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Watch: How Umesh Yadav won the battle against Hardik Pandya – Times of India

NEW DELHI: Mumbai Indians' bid to finally beat Gujarat Titans at Ahmedabad's Narendra Modi Stadium was foiled again in a thrilling finish to Sunday's late game.Hardik Pandya, who led Gujarat in the 2022 and 2023 seasons, came back to his former home ground only to watch Shubman Gill make a winning start as Titans captain.Chasing 169 to win, Mumbai were propped up by 46 runs from impact substitute Dewald Brevis.Former skipper Rohit Sharma scored 43 off 29 balls.An inexplicable batting strategy saw Pandya coming out to bat at number seven and the MI captain was on 1 when Umesh Yadav came on to bowl the last over, with MI needing 19 runs.Pandya smashed the first ball, a slower one, for a six over extra cover.Next delivery, Umesh bowled a short length ball with enough width for Pandya to po...
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Tilak Varma’s special message for team-mate on his maiden call up | Cricket News – Times of India

NEW DELHI: South Africa have included the promising young batting sensation Dewald Brevis in their squads for the upcoming One-Day and Twenty20 International series against Australia. The 20-year-old, fondly known as "Baby AB," has showcased his remarkable talent, boasting the highest individual score in South Africa's domestic T20 cricket with an impressive 162 runs off just 57 deliveries. He was also the leading run-scorer in 2022 Under-19 World Cup, with 506 runs at an average of 84.33, including 2 centuries and 3 fifties.Brevis, who plays for Mumbai Indians in the Indian Premier League, is one of the top contenders for the ODI World Cup scheduled to take place in India later this year.Tilak Varma, who plays alongside Brevis at Mumbai Indians and shares a strong bond with him, took t...
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Watch: I want to win the World Cup for India, says Tilak Varma | Cricket News – Times of India

NEW DELHI: Tilak Varma did not expect to make his India debut so early in his career, but now that he has, he hopes to achieve his next goal: win a World Cup.The 20-year-old Varma, who was a member of the 2020 U-19 World Cup squad, hit 39 off 22 balls in his senior India debut against the West Indies, which the visitors lost by four runs at Tarouba in Trinidad on Thursday."Everyone has this dream of playing for the country, I never thought that I will be able to play for India so soon in my career, because, after the Under-19 World Cup, there was the coronavirus issue which happened, so I thought let me just use the opportunity that I get," Varma said in a video posted by the BCCI.Varma, who plays for the Mumbai Indians, scored 343 runs at an average of 42.8 in 11 matches during the 202...
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Major League Cricket: MI New York beat Texas Super Kings to enter final | Cricket News – Times of India

NEW DELHI: Trent Boult took four wickets to set up an emphatic six-wicket victory for MI New York against Texas Super Kings in the Challenger at the Grand Prairie Stadium in Dallas on Friday.Boult's 4/24 enabled MI New York to bowl out Texas Super Kings for 158 in their 20 overs. MI New York chased down the target with six wickets in hand and an over to spare.AS IT HAPPENEDMI New York will now meet Seattle Orcas in the final on Sunday. Seattle Orcas had beaten Texas Super Kings in the Qualifier on Thursday.Put into bat, Boult removed Texas Super Kings skipper Faf du Plessis and Mitchell Santner in his second over - the third of the match.Devon Conway (38) and Milind Kumar (37) tried their best to accelerate the Texas Super Kings innings but fell in the quest of quick runs.Tim David was ...
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It’s global cricketing issue to keep players inspired for all three formats: AB de Villiers | Cricket News – Times of India

NEW DELHI: South Africa great Ab de Villiers feels it is becoming increasingly difficult to keep players "inspired" for all three formats amid the punishing schedule, creating a pressing need for cricket boards and cricketers to have an honest communication over the latter's preferred choice of formats.The 38-year-old, who shocked the cricketing world with his international retirement in 2018, said his playing career too could have been managed better. Three years later, he retired from all forms of cricket.He left the game to spend more time with family, something which has become a luxury for an all-format modern cricketer. Considering the ever-crowded international calendar and mushrooming of T20 leagues around the world, playing all three formats has become impossible without taking...
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I want to learn the no look six from you: Suryakumar Yadav tells Dewald Brevis

IPL franchise Mumbai Indians on Saturday released a video on their YouTube channel where teammates Suryakumar Yadav and South Africa’s Dewald Brevis were having a candid conversation. Yadav is one of the most innovative batters playing the game today, with his wide array of unorthodox shots dissected throughout the world. Here, however, he was seen asking 19-year-old Brevis to teach him the no look sixes. “I’m just trying to copy you sometimes. The way you bat. You have to teach me one thing. How do you do that no-look shot, no-look six? I just want to learn that from you,” Surya told Brevis who in October scored 162 runs off just 57 balls in the CSA T20 Challenge. “I would love to. It would be an honour, but I would love to learn lots of shots from you as well. I want to tell you a fu...