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‘He sealed the game…’: Sachin Tendulkar praises Harshit Rana’s last-over heroics | Cricket News – Times of India

NEW DELHI: Kolkata Knight Riders clinched a nail-biting victory over the Sunrisers Hyderabad by a mere four runs, propelled by stellar performances from Andre Russell and Harshit Rana. Despite the explosive batting display by Sunrisers' Heinrich Klaasen, who notched an impressive 63 off just 29 balls, it was the tense final over that ultimately determined the outcome of the match at Eden Gardens.Needing 13 runs in the last over, Sunrisers' hopes rested on Klaasen's shoulders as he continued his aggressive assault. However, Rana, entrusted with the daunting task of defending the target, displayed remarkable calmness under pressure. Despite conceding a six on the first delivery, Rana swiftly turned the tide by dismissing Shahbaz Ahmed and Klaasen in quick succession, sealing Kolkata's vic...
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Watch: Suyash Sharma’s match-changing catch to dismiss high-flying Heinrich Klaasen | Cricket News – Times of India

NEW DELHI: Kolkata Knight Riders (KKR) hosted Sunrisers Hyderabad (SRH) on Saturday evening in the third match of the Indian Premier League (IPL) 2024. The encounter reached a crescendo when Suyash Sharma, with a breathtaking display of athleticism, secured the match-defining catch of the dangerous Heinrich Klaasen in the final over, leading his team to victory.KKR set a formidable target of 209 runs, courtesy of Phil Salt's explosive 40-ball 54 and Andre Russell's blistering unbeaten 64 off just 25 deliveries.Sunrisers Hyderabad, in response, faced a daunting task. All eyes were on Klaasen, who came to bat for SRH when the away side was in big trouble following the flurry of wickets.Also See: How to watch IPL Cricket 2024 in USAKlaasen caused concern for the hosts as he capitalised on ...
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SRH’s Henrich Klaasen threatens but can’t upset KKR’s nostalgic ride on the back of Andre Russell and Sunil Narine

Synopsis: Andre Russell rolled back the clock on Saturday when he smashed 64 off 25 balls to set a 209-run target and took 2 wickets as the Kolkata Knight Riders edged out Sunrisers Hyderabad to start their IPL 2024 campaign with a 4-run win. Klassen threatens a heist The dangerous Heinrich Klaasen would try with all his might with a 25-ball 50, mining 26 runs from the 19th over by Mitchell Starc and 21 runs from Varun Chakravarthy in the 18th. But a disciplined performance from Harshit Rana who defended 13 runs in the last over with a clever mix of slower balls ensured that the home fans left the ground a happy bunch. Rana first took out Klassen’s ally Shahbaz Ahmed and with the equation reading 5 from 2, he slipped in a slower off-break. Klaasen might still have escaped and got a coup...
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Shreyas Iyer makes low-key T20 return in practice match for Kolkata Knight Riders | Cricket News – Times of India

NEW DELHI: After a hiatus of over three months, middle-order batter Shreyas Iyer made a somewhat nervy return to the T20 format while participating in an in-house practice match of the Kolkata Knight Riders (KKR) in Kolkata on Sunday.Set to lead KKR in IPL 2024, Shreyas struggled to find his rhythm in the middle, scoring 22 runs off 19 balls before being stumped by Phil Salt off a local left-arm spinner.Shreyas, who last played a T20 match in December 2023 against Australia in Bengaluru, faced a challenging start, being beaten outside the off-stump by pacer Andre Russell on his first ball.Despite managing to hit Russell for a boundary on the next ball, the right-hander failed to settle into his groove during his time at the crease.ALSO READ: HOW TO WATCH IPL IN CANADAKnown for his profi...
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Jason Roy pulls out of IPL, KKR name Phil Salt as replacement

Phil Salt of England celebrates his century during the 4th T20I between the West Indies and England at Brian Lara Cricket Academy Stadium in Tarouba, Trinidad and Tobago, on December 19, 2023. | Photo Credit: AFP Kolkata Knight Riders have brought in Englishman Phil Salt as a replacement for compatriot Jason Roy who pulled out of the IPL due to personal reasons.This will be Salt's second season in the IPL, having played for Delhi Capitals last season.The 27-year-old Salt, who went unsold at the auction, has been bought at his reserve price of Rs 1.5 crore."Kolkata Knight Riders have named Phil Salt as a replacement for Jason Roy after the latter pulled out of the upcoming TATA IPL 2024 owing to personal reasons," an IPL media release said.Salt, an aggressive wicket-keeper batter, score...
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IPL 2024: Kolkata Knight Riders rope in Phil Salt as replacement for Jason Roy | – Times of India

NEW DELHI: With Englishman Jason Roy pulling out of the upcoming edition of the Indian Premier League, citing personal reasons, two-time champions Kolkata Knight Riders on Sunday brought in compatriot Phil Salt as his replacement. Salt, who went unsold in the December auction last year, played for Delhi Capitals in th 2023 edition of the league. This will now be the second season for Salt in the IPL. The 27-year-old Salt has been bought at his reserve price of Rs 1.5 crore."Kolkata Knight Riders have named Phil Salt as a replacement for Jason Roy after the latter pulled out of the upcoming TATA IPL 2024 owing to personal reasons," an IPL media release said.Salt, an aggressive wicket-keeper batter, scored two consecutive T20I centuries against the West Indies in December last year.His 48...
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4th T20I: Phil Salt’s explosive century powers England to thrilling victory against West Indies | Cricket News – Times of India

NEW DELHI: Phil Salt's explosive century propelled England to a resounding 75-run victory over West Indies in the fourth Twenty20 international, leveling the series 2-2 and setting the stage for a thrilling decider on Thursday.Batting first at the Brian Lara Academy, England set a team record of 267 for three in their 20 overs, marking the second-highest innings score in a match between full member nations. Salt smoked 10 sixes in record centurySalt, the hero of England's victory in Grenada on Saturday, continued his blazing form, smashing a sensational 119 from just 57 balls. His onslaught included an impressive ten sixes and seven fours, making it the highest score by an Englishman in T20 internationals.England's aggressive innings saw swift half-centuries from skipper Jos Buttler (55...
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Watch: Harry Brook smashes 24 runs in last over to help England chase down West Indies’ 223

In a drama-filled second T20I, Harry Brook smashed 24 runs in the las over when 21 were needed and helped England chased down 222 with one ball to spare to level the five-match series against West Indies. West Indies put up a formidable 222 for 6, the highest T20 score at Grenada National Cricket Stadium. 𝗧𝗵𝗲 𝗛𝗜𝗚𝗛𝗘𝗦𝗧 𝘀𝘂𝗰𝗰𝗲𝘀𝘀𝗳𝘂𝗹 𝗿𝘂𝗻 𝗰𝗵𝗮𝘀𝗲 𝗮𝗴𝗮𝗶𝗻𝘀𝘁 𝘁𝗵𝗲 𝗪𝗲𝘀𝘁 𝗜𝗻𝗱𝗶𝗲𝘀! 🏏 Just watch this final over… Harry Brook take a bow! 👏#WIvENG pic.twitter.com/raErDRlvTZ — Cricket on TNT Sports (@cricketontnt) December 16, 2023 But England followed a great start — 73-0 after the powerplay and a 115 opening partnership between Salt and captain Jos Buttler — with an even better finish by Salt with help from Liam Livingstone and Brook to reach 226-3 and win by seven wickets. Salt finished 109 not out from 5...
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Watch: Harry Brook’s last-over assault after Phil Salt century scripts England’s crazy T20I win over Windies – Times of India

In a remarkable turnaround in the third T20I in Grenada on Saturday, Phil Salt's unbeaten 109 and a heroic innings from middle-order batsman Harry Brook, who remained unbeaten on 31 off just 7 balls, propelled England to the 223-run target in dramatic fashion with one ball to spare, after the hosts put up an imposing 222 for 6.England's seven-wicket victory thus kept the five-match T20I series alive, with the Windies leading 2-1.Brook's explosive late innings, featuring 24 runs off the final over, sealed the victory for England. The 24-year-old Yorkshireman secured the win with a six off West Indies bowler Andre Russell over third man.The visitors required 21 runs in the final over, and Brook delivered by smashing 4, 6, 6, 2, 6 off Andre Russell to win the match for his team. Before tha...
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Countering Mohammed Siraj was the key, says David Warner | Cricket News – Times of India

NEW DELHI: Delhi Capitals registered an emphatic seven-wicket win over visiting Royal Challengers Bangalore in Delhi on Saturday. After the win, DC captain David Warner said that the strategy was to target the pace ace Mohammed Siraj and just "take him on".DC cruised to a crushing win over RCB with Phil Salt playing a fiery innings of 87 runs and middle-order batter Rilee Rossouw chipping in with an unbeaten 35.Chasing 182 for victory, Delhi Capitals achieved the target for the loss of three wickets with 20 balls to spare.Countering Siraj was the key and both Warner and Salt went after the RCB pace spearhead from the word go, smashing him for 28 runs in two overs. Siraj never came back to bowl his full quota.1/10DC vs RCB IPL 2023: Philip Salt ruins Virat Kohli's homecomingShow Captions...
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DC vs RCB IPL 2023: Phil Salt stars in Delhi Capitals’ win over Royal Challengers Bangalore | Cricket News – Times of India

Englishman's belligerent 87 counters Kohli's sedate 55 to chase down 182 with easeNEW DELHI: The Delhi crowd thronged the Ferozeshah Kotla on Saturday evening to watch its favourite homeboy Virat Kohli put up a show. While he did bat for 16 overs upfront in the match for 55 off 46 balls, the fireworks came from the home team's top-order led by Phil Salt's blazing 45-ball 87 which helped Delhi Capitals chase down the 182-run target with consummate ease in 16.4 overs and seven wickets to spare.IPL 2023 SCHEDULE | IPL 2023 POINTS TABLEEvery action of Kohli was an event for the crowd even as he went about trying to prove that the role of an anchor batter still has a place in modern-day T20 cricket. The ruthless onslaught from Salt from the word go in the chase, though, only reiterated that ...
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Mohammed Shami: WATCH: Sensational Shami claims four-wicket haul as DC become first team to lose five wickets in Powerplay in IPL 2023 | Cricket News – Times of India

NEW DELHI: Seasoned India and Gujarat Titans pacer Mohammed Shami rolled back the years as he came up with a sensational spell of swing bowling to claim four wickets inside Powerplay against Delhi Capitals (DC) in an Indian Premier League (IPL) match at the Narendra Modi Stadium in Ahmedabad on Tuesday.Opting to bat, DC - whose IPL 2023 campaign is already in doldrums - had a horrible start as Shami sent back opener Phil Salt for a golden duck on the very first delivery of the innings.IPL 2023 SCHEDULE | IPL 2023 POINTS TABLESalt joined Prabhsimran Singh of Punjab Kings and RCB's Virat Kohli in the list of batters who got out on the first delivery of the match this season so far.Shami, who returned his best-ever IPL figures of 4/11 in 4 overs, soon rocked DC's top order, claiming the wi...
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That is a game I think we 100 percent should have won: Ricky Ponting’s ‘brutal’ post-match dressing room talk after DC’s loss to SRH

Delhi Capitals were handed a sixth loss of the season, more than any other side in the 2023 Indian Premier League, when Sunrisers Hyderabad bested them by nine runs at the Arun Jaitley Stadium on Saturday evening. A game that Delhi looked to have had in their hand with Phil Salt and Mitchell Marsh in the middle and nine wickets in hand with 112 runs on the board in 11.2 overs while chasing 198. The hosts however, were unable to close the chase owing to the middle order falling to Hyderabad’s bowling in the second half of the innings. The DC coach Ricky Ponting would dig deep post match, as revealed in a new dressing room video posted from the franchise. “Just to be brutally honest, that is a game I think we 100 percent should have won,” Ponting said. “What I saw from a couple of our blo...
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IPL 2023: Mitchell Marsh’s all-round show in vain as Sunrisers avenge their loss

Synopsis: Abhishek shows coach Lara why he should open, and Klassen’s fireworks help quell charge from Marsh and Salt  Abhishek the opener  Hyderabad’s Abhishek Sharma, who was their top run-getter last year, was dropped for two games after he was undone by a Trent Boult special in the first match and was then made a floater. On Saturday, he hit a whirlwind 36-ball 67, pulling, cutting, driving all around the park. Abhishek lost his opening partner Mayank Agarwal, bounced out by Ishant Sharma on a Kotla wicket, and also saw Rahul Tripathi depart. But Abhishek counterattacked by smacking Ishant Sharma for 16 runs in an over, belting four boundaries. He hit nine fours in the Powerplay. He completed his fifty in 25 balls, hitting a massive six off Kuldeep Yadav. The Delhi Capitals came cl...
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DC vs SRH, IPL 2023, Highlights: Abhishek Sharma, Heinrich Klaasen shine in Sunrisers Hyderabad’s third win of season | Cricket News – Times of India

NEW DELHI: Abhishek Sharma, back at the top of the order for Sunrisers Hyderabad, was an anomaly for the first 12 overs of a match played between two equally unsure teams at the Ferozeshah Kotla on Saturday evening. His uncluttered intent fetched him 67 runs off 36 laid the foundation for Heinrich Klassen’s blazing unbeaten 27-ball 53 for SRH to post 197/6 and secure a nine-run win against a beleaguered Delhi Capitals.HIGHLIGHTS | POINTS TALLYThat was enough to provide enough cushion for SRH against the brutal power-hitting of Phil Salt and Mitchell Marsh that threatened to take the game away with their 112-run second-wicket partnership off 60 balls after skipper fell off the second ball of the chase for naught off Bhuvneshwar Kumar.It took seven matches to awaken the beast of Marsh who...
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DC vs SRH IPL 2023: Delhi Capitals look to move on from Prithvi Shaw | Cricket News – Times of India

Ahead of SRH tie, coach Ponting points at opener's stark non-performanceNEW DELHI: For most of Delhi Capitals' training at the Ferozeshah Kotla on Friday evening, Prithvi Shaw cut a forlorn figure, strolling around the practice area and reluctantly going through some bat-swing drills before ambling in for a hit in a net away from the core team. It's remarkable that his stocks have come crashing down just halfway through the IPL, when he came into the tournament promising so much with his dominating form in domestic cricket.IPL 2023 SCHEDULE | IPL 2023 POINTS TABLEIn contrast, David Warner and Mitchell Marsh slogged it out in the nets at the main square for a good hour on the eve of their match against Sunrisers Hyderabad. It's ironical that a franchise which built its brand and core aro...
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DC vs MI tip-off XI: Archer set to return for MI, Khaleel to miss out, Salt to make his IPL debut

IPL 2023: Delhi Capitals and Mumbai Indians will be desperate for a win to rejuvenate a stuttering season when they meet at the Arun Jaitley Cricket Stadium in New Delhi on Tuesday. David Warner-led Capitals have lost three out of three, while Rohit Sharma’s Mumbai has lost two out of two. Both have their work cut out in all the departments, but one of them will definitely register their first win of the tournament. David Warner has got the runs for Delhi but it has come at a strike rate of 117. He is expected to do better than that. The star-studded Mumbai Indians too have a lot to figure out, starting with their explosive top-order which has flattered to deceive so far. Skipper Rohit Sharma looked good, a special knock from Ishan Kishan too is awaited while million dollar buy Camero...
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Rishabh Pant: IPL 2023: Abhishek Porel set to replace Rishabh Pant at Delhi Capitals | Cricket News – Times of India

NEW DELHI: Delhi Capitals are zeroing in on talented Bengal keeper-batter Abhishek Porel as replacement of the injured Rishabh Pant for the upcoming Indian Premier League (IPL) season, according to sources tracking the developments in the franchise.Pant, who met with a horrific car accident late last year and ruled out of competitive cricket for at least one year, was an integral part of the Delhi franchise along with being their skipper. Delhi have been fretting about an Indian replacement for Pant for a long time now."Delhi Capitals are likely to put forth Abhishek Porel's name as Rishabh's replacement for the current season. He is only 21 and under the guidance of Ricky Ponting and Sourav Ganguly, could be groomed as a second option even after Rishabh comes back," an IPL source told ...
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1st T20I: Bangladesh stun world champions England by 6 wickets | Cricket News – Times of India

NEW DELHI: Najmul Hossain Shanto notched up a brilliant 51 off 30 balls to help Bangladesh pull off an upset six-wicket victory over world champions England in the first T20I of the three-match series in Chattogram on Thursday.Chasing 157, all-rounder Shakib Al Hasan romped Bangladesh home in 18 overs with a boundary off Chris Jordan to stay 34 not out.Put into bat, Jos Buttler (67) and Phil Salt (38) forged an 80-run opening wicket stand to lay a good foundation for England to post a big total. But England crumbled after Buttler's fourth-wicket dismissal and managed just 21 runs in the last five overs to be restricted to 156/6.Hasan Mahmud was the pick of the bowlers for Bangladesh as he took two wickets, while four of his team mates claimed a wicket apiece.After a brief opening stand ...