For the first time in IPL history Mid-Season Transfer has been introduced in the 13th edition of IPL which allows to transfer, even the capped players. The Mid-Season Transfer is a method that allows the IPL franchise to pick the players across different teams to play the remaining matches for them.
After Match 28 between KKR and RCB, all eight teams have now played seven games. Which paves the way for the Mid-Season Transfer.
Mid-Season Transfers: Players Eligibility
Only those players who have played two or fewer games are eligible to be picked. On the contrary, if a player has featured in more than two games, the player will not be eligible. Also, there has to be mutual consent between the franchise and the player as well.
The final decision remains with the franchise. They need to identify players they want to keep/release. This arrangement is available only for the remainder of the season and the loanee returns to his parent team next season.
List of players eligible for Mid-season transfer
Players eligible for IPL Mid-Season Transfer
Mumbai Indians: Aditya Tare, Anukul Roy, Mitchell McClenaghan, Chris Lynn, Nathan Coulter-Nile, Saurabh Tiwary, Mohsin Khan, Digvijay Deshmukh, Prince Balwant Rai, Dhawal Kulkarni, Jayant Yadav, Sherfane Rutherford, Anmolpreet Singh.
Chennai Super Kings: KM Asif, Imran Tahir, Narayan Jagadeesan, Karn Sharma, Mitchell Santner, Monu Kumar, Ruturaj Gaikwad, Shardul Thakur, R Sai Kishore, Josh Hazlewood.
Delhi Capitals: Ajinkya Rahane, Keemo Paul, Sandeep Lamicchane, Alex Carey, Avesh Khan, Harshal Patel, Ishant Sharma, Lalit Yadav, Daniel Sams, Tushar Deshpande, Mohit Sharma.
Kings XI Punjab: Mujeeb Ur Rahman, Murugan Ashwin, Deepak Hooda, Ishan Porel, Chris Jordan, Simran Singh, Tajinder Singh, Arshdeep Singh, Darshan Nalkhande, Krishnappa Gowtham, Hardus Viljoen, Chris Gayle, Harpreet Brar, Jagadeesha Suchith, Mandeep Singh.
Kolkata Knight Riders: Tom Banton, Nikhil Naik, Ali Khan, Prasidh Krishna, Rinku Singh, Sandeep Warrier, Siddhesh Lad, Chris Green, M Siddharth, Lockie Ferguson.
IPL 2020 RCB vs KKR Highlights: Royal Challengers Bangalore is set to play the 28th match of IPL 2020 against Kolkata Knight Riders. RCB after showing inconsistency at the beginning comes back with an aggressive form. Where RCB skipper with his unbeaten 90 runs bags the victory against CSK adds weightage to the RCB.
Dinesh Karthik | KKR skipper – I’m happy to have lost the toss, might have batted first as well. It’s important that the bowlers believe in themselves as it happened in the KXIP match where they dominated us for almost 39 overs. Banton is a special player, he’s a superstar in the making, he replaces Sunil Narine.
Virat Kohli | RCB skipper – We will bat first. A high scoring ground, the pitch might become slower and slower – scores are coming down in the last couple of games. There’s no grass on the surface, so it can get scuffed up.
We’re confident in our bowling, it’s important to execute our plans, Chris Morris was a huge plus. We have spoken about partnerships, a good start will help us more. One change – Siraj comes in for Mann, gives us an extra bowling option on a small ground like this.
Playing XI
Kolkata Knight Riders(KKR)
Tom Banton, Shubman Gill, Nitish Rana, Eoin Morgan, Dinesh Karthik(w/c), Rahul Tripathi, Andre Russell, Pat Cummins, Kamlesh Nagarkoti, Prasidh Krishna, Varun Chakravarthy.
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.
RCB vs KKR Highlights
Royal Challengers Batting(RCB) Batting
Finch and Devdutt Padikkal gets in to the crease to lead RCB. RCB strikers seem to be aggressive as they strike start to strike boundaries from the first over. With back to back boundaries and sixes, RCB scored 47 runs for no wicket loss at the end of the powerplay.
After a couple of catch drop, Russell dismissed Devdutt Padikkal while scoring 32 runs. RCB skipper the man in form Virat Kohli gets in to the crease. Prasidh Krishna bowled out Finch while scoring 47 runs. Mr.360 joins hand with King Kohli and makes an impressive partnership of the final seven overs.
Prasidh Krishna bowled out Finch while scoring 47 runs
The run-scoring in the last five over plays a predominant role in this format of games. ABD seems to be unstoppable as hits the boundaries of the every over which makes the run rate to pass over 15.
Ab de Villiers makes a 23 ball fifty with a massive six. Finally, RCB scored 194 runs for 2 wicket loss. Ab de Villiers scored 73 runs from 33 deliveries while Kohli scores 33 runs off 28 deliveries and stands undefeated.
Ab de Villiers reaches his half-century in just 23 deliveries
Kolkata Knight Riders(KKR) Batting
With a massive target to chase down KKR’s Tom Banton and Shubman Gill gets in to the crease. Navdeep Saini took the first wicket for RCB by dismissing Tom Banton for 8 runs. Nitish Rana gets in to join hands with Gill.
At the end of the powerplay, KKR scored 43 runs for 1 wicket loss. Washington Sundar makes a massive blow for KKR by dismissing Rana while scoring 9 runs. KKR gets in trouble after losing a couple of wickets at the early stage.
With a misunderstanding from KKR strikers, Gill loses his wicket while attempting a run between wickets. At the end of 10th over KKR scored 61 runs for 3 wicket loss. KKR skipper too got dismissed while scoring just 1 run. KKR lands in trouble after losing its top-order batsmen.
After the massive wickets down KKR struggles to make a partnership and starts to lose wickets in a regular sequence. At the end of the innings, KKR scored 112 runs for 9 wicket loss. RCB bear KKR by 82 runs and bags the fifth victory of the tournament.
Very happy with the performance. Got a duck in the last game, a terrible feeling. Very happy that I contributed. Surprised myself out there tonight. Knew the wicket was quite tough to bat on. But I thought 145-150 wasn’t enough.
So I looked to go further and was surprised to get 195. They’ve got a really good bowling attack. The margins are small and you have to use every bit of energy. As Virat said there was a light in my eye, felt it in the bus itself. Always enjoyed taking the gloves.
Very excited about it, I must say. I do bounce off ideas with Virat. As a keeper, you have a really good view of the pace of the game. Different skills completely. It depends. Have worked really hard with the gloves. Want to be the best I could, that’s always been my attitude.
Delhi Capitals fast bowler Ishant Sharma was ruled out of the ongoing Indian Premier League tournament(IPL 2020).
Ishant Sharma Ruled out of IPL 2020
“Delhi Capitals fast bowler Ishant Sharma experienced an acute episode of left rib cage pain while bowling at a team training session on 7 October 2020 in Dubai. Subsequent investigations revealed that he sustained a left internal oblique muscle tear,” a statement from the franchise said.
“This injury will, unfortunately, rule him out of the remainder of the Dream11 Indian Premier League 2020. Everyone at Delhi Capitals wishes Ishant a speedy recovery,” the statement added.
Ishant Sharma – Delhi Capital’s Fast Bowler
On Monday, October 12, 2020, the DC franchise put out a statement that the fast bowler Ishant suffered a rib injury during a training session. They explained that Ishant experienced an acute episode of left rib cage pain. While bowling at a team training session on October 7, 2020, in Dubai.
It is not good news for Delhi Capitals as they already lost an experienced spinner, Amit Mishra. Today (12th October 2020) first half of the IPL 2020 is about to over and after which the Mid Season Transfer can take place. We didn’t see such in IPL as of now and Delhi Capitals were in need of it.
KKR reacts to Sunil Narine's report for suspected bowling action
Kolkata Knight Riders (KKR) superstar and Windies all-rounder Sunil Narine has been reported for a suspect bowling action on Saturday. Narine’s bowling action was reported again at the end of KKR’s thrilling two-run win over the Kings XI Punjab in their IPL 2020 match in Abu Dhabi on October 10.
Report on KKR Spinner Sunil Narine
“The report was made by the on-field umpires [Ulhas Gandhe and Chris Gaffaney] according to the IPL’s Suspected Illegal Bowling Action Policy,” an IPL statement said.
The statement also added that Sunil Narine would be placed “on the warning list” but would be permitted to bowl unless there was another report against him. If his action is reported again, he would be “suspended from bowling” in the tournament until cleared by the BCCI’s committee that deals with suspect bowling actions.
Narine bowls the death overs for KKR which leads to their victory
KKR’s Statement on Narine’s issue
KKR released a statement on Monday, expressing their surprise over the development. The two-time IPL winners pointed out that the spinner has played 68 games since being last reported in the IPL 2015. KKR also pointed out that they are surprised their spinner’s action was reported in the sixth game of the competition.
“This came as a surprise to the franchise and Mr. Narine, considering he has played over 115 games in the IPL since 2012 and as many as 68 games since 2015. When he was last reported during the IPL season for a suspect action before being subsequently cleared completely by SRASSC, an ICC accredited facility,” read the statement from KKR.
“Furthermore, he was playing his 6th game this season, with no concerns expressed formally or informally by the match officials so far,” added the statement.
Sunil Narine’s final over bags KKR’s victory against KXIP
At the same time, KKR stated that they respect IPL’s decision and working with the authorities regarding the matter.
“Having said this, we are respectful of the process that the IPL has put in place to have his action reviewed, and are working closely with the IPL in this matter. We are hopeful that there would be an appropriate resolution quickly. We appreciate the cooperation being extended by the IPL in expediting this matter.”
Anushka Sharma names pop out when one searches for Rashid Khan’s wife name in google search engine. RCB and SRH fans get in confusion regarding this bizarre result.
Anushka Sharma ties the knot with Indian skipper Virat Kohli in December 2017 and leads a happy life. Anusha recently announced the news of her pregnancy via Instagram. Anushka Sharma moves to UAE along with Virat Kohli where he leads Royal Challengers Bangalore in IPL 2020.
Anushka Sharma as Rashid Khan’s Wife – Confusion
When one searches “Rashid Khan wife” the instant featured and highlighted response is ‘Anushka Sharma’. This search result, however, has been modified several times today itself, but the answer remains the same.
Now, the search engine thinks that Afghanistan cricketer Rashid Khan is married to Bollywood actress Anushka Sharma.
Anushka Sharma name highlighted while searching for Rashid Khan’s wife
Reason for Google to name Anushka as Rashid’s wife
One of the possible reasons for this may be from the interaction of Rashid Khan with his fans in an Instagram live session. In that session, a fan questioned him about his favorite Bollywood actresses? To this, Rashid Khan named Anushka Sharma and Priety Zinta as his favorite actress.
And when a lot of websites and pages put their names in conjunction, this appears to have confused the algorithm with the rather startling results.
Google relies on automated systems to determine whether a page or in this case, name, would be a good snippet to highlight. In this case, the featured snippet came from a website that falsely claimed that Rashid is married to Anushka.
Rashid Khan Married?
In a chat with Azadi Radio, Rashid Khan said, “I will get engaged & married once Afghanistan wins the cricket world.” That resulted in plenty of hilarious responses on Twitter, with many praising the decision of Rashid Khan.
Delhi Capitals captain Shreyas Iyer confirms that Rishabh Pant won’t particiapte in matches for the next one week. Pant faces a hamstring injury recently which puts him under medication.
Pant played 6 matches for DC so far in IPL 2020 and scored 176 runs with a strike rate of 133.33.
Iyer said the team is still in the dark about the India stumper’s return. “We have no idea – on Rishabh’s availability -, the doctor said he has to rest for a week and hope he comes back really strong,” Iyer said at the post-match presentation ceremony.
After winning the toss DC elected to bat first and scored 162 runs for 4 wickets. MI chased down the target with two balls to spare and Iyer admitted that they were 10-15 runs short.
“Definitely, I would say 10-15 short, 170-175 on the board would have looked completely different. We really missed out when Stoinis got out, he was hitting the ball really well and also seeing the ball like a football, that was the main error that we did and something that we really need to work on,” he said.
DC Poor fielding performance
Iyer also admitted the poor fielding performance executed by the DC players in the match against Mumbai Indians.
“Apart from that the effort we put on the field, we could definitely work on that as there were a few misfields and dropped catches as well. Overall they outplayed us in all the departments. We need to work on our mindsets before the next game.”
Shreyas Iyer also highlights that DC still needs to work on certain aspects of the game going forward.
“If we could have squeezed in two more wickets after the powerplay we would have been on top. It is really important for us not to take any team lightly and be positive in our approach. There are still certain elements we have to work and we will use the break to work on that.”
IPL 2020 MI vs DC Highlights: Mumbai Indians(MI) is set to play the 27th match of IPL 2020 against Delhi Capitals(DC). MI and DC lock the horns to play their 7th match of the season. Mumbai Indians need to win this match in order to bags the first position in the IPL points table.
Match: Mumbai Indians(MI) vs Delhi Capitals(DC)
Venue: Sheikh Zayed Stadium, Abu Dhabi
Toss Details: Delhi Capitals won the toss and opt to bat
Rohit Sharma | MI skipper: At the end of the day you have to play good cricket, toss shouldn’t be a factor. It’s a good challenge for us, we know the conditions here. We need to restrict them to a decent total. We are playing with the same team. I don’t see a reason to change. It’s been a great journey (150th match for MI) – it’s a good landmark to have.
Shreyas Iyer | DC skipper: We are looking to bat first. I think we are doing pretty well while defending. The ground factor also plays an important role. Two changes – Alex Carey comes in for Hetmyer. Rahane comes in for Pant who got injured in the last game. The wicket looks amazing, we hope it gets slower in the second innings.
Prithvi Shaw and Dhawan gets in to lead DC. Boult dismissed Shaw in the first over of the innings and set a massive blow fro DC. Striking a boundary of the second delivery Shaw dismissed in the next ball.
Shaw dismissed for 4 runs
Ajinkya Rahane joins hand with Dhawan. MI bowlers put more pressure over DC players and restrict them to strike big shots within the powerplay. Krunal Pandya in his first over dismissed Rahane while scoring 15 runs.
Dhawan on the other hand starts to strike massive shots which is the much needed for DC. Dhawan and DC skipper Iyer add a decent score at the end of 10th over where they scored 80 runs for 2 wickets loss.
Iyer got dismissed by Pandya in his last over while nearing to his half-century. Though DC players dismissed without giving any major impact to the team’s score Dhawan with his impressive 69 runs off 52 deliveries makes DC to score 162 runs for 4 wickets loss.
Most runs vs MI in IPL
818 S Raina
733 S Dhawan *
711 AB de Villiers
663 MS Dhoni
640 C Gayle
Mumbai Indians(MI) Batting
Rohit Sharma and de Kock are at the crease to lead MI. DC bowlers make MI to start with a slow run rate than the needed. At the end of 5th over Axar dismissed MI skipper Rohit Sharma while scoring 5 runs.
A massive blow for MI as they lose their skipper in an early stage. The dangerous batsman Suryakumar Yadav joins hand with de Kock. After a 47 runs partnership, de Kock walks to Pavillion after scoring 53 runs.
Ishan Kishan and Suryakumar Yadav start to strike aggressively which is the much-needed for MI’s victory. At the end of the 15th overs, Suryakumar Yadav got dismissed in Rabada’s spell. Hardik Pandya the much-expected batsman too loses his wicket in the following over.
With a back to back wickets, MI expects a winning performance from Pollard. Krunal Pandya and Pollard paired and leads MI to beat DC by 5 wickets.
Quinton de Kock | MI: I enjoyed the win at the end of the day. I just kept it simple. I’ve been batting well in the nets, and it was just a matter of doing well in the game. I knew eventually I would get a score, just had to capitalize on the opportunity.
I don’t think it’s getting any cooler, compared to South Africa. We are getting used to the weather, but it does get quite difficult in this heat and humidity.
IPL 2020 SRH vs RR Highlights: Sunrisers Hyderabad is set to play the 26th match of IPL 2020 against Rajasthan Royals. SRH is in pressure to make a victory in this match in order to move upwards in the IPL points table.
Match: Sunrisers Hyderabad(SRH) vs Rajasthan Royals(RR)
Venue: Dubai International Cricket Stadium, Dubai
Toss Details: Sunrisers Hyderabad won the toss and opt to bat
Steve Smith | RR skipper- We can hopefully rectify a few things today. We want to compete today. Looks like a used wicket could slow down. We’ll have to take some early wickets – Look he trained well and he’s in today (Stokes).
Two other changes as well. Stokes, Riyan Parag, and Robin Uthappa are back. We’ll need to keep moving forward, we have a good team and we need to compete.
David Warner | SRH skipper- We’ll bat first. It’s a nice wicket, we will need to make most of the powerplay overs, hopefully, things will go on nicely today. We have a lot of young legs in our team, the seniors take full responsibility. We are taking each game as it comes – Vijay Shankar in and Samad misses out.
Playing XI
Rajasthan Royals(RR)
Jos Buttler(w), Robin Uthappa, Sanju Samson, Steven Smith(c), Ben Stokes, Riyan Parag, Rahul Tewatia, Jofra Archer, Shreyas Gopal, Jaydev Unadkat, Kartik Tyagi.
Sunrisers Hyderabad(SRH)
David Warner(c), Jonny Bairstow(w), Manish Pandey, Kane Williamson, Vijay Shankar, Priyam Garg, Abhishek Sharma, Rashid Khan, Sandeep Sharma, Khaleel Ahmed, T Natarajan
SRH vs RR Highlights
Sunrisers Hyderabad(SRH) Batting
David Warner and Jonny Bairstow get in to lead SRH. SRH strikers start the match in a very slow manner which makes them to score only 26 runs along with a wicket at the end of the powerplay.
The destructive opener Bairstow got dismissed for 16 runs. Manish Pandey gets in to join hands with the SRH skipper. With back to back boundaries and sixes of the over SRH scored 63 runs for 1 wicket loss at the end of 10th over.
Manish Pandey secured his 17th IPL half-century off 40 deliveries
Warner made his full effort to raise his team’s score and got dismissed while scoring 48 runs. After making the much-needed partnership SRH skipper walks to Pavillion. In the mid of 17th over Unadkat dismissed M Pandey for 54 runs. Dismissing well-settled batsman at the death overs adds advantage for RR bowlers.
Kane Williamson strikes 22 runs for 12 deliveries which boosts SRH to score 158 runs for 4 wicket loss.
Rajasthan Royals(RR) Batting
The new batsman Ben Stokes joins hand with Jos Buttler and lead RR. Royals need to chase down 158 runs in order to make the victory. Ben Stokes disappoints the RR fans by dismissing after scoring just 5 runs. Which makes a massive blow for the Royals.
Ben Stokes dismissed for 5 runs
Another massive blow for RR as they lose their skipper Smith while scoring just 5 runs. With another wicket of the next over RR scored 36 runs for 3 wicket loss at the end of the powerplay.
Sanju Samson and Robin Uthappa are in pressure to build the winning partnership. But soon Rashid Khan dismissed Uthappa and Samson in back to back overs and makes RR to struggle.
The game-changer Rahul Tewatia and Parag get in to the partnership. Royals are in need to make some magical strikes to pave a victory path for RR. With an impressive partnership, Rahul and Parag lead the RR to win the match with a six off the last delivery. At the end of the innings, RR scored 163 runs for 5 wicket loss. Rajasthan Royals beat Sunrisers Hyderabad by 5 wickets.
Highest unbeaten 6th wicket stands in successful run chases (IPL)
122* A Rayudu – K Pollard v RCB 2012
85* R Parag – R Tewatia v SRH 2020
85* S Smith – J Faulkner v RCB 2014
83* G Smith – Y Pathan v DC 2009
IPL 2020 CSK vs RCB Highlights: Chennai Super Kings is set to play the 25th match of IPL 2020 against Royal Challengers Bangalore. CSK is in pressure to make their way back by winning this match.
Dhoni, one of the most successful skippers of IPL fails to move CSK towards the top position in the IPL points table.
Match: Chennai Super Kings(CSK) vs Royal Challengers Bangalore(RCB)
Venue: Dubai International Cricket Stadium, Dubai
Toss Details: Royal Challengers Bangalore won the toss and opt to bat.
Most of the players play together, we play as rivals too, that’s the beauty of IPL. That has allowed us to understand overseas players better. It’s (bio-bubble) the case with all the teams.
The only option you have is spending time in the team room. You can’t meet anyone from the outside, there are fewer distractions also. That’s a good thing in this IPL. It can be harsh, but it’s amazing the fact that you can remain within the team environment.
We need to get points, but desperation is something where you don’t want to be. Desperation pushes you to commit more errors on the field. It’s an important game for us. We have committed a few errors, need to focus on the process.
I have been doing well in the nets, it’s important to replicate it out in the middle. We have one change – Jagadeesan in place of Kedar Jadhav.
We’ll bat first. We backed our decision last game as well, but we got ourselves into a tough position not having enough partnerships. The wicket is going to get slower and slower. There wasn’t much dew in the last game as well.
It’s fair enough to defend today. We won two times batting first and one convincing win while chasing. When you are playing against quality sides, you need to come out and play good cricket. We (him and Dhoni) have played together for so long, we have a great partnership together. The games (RCB vs CSK) are always competitive.
We have all had mutual respect between us. It’s important to get into some kind of momentum, where the bowlers come in and bowl a certain way. We have a great chance to create it now. It’s an exciting phase we are entering into.
Chris Morris makes his RCB debut. He replaces Moeen Ali and Gurkeerat Singh Mann comes back in for Siraj.
Playing XI
Chennai Super Kings(CSK)
Shane Watson, Faf du Plessis, Ambati Rayudu, MS Dhoni(w/c), N Jagadeesan, Sam Curran, Ravindra Jadeja, Dwayne Bravo, Shardul Thakur, Deepak Chahar, Karn Sharma.
Royal Challengers Bangalore(RCB)
Devdutt Padikkal, Aaron Finch, Virat Kohli(c), AB de Villiers(w), Gurkeerat Singh Mann, Shivam Dube, Chris Morris, Washington Sundar, Isuru Udana, Navdeep Saini, Yuzvendra Chahal.
CSK vs RCB Highlights
Royal Challengers Bangalore(RCB) Batting
Devdutt Padikkal and Finch get in to lead RCB. CSK bowlers started the innings with impressive bowling. On the 3rd over of the innings, Chahar dismissed Finch and makes a massive blow for RCB.
CSK bowlers restrict RCB to score 36 runs for 1 wicket loss at the end of the powerplay. For a moment the CSK bowlers start to pressure on the RCB batsmen as RCB scored only 65 runs at the end of 10th overs for a wicket loss.
After a back to back wickets from Thakur RCB struggles to score runs. Dangerous batsman ABD walks out without scoring any run adds pressure over RCB. Virat Kohli gets in to the crease to save the team by scoring the much-needed runs.
Shivan Dube makes a perfect partnership with skipper Virat Kohli and drags the team score to 169 runs for 4 wicket loss. While Kohli stands unbeaten while scoring 90 runs off 52 deliveries. RCB skipper makes the magical strike and leads the team to settle in a decent score.
Virat Kohli and Dube makes the much-needed partnership
Chennai Super Kings(CSK) Batting
Shane Watson and Faf du Plessis gets in to lead CSK. A lot of expectation has been placed over this duo’s performance but again fails to show up. At the end of 3rd over du Plessis has been dismissed while scoring 8 runs by Washington Sundar.
Shane Watson dismissed for 14 runs
W Sundar dismissed dangerous batsman Watson in his second over of the innings. Somehow Jagadeesan and Rayudu make a partnership that stands for a quite long time. But Navdeep Saini soon dismissed the young Jagadeesan while scoring 33 runs.
Soon CSK skipper MS Dhoni dismissed after giving hope by hitting a massive six. Chahal dismissed Dhoni at his last delivery of the innings. After his dismissal, CSK struggles a lot to make a partnership, and wickets start to fell like a pack of cards.
The most expected batsmen of the CSK fail to show off their performance in this tournament, especially in this match. At the end of the innings, CSK scored 132 runs for 8 wicket loss. Finally, RCB beat CSK by 37 runs.
Virat Kohli | RCB: It was one of our most complete performances. We got into a bit of a tricky position in the first half. From there on, we pushed forward. We spoke during the second timeout (with the bat) that 140-150 would be good.
Ended up getting more than that. It was a tricky pitch. Really pleased to get two points. We have back-to-back games coming up, so important to build momentum. It’s about understanding the conditions and respecting the game. Instead of trying to hit every ball into the second tier of the stadium.
Having played so much cricket, especially T20 cricket, I have learned that if you are set at the death, you can capitalize. (Whether the Super Over vs MI helped him) Before that, I was trying to do too much. If you think too much about responsibility, you get burdened. That Super Over where I had to strike, else we would have lost, freed me up.
Training all these days also helped. Yes, he’s (Morris) been really good, gun on the field and three wickets on debut. With him and Gurkeerat, the batting also gets deep. When you get momentum in this format, it can be the difference between finishing at the top or at the bottom.
IPL 2020 KXIP vs KKR Highlights: Kings XI Punjab is set to play the 24th match od IPL 2020 against Kolkata Knight Riders. KXIP who is currently holding the last position of the IPL points table seeks for a victory to stay alive in the tournament.
While KKR won the three matches of the 5 played so far in this tournament.
Match: Kings XI Punjab(KXIP) vs Kolkata Knight Riders(KKR)
Venue: Sheikh Zayed Stadium, Abu Dhabi
Toss Details: Kolkata Knight Riders won the toss and opt to bat
KL Rahul | KXIP captain: We have a lot of experiences like Anil, Andy, and Jonty. We have Gayle and Maxi and seniors who have kept it positive. We just haven’t turned it around in the big moments that’s why we are at the bottom of the table. Jordan comes in for Cottrell, who has a niggle and might miss out on a couple of games.
Dinesh Karthik | KKR captain: The wicket looks dry so we’ll have a bat first. As the tournament progresses we’ll get the right batting order, but it worked well in the last game. Mavi has a few niggles so Prasidh comes in for him.
Playing XI
Kings XI Punjab(KXIP)
KL Rahul(c), Mayank Agarwal, Mandeep Singh, Nicholas Pooran, Simran Singh(w), Glenn Maxwell, Mujeeb Ur Rahman, Chris Jordan, Ravi Bishnoi, Mohammed Shami, Arshdeep Singh.
Rahul Tripathi and Shubman Gill get in to lead KKR. But soon Shami dismissed Tripathi who makes a great impact in the match against CSK. In the following over Arshdeep Singh dismissed Nitish Rana via run out for 2 runs.
At the end of the powerplay, KKR scored 25 runs for 2 wicket loss. Eoin Morgan joins hands with Gill to lead KKR from the dangerous position. At the end of 10th over KKR scored 60 runs for 2 wicket loss.
In the mid of 11th over Ravi Bishnoi dismissed the dangerous batsman Morgan while scoring 24 runs. KKR skipper Dinesh Karthik gets in to join hands and lead the KKR. DK starts to make massive shots which is much needed at this time.
With a six and back to back boundaries KKR skipper DK reached his half-century. While Gill got dismissed by a run out after scoring 57 runs off 47 deliveries. Russell who is expected to make massive innings got dismissed while scoring just 5 runs.
DK while attempting a run back at the final delivery got dismissed after scoring 58 runs from 29 deliveries. With an impressive inning from the skipper, KKR scored 164 runs for 6 wicket loss.
Dinesh Karthik lead KKR to score 164 runs for 6 wicket loss.
Kings XI Punjab(KXIP) Batting
KL Rahul and Mayank Agarwal get in to crease to lead KXIP. KL Rahul and Agarwal lead KXIP with an impressive bat work as KXIP scored 47 runs for no wicket loss at the end of the powerplay.
Though KXIP didn’t lose any wicket they still lag behind the required run rate. Finally, Prasidh got dismissed while scoring 56 runs from 39 deliveries. KXIP gets into the struggle after losing their aggressive batsman.
At the end of 15th over KXIP scored 117 runs for 1 wicket loss. KXIP is still a bit behind the required run rate. Pooran who is expected to make a massive gameplay but soon dismissed while scoring 16 runs.
100+ opening stands this IPL:
183 Mayank – Rahul vs RR
181*Watson – Du Plessis vs KXIP
160 Warner – Bairstow vs KXIP
103*Mayank – Rahul vs KKR
After his dismissal, KXIP loses wicket back to back in every over while KXIP skipper KL Rahul too dismissed in Prasidh spell after scoring 74 runs. After his dismissal, KXIP batsmen are in pressure to make massive shots to confirm their victory. With a six required off the last delivery, Maxwell strikes a boundary and fails to make KXIP to win the match.
Kolkata Knight Riders beat Kings XI Punjab by 2 runs and stay in the last position of the IPL points table.
BCCI President Sourav Ganguly requests Cricket Australia to reduce the quarantine period for the India tour of Australia.
Ganguly Request to cut down the Quarantine period
The COVID-19 pandemic has changed the rules of the game, which restarted with the Test series between England and the West Indies in July. Players have to be in quarantine for two weeks and be tested for the virus before they can take the field.
“Queensland health officials are set to make cricket’s most powerful nation adhere to strict national protocols, details of which have delayed Cricket Australia announcing a revised schedule for its $300 million summers,” the daily wrote in its report.
India are keen on a reduced quarantine and wants the players to be allowed to train in a bio-secure bubble instead of being restricted to a hotel room, which, the BCCI fears, can take a toll on the fitness of its players.
Reason for Reduction in Quarantine Period
“We just hope the number of quarantine days gets reduced a bit. Because we don’t want the players to go all that far and sit in hotel rooms for two weeks. It is very, very depressing and disappointing. We are looking at that, the quarantine thing,” Ganguly had said in July.
The report included that the BCCI has recorded an application, mentioning that an all-inclusive playing squad, mentors, uphold staff and families land in Brisbane days after the finals of the ongoing Indian Premier League in the UAE on 10 November, which is under consideration.
“Queensland Health is currently assessing an application received from the Indian cricket team. We will work directly with the team as the assessment progresses,” a QH spokeswoman said.
India tour of Australia Squad
India are set to make a tour to Australia with a large team containing 23 to 25 playing individuals across designs believing the necessities of the arrangement to be played in bio-bubble in the midst of the COVID-19 pandemic.
Test specialist Cheteshwar Pujara, Hanuma Vihari and the care staff drove by head trainer Ravi Shastri are probably going to have a six-day isolate in Dubai during the business end of the IPL before taking off to Australia.
It is perceived that the different sides will play the white-ball arrangement before the Test with the three-coordinate ODIs in Brisbane (likely 26, 28 and 30 November) , followed by T20s at the Adelaide Oval ( 4, 6, 8 December). The four-coordinate Test series is scheduled to begin on 17 December.
South African pacer Lungi Ngidi drops a controversial tweet that went viral in a short time. Ngidi has been roped by CSK in the 2018 IPL auction where the CSK won the trophy for the third time.
During the entire 2019 IPL season, Ngidi couldn’t represent the CSK as he was suffering from a side strain. Where CSK lost the finals by a run against Mumbai Indians(MI). Ngidi so far played only two matches in this season(IPL 2020).
Chennai Super Kings already in a great struggle as they lose their two key players before the season begins. All-rounder Suresh Raina and spinner Harbhajan Singh have added their names to the list of players who have withdrawn from IPL 2020.
One of the most successful IPL team is in a great struggle to make a comeback in this tournament. CSK has won only 2 matches so far and holds the 6th position of the IPL points table.
Ngidi’s cryptic tweet
With a lot of ongoing confusion, Ngidi’s tweet adds some pressure over the CSK franchise. On Friday, Lungi Ngidi took to Twitter and write, “There’s a lot of bad things that they wishing on me.”
There’s a lot of bad things that they wishing on me.
— Lungi Ngidi (ung’bukani wena😕) (@NgidiLungi) October 8, 2020
CSK Ngidi Likes a fan tweet
Lungi Ngidi doesn’t seem to be too happy with the management’s decision and his recent social media activity hints at the same. Soon the fans responded to him to stay strong and hoped that he plays going forward in the near future for CSK.
Ngidi likes a tweet by his fan which reads as “You deserve a better IPL team bro”. After this activity, it clearly seems that Ngidi was obsessed with his franchise.
Possible Reason for Lungi Ngidi exclusion in CSK team
Meanwhile, one of the reasons Lungi Ngidi is not getting a place in the playing XI could be the limit of four overseas players. CSK has backed Shane Watson and Faf du Plessis to come good with the bat while Dwayne Bravo has returned after regaining his fitness.
The emergence of Sam Curran as a brilliant all-rounder playing for the first time for the franchise has even kept Imran Tahir out it seems along with Ngidi. It remains to be seen when do these two players get a chance to play in this season.
