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Sunrisers have bounced back from a forgettable start to win their last three matches, while Punjab got over the last-over heartbreak against Gujarat Titans to beat Mumbai Indians by 12 runs in their previous outing. The subplot of the contest could well be the brute pace of Umran Malik testing Punjab's power hitters.
Delhi Capitals' (DC) captain Rishabh Pant blamed his middle- and lower-order batters for failing to capitalise on the platform provided by David Warner with a blazing half-century as they lost to Royal Challengers Bangalore (RCB) by 16 runs in the Indian Premier League (IPL) here on Saturday. Warner struck a brilliant 66 and had taken Delhi to 94/1 in the 12th over when he got out. Mitchell Marsh scratched around for 24 deliveries to score 14 and Lalit Yadav and Rovman Powell failed to contribute much as Delhi lost their way in their chase of 189/5 posted by RCB after being asked to bat first. Pant himself blasted a 17-ball 34 but in the end Delhi's chase lost steam and they ended at 173/7 in 20 overs.
Royal Challengers Bangalore (RCB) captain Faf du Plessis gave credit to Dinesh Karthik and Shahbaz Ahmed and his bowlers for their 16-run win over Delhi Capitals (DC) in the IPL here on Saturday. Karthik hammered 66 not out while Shahbaz contributed an unbeaten 32 and shared a 97-run partnership for the sixth wicket after Glenn Maxwell had set the platform with an attacking 55 as RCB posted 189/5 in 20 overs. Their bowlers, led by Josh Hazlewood (3/28) and Mohammed Siraj (2/31), then restricted Delhi Capitals to 173/7 in 20 overs to seal their fourth win in six matches so far this season.
World Bridge Championships this time in Italy. The Indian senior team of Subrata Saha, Sukamal Das, Ashok Goel, R.Krishnan, Anil Padhye and Rajesh Dalal bagged the silver medal for the country in the World Bridge Championships which was held from March 28 to April 9 at Salsomaggiore, Italy. This was the first time the Indian senior team reached the final of the championships and the first time in 45 years of the Championship that India has clinched a silver medal.
Jasprit Bumrah said it as it is. The Mumbai Indians' (MI) pacer admitted that they were "not good enough", after slumping to their sixth successive defeat in a nightmarish Indian Premier League (IPL) campaign. On Saturday, they were done in by KL Rahul's masterful hundred as he powered Lucknow Super Giants (LSG) to an 18-run win to push the five-time champions closer to a league-stage elimination. "We have been in a fight. A lot of games with little luck here or there, but it is the way it is. We are not shying away that we were not good enough and the table is not lying. In the rest of our games, we will try to give our best shot and come out on the better side," Bumrah said at the post-match press conference.
Umesh Yadav is the latest to join that brigade with his super show in the first half of the tournament so far. Umesh, who last played white-ball cricket for India in February 2019 in a T20I match against Australia in Visakhapatnam, did not get enough opportunities to represent the country in the shortest format, playing only seven T20Is in his career. Even in the mega auction before this IPL, he initially went unsold till Kolkata Knight Riders bought him for Rs 2 crore.
Dinesh Karthik on Saturday said that he has been "trying everything" to stage a comeback into the Indian team. Karthik, 36, who began his journey in international cricket way back in 2004, has not put a foot wrong in the ongoing Indian Premier League (IPL), playing some of the finest knocks for his franchise Royal Challengers Bangalore (RCB), who spent on Rs 5.5 crore on him in the auction. He stretched his excellent run of form with a blistering 34-ball 66, paving the way for RCB's 16-run win over Delhi Capitals.
Dinesh Karthik is not finished yet. He has re-emerged as one of the premier finishers in this season of IPL. About to turn 37 in a couple of months, he is light on his feet as ever while moving in the crease, disturbing the line and lengths of bowlers and making a mockery of the death overs. Saturday night was another freak show which has become usual with Karthik around. Delhi Capitals were his latest prey as he went about pulling Royal Challengers Bangalore out of a hole at 92/5 in the 12th over and then clobbering the young bowling attack to all parts of the ground to score an unbeaten 66 off 34 balls. He put on an unbeaten sixth-wicket 97-run stand with Shahbaz Ahmed as RCB set Capitals a daunting 190-run target.