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India to face England in series decider T20I in Ahmedabad

Team India is still suffering from the opener’s inconsistency and sixth bowling option while no.1 T20 batsman Dawid Malan’s performance is the only concern for England.

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India will face off against England in the series decider fifth T20I match at the Narendra Modi Stadium in Ahmedabad on Saturday. India has levelled the series on Thursday winning the fourth T20I byu 8 runs

In the previous game, Suryakumar Yadav’s promotion at No.3 made a huge difference for India in the context of the match as he registered his maiden T20I fifty in just 28 balls and combined bowling performances from Bhuvneshwar Kumar, Hardik Pandya, and Shardul Thakur seal the game for India.

In the previous game India had breached Englans’s bowling and put up 185 runs on the board which was the highest score in this series. When the game was in their hands, two back-to-back wickets of Ben Stokes and skipper Eoin Morgan in the 17th over of the game took the game away from England.

Team India is still suffering from the opener’s inconsistency and sixth bowling option while no.1 T20 batsman Dawid Malan’s performance is the only concern for England. England will expect Jos Buttler and world’s number one batsman Dawid Malan to show more consistency with the bat.

England’s leading pacers Jofra Archer and Mark Wood have been impressive throughout the series but they have not got a lot of support from Chris Jordan, who leaked most runs in the fourth T20.

In this series, Virat Kohli-led side has find x-factor with the emergence of Ishan Kishan and Suryakumar Yadav. His innings at number three was pure delight for which Yadav has picked up for the upcoming ODI series. Another big plus for India in the series has been Hardik Pandya contributing with the ball regularly. He was among the star bowlers on Thursday, taking two wickets for 16 runs in four overs. India will now be hoping KL Rahul fires at the top, having showed some form in the previous game following scores of 1, 0, 0.

To give a tough fight to India on their home conditions isn’t easy for any visiting side. Both sides are very competitive and whoever handles the pressure will take the series.

Squads:

India: Virat Kohli (captain), Rohit Sharma (vc), KL Rahul, Shikhar Dhawan, Shreyas Iyer, Suryakumar Yadav, Rishabh Pant (wk), Hardik Pandya, Yuzvendra Chahal, Bhuvneshwar Kumar, Axar Patel, Washington Sundar, Shardul Thakur, Navdeep Saini, Deepak Chahar, Rahul Tewatia, Ishan Kishan.

England: Eoin Morgan (captain), Joss Buttler, Jason Roy, Liam Livingstone, Dawid Malan, Ben Stokes, Moeen Ali, Adil Rashid, Reece Topley, Chris Jordan, Mark Wood, Sam Curran, Tom Curran, Sam Billings, Jonny Bairstow, Jofra Archer.

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Travis Head, Abhishek Sharma and Heinrich Klassen score quickfire half centuries as Sunrisers Hyderabad beat Mumbai Indians by 31 runs

Travis Head (63) and Abhishek Sharma (63) gave an explosive start to the innings of Sunrisers Hyderabad. Head completed his half century in 18 balls, while Abhishek Sharma hit his half century in 16 balls. Heinrich Klassen (80*) and Aiden Markram (41*) led the Sunrisers Hyderabad to score the highest total in IPL history.

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It was a high scoring match of IPL 17, where Sunrisers Hyderabad crushed Mumbai Indians and won the game by 31 runs at the Rajiv Gandhi International Stadium in Hyderabad on Wednesday. Earlier during the match, Sunrisers Hyderabad lost the toss against Mumbai Indians. Pat Cummins-led Sunrisers Hyderabad gave a huge target for Mumbai Indians to chase in Hyderabad, as they scored 277 runs and lost only 3 wickets. Mumbai Indians had to score 278 runs to win.

Both the openers Ishan Kishan (34) and Rohit Sharma (26) gave a good start to the innings and the momentum was kept alive by Naman Dhir (30) and Tilak Varma (64). But after Tilak Varma the run rate of Mumbai Indians dropped with Romario Shephard (15) and Tim David (42) tried to give a late push to the innings. Mumbai Indians could reach only 246/5 and lost the match by 31 runs. For Sunrisers Hyderabad, Jaidev Unadkat and Pat Cummins picked 2 wickets each, while Shahbaz Ahmed took one wicket.

Travis Head (63) and Abhishek Sharma (63) gave an explosive start to the innings of Sunrisers Hyderabad. Head completed his half century in 18 balls while Abhishek Sharma hit his half century in 16 balls. Heinrich Klassen (80*) and Aiden Markram (41*) led the Sunrisers Hyderabad to score the highest total in IPL history. Klassen scored his half century in just 23 deliveries.

Sunrisers Hyderabad registered their first victory in the ongoing IPL tournament. Abhishek Sharma was announced the player of the match. In this match, a total of 38 sixes were hit and the total number of runs scored during the match was 523 runs. Both Sunrisers Hyderabad and Mumbai Indians recorded their highest ever individual score in IPL history respectively.

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IPL 2024: Shivam Dube smashes half century as Chennai Super Kings beat Gujarat Titans by 63 runs

Chennai super Kings captain Rururaj Gaikwad said Shivam Dube has worked on his weakness against the short ball quite well and it has a lot to do with Mahendra Singh Dhoni personally working with the Mumbai batsman. The left handed batsman smashed 5 sixes in his 23 ball half century.

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Chennai Super Kings crushed Gujarat Titans to secure a victory by 63 runs at the M Chinnaswamy stadium on Tuesday. The Gujarat Titans won the toss but nothing seemed to go right for Gujarat Titans as Ruturaj Gaikwad’s team dominated the Gujarat Titans in all departments of the game.

Chennai super Kings captain Rururaj Gaikwad said Shivam Dube has worked on his weakness against the short ball quite well and it has a lot to do with Mahendra Singh Dhoni personally working with the Mumbai batsman. The left handed batsman smashed 5 sixes in his 23 ball half century.

The Gujarat Titans were set to chase a target of 207 by the Chennai Super Kings. The Gujarat Titans were under pressure from the start to score at above 10 an over. The pitch offered even pace and bounce and Gujarat Titans batsmen failed to make a match of it.

Deepak Chahal rattled the Gujarat Titans plans right at the start of the innings. Chahar sent back openers Wriddhiman Saha and Shubhman Gill with only 34 runs on the board. Gujarat Titans skipper was dismissed as he was trapped lbw for 8 runs (5 balls). Gill opted for a review which showed that he did not have any clue about the trajectory and line of the ball as well as his own position in front of the stumps.

But for Sai Sudarshan there was no contribution which could be mentioned. Tushar Deshpande (2/21), Mustafizur Rahman (2/30) and Chahar (2/28) did the job for CSK with the ball. A T20 innings with more dot balls than boundaries and sixes was bound to end up in a losing cause. Chennai Super Kings has moved on the top the table with back to back wins. Rachin Ravindra took charge with a six off a Umesh Yadav length ball and did not stop thereafter as long as he stayed in the middle.

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IPL 2024: Dinesh Karthik’s match-winning knock takes Royal Challengers Bangalore to a thrilling victory against Punjab Kings

Arshdeep Singh pacer sent a length delivery in its first ball, which Kartik scooped over short fine for a six. On seeing Karthik smack it for a six, his RCB teammates in the dugout, including Kohli, were on their feet in celebration! Then Arshdeep bowled a wide which was followed by a full delivery which Karthik slammed for a 4 past the bowler, to wrap up the chase in style.

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Royal Challengers Bangalore clinched a thrilling 4 wicket victory against Punjab Kings in their second IPL 2024 match on Monday, in Bengaluru. Chasing 177 runs, Dinesh Karthik came to RCB’s rescue, guiding them home in 19.2 overs.

RCB had a stuttering start to the run chase to their run chase, with Virat Kohli being the only batsman in the top order who kept the chase alive with some scintillating shots. The former RCB captain hit 77 of 49 balls which were packed with 11 fours and 2 sixes. He missed out on his century and lost his wicket in the final delivery of the 16th over to Harshal Patel. On Kohli’s departure, RCB was trailing PBKS at 130/5.

It looked as if RCB was crumbling towards another defeat, but in came Dinesh Karthik. He did not have a good start as he saw his partner Anuj Rawat lose his wicket in the 2nd ball of the 17th over. The wicketkeeper was replaced by Mahipal Lomror. He started his innings with a boundary which was followed by a single. Then Kathik smacked Sam Curran for a four, and ended the innings with 2 runs.

In the 18th over Lomror hammered Arshdeep Singh for a six and four as the Indian pacer gave 13 runs, taking the equation to 23 off 12 balls. Then in the 19th over Harshal Patel conceded 13 runs, as, Karthik hit a 4 and a 6.

Arshdeep Singh pacer sent a length delivery in its first ball, which Kartik scooped over short fine for a six. On seeing Karthik smack it for a six, his RCB teammates in the dugout, including Kohli, were on their feet in celebration! Then Arshdeep bowled a wide which was followed by a full delivery which Karthik slammed for a 4 past the bowler, to wrap up the chase in style.

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