Suryakumar Yadav's maiden IPL century on Friday floored defending champions Gujarat Titans, and former India spinner Ashish Kapoor, their assistant coach, was quick to acknowledge that batters like him put bowlers under a lot of pressure.
Suryakumar recently finished rehabilitation at the National Cricket Academy after suffering a finger injury during the home series against the West Indies in February.
It is a tribute to a system so robustly meritocratic that this team represents India's diversity better than any other institution: The Union Cabinet, our chief ministers, the civil services, the leadership of our armed forces and security agencies, the judiciary and more than all of these, our typical newsroom. That is the biggest message from this breathless rise of Indian cricket, asserts Shekhar Gupta.
'When I spoke to him yesterday I knew something was brewing. Well played my friend.'
"It is very hard for the bowlers nowadays especially with the impact player. You have eight or nine batters in a team and it becomes very hard. If you need 60-65 in the last four overs it is quite gettable nowadays.
Shubman Gill's fiery knock and Rashid Khan's superb all-round showing took Gujarat Titans to victory in the IPL 2023 opening match against the Chennai Super Kings.
Chennai Super Kings skipper Mahendra Singh Dhoni termed the lull period in the middle overs as the reason for his team's three-run defeat against Rajasthan Royals.
Kohli said the semifinal format has its own charm as it completely negates a team's previous performances in the event.
Varun Chakravarthy, a mystery spinner, capped off what was a memorable day for him in the Indian Premier League by getting photographed with MS Dhoni.
"I had a feeling that he would pick this bat because it has a very nice pickup and according to my weight this bat is light. So (now) this bat belongs to Rinku, not me," said the captain in a video posted on KKR's Twitter handle.
Glimpses of the Indian and South African T20 teams as they practiced for today's first T20 game at the Arun Jaitley stadium in New Delhi on Wednesday.
Player of the Match Shardul Thakur ticked all the boxes and was lauded by KKR skipper Nitish Rana for his counter-attacking knock.
The 37-year-old all-rounder would seek release from the Board of Control for Cricket in India to play in other, lower profile, Twenty20 leagues.
Indian batters have cut a sorry figure as and have had issues against pace and spin.
Hardik had to leave the field for a brief while after taking a catch.
Lockie Ferguson conceded just 15 runs from his four overs while picking up three wickets. He then bowled the Super Over and clinched two wickets in the first three deliveries as he restricted SRH to 2 runs.
The target of 159 would have been enough for Rajasthan Royals if dew hadn't played a major role, opined premier off-spinner Ravichandran Ashwin after his team's five-wicket loss to Mumbai Indians in the IPL match, at the D Y Patil Stadium in Navi Mumbai, on Saturday.
'We knew that the game was on, Stoinis and KL had a wonderful partnership. Stoinis kept us in the game and I knew this was a nice wicket. We could chase even over 50 in the last four, it was about cashing in.'
It is being asked why a lot of foreign players were having a team dinner for Easter celebrations despite Delhi Capitals physio Patrick Farhart testing positive.
Mukesh Parpiani, one of India's finest photojournalists, delved into his archives for these rare glimpses of a young cricketer who turns 50 today.
There is no secret recipe for leading a team into 12 play-offs in 14 seasons apart from choosing players who believe in "team first philosophy" and an obliging management that stands through thick and thin, says Chennai Super Kings skipper Mahendra Singh Dhoni.
Pace ace Zaheer Khan is all set to announce his retirement from international cricket on Thursday.
'More than the money, I am happy to be a part of the team that has selected me.'
Kolkata Knight Riders skipper Shreyas Iyer was all praise for his team's "outstanding mindset" during its 54-run win over Sunrisers Hyderabad, in the IPL match in Mumbai on Saturday, saying his players had nothing to lose at this stage of the tournament.
Pacer Mohammed Siraj attributes his success to his good showing on the domestic circuit, the IPL and India 'A' team.
Former RCB skipper Virat Kohli made the announcement about the inductions of his two dear mates.
'Shahbaz is a small skinny guy, he can't hit it long but he can smash it a long way'
According to the reports, Ponting left the Perth Stadium around lunchtime after feeling unwell.
For the first time, Dhoni entered the field of play for an angry confrontation with umpire Gandhe
'After today's performance there is no doubt that he is the find of this edition of IPL.'
Vaibhav Arora was troubling us in nets, that's why he got debut, reveals PBKS batter Shikhar Dhawan
Faf du Plessis believes Mahendra Singh Dhoni, among others, helped him mature as a leader
A day after a meeting between Home Ministry and IPL officials failed to break the deadlock on the schedule for the Twenty20 tournament, which coincides with the general elections, the organisers re-worked the dates for the third time.
'I don't need to worry too much because he's here and whatever question I need to ask, I'll definitely go to him.'
The fastest bowler in the nation enjoyed a relaxed evening at the Rushikonda beach in Visakhapatnam on Monday.
Thakur (4/36), Axar (2/14) and Kuldeep (2/14) shared eight wickets among them while Anrich Nortje got the important wicket of Jonny Bairstow.
RCB had a horror showing in IPL-10, finishing at the bottom of the eight-team team competition with just three wins from 14 games.
K L Rahul came in for harsh criticism from former India medium pacer Venkatesh Prasad who claimed the opener's selection was based on "favouritism'.
Punjab Kings skipper Shikhar Dhawan missed their home game against Royal Challengers Bangalore due to injury.
The 26-year-old revealed he was not slated to play but was drafted into the side as Mitchell Marsh was ill.
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