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From setbacks to success: Shreyas Iyer’s journey to IPL victory

May 27, 2024 admin

Kolkata Knight Riders’ Shreyas Iyer celebrates after winning the Indian Premier League 2024 final match against Sunrisers Hyderabad in Chennai on May 26, 2024. | Photo Credit: K.R. Deepak When Shreyas Iyer recreated Lionel Messi’s famous World Cup celebration after lifting the IPL Trophy as Kolkata Knight Riders captain in Chennai, it was nothing short…

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The Hindu Morning Digest: May 27, 2024

May 27, 2024 admin

Kolkata Knight Riders players celebrate with the Indian Premier League (IPL) 2024 trophy after winning the final match against Sunrisers Hyderabad at MA Chidambaram Stadium, in Chennai. | Photo Credit: PTI Cyclone Remal makes landfall; one lakh evacuated in Bengal The severe cyclonic storm Remal started its landfall process between Sagar Island in West Bengal…

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IPL 2024 Final: It’s Knight Riders’ cup of joy as Sunrisers fall flat

May 26, 2024 admin

“Everyone has a plan…until they get punched in the face,” Mike Tyson is supposed to have said, according to sporting folklore. Sunrisers Hyderabad had a plan, until Kolkata Knight Riders punched it in the face to win its third Indian Premier League title with an eight-wicket victory at the M.A. Chidambaram Stadium in Chennai on…

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IPL 2024 Finals: Kolkata Knight Riders’ captain Shreyas Iyer speaks about trying times he has faced

May 25, 2024 admin

File photo of Kolkata Knight Riders captain Shreyas Iyer. | Photo Credit: VIJAY SONEJI After a successful ODI World Cup in 2023, when he scored 530 runs, Shreyas Iyer has had a tough few months this year. The middle-order batter lost his place in the Indian Test team midway through the England series and subsequently…

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Shahbaz— A trade from RCB that yielded rich dividends for SRH at a critical juncture

May 25, 2024 admin

Sunrisers Hyderabad all-rounder Shahbaz Ahmed. File | Photo Credit: M. Vedhan Since the introduction of the Impact Player rule in the IPL last year, there has been much discussion about its effect on the game. On Friday, an all-rounder who might not have played if things had gone as per plan for Sunrisers Hyderabad unexpectedly…

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IPL 2024 Final: KKR vs SRH: Knight Riders, Sunrisers in the ultimate showdown

May 25, 2024 admin

Last December, when Mitchell Starc and Pat Cummins went for over ₹45 crore collectively at the auction, it looked like the Indian Premier League market had gone berserk. Recency bias was the oft-cited explanation, for the two speedsters had played an instrumental role in Australia’s 50-over World Cup win just a month earlier. It didn’t…

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IPL-17 Qualifier 2: Shahbaz, Abhishek do the star turn for Sunrisers

May 24, 2024 admin

A splendid bowling effort, masterminded by left-arm spinners Shahbaz Ahmed and Abhishek Sharma, helped Sunrisers Hyderabad defeat Rajasthan Royals by 36 runs at the M.A. Chidambaram Stadium on Friday and march into its third Indian Premier League final. Needing 176 to win, RR seemed on course at 65 for one, only for Shahbaz (4-0-23-3) and…

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Nathan Lyon interview | On batting on one leg, ‘The Test’ and IPL 2024

May 24, 2024 admin

Watch | Nathan Lyon interview | On batting on one leg, ‘The Test’ and IPL 2024 Nathan Lyon hobbles and limps gingerly as he walks out to bat to a cheering audience at the Lord’s Cricket Ground. Batting on one leg and visibly in discomfort due to a calf injury, Nathan would go on to…

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IPL-17: From red to white, Ashwin masters the balancing act in royal fashion

May 23, 2024 admin

Rajasthan Royals bowler Ravichandran Ashwin. | Photo Credit: AP R. Ashwin couldn’t have asked for a better build-up to this year’s IPL. Before the T20 extravaganza, the off-spinner had a memorable Test series against England at home. He reached significant milestones, becoming the second Indian bowler to take more than 500 Test wickets and also…

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RCB coach Andy Flower credits du Plessis, Kohli for team’s resurgence

May 23, 2024 admin

Royal Challengers Bengaluru openers Faf du Plessis and Virat Kohli have been credited for team’s resurgence in the Indian Premier League 2024. | Photo Credit: Emmanual Yogini Despite crashing out of the tournament following a four-wicket loss to Rajasthan Royals in the Eliminator here on Wednesday, Royal Challengers Bengaluru coach Andy Flower praised skipper Faf…

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