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Virat Kohli firm on playing all three formats for next three years

Indian skipper Virat Kohli has been setting fitness standards for the team. he batting maestro has played 84 Tests, 248 ODIs and 82 T20 Internationals (T20Is) since making his India debut in 2008.

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Indian skipper Virat Kohli has been setting fitness standards for the team. The batting maestro has played 84 Tests, 248 ODIs and 82 T20 Internationals (T20Is) since making his India debut in 2008 and with the hectic schedule Kohli insisted that the workload take its toll, but he was firm on playing all three formats for the next three years.

“My mindset is on the bigger picture as I prepare myself for a rigorous three years from now,” Kohli said ahead of India’s first Test against New Zealand in Wellington.

“After that we might have a different conversation,” he added.

“It’s not a conversation you can hide away from in any manner. It is around eight years now that I have been playing 300 days a year, which includes travelling and practice sessions. And intensity is right up there all the time. It does take a toll on you,” he said.

“It’s not that the players are not thinking about it all the time. We do choose to take lot more breaks individually even though the schedule might not allow you to. Especially for guys, who play all the formats,” he said.

“It’s not easy being captain, having that intensity in the practice sessions. It does take a toll on you. Periodic breaks seem to work pretty okay for me,” Kohli said while addressing the media.

“At a time where the body can’t take anymore, maybe when I am 34 or 35, we will have a different conversation. For the next two to three years I have no issues at all,” he said.

“I can keep going on with the same intensity and also understand that the team wants a lot of my contribution in the next two to three years, so that I can ease into another transition that we faced five-six years ago,” he said.

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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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