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Kolkata Knight Riders spinner Varun Chakaravarthy said bowlers must learn to live with the Indian Premier League's (IPL) impact player rule instead of complaining about something they cannot change.
Delhi Capitals skipper Rishabh Pant took to social media and shared a heartfelt message for the home fans on Friday as they were not able to qualify for the playoffs of the Indian Premier League 2024. Pant has been one of the main highlights of the ongoing 17th edition of the cash-rich league, as he returned to cricket after 14 months of recovery following his horrific car accident in December 2022. The 26-year-old scored 446 runs in 13 IPL matches this season. Pant's batting prowess in the IPL 2024 has earned him a spot in India's main 15-man squad for the impending 2024 T20 World Cup as one of their two wicketkeeper options.
KL Rahul took a stunning catch to dismiss Shai Hope during the IPL 2024 match between Lucknow Super Giants and Delhi Capitals on Tuesday. During the 9th over of the DC innings, Hope slammed a delivery from Ravi Bishnoi straight to Rahul at cover but the LSG captain was taken by surprise. He spilled the catch for a moment before pulling off a dive and complete it before the ball hit the ground. The catch left the commentators and fans stunned as the stadium erupted and LSG owner Sanjiv Goenka was pictured giving Rahul a standing ovation following the impressive catch.
Ultra-aggressive cricket, especially in the powerplay, has transformed the shortest format but it remains to be seen if the players can replicate it in the upcoming T20 World Cup in the Americas, said Lucknow Super Giants head coach Justin Langer. IPL teams have scored 200 or more 37 times this season so far but LSG managed to achieve the feat only once -- against Chennai Super Kings last month -- and Langer admitted that they had struggled in the powerplay.
Commanding fifties from Abishek Porel and Tristan Stubbs was complemented by a clinical bowling effort as Delhi Capitals kept their slim IPL play-off hopes alive with a 19-run win over Lucknow Super Giants in their final league fixture on Tuesday. Porel (58 off 33 balls) and Shai Hope (38 off 27 balls) shared 92 runs off 49 balls to give the hosts an aggressive start. Tristan Stubbs (57 not out off 25) then hammered three fours and four maximums in his blitzkrieg and added 47 and 50 runs with Rishabh Pant (33) and Axar Patel (14 not out) to power DC to 208 for 4. The bowlers then joined the party to restrict the visitors to 189 for 9, despite a belligerent 27-ball 61 from Nicholas Pooran and a 33-ball 58 not out by Arshad Khan.
The Delhi Capitals had to rely on their stand-in skipper Axar Patel to lead the team in a must-win clash against Royal Challengers Bengaluru, with the Board of Control for Cricket in India (BCCI) deciding to suspend Rishabh Pant. The wicket-keeper batter was slapped with a 1-match ban after his third over-rate offense of the season. Pant, who has been pivotal to his franchise's victories this season, both as a leader and a wicket-keeper batter, didn't directly react to the suspension but shared a cryptic post on Instagram on Sunday.
The Axar Patel-led Delhi Capitals have won the toss and elected to bowl first against Royal Challengers Bengaluru in Match 62 of Indian Premier League (IPL) 2024 at the M. Chinnaswamy Stadium on Sunday evening. Both RCB and DC need to win Sunday's match, being played under the rain threat in Bengaluru, to keep themselves alive in the race for the IPL 2024 playoffs. Axar is captaining DC in the absence of Rishabh Pant, who is serving a one-match suspension due to a third slow-over rate offence in their match against Rajasthan Royals on May 7. He also said wicketkeeper-batter Kumar Kushagra is included in the playing eleven in place of Pant and fast-bowler Rasikh Salam is also taken in. Veteran opener David Warner has been included in the Impact Substitutes for DC.
Delhi Capitals all-rounder Tristan Stubbs has revealed that Kuldeep Yadav does not bowl to him in the nets. “He won't bowl to me, I have tried a few times to go face him but he won't bowl to me,' said Tristan Stubbs to The Grade Cricketer podcast. The South African youngster has made a name for himself during the 2024 IPL and has been a major reason behind the Delhi Capitals' recent resurgence into the top four race. In 12 games played so far, the middle order batsman has scored 318 runs at an average of 53 whilst boasting an impressive strike rate of 188.17.
Delhi Capitals spinners Kuldeep Yadav and Axar Patel registered their names in the list of most wickets for the franchise during the clash against Rajasthan Royals in the 56th fixture of the Indian Premier League 2024 on Tuesday. Kuldeep's game-changing 17th over combined with Mukesh Kumar taking key wickets at the crucial points kept DC alive in their hunt for a spot in the playoffs following their 20-run win over RR at the Arun Jaitley Stadium. Where on one side, Kuldeep finished with the figures of 4-0-25-2, Axar bowled three overs took one wicket in his spell of three overs where he conceded 25 runs.