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With less than 6 hours to the toss for the IPL 2022 Qualifier 1 between Gujarat Titans and Rajasthan Royals, the weather and rain update from Kolkata is quite grim. Rajasthan Royals shred a video from their team hotel of it raining. The Kolkata sky looks grey with dark clouds in the video and that surely isn't great news for cricket fans in the country.
The Indian Premier League (IPL) 2022 league stage games are over and the playoffs will get underway on Tuesday with Gujarat Titans squaring off against Rajasthan Royals at the Eden Gardens, Kolkata, on Tuesday. GT finished the league stage at the top spot while RR were second. Weather may play spoilsport in the Qualifier 1 and if a full match does not take place, then the winner would be decided by Super Over. If even a Super Over can't take place, then GT would go through as they were placed higher in the points table in the league stage.
The Indian Premier League (IPL) 2022 is reaching its business end with the Hardik Pandya-led Gujarat Titans playing Sanju Samson-led Rajasthan Royals in the Qualifier 1 in Kolkata on Tuesday. The winner of the contest will directly move to the final. Ahead of the playoffs, former Indian cricket team player Virender Sehwag gave his take on the four teams which have qualified for the playoffs. The batting great also picked his favourite captain from the teams' performance in the league stage. Surprisingly, Sehwag picked someone who did not have any captaincy experience before the IPL 2022.
The Titans have already proved that 'big tournament experience' is a bit over-hyped term in sports as they made a smooth run to become the first of the 10 teams to make the knockout stage, topping the table with 20 points from 14 matches in their maiden IPL appearance.
IPL 2022 has reached its business end and Tuesday will witness the first of the three playoff matches of the season. Table toppers Gujarat Titans will take on second placed Rajasthan Royals with an eye on the spot in the final. The match will be played at the Eden Gardens in Kolkata, which will be hosting its first IPL match of the season. Going into the match, both teams will be hoping for their experienced players to come good.
Indian team selectors on Sunday announced a maiden call for pace sensation Umran Malik and seamer Arshdeep Singh for the 18-member T20 squad for the South Africa series. Among the players who did not make it to the T20 squad for the South Africa series is Kolkata Knight Riders (KKR) star batter, Nitish Rana, who amassed 361 runs in 14 matches in the IPL 2022. Following the announcement of the T20 squad, Rana took to Twitter to share an optimistic tweet after the snub.
Indian team selectors on Sunday announced a maiden call for pace sensation Umran Malik and seamer Arshdeep Singh for the 18-member T20 squad for the South Africa series. Among the players who did not make it to the T20 squad for the South Africa series is Kolkata Knight Riders (KKR) star batter, Nitish Rana, who amassed 361 runs in 14 matches in the IPL 2022. Following the announcement of the T20 squad, Rana took to Twitter to share an optimistic tweet after the snub.
Cheteshwar Pujara has made a comeback to India's Test team while youngsters like Umran Malik and Arshdeep Singh have received an India call-up as the All-India Senior Selection Committee on Sunday named the squads for the upcoming five-match T20I series against South Africa, beginning June 9 at the Arun Jaitley Stadium in Delhi, and the rescheduled 5th Test against England, which will be played in Birmingham in the first week of July.