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Gujarat Titans (GT) take on Lucknow Super Giants (LSG) in Match 57 of the ongoing Indian Premier League (IPL) 2022 at the Maharashtra Cricket Association Stadium in Pune on Tuesday. GT are currently second in the IPL 2022 points table with 16 points from 11 games, including eight wins and three defeats. The Hardik Pandya-led side will be aiming to bounce back to winning ways after losing their previous two fixtures.
Mumbai Indians captain Rohit Sharma was a frustrated man on Monday. After his team restricted Kolkata Knight Riders to 165/9 in 20 overs, a lot was expected of Rohit Sharma -- the batter. However, he could not contribute much. Rohit fell for just two off six balls in the first over of the chase, bowled by KKR pacer Tim Southee. More than the score, it was his dismissal that created a lot of buzz. To add to it, MI lost the game by a massive 52 runs for their ninth loss of the Indian Premier League (IPL) 2022.
Finisher's astounding form for RCB has led to calls for his inclusion in Team India's T20 World Cup squad for Australia later this yearJust a few months ago when India were playing a Test series in England, Dinesh Karthik was commentating for the official broadcasters. Following his success at the com box, when TOI asked him whether he would follow it up next season as well, Karthik said: "I will, if it doesn't interfere with my cricket. My dream is to still play for India." At that point, that dream seemed a little far-fetched. But following his exploits with the bat in this IPL for Royal Challengers Bangalore, a spot in the T20 World Cup squad in Australia in October-November doesn't look like a distant dream anymore. Karthik has been in outstanding form in this IPL, batting at a strike-rate of 200 coming late down the order and taking RCB to the cusp of qualification. Such has been his influence as a finisher that RCB skipper Faf du Plessis said on Sunday after his team's win against Sunrisers Hyderabad that he was planning to retire himself out just to let Karthik in. "If DK keeps hitting sixes like that, everyone wants to have him in as long as possible. In fact I wanted to get out or retire myself out to let him have a go," Du Plessis said of Karthik's 8-ball 30.
MS Dhoni is not known to lose his cool. However, during Chennai Super Kings' Indian Premier League (IPL) 2022 match against Delhi Capitals on Sunday, the CSK captain was miffed after some lax fielding by his players. During the 15th over of DC's chase against CSK, Shardul Thakur played a Maheesh Theekshana delivery towards mid-wicket and wanted to come back for a second run. The fielder Mukesh Choudhary collected the ball threw it towards the non-striker's end. The throw wasn't good but would have run out Kuldeep, who was well short of the crease. But Theekshana too was not well placed to collect the ball. And this didn't please Dhoni at all.
Chennai Super Kings' defence of the Indian Premier League title they won last season was left in tatters after the team won just one match out of their first six games. But with MS Dhoni back at the helm of affairs after Ravindra Jadeja stepped down, CSK have won two of their last three matches. And the man at the centre of these wins has been Devon Conway. The New Zealand batting star has hit three back-to-back half-centuries after returning to the playing XI. Conway was dropped after CSK's opening match before he left the IPL bio-bubble for his wedding.
In the match against SunRisers Hyderabad in the ongoing Indian Premier League (IPL) 2022 season, Royal Challengers Bangalore lost Virat Kohli on the first ball of the game but skipper Faf du Plessis played the anchor role to help take RCB's score past the 190-run mark. At the backend of the innings, the South African star was visibly tired and, in the end, it was Dinesh Karthik who scored a quickfire 30 to provide the much-needed impetus to the innings. After the win over SRH, du Plessis said that "we were even contemplating myself --retiring out".
Kolkata Knight Riders returned to winning ways after defeating Mumbai Indians by 52 runs at Dr DY Patil Sports Academy on Monday to move to seventh place in the IPL points table. Pat Cummins returned with three wickets after KKR posted 165 for nine. After the win, KKR skipper Shreyas Iyer revealed how difficult it is to tell the players that they are not a part of the playing XI and he also said that the "CEO (Venky Mysore) is involved in team selection".