David Warner scored a swashbuckling unbeaten 60 as Delhi Capitals defeated the Punjab Kings by 9 wickets at the Brabourne Stadium in Mumbai on Wednesday. Continue reading “Punjab Kings vs Delhi Capitals April 20 Brabourne Stadium Mumbai Match Report 2022”
Month: April 2022
Royal Challengers Bangalore vs Lucknow Super Giants April 19 DY Patil Stadium Navi Mumbai Match Report 2022
Faf Du Plessis led from the front by scoring a fantastic 96 as the Royal Challengers Bangalore beat the Lucknow Super Giants by 18 runs at the DY Patil Stadium in Navi Mumbai on Tuesday.
Rajasthan Royals vs Kolkata Knight Riders April 18 Brabourne Stadium Mumbai Match Report 2022
Jos Buttler slammed his second hundred of the IPL 2022 as The Rajasthan Royals defeated the Kolkata Knight Riders by seven runs at the Brabourne Stadium in Mumbai on Monday.
After being asked to bat first by KKR skipper, openers Buttler and Devdutt Padikkal got RR off to a fantastic start. The pair put on 97 runs for the opening wicket before Sunil Narine broke the stand by cleaning up the latter for 24.
Sanju Samson came and scored a quickfire 19 ball-38. His knock comprised off 3 fours and 2 sixes.
The second wicket partnership of 67 ended when Samson miscued a slower one from Russell to Shivam Mavi at deep midwicket.
The England wicket keeper carried on and reached his hundred in style by lofting a full toss from Pat Cummins over long-on for a maximum.
However the Australian quickie hit back by dismissing the Royals opener, caught at fine leg by Varun Chakravarthy for a scintillating 103 off just 61 balls.
Kolkata struck twice by dismissing both Riyan Parag and Karun Nair cheaply.
Shimron Hetmyer smashed Andre Russell for 2 sixes and a boundary in the final over to take Rajasthan Royals to an imposing score of 217/5 in their allotted 20 overs.
Chasing 218, Kolkata Knight Riders lost Sunil Narine off the very first delivery, run out by a brilliant direct hit by Hetmyer for a golden duck.
Aaron Finch along with skipper Shreyas Iyer stitched together a 107 run stand for the second wicket before the former was caught at deep backward point by Karun Nair off Prasidh Krishna for a quickfire 28 ball-58.
Nitish Rana started aggressively by smashing Yuzvendra Chahal for a four and a six off consecutive deliveries.
However the left hander fell soon, top edging a slog sweep off leg spinner to Buttler at long off for 18.
The Knight Riders suffered a huge blow when Ravi Ashwin dismissed the dangerous Russell (0) with a carrom ball.
Shreyas Iyer got a reprieve on 66, when Sanju Samson failed to hold on to an attempted pull off Obed McCoy.
Yuzvendra Chahal swung the momentum in favour of the Royals by claiming his first ever hatrick of the Indian Premier League, including the prize scalp of skipper Iyer.
Gujarat Titans vs Chennai Super Kings April 17 MCA Stadium Pune Match Report 2022
David Miller scored a blistering unbeaten 94 as the Gujarat Titans defeated the Chennai Super Kings by 3 wickets at the Maharashtra Cricket Association Stadium in Pune on Sunday. Continue reading “Gujarat Titans vs Chennai Super Kings April 17 MCA Stadium Pune Match Report 2022”
Punjab Kings vs Sunrisers Hyderabad April 17 DY Patil Stadium Navi Mumbai Match Report 2022
Liam Livingstone’s sparkling knock of 60 went in vain as the Punjab Kings lost to the Sunrisers Hyderabad at the DY Patil Stadium in Navi Mumbai on Sunday.
After being asked to bat first by SRH skipper, Punjab lost stand in skipper Shikhar Dhawan (8) early, as he miscued a Bhuvneshwar Kumar delivery to Marco Jansen at mid on.
Prabhsimran Singh who came in place of Mayank Agarwal fell cheaply to T Natarajan for 14. Jonny Bairstow’s (12) bad run with the bat poor run continued, as he missed a sweep against Jagadeesha Suchith and was trapped leg before wicket.
Jitesh Sharma (11) after scoring couple of crisp boundaries, top edged a short ball from Umran Malik who took an easy return catch.
The pair of Liam Livingstone along with Shahrukh Khan featured in a 71 run stand for the fifth wicket before the latter skied one to Williamson at covers off Kumar for 26.
The England all-rounder Livingstone scored a belligerent 33 ball-60 before perishing to Bhuvneshwar. His knock comprised off 9 fours and 4 sixes.
The 23 year old young Umran Malik picked up 3 wickets in the final over including a a run out, as Punjab were skittled out for 151 in 20 overs.
Delhi Capitals vs Royal Challengers Bangalore April 16 Wankhede Stadium Mumbai Match Report 2022
Dinesh Karthik and Glenn Maxwell scored magnificent half centuries as The Royal Challengers Bangalore defeated the Delhi Capitals by 16 runs at the Wankhede Stadium in Mumbai on Saturday. Continue reading “Delhi Capitals vs Royal Challengers Bangalore April 16 Wankhede Stadium Mumbai Match Report 2022”