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Des Buckingham knows exactly what to expect when his side makes its debut in the AFC Champions League in Riyadh on Friday. Buckingham watched two of the three Group ‘B’ opponents during the team’s preparatory tour of UAE and was, not surprisingly, impressed with what he saw of Al Jazira and Al Shabab. Three-time AFC Cup winners Air Force Club of Iraq is the other team in the group.
Nari Contractor’s head after being hit by a Charlie Griffith bouncer on the 1962 tour of the West Indies, has finally been removed through surgery on medical advice. Contractor’s son Hoshedar told TOI that his father was fine after the surgery. Contractor was admitted at the Reliance Foundation Hospital in Mumbai on Tuesday, and operated on Wednesday. “All well,” Hoshedar told TOI after the surgery, which was performed by Dr Harshad Parekh and Dr Anil Tibrewala. Contractor was hit by the Griffith bouncer on March 17, 1962 in a side game against Barbados. The 88-year-old, whose international career ended after that injury, played for India in 31 Tests from 1955 to 1962.
The Rishabh Pant-led Delhi Capitals will look to return to winning ways when they square off against Lucknow Super Giants at Dr DY Patil Sports Academy in Navi Mumbai on Thursday. Delhi had won their first match of this season, but they failed to back it up after suffering a loss against the Gujarat Titans. Delhi Capitals will have the services of David Warner and Anrich Nortje and this will give the franchise much-needed ammunition.
Ever since the beginning of their Indian Premier League (IPL) 2022 campaign, Dinesh Karthik has been in stunning form for Royal Challengers Bangalore (RCB). In their third match of the campaign against Rajasthan Royals at the Wankhede Stadium in Mumbai on Tuesday, he played a match-winning knock of 44* off just 23 deliveries to help RCB chase down their target of 170 runs. He came in to bat with the score at 87/5 after 12.3 overs, but put on a 67-run stand with Shahbaz Ahmed (45 off 26) to take his team over the finish line.
Rajasthan Royals skipper Sanju Samson expressed disappointment after his side lost against Royal Challengers Bangalore in the Indian Premier League (IPL) 2022 clash on Tuesday. Brilliant display of batting by Dinesh Karthik and Shahbaz Ahmed helped Royal Challengers Bangalore in defeating Rajasthan Royals by four wickets, at the Wankhede Stadium, Mumbai on Tuesday.
Royal Challengers Bangalore skipper Faf du Plessis on Tuesday backed his teammate Dinesh Karthik to make another India comeback following the wicketkeeper batter's match-winning knock against Rajasthan Royals in the IPL in Mumbai. Karthik smashed an unbeaten 44 of 23 balls to fire RCB to a four wicket win after a batting collapse that put his team in deep trouble. Shahbaz Ahmed also made a crucial 45 off 26 balls to set up the win. "DK is playing his best cricket. I think he needs to put his name back into international cricket, doesn't he," said du Plessis at the post-match presentation.
Duo adds 67 off 32 balls as RCB hunt down 169 to hand Royals 1st lossIn the end, it was the finishing flourish from the cool and calm pair of Dinesh Karthik and Shahbaz Ahmed that turned the match in Royal Challengers Bangalore's (RCB) favour at the Wankhede Stadium in Mumbai on Tuesday. AS IT HAPPENED | SCORECARD | POINTS TABLEStuttering at 87/5 in 13 overs, veteran Karthik not only soaked up the pressure en route his 23-ball 44*, but also emboldened youngster Ahmed (45 off 26 balls) who joined his senior in routing Sanju Samson's high-flying Rajasthan Royals. Chasing 170, a target that gained respectability in the last three overs when Royals' Jos Buttler and Shimron Hetymer took the score from 118 to 169, RCB got off to a decent start, scoring 48 in the Powerplay.
A superb unbeaten 70 from Jos Buttler could not stop Rajasthan Royals falling to a four-wicket defeat against Royal Challengers Bangalore in the Indian Premier League on Tuesday.