Virat Kohli and Steven Smith will be eager to stem the rot when Royal Challengers Bangalore square off with Rising Pune Supergiants in an Indian Premier League encounter.
Ajinkya Rahane steered Rising Pune Supergiants home with an unbeaten half-century as the visitors outclassed Delhi Daredevils by seven wickets to keep their hopes alive, in the Indian Premier League in Delhi, on Thursday.
Paceman Jaydev Unadkat revelled in a five-wicket haul that included a hat-trick as Rising Pune Supergiant eked out a 12-run win over Sunrisers Hyderabad to jump to the second spot in IPL, in Hyderabad, on Saturday.
Royal Challengers Bangalore skipper Virat Kohli has been fined Rs 12 lakh for maintaining slow over rate during the team's Indian Premier League game against Rising Pune Supergiants.
Dhoni has to ponder over both the batting and bowling departments of his team.
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Tiwary said it has been a team effort even in giving input to Smith, and in this he singled out Dhoni for helping the Australia skipper in setting the right fields.
Captain Mahendra Singh Dhoni single-handedly scripted Rising Pune Supergiants' face-saving four-wicket win over Kings XI Punjab with a last-ball six to help them avoid the bottom-place finish in the Indian Premier League in Visakhapatnam, on Saturday.
Captain Steven Smith's love affair with Pune continued as he led Rising Pune Supergiant to a seven-wicket victory over Mumbai Indians in a thrilling Indian Premier League match, in Pune, on Thursday.
It will not be feasible to shift IPL matches out of Pune, the BCCI told the Bombay High Court on Wednesday, while stating that franchises of Mumbai and Pune teams are willing to contribute Rs five crore towards the Chief Minister's drought relief fund. The BCCI spelt out its stand before a bench of Justices V M Kanade and M S Karnik, hearing a PIL by NGO Loksatta Movement challenging use of large quantities of water in stadiums at a time when the state was reeling under severe drought conditions. BCCI's counsel Rafiq Dada also told the high court that the cricket board is ready to supply over 60 lakh litres of non-potable water to drought-hit areas in Maharashtra free of cost. He said the water will be supplied in support with Royal Western India Turf Club (RWITC), Mumbai Cricket Association and Maharashtra Cricket Association. "It would not be feasible to shift matches out of Pune as it will disturb the Pune team's brand value and economic balance," he said. The franchises of Mumbai Indians and Rising Pune Supergiants are willing to contribute Rs five crore to the CM's drought relief fund, Dada said.
Pune Supergiants skipper Mahendra Singh Dhoni blamed his bowlers and said there are many areas where his team needs to work before the next match.
Mumbai Indians' match against Rising Pune Supergiants at the Maharashtra Cricket Stadium in Pune saw an unprecedented incident when two MI players were involved in a heated exchange. Tempers flared in the 11th over of Pune innings when Rayudu failed to stop a boundary despite putting a splendid dive near the boundary rope. A dejected Harbhajan could be seen abusing at his MI teammate. An angry Rayudu gave it back to Harbhajan. Soon, both the players started to walk towards each other. As the situation turned delicate with both players coming eye to eye, Harbhajan showed maturity to calm his teammate. However in Harbhajan's next over, the duo could be seen patching up with each other after the wicket of Supergiants batsman Peter Handscomb. This is not the first time, Harbhajan is involved in a heated altercation in the Indian Premier League.
Kolkata-based Sanjiv Goenka is famously remembered as someone who dropped Mahendra Singh Dhoni as IPL captain.
Indian pacer Ishant Sharma, English batting star Kevin Pietersen and South African speedster Dale Steyn were among the biggest names to be released by their respective franchises ahead of the Indian Premier League's 10th edition next year. As many as 140 cricketers, including 44 overseas players, have been retained, while 63 were let go by the eight franchises for season 10.
Captain Virat Kohli smashed his second century of the season in a magnificent batting display to lead Royal Challengers Bangalore to a thrilling seven-wicket win over Rising Pune Supergiants in an IPL match.
The lack of tension fuelled the '#WorstIPLFinal' trend on social media.
Mahendra Singh Dhoni has been reprimanded for breaching the Indian Premier League code of conduct during the match between his team, Rising Pune Supergiant, and Mumbai Indians in Pune.
On a night packed with drama, milestones, and momentum swings, five batters rose above the rest to set Eden Gardens alight.
Rohit admitted to the Level 1 offence 2.1.5 of the IPL Code of Conduct for Players and Team Officials.
Rising Pune Supergiants' Ashok Dinda expressed relief after the team's win via the Duckworth/Lewis method against Sunrisers Hyderabad, finally bringing to an end a run of four defeats in the Indian Premier League.
Bollywood sensation Parineeti Chopra was spotted at an Indian Premier League match, in Mumbai, on Tuesday.
In a major blow to Rising Pune Supergiants' bid to salvage their campaign in IPL 9, star batsman Kevin Pietersen has been ruled out of the remaining matches of the ongoing Indian Premier League (IPL) due to calf injury. The 35-year-old sustained an injury in his right calf during his side's defeat against Royal Challenger Bangalore in Pune on Friday. "Over & out, India! Injuries are all part of the job! Horrible tear in my calf! Sad to be leaving a really great bunch of boys but looking forward to being back with my family! London bound for a summer off! Vacation till November! Bye for now! Lots of love, KP xxx," KP wrote on his Instagram account.
Adam Zampa and Ashok Dinda claimed three wickets each as Rising Pune Supergiants outclassed Delhi Daredevils by 19 runs via the Duckworth-Lewis method in a rain-hit match in the Indian Premier League, in Visakhapatnam, on Tuesday.
Mahendra Singh Dhoni is a 'sprightly wicketkeeper batsman, a fresh captain with a remarkable fitness.'
Rookie batsman Rahul Tripathi played a breathtaking knock of 93 to single-handedly power Rising Pune Supergiant to a four-wicket win over Kolkata Knight Riders in the Indian Premier League.
Debutants Rising Pune Supergiants, on Saturday made a splendid debut in the Indian Premier League by thrashing defending champions Mumbai Indians by nine wickets in the opening game of the season at the Wankhede Stadium, in Mumbai.
RPSG Group Chairman Sanjiv Goenka enjoyed himself as his newly acquired Lucknow team won by six runs to inch closer to the play-offs while JSW Group's MD and Chairman Sajjan Jindal saw his Delhi team slip to their fifth loss from nine games.
While KKR suffered their heaviest defeat of the season against Sunrisers Hyderabad in their last game, Pune looked to have found their mojo in the business end of the tournament having registered consecutive wins in their last two matches.
Former India captain Sourav Ganguly on Wednesday said Mahendra Singh Dhoni is a 'champion ODI player' but doubted if he is still that good in the shortest format.
Bollywood actor Emraan Hashmi, watched captain Rohit Sharma lead by example as a thoroughly professional Mumbai Indians outclassed Pune Supergiants.
While Dhoni lead the Pune Franchise in the first season, he was replaced by Smith for the 2017 season after the wicketkeeper-batter stepped down from India captaincy in January 2017.
Captain Rohit Sharma continued to lead by example as a thoroughly professional Mumbai Indians outclassed Pune Supergiants by eight wickets in an Indian Premier League encounter.
Steve Smith, on Thursday, said there is no bad blood between him and Mahendra Singh Dhoni, who was replaced by the Australian as skipper of the Pune Supergiant for the 10th edition of the Indian Premier League.
Rising Pune Supergiants all-rounder Rajat Bhatia has said no side can do much if the players get injured but it gives chance to other players to showcase their talent.
'Smith never attempted any such thing when he was captain at Pune last year.' 'You can't try this in a T20 match.'
Shane Warne feels that former India captain doesn't need to "prove anything to anyone".
Security was beefed up in and around the M Chinnaswamy Stadium here for the Indian Premier League match between Royal Challengers Bangalore and Rising Pune Supergiant in the wake of a hoax bomb scare, police sources said.
Steve Smith and Rohit Sharma sought to play down Rising Pune Supergiant and Mumbai Indians' head-to-head record, where the enviable mingles with the undesirable, on the eve of the title clash of IPL-10.
All-rounder Mitchell Marsh will return home from the Indian Premier League (IPL) with a side strain and will be assessed ahead of Australia's tour of West Indies next month, Cricket Australia (CA) said on Sunday.
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