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IPL-17 | Hot pick Sameer Rizvi starts with a bang, shows he belong to the big stage

Chennai Super Kings Sameer Rizvi in action during his knock against Gujarat Titans in Chennai on March 26, 2024. | Photo Credit: ANI First impression is the best impression and Chennai Super Kings batter Sameer Rizvi definitely made one. The youngster announced his arrival on the big stage in style when he slog-swept Rashid Khan for a six off the first ball he faced in the IPL against Gujarat Titans on March 26. Two balls later, he lofted the Afghan leggie for another six down the ground, showing why CSK shelled out ₹8.4 crore for the Uttar Pradesh batter. “When Rashid came to bowl in the 19th over, the coach told me if the wicket falls you will go out to bat. “After that, it was set in my mind that if they are sending me at this point in the match, anyone who walks in will be expected...
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IPL-17: CSK vs GT | Shivam Dube’s blitzkrieg takes Chennai to competitive total

Chennai Super Kings Shivam Dube plays a shot during the Indian Premier League 2024 match against Gujarat Titans in Chennai on March 26, 2024. | Photo Credit: S.R. Raghunathan Put into bat, Chennai Super Kings led by a scintillating knock from Shivam Dube (51 from 23 balls) took the team to a competitive total of 206 for 6 in the Indian Premier League 2024 match against Gujarat Titans, in Chennai on March 26. Chennai Super Kings started off on a sound note with Rachin Ravindra (46) and captain Ruturaj Gaikwad (46) took the team to 62 in just 5.2 overs. After the wicket of Rachin Ravindra, Ajinkya Rahane(12) was out with the score at 104. CSK vs GT Live Score, IPL 2024With the wicket of Ruturaj Gaikwad at 127, Shivam Dube and Daryl Mitchell took on the Gujarat Titans bowlers and took the...
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IPL-17: CSK vs RCB | Royal Challengers Bengaluru win toss; elect to bat

Chennai Super Kings captain Ruturaj Gaikwad is seen with his Royal Challengers Bengaluru counterpart Faf du Plessis during the toss of the IPL match in Chennai on March 22, 2024 | Photo Credit: M. Vedhan The Indian Premier League 2024 started off with a bang with Royal Challengers Bengaluru captain Faf du Plessis won the toss and elected to bat first against the defending champion Chennai Super Kings in Chennai on March 22. CSK vs RCB Live Score, IPL 2024The new Chennai Super Kings captain Ruturaj Gaikwad said the team’s four overseas players are Rachin Ravindra, Daryl Mitchell, Maheesh Theekshana and Mustafizur Rahman. He also said Sameer Rizvi will be making his IPL debut. After winning the toss, the RCB captain said it is a ‘batting first wicket’. The teamsChennai Super Kings: Rutur...
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MS Dhoni News: Madras high court sentences IPS Sampath Kumar to 15 days jail on MS Dhoni’s contempt of court plea | Chennai News – Times of India

CHENNAI: The Madras high court on Friday sentenced IPS officer Sampath Kumar to 15 days of imprisonment in a contempt of court petition moved by cricketer MS Dhoni. However, a division bench of Justice S S Sundar and Justice Sunder Mohan suspended the sentence for 30 days to enable Sampath Kumar to prefer an appeal.On December 17, 2021, Sampath Kumar filed an additional written statement in a defamation suit moved by Dhoni against the IPS officer in connection with the 2014 IPL betting scam.According to Dhoni, Sampath Kumar had made scandalous and contumacious statements against the Supreme Court and the high court.“He (Sampath Kumar) has stated that the Supreme Court deviated its focus on the rule of law and shelved the deposition of the Justice Mudgal Committee (constituted to probe 2...
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Dhoni’s contempt plea | Madras High Court sentences IPS officer to 15 days imprisonment

The Madras High Court on Friday, December 15, 2023, sentenced IPS officer G. Sampath Kumar to 15 days of simple imprisonment in a contempt of court petition filed by ace cricketer Mahendra Singh Dhoni against the officer for having made contumacious remarks against the Supreme Court as well as the High Court.Justices S.S. Sundar and Sunder Mohan, however, suspended the sentence for a period of 30 days to enable the contemnor to prefer an appeal before the Supreme Court. The suspension was ordered by the court suo motu though the contemnor had not made any such plea.In the petition filed through senior counsel P.R. Raman, the cricketer had urged the court to punish Mr. Kumar for his remarks against the judiciary in his written statement filed in response to a ₹100 crore defamation suit f...
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Rohit puts to rest shadow of past: ‘Yes, we have not won; it is fine… It happens’

THE LAST time India won an ICC tournament was in 2013, when M S Dhoni lifted the Champions Trophy. A decade later, captain Rohit Sharma says he wouldn’t allow the decade-long futile Cup chase to pull down his team during the 50-over cricket carnival that starts on Thursday, when defending champions England take on New Zealand in Ahmedabad. “Yes, we have not won; it’s fine! I’m not a person who overthinks and puts myself in a tough place where I’m not able to make a decision. England started winning now; in 2019 they won the World Cup after so many years. It happens. Australia is the only consistent team who have won. After 2007, they won the ODI World Cup in 2015. They won the T20 World Cup in Dubai,” Sharma told The Indian Express. So who will win the Cup? “I don’t have an answer for i...
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Saba Karim reveals when he first saw Dhoni’s brilliance while playing for Bihar

MS Dhoni. | Photo Credit: PTI Mahendra Singh Dhoni’s 15-year-long international career saw him rise through the ranks as an unorthodox wicket-keeper batsman to one of Indian cricket’s all-time greats. He’s the most successful captain the country has seen and a revered figure in international cricket as "Captain Cool."Former India cricketer Syed Saba Karim revealed one such instance in the commentary box, about the emergence of Dhoni, before his call-up to the national team.Karim recalled the first time he met Dhoni and how he became familiar with his skillsets after becoming a selector for Bihar in the Ranji Trophy. “My story is very interesting. The first time I saw M.S. Dhoni, it was his second year in the Ranji Trophy. He used to play for Bihar. I saw him batting and keeping, and I ...
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Another shot in the arm for Bazball, the way cricket should be played 

In the end it didn’t matter whether England won or lost the Edgbaston Test. Importantly, they began the Ashes as they had been playing for the last year or so, embedding ‘Bazball’ deeper into the lexicon of the game. They stuck to their new philosophy. They ran towards the danger in the evocative words of skipper Ben Stokes.Bazball is as much about batting attractively as bowling with purpose. Other countries have played similar cricket, but not with such consistency and not with such a passion. Test cricket needs this to remain above white ball formats as the finest expression of the sport. Other coaches, and other countries ought to be influenced now. There will be the occasional loss, but it makes for great viewing. Meet fire with fireBazball is fun, attractive, stimulating, challeng...
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Fitness and adaptability are the keys; how about the Dhoni Cup?

In about a week, two sets of players, many of whom were engaged in the IPL, will be squaring off at the World Test Championship final in England. Whichever team — India or Australia — does worse will face one line of criticism. It will be said that playing the IPL so close to the Test final was a mistake, and that players did not have sufficient time to acclimatise themselves.But such thinking, plausible till recently, doesn’t hold true anymore. The modern cricketer is a model of adaptability, and can go from format to format, from centre to centre, or from continent to continent without his game suffering. This is partly owing to superior fitness and partly because playing competitive cricket (in any format) is good preparation anyway. Most international series are played these days wi...
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IPL to WTC | Fitness and adaptability are the keys; how about the Dhoni Cup?

Virat Kohli with bowlers Umesh Yadav and Mohammed Siraj at a practice session ahead of the World Test Championship final cricket match between India and Australia, in the U.K., on May 29, 2023. | Photo Credit: PTI In about a week, two sets of players, many of whom were engaged in the IPL, will be squaring off at the World Test Championship final in England. Whichever team — India or Australia — does worse will face one line of criticism. It will be said that playing the IPL so close to the Test final was a mistake, and that players did not have sufficient time to acclimatise themselves.But such thinking, plausible till recently, doesn’t hold true anymore. The modern cricketer is a model of adaptability, and can go from format to format, from centre to centre, or from continent to conti...
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IPL 2023 | M.S. Dhoni revisits IPL retirement plan and hints comeback next season after CSK win

CSK’s Ravindra Jadeja celebrates with M.S. Dhoni after winning the IPL 2023 at Narendra Modi Stadium in Ahmedabad on May 29, 2023. | Photo Credit: K.R. Deepak After Chennai Super King’s fifth win in the IPL 2023, the team’s triumphant captain M.S. Dhoni had not yet ruled out playing in the next IPL season. After lifting the cup, he said, “Circumstantially, this is the best time to announce my retirement. But the amount of love I have received all over, the easy thing would be to walk away from here, but the harder thing would be to work hard for nine months and try to play another IPL.” “It would be a gift from me, won’t be easy on the body,” he said.  Speaking about the match, Dhoni said, “Every trophy is special, but what is special about IPL is every crunch game you need to be ready...
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IPL 2023 final: GT vs CSK | Rain delays toss in final between Chennai and Gujarat

Covers placed on the pitch due to rain before the IPL 2023 final match between Chennai Super Kings and Gujarat Titans, in Ahmedabad on May 28, 2023. | Photo Credit: PTI The toss for the Indian Premier League final between Gujarat Titans and Chennai Super Kings was delayed due to heavy downpour here on Sunday It began drizzling just about half an hour before the toss time and the ground staff was quick to cover the centre with two separate layers of sheets, along with covering the areas of run-ups for fast bowlers.But the intensity of downpour picked up heavily, along with thunder and lightning soon, and the fans who had filled up the stands in large numbers, were forced to look for cover and retreat into the stands.Huge puddles of water were also seen adjacent to the centre strip which...
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IPL final moved to reserved day due to persistent rains

Covers placed on the pitch due to rain before the IPL 2023 final match between Chennai Super Kings and Gujarat Titans, in Ahmedabad on May 28, 2023. | Photo Credit: PTI The final of the Indian Premier League 2023 was on Sunday moved to the reserved day after relentless rains delayed the toss and subsequently the start of the summit showdown here.The announcement was made at 10:55 p.m. local time.The title clash between Gujarat Titans and Chennai Super Kings, thus, will be played here at the Narendra Modi Stadium on Monday.With the weather forecast not being too promising for the final on Sunday, it only kept getting worse for the fans who had turned up to pack the house.It began raining here in the evening half an hour before the toss time – around 6:30 p.m. local time – and did not st...
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IPL 2023: Dhoni takes someone else’s trash and makes it treasure, says Matthew Hayden

Chennai Super Kings captain M.S. Dhoni. File | Photo Credit: R. Ragu Mahendra Singh Dhoni is a "magician" who can turn someone else's "trash into treasure" says the great Matthew Hayden, who also reckons that the former India captain's unmatched contribution to the CSK success story makes his playing future with the franchise "almost irrelevant". Dhoni's tactical genius has played a big part in CSK reaching their 10th IPL final. He did not have the best of bowling attacks at his disposal at the start of the tournament but he has been able to bring the best out of it. How he has used Ajinkya Rahane and Shivam Dube in the batting department has also been praised widely. Dhoni, who has played with a knee injury throughout the tournament, has given himself 8-9 months to decide on his playi...
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IPL 2023: DC vs CSK | Chennai wins toss; opts to bat against Delhi

Delhi Capitals captain David Warner with Chennai super Kings skipper M.S. Dhoni during the toss of the Indian Premier League 2023 match in New Delhi on May 20, 2023. | Photo Credit: AP Chennai Super Kings skipper Mahendra Singh Dhoni won the toss and opted to bat first against Delhi Capitals in their Indian Premier League match in New Delhi on May 20. CSK's XI remained unchanged, while DC brought in Lalit Yadav and Chetan Sakariya. Ishant Sharma is not in the lineup for this game while Prithvi Shaw, who slammed 54 off 38 balls in their last outing against Punjab Kings in Dharamsala, is one of the impact substitutes. A win will take CSK closer to a top-two finish but a loss will force them to depend on results of the other remaining games amid an intense race to the play-offs.Teams: Che...
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IPL 2023: DC vs CSK | Chennai aims at qualification, Delhi looks to end season on a high

A determined Chennai Super Kings unit wouldn't mind being masters of its own fate in its bid to steamroll the already ousted Delhi Capitals, who are looking to end a forgettable IPL campaign on a high in a final league game, in New Delhi on May 20 At the moment, CSK are on second on the points table with 15 points from 13 games. But a loss against DC along with a string of unfavourable results could see the four-time champions miss out on the last leg of IPL action. A win would, however, confirm a play-off spot but whether they finish in second place or third would depend on the Lucknow Super Giants' result against Kolkata Knight Riders later in the day.A journey that was filled with emotions, excitement and a lot of #YelloveWatch the full 📹#WhistlePoduExpress 🦁💛— Chennai Super Kings (@...
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Dhoni — the ultimate outsider who became Chennai’s own

A special connection: CSK fans hold Dhoni in such high esteem, anything he does casts a spell on them. | Photo Credit: R. RAGU M.S. Dhoni’s influence on Chennai Super Kings has been far more than just developing an IPL team, and his approach far more holistic than focusing simply on cricket. Dhoni has always been a player who has worked to his rhythm, and as time passed, the tendency to assess the opposition for weaknesses has become more pronounced. This is Dhoni 3.0. His teammates have compensated for his almost total lack of time at the crease with the bat, but it also means the opposition has to adjust; he is not where he once used to be, batting at four or five, often barely involved in attacks until suddenly, lethally, he is. Miles aheadHe has batted as low as No. 8 (six i...
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Run-fest IPL 2023: Highest run-rate, most sixes and boundaries per game across all seasons

The strike rates in the IPL have reached a peak during the 2023 season | Photo Credit: BHAGYA PRAKASH K The Indian Premier League (IPL) has captured the attention of the cricket-loving public in India and beyond like no other T20 tournament. With the best cricketers from the world, barring Pakistan, playing in the tournament and given the high-risk, high-reward nature of T20s, the yearly extravaganza has only continued to gain popularity.With teams getting a better feel of the rhythm of the T20 game, which favours batsmen, and with new rule changes, the strike rates in the IPL have reached a peak during the 2023 season. In the 40 matches played in the IPL before April 30, 13,994 runs were scored in 1,568 overs for an overall run rate of 8.92, the highest in 16 seasons ( Chart 1). This ...
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LSG vs CSK | Rahul’s injury big concern for Lucknow as they get ready for Chennai challenge

Hit by injuries to skipper KL Rahul and seamer Jaydev Unadkat, Lucknow Super Giants (LSG) would be wary of Chennai Super Kings' ability to bounce back when the two sides face each other in an Indian Premier League match in Lucknow on May 3. LSG would also be facing the heat after failing to chase down a meagre total of 126 in their own den, getting bundled out for just 108 in 19.5 overs by Royal Challengers Bangalore on Monday. Rahul sustained injury on his right thigh during the match against RCB here on Monday, while Unadkat slipped badly while bowling at the nets, resulting to a nasty fall on Sunday. The extent of both the injuries is yet to be ascertained but Rahul came out to bat at No. 11 in LSG's unsuccessful run chase, facing three balls without opening account. His inclusion in...
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IPL 2023: CSK vs PBKS | Punjab Kings beat Chennai Super Kings by 4 wickets

Punjab Kings sealed a stunning four-wicket win over Chennai Super Kings with Sikandar Raza holding his nerve to knock off the required three runs off the final ball in a tense Indian Premier League match in Chennai on April 30. Chasing 201 for a win, Punjab needed nine runs from the final over bowled by Matheesha Pathirana who conceded just two from the first three deliveries. But Raza remained calm under immense pressure, scoring two runs each from the next two deliveries. Raza (13 not out) sent the final ball towards the boundary but Maheesh Theekshana stopped it just before the ropes in a brilliant fielding effort but by that time the PBKS batters had completed three runs to the stunned silence of the home crowd at Chepauk. Punjab finished at 201 for 6 as Prabhsimran Sing...