: Dubai International Cricket Stadium, Dubai
Toss Details: Chennai Super Kings won the toss and opt to bat
We’re batting first. Yes, for a change. Last few games we wanted to bat first, but never got the opportunity. The thing with stats is that you can get it any way you want to. It’s a process and it’s quicker if the guys buy into it, and follow the process.
As I said, each game will have new problems. Today it will be about how we counter the shorter boundary one on the side. Cricket is very close to life and it doesn’t always go the way you want. It teaches you what you want to follow as a process.
2010 ended on a happy note but we can’t just rely on that. One change – Chawla in for Jagadeesan. We thought about him (Tahir) but the combination isn’t letting us.
David Warner | SRH skipper
Yes, that’s probably how everybody is going around these days. Interested to see how the wicket is going to play. There is a bigger boundary on one side and needs to make the batters play there.
The easiest thing to do is to forget about it (the previous loss). I’m really enjoying it (captaincy) and having Kane also helps. Really enjoyed the group that we have. One change – Nadeem in for Abhishek Sharma.
Playing XI
Chennai Super Kings(CSK)
Shane Watson, Faf du Plessis, Ambati Rayudu, MS Dhoni(w/c), Ravindra Jadeja, Sam Curran, Dwayne Bravo, Deepak Chahar, Shardul Thakur, Piyush Chawla, Karn Sharma.
Sunrisers Hyderabad(SRH)
David Warner(c), Jonny Bairstow(w), Manish Pandey, Kane Williamson, Priyam Garg, Vijay Shankar, Rashid Khan, Shahbaz Nadeem, Sandeep Sharma, Khaleel Ahmed, T Natarajan.
SRH vs CSK Highlights
Chennai Super Kings(CSK) Batting
An unexpected move from CSK as they changed the opening duo. Faf du Plessis and Sam Curran get in to lead CSK. CSK skipper MS Dhoni in the previous match hints that they would seek for big shots from the very beginning of the innings. Which may lead to introduce Sam in the opening.
SRH vs CSK Faf du Plessis and Sam Curran opens for CSK
The young gun of CSK shows an impressive start by making massive shots though his opening partner Faf departs without scoring any. With back to back boundaries and sixes, Sam Curran scored 31 runs from 21 deliveries and dismissed by Sandeep Sharma.
Rayudu and Watson join hands and lead CSK. The duo makes an impressive and much-needed partnership and pumps CSK score beyond 100. Finally, Khaleel makes the breakthrough by dismissing Rayudu while scoring 41 runs. Watto too got dismissed off the very next over after scoring 42 runs.
Watson Rayudu
The famous duo of CSK gets in to the crease. Yes! it’s Dhoni and Jaddu on the crease. Soon MSD departs after striking a couple of boundaries along with a massive six. T Natarajan took his dream wicket by dismissing MSD while scoring 21 runs.
Still, Jaddu is in the strike which means there is still a chance for some boundaries. With a boundary and six of the final delivery, CSK scored 167 runs for 6 wicket loss.
Sunrisers Hyderabad(SRH) Batting
David Warner and Bairstow gets in to lead SRH to chase down the target of 168 runs. CSK followed a different strategy in bowling. This helps Sam Curran to dismiss the dangerous batsman Warner for just 9 runs.
Manish Pandey gets in to the crease and makes a boundary of the first delivery. While trying to run between wickets Bravo dismissed Manish by a direct throw. It’s Bravo who threw the ball towards the stump before the umpire’s confirmation Manish starts to walk towards Pavillion after scoring 4 runs.
Two wickets within the powerplay make a comfortable position for CSK in terms of bowling. SRH is in need to build a much-needed partnership as CSK did after the powerplay. Kane Williamson starts to make a steady strike which threatens CSK bowlers. Though Kane stands strong for a while CSK bowlers dismissed his partners and avoid building the partnership.
Kane Williamson Fifty
Finally, Karn Sharma took the dangerous man wicket while scoring 57 runs. If Kane stands still the last over there could be a greater chance for SRH victory. CSK bowlers are very focused to not let SRH to massive runs in the death overs.
Rashid who seems to be the game-changer dismissed by hit-wicket after striking a boundary and six. Bravo makes an impressive final over where SRH scored only one run from it. Finally CSK bags their third victory of the tournament by beating SRH by 20 runs.
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Man of the Match
Ravindra Jadeja | CSK: Very happy to contribute with both bat and ball. I was backing myself and I was only looking to see the ball and hit the ball without pre-planning. The wicket looks on the slower side so I was just looking to bowl into the stumps rather than give them room.
It is a difficult wicket for batsmen. I take great pleasure in my fielding, and whenever I field, I always look for a good run-out or a catch for the team.
The mid-season transfer has begun after the RCB vs KKR match as it completes seven individual matches for each team. Many players name has been enrolled under the list of mid-season transfer players for IPL 2020.
In the mid of the tournament, every IPL franchise is in need to pick the best players for them in order to make it to the play-off. Especially a team like CSK who is in need of a player to replace in the middle order should get use of this.
Big transfer expected in Mid-season transfer
Many big shot players name hits the list of players for mid-season transfer. Though BCCI approves to loan the capped players of the IPL 2020 but explains a list of rules for the mid-season transfer players.
With the experience and quality of Rahane, it is not justified that he has played just one match in this season for the Capitals. With sides like Chennai suffering from the form in the tournament and in Suresh Raina’s absence, Rahane could be roped in by CSK.
Chris Lynn
The Australian has been a phenomenal T20 cricketer and a pivotal part of the Kolkata franchise. With Kolkata not finding a stable opening pair at the top, Lynn could be brought back by the Knights for the remainder of the season.
Mujeeb-Ur-Rahman
The mystery spinner would be an asset for any side but unfortunately has played merely one game this season thus far. Franchises could be interesting in the mystery spinner.
Chris Gayle
How can one leave out Gayle in T20 cricket? But, Kings XI Punjab has done it. Gayle has not played a single match this season. As KXIP openers – KL Rahul and Mayank Agarwal – have been in top form. Gayle with tons of records in IPL could be a game-changer for any franchise.
Oshane Thomas
The fiery pacer has not been used by the Rajasthan Royals. He could go to another franchise if they are looking for a tearaway pacer at the top. Hyderabad could be one of the sides interested in him.
