On Thursday night, Mumbai Indians (MI) will meet an in-form Kolkata Knight Riders (KKR) on former’s home ground Wankhede Stadium, Mumbai. The two time IPL winner – KKR – began their IPL 2016 campaign with by winning 4 out of first 5 matches. On the other hand, the defending champion and two time IPL winner […]
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Win against KXIP means a lot – Rohit Sharma
Mumbai Indians finally had something to cheer about, after a thumping win over a clueless Kings XI Punjab outfit in Mohali. As a courtesy of a resounding win, the Mumbai Indians have kept their hopes of making it to the playoffs well intact. For the Punjabis though, things look utterly bleak as they are positioned […]
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Twitter Reactions: Speed stars do the trick as MI scalp an important win against KXIP
Mumbai Indians outclass Kings XI Punjab by 25 runs to pick up three vital points. Batting first, Mumbai scored a decent 189 runs for the loss of 6 wickets. Parthiv Patel played a vital 81 runs innings who was supported by Ambati Rayudu. Chasing the total Kings XI Punjab was restricted to 164 for the […]
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Russell criticises Samuels’ behaviour after World T20 win
Mumbai, April 25 (IANS) West Indies’ star all-rounder Andre Russell said on Monday that it wasn’t good on the part of compatriot Marlon Samuels to put his padded legs on the table, during the entire press conference, as he replied to the questions of the media persons after the World Twenty20 win. Samuels struck an […]
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I learn a lot from Hogg: Shamsi
Tabraiz Shamsi’s performance against Gujrat Lions where he returned the figures of 4-0-21-1 compelled people to take notice. A pitch where every bowler was getting thrashed he conceded at an economy of below 6 and also took the important wicket of Brendon McCullum. The South African chinaman bowler was bought by Royal Challengers Bangalore to replace […]
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Sad that I couldn’t finish the game off – Suryakumar Yadav
In the absence of regular number 3 batsman Manish Pandey, Kolkata Knight Riders’ Suryakumar Yadav did a fantastic job to guide his team through to victory against the Rising Pune Supergiants. Yadav was promoted to number 3, and found himself in the middle; on the second ball of the innings itself after Robin Uthappa was […]
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Suresh Raina credits his wife for excellent IPL start
After working in the shadows of the Indian skipper Mahendra Singh Dhoni almost all his life, Suresh Raina seemed to have learnt a lot from him as he has shown in the Indian Premier League season. Suresh Raina, who played 8 seasons of the IPL before the current one for the Chennai Super Kings has […]
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Disappointed Fleming says Pune Supergiants struggling to find right combination
On a pitch which was quite difficult to bat on, MS Dhoni’s team Rising Pune Supergiants (RPS) had put up a decent total of 160 on the scoreboard. Dhoni had enough options with the ball to defend the competitive target, and yet Rising Pune Supergiants couldn’t hold back the Kolkata Knight Riders (KKR) at the […]
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Treat every game as my last: Tambe
Pravin Tambe had not even played a top-level game for a first-class side when he was picked from obscurity at the age of 41, by Rajasthan Royals for IPL 2013. The leg-spinner had toiled for several years as a club cricketer in Mumbai while still holding down a day job. He grabbed the spotlight in the […]
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IPL 2016: Rising Pune Supergiants vs Kolkata Knight Riders – Gambhir gets better off Dhoni
The performance of Rising Pune Supergiants has been disappointing so far. Apart from their first match, Supergiants have not clicked as a batting unit and that is one of the reasons for their failure. On the other hand, Knight Riders openers have done well consistently. While Supergiants will miss Kevin Pietersen, KKR will miss the […]