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31Mar By source belowNo Comments
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Harmanpreet’s 171 changed Australia as a team and shaped how we wanted to play: Alyssa Healy

Batting enforcer: Alyssa Healy is Australia’s game-changer at the top of the order, thanks to her ability to both score quickly and bat deep. Photo credit: Getty Images Fuss-free glovework: Healy says her wicketkeeping style is ‘old school’. She likes to keep it simple behind the stumps. Photo credit: Getty Images Living up to the hype: Healy enjoyed captaining UP Warriorz in the WPL’s inaugural edition. She said the tournament was everything she hoped it would be. Photo credit: Sportzpics/WPL Alyssa Healy greets you with a bright smile on a pleasant Thursday morning at Trident Hotel on Mumbai’s Marine Drive. The hotel is about a 10-minute walk from Brabourne Stadium, where a fortnight earlier she played a stunning knock.Chasing Royal Challengers Bangalore’s modest 138 in the Women’s...
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Ipl 2023: GT vs CSK 2023 Highlights: Shubman Gill stars as defending champions Gujarat edge Chennai in season opener | Cricket News – Times of India

NEWDELHI: Shubman Gill's sizzling 36-ball 63 knock trumped Ruturaj Gaikwad fiery 92 as defending champions Gujarat Titans edged four-time winners Chennai Super Kings by five wickets in a thrilling season opener in Ahmedabad.In the tricky chase of 179, Rahul Tewatia and Rashid Khan held their nerves towards the end to take their side home with four balls to spare.Gaikwad was all class in his sensational batting effort before Titans pulled things back in the middle overs to limit Chennai to 178 for seven after opting to bowl first in front of a near capacity crowd at the world's largest cricket stadium.As It HappenedIn the form of his life over the past three months, Gill played some jaw-dropping strokes in his dazzling knock to set up a fine win for the home team. Titans got home in 19.2...
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Feeling the energy of the city, says Flower

New entrant: The Shri Atal Bihari Vajpayee Ekana Cricket Stadium, Lucknow, makes its debut. | Photo Credit: PTI Andy Flower is glad that he could experience the freedom of feeling the spirit of cricket in India for the first time at an IPL.“This is my first IPL without the restrictions around Covid,” the Lucknow Super Giants coach said ahead of his team’s first match of the season, against Delhi Capitals. “For us playing on our own ground in front of our own supporters and being in the city and feeling the energy of the city it feels really special.” The former Zimbabwean captain said the team’s foreign players, as well as the young Indians, were taken by the excitement and energy of the Lucknow population a few nights ago when they did an open bus tour ride. Flower welcomes the...
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Feeling the energy of the city, says Flower

New entrant: The Shri Atal Bihari Vajpayee Ekana Cricket Stadium, Lucknow, makes its debut. | Photo Credit: PTI Andy Flower is glad that he could experience the freedom of feeling the spirit of cricket in India for the first time at an IPL.“This is my first IPL without the restrictions around Covid,” the Lucknow Super Giants coach said ahead of his team’s first match of the season, against Delhi Capitals. “For us playing on our own ground in front of our own supporters and being in the city and feeling the energy of the city it feels really special.” The former Zimbabwean captain said the team’s foreign players, as well as the young Indians, were taken by the excitement and energy of the Lucknow population a few nights ago when they did an open bus tour ride. Flower welcomes the...
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DC vs LSG: Issues aplenty for Capitals as they take on Super Giants

Gearing up: Super Giants will be keen to begin with a win. | Photo Credit: PTI How Delhi Capitals will fill the void left by Rishabh Pant’s absence has been one of the biggest questions ahead of the 16th season of the IPL. That will be answered — at least partially — on Saturday when Delhi Capitals take on Lucknow Super Giants at the Atal Bihari Vajpayee Cricket Stadium here.Also Read | When and where to watch IPL 2023 online in IndiaIt could be part-timer Sarfaraz Khan or new recruit Abishek Porel, according to coach Ricky Ponting. Capitals also have to deal with the absence of the South African pace duo of Anrich Nortje and Lungi Ngidi, who are on national duty. Capitals will have to depend on Indian seam options, which include Khaleel Ahmed, Chetan Sakariya, Ishant Sharma and Mukesh ...
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Issues aplenty for Capitals as they take on Super Giants

Gearing up: Super Giants will be keen to begin with a win. | Photo Credit: PTI How Delhi Capitals will fill the void left by Rishabh Pant’s absence has been one of the biggest questions ahead of the 16th season of the IPL. That will be answered — at least partially — on Saturday when Capitals take on Lucknow Super Giants at the Atal Bihari Vajpayee Cricket Stadium here.It could be part-timer Sarfaraz Khan or new recruit Abishek Porel, according to coach Ricky Ponting. Capitals also have to deal with the absence of the South African pace duo of Anrich Nortje and Lungi Ngidi, who are on national duty. Capitals will have to depend on Indian seam options, which include Khaleel Ahmed, Chetan Sakariya, Ishant Sharma and Mukesh Kumar, while for spin there are Kuldeep Yadav and Axar Patel. ...
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Rebuilt teams PBKS and KKR vie for a winning start

Seasoned pro: Dhawan leads Punjab Kings’ training session. | Photo Credit: R.V. MOORTHY Punjab Kings and Kolkata Knight Riders carry the same predicament and trepidation and it will be a battle of nerves when the two sides square off in their opening IPL match at the I.S. Bindra Stadium here on Saturday.With both sides going through an overhaul with new captains, new backroom staff and forced changes due to injuries, the similarities are striking. However, both the teams are keen to start the season on a high. Kings have been the perennial underachievers and their record against Knight Riders is not glittering either.No-holds barredLast season, Kings played a high-risk, no-holds-barred attacking batting without desired result. This season, Kings, under coach Trevor Bayliss, will approac...
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Rebuilt teams PBKS and KKR vie for a winning start

Seasoned pro: Dhawan leads Punjab Kings’ training session. | Photo Credit: R.V. MOORTHY Punjab Kings and Kolkata Knight Riders carry the same predicament and trepidation and it will be a battle of nerves when the two sides square off in their opening IPL match at the I.S. Bindra Stadium here on Saturday.With both sides going through an overhaul with new captains, new backroom staff and forced changes due to injuries, the similarities are striking. However, both the teams are keen to start the season on a high. Kings have been the perennial underachievers and their record against Knight Riders is not glittering either.No-holds barredLast season, Kings played a high-risk, no-holds-barred attacking batting without desired result. This season, Kings, under coach Trevor Bayliss, will approac...
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South Africa move closer to World Cup qualification with easy win over Dutch | Cricket News – Times of India

BENONI: Captain Temba Bavuma scored an unbeaten 90 to steer South Africa to an easy eight wicket victory over the Netherlands in their one-day international on Friday and take his side a step closer to automatic World Cup qualification.Bavuma’s tally came off 79 balls as South Africa scored 190-2 in reply to the Dutch total of 189.Aiden Markram contributed 51 not out in a 102-run unbeaten partnership with Bavuma to steer South Africa to victory with 20 overs remaining.The Dutch were put into bat on an unusually cold day on the Highveld and with the altitude assisting them, got off to a bright start with 58 runs off 66 balls before losing their first wicket.But Max O’Dowd’s dismissal, as he edged Sisanda Magala to Quinton de Kock, took the momentum away and the Dutch were never able to g...
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Impact Player: CSK’s Tushar Deshpande becomes first Impact Player of IPL 2023 | Cricket News – Times of India

NEW DELHI: Chennai Super Kings' Tushar Deshpande on Friday became the first cricketer to be used as an impact player of the Indian Premier League, when skipper Mahendra Singh Dhoni decided to bring in the pacer in place of the batter Ambati Rayudu in the tournament opener against Gujarat Titans.Asked to bat first, Dhoni-led CSK posted a competitive total of 178 for 7, riding on an impressive knock of 92 from opener Ruturaj Gaikwad at the Narendra Modi stadium in Ahmedabad. Ruturaj smacked nine maximums and four fours during his whirlwind 50-ball knock.For hosts GT, pacers Mohammed Shami (2/29), Alzarri Joseph (2/33) and spinner Rashid Khan (2/26) shared two CSK wickets each.When CSK came out to defend the total, right-arm pacer Deshpande came out for the four-time champions in place of ...
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Having an impact player is a luxury, says Dhoni

File photo of Chennai Super Kings’ captain M.S. Dhoni. | Photo Credit: PTI Having an impact player is a luxury as it makes decision-making easier, Chennai Super Kings skipper M.S. Dhoni said on March 31. Under the newly-introduce 'Impact Player' rule, a batter or bowler can be replaced in the middle of the game as per the match situation, to make it more exciting. "It's a luxury to have (impact player). It becomes slightly easy to take the decision because you can use it at any time," Dhoni said at the toss for the tournament opener between CSK and Gujarat Titans. But the World Cup-winning captain feels the rule will reduce the role of an all-rounder in the team. "Influence of all-rounder has become slightly less because of the rule," Dhoni added. Source link
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Want Rishabh to take it slow and easy, says David Warner

File photo of Delhi Capitals’s stand-in skipper David Warner. | Photo Credit: AP Stand-in Delhi Capitals skipper David Warner on March 31 said the team wants regular captain Rishabh Pant to take it "slow and easy" as he recovers from the horrific car accident he suffered in December. The dashing wicket-keeper batter was ruled out of this IPL as he undergoes rehabilitation following the accident."He's looking forward to supporting us as much as he can. I am sure he'll try his best to come and see us."But we want him to recover, take it slow and easy and get better as fast as he can," Warner said on the eve of DC's match against Lucknow Super Giants. Warner also spoke about Axar Patel's role as vice-captain in the side. "Axar will have great knowledge about all the players in the squad. ...
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Ex-England cricket captain Vaughan cleared of racism charge

Former England cricket captain Michael Vaughan was cleared by a disciplinary panel on March 31 of making a racist remark toward a group of Yorkshire teammates of Asian ethnicity in 2009, the latest stage of a scandal that has left a cloud over the English game.Other former players were found, however, to have used racist or discriminatory language in a scandal that erupted when Azeem Rafiq — a former player at Yorkshire — went public in 2020 saying he had been the victim of racial harassment and bullying across two spells at English cricket’s most successful club between 2008-18.Among his allegations, which were heard in a tearful testimony at the British parliament and led to Yorkshire losing sponsors and briefly the right to host international matches, Rafiq accused Vaughan of saying ...
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Mohammed Shami: Watch: Mohammed Shami clinches his 100th IPL wicket in style | Cricket News – Times of India

NEW DELHI: Veteran India and Gujarat Titans pacer Mohammed Shami on Friday joined the elite 100-wicket club in the Indian Premier League, when he dismissed Chennai Super Kings batter Devon Conway in the 2023 season opener.Shami became the 19th bowler to achieve the feat in the tournament.Shami gave hosts and defending champions Gujarat Titans a brilliant start by removing the CSK opener in the third over of the contest. It was also the first wicket to fall in the new season.The pacer castled Conway's stumps with a peach of a delivery for just 1, reducing CSK to 14/1 in 2.2 overs. Conway failed to read Shami's delivery and ended up missing the ball completely and the stumps went flying into the air.Shami returned figures of 2 for 29 in 4 overs against CSK. The pacer now has 101 wickets f...
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Michael Vaughan cleared of using racist language by disciplinary panel | Cricket News – Times of India

Former England captain Michael Vaughan has been cleared of using racist language towards ex-Yorkshire team mate Azeem Rafiq in verdicts released by the Cricket Discipline Commission (CDC) panel on Friday.The panel found the charge against Vaughan was not proved, after the case against him and five other former Yorkshire players was heard in London this month.Yorkshire and a number of individuals were charged by the England & Wales Cricket Board (ECB) last year after an investigation into racism allegations made by Rafiq, who said in 2021 he had been a victim of institutional racism at the club.Rafiq, a player of Pakistani descent who has said English cricket is institutionally racist, alleged Vaughan told him and other players of Asian origin that there were "too many of you lot, we...
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PV Sindhu: Madrid Spain Masters: PV Sindhu cruises into the semis, Kidambi Srikanth out | Badminton News – Times of India

NEW DELHI: Ace Indian shuttler PV Sindhu kept her hopes of the first title of the year alive as she cruised to the semi-finals of the women's singles event at the Madrid Spain Masters on Friday. But it was the end of the road for fellow Indian shuttler Kidambi Srikanth in the men's singles event.The double Olympic medallist Sindhu got the better of world no. 19 Mia Blichfeldt of Denmark 21-14, 21-17 to reach her first last four stage of 2023.Srikanth, on the other hand, lost to top seed Japanese shuttler Kenta Nishimoto 18-21, 15-21 in the quarter-finals.Sindhu, who is seeded second, has been struggling to find her feet since returning from a long injury lay off. The 27-year-old has slipped out of the top 10 in the world rankings and until now hadn't been able to cross the second round ...
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IPL 2023: Coach Bayliss hopes Sam Curran plays a key role for Punjab Kings in IPL 2023 | Cricket News – Times of India

NEW DELHI: Punjab Kings head coach Trevor Bayliss is happy that the team got star all-rounder Sam Curran in their squad and is confident that the Englishman will play a key role in the Indian Premier League 2023 season."I think before I came on board, they recognised, after the last season, that they need someone to finish the innings off and our tactic at the auction was to get an all-rounder who could bat towards the end of a batting innings but is also able to bowl," Bayliss told the media in Mohali on Friday."The idea was to get an international all-rounder and we are hoping that Sam Curran will be that player for us. He has done pretty well in international cricket and in the last (T20) World Cup. We are quite happy that we got him on board,” Bayliss said. Punjab Kings will hope fo...
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Impact Player Rule: IPL 2023: Having an impact player is a luxury, says MS Dhoni | Cricket News – Times of India

NEW DELHI: Chennai Super Kings skipper Mahendra Singh Dhoni on Friday feels that having an impact player is a luxury for the team. According to the ace captain, the new rule makes decision making easier.Under the newly-introduced 'Impact Player' rule, a batter or bowler can be replaced in the middle of the game as per the match situation, to make it more exciting."It's a luxury to have (impact players). It becomes slightly easy to take the decision because you can use it at any time," Dhoni said at the toss for the tournament opener between CSK and Gujarat Titans.But the World Cup-winning captain feels the rule will reduce the role of an all-rounder in the team."Influence of all-rounders has become slightly less because of the rule," Dhoni added.06:00What the IPL's new and exciting Impa...
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