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Graeme Smith feels the "mental strain" of leading the Indian team across formats may be taking a toll on Rohit Sharma in the ongoing IPL. Rohit's Mumbai Indians, who have won the IPL a record five times, are yet to open their account in the 15th edition of the lucrative league, having lost all their four matches so far.
Kolkata Knight Riders look the most well-balanced team. The Shreyas Iyer-led side is firing as a unit having all its bases covered. They will once again start as favourites against Delhi Capitals, who have performed below potential so far, at the Brabourne Stadium in Mumbai on Sunday. While KKR have lost only one of their four matches so far, DC managed to win just one after playing three. It must be heartening for the DC team management to see Prithvi Shaw getting runs in the last match against Lucknow Super Giants. Against a man-inform Umesh Yadav, who is regularly providing KKR early breakthroughs, the team will look for another good start from the 2018 U-19 World Cup-winning captain Shaw who got 479 runs in 15 matches in last IPL.
Graeme Smith feels that Rishabh Pant promoting himself to number three in the batting order may be the path Delhi Capitals (DC) should look at in their future matches of IPL 2022. In their six-wicket loss to Lucknow Super Giants on Thursday, Pant struggled to get going at the start before ending up with 39 off 36 balls in his team's below-par 149/3 in 20 overs. Jason Holder and Avesh Khan tied him down with yorkers and slower balls.
IPL debutants Lucknow Super Giants are off to a great start in their first season in Indian Premier League as they are currently placed second in the points table, having won three of their four matches. KL Rahul's team lost its opening match narrowly to fellow debutants Gujarat Titans, but have since recorded comprehensive wins over defending champions Chennai Super Kings, Sunrisers Hyderabad and the impressive Delhi Capitals.
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Graeme Smith's role as Cricket South Africa's (CSA) director of cricket, which he vacates at the end of the month when his contract expires, will not be subjected to major changes in terms of scope.
Cricket South Africa (CSA) on Wednesday announced Pholetsi Moseki as the permanent chief executive officer (CEO) of the cricketing body. Moseki has been the acting CEO of CSA since December 2020. Moseki's official tenure begins on April 1, for a period of five years. CSA has not had a full-time CEO since Thabang Moroe was suspended in December 2019.
IPL franchise for the first time, newly-appointed Royal Challengers Bangalore skipper Faf du Plessis said his leadership style is pretty much similar to that of 'Captain Cool', Mahendra Singh Dhoni. The 37-year-old Du Plessis has been an integral part of Chennai Super Kings side under Dhoni since 2012 and also played for the the new-defunct Rising Pune Supergiant. "I'm very lucky that I've been around some fantastic leaders in my journey in cricket. I grew in with Graeme Smith, who is South Africa's best leader ever," the former South African skipper was quoted as saying in RCB website. "And then the 10 years with MS and Stephen Fleming, two fantastic leaders. I do think that there's similarity in MS style and my style in terms that we both are very relaxed characters," Du Plessis said. The South African also said that he found Dhoni to be complete "opposite" to what it was like captaining in South Africa.