Delhi Capitals will expect a more purposeful approach from its Indian batting unit as it plays for pride against Punjab Kings.
Seven players - Prithvi Shaw, Suryakumar Yadav, Hardik Pandya, Chahar, Manish Pandey, Ishan Kishan, and Krishna Gowtham - who were in close contact with Krunal Pandya were identified as close contacts and hence will not play the remaining two T20Is.
Hanuma Vihari got some runs coming as India A scored 198 for 5 at stumps against South Africa A on the second day of the second unofficial Test, in Bloemfontein, on Wednesday. Vihari was batting on 45 at close of play, having found the fence six times while facing 146 balls.
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Talented batter Yash Dhull hit a superb 193 decorated with 28 fours and two sixes to power North Zone to 433/3 in their first innings at stumps on day three of the Duleep Trophy quarter-final against East Zone.
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Prithvi Shaw (82 off 41) wasted no time as he walloped Shivam Mavi for six fours off the opening over to give DC a bright start.
Kaif spoke about the hope he has from Shaw, how head coach Rahul Dravid would have a calming influence on the group
Both Avesh and Washington sustained their injuries while turning up for County XI in the first-class warm-up game against their own side. This was done after multiple players in the home team were ruled out either due to injury or because of COVID-19 isolation.
Delhi Capitals Openers Shikhar Dhawan and Prithvi Shaw ensured they scored at over 10-an-over in the Powerplay.
Along with Dhawan, Prithvi Shaw also played a quickfire knock of 39 runs. For Punjab Kings, Chris Jordon, Harpreet Brar, and Riley Meredith returned with one wicket each. With this win, Delhi Capitals has moved to the first spot in the points table with 12 points from 8 games while Punjab Kings remain in sixth place with six points.
Delhi Capitals will look to put the 'no-ball' controversy behind and gain much needed momentum against another side seeking course correction, the Kolkata Knight Riders, in the Indian Premier League.
'I did a small role in Masoom.' 'Do you remember the scene where an old man brings Jugal Hansraj to Naseer's house?' 'I put on the full make-up of an old man and stood in front of Shekhar.' 'He had no choice but to take me.'
190 seemed very much within Delhi Capital's means, but everything changed with Warner's dismissal.
Bengaluru South Lok Sabha member Tejasvi Surya was trolled and criticised by a section of social media users accusing him of relishing dosa and promoting an eatery in his constituency, when many parts of the city have been reeling under torrential rains and floods.
'We shot the song Zinda Banda for about six days.' 'We were dancing relentlessly for six days to a point when we thought our knees had started making sounds!' 'He was on set, every day, dancing next to us for all those six days.'
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.
India play the opening T20I against New Zealand on Friday.
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.
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.
IMAGES from Day 3 of the Ranji Trophy final played between Mumbai and Madhya Pradesh at M Chinnaswamy Stadium in Bengaluru on Friday.
David Warner and Rishabh Pant led Delhi Capitals to a comfortable eight wicket victory against Rajasthan Royals
Punjab are seventh on the points table with 12 points. The Capitals also have a dozen points and are fifth
Gujarat Titans clinched their second win on the trot as the defending champions handed Delhi Capitals a six-wicket loss at the Feroz Shah Kotla on Tuesday.
'He (Prithvi) is a fighter and will definitely come out of it. He has worked hard (to reach the top)'
How Rishabh Pant performs as skipper will be watched with interest
Images from the IPL 2023 match between Lucknow Super Giants and Delhi Capitals in Lucknow on Saturday.
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Delhi Capitals will aim to solve their opening conundrum quickly and boost their chances of making it to the IPL play-offs when they take on a lacklustre Chennai Super Kings at the DY Patil Stadium in Navi Mumbai on Sunday.
The second T20 game between India and Sri Lanka will be played at the R Premadasa stadium in Colombo starting 1900 IST today.
Yashasvi Jaiswal's childhood coach Jwala Singh said the focus should be on the hardwork put in by the youngster and not his 'panipuri selling' story.
Anupam Kher celebrated his friend Satish Kaushik's 67th birth anniversary on April 14 by hosting a musical night, and getting Kaushik's friends to share their memories about him.
The Indian squad comprises many openers like Devdutt Padikkal, Ruturaj Gaikwad, apart from Dhawan and Shaw, but Raman felt that having played for India earlier would go into Shaw's favour.
'Whose bowling actions are @jaspritb1, @ravindra.jadeja and @prithvishaw imitating?'
'And how we can take Indian cricket forward, that's the only aim anybody should have.'
The 6'7" seam-bowling all-rounder's inclusion in Australia's line-up was expected after his impressive hundred in the first warm-up game against India A.
Wing Commander Prithvi Singh Chauhan was the pilot of the crashed Indian Air Force (IAF) Mi-17V5 helicopter, carrying Chief of Defence Staff Gen Bipin Rawat and 13 others, informed sources.
Two wrist-spinners, who are currently dominating the bowling charts will be itching to show their wares
India were caught in a spin web on the Ranchi pitch as they lost the series opener by 21 runs on Friday.
Rahul and Pant, both match-winners in their own rights even with the bat, will like to seize the initiative in these early rounds.
