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Mumbai Indians are currently languishing at the bottom of the IPL 2022 table - having lost their first eight matches of the season - but they have some reason to smile after topping the Forbes list of most valuable IPL franchises.
Kolkata Knight Riders are enduring a torrid time in the Indian Premier League (IPL) but skipper Shreyas Iyer on Tuesday expressed optimism for a turnaround, saying the former champions would be "unstoppable as a team" once they get into their groove. KKR have lost five out of eight games, including four on the trot, and are currently placed eighth in the 10-team table. "We got off to a really good start with three wins out of four games but after that things didn't go pretty well for us but I still believe in the team," Iyer told the official website of the team.
Hardik Pandya's recurring injuries, and subsequent slow recovery, had left him only half the player that he once was in the last one year. After the allrounder's inability to bowl due to injury in the 2021 T20 World Cup cost Indian cricket team dear, Pandya was dropped from the national team. However, in the Indian Premier League (IPL) 2022, Pandya - the bowler - made a comeback. He bowled in the first five matches before a groin injury forced him to miss a game against Chennai Super Kings.
Since its inception in 2008, the Indian Premier League (IPL) has gone on to become the biggest T20 franchise competition in the world. Cricket stars from other countries have graced the IPL, except for Pakistan, who only participated in the tournament's first season. Players from Pakistan have not been allowed to play in the league post the 26/11 terrorist attacks in November 2008. Former Pakistan all-rounder Yasir Arafat recently revealed that even he was expected to participate in IPL 2009 as Kolkata Knight Riders (KKR) co-owner Shah Rukh Khan personally offered him a contract to join his franchise. Speaking on the YouTube channel Cricket Den, Arafat said, "Pakistan Cricket Board (PCB) had shortlisted names for the first edition and unfortunately, I was not among them and couldn't play"
Harshal Patel is a vital cog in the Royal Challengers Bangalore bowling lineup and the pacer bowls the crucial death overs and his slower deliveries are hard to pick for the batters. The pacer's journey changed in the Indian Premier League (IPL), when Delhi Capitals traded him to the Royal Challengers Bangalore. Ever since then, the pacer has not looked back and in the auction held in February this year, he was picked up by RCB for Rs 10.75 crore.
Andre Russell's power-hitting abilities deserves the tag of being 'neighbour's envy, owner's pride'. Even in Kolkata Knight Riders' (KKR) previous match against Gujarat Titans in the Indian Premier League (IPL) 2022 on Saturday, with his team chasing a target of 157, the Jamaican allrounder hit 48 off 25 balls (6x6s, 1x4s) before falling in the last over as KKR failed to win. However, Russell's impressive show was lauded by all. The rival bowlers, however, might have a different thing to say with Russell's aggression making their life difficult.
Punjab Kings opening batter Shikhar Dhawan on Monday said that during his innings against Chennai Super Kings, he was aware of CSK's plans of bowling wide yorkers at him in IPL 2022. The opener also said that during his innings, attacking the shorter side of the field was in his mind. A 110-run stand between a returning Bhanuka Rajapaksa (42) and Shikhar Dhawan (88*), playing his 200th IPL game, along with a stroke-filled cameo from Liam Livingstone (19) at the end, powered PBKS to 187/4 in their 20 overs. Chasing 188, knocks from Ruturaj Gaikwad (30), Ambati Rayadu (78) and captain Ravindra Jadeja (21*) kept the team in contention despite the constant fall of wickets from the other end, but the Men in Yellow fell 11-short of what could have been their third victory this season.
The speed gun radar will be functioning overtime when Lockie Ferguson's 150 click thunderbolts meet their match in rising pace sensation Umran Malik's toe-crushers as table-toppers Gujarat Titans clash with close-on-heels Sunrisers Hyderabad in the IPL on Wednesday. The IPL newcomers are currently in the midst of a dream inception year with six wins from seven games at the halfway stage and are placed on top of the table. Interestingly, the only loss that Titans suffered in their campaign so far was against Sunrisers in an earlier meeting and Hardik Pandya wouldn't mind sweet revenge for that defeat.