'It was so much fun. There was a little rust that will not take long to go.'
'It was nice to have a bit of a break.'
Australia are the defending champions, having beaten New Zealand by 8 wickets in the 2021 T20 World Cup in the UAE.
The 21-year-old Lucknow Super Giants fast bowler has turned heads with his raw pace and razor-sharp control.
CSK changed their opening partnership, and the management sent in Sam Curran as an opener instead of Shane Watson.
Steve Smith shouldn't captain Australia again as the original skipper Pat Cummins is doing a great job, said former all-rounder Shane Watson.
Watson joins the DC coaching staff comprising Ricky Ponting (Head Coach), Pravin Amre (Assistant Coach), Ajit Agarkar (Assistant Coach) and James Hopes (Bowling Coach).
Australian vice captain Watson is not comfortable with the suggestion that he is the world's No.1 Twenty20 player, and still rates West Indian Chris Gayle as the best T20 cricketer.
'When you are given the freedom to express yourself then you start to enjoy everything'
Since the IPL will be back in India, Gambhir felt skipper Mahendra Singh Dhoni may ring in a few more changes.
Delhi Capitals have also signed on Shane Watson as an assistant coach.
Usman Khawaja along with three others was suspended for one Test during Australia's tour of India in 2013 for not submitting a 'homework' assigned by the coach.
'To be able to then just work through it, and you could see there definitely was a shift after the second game just from his own performance, you'd see there's a little bit of extra intensity in him after that.'
Ajit Agarkar, who is the frontrunner for the Indian chief selector's job, relinquished his assistant coach's post in Delhi Capitals.
Delhi Capitals are likely to have a much leaner coaching staff next season with head coach Ricky Ponting's future set to be examined at the end of the season.
Rahul Tewatia changed the course of the match with some crucial strikes.
Virat Kohli is the highest run-scorer in the history of T20 World Cups, surpassing former Sri Lanka captain Mahela Jayawardene's total of 1016 runs.
'Pant, Axar Patel, K S Bharat, Prithvi Shaw, Shardul Thakur and Kuldeep Yadav assembled at the team hotel in Mumbai,' DC stated on Wednesday.
Former all-rounder Shane Watson advised Australia's batters to avoid using the cross-bat shots against India's spinners in the upcoming four-Test series.
Watson is adamant that Siraj is the best option for India to include if they receive the dreaded news that Bumrah will have to miss the 20-over showcase Down Under.
The experience and quality of Chennai Super Kings' battle-hardened players should see the team through in the upcoming IPL despite a turbulent build-up caused by multiple COVID-19 cases in the contingent, believes veteran all-rounder Shane Watson.
Ravichandran Ashwin will consider himself fortunate to get a rare chance to play his second World Cup at home.
Star sprinter Yohan Blake said Mahendra Singh Dhoni had "made the worst decision in a long while", fuming in front of his TV set in faraway Jamaica during the closing stages of Delhi Capitals' thrilling win against Chennai Super Kings, in the IPL match in Sharjah, on Saturday.
'At the ripe old age of 39, just two old guys doing what we love.'
The lack of runs from their Indian batters -- Prithvi Shaw (106 runs in 8 matches), Manish Pandey (160 runs in 10 games), Sarfaraz Khan (53 runs in 4 games) and Lalit Yadav (66 runs from six games) -- proved a big factor in another below-par season for Delhi Capitals.
Curran, who started positively from the outset, then smashed two sixes and as many boundaries off Khaleel Ahmed in the fourth over
Three-time champions Chennai Super Kings registered the first 10-wicket win of IPL 2020 thanks to its highest-ever opening stand in the popular T20 league.
CSK batsmen lacked urgency and that was their folly.
While the Australian all-rounder hasn't made any official announcement, it is learnt that after Chennai Super Kings ended their IPL campaign on Sunday with victory over Kings XI Punjab, the senior player told his teammates about the decision to retire from all forms of cricket.
The Chennai Super Kings squad wore a relieved look as the players got together for breakfast at the Taj hotel in Dubai on Friday morning.
Michael Hussey said big-hitting batter Shivam Dube is a unique talent
Delhi Capitals does not stand for what happened in the last over against Rajasthan Royals, asserted assistant coach Shane Watson, adding that the players have to accept umpire's decision and it is completely "unacceptable" for someone to enter the field of play.
As Mumbai wickets kept falling, Akash Ambani looked tense and did not hesitate to show his disappointment.
Washington Sundar had splendid figures of 2-11 in his first two overs, both of which were bowled in the Powerplay, as he left CSK reeling at 26/2 in six overs.
Now that the two teams have reached the semi-final stage, albeit by taking contrasting routes, an India-Pakistan title clash is being anticipated.
Watson retired from international cricket in 2016 and bid adieu to the Australian Big Bash league last year.
The intense exchange between Kohli and Gambhir caused a stir on national television.
His IPL teammate Harbhajan Singh revealed that the Australian required six stitches after the game.
Delhi Capitals assistant coach Shane Watson said the incredibly talented Prithvi Shaw has been inconsistent and has been disappointing this season.
'This month that he's had off cricket will make sure that that light's shining very bright going into this Asia Cup, knowing there's a T20 World Cup in Australia coming up very soon as well.'
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