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Kolkata Knight Riders (KKR) skipper Nitish Rana's wait for Andre Russell's return to form ended as the power-hitter played a brilliant knock to take his team to victory against Punjab Kings (PBKS) at Eden Gardens. KKR won a thrilling match against PBKS in a last-over finish. A half-century by Nitish Rana and fiery cameos from Andre Russell and Rinku Singh helped Kolkata clinch a five-wicket win.
Sam Curran might have been bogged down by the pressure of his price tag in this IPL, but Punjab Kings bowling coach Charl Langeveldt backed the Englishman, terming him a "winner". Andre Russell roared back to form by smashing Curran for three sixes off four balls to turn the match in favour of KKR who sealed a thrilling five-wicket win to keep their playoff hopes alive in the IPL here on Monday. "He's a winner. You want to back him. He's our senior bowler as well, you can have days like this," the South African said at the post-match media interaction.
The IPL 2023 match between SunRisers Hyderabad and Rajasthan Royals on Sunday was a thriller to the core. With SRH needing five runs in one ball to overhaul a 215-run target, RR pacer Sandeep Sharma bowled a no-ball with Abdul Samad on strike. Then on the last legal delivery, Samad hit a six to take SRH over the line. Needless to say, that it was a tough night for Sandeep. However, former India spinner Murali Kartik pointed out that it was not only the bowler who had crossed the marked line. At the non-striker's end was SRH's Marco Jansen, could also be clearly seen crossing the line as Sandeep was bowling.
Is this year going to be MS Dhoni's last as a player in the Indian Premier League (IPL)? The question has kept every single fan guessing. Even when present Danny Morrison asked the Chennai Super Kings (CSK) skipper about his 'swansong season', Dhoni refused to give a clear answer on his plans. However, Dhoni's former India and CSK teammate Suresh Raina has revealed what the 'Thala' told him on the subject of retirement, and it's just the piece of news that fans wanted to hear.
Kolkata Knight Riders captain Nitish Rana has been fined Rs 12 lakh after his team maintained a slow over-rate during their Indian Premier League match against Punjab Kings at the Eden Gardens. As it was his team's first offence of the season under the IPL's code of conduct relating to minimum over-rate offences, Rana was fined Rs 12 lakh, the league said in a statement. On Monday night, Rinku Singh added to his reputation of being an expert finisher with a last-ball boundary as Kolkata Knight Riders beat Punjab Kings by five wickets to keep their IPL play-off hopes alive.
The Indian Premier League (IPL) 2023 season has seen a huge transformation at the Kolkata Knight Riders. The crowd that used to chant Russell... Russell whenever the big-hitting West Indian would come out to bat, is now chanting Rinku... Rinku. After the pairing of Russell and Rinku won Knight Riders the match against Punjab Kings on Monday, it was Rinku Singh again who hit the winning runs, scoring a boundary on the bowling of death overs specialist Arshdeep Singh. After the game, even Russell admitted that he was in awe of Rinku.
The Kent Cricket League Premier Division’s opening weekend was almost a washout with four out of five fixtures abandoned.
Chennai Super Kings are having a brilliant outing in the ongoing season of the Indian Premier League. Having won six out of 11 matches, the four-time champions are at the second spot on the points table. Recently, CSK defeated their arch-rivals Mumbai Indians by six wickets in a chase of 140 runs at Chepauk. This victory was special as it was CSK's first win against MI at Chepauk since 2011. Apart from such a memorable win, one thing which won many hearts was skipper MS Dhoni's reference of Virat Kohli.