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Chennai Super Kings batter Ambati Rayudu on Saturday announced that the ongoing Indian Premier League (IPL) 2022 season will be his last in the cash-rich league. Taking to Twitter, Rayudu wrote: "I am happy to announce that this will be my last ipl. I have had a wonderful time playing it and being a part of 2 great teams for 13 years. Would love to sincerely thank Mumbai Indians and Csk for the wonderful journey."
Chennai Super Kings' hopes of qualifying for the playoffs came to an end on Thursday after the MS Dhoni-led side stumbled to a five-wicket loss against Mumbai Indians at Wankhede Stadium. CSK, who batted first were bundled out for 97, and in the end, Mumbai Indians registered a comfortable victory. Since their playoffs hopes have been dashed, it would be interesting to see how CSK approach the final two league stage games and it also needs to be seen whether Dhoni will return as skipper of CSK next season.
Their play-offs berth already secured, high-flying Gujarat Titans would look for nothing less than a win to ensure a top-2 finish when they take on out-of-reckoning Chennai Super Kings in an Indian Premier League match on Sunday. Under the brilliant leadership of Hardik Pandya, GT rose above expectations to book their play-offs berth with two matches in hand.
Jonny Bairstow has not opened for England in too many matches in recent times but he is relishing his job at the top of the order for Punjab Kings in the ongoing Indian Premier League. Bairstow's 66 off just 29 balls with the help of four boundaries and seven sixes laid the foundation for a 54-run win for Punjab Kings against Royal Challengers Bangalore on Friday.
Punjab Kings emerged victorious on Friday night, beating Royal Challengers Bangalore by 54 runs at the Brabourne Stadium in Mumbai to keep their hopes alive of qualifying for the IPL 2022 playoffs. The big win over RCB also provided a much-needed boost to PBKS' net run-rate. Jonny Bairstow and Liam Livingstone starred for PBKS with the bat while Kagiso Rabada was the standout with the ball in hand. Apart from their off-field performance, Punjab Kings are also winning hearts off the field, with their post for Virat Kohli going viral on Instagram.
Umran Malik is one of the most exciting fast bowling prospects in India currently as he has the knack of bowling consistently in the 150kmph range. The SunRisers Hyderabad pacer has bowled the fastest ball of the season after he clocked 157kmph against Delhi Capitals. India now has plenty of fast bowlers who can bowl with good pace and the biggest question in everybody's minds currently is whether Umran would earn a national team call-up.
Royal Challengers Bangalore's hopes of making the playoffs received a big setback after their 54-run loss to Punjab Kings meant that they remain on 14 points with just one match remaining for them. RCB's net run-rate also suffered and this could be a big problem with quite a few teams breathing down their necks in the race for the playoffs. On Friday, two RCB bowlers had a nightmare -- Mohammed Siraj and Josh Hazlewood. While the Australian has been impressive all season, and the performance against PBKS was probably just a blip, Siraj has been poor throughout IPL 2022.
Royal Challengers pacer Josh Hazlewood has been a consistent performer for the franchise in the ongoing Indian Premier League (IPL) 2022 season, but the bowler was not at his best against Punjab Kings and he went for 64 runs in his quota of fours over. As a result, Hazlewood registered the most expensive spell by any bowler in the ongoing season as Punjab Kings posted 209/9 in 20 overs. RCB were not able to chase down the target as they fell 54 runs short.