IPL 2020 : SRH vs RR Highlights – Match 26 | RR Won by 5 Wickets

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October 11, 2020

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

#SRH have won the toss and they will bat first against #RR at Dubai.#Dream11IPL #SRHvRR pic.twitter.com/DM5Tgl2Nqt

— IndianPremierLeague (@IPL) October 11, 2020

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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.

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

Watch SRH vs RR match highlights

Also read: IPL 2020 Points Table – Indian Premier League Team Standings

IPL 2020 : CSK vs RCB Highlights – Match 25 | RCB Won by 37 Runs

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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.

#RCB have won the toss and they will bat first against #CSK in Dubai.#Dream11IPL pic.twitter.com/qZzmgx7aCa

— IndianPremierLeague (@IPL) October 10, 2020

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MS Dhoni | CSK skipper

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.

Virat Kohli | RCB skipper

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.

CSK vs RCB | Virat Kohli And Dube — 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.

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.

Watch CSK vs RCB match highlights

Also read: IPL 2020 Points Table – Indian Premier League Team Standings

Man of the Match

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 – Match 24 | KKR Won by 2 Runs

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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

#KKR have won the toss and they will bat first against #KXIP.#Dream11IPL pic.twitter.com/J2C8tF6TQH

— IndianPremierLeague (@IPL) October 10, 2020

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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.

Kolkata Knight Riders(KKR)

Rahul Tripathi, Shubman Gill, Nitish Rana, Sunil Narine, Eoin Morgan, Andre Russell, Dinesh Karthik(w/c), Pat Cummins, Kamlesh Nagarkoti, Prasidh Krishna, Varun Chakravarthy.

KXIP vs KKR Highlights

Kolkata Knight Riders(KKR) Batting

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.

KXIP vs KKR — 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.

Watch KXIP vs KKR Highlights

BCCI Request for Shorter Quarantine Period for India tour of Australia

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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.

Lungi Ngidi Tweet Cryptic And Check the Reason for his Holdback

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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.

You deserve a better IPL team bro

— Abhishek #KKR 💜 (@ImAbhishek7_) October 8, 2020

Ngidi likes the tweet by his fan — Source: Twitter

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.

ICC Women’s ODI Rank List: Meg Lanning Reclaims No.1 Position

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Meg Lanning crowns no.1 position in ICC women's ODI rank — Meg Lanning

ICC Women’s ODI Batters Rank list

Women’s Australian cricket team skipper Meg Lanning reclaim the No.1 position for batters. While Indian player Smriti Mandhana has dropped to fourth place in the latest International Cricket Council (ICC) Women’s ODI Player Rankings.

Lanning’s upward move in rankings came after playing a leading role in her side’s 3-0 whitewash of New Zealand in Brisbane that saw the six-time world champions record 21 consecutive wins in the format.

The 28-year-old amassed an aggregate of 163 runs in two matches, including a Player of the Match execution of 101* in the subsequent installation, which helped her develop four places and remove her Caribbean partner Stafanie Taylor from the top.

ICC women's ODI rank - Batting — ICC Women’s batting ranking list

This is the fifth time that Lanning has snatched the best position. Lanning, who earlier grab the spot in October 2018, has been No.1 for a sum of 902 days since the first run through in November 2014, the ICC public statement expressed.

In the interim, Mandhana and captain Mithali Raj are the only two batswomen from India to enrolled in the top 10 positions. Mandhana and Raj are remaining at the fourth and tenth position with 732 and 687 points, respectively.

Australia’s Rachael Haynes, who drove the side in the last ODI in the wake of Lanning was precluded because of a hamstring injury, was another player for the side to gain speedy ground. Haynes has increased seven spots to arrive at a profession best thirteenth situation subsequent to completing as the most productive scorer in the series with 222 runs that involved thumps of 44, 82, and 96.

Women’s ODI Bowlers Rank List

In the ICC ODI rankings for bowlers, left-arm spinner Jess Jonassen’s eight wickets in the series, which included taking off 4/36 in the followed match, united her situation at the top of the table with a career-best 804 rating points. She had begun the arrangement at 754 rating points, just four focuses not as much as her past best of 758 recorded a year ago.

The first time Jonassen topped the ODI bowler’s list was in July 2017 and she has been No.1 for 599 days spread more than six spells, including the ongoing one that started in October 2019.

Spinners Georgia Wareham (up from 35th to 24th) and Sophie Molineux (reappeared at 44th) too have made remarkable progress in the latest update.

Jhulan Goswami (691 focuses), Poonam Yadav (679 focuses), and Shikha Pandey (675 focuses) are remaining at the fifth, 6th, and seventh spots, individually for India. Deepti Sharma, then again, is possessing the tenth spot with 639 focuses.

ICC women's ODI rank list - Bowlers — ICC women’s ODI rank list – Bowlers

In the ICC Women’s ODI Team Rankings, Australia and New Zealand stay in first and fifth positions, individually. Australia has gained two points since the yearly rankings update a week ago to move up to 162 points while New Zealand have lost two during the series and are currently on 92.

IPL 2020 : RR vs DC Highlights – Match 23 | DC Won by 46 Runs

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IPL 2020 RR vs DC Highlights: Rajasthan Royals is set to play the 23rd match of IPL 2020 against Delhi Capitals. After facing a hat trick loss RR is in pressure to make a comeback in this match.

DC stands strong by winning four matches out of five they played so far.

Match: Rajasthan Royals(RR) vs Delhi Capitals(DC)

Venue: Sharjah Cricket Stadium, Sharjah

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

Steve Smith wins the toss and @rajasthanroyals will bowl first against @DelhiCapitals at Sharjah.#Dream11IPL pic.twitter.com/rPgvKI2XbH

— IndianPremierLeague (@IPL) October 9, 2020

Captains View

Shreyas Iyer | DC skipper: I guess there could be a little bit of turn and anything can happen. We are going with the same team. Everyone is looking forward to cementing their place and all the players have great potential to win games and I’m really proud of my team.

Steve Smith | RR skipper: We are gonna have a bowl. Looks a good surface and we want to chase it down. We are confident about our set-up and we need to get off a better start with the bat. We made two changes. Ankit Rajpoot and Tom Curran out and Andrew Tye and Varun Aaron in.

Playing XI

Delhi Capitals(DC)

Prithvi Shaw, Shikhar Dhawan, Shreyas Iyer(c), Rishabh Pant(w), Marcus Stoinis, Shimron Hetmyer, Ravichandran Ashwin, Axar Patel, Harshal Patel, Kagiso Rabada, Anrich Nortje.