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Rajasthan Royals had a fantastic Indian Premier League 2022 auction where they managed to close some excellent purchases. Now a very strong team on paper, led by Sanju Samson, Royals will be itching to take the field when the 15th edition of the cricketing carnival begins on March 26.
Ayush Badoni, who smashed a quick-fire 54 against Gujarat Titans on Monday, praised his team mentor Gautam Gambhir for backing him in his initial days. Fighting knocks from Deepak Hooda and Ayush Badoni guided Lucknow Super Giants to 158/6 in their assigned 20 overs before their fellow IPL debutants Gujarat Titans chased the target with two balls to spare. "Gautam bhaiya backed me a lot. He told me to play just my natural game. He told me you won't get the one-odd match, but you will get a proper run. He also told me, 'you don't need to play according to the situation. There are senior players to do that. You show us your natural game'," said Badoni in a post-match press conference.
Mohammad Kaif has spent a lot of time coaching youngsters and has played a key role in developing some of them in the Delhi Capitals' squad during his coaching stint between 2019-2021. Earlier, Kaif was roped by the franchise as an assistant coach. The former India batter has revealed one bizarre request he received from swashbuckling batter Prithvi Shaw during the 2019 edition of the Indian T20 league.
Weightlifter Mirabai Chanu has won the BBC Indian Sportswoman of the Year award for 2021, following a public vote.
Delhi Capitals pulled off a thrilling four-wicket victory against the Mumbai Indians in their first encounter of the IPL 2022 season at the Brabourne Stadium, Mumbai on Sunday. The Capitals were in a spot of bother when they were reduced to 104/6 in the 14th over when they still needed 74 more runs to win. However, all-rounders Lalit Yadav and Axar Patel strung a fantastic partnership to help their side clinch victory with 10 balls to spare.
Spinner Murugan Ashwin, who made a brilliant debut for Mumbai Indians (MI) by picking 2 wickets, said that wrist spinners like him and Delhi Capitals' Kuldeep Yadav could be a force to reckon with on the Mumbai pitch. Kuldeep registered figures of 3/18, and Murugan Ashwin felt they both did the same thing on the pitch. "Both me and Kuldeep had a good game, wrist spinners, with our variations, we can do a lot off the wicket. Both of us hit the right lengths, bowled the right speeds, it's a good wicket to bat and the lines were important, we had to be precise to put the batters on the backfoot and force them to do something," said Murugan Ashwin in a post-match conference.
Delhi Capitals (DC) all-rounder Axar Patel on Sunday said the franchise gave Kuldeep Yadav a sense of security that brought the best out of the Indian wrist-spinner against Mumbai Indians (MI). In DC's campaign opener, Kuldeep picked three wickets and conceded just 18 runs in four overs against MI. "He was adjudged man of the match for playing a key role in Delhi Capitals' victory. It's all about mindset. He was struggling in the IPL as his place in the KKR team was not secure. He was not sure that he would play all his matches," said Axar Patel in the post-match press conference, when asked about Kuldeep's performance.
Australia have suffered more injury problems ahead of the white-ball leg of their tour of Pakistan with all-rounder Mitchell Marsh set to be ruled out with a hip injury.