Vaibhav Arora: Last News

NEW DELHI :Kolkata Knight Riders lifted their third Indian Premier League (IPL) title with an eight-wicket thrashing of Sunrisers Hyderabad in a lop-sided final in Chennai on Sunday.

The self-destructing batters let Sunrisers Hyderabad down again to hand a Kolkata Knight Riders a much needed five-run win in the IPL here on Thursday, keeping the Nitish Rana-led side alive in the tournament. Rana and Rinku Singh came up with a fruitful 61-run partnership to help KKR post 171 for nine and then their bowlers, especially Shardul Thakur (2/23) and Vaibhav Arora (2/32), helped the two-time IPL champions limit Sunrisers Hyderabad to 166 for eight in 20 overs. Varun Chakaravarthy bowled a brilliant 20th over to eke out a welcome win for his team. KKR earned their fourth victory of the season and are now on eight points, while SRH, who remained stranded on six points, suffered a huge body blow to their chances of making the playoffs.

Bowling in the death is one of the most difficult tasks in cricket, especially in the shorter formats when batters are looking to go hell for leather. Death bowlers are entrusted with great responsibility by their teams, having to either ensure their total is defended or the opposition are curtailed to as low a total as possible to give the batters a chaseable target. In the Indian Premier League (IPL) 2022 match between Punjab Kings and SunRisers Hyderabad, pacer Umran Malik bowled one of the greatest final overs one can witness.

Chennai Super Kings skipper Ravindra Jadeja wants his team to find ways to come back stronger even as he defended opener Ruturaj Gaikwad's poor form after his team's third successive defeat in the IPL. After having lost to Kolkata Knight Riders and Lucknow Supergiants in the first two games, CSK on Sunday suffered a 54-run loss to Punjab Kings. "I think we lost too many wickets in the powerplay and didn't find momentum from ball one. We need to find a way to come back stronger," Jadeja said after the match.

Punjab Kings' (PBKS) batter Shikhar Dhawan was all praise for debutant Vaibhav Arora who dismantled the Chennai Super Kings' (CSK) top order on Sunday in the ongoing Indian Premier League (IPL). Arora returned with impressive figures of 2 for 21 from his four overs here at the Brabourne Stadium in Mumbai as PBKS bounced back in style to defeat Chennai Super Kings (CSK) by 54 runs. Chasing 181, CSK did not get the ideal start after openers Ruturaj Gaikwad and Robin Uthappa were back in the hut early. Gaikwad was caught in the slips by Dhawan while Uthappa's leading edge was taken by PBKS skipper Agarwal. Kagiso Rabada and Vaibhav Arora claimed a wicket each in those two dismissals.

Chennai Super Kings' (CSK) skipper Ravindra Jadeja wants his team to find ways to come back stronger even as he defended opener Ruturaj Gaikwad's poor form after his team's third successive defeat in the IPL. After having lost to Kolkata Knight Riders and Lucknow Super Giants in the first two games, CSK on Sunday suffered a 54-run loss to Punjab Kings. "I think we lost too many wickets in the powerplay and didn't find momentum from ball one. We need to find a way to come back stronger," Jadeja said after the match.

Hat-trick of losses for defending championsPunjab Kings paid a fortune for Liam Livingstone at the auction table. The Englishman hadn't made an impact in IPL last season and one felt coach Anil Kumble might have gone a little too much for him. AS IT HAPPENEDBut on Sunday night at the Brabourne, Livingstone showed that the investment was worth every penny. It was his all-round effort that was the cornerstone of Punjab's second win and CSK's third loss in a row. Livingstone came in to bat at 14-2 when the chips were down and the ball was doing a bit for the CSK pacers. But Livingstone (60 off 32 balls) was not ready to hold back. Banking on his power and hand-eye co-ordination, Livingstone attacked the CSK pacers as if there was no tomorrow. Run flowed from his bat and he found an able ally in Shikhar Dhawan (33 off 24) who kept the strike rotating.