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Here are the final list of all the squads after the Indian Premier League 2025 auction which took place in Jeddah, Saudi Arabia on November 24 and 25.
Total of 182 players were sold during the event. Continue reading “Full list of Indian Premier League Squads 2025”
Here are the list of players who have been retained by their respective franchise for the IPL 2025 Continue reading “List of players retained by their respective franchise- IPL 2025”
An excellent crowd of 28,806 was in attendance at the M. Chinnaswamy Stadium in Bengaluru for the Royal Challengers Bengaluru vs Delhi Capitals IPL clash on May 12, 2024.
RCB won by 47 runs thanks to contributions from Rajat Patidar (52) and Cameron Green (32)*, that helped his side reach a competitive score of 187/9 in their 20 overs.
In response DC lost half their side for 86, and despite a fighting knock off 57 by stand in skipper Axar Patel, they eventually fell 47 run shot of the target.
Yash Dayal was the pick of the bowlers for RCB with figures of 3/20.
Delhi Capitals skipper Rishabh Pant led from the front by scoring a breezy unbeaten 88 as Delhi Capitals defeated Gujarat Titans by 4 runs in a thriller at the Arun Jaitley Stadium in Delhi on Wednesday.
After being asked to bat first, openers Prithvi Shaw and Jake Fraser-McGurk got Delhi off to a steady start. The pair added 35 runs for the opening wicket before the latter was caught at deep backward square leg by Noor Ahmad off Sandeep Warrier for 23.
Shaw then fell to a magnificent catch by Ahmad for 11. Warrier claimed his third wicket of his innings by claiming Shai Hope caught at third man by Rashid Khan for 5.
Axar Patel who was promoted at No 3, featured in a 113 run stand for the fourth wicket alongside Pant before the former was caught at long on by Sai Kishore off Ahmad for a well made 66. His knock came off 43 balls with 5 fours and 4 sixes.
Tristan Stubbs along with skipper Pant provided a late flourish towards the end to take Delhi to a mammoth score of 224/4 in their 20 overs.
Chasing 225, Titans lost Shubman Gill (6) as he sliced at a delivery from Anrich Nortje to Axar Patel at mid off. Wriddhiman Saha along with Sai Sudarshan featured in a 82 run stand for the second wicket before Kuldeep Yadav broke the partnership by dismissing the former to a fine catch at Axar for 39.
Azmatullah Omarzai then fell to a fine catch by Fraser-McGurk at deep midwicket off Axar for 1. Rasikh Salam then struck a body blow by dismissing the well set Sai Sudharsan (65), caught at long off by Axar. His knock came off 39 balls with 7 fours an 2 sixes.
David Miller kept Gujarat in the hunt by scoring a quickfire 23 ball- 55, before being caught at deep backward square leg by Rasikh off Mukesh Kumar.
With 19 needed off the final over, Rashid Khan took on Mukesh for 14 runs, by smashing two fours and a six but failed to connect off the final delivery, as the Titans finished at 220/8, thereby falling 4 run short of the target.
Delhi Capitals 224/ 4 (Pant 88*, Axar 66, Warrier 3-15) beat Gujarat Titans 220/ 8 (Sai Sudharsan 65, Miller 55, Saha 39, Salam 3-44, Kuldeep 2-29) by 4 runs
Mukesh Kumar claimed figures of 3/14 as Delhi Capitals thumped Gujarat Titans by 6 wickets at the Narendra Modi Stadium in Ahmedabad on Wednesday. Continue reading “Gujarat Titans vs Delhi Capitals Ahmedabad Game 32 April 17 Match Report”
Kuldeep Yadav claimed figures of 3/20 as Delhi Capitals defeated Lucknow Super Giants by 6 wickets at the Bharat Ratna Shri Atal Bihari Vajpayee Ekana Cricket Stadium on Friday. Continue reading “Lucknow Super Giants vs Delhi Capitals Lucknow Game 26 April 12 Lucknow Match Report 2024”