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IPL is a tournament where talent meets opportunity, reckons Mohammad Kaif

Former Indian cricketer and Delhi Capitals assistant coach Mohammad Kaif has hailed the performance of Sunrisers Hyderabad players - Priyam Garg, Abhishek Sharma and Abdul Samad against the experienced Chennai Super Kings.SRH youngster Priyam Garg gave a stunning performance with the bat against CSK. Garg and Abhishek Sharma rescued SRH from a disastrous start and enabled the team to post 164 runs in 20 overs. Garg smashed 51 runs in just 26 balls while Sharma made a gutsy 31 after witnessing a bad start.Abdul Samad, who recently made his IPL debut, defended 28 runs in the last over on Friday.Seeing the brilliant performance of the youngsters, Kaif said that IPL is a tournament where talent meets opportunity."An 18-year-old from J & K, a 19-year-old from UP and a 20-year-old from Punjab script a win against the most experienced side in IPL. Truly a tournament where talent meets opportunity. #CSKvSRH," Kaif tweeted.SRH defeated CSK by seven runs at the Dubai International Stadium ..

Weighed 95 kg after injury in 2015, felt retirement talks were right: Shami

Shami has opened up about the knee injury he suffered in 2015 and the speculation thereafter that his career was coming to an abrupt end

IPL player reports corrupt approach, ACU starts investigations

A cricketer, competing in the Indian Premier League in the UAE, has 'reported a corrupt approach', putting BCCI's anti-corruption unit on a high alert

Not worried about Purple Cap, team focused on winning trophy: Chahal

Three top quality wickets in Rajasthan Royals batsmen Sanju Samson, Robin Uthappa, and Mahipal Lomror saw RCB spinner Yuzvendra Chahal topple Shami from the top slot in the wicket-takers' list

Kohli says his side's good run gave him time to come out of lean patch

Kohli said his teammates' good show gave him enough time to come out of a short lean patch in the ongoing IPL

Felt tired but Kohli kept pushing me to finish game, says Devdutt Padikkal

After guiding the RCB to an eight-wicket win over Rajasthan Royals, opener Devdutt Padikkal said he felt tired during the innings but skipper Virat Kohli kept pushing him to finish the game

IPL 2020: Guess what's written on RCB pace spearhead Navdeep Saini's shoes

Royal Challengers Bangalore's Navdeep Saini bowled a beamer at Rahul Tewatia in the last over of Rajasthan Royals' innings that hit the latter on the neck and sent him crashing to the ground

Our top 3 batsmen need to bat longer, says RR skipper Steve Smith

Rajasthan Royals' skipper Steve Smith praised Mahipal Lomror for his "mature innings" but admitted that the top-order needs to bat longer in order to have a good start.Opting to bat first, Royals got off to a flyer with Jos Buttler smashing boundaries early in the innings. However, Isuru Udana found an inside edge of Steve Smith's bat and the ball went straight onto his stumps in the third over.Three balls later, a sharp catch by Devdutt Padikkal in the slips dismissed Buttler. Star batsman Sanju Samson wicket in the next over added insult to an injury as Royals got reduced to 31/3.Smith admitted that the Royals didn't score enough runs on the board against RCB."We could have done a lot better. Didn't get enough runs on the board, it was a good wicket. We couldn't get a partnership together. Jofra bowled exceptionally, our leggies bowled well, but we didn't have enough on the board," said Smith during the post-match presentation via host broadcaster Star Sports."Our top 3 should be ...

IPL 2020: Shreyas Iyer, Prithvi Shaw guide DC to 18-run win against KKR

Delhi Capitals, which had set a target of 229 runs for Kolkata Knight Riders, won the match by 18 runs in an IPL match played in Sharjah on Saturday

Talented Devdutt Padikkal has big future in front of him, says Katich

RCB head coach Simon Katich believes that young opening batsman Devdutt Padikkal has a 'big future' in front of him and it has started in this season of IPL

IPL 2020: Wanted to convert start, says DC skipper Shreyas Iyer

Delhi Capitals skipper Shreyas Iyer played a captain's knock of unbeaten 88 off just 38 balls as his team posted a commanding 228/4 in their 20 overs against Kolkata Knight Riders

IPL 2020: Padikkal has got reach, a great eye, great balance, says Kohli

When RCB captain Virat Kohli saw opener Devdutt Padikkal in action for the first time, he told head coach Katich the youngster has 'some serious talent'

IPL 2020: Talented Padikkal has big future ahead of him, says Katich

Royal Challengers Bangalore head coach Simon Katich believes young opener Devdutt Padikkal has a 'big future' in front of him and it has started in this season of the Indian Premier League.

IPL 2020: Wanted to convert start, says Delhi Capitals skipper Shreyas Iyer

Delhi Capitals skipper Shreyas Iyer played a captain's knock of unbeaten 88 off just 38 balls as his team posted a commanding 228/4 in their 20 overs against KKR at Sharjah Cricket Stadium on Saturday

IPL 2020: Our top three batsmen need to bat longer, says Steve Smith

Rajasthan Royals skipper Steve Smith praised Mahipal Lomror for his 'mature innings' but admitted that the top-order needed to bat longer in order to have a good start

IPL 2020, RCB vs RR: Kohli becomes 1st player to score 5,500 runs in IPL

Virat Kohli is at the top of all-time leading run-scorer in IPL history

IPL 2020 RCB vs RR highlights: Kohli, Devdutt 50s help RCB win by 8 wickets

Earlier, middle-order batsman Mahipal Lomror's valuable 47 helped RR set a 155-run target for RCB

IPL 2020: Learning the tricks of trade from Hardik, Pollard, says Ishan

Ahead of SRH vs MI encounter, Ishan Kishan believes Sharjah wicket will favour batsman as boundaries are small as compared to other venues this year, and both the teams will go for big shots

IPL 2020: KKR vs DC toss prediction, live telecast and streaming details

The captain winning the toss would to bowl first, given the small boundary dimensions and dew, which would make power-hitting easy

IPL 2020, CSK vs KXIP Preview: CSK seek turnaround in clash against Punjab

Hit hard by a start that least defines them, Chennai Super Kings would be desperate to find answers to their predicament when they take on Kings XI Punjab in an IPL match here on Sunday. So used to be on top of their game in the previous editions, sitting at the bottom of the points table now with three losses in four matches is an unknown territory for the Mahendra Singh Dhoni-led side. Nothing has worked for them despite having the resources. They even made three changes to their playing XI for Friday's game against Sunrisers Hyderabad but neither comeback of Ambati Rayudu nor the presence of Dwayne Bravo could lift the gloom. A misfiring top-order, save Faf du Plessis, combined with inadequate run-flow in the middle overs and the habit of leaving way too much for the climax, proved to be their bane in the three consecutive defeats. They have it in them to turn it around but everything -- fielding, bowling and batting -- has to come together. When the result go a team's way, m