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Watch: Mad Celebrations Break Out In RCB Camp As They Qualify For Playoffs After Mumbai Indians Beat Delhi Capitals

Royal Challengers Bangalore's hopes of reaching the IPL 2022 playoffs rested on Mumbai Indians beating Delhi Capitals at the Wankhede Stadium on Saturday. Ahead of the crunch clash, RCB had even changed to their profile pics on social media to support the Mumbai Indians. Stars like Virat Kohli and Faf du Plessis publicly backed MI and hoped that Rohit Sharma's side would do them a huge favour. Come Saturday and MI did just that. They got the better of Delhi Capitals to send the latter crashing out of the tournament, paving the path for RCB to reach the playoffs instead.

IPL 2022, MI vs DC: 'Worked really hard on my shape', reveals Mumbai Indians' Tim David after win over Delhi Capitals

Mumbai Indians batter Tim David, whose crucial knock helped his team in defeating Delhi Capitals, revealed that he worked really hard on his shape after facing some issues earlier in the season. Clinical knocks by MI batters on Saturday helped five-time champions in finishing their IPL 2022 campaign on a high as they defeated DC by 5 wickets here at Wankhede Stadium. "Ishan (Kishan) told me the wicket was getting flatter, it was holding a bit with the slower balls, but I just had to hold my shape and back my game, keep it simple.

Young Indian team needs to handle pressure in Asia Cup opener against Pakistan

Pakistan in the Asia Cup here on Monday. While Pakistan has fielded quite a few new faces in the tournament, India will be represented by its 'A' team under the leadership of veteran Birendra Lakra, who came out of retirement after the Tokyo Olympics. For India, the Asia Cup provides a platform to test its bench strength ahead of a busy season, that includes the Birmingham Commonwealth Games and the FIH World Cup next year for which the Tokyo Olympic medallists have already qualified as the host nation.

"Little Fumbles Can Happen": What Rohit Sharma Said About Rishabh Pant After MI vs DC IPL 2022 Clash

Rohit Sharma came out in support of Rishabh Pant after the Delhi Capitals captain had a torrid day in the field in the crunch IPL 2022 clash against Mumbai Indians. With a playoffs place at stake, DC lost to MI by five wickets with the focus falling on Pant for a DRS mistake he made that came back to haunt the team. The DC skipper also dropped an absolute sitter in the 12th over to give Dewald Brevis a reprieve. Following the match, Rohit Sharma said that in a high-pressure tournament like the IPL, "little fumbles can happen" but backed Pant to come back strongly next season.

"No Doubt In My Mind": Delhi Capitals Coach Ricky Ponting Comes Out In Support Of Captain Rishabh Pant

Delhi Capitals coach Ricky Ponting on Saturday backed Rishabh Pant after his strategic blunder cost the team a spot in the playoffs, saying he is still young and learning the ropes of captaincy and remains the right choice for the job. With Mumbai Indians at 95 for 3 in 14.3 overs while chasing a target of 160, Pant made a strategic blunder as he refused to go for DRS after Tim David nicked the first ball of his innings and the onfield umpire didn't give him out. It came back to haunt DC as David slammed 34 runs off just 11 balls with the help of two boundaries and four sixes to take the game out of DC's grasp.

Joint FIFA, AFC team set to visit India to 'understand current situation'

FIFA and AFC is set to visit India to "understand the current situation" in the aftermath of the Supreme Court's order to constitute a Committee of Administrators (CoA) to run the All India Football Federation's (AIFF) day-to-day affairs. A top source aware of the development in the AIFF told PTI that "FIFA and AFC's team will visit India, most probably in June, to basically understand the current situation arising out of the recent Supreme Court order".

Cricket - Rohit confident 'minor adjustment' can fix batting woes

MUMBAI (Reuters) - Opener Rohit Sharma just needs to make minor adjustments to his batting to regain form, the Mumbai Indians captain said after his team finished last in the Indian Premier League (IPL) this season.

IPL 2022: Virat Kohli Shares Pic With Faf du Plessis And Glenn Maxwell After RCB Make Playoffs, Tweet Goes Viral

Royal Challengers Bangalore made it to the IPL 2022 playoffs after Mumbai Indians did them a huge favour by beating Delhi Capitals by five wickets at the Wankhede Stadium on Saturday night. Had DC beaten Mumbai, they would have qualified for the playoffs while RCB would have missed out. But a 34-run blitz from Tim David, juxtaposed with some strange decisions from DC, saw MI emerge victorious. It was no surprise that the RCB team was over the moon with the result and some of the players, including former skipper Virat Kohli took to social media to share their elation.

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Watch: Mad Celebrations Break Out In RCB Camp As They Qualify For Playoffs After Mumbai Indians Beat Delhi Capitals

IPL 2022, MI vs DC: 'Worked really hard on my shape', reveals Mumbai Indians' Tim David after win over Delhi Capitals

Young Indian team needs to handle pressure in Asia Cup opener against Pakistan

"Little Fumbles Can Happen": What Rohit Sharma Said About Rishabh Pant After MI vs DC IPL 2022 Clash

"No Doubt In My Mind": Delhi Capitals Coach Ricky Ponting Comes Out In Support Of Captain Rishabh Pant

Joint FIFA, AFC team set to visit India to 'understand current situation'

Cricket - Rohit confident 'minor adjustment' can fix batting woes

IPL 2022: Virat Kohli Shares Pic With Faf du Plessis And Glenn Maxwell After RCB Make Playoffs, Tweet Goes Viral