Pakistan's Amir makes retirement U-turn
Pakistan fast bowler Mohammad Amir made himself available for the upcoming Twenty20 World Cup on Sunday, more than three years after retiring from international cricket.
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Watch: Dog Invades Pitch During IPL 2024 Game In Ahmedabad. Internet In Splits
Jasprit Bumrah's masterclass spell and Gerald Coetzee's two-wicket haul helped Mumbai Indians (MI) restrict Gujarat Titans (GT) to 168/6 in their Indian Premier League (IPL) 2024 match at Narendra Modi Stadium on Sunday. Bumrah conceded just 7 runs in his final over and ended his quota of four overs with figures of 3 for 14 while Coetzee bagged two wickets. For GT, Sai Sudharsan scored the highest 45 off 39 and Shubman Gill scored 31. Opting to field first, skipper Hardik Pandya opened MI's bowling, conceding 20 runs in his first two overs. In the fourth over of the game, Jasprit Bumrah drew first blood as he provided his team with a big breakthrough. MI started to feel a bit of pressure after GT got off to a flying start, however, Bumrah came to the rescue of the five-time champions with a toe-crushing yorker as Wriddhiman Saha (19 off 15) missed the ball that rattled his stumps.
Ishan Kishan's Horror Run Continues, Departs For Four-Ball Duck Against Gujarat Titans
Ishan Kishan's horrible run of form continued as he was dismissed for a four-ball duck during Mumbai Indians' IPL 2024 match against Gujarat Titans on Sunday. Kishan, who was snubbed from the BCCI central contracts list, has struggled to score runs in the past few matches and once again, he was not able to score big. Kishan faced just four balls in the match before he was dismissed by Azmatullah Omarzai in the first over of the Mumbai Indians innings. Kishan ended up playing away from his body while tackling an out-swinger from Omarzai and Wriddhiman Saha completed the catch comfortably.
"I Looked Into His Eyes And Told...": KKR Captain Shreyas Iyer's Message Before Harshit Rana Last-Over Heroics
Kolkata Knight Riders captain Shreyas Iyer on Saturday admitted his wobbling nerves when Sunrisers Hyderabad's Heinrich Klassen was going ballistic in pursuit of a stiff 209-run target in an IPL match here on Saturday. Chasing a stiff 209, Klassen (63 off 29b) single-handedly brought SRH within sniffing distance of an improbable win before eventually falling short by four runs. "Right from the 17th over, I had butterflies in the stomach! To be honest, I thought anything can happen in the last over," Iyer said.
Royal Challengers Bengaluru vs Punjab Kings, IPL 2024: Match Preview, Fantasy Picks, Pitch And Weather Reports
Royal Challengers Bengaluru will be up against Punjab Kings in Match 6 of the Indian Premier League, 2024, at the M Chinnaswamy Stadium, Bengaluru on Monday. Royal Challengers Bengaluru have played one match in the tournament and they are ranked sixth on the points table, while Punjab Kings have also played one match and are ranked second on the points table. Both teams last played against each other in Match 27 of the Indian Premier League, 2023, where Mohammed Siraj scored the highest fantasy points for Royal Challengers Bengaluru with 158 match fantasy points while Prabhsimran Singh topped the fantasy points leaderboard for Punjab Kings with 69 match fantasy points.
"Sometimes Stuff Pops On My Instagram": Andre Russell's Epic Description Of Whirlwind Knock vs SRH
Following his side's four run win over Sunrisers Hyderabad (SRH) in their Indian Premier League (IPL) match, Kolkata Knight Riders (KKR) all-rounder Andre Russell said that pacer Harshit Rana wanted the last over and lauded the young pacer for coming back well after conceding a six while defending 13 runs in the final over. Despite an all-round show by Russell, SRH's Heinrich Klaasen threatened to ruin KKR's party and dented the Rs 24-plus crore prize-tagged Mitchell Starc's IPL comeback with some massive sixes. But a win was not meant to be for SRH as Harshit managed to keep his composure and defended 13 runs in the last over despite Klaasen hitting him for a massive six early on. Harshit went on to pick up two wickets, including that off Klaasen.
PCB restores Rauf's contract after letter clearing misunderstanding
The Pakistan Cricket Board (PCB) has reinstated Haris Rauf's central contract after he made his case in a letter, chairman Mohsin Naqvi said on Sunday, a month after the PCB terminated it over the bowler's refusal to join the test squad.
Mohammad Amir Comes Out Of Retirement, Announces Availability For T20 World Cup
Controversial Pakistan left-arm pacer Mohammad Amir has decided to come out of international retirement and make himself available for selection for the upcoming T20 World Cup in the Americas in June. Amir, who was banned from cricket for five years between 2010 to 2015 on spot-fixing charges and was also briefly jailed for his crime, had retired in 2021 from all forms of international cricket. However, he has kept on playing in T20 leagues across the globe and now the new PCB regime under chairman Mohsin Naqvi has convinced him to take back his retirement.