IPL 2024: Spectacular opening ceremony kicks off new season in style
The 2024 Indian Premier League season got under way with a spectacular curtain-raiser at Chennai's MA Chidambaram Stadium on Friday.
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Watch: Stunned Virat Kohli Departs After "Truly Epic" Catch By CSK's Rachin Ravindra And Ajinkya Rahane
Chennai Super Kings came out all guns blazing against Royal Challengers Bangalore in the IPL 2024 opener on Friday. Left-arm pacer Mustafizur Rahman breathed fire as he broke the back of CSK with four wickets in his first two overs. He scalped Faf du Plessis, Virat Kohli, Rajat Patidar and Cameron Green. This is CSK's first match under new skipper Ruturaj Gaikwad and his team gave their all with bowling as well as fielding. It was evident as Virat Kohli was caught by brilliant teamwork from Rachin Ravindra and Ajinkya Rahane.
Virat Kohli Achieves Historic First By An Indian In CSK vs RCB IPL 2024 Opener
Royal Challengers Bangaluru star batter Virat Kohli on Friday achieved a massive feat in T20 cricket. He became the first Indian batter in T20 history to score 12000 runs. Kohli reached the milestone during RCB's IPL 2024 game against Chennai Super Kings at MA Chidambaram Stadium in Chennai. With this, Kohli joined the elite list that has the likes of Chris Gayle and Kieron Pollard. West Indies' T20 legend Gayle tops the chart with 14562 T20 runs, while Pakistan's Shoaib Malik holds the second spot with 13360 runs. Star all-rounder from West Indies, Pollard, is at the third position with 12900 runs and England's Alex Hales is at the fourth spot with 12319 runs. Then comes David Warner (12065 runs), who is followed by Kohli. The India star achieved the feat in his 377th T20 game and 360th innings.
'Don't Want To Fill Anybody's Shoes': Ruturaj Gaikwad Sets Record Straight On Replacing MS Dhoni As CSK Captain
It' a new IPL and Chennai Super Kings have fresh captain in Ruturaj Gaikwad. On Thursday, Chennai Super Kings sprang a surprise by replacing MS Dhoni with Ruturaj Gaikwad as skipper. Under MS Dhoni, CSK won the IPL 2023. But he had given enough indication that he would be playing in more of a mentorship role in IPL 2024. Ruturaj Gaikwad said that MS Dhoni hinted him in 2023 that he would lead CSK. He also made it clear that he wants to lead CSK in his own style.
Canadian ski cross teammates claim gold, silver, bronze at World Cup event in Sweden
Canada continued its strong World Cup ski cross season on Friday in Idre Fjäll, Sweden.
Punjab Kings vs Delhi Capitals, IPL 2024: Match Preview, Fantasy Picks, Pitch And Weather Reports
Delhi Capitals are playing their first game of this season. In their last five games, they have won two games and lost three. Punjab Kings are also playing their first game of this season. In their last five games, they have won one game and lost four. Both teams last played against each other in Match 64 of the Indian T20 League, 2023 where Liam Livingstone scored the highest fantasy points for Punjab Kings with 135 match fantasy points by scoring a powerful knock of 94 runs from 48 balls. Prithvi Shaw topped the fantasy points leaderboard for Delhi Capitals with 77 match fantasy points with his half-century of 54 runs from 38 balls.
Thomas Cup: Defending Champions India Placed With Indonesia In Group C
The Badminton World Federation (BWF) announced the draws for the Thomas Cup and Uber Cup on Friday, with defending champion India being drawn in Group C along with runners-up from last year and 14-time champion Indonesia in the Thomas Cup competition. For the Uber Cup, the top world championship in women's team badminton, India have been drawn in Group A along with 15-time champion China. BWF took to X (formerly Twitter) to announce the groups. "Thomas Cup Group C: Indonesia, India, Thailand, England," said BWF.
"Coming In Fresh...": RCB Director Of Cricket's Big Take On Virat Kohli Ahead Of IPL 2024
Fresh from a break, Virat Kohli is in a great frame of mind and raring to go as Royal Challengers Bengaluru (RCB) begin their Indian Premier League (IPL) campaign on Friday. Mo Bobat, RCB's Director of Cricket, who has been closely watching Kohli during training, feels the great batter is hitting the ball superbly.