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IPL 2024: 'High scores due to batters' skills, not impact player rule'

Ravichandran Ashwin does not want to single out impact player rule as the only contributing factor in high scores being recorded several times this IPL, as the premier India spinner attributes it to the evolution of batters. Ashwin also has urged bowlers to start working on their batting skills in order to meet the demands of the game. The season has witnessed some astonishing batting records -- teams crossed the 200-run mark for a staggering 41 times whereas the 250-mark was breached on eight instances in the league round. IPL's record highest team total of 287 was also registered in the ongoing edition. "Even if the impact player rule wasn't there, scores would be this high," Ashwin said on JioCinema Match Centre Live after their four-wicket win over Royal Challengers Bengaluru in the IPL Eliminator, here on Wednesday. "In my opinion, batters have more confidence and pitches everywhere have been standardised." "In the future, all bowlers will need to be hitters because we know

When chips were down, we started to play for our self-respect: Kohli

Fighting for self-respect when everything seemed lost propelled Royal Challengers Bengaluru to six consecutive victories and earned them a place in the IPL 2024 Eliminator, said Virat Kohli after the side's winning streak was ended by Rajasthan Royals. RCB lost seven of their first eight games but a remarkable turnaround saw them win the next six matches, including a thrilling last league fixture against defending champions Chennai Super Kings, which earned them a playoff berth and an Eliminator showdown against Rajasthan. "We started expressing ourselves, started to play for our self-respect and then the confidence came back," said Kohli in a dressing-room chat with team-mates after the loss to RR in Ahmedabad on Wednesday. "The way we turned things around and qualified (for playoffs) was truly special, something that I will always, always cherish and remember, because it took a lot of character from each member of this team, something that we can be really proud of. And eventually

IPL 2025: Hopefully, Dhoni will be available for CSK - Kasi Viswanathan

Chennai Super Kings CEO Kasi Viswanathan said he is 'very, very hopeful' of former skipper Mahendra Singh Dhoni participating in IPL 2025 as a player. Dhoni, who led CSK to a record five Indian Premier League titles, stepped down as the skipper before the start of the ongoing season, handing the responsibilities to Ruturaj Gaikwad, who led the team to a fifth place finish. Speculations have been rife that this could be Dhoni's final season in the tournament but Viswanathan asserted that it was completely up to the former India captain to take a final call on his future. "I do not know. It is a question which only MS can answer. The question for us, we have always respected the decisions taken by MS. We have left it to him," he said to a question on CSK's YouTube channel. "As all of you know, he has always taken his decisions and announced them at the appropriate time. We do expect that we will get a decision as and when he decides. "But we are very, very hopeful that he will be ..

Dinesh Karthik: Man of comebacks calls time on IPL and international career

Dinesh Karthik's international career was a classic case of what could have been after the arrival of Mahendra Singh Dhoni but on Wednesday, when he said goodbye to the game at the end of his team's IPL campaign, it was from a stage he made his own over the past 17 years. The Eliminator between his Royal Challengers Bengaluru and Rajasthan Royals ended up being Karthik's swansong, bringing down curtains on a 20-year-old career marked by a series of comebacks across formats. Twenty six Tests, 94 ODIs and 60 T20s over two decades don't make for eye-popping numbers but the forever fidgety 38-year-old managed to stay relevant till the very end despite spending more time in the commentary box than on the field over the past couple of years. Ahead of the T20 World Cup squad announcement, Karthik forced himself into the selection debate for the wicket-keeper batter's role with head-turning performances for RCB but that one final comeback wasn't meant to be as selectors rightly went for ...

IPL 2024 Qualifier 2: SRH vs RR playoff records, head-to-head, pitch report

SRH vs RR head-to-head record: Hyderabad have a slight advantage with 10 wins in 19 matches against Rajasthan's 9. Dew will play a significant role in the evening as humidity

India, biggest promotor of T20, determined to end World Cup title drought

In the ever-growing Twenty20 cricket landscape, India boasts the richest and most-watched league in the world. Yet, all that investment and attention hasn't translated into international success for India's national team. Rohit Sharma's India squad travels to the T20 World Cup in the United States and Caribbean, hunting a second title to end a long drought. Undoubtedly, the Indian Premier League is flush with cash and talent, attracting the best cricketers worldwide. Since the advent of IPL, though, India hasn't lifted the World Cup trophy. After winning the inaugural T20 World Cup in South Africa in 2007, India has only reached one more final losing to Sri Lanka in 2014. The title drought crosses formats, too. India last won an International Cricket Council title in 2013 the Champions Trophy in England. It last lifted the Cricket World Cup in the 50-over format in 2011. Last year was exceptional in that sense India lost the World Test Championship final to Australia in Englan

IPL 2024 Qualifier 2, SRH vs RR preview: Battle of nerves at Chepauk

IPL's best power-hitters Travis Head and Abhishek Sharma will face a very different challenge in wily spin twins Yuzvendra Chahal and Ravichandran Ashwin when Sunrisers Hyderabad take on Rajasthan Royals in a high-octane second Qualifier here on Friday. 'Travishek' as the duo is affectionately called by the fans have taken power-hitting to a new level. Head (533 runs at 199.62) and Abhishek (470 at 207.04) have hit 72 sixes apart from 96 boundaries between them. If that's not enough, they have a swashbuckler in Heinrich Klaasen (413 runs at 180), who also has 34 maximums to his credit. But playing on an Uppal shirtfront that resembled a national highway or at the Kotla or Wankhede is completely from playing at the Chepauk where the strip will be sticky in nature. The ball stops and stroke-makers do have a tough time when it comes to hitting through the line. Ashwin, who has played all his cricket at this ground, knows the strip like the back of his hand and his form has improved .

IPL 2024: Sunrisers Hyderabad batting approach was puzzling - Gavaskar

Legendary Sunil Gavaskar has questioned the "puzzling" batting approach of Sunrisers Hyderabad during the powerplay in the first IPL Qualifier, suggesting their reckless strategy may have cost them the match against Kolkata Knight Riders. Having cleaned up his fellow Australian Travis Head with a peach of a delivery with his second ball, Mitchell Starc blew away the SRH top-order in his opening spell of 3-0-22-3. SRH lost four wickets inside the powerplay to be dismissed for a paltry 159, a target KKR shot down in 13.4 overs to storm into the Sunday's summit clash in Chennai. "It was a terrific performance, no question. Such an impressive display with both the bat and the ball. They took four wickets in the power play, and that's where the Sunrisers were pushed onto the back foot, really on the ropes. They couldn't recover from that," the former Indian captain told Star Sports Cricket Live. "There was a partnership of sorts, but to me, the approach of the SRH batters in those first

Dhoni should be CSK captain as long as he is playing IPL: AB de Villiers

MS Dhoni's future at Chennai Super Kings is a matter of intense speculation and the great AB de Villiers reckons that the World Cup-winning captain must lead his side, if at all he decides to play another IPL season. CSK have won five titles under Dhoni's leadership and the two share a bond like no other. Looking at the future, Dhoni had handed over the captaincy to Ruturaj Gaikwad a day before the IPL 2024 opener. Gaikwad did not do a bad job as a captain and a batter but CSK could not make the IPL play-offs. Dhoni's future in the IPL remains a subject of debate as he has left everyone guessing. He retired from international cricket in 2020. With due respect to Gaikwad, de Villiers had called the captaincy change a mistake at the start of the season and on Wednesday he stood by his remarks. "I will only give you an honest answer if you're going to report it in the right way yes so I wouldn't say I called it a mistake. What I meant by that was with MS Dhoni around, playing against

IPL 2024: A few of us are not 100%, there is a bug in dressing room- Samson

Rajasthan Royals skipper Sanju Samson on Wednesday said "a few of us are not 100 percent" fit but expressed confidence that they have got the momentum back with the four-wicket win over Royal Challengers Bengaluru in the IPL eliminator here. RR entered the eliminator following a run of four defeats. "What cricket and life has taught us is we will have some great days, we will have some really bad days. Important to bounce back. The way we batted, bowled and fielded, I am really happy. All the credit has to go to the players," Samson said at post-match presentation. "We look at the field set and planning, the credit has to go to Sanga (Kumar Sangakkara) and the team of support staff for discussing tactics. "Ashwin and Avesh bowled tremendously well. If you look at our batting unit, there is a lot of youngsters. They are 22-years old, they are less experienced but they played well." Samson added, "A few of us are not 100%. I'm not a 100% actually. There is a bug in the dressing room

IPL 2024: RCB cancelled practice due to heatwave, not terror threat- Report

'There was no terror threat': Gujarat Cricket Association denied the claims made by a Bengali daily and said that RCB cancelled their practice session due to the heatwave.

IPL 2024 final: Which team will join KKR in grand finale on May 26?

Knight Riders have been impeccable this year, winning against all the teams and losing just three games at the league stage

RR vs RCB highlights, Eliminator IPL 2024: Royals beat Bengaluru to face Hyderabad in Qualifier 2

IPL 2024 LIVE SCORE UPDATES, Eliminator RR vs RCB full scorecard: Ashwin and Boult bowled superbly as Rajasthan restricted Bengaluru to 172/8. No RCB batter crossed the 50-run mark

IPL 2024 Qualifier 2: Royals book Chennai tickets, one step away from final

The winner of IPL 2024 Qualifier 2 between Sunrisers Hyderabad and Rajasthan Royals on Friday, May 24, will take on Kolkata Knight Riders in the final

RR vs RCB Eliminator: Kohli first player to hit 8000 runs in IPL history

Virat Kohli is the only batter who even scored the 7000 runs milestone in Indian Premier League, as Shikhar Dhawan, who is thesecond highest run-scorer in IPL, has 6769 runs in his kitty

T20 WC 2024: Ponting finds it funny that Indian people criticise Kohli

The 49-year-old went on to say that Kohli would be his first pick in the Indian playing XI for the upcoming T20 World Cup

IPL 2024 Eliminator, RR vs RCB head-to-head, Ahmedabad weather pitch report

RR vs RCB head-to-head: Bengaluru have advantage as they have won 15 out of 31 matches against RR's 13. When the two teams faced each other previously in IPL 2024, RR emerged victorious by 6 wickets.

KKR vs SRH highlights, IPL 2024 Qualifier 1: Knight Riders march to the final with huge win

Indian Premier League 2024 Kolkata Knight Riders vs Sunrisers Hyderabad highlights: KKR entered their fourth IPL final with a thumping eight-wicket win as they chased down 160 in 13.4 overs

Kohli vs Sandeep to Sanju vs Siraj: Top matchups in IPL 2024 eliminator

Here are the key matchups to look out for in this game with stars like Virat Kohli, Trent Boult, Glenn Maxwell, Yuzvendra Chahal, and Sanju Samson on display

Why players from top 2 IPL 2024 teams failed to make India's WC main squad?

Not one player from IPL 2024 top two teams, KKR and SRH, have found a place in India's main squad for the T20 World Cup, while 4 players from Mumbai Indians made it to the players' list