The player said the decision to pass captaincy from Asghar Afghan to Gulbadin Naib was taken by the Afghanistan Cricket Board
Richardson picked up the injury during Australia's series against Pakistan in the United Arab Emirates in March, but was included in the squad for the World Cup in England starting later this month
Suryakumar's 54-ball unbeaten knock on a sub-standard Chepauk track ensured a smooth passage to the final for the Mumbai Indians as they beat the defending champions by six wickets
CSK could score only 131 for 4 after batting first, a target that was surpassed by Mumbai Indians in 18.3 overs
Delhi would look to exploit the weakness in Hyderabad's batting, while the latter would look to strike early and break Delhi's momentum
Fleming said his batsmen needed to pace the innings better during the PowerPlay overs if the team was to post match-winning totals and give the bowlers a defendable target
Yadav, who returned with figures of 1/25 in MI's six-wicket win over Chennai Super Kings in the Qualifier 1 on Tuesday, said his team always went for tactical planning to various situations
The visitors chased down their 278 target with 10 balls to spare, inflicting the first one-day defeat on Australia in 10 games, although this was not counted as a full international
Llong reportedly lost his cool after being confronted by Royal Challengers Bangalore skipper Kohli over a contentious no ball call against Sunrisers Hyderabad during an IPL match on Saturday
Gayle, who is set to retire from ODIs after his fifth World Cup appearance, is in top form going into the tournament, having scored close to 500 runs in the IPL
On a sluggish pitch, which offered considerable turn and odd bounce, Suryakumar batted in a copybook fashion scoring an unbeaten 71 off 54 balls with MI reaching the target in 18.3 overs.
SRH are missing prolific Australian batsman David Warner while Capitals are without key South African paceman Kagiso Rabada
Chennai Super Kings would look to take home advantage but trapping Mumbai Indians would not be an easy task as the visitors have variation in batting and bowling
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Three spots had already been grabbed by Delhi Capitals, Chennai Super Kings and Mumbai Indians while SRH qualified for the playoff after KKR's defeat on Sunday.
CSK lost to Kings XI Punjab by six wickets after the hosts chased down the target of 171 runs in 18 overs.
It could be safely concluded that Kedar is not being risked as BCCI has blanket instructions that any injury to World Cup bound players will be given utmost priority
With nothing to lose in the final game of the season, Rahul, Chris Gayle (28 off 28 balls) and Nicholas Pooran (36 off 22 balls) were the key contributors in KXIP's successful chase
Mumbai Indians have already qualified for the playoffs after they defeated Sunrisers Hydearbad in the super-over thriller