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Conor Benn will be looking for a statement victory on Saturday night when he defends his WBA Continental Welterweight Championship against a tough opponent in Chris van Heerden at the AO Arena in Manchester. The South African has previously fought Errol Spence Jr and gave the American star a tough fight whilst being on a five win streak.
Mumbai Indians are staring at an early exit from this edition with five consecutive defeats. Winless this season, Rohit Sharma & Co. are languishing at the bottom of the points table. TimesofIndia.com here looks at some of the main problem areas for one of the most popular franchises in the IPL: Lack of big name match winners apart from the four retained players and Ishan KishanIt is often said that a captain is only as good as his team. In Rohit Sharma, MI have a very capable captain, who has taken them to a record 5 IPL titles. But this season, after the major reshuffle that happened ahead of the last player auction, Rohit's hands are tied a bit, in terms of the talent at his disposal. MI did retain four of their biggest match winners in Rohit, Jasprit Bumrah, Suryakumar Yadav and Kieron Pollard, but a team needs more than four players to consistently win.
Former England captain Michael Vaughan on Wednesday lauded Mumbai Indians for buying Dewald Brevis, as the young South Africa batter has showed glimpses of his immense potential with his attacking batting in IPL 2022. Brevis was bought in the IPL mega auction by the five time champions for Rs 3 crore, up from a base price of just Rs 20 lakh.
South African teenager Dewald Brevis made headlines with a quickfire innings in the Indian Premier League (IPL) on Wednesday.
Mumbai Indians lost their fifth match of the season on Wednesday night as they went down to Punjab Kings by 12 runs. Mumbai needed some spark while chasing a target of 199 runs and it came from the blade of South African teenager Dewald Brevis, who hit 49 runs off just 25 balls. His innings included five sixes, four of which came off consecutive deliveries off the bowling of leg-spinner Rahul Chahar.
Young South African star Dewald Brevis was in fantastic form during Match 23 of the ongoing IPL 2022 season as Mumbai Indians (MI) took on Punjab Kings (PBKS) at the Maharashtra Cricket Association Stadium in Pune, on Wednesday. The youngster smacked 49 runs off 25 balls, hammering four fours and five sixes, but his effort wasn't enough to guide MI to their first win of the season as Rohit Sharma's team lost its fifth match in a row.
Pollard, Tilak's dismissals scuttle Mumbai's chase as they lose 5 out of 5; Punjab win by 12 runsPUNE: Unless they stage a spectacular turnaround from here, the Mumbai Indians can kiss their chances in IPL 2022 goodbye. Chasing 199 on a batting paradise at the MCA Stadium here on Wednesday night against Punjab Kings, the five-time champions tried hard, but finished at 186 for nine to go down in a high-scoring thriller by 12 runs. AS IT HAPPENEDThis is now MI's fifth defeat in their first five games, and equals their worst start in IPL 2014, when they lost five in a row at the beginning of the tournament. For Punjab, this was their third win, and they have now climbed to No 3 on the table with six points after five games. Though he was involved in running out Tilak Varma (36, 20b, 3x4, 2x6) and Keiron Pollard (10) at crucial stages in the chase, Suryakumar Yadav (43, 30b, 1X4, 4X6) kept MI in the hunt with his sparking strokeplay. However, his dismissal in the penultimate over, caught at long on off Kagiso Rabada, signalled the end of MI's challenge.
Five-time Indian Premier League champions Mumbai Indians crashed to their fifth consecutive defeat on Wednesday, losing by 12 runs to Punjab Kings.