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RCB Skipper Faf du Plessis' Big Gesture, Dedicates Player Of The Match Award To This Player

Royal Challengers Bengaluru skipper Faf du Plessis on Saturday dedicated his player-of-the-match award to pacer Yash Dayal, who kept his cool in the final over to seal a 27-run win over Chennai Super Kings in the battle for the final IPL play-off spot. Du Plessis was adjudged the player-of-the-match for his 54 off 39 balls which along with Virat Kohli's 47 set the foundation as RCB posted a solid 218 for five on Saturday night. CSK needed to score 200 plus to qualify and they came agonisingly close to sealing the berth with Mahendra Singh Dhoni and Ravindra Jadeja going hammers and tongs towards the end.

Sift Kaur Samra, Niraj Kumar Win In Olympic Selection Trials

Sift Kaur Samra won her third women's 50m rifle 3 positions competition while Niraj Kumar emerged victorious in the men's event for a second time on the penultimate day of the Olympic Selection Trial (OST) 3 and 4 in Bhopal on Saturday. Sift shot 461.3 in the women's 3P trial 4 final to edge out Nischal by a point. Ashi Chouksey was third with 448.1. Shriyanka Sadangi and Anjum Moudgil were fourth and fifth respectively in the five-woman field. In the men's 3P, Niraj finished on top with a healthy 462.9, a whole 1.7 ahead of second-placed Chain Singh.

Satwiksairaj Rankireddy-Chirag Shetty, Tanisha Crasto-Ashwini Ponnappa Move To Thailand Open Semifinals

Star Indian men's doubles pair of Satwiksairaj Rankireddy and Chirag Shetty sailed to the semifinals with a straight-game win over Malaysians Junaidi Arif and Roy King Yap at the Thailand Open in Bangkok on Friday. The world No. 3 Indian duo picked up a facile 21-7 21-14 win over Arif and Yap in the quarterfinals of the Super 500 tournament. They will next face Chinese Taipei's Lu Ming-Che and Tang Kai-Wei in the last four stage. The women's doubles pair of Tanisha Carsto and Ashwini Ponnappa also moved to the semifinals.

1st For An Indian! Virat Kohli Achieves Massive Milestone As RCB Beat CSK To Enter IPL 2024 Playoffs

Star Royal Challengers Bengaluru (RCB) batter Virat Kohli achieved a new record in the Indian Premier League (IPL), becoming the first Indian player to have two seasons with 700-plus runs. Virat accomplished this milestone against RCB's match against Chennai Super Kings (CSK) in Bengaluru. In the game, Virat scored 47 runs in just 29 balls, with three fours and four sixes. His runs came at a strike rate of 162.06.

Jaismine To Compete In Olympic Qualifiers' 57kg Category After Parveen's Suspension

Jaismine Lamboria will compete in the second Olympic boxing qualifiers in Thailand beginning May 24 after India was forced to surrender the women's 57kg category quota for the Paris Games owing to holder Parveen Hooda's international suspension for three whereabout failures in 12 months. Hooda was handed a 22-month suspension by the World Anti-Doping Agency (WADA) on Friday.

Max Verstappen Matches Ayrton Senna Pole Record At Imola

Max Verstappen secured his eighth consecutive pole position in qualifying for the Emilia Romagna Grand Prix at Imola on Saturday to equal the record of Ayrton Senna. The Red Bull three-time world champion's dominance in qualifying drew him level with Senna's run of eight poles, poignantly three decades after the late great Brazilian's tragic death at the Italian circuit in 1994. "It's a great start to the year but also very special 30 years since he passed away at this track," said Verstappen.

RCB vs CSK: Faf Du Plessis Out Or Not Out? RCB Skipper Furious After Controversial Umpiring Decision In IPL Game

The RCB vs CSK IPL 2024 game had all the drama that is worthy of such a mega clash. The game is a straight knockout between Royal Challengers Bengaluru and Chennai Super Kings for the final spot in the IPL 2024 Playoffs. CSK are on 14 points from 13 matches (Net Run-rate +0.528) while RCB are on 12 points from 13 games (NRR +0.387). So, far Kolkata Knight Riders, SunRisers Hyderabad and Rajasthan Royals have qualified for the playoffs. It leaves only one spot.

MS Dhoni To Retire If CSK Get Knocked Out By RCB In IPL 2024? Faf Du Plessis Says, "People Have Been Talking..."

Royal Challengers Bengaluru (RCB) skipper Faf du Plessis talked about MS Dhoni's retirement and said people have been talking about the former Chennai Super Kings (CSK) skipper's last match in the Indian Premier League (IPL) for the past six years. The Southern derby can't get more exciting since both teams are keeping an eye for a ticket to the playoffs. The Bengaluru-based franchise will take on CSK in their upcoming match of IPL 2024 at M Chinnaswamy Stadium on Saturday.

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RCB Skipper Faf du Plessis' Big Gesture, Dedicates Player Of The Match Award To This Player

Sift Kaur Samra, Niraj Kumar Win In Olympic Selection Trials

Satwiksairaj Rankireddy-Chirag Shetty, Tanisha Crasto-Ashwini Ponnappa Move To Thailand Open Semifinals

1st For An Indian! Virat Kohli Achieves Massive Milestone As RCB Beat CSK To Enter IPL 2024 Playoffs

Jaismine To Compete In Olympic Qualifiers' 57kg Category After Parveen's Suspension

Max Verstappen Matches Ayrton Senna Pole Record At Imola

RCB vs CSK: Faf Du Plessis Out Or Not Out? RCB Skipper Furious After Controversial Umpiring Decision In IPL Game

MS Dhoni To Retire If CSK Get Knocked Out By RCB In IPL 2024? Faf Du Plessis Says, "People Have Been Talking..."