Mahendra Singh Dhoni produced a nostalgic little innings to take a band of old men from Chennai Super Kings into their ninth Indian Premier League final after beating Delhi Capitals by 4 wickets here
Mahendra Singh Dhoni walks the talk when he speaks about having an uncluttered mind while doing the finishing job for Chennai Super Kings
Prithvi Shaw top-scored with a 34-ball 60, while captain Rishabh Pant and Shimron Hetmyer contributed 51 not out and 37 respectively after DC scored 172 for 5 after being invited to bat
Chennai Super Kings went on to finish second on the points table in the UAE this season and will take on Delhi Capitals in the Qualifier 1 in Dubai
Delhi Capitals captain Rishabh Pant has rallied behind pacer Avesh Khan, saying anyone can have a bad day and it is important to not stress much on one single bad performance.Srikar Bharat and Glenn Maxwell played unbeaten knocks of 78 and 51 respectively as RCB defeated Delhi Capitals by seven wickets at the Dubai International Stadium. On the last ball, RCB needed five for a win, and Bharat ended up hitting the ball for a six off the bowling of Avesh Khan."We cannot say much about that, anyone can have a bad day at the field. We are just looking to improve ourselves everyday. We learn from our mistakes, that's an area of concern and we will look to improve," Pant said during a virtual press conference."Shikhar Dhawan is fine. I have no idea what's the update on him. Last over, we had plans of keeping it simple and bowling slower balls and yorkers. Dew came in so it was difficult to grip the ball. Avesh Khan has been fantastic this season, anyone can have a bad day so we will not ...
A last-ball six by K S Bharat powered RCB to a seven-wicket win over Delhi in a thrilling finish to their Indian Premier League match that shifted this way and that here on Friday.
MI, who had to beat SRH by 171 runs or more to leapfrog Kolkata on the points table and qualify for the play-offs, could only limit Hyderabad outfit to 193 for eight in a high-scoring game
In order to qualify for the playoffs, Mumbai Indians needs to first win today's game and that too with a huge margin. Check IPL 2021 playoffs schedule and match timings here
MI has made two changes in its playing 11, bringing in Krunal Pandya and Piyush Chawla for Saurabh Tiwary and Jayant Yadav. Check SRH vs MI live toss and playing 11 updates here
Kolkata Knight Riders (KKR) beat Rajasthan Royals (RR) by 86 runs
KL Rahul saved his best for the last as his unbeaten 98 off 42 balls, which for a change was full on intent quotient, helping Punjab Kings crush Chennai Super Kings by six wickets
MS Dhoni's CSk failed to put a good total in front of Punjab Lions, thanks to KL Rahul's 98 not out, the team chased the target in just 13 overs
Rajasthan Royals has made four changes in its playing 11. Check KKR vs RR toss toss and playing 11
After putting on board a modest 141 for 7, SRH returned to limit RCB to 137 for six for only their third win in the league
Two-time champions Kolkata Knight Riders would strive for a handsome win over struggling Rajasthan Royals in their last round-robin game to stay ahead in the IPL play-offs race here on Thursday. With 12 points from 13 matches, KKR are currently sitting at the fourth position in the pecking order, just ahead of defending champions Mumbai Indians on net run-rate. MI too have 12 points from 13 games and still have a match to play against bottom-placed Sunrisers Hyderabad on Friday. If both KKR and MI win their last matches, then it will boil down to net run rate and that's where the Eoin Morgan-led side (0.294) would have an edge as it currently enjoys a positive run rate compared to the Mumbai outfit (-0.048). KKR had a mixed bag in the second leg of the tournament so far, winning four and losing two games. While KKR started the second phase with back-to-back wins over Royal Challengers Bangalore and MI before suffering a defeat to Chennai Super Kings, they came back to beat table .
Sangakkara has admitted that the Sharjah wickets are not ideal T20 wickets for batting and it would be interesting to see how they behave in the upcoming ICC Men's T20 World Cup
MI restricted Royals to a below-par 90 for nine and chased down the target with 11.4 overs to spare. Coulter-Nile (4/14) took four wickets while Neesham (3/12) scalped three batsmen
Dhoni said that though he would like to continue with the advertisement assignments, there are no plans to be part of Bollywood
Mumbai Indians and Rajasthan Royals will clash later on Tuesday to take a step closer to enhancing their chances of a fourth-place finish and eventually, the playoffs qualification in IPL 2021
Assured of a play-off berth, Royal Challengers Bangalore would look to inch closer to a top two finish in the league stage when they play Sunrisers Hyderabad in the IPL on Wednesday