Almost out of reckoning for a place in the play-offs, bottom-placed Sunrisers Hyderabad will look to play party-poopers when they take on an equally struggling Punjab Kings in the battle of laggards in the IPL in Sharjah on Saturday.
Swashbuckling Australia opener David Warner intends to play in the 13th IPL if it happens this season, his manager said on Thursday, even as the COVID-19 pandemic continued to wreak havoc on the world.
Delhi Capitals all-rounder Mitchell Marsh defended his side's Indian batters following their inability to resurrect the run-chase against SunRisers Hyderabad, saying the game was not lost due to their inexperience and the 198-run target was "far too many" in the end.
'Definitely Virat Kohli. He's No 1'
CSK have made it to the last four stage of 12 out of 14 tournaments -- the most by any team in the IPL.
One of the most consistent teams in the Indian Premier League over the last five years, Sunrisers Hyderabad would look to improve upon their middle-order batting in the upcoming 14th edition of the T20 league.
Sunrisers Hyderabad's batting will have to guard against the wily leg-spinner Chahal,
The visitors, who are 2-0 behind in the four-Test series for the Border-Gavaskar Trophy, finished the frenetic opening day 47 runs ahead with six wickets in hand.
Doubting David Warner "is an absolute no-no," says Australia all-rounder Glenn Maxwell who is confident that the out-of-form opener will turn things around in the T20 World Cup.
A lot of focus is on how Australia will cope with the dangerous Ravichandran Ashwin on turning tracks in India.
When the boundaries were hard to come by, next men in Axar Patel and Rovman Powell rotated the strike, waiting for the odd boundary. They posted a 29-run stand off 23 balls.
While the return of pace spearhead Anrich Nortje, who had been nursing an injury, bolstered the bowling unit, the South African, who hasn't bowled since the T20 World Cup in November, looked understandably rusty.
Board of Control for Cricket in India president Sourav Ganguly feels India's humiliating 10-wicket defeat to Australia in the opening One Day International in Mumbai was "one bad day in office" and team has the capability to bounce back in the next two games.
Stars like Jasprit Bumrah, Rishabh Pant and Shreyas Iyer will miss the season due to injuries.
Rajneesh Gupta previews Game 41 in IPL 12: Chennai Super Kings vs Sunrisers Hyderabad.
Virat Kohli became the first Indian batsman to notch up 10,000 runs in Twenty20 cricket during Royal Challengers Bangalore's IPL match against Mumbai Indians in Dubai on Sunday.
Delhi defended a modest 159-7 to record their first back-to-back victories this season.
"To retire from one-day cricket was quite nice. I think it took a little bit of the weight off my shoulders as it was something I was toying with for a while. It has not ever crossed my mind about the T20 format,"
Both Gujarat and Delhi Capitals started their campaign in IPL 2022 with wins and they would look to continue in the same vein at the Maharashtra Cricket Association Stadium.
Newly-appointed SunRisers Hyderabad captain Kane Williamson said the team needs to be clear about strategies and execution after losing to Rajasthan Royals on Sunday.
Delhi Capitals will have their fortune in their own hands as they aim to pull all stops against Mumbai Indians in what will be a virtual quarter-final clash for Rishabh Pant's men as far as their IPL 2022 play-offs hopes are concerned.
David Warner and Rishabh Pant led Delhi Capitals to a comfortable eight wicket victory against Rajasthan Royals
Out-of-form Sunrisers Hyderabad opener David Warner hasn't made it to the playing eleven in the last couple of matches during the second half of the 14th edition of the Indian Premier League in UAE.
Warner said that he has to teach his brain to not worry about the pain.
Australian cricketers, including big buys Glenn Maxwell and Jhye Richardson, are going to be part of the action.
How Rishabh Pant performs as skipper will be watched with interest
A little bit of "needling" from Mohammad Siraj, Royal Challengers Bangalore's best bowler, spurred Phil Salt to play a match-winning innings for Delhi Capitals at the Ferozshah Kotla.
Following the heart-wrenching loss SRH skipper David Warner said dropping Manish Pandey from the playing XI was a 'harsh call'.
'Without a word of a lie, I promise you, I called (coach) Justin Langer a few months ago and said, 'Don't worry about Davey, he'll be man-of-the-tournament'.'
Punjab are seventh on the points table with 12 points. The Capitals also have a dozen points and are fifth
Images from the T20 World Cup final between New Zealand and Australia, in Dubai, on Sunday.
'We've put ourselves in this situation but hopefully the Sri Lankans can do the job for us.'
Asalanka came in and smashed 10 fours and a six for his maiden ODI century
The documentary, which premieres on Prime Video this week, charts the success and failure of Cummins' team
It took Australia seven attempts but under Aaron Finch they finally laid their hands on a maiden Twenty20 World Cup title on Sunday with an eight-wicket triumph over New Zealand.
Reckon Captain Kane can call on Murali, Lara and Steyn to shore up his resources on the field of play?
Waqar said Australia will come hard at India as they must be still hurting from the defeat in the 2018 Test series at home.
IPL-bound Australian cricketers are sweating over their participation in the 14th edition of the cash-rich league
The swashbuckling Australia opener said the slow pitches in Chennai and Delhi will suit his team.
Australian cricketers may have to forego their lucrative IPL contracts in the wake of fast-spreading novel coronavirus, the local media reported on Tuesday. The Australian newspaper reportd that Pat Cummins, Steve Smith, David Warner and Glenn Maxwell could be asked to give up their rich IPL contracts.
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