After several injury updates Team India faces lot of changes in squad for the Australia tour. Soon to be father Virat Kohli has been relieved out of duty after the first Test match. The newly selected spinner Varun Chakravarthy too ruled out of T20I series owing to a shoulder injury.
Along with this big guns many players has been reported with several injuries. Thus BCCI after All-India Senior Selection Committee meet updated the new squad for Australia tour of India.
The BCCI’s statement as follows
Virat Kohli – Paternity leave
At the selection committee meeting held on October 26th, 2020, Mr Virat Kohli had informed the BCCI about his plans to return to India after the first Test in Adelaide. The BCCI has granted paternity leave to the Indian captain. He will return after the first Test against Australia in Adelaide.
The BCCI Medical Team has been monitoring Rohit Sharma’s fitness and has briefed All-India Senior Selection Committee on the same. In consultation with Mr Sharma, it has been decided to rest him for the ODIs and T20Is in Australia to regain full fitness and he has been included in India’s Test squad for the Border-Gavaskar Trophy.
Rohit Sharma
Mumbai Indians captain Rohit had missed four games in the IPL 2020. However, on the day of the initial squad announcement, he made a surprise comeback in Mumbai’s Qualifier 1 match against Delhi Capitals, station that he had recovered.
The senior Indian fast bowler has been undergoing his rehab at the National Cricket Academy in Bengaluru. Once he fully recovers and gains sufficient match fitness, he will be added to India’s Test squad.
Varun Chakravarthy – ruled out of T20I
The spinner has been ruled out of the T20I series owing to a shoulder injury. The selectors have named T Natarajan as a replacement.
Wriddhiman Saha – Hamstring injury
The senior Indian wicket-keeper sustained injuries to both his hamstrings during his side’s IPL game on 3rd November. A call on his availability will be taken later.
Kamlesh Nagarkoti – ruled out of Australia tour
The young fast bowler will not be able to travel to Australia as he is still working with the medical team on his bowling workload management.
Times of Sports(TOS) listed some of the previous face to face stats of MI vs DC to predict the possible IPL 2020 winner. Four times champion Mumbai Indians is set to face Delhi Capitals in the IPL 2020 finals. DC made their maiden entry into IPL finals since 2008.
Shikhar Dhawan plays for Mumbai Indians in IPL 2010 where CSK beats MI to lift their maiden IPL trophy. He features for DC against MI in IPL 2020 finals.
MI vs DC face to face stats sofar
55.55%: MI’s Win Percentage against DC in the IPL
MI and DC have faced each other 27 times in the IPL with the former leading the head to head 15-12.
3-0: MI has beaten DC in All the Three Matches in IPL 2020
MI beat DC by 5 wickets in Abu Dhabi and 9 wickets in Dubai. They then thrashed them by 57 runs in Qualifier 1 in Dubai.
Trent Boult
Highest Strike Rate in an Innings in a MI-DC Encounter (min. runs 40)
Kieron Pollard: 346.15
Kieron Pollard smashed an unbeaten 45 off just 13 deliveries against the Daredevils (now Capitals) at the Brabourne Stadium in Mumbai in 2010. His knock included 5 towering sixes! MI scored 50 runs in the last three overs.
Pollard
Highest Strike Rate in an Innings for DC vs MI in the IPL
Rishabh Pant: 288.88
Rishabh Pant blasted an unbeaten 78 off just 27 deliveries (including 7 fours and 7 sixes) against MI in Mumbai in 2019. DC hammered 101 runs in the last 7 overs and powered to 213 for 6 – their highest total against MI in the IPL.
Largest Margin of Victory in the history of the IPL
Chasing a mammoth 212, the Daredevils (now the Capitals) were cleaned up for 66 in Delhi in 2017. Which makes MI to win with a 146 run margin. Harbhajan Singh and Karn Sharma picked three wickets each for Mumbai Indians. It is the largest margin of victory in the history of the IPL!
Lowest Total Batting First for MI in the IPL
Nadeem, Morne Morkel, Agarkar and Umesh Yadav picked two wickets each to rout MI for 92 in Mumbai in 2012 – it is MI’s lowest score batting first in the IPL!
Highest Strike Rate against Delhi Capitals in the IPL
Krunal Pandya: 175.88
Krunal Pandya has scored 248 runs in 9 innings against the Capitals at a strike rate of 175.88 – the highest for any batsman against the Capitals in the IPL!
Rishabh Pant has a strike rate of 149.07 for the Capitals against Mumbai Indians.
The Leading Wicket-Taker in MI-DC Encounters
Lasith Malinga picked 22 wickets in 13 matches against DC at a strike rate of 12.8. He was also very restrictive conceding at a rate of just 6.65 runs per over. Malinga has withdrawn from IPL 2020 amid personal reasons before the start of the tournament.
Lasith Malinga
The Best Bowling Figures in an MI-DC Encounter
Lasith Malinga returned with 5-13 in 3.4 overs including the wickets of Warner and Unmukt Chand skittling the Daredevils (now Capitals) for 95 in Delhi in 2011.
Highest Partnership in an MI-DC Encounter
JP Duminy (66 off 42 balls) and Shreyas Iyer (82 off 55 balls) put together a 154-run stand for the second-wicket against Mumbai Indians in Delhi in 2015. The Daredevils posted 190 for 4 and beat MI by 37 runs.
Former Indian cricketer Sachin Tendulkar reveals that he never practiced the uppercut and neither had he planned for playing the shot specifically.
In a YouTube video, Tendulkar revealed that it was in 2002 during India’s tour of South Africa when he thought of playing the iconic shot.
Sachin Tendulkar – the secret behind his uppercut shot
During a Q & A session, a fan named Anuraj Ande asked – “#AskSachin did you practice upper-cut shot or was it just an instinct when you were playing.”
In reply, Tendulkar said it was all instinct. “It happened in 2002 in South Africa, when we were playing a Test match in Bloemfontein. We were batting first and Makhaya Ntini was bowling around the off stump as he normally used to bowl short of a length. He rarely bowled length deliveries. Since he used to run wide of the crease, I could sight the line,” Tendulkar said.
Watch Sachin’s uppercut tribute
“The South African pitches offer enough bounce. The normal tendency to deal with those bouncers is to go top of the bowl. And if it bounces more than usual for somebody of my height, why not get under it and still be aggressive and attacking,” the 47-year-old added.
“That was something I felt. Instead of getting on top of the ball and trying to keep it all along the ground, get under it and play it towards third man boundary, utilising the pace,” he further said.
Sachin’s uppercut turned out a nightmare for bowlers
Tendulkar also said that his shot left many of the bowlers of his time “disturbed” as a bouncer was a delivery which they bowled in order to concede a dot ball.
“That shot disturbed a number of fast bowlers because they bowl bouncers to concede a dot ball. But I converted those into boundaries. I actually didn’t plan anything. Sometimes you just have to let your natural instincts take over after getting at the crease. And that’s what I did,” said Tendulkar.
The Indian team newbie Varun Chakravarthy has been ruled out of the T20 series against Australia owing to a shoulder injury. The cricket board reported that the newly selected spinner Varun Chakravarthy cannot throw as he has a labrum tear in his shoulder.
Varun Chakravarthy faces Shoulder injury
It is learned that it doesn’t affect his bowling but hinders his throwing. He has had this injury for a while but has aggravated as the IPL progressed, according to sources in KKR.
The IE spoke to a few officials and two selectors who said that Chakravarthy was declared fit in the player’s fitness report submitted by the Indian team’s physio Nitin Patel before the selectors picked him in India’s T20 squad.
“The selectors weren’t informed about the injury. Now it’s up to the selectors to pick Varun for the Australian tour or not. It will be selectors call,” a BCCI official said.
BCCI updated that “Varun Chakravarthy has been ruled out of the T20I series owing to a shoulder injury. The selectors have named T Natarajan as a replacement”.
The shoulder niggle has been the reason for KKR making him largely field inside the 30-yard circle to stop the injury from worsening. He did bowl in the Indian team nets in Dubai where he has joined the Indian team bubble after the IPL campaign ended.
KKR informed the Indian team physio about the status of the injury after their IPL campaign ended, and after the selection of the national team was done.
Varun’s injury gave another massive blow after Rohit Sharma‘s unsolved mystery in his fitness report. BCCI added Rohit’s name in the Test squad while resting him in T20I and ODI format games.
Wriddhiman Saha faces Hamstring injury
Wriddhiman Saha, India’s Test wicketkeeper is also injured and didn’t feature in the qualifier game between Sunrisers Hyderabad and Delhi Capitals on November 8.
Wriddhiman Saha
“We have no changes, Wriddhiman Saha has a hamstring tear,” confirmed SRH captain David Warner at the toss. In January 2018, Saha was ruled out of a Test in South Africa due to a hamstring injury and a spate of injuries followed, forcing him out of action for more than a year.
The Indian cricket team is on verge of losing its star players, particularly in Test format games. But BCCI assured to include Rohit and Ishant if they make their way back from injury.
SRH skipper David Warner admits that poor fielding and catch drops lead them to lose qualifier 2 of IPL 2020. SRH faces Delhi Capitals in qualifier 2 of IPL 2020 where the winning team is scheduled to face MI in the finals.
David Warner led SRH qualified for 1st qualifier match after beating RCB in the IPL eliminator match. DC starts the campaign with impressive victories later struggles with back to back losses. While everyone thought that DC would eliminate in qualifier 2 they come back stronger than before.
DC vs SRH – IPL 2020 Qualifier 2
Delhi Capitals smashed SRH’s strong bowling line and scored 189 runs at the end of the first innings. While chasing SRH batting order struck and collapsed by Rabada and Stoinis spell where Rabada took three wickets in the 19th over and proved his worth. Finally, DC beat SRH by 17 runs moves forward to face MI in the finals.
“You can`t win tournaments if you keep dropping catches and missing chances. I think with the ball and the bat we improved after doing badly but our attitude in the field let us down,” said Warner after the match, which SRH lost by 17 runs.
SRH came through tough matches
SRH entered the playoff in a do or die match against MI and eliminated RCB to play qualifier 2 of the IPL 2020.
“First and foremost, no one gave us a chance at the start. Everyone talked of the big three: Mumbai, DC, and RCB (Royal Challengers Bangalore). So I am really proud of our campaign,” said Warner.
“(Thangarasu) Natarajan, Rashid (Khan), Manish Pandey have been the positives. That back half in the tournament is how we like to play our cricket. Yes, there were injuries but you have to work with what you have got. I am proud to get where we are today as no one gave us a chance,” he said.
IPL 2020 DC vs SRH Highlights: Delhi Capitals is set to play the 2nd qualifier match of the IPL 2020 against Sunrisers Hyderabad. Both the teams lock their horns to grab the spot to play against MI in the finals of IPL 2020.
Delhi being inconsistent in the last few matches is in pressure to find their way back to stay alive in the tournament.
Match: Delhi Capitals(DC) vs Sunrisers Hyderabad(SRH)
We had two outings against SRH and I think this is a better outfield to bat against them. Putting on a good total would be a responsibility, and it’s a good surface too. You have to take the positives and do the homework right and I think we have done that well.
Rashid is an amazing bowler who can change the game. We have to be aware of him and play smartly. Praveen Dubey and Hetmyer come in. It’s important to keep things simple, and it’s only a matter of executing our plan today.
David Warner | SRH captain
We would have bowled first, so happy with the toss. You can see a few indentations on the pitch we’re standing on, so the one we’re playing on should assist us too and hopefully, we can take some early wickets in the powerplay.
We are supposed to win close games, and that was a kick in the backside to perform and we have performed well since then. Everyone knows their roles in the team. It’s a new wicket, a new game, different kinds of pressure.
We have no changes, Wriddhiman Saha has a hamstring tear, so we’re playing the same team as the last game.
Playing XI
Sunrisers Hyderabad(SRH)
David Warner(c), Shreevats Goswami(w), Manish Pandey, Kane Williamson, Priyam Garg, Jason Holder, Abdul Samad, Rashid Khan, Shahbaz Nadeem, Sandeep Sharma, T Natarajan.
Stoinis and Dhawan get into the crease to lead DC. Sandeep Sharma opens the attack against DC. DC makes a slow start and makes back to back massive strikes that lead DC score to 65 runs for no wicket loss at the end of the powerplay.
Dhawan and Stoinis makes the much needed partnership
DC openers understand the importance of making a massive opening partnership and works on it. After failing to make early wickets SRH is in pressure to break the partnership to restrict the run flow.
SRH’s strongest bowling department fails to do their best. At the 9th over SRH star bowler Rashid Khan took the breakthrough by dismissing Stoinis for 38 runs. Shreyas Iyer gets in to join hands with Dhawan. After being inconsistent Dhawan makes his way back by scoring a much-needed half-century in the crucial match.
At the end of the 10th over DC moved past 100 for 1 wicket loss. Holder in the 14th over makes a much-needed wicket by dismissing Shreyas Iyer for 21 runs. Though DC loses its skipper, Dhawan stands high with his aggressive knocks. At the end of the 15th over DC scored 145 runs for 2 wicket loss.
SRH bowlers failed to prove their worth in this crucial match and let DC batsmen to boost their run to a greater extent. Finally, Dhawan after making much more destruction return to Pavillion after scoring 78 runs.
Sandeep Sharma dismissed well-settled batsman Dhawan in the 19th over and restrict DC to score further in the last over. At the end of the 20 over DC scored 189 runs for 3 wicket loss.
Dhawan scored his 6th IPL half-century
Sunrisers Hyderabad(SRH) Batting
There have been only two 190+ successful chases in IPL 2020
224 RR vs KXIP Sharjah
195 RR vs MI Abu Dhabi
Highest by SRH: 155 vs RR in Dubai
Priyam Garg and Warner get to the crease to lead SRH to chase down the target of 190. SRH needs to build a massive partnership which should allow the following batsmen to play without any pressure.
But SRH faces the worst nightmare from DC bowlers. Rabada in his first delivery of the innings dismissed Warner and stuns the SRH lobby. Though Manish Pandey and Priyam Garg make back to back boundaries and sixes they failed to show up against Stoinis.
Stoinis in his first over dismissed Priyam Garg and Manish Pandey and loads pressure over SRH. At the end of the powerplay, SRH scored 49 runs for 3 wicket loss.
Kane Williamson and Holder stands as SRH’s last leg of hope to make their dream come true. The duo makes a steady start as SRH scored 75 runs for 3 wicket loss at the end of the 10th over. While DC were beyond 100 runs at this stage for one wicket loss.
A solid 50-run partnership comes up between Kane Williamson and Abdul Samad.
DC is in need to dismiss the game-changer all-rounder Holder and aggressive batsman Williamson. Axar took DC’s much-needed wicket by dismissing Holder for 11 runs. Kane Williamson with his back to back fifties acts as SRH’s last breath. At the end of the 15th over SRH scored 129 runs for 4 wicket loss.
Stoinis puts an end to Williamson’s long fight as he walks to Pavillion after scoring 67 runs. While SRH bit away from the victory Rabada in the 19th over makes triple wicket and scatters SRH dream of victory. At the end of the 20th over SRH scored 172 runs.
Delhi Capitals beat Sunrisers Hyderabad by 17 runs and paved the way to the IPL 2020 finals.
Watch DC vs SRH highlight
Man of the match
Marcus Stoinis | DC
Have done it in the BBL for a couple of seasons (opening the batting) so it was nice to get an opportunity. Never know what it’s going to be like early. There was swing early on. So had a bit of a look at it before having a crack.
Have played quite a bit of IPL, but this is my first final. It’s been hard with quarantine but a bit of silverware is good motivation. MI are a very good team. Have played consistently. But they’re due an off game. Our best cricket should be good enough to win.
Was a really nice wicket. My thought process was to change my grips and see what I was getting out of the wicket and change my tactics with wide yorkers and slower balls.
It’s a common factor where RCB and CSK fans get into troll (csk vs rcb troll) each other every time their opposite team faces a loss in the IPL tournament.
RCB vs CSK – social media battle
Comparing to other IPL teams the RCB and CSK fans would involve in more social media battles. Apart from sledging each other on social media sometimes it gets even worse.
In this year’s IPL tournament CSK created an unwanted history by eliminating from IPL 2020 playoff. Dhoni-led CSK has never failed to enter the IPL playoff since 2008. As CSK eliminated from IPL 2020 playoff RCB fans trolled Dhoni and co to a greater extent than before.
RCB official fan page trolled CSK
In addition to this RCB official fan page in Instagram posted a post that literally made CSK fans to worry about their team. The Instagram post reads as “👂🏼, @cskfansofficial #RCB12thManArmy #PlayBold#WeAreChallengers #IPL2020 #CSKvRCB”
RCB Instagram Post
Both the team won a match each while playing in the IPL 2020 league matches. RCB made this post while CSK lost its last leg of entering playoff after losing against RR in the IPL 2020 league match.
It opens the gate for a new opening batsman which was fulfilled by Ruturaj Gaikwad. Ruturaj signed a multi-year deal with Baseline Ventures after he scripted a record of scoring three consecutive half-centuries. Which is the highest by an uncapped Indian player so far in IPL history.
Ruturaj Gaikwad
RCB Kicked out from IPL 2020
While CSK strengthens their future team, RCB again starts to face back to back losses. RCB too gained a record by entering into IPL 2020 playoff after losing four consecutive matches.
RCB faces SRH in the eliminator match of the IPL 2020 and gets in pressure to win the match to move further. But RCB fails to strike against SRH powerful bowling attack and also fails in the bowling department.
The long struggle of RCB has come to an end and kicked out by SRH from IPL 2020. After their elimination as usual CSK fans start to troll them while some feel sorry for the world-class player’s failure.
In a motive of taking vengeance, the CSK official fan club made a creepy reply to the RCB official fan club’s early post. “They can have the word. We’ll create our own.” 💛🦁 Superfans, here’s your weekend motivation! #WhistlePodu #CSK #Yellove #SRHvRCB.
Former Indian opener Gautam Gambhir advises RCB franchises to move beyond Virat Kohli as the captain. Virat Kohli was appointed as RCB skipper in 2013 and failed to lift the trophy till now(2020) under his captaincy.
Virat Kohli led RCB fails to lift maiden title
Though Virat Kohli bags numerous records he still fails to make add the trophy in RCB’s cabin. RCB is not the only team that failed to lift the IPL trophy. RCB, KXIP, and DC are the three teams that failed to lift their maiden IPL title.
Though KXIP and DC failed they use to change their strategy every year particularly with their captains. But RCB still sticks with Virat Kohli and waits for him to lift the maiden title.
Virat Kohli leads RCB in IPL 2020
Gambhir advice RCB to look beyond Virat Kohli
When asked whether Kohli should be replaced as the skipper, Gambhir told, “100 percent, because the problem is about accountability. Eight years into the tournament (without a trophy), eight years is a long time.”
Gambhir, who himself led Kolkata Knight Riders to two IPL titles, says no other player has gotten the long rope as Kohli without winning a title and it’s time he is made accountable for the results.
“Tell me any other captain forget about the captain, tell me any other player who would have got eight years and wouldn’t have won the title and would have still continued with it. So it has to be accountability,” Gambhir said.
Virat Kohli
Gambhir slams Kohli
Gambhir says Kohli has to himself take the responsibility. “…somewhere down the line, he needs to put his hand up and say, ‘yes, I am responsible. I am accountable’,” he said. Gambhir also cited the example of Ravichandran Ashwin who was removed as Kings XI Punjab captain just after two seasons.
“Eight years is a long, long time. Look at what happened to R Ashwin. Two years of captaincy, he couldn’t deliver and he was removed,” the 38-year-old said. Rohit Sharma and MS Dhoni have been the captains of their respective IPL franchises are because of the fact that they have delivered trophies, argued Gambhir.
Gautam points out MSD and Rohit Sharma’s captaincy
“We talk about MS Dhoni, we talk about Rohit Sharma, we talk about Virat Kohli…not at all. Dhoni has won three (IPL) titles, Rohit Sharma has won four titles, and that’s the reason they’ve captained for such a long time because they’ve delivered,” he said.
MS Dhoni & Rohit Sharma
“I’m sure if Rohit Sharma wouldn’t have delivered for eight years, he would have been removed as well. There should not be different yardsticks for different people,” he added. RCB were impressive at the start of the season, winning seven of their 10 matches.
However, they lost their next five matches and Gambhir said they didn’t even deserve to qualify for the playoffs. “You can keep saying ‘we qualified for the playoffs and we deserved to qualify for the playoffs’, absolutely not. RCB actually never deserved to qualify for the playoffs,” he said.
RCB run with their two key player – Gautam
The former India opener even claimed that RCB has become a team of two players – Kohli and AB de Villiers.
AB de Villiers & Virat Kohli
“And then they should have had a squad, probably if Virat wanted to open, they should have picked a middle-order batter in the auction. But again it was all about Virat and AB (de Villiers),” he said.
“Imagine if AB would have had a bad season, tell me what would have happened to RCB. He was the one who actually won them two or three games out of seven. I don’t think as a unit they’ve done anything different from what they did last year. It’s exactly the same this year as well. Only because you’ve qualified for the playoffs, just because of one individual’s absolute brilliance, it doesn’t make you a strong contender to win the IPL,” he added.
Indian former cricketer Gautam Gambhir points the reason why Rishabh Pant cannot be compared with MS Dhoni. Cricketer turned politician plays a major role in grabbing the 2007 T20 world cup and 2011 50 over world cup under MSD captaincy.
Replacement for MS Dhoni
After Dhoni’s retirement the race for the next wicket-keeper batsman has been increased. KL Rahul, Rishabh Pant, and Wriddhiman Saha are the name that was listed for MSD’s replacement.
India seeks for the replacement player to be as good as Dhoni. Still, MSD is considered as one of the best white-ball finishers in cricket. Though the three names topped the list it’s Pant who has been talked widely for MSD’s replacement.
Pant lags in the race
In limited-overs, it has been KL Rahul, who has fulfilling the duties behind stumps, and in Tests, the management has stuck with Pant and Wriddhiman Saha. Pant’s slackness in form with both bat as well as gloves opens the door for others to join the race.
Rishabh Pant
Indian cricket experts suggest KL Rahul to focus on his batting skills as he seems to have good form in bat rather than standing behind the stump.
Gautam Gambhir advice Pant
In an interview, Gambhir said: “First of all, you have to stop saying that Rishabh Pant is the next MS Dhoni. That is one thing which the media needs to stop doing it. The more media talks about it, the more Rishabh Pant starts thinking about those chances. He can never be MS Dhoni. He has to be Rishabh Pant.”
“MS Dhoni probably had so much of range when he came on to international sixes. With Rishabh Pant, only because he could hit those big sixes and stuff, people started comparing him with someone like MS Dhoni. Rishabh Pant has a lot to improve, especially from the keeping point of view and from the batting point of view as well,” he added.
MS Dhoni is one of the best wicket-keeper India has ever produced. MS Dhoni bags numerous records under his name which makes him stand unique from other wicket-keepers.
IPL 2020 SRH vs RCB Highlights: Sunrisers Hyderabad is set to play the eliminator match of the IPL 2020 against Royal Challengers Bangalore. The winner of the match will move to play qualifier 2 against DC.
RCB qualified for the playoff after losing four last matches while SRH builds their strong comeback by winning the last three matches.
SRH vs RCB face to face in IPL 2020 sofar
Matches played: 02 | SRH won: 01 | RCB: 01
Match: Sunrisers Hyderabad(SRH) vs Royal Challengers Bangalore(RCB)
We will bowl first. Dew could play an effect, the last couple of games say so. But the wicket will not change a lot. We are under no pressure, it already started a couple of games back. Unfortunately, Saha misses out with an injury, Goswami replaces him. The trophy means a lot for us, the owners, and the fans back home.
It could go both ways, we would have bowled first. But runs on the board could prove crucial. The last game opened up completely, when you haven’t qualified, the nerves will come. It’s an exciting time, it’s been a pleasure to play here.
The seniors will have to take up responsibility, let the youngsters play freely. Chris Morris misses out with a quad injury, Joshua Phillipe is out as well. Aaron Finch is back, so is Adam Zampa. Saini replaces Shahbaz Ahmed
Playing XI
Sunrisers Hyderabad(SRH)
David Warner(c), Shreevats Goswami(w), Manish Pandey, Kane Williamson, Priyam Garg, Jason Holder, Abdul Samad, Rashid Khan, Shahbaz Nadeem, Sandeep Sharma, T Natarajan.
Royal Challengers Bangalore(RCB)
Aaron Finch, Devdutt Padikkal, Virat Kohli(c), AB de Villiers(w), Moeen Ali, Washington Sundar, Shivam Dube, Navdeep Saini, Adam Zampa, Mohammed Siraj, Yuzvendra Chahal.
SRH vs RCB Highlights
Royal Challengers Bangalore(RCB) Batting
Kohli and Devdutt Padikkal get in to the crease. While Sandeep Sharma opens the attack against RCB. Surprisingly Virat Kohli opens the game in the do or die situation. RCB needs to set a massive target against the in-form SRH.
Holder in the second over makes a massive blow for RCB by dismissing its skipper Kohli for 6 runs. The run machine walks to Pavillion without scoring massive runs. In the fourth over RCB loses its another opener. Devdutt Padikkal was dismissed by Holder while scoring 1 run.
Virat Kohli dismissed by Holder for 6 runs
RCB struggles at the stage as they lose two wickets while scoring 32 runs at the end of the powerplay. AB de Villiers and Aaron Finch join hand and in need to build a partnership that could pump the score to a greater extent.
Nadeem in the 11th over of the innings dismissed Finch while scoring 32 runs and breaks the dangerous partnership. In the same over RCB faces another blow as Moeen Ali got run out dismissal in the free hit delivery and shocked RCB.
RCB’s last leg of hope is on strike as ABD is capable of changing the game flow with his massive strikes. Pressure builds on ABD after the team loses the top four batsmen in the early stage of the match.
At the end of the 15th over RCB scored 93 runs for 4 wicket loss. SRH is in pressure to dismiss ABD who seems to lay a strong base to face the death overs. T Natarajan with a perfect yorker dismissed ABD after reaching his half-century.
The final hope of RCB’s scoring massive run scatters after ABD’s dismissal. At the end of the 20th over RCB scored 131 runs for 7 wicket loss.
Ab de Villiers dismissed by Natarajan after scoring 56 runs
Sunrisers Hyderabad(SRH) Batting
Warner and Goswami get in to the crease to chase down the target of 132 runs. SRH need to score an average of 7 runs per over to beat RCB. Siraj opens the attack against SRH. In the first over of the innings, Siraj dismissed Goswami and set pressure over the SRH strikers.
The man in form Warner is still in the crease who can lead the SRH towards victory single-handedly. RCB is in pressure to take early wickets to increase their winning percentage against SRH.
Before the powerplay ends Siraj makes another important wicket by dismissing Warner for 17 runs. The man in form walks to Pavillion without scoring big in the crucial match. Kane Williamson gets in to join hand with Manish Pandey.
Kane and Manish need to build a match-winning partnership as SRH still scored under 50 runs at the end of the powerplay. At the end of the powerplay, SRH scored 48 runs for 2 wicket loss.
Zampa in the ninth over dismissed Manish Pandey and breaks the partnership. Chahal puts pressure on SRH striker and dismissed Priyam Garg while scoring 7 runs. SRH after losing 4 wickets fears over the RCB bowlers.
Kane Williamson and Jason Holder understanding the importance of the partnership makes a steady inning. Williamson with his half-century drags SRH to move to qualifier 2. Sunrisers Hyderabad beat Royal Challengers Bangalore by 6 wickets.
Watch SRH vs RCB highlights
Man of the match
Kane Williamson | SRH
Look it was a tough game. It was never going to be easy against a class side like RCB. The surface was a little tricky and chasing anything on it wasn’t easy. It was a challenge for us to restrict them to that kind of total.
They also had two world-class spinners. We did well to go through their spells without losing too many wickets. Batting at 4 can vary a lot and becomes surface dependent. A few shots from Jason helped. The guys have been fighting hard. He(Holder) is cooler than me. The all-rounder role in the team has been well held by him.
RCB skipper Virat Kohli highlighted that staying in a biosecure bubble will have an impact on the mental status of the players. Players have been restricted to stay in the biosecure bubble to play the cricket matches behind closed doors.
Virat Kohli on Biosecure Bubble
Virat Kohli, who himself is staying in a bio-bubble for the ongoing edition of Indian Premier League, claims that it gets difficult at times to stick in that due to its repetitive nature.
“It’s repetitive, it’s not as tough when the group of guys is amazing, which we have. Everyone part of that bio-bubble is really nice and the vibe has been so good. That’s precisely why we’ve enjoyed playing together, just enjoyed our time in the bubble as well, but it does get difficult at times because it is repetitive,” Kohli said while speaking to RCB TV.
Watch Virat Kohli recent interview on RCB tv
“These things will have to be considered. Like what length of the tournament or series one is going to play and what impact it will have on players mentally to stay in a similar environment for 80 days and not do anything different. Or have space to just go and see family or small things like that. These things have to be thought about seriously,” he added.
The Indian skipper further pointed out that it’s important how the players are feeling as they should be in the best state mentally. “At the end of the day, you want the players to be in the best state mentally, based on how they’re feeling,” the Indian skipper said.
Australia’s Callum Ferguson has announced his retirement from first-class cricket. Ferguson, 35, will play his final game in whites when South Australia face Queensland in their next Sheffield Shield match. Coach Jason Gillespie confirmed that he would start that match.
The unsung player has scored 8,210 runs and 19 centuries for South Australia. The most of any active player going into this season.
Callum Ferguson announced retirement
“I’d like to thank my family, my parents Pauline and Jim, and my wife Rhiannon who have supported me through the journey,” Ferguson said. “I also have great gratitude for all my team-mates, coaches, SACA Members and fans who have made my time in the baggy red most enjoyable, and I have always been proud to play for this great State.
“I wish nothing but the best for the team which I believe has the talent and drive to take us to a Shield in the years to come. I’m looking forward to playing in the Marsh Cup later in the season and continuing to help mentor our young exciting players.”
James Pyke on Callum’s retirement
James Pyke, the South Australia chairman of selectors, said: “Callum has been an integral part of the South Australian system for many years and he should be extremely proud of all that he has done for cricket in this State.
“His performances on the ground have been of the highest caliber and most importantly he has been a team member of great character and strength. His leadership has been excellent, and we hope Callum’s impact will be reflected in a new era of players in the future.
“We wish Callum the best and look forward to watching him guide our younger players and to help them build an established career just as he has done.”
Ferguson, who has also represented Australia in limited-overs cricket, plans to play in the Marsh Cup domestic one-day tournament for South Australia and continue as Sydney Thunder captain in the BBL. CA announced the updated BBL 2020 schedule which starts one week later from the date of the previous schedule.
