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Eoin Morgan backs Ben Stokes and Jofra Archer to manage injuries well in IPL 2023

Ben Stokes and Jofra Archer of England. File. | Photo Credit: Getty Images Former skipper Eoin Morgan is confident England mainstays Ben Stokes and Jofra Archer will manage their injuries well, adding that the duo is not preparing only for an IPL season but also the World Cup and the Ashes series later this year. While Stokes has been sidelined due to a toe injury, Archer is believed to be having trouble with his elbow, on which he has already undergone two separate operations in the past that led to a long injury lay-off. "They are two very experienced players. They know their bodies inside out. Ben has managed his body exceptionally well through all three formats his whole career."Jofra is back and bowling well; obviously he had a little bit of setback. But these players know their ...

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There were too many dot balls in middle overs: MS Dhoni

Chennai Super Kings skipper Mahendra Singh Dhoni termed the lull period in the middle overs as the reason for his team’s three-run defeat against Rajasthan Royals in an IPL match here on Wednesday. Dhoni, who scored 32 off 17 balls, couldn’t hit a last ball six but felt that the fate of the match was decided between seventh to 15th over in which Devon Conway (50 off 38 balls), Shivam Dube (8 off 9 balls) and Moeen Ali (7 off 10 balls) couldn’t get going against Ravichandran Ashwin (2/25) and Yuzvendra Chahal (2/27). “There was not a lot in it for spinners, but in the middle period, there were too many dot balls. If the (ball) is stopping and turning off the surface, then it is fine. But that was not the case here,” Dhoni said at the post match presentation ceremony. “We (him and Ravindr...

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IPL 2023: Rajasthan Royals roar in MS Dhoni’s den

Synopsis: A puzzling promotion didn’t end up hurting Rajsthan as their spinners weaved magic on a slow wicket at Chepauk to deny MS Dhoni’s team in a thriller Up until the last ball of the match, the 38,000 fans who had turned up at the MA Chidambaram Stadium were on their feet. CSK were at 113/6 in 15 overs, chasing 176 for win. It was an uphill task but hope floated as MS Dhoni had just joined Ravindra Jadeja in the middle. AFter a couple of quiet overs, Dhoni first and then Jadeja found boundaries to keep Chennai in the chase. But still with two overs to go, CSK needed 40. And after Ravindra Jadeja brought it down to 21 runs needed from the last over, it was over to MS Dhoni. Two wides later and a dot ball later, the equation was 19 off 5. Dhoni then turned back the clock, swatting m...

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CSK vs RR IPL 2023: MS Dhoni heroics in vain as Rajasthan Royals beat Chennai Super Kings by 3 runs | Cricket News – Times of India

NEW DELHI: Playing his 200th match as Chennai Super Kings captain, Mahendra Singh Dhoni almost pulled off an incredible victory, but that was not to be as his team went down fighting by just 3 runs against Rajasthan Royals at MA Chidambaram Stadium in Chennai on Wednesday.It was vintage stuff as Dhoni rolled back the years but in the end unheralded Royals seamer Sandeep Sharma nailed a couple of perfect block-hole deliveries to earn a three-run victory for his team.IPL 2023 SCHEDULE | IPL 2023 POINTS TABLEChasing a target of 176, Dhoni (32 off 17 balls) and Ravindra Jadeja (25 off 15 balls), were on course as 21 was needed off the last over. CSK's final score was 172/6 as Dhoni didn't end his 200th game for CSK in a manner he would have liked in his spiritual home with 30,000 plus spect...

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IPL 2023, CSK vs RR emotional rollercoaster: Sandeep Sharma holds nerve, Moeen Ali can’t hold catches as old teammates turn rivals

Sandeep succeeds, just about In the final few overs, with MS Dhoni and Ravindra Jadeja at the crease, the commentators in the broadcaster’s Hindi feed gave up any pretence of neutrality, almost willing the ball to the boundary and over it. With the experienced Jason Holder straying in line and length – Jadeja helping himself to two sixes and a four – and Rajasthan Royals skipper Sanju Samson opting for the pedestrian Sandeep Sharma to bowl the final over, instead of the quicker Kuldeep Sen, it brought fresh life into the faltering Chennai Super Kings chase. With 40 needed off two overs, the 19th went for 19, and when the first two balls of the 20th were wides, it showed which team was under more pressure. Dhoni did what he has been doing for seemingly ages: making it a one-on-one contes...

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Asian Wrestling Championships: Antim Panghal signs off with silver, four others win bronze | More sports News – Times of India

ASTANA: Young Antim Panghal signed off with a silver medal in her debut Asian Championships after going down to the formidable Akari Fujinami of Japan in the 53kg title clash while four other Indian wrestlers clinched bronze medals on Wednesday.Anshu Malik (57kg), Sonam Malik (62kg), Manisha (65kg) and Reetika (72kg) added to India's medal rush, winning their bronze medal bouts.Panghal gave a good account of herself in the tournament as she registered dominant wins to breeze into the summit clash.But Fujinami, the 2021 world champion and someone who has hardly lost a bout since she started competing at the senior level in 2020, put an end to her winning run.The 18-year-old Indian, competing in star Indian wrestler Vinesh Phogat's weight class, lost by technical superiority to the Japane...

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They do this often. I’m against it: Chris Gayle on Ravi Ashwin being promoted up the batting order

With three wickets lost at the score of 88 in 8.5 overs, Rajasthan Royals promoted Ravichandran Ashwin to bat at number five against Chennai Super Kings on Wednesday. The off spinner went on to score 30 off 22 deliveries, comprising one four and two sixes, while Rajasthan managed to post 175/8. Former West Indies captain Chris Gayle however, feels the call wasn’t right as the fourth wicket stand between Ashwin and Jos Buttler saw a significant dip in the run rate. “They (Rajasthan Royals) do this often. Send Ashwin ahead of a proper batsmen. I’m against it. You have a left arm spinner bowling when you send Ashwin in. It could’ve been a different scenario,” Gayle said during the mid-innings on JioCinema. Earlier during the season, Ashwin was also promoted to open the innings for Rajastha...

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Billie Jean King Cup: India beat Uzbekistan 3-0 to climb to joint top – Times of India

NEW DELHI: India registered their second win in as many days as they outplayed hosts Uzbekistan 3-0 in their Asia/Oceania Group I competition on day two of the Billie Jean King Cup in Tashkent on Wednesday.India had defeated Thailand 2-1 on Tuesday on the first day of the competition.With a win-loss record of 5-1, India climbed to the top of Pool A alongside Japan who have the same record. The top two teams will be promoted to the playoffs stage, while the sides finishing fifth and sixth will be relegated to Group II. The third and fourth-placed teams will keep their positions in Group I. Rutuja Bhosale gave a rousing start as she came from a set down to beat Sabrina Olimjanova 5-7, 6-2, 6-4 in the opening singles tie.The seasoned Ankita Raina then hardly broke a sweat as she dispatched...

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Stokes wants to add pace component to ‘Bazball’ in upcoming Ashes

CSK’s Ben Stokes during the Chennai Super Kings practise. File. | Photo Credit: EMMANUAL YOGINI England Test skipper and Chennai Super Kings all-rounder Ben Stokes wants to bombard Australia with express pace, while also banking on typically seaming home conditions, when the arch-rivals clash during the Ashes later this year. Even as England will continue to employ 'Bazball' — the ultra-aggressive batting approach to overpower Australia when they tour England for the series in June —, Stokes said he wants to add a fresh threat to the hosts' combative game plan that has seen them win 10 out of the 12 Test under new coach Brendon McCullum. "I could pick a 20-man squad if I wanted to," Stokes was quoted as saying by Sky Sports. "I have asked the medical team to give us eight bowlers to c...

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Some players have become permanent residents of NCA, can’t play 4 games on trot: Shastri

Ravi Shastri, former head coach of India cricket team. File. | Photo Credit: VEDHAN M Former India head coach Ravi Shastri has hit out at the injury management of some of country's premier bowlers, saying they seem to have become "permanent residents" of the National Cricket Academy (NCA) while undergoing rehabilitation. While Shastri didn't take any name, his obvious reference was Chennai Super Kings seamer Deepak Chahar, who has broken down at least thrice in match situations in the last eight months after being declared fit by Nitin Patel-headed Sports Science & Medical team at NCA. "Let's put it this way: there are quite a few in the last three or four years who are permanent residents of the NCA. Soon, they'll get a resident permit there to walk in any time they want, which is...

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It can only be up from here, says Delhi Capitals’ Sourav Ganguly | Cricket News – Times of India

NEW DELHI: Delhi Capitals have the worst possible start to the 2023 Indian Premier League season, losing four matches on the trot to remain glued at the bottom of the ten-team league's standings. The DC's Director of Cricket and former India captain Sourav Ganguly opined that the team can only go up from here, while agreeing that the young team has to find a way to make a comeback in the tournament.IPL 2023 SCHEDULE | IPL 2023 POINTS TABLE"It can only be up from here and hopefully, the young boys will turn up on the high-scoring wicket in Bengaluru. You have to find a way to make a comeback. This has happened to everyone," Ganguly said.Ganguly further said that DC is a team full of uncapped youngsters which will take its own time to blossom into a winning outfit and one needs to give th...

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‘They know their bodies inside out’: Eoin Morgan backs Ben Stokes and Jofra Archer to manage injuries well | Cricket News – Times of India

NEW DELHI: Former England skipper Eoin Morgan has shown confidence that their two senior pro - Ben Stokes and Jofra Archer will manage their injuries well in the ongoing Indian Premier League 2023 in India.While Stokes has been sidelined due to a toe injury, Archer is believed to be having trouble with his elbow, on which he has already undergone two separate operations in the past that led to a long injury lay-off.IPL 2023 SCHEDULE | IPL 2023 POINTS TABLE"They are two very experienced players. They know their bodies inside out. Ben has managed his body exceptionally well through all three formats his whole career. Jofra is back and bowling well; obviously he had a little bit of setback. But these players know their bodies, they are preparing for the full year not (for) just an IPL seas...

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With so many youngsters, Delhi Capitals will take time to be good team: Sourav Ganguly

A team full of uncapped youngsters takes its own time to blossom into a winning outfit and one needs to give this Delhi Capitals side that requisite duration, feels Director of Cricket Sourav Ganguly. DC are currently last in 10-team table with four defeats in a row and it does hurt, admitted the former India skipper. “The loss certainly hurts, especially because of the way this team has played since 2019. But these things happen in sport. It’s never easy when you lose. There are so many youngsters in our side and we’ll take time to be a good team,” said Ganguly. But Ganguly insisted that the players need to do some soul searching into what has gone wrong. “It can only be up from here and hopefully, the young boys will turn up on the high-scoring wicket in Bengaluru. You have to find a ...

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Ravindra Jadeja: WATCH: Ravindra Jadeja strikes twice to dismiss Devdutt Padikkal and Sanju Samson in the same over | Cricket News – Times of India

NEW DELHI: Chennai Super Kings' star left-arm spinner Ravindra Jadeja once again was at his best on Wednesday when he turned his magical arm to get rid of Rajasthan Royals batters Devdutt Padikkal and Sanju Samson in the same over in an Indian Premier League (IPL) match at the MA Chidambaram Stadium in Chennai.IPL 2023 SCHEDULE | IPL 2023 POINTS TABLEThe incident happened in the 9th over of the innings when Jadeja first sent well-set Padikkal (38 off 26 balls) back in the dugout to give CSK a crucial breakthrough.Padikkal, who added 77 runs for the second wicket with Jos Buttler, went for a slog-sweep but Devon Conway made no mistake and grabbed a well-judged catch at deep backward square leg boundary.Charged-up Jadeja, who returned figures of 2/21 in his quota of 4 overs, came up with ...

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Jos Buttler: Rajasthan Royals’ Jos Buttler completes 3000 runs in IPL | Cricket News – Times of India

NEW DELHI: In-form Rajasthan Royals opener Jos Buttler achieved a personal milestone on Wednesday, completing 3000 runs in the Indian Premier League (IPL). He achieved the milestone in their match against Chennai Super Kings at MA Chidambaram stadium in Chennai.Buttler took 85 innings to reach the 3000-run mark, making him the third fastest to the milestone in the league.West Indian great Chris Gayle has the record of fastest to 3000 IPL runs, achieving the feat in just 75 innings. He is followed by the current Lucknow Super Giants skipper KL Rahul, who reached the landmark in 80 innings.Buttler has scored five hundreds and 17 fifties so far in the league. The right-hander has an impressive 40-plus average and scored his runs at a double quick 150 plus strike rate. He is the 21st batter...

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Bangladesh all-rounder Shakib Al Hasan named ICC Player of the Month for March | Cricket News – Times of India

NEW DELHI: Bangladesh’s star all-rounder Shakib Al Hasan has been named ICC Player of the Month awards for March 2023 by the International Cricket Council (ICC) on Wednesday while Rwanda’s Henriette Ishimwe bagged the ICC Women’s Player of the Month award."Shakib won the ICC Men’s Player of the Month award for the second time after series-winning exploits against England and Ireland," the ICC stated in a media release.All-rounder Ishimwe started the year at the heart of the Rwandan team that lit up the inaugural ICC U19 Women’s T20 World Cup in South Africa. Her breakout tournament included a memorable four wickets in four balls in the win over Zimbabwe.Opening the month with an ODI series against England, Shakib registered two half-centuries, the second of which coming in a familiar sc...

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IPL 2023 | Buttler, Padikkal power Rajasthan Royals to 175-7

Jos Buttler of Rajasthan Royals plays a shot during the match between Chennai Super Kings and RR in Chennai on April 12, 2023. | Photo Credit: AP Jos Buttler scored continued his superb form and scored another half-century to lift the RR innings. He got ample support from Padikkal, R Ashwin, and Shimron Hetmyer to power the RR’s innings to 175-7 at the end of their 20 overs. CSK bowlers Tushar Deshpande and Akash Singh picked two wickets each.Ravindra Jadeja pushed RR’s innings on the backfoot with two important wicket in his first over. Jadeja dismissed a well-set Padikkal and RR skipper Sanju Samson in consecutive deliveries to pull Chennai back in the game after Padikkal and Buttler appeared to run through the CSK bowling lineup. At the end of 10 overs, RR scored 95 runs with the lo...

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Chennai Super Kings’ MS Dhoni becomes first player to captain an IPL team in 200 matches | Cricket News – Times of India

NEW DELHI: Mahendra Singh Dhoni on Wednesday etched his name in the Indian Premier League (IPL) record books by becoming the first player to captain an IPL side in 200 games. Chennai Super Kings vs Rajasthan Royals at MA Chidambaram Stadium is the charismatic skipper Dhoni's 200th game as the Chennai side's captain. He is the only IPL captain to lead in 200 or more matches in the league.Dhoni has been part of the CSK side from the beginning, except for the two years (2016-17) the team was suspended from the league due to the involvement of their officials in illegal activities. Dhoni's CSK have won the league four times so far.Before today's match, Dhoni's record as CSK skipper is 120 wins from 199 games, the most by a captain in the league. CSK lost 78 times and had one no result under...

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Italy submit bid to host Euro 2032

Italy has formally submitted a bid to host the 2032 European Championship to European soccer’s governing body UEFA, the Italian Football Federation (FIGC) said on Wednesday. The FIGC added that the tournament will be staged across Milan, Turin, Verona, Genoa, Bologna, Florence, Rome, Naples, Bari and Cagliari if the bid is accepted. “We imagined Italy and European football in 10 years’ time, in the knowledge that the positive legacy of such an event would multiply extraordinary opportunities for the entire nation,” FIGC president Gabriele Gravina said. Italy had originally planned to bid to host either Euro 2028 or the 2030 World Cup, but the FIGC said last year that hosting the 2032 European Championship would provide a “wider time window” to modernise the country’s stadium infrastruct...

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‘I was waiting from last year to bat with you’: Tilak Varma to MI skipper Rohit Sharma in a candid interview | Cricket News – Times of India

NEW DELHI: Mumbai Indians star batter Tilak Varma spoke his heart out while talking to skipper Rohit Sharma as he expressed his feelings saying that he has been waiting since last year to bat with the latter.Young Varma interacted with Rohit after MI’s first win of the season against Delhi Capitals in a last-ball thriller at the Arun Jaitley Stadium on Tuesday.IPL 2023 SCHEDULE | IPL 2023 POINTS TABLETilak said that it was his dream to bat with skipper Rohit and building partnership with him was fun.Rohit and Tilak's partnership of 61 runs gave the foundation of MI's first IPL 2023 win. Rohit scored the highest for MI with 65 off 45 while Tilak played a helping knock of 41 runs in 29 balls.Rohit in a video posted by IPL social media handle asked Tilak about his feelings after the win, T...