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MUMBAI (Reuters) - Virat Kohli was out on the first ball for the second straight match as his lean patch continued in the Indian Premier League on Saturday during his side Royal Challengers Bangalore's humiliating defeat to Sunrisers Hyderabad.
MUMBAI : Virat Kohli was out on the first ball for the second straight match as his lean patch continued in the Indian Premier League on Saturday during his side Royal Challengers Bangalore's humiliating defeat to Sunrisers Hyderabad.
Andre Russell on Saturday became the first player in the history of the Indian Premier League (IPL) to achieve a four-wicket haul in a one-over spell. Russell achieved this feat during the clash against Gujarat Titans (GT) at the DY Patil stadium. He dismissed Abhinav Manohar, Lockie Ferguson, Rahul Tewatia and Yash Dayal in the 20th over of the GT innings to restrict them at 156/9. Earlier, the record of most wickets in a single over was held by Kolkata's Laxmi Ratan Shukla, who had registered a figure of 3/6 against Delhi Capitals (then Delhi Daredevils) in 2008.
Narendra Modi Stadium in Ahmedabad will stage the qualifier 2 and the final (on May 29), while the Eden Gardens in Kolkata will host the qualifier 1 and eliminator of IPL-2022. As of now, the BCCI has decided to allow 100% crowd capacity during the IPL playoffs. There was speculation that the BCCI will keep the playoffs in Mumbai and reduce the crowd capacity due to the rising number of Covid-19 cases in the country, but the Board has decided to wait and watch the situation.
cricket, as it marks the birthday of batting legend,Sachin Tendulkar. The Maharashtra-born player, who turned 49 on Sunday, made his Test debut on November 15, 1989, at the age of 16. In the same year, on December 18, he played his first ODI match. The legendary batter has the most number of runs in the longest format of the game, amassing 15,921 runs. Along the way, Tendulkar scored 51 Test centuries, the most by any player.
Iga Swiatek said she was "born to fight" after battling past Liudmila Samsonova on Saturday to seal a 22nd consecutive win and book her place in the Stuttgart final. After just over three hours, Swiatek converted her first match point having broken Samsonova's service three times in the final set to claim a 6-7 (4/7), 6-4, 7-5 win. It was an impressive fightback by the 20-year-old who punched the air in delight after winning the final point. "I honestly hate losing and you just don't want to give up. Players like me are born to fight," said an elated Swiatek who has now reached four finals in succession having won titles in Doha, Indian Wells and Miami. On Sunday, she faces Aryna Sabalenka, who earlier reached the final for the second year running with a straight sets win over Paula Badosa.
South Africa at home less than a fortnight after the conclusion of the ongoing Indian Premier League, with the opening match scheduled in New Delhi on June 9. The five matches will take place across 11 days, concluding with the final game at the M. Chinnaswamy Stadium in Bengaluru.
The KL Rahul-led Lucknow Super Giants (LSG) will aim to get back to winning ways after their loss against Royal Challengers Bangalore (RCB) in their previous game. Standing in their way is a struggling Mumbai Indians (MI) team, which will look to end their losing streak of seven games. Rahul is expected to make at least one change and Andrew Tye is likely to be given a go ahead for this crucial tie at the Wankhede Stadium in Mumbai on Sunday.