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IPL franchise Royal Challengers Bangalore's (RCB) newly-appointed captain Faf du Plessis said "no cricketer in the world" can "fill in" AB de Villiers' shoes. RCB will be without the services of de Villiers in IPL 2022 as legendary South African cricketer announced his retirement from all forms of the game last year in November just ahead of the IPL retention.
In his new avatar as Gujarat Titans skipper, a fit-again Hardik Pandya on Sunday claimed his bowling would be a "surprise" element in the upcoming Indian Premier League. The ace Indian pace bowling all-rounder, who struggled to manage his bowling workload post his back surgery, will return to action in the IPL since his last appearance for India against Namibia in the T20 World Cup at Dubai on November 8. Asked whether he would bowl again, Hardik said it would be a "surprise".
England left-arm pacer Tymal Mills is relishing the prospect of bowling alongside star Indian Jasprit Bumrah at Mumbai Indians in the upcoming Indian Premier League. The 29-year-old Mills, a T20 specialist and who has represented England in 12 matches and has taken 11 wickets at a strike rate of 22.7, was bought for Rs 1.5 crore by the five-time champions as a replacement for Trent Boult.
Delhi Capitals on Saturday unveiled their new official jersey for the upcoming edition of the Indian Premier League, beginning March 26. According to a statement issued by the franchise, the first few jerseys were given to select Delhi Capitals fans at the team's home ground -- the Arun Jaitley Stadium. Additionally, select children from the city, the DC Cubs, were given official jerseys too, as part of a surprise activity curated specially for them.
Kolkata Knight Riders (KKR) have signed Australia's T20 World Cup-winning captain Aaron Finch as a replacement for Englishman Alex Hales ahead of the Indian Premier League 2022 (IPL 2022) season. Hales has cited bubble fatigue as his reason for withdrawal from the tournament, the IPL stated in a press release on Friday evening. Finch has represented Australia in 88 T20Is and has scored 2,686 runs, including two hundreds and 15 half-centuries. Finch, who has played 87 IPL games and has over 2000 IPL runs, will join KKR at the price of Rs 1.5 crore.
Former Sri Lanka paceman Lasith Malinga was appointed as the new fast bowling coach of the Indian Premier League (IPL) franchise Rajasthan Royals (RR), ahead of the upcoming season of the cash-rich league. Malinga will join RR's management staff consisting of his former Sri Lanka teammate Kumara Sangakkara, who is the Director of Cricket as the franchise. Malinga, who won four IPL titles with the Mumbai Indians, last featured in the tournament during the 2019 season. Notably, Malinga is the leading wicket-taker in the history of the IPL with 170 dismissals to his name.
Afghanistan batter Rahmanullah Gurbaz has been named as the replacement for England opener Jason Roy in Gujarat Titans' squad, confirmed IPL on Wednesday.
With the Indian Premier League (IPL) 2022 around the corner, Chennai Super Kings (CSK) have started their training. In the latest video posted by the official Twitter handle of CSK, many players including captain MS Dhoni, were seen enjoying a game of "footvolley" in their yellow jerseys during training. Dhoni was seen gesticulating at one of his teammates in the game after he fluffed his lines. The video was captioned: "Namma Special Footvolley segment is BACK!.#WhistlePodu."