Led by a determined showing from their bowlers, SRH restricted CSK to a below par 154/7 in their 20 overs before Abhishek Sharma's fluent half-century helped them outclass the defending champions by eight wickets.
Pat Cummins smashed 56 from just 15 balls as the Kolkata Knight Riders crushed the Mumbai Indians by five wickets and four overs to spare.
Pat Cummins played one of the most amazing knocks in T20 cricket as he blasted the Kolkata Knight Riders to a stunning five-wicket victory against the Mumbai Indians on Wednesday.
'You have to be focussed 100 percent, that is the quality of the IPL.' 'If your preparation is not up to the mark, you will face a lot of problems.'
Shreyas Talpade plays the titular role with aplomb, applauds Deepti Patwardhan.
Samson smashed his way to a brilliant 55 from 27 balls, including three fours and five sixes.
Krishna had superb figures of 2/2 in three overs, including a maiden, while Boult took 1/8 in three overs, to leave Sunrisers reeling on 14/3 in six overs -- the joint lowest score in the Powerplay in IPL history.
Gujarat Titans won the battle of the debutants against Lucknow Super Giants by five-wickets with two balls to spare, with Rahul Tewatia guiding them home with a cracking 40 from 24 balls.
Mohammed Shami claimed 3/25 as debutants Gujarat Titans got off to a winning start in IPL 2022.
'The way he has been interacting with everybody, be it the masseur or the assistant manager or the driver of the bus, or the new players who have not been part of the IPL before, he is making an effort to reach out to them and give them confidence.' 'That speaks a lot about the man that he is.'
Umesh, who was part of KKR's IPL winning team in 2014, didn't get a single game for Delhi Capitals last year, while featuring in just two games in IPL 2020.
The legend was greeted by thunderous shouts of 'Dhoni! Dhoni!' that echoed all around the Wankhede stadium when he walked in to bat at No 7 with CSK reeling on 61/5 in the 11th over.
Will Smith, who had once portrayed the irreverent Muhammad Ali with such aplomb, brings the character of Richard Williams alive. The accent, the dialect, the body-language and the ever-present chip on the shoulder, observes Deepti Patwardhan.
The likes of Virat Kohli, David Warner will be aiming to silence their critics, while KKR's Shreyas Iyer and Lucknow Super Giants' K L Rahul will be looking to prove themselves after being the handed captaincy of their respective franchises.
Who do you should be part of India's playing XI for the second Test against Sri Lanka?
'He was keen to win the IPL with the team he had, he had no desire to have big names in his team.' 'He just wanted good players, who he knew he could mould into match-winners.'
'I was not sure whether such a big player would come to my house but he was quite happy to visit my place... which was just unbelievable!'
'He used to interact with everyone in the dressing room, he never showed any attitude to any cricketer -- whether big or small.'
Who do you should be part of India's playing XI for the first Test against Sri Lanka?
'At the end of the day, we also had to look at players who will figure in the playing XI.'
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