CSK vs KKR - FINALE

Author: Shreyas
15 Oct 2021 19:39:43
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Chennai Super Kings vs Kolkata Knight Riders - Final of the Indian Premier League'2021, at Dubai International Cricket Stadium, Dubai 

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1. SEASON STATS

(i) Points Table Scenario

CSK - 14 - 9w/5l (2nd)
KKR - 14 - 7w/7l (4th)

(ii) Top Performers

CSK

Ruturaj Gaikwad - 2nd highest run scorer (603), Avg (46.38) - 15M/15I
Faf Du Plessis - 4th highest run scorer (547), Avg (42.07) - 15M/15I
Moeen Ali - 17th highest run scorer (320), Avg (22.85) - 14M/14I
Ambati Rayudu - 23rd highest run scorer (257), Avg (28.55) - 15M/13I
Ravindra Jadeja - 31st highest run scorer (227), Avg (75.66) - 15M/11I
Suresh Raina - 39th highest run scorer (160), Avg (17.77) - 12M/11I

Shardul Thakur - 5th highest wicket taker (18), Avg (27.16), SR (18.6) - 15M/15I
Deepak Chahar - 17th highest wicket taker (13), Avg (32.23), SR (23) - 14M/14I
Dwayne Bravo - 17th highest wicket taker (13), Avg (18), SR (13.6) - 10M/10I
Ravindra Jadeja - 25th highest wicket taker (11), Avg (28.09), SR (24.5) - 15M/15I
Josh Hazlewood - 29th highest wicket taker (9), Avg (29.3), SR (20.6) - 8M/8I

KKR

Shubman Gill - 9th highest run scorer (427), Avg (26.68) - 16M/16I
Rahul Tripathi - 13th highest run scorer (395), Avg (30.38) - 16M/15I
Nitish Rana - 14th highest run scorer (383), Avg (31.91) - 16M/15I
Venkatesh Iyer - 16th highest run scorer (320), Avg (40) - 9M/9I
Dinesh Karthik - 32nd highest run scorer (214), Avg (23.77) - 16M/14I
Andre Russell - 36th highest run scorer (183), Avg (26.14) - 10M/9I

Varun Chakravarthy - 5th highest wicket taker (18), Avg (23), SR (21.3) - 16M/16I
Sunil Narine - 14th highest wicket taker (14), Avg (23.92), SR (22.2) - 13M/13I
Lockie Ferguson - 17th highest wicket taker (13), Avg (12.9), SR (12) - 7M/7I
Prasidh Krishna - 22nd highest wicket taker (12), Avg (29.25), SR (19.2) - 10M/10I
Andre Russell - 25th highest wicket taker (11), Avg (17), SR (9.9) - 10M/8I
Shivam Mavi - 28th highest wicket taker (10), Avg (20), SR (16.9) - 8M/8I

2. FINALS OVER THE YEARS

CSK (8 - 3w/5l)

2008 - Lost by 3 wickets vs RR
Suresh Raina - 43(30)
MS Dhoni - 29(17)*
Ravindra Jadeja - 0(1) - Played for RR

2010 - Won by 22 runs vs MI
Suresh Raina - 57(35)* & 1w
MS Dhoni - 22(15)
Ambati Rayudu - 21(14) - Played for MI

2011 - Won by 58 runs vs RCB
MS Dhoni - 22(13)
Suresh Raina - 8(5) & 1w
Dwayne Bravo - 1w

2012 - Lost by 5 wickets vs KKR
Suresh Raina - 73(38)
MS Dhoni - 14(9)*
Dwayne Bravo - 1w

2013 - Lost by 23 runs vs MI
Ambati Rayudu - 37(36) - Played for MI
MS Dhoni - 63(45)*
Dwayne Bravo - 15(16) & 4w
Ravindra Jadeja - 0(2) & 0w
Suresh Raina - 0(1)

Played for MI, now in KKR -
Dinesh Karthik - 21(26)
Harbhajan Singh - 14(8) & 2w

2015 - Lost by 41 runs vs MI
Ambati Rayudu - 36(24)* - Played for MI
Suresh Raina - 28(19)
MS Dhoni - 18(13)
Ravindra Jadeja - 11(8)* & 0w
Dwayne Bravo - 9(6) & 2w
Faf Du Plessis - 1(3) - Batted at No.8

Played for MI, now in KKR -
Harbhajan Singh - 2w

2018 - Won by 8 wickets vs SRH
Suresh Raina - 32(24)
Ambati Rayudu - 16(19)*
Faf Du Plessis - 10(11)
Shardul Thakur - 1w
Ravindra Jadeja - 1w
Dwayne Bravo - 1w
Karn Sharma - 1w
Lungi Ngidi - 1w
Deepak Chahar - 0w

Played for SRH, now in KKR
Shakib Al Hasan - 23(15) & 0w

2019 - Lost by 1 run vs MI
Faf Du Plessis - 26(13)
Dwayne Bravo - 15(15) & 0w
Suresh Raina - 8(14)
Ravindra Jadeja - 5(5)* & 0w
MS Dhoni - 2(8)
Ambati Rayudu - 1(4)
Deepak Chahar - 3w
Imran Tahir - 2w
Shardul Thakur - 2w

KKR (2 - 2w/0l)

2012 - Won by 5 wickets vs CSK
Shakib Al Hasan - 11(7)* & 1w
Sunil Narine - 0w

2014 - Won by 3 wickets vs PBKS
Shakib Al Hasan - 12(7) & 0w
Sunil Narine - 2(4)* & 1w

Played for KKR, now CSK player -
Robin Uthappa - 5(3)

3. VENUE AND PITCH INFO

Venue - Dubai International Cricket Stadium, Dubai 

(i) Total Matches - T20s

Overall - 180

Avg 1st Innings - 158
Avg 2nd Innings - 134

Highest total - 219/2 (Sunrisers Hyderabad vs Delhi Capitals - 28th October'2020)

(ii) Performance of both teams on this ground

CSK - 13 - 8w/5l
KKR - 6 - 3w/3l

(iii) Top Performers on this venue from the current squads - T20s

CSK

Faf Du Plessis - 22nd highest run scorer (394), Avg (35.82) - 14M/14I
Ruturaj Gaikwad - 34th highest run scorer (325), Avg (65) - 7M/7I
Ambati Rayudu - 42nd highest run scorer (299), Avg (29.90) - 13M/12I
Robin Uthappa - 51st highest run scorer (257), Avg (25.70) - 10M/10I
Ravindra Jadeja - 73rd highest run scorer (203), Avg (50.75) - 13M/10I
Dwayne Bravo - 78th highest run scorer (193), Avg (24.13) - 16M/12I
MS Dhoni - 85th highest run scorer (183), Avg (22.88) - 13M/12I

Dwayne Bravo - 29th highest wicket taker (15), Avg (28.27), SR (19.87) - 16M/16I
Imran Tahir - 39th highest wicket taker (13), Avg (20), SR (17.69) - 10M/10I
Shardul Thakur - 47th highest wicket taker (12), Avg (19), SR (14) - 8M/8I
Ravindra Jadeja - 56th highest wicket taker (10), Avg (27.80), SR (21) - 13M/13I
Deepak Chahar - 64th highest wicket taker (9), Avg (35), SR (26) - 11M/11I

KKR

Eoin Morgan - 23rd highest run scorer (390), Avg (48.75) - 14M/14I
Sunil Narine - 67th highest run scorer (213), Avg (15.21) - 19M/16I
Shubman Gill - 89th highest run scorer (173), Avg (34.60) - 5M/5I
Nitish Rana - 94th highest run scorer (165), Avg (33) - 5M/5I
Shakib Al Hasan - 96th highest run scorer (160), Avg (26.67) - 8M/7I
Andre Russell - 104th highest run scorer (141), Avg (15.67) - 12M/11I

Sunil Narine - 18th highest wicket taker (18), Avg (27.50), SR (25) - 19M/19I
Andre Russell - 25th highest wicket taker (16), Avg (19), SR (12.75) - 12M/10I
Varun Chakravarthy - 56th highest wicket taker (10), Avg (11.5), SR (12) - 5M/5I
Shivam Mavi - 84th highest wicket taker (7), Avg (14), SR (13.7) - 4M/4I

(iv) Recent Matches on this venue

1) Delhi Capitals vs Chennai Super Kings - 10th October'2021
172/5 vs 173/6 (CSK won by 4 wkts)

Ruturaj Gaikwad - 70(50)
Robin Uthappa - 63(44)
MS Dhoni - 18(6)*
Moeen Ali - 16(12) & 1w
Josh Hazlewood - 2w
Dwayne Bravo - 1w
Ravindra Jadeja - 1w

Pacers - 3w+5w=8w
Spinners - 2w+0w=2w

2) Delhi Capitals vs Royal Challengers Bangalore - 8th October'2021
164/5 vs 166/3 (RCB won by 7 wkts)

Pacers - 4w+2w=6w
Spinners - 1w+1w=2w

3) Chennai Super Kings vs Punjab Kings - 7th October'2021
134/6 vs 139/4 (PBKS won by 6 wkts)

Faf Du Plessis - 76(55)
Ravindra Jadeja - 15(17)*
Shardul Thakur - 3w
Deepak Chahar - 1w

Pacers - 5w+4w=9w
Spinners - 1w+0w=1w

4) Chennai Super Kings vs Delhi Capitals - 4th October'2021
136/5 vs 139/7 (DC won by 3 wkts)

Ambati Rayudu - 55(43)*
Robin Uthappa - 19(19)
MS Dhoni - 18(27)
Shardul Thakur - 2w
Ravindra Jadeja - 2w
Josh Hazlewood - 1w
Deepak Chahar - 1w
Dwayne Bravo - 1w

Pacers - 2w+5w=7w
Spinners - 3w+2w=5w

5) Sunrisers Hyderabad vs Kolkata Knight Riders - 3rd October'2021
115/8 vs 119/4 (KKR won by 6 wkts)

Shubman Gill - 57(51)
Nitish Rana - 25(33)
Dinesh Karthik - 18(12)*
Tim Southee - 2w
Shivam Mavi - 2w
Varun Chakravarthy - 2w
Shakib Al Hasan - 1w

Pacers - 4w+3w=7w
Spinners - 3w+1w=4w

6) Kolkata Knight Riders vs Punjab Kings - 1st October'2021
165/7 vs 168/5 (PBKS won by 5 wkts)

Venkatesh Iyer - 67(49) & 1w
Rahul Tripathi - 34(26)
Nitish Rana - 31(18)
Varun Chakravarthy - 2w
Sunil Narine - 1w
Shivam Mavi - 1w

Pacers - 4w+2w=6w
Spinners - 2w+3w=5w

7) Rajasthan Royals vs Royal Challengers Bangalore - 29th September'2021
149/9 vs 153/3 (RCB won by 7 wkts)

Pacers - 5w+2w=7w
Spinners - 4w+0w=4w

8) Rajasthan Royals vs Sunrisers Hyderabad - 27th September'2021
164/5 vs 167/3 (SRH won by 7 wkts)

Pacers - 4w+2w=6w
Spinners - 1w+1w=2w

9) Royal Challengers Bangalore vs Mumbai Indians - 26th September'2021
165/6 vs 111/10 (RCB won by 54 runs)

Pacers - 5w+5w=10w
Spinners - 1w+5w=6w

10) Sunrisers Hyderabad vs Delhi Capitals - 23rd September'2021
134/9 vs 139/2 (DC won by 8 wkts)

Pacers - 5w+1w=6w
Spinners - 2w+1w=3w

11) Rajasthan Royals vs Punjab Kings - 22nd September'2021
185/10 vs 183/4 (RR won by 2 runs)

Pacers - 9w+3w=12w
Spinners - 1w+1w=2w

12) Chennai Super Kings vs Mumbai Indians - 19th September'2021
156/6 vs 136/8 (CSK won by 20 runs)

Ruturaj Gaikwad - 88(58)*
Ravindra Jadeja - 26(33)
Dwayne Bravo - 23(8) & 3w
Deepak Chahar - 2w
Josh Hazlewood - 1w
Shardul Thakur - 1w

Pacers - 6w+8w=14w
Spinners - 0w+0w=0w

SUMMARY

Pacers
1st Innings - 56w
2nd Innings - 42w

Spinners
1st Innings - 21w
2nd Innings - 15w

Overall
98w:36w (Pacers:Spinners)

(v) Toss Based Analysis on this venue

CSK

1. Ruturaj Gaikwad
1st Batting/2nd Bowling - 88(58)*, 13(13), 12(14)
2nd Batting/1st Bowling - 5(10), 65(51)*, 72(53), 70(50)

2. Faf Du Plessis
1st Batting/2nd Bowling - 0(1), 0(3), 10(8), 76(55)*
2nd Batting/1st Bowling - 43(35), 22(19), 87(53)*, 8(10), 25(13), 1(2)

3. Moeen Ali
1st Batting/2nd Bowling - 0(3)&0w, 5(8)&0w, 0(6)
2nd Batting/1st Bowling - 16(12)&1w

4. Suresh Raina
1st Batting/2nd Bowling - 4(6)
2nd Batting/1st Bowling -

5. Ambati Rayudu
1st Batting/2nd Bowling - 41(34), 0(3), 55(43)*, 4(5)
2nd Batting/1st Bowling - 8(9), 42(40), 39(27), 38(20), 1(3)

6. Ravindra Jadeja
1st Batting/2nd Bowling - 25(10)*&1w, 26(33)&0w, 1(2)*&2w, 15(17)*&0w
2nd Batting/1st Bowling - 12(9)&0w, 50(35)&0w, 1w, 7(6)&0w, 0w, 31(11)*&1w, 1w

7. MS Dhoni
1st Batting/2nd Bowling - 21(13), 3(5), 18(27), 12(15)
2nd Batting/1st Bowling - 15(12), 47(36)*, 10(6), 19(21)*, 1(4), 18(6)*

8. Shardul Thakur
1st Batting/2nd Bowling - 1w, 1w, 2w, 3w
2nd Batting/1st Bowling - 1w, 2w, 2w, 0w

9. Deepak Chahar
1st Batting/2nd Bowling - 0w, 2w, 1w, 1w
2nd Batting/1st Bowling - 0w, 2w, 0w, 1w, 2w, 0w, 0w

10. Dwayne Bravo
1st Batting/2nd Bowling - 2w, 23(8)&3w, 1w, 0w
2nd Batting/1st Bowling - 3w, 0w, 0w, 0w, 1w

11. Lungi Ngidi
1st Batting/2nd Bowling -
2nd Batting/1st Bowling - 2w

12. Imran Tahir
1st Batting/2nd Bowling - 3w, 3w, 0w, 1w, 1w
2nd Batting/1st Bowling - 1w, 0w, 0w

13. Mitchell Santner
1st Batting/2nd Bowling -
2nd Batting/1st Bowling - 1w, 1w

14. Josh Hazlewood
1st Batting/2nd Bowling - 1w, 1w, 0w
2nd Batting/1st Bowling - 2w

15. Robin Uthappa
1st Batting/2nd Bowling - 41(22), 19(13), 19(19), 2(6)
2nd Batting/1st Bowling - 2(7), 18(15), 32(27), 6(2), 63(44)

16. Cheteshwara Pujara
1st Batting/2nd Bowling -
2nd Batting/1st Bowling -

17. Harishankar Reddy
1st Batting/2nd Bowling -
2nd Batting/1st Bowling -

18. C Hari Nishanth
1st Batting/2nd Bowling -
2nd Batting/1st Bowling -

19. Narayan Jagadeesan
1st Batting/2nd Bowling -
2nd Batting/1st Bowling - 33(28)

20. K Bhagath Verma
1st Batting/2nd Bowling -
2nd Batting/1st Bowling -

21. KM Asif
1st Batting/2nd Bowling -
2nd Batting/1st Bowling -

22. Ravisrinivasan Sai Kishore
1st Batting/2nd Bowling -
2nd Batting/1st Bowling -

23. Krishnappa Gowtham
1st Batting/2nd Bowling -
2nd Batting/1st Bowling - 20(14)&0w

24. Karn Sharma
1st Batting/2nd Bowling - 2w
2nd Batting/1st Bowling - 0w, 1w

25. Dominic Drakes
1st Batting/2nd Bowling -
2nd Batting/1st Bowling -

KKR

1. Shubman Gill
1st Batting/2nd Bowling - 47(34), 26(17), 36(24), 7(7)
2nd Batting/1st Bowling - 57(51)

2. Nitish Rana
1st Batting/2nd Bowling - 22(17), 87(61)&0w, 0(1), 31(18)&0w
2nd Batting/1st Bowling - 25(33)

3. Rahul Tripathi
1st Batting/2nd Bowling - 3(2)*, 39(34), 34(26)
2nd Batting/1st Bowling - 7(6)

4. Eoin Morgan
1st Batting/2nd Bowling - 21(16), 34(23)*, 15(12), 68(35)*, 2(2)
2nd Batting/1st Bowling - 2(2)*

5. Dinesh Karthik
1st Batting/2nd Bowling - 1(3), 21(10)*, 0(1), 11(11)
2nd Batting/1st Bowling - 18(12)*

6. Andre Russell
1st Batting/2nd Bowling - 24(14), 25(11)
2nd Batting/1st Bowling - 11(7)&1w, 0(1)&2w, 9(5)&1w, 16(7)&0w

7. Sunil Narine
1st Batting/2nd Bowling - 28(10)&1w, 6(5)&3w, 15(14)&1w, 7(7)&0w, 0(2)&0w, 3(3)*&1w
2nd Batting/1st Bowling - 26(20)&0w, 0(1)&2w, 2w, 6(7)&0w, 0w

8. Shakib Al Hasan
1st Batting/2nd Bowling -
2nd Batting/1st Bowling - 1w

9. Tim Southee
1st Batting/2nd Bowling - 1w, 0w
2nd Batting/1st Bowling - 0w, 2w

10. Kamlesh Nagarkoti
1st Batting/2nd Bowling - 8(5)*&2w, 0w, 1w
2nd Batting/1st Bowling -

11. Prasidh Krishna
1st Batting/2nd Bowling -
2nd Batting/1st Bowling -

12. Varun Chakravarthy
1st Batting/2nd Bowling - 2w, 2w, 2w, 2w
2nd Batting/1st Bowling - 2w

13. Shivam Mavi
1st Batting/2nd Bowling - 2w, 2w, 1w
2nd Batting/1st Bowling - 2w

14. Sandeep Warrier
1st Batting/2nd Bowling -
2nd Batting/1st Bowling -

15. Lockie Ferguson
1st Batting/2nd Bowling - 0w
2nd Batting/1st Bowling - 1w

16. Tim Seifert
1st Batting/2nd Bowling - 11(7), 2(4)
2nd Batting/1st Bowling - 0(1)

17. Venkatesh Iyer
1st Batting/2nd Bowling - 67(49)&1w
2nd Batting/1st Bowling - 8(14)

18. Sheldon Jackson
1st Batting/2nd Bowling -
2nd Batting/1st Bowling -

19. Harbhajan Singh
1st Batting/2nd Bowling -
2nd Batting/1st Bowling -

20. Gurkeerat Singh Mann
1st Batting/2nd Bowling -
2nd Batting/1st Bowling -

21. Ben Cutting
1st Batting/2nd Bowling -
2nd Batting/1st Bowling -

22. Kuldeep Yadav
1st Batting/2nd Bowling - 1w
2nd Batting/1st Bowling -

23. Vaibhav Arora
1st Batting/2nd Bowling -
2nd Batting/1st Bowling -

24. Pawan Negi
1st Batting/2nd Bowling -
2nd Batting/1st Bowling -

25. Karun Nair
1st Batting/2nd Bowling -
2nd Batting/1st Bowling -

4. HEAD TO HEAD

(i) Overall
26 - 17w/9l (In favour of CSK)

(ii) Last 5 matches
5 - 4w/1l (In favour of CSK)

(iii) At this venue
1 - 1w/0l (In favour of CSK)

(iv) Performers when both these sides meet - T20s

CSK

Suresh Raina - Highest run scorer (747), Avg (41.50) - 24M/21I
MS Dhoni - 2nd highest run scorer (500), Avg (45.45) - 26M/22I
Faf Du Plessis - 3rd highest run scorer (351), Avg (39) - 14M/12I
Robin Uthappa - 6th highest run scorer (318), Avg (39.75) - 9M/9I
Ravindra Jadeja - 9th highest run scorer (248), Avg (49.60) - 19M/15I
Ruturaj Gaikwad - 14th highest run scorer (176), Avg (58.67) - 3M/3I
Ambati Rayudu - 16th highest run scorer (154), Avg (23.43) - 8M/7I

Ravindra Jadeja - 2nd highest wicket taker (16), Avg (25.25), SR (20.63) - 19M/17I
Dwayne Bravo - 5th highest wicket taker (11), Avg (32), SR (19.27) - 12M/12I
Shardul Thakur - 7th highest wicket taker (7), Avg (22), SR (16.43) - 5M/5I
Deepak Chahar - 7th highest wicket taker (7), Avg (30), SR (20.57) - 7M/7I
Imran Tahir - 10th highest wicket taker (6), Avg (12.33), SR (12) - 3M/3I
Lungi Ngidi - 10th highest wicket taker (6), Avg (16.33), SR (11) - 3M/3I

KKR

Andre Russell - 5th highest run scorer (344), Avg (49.14) - 12M/11I
Dinesh Karthik - 11th highest run scorer (207), Avg (34.50) - 8M/8I
Nitish Rana - 13th highest run scorer (179), Avg (29.83) - 7M/7I
Shubman Gill - Runs (127), Avg (21.17) - 7M/7I
Rahul Tripathi - Runs (137), Avg (45.67) - 4M/4I
Shakib Al Hasan - Runs (57), Avg (57) - 3M/3I

Sunil Narine - Hghest wicket taker (19), Avg (20.95), SR (20) - 16M/16I
Andre Russell - 6th highest wicket taker (8), Avg (29), SR (20) - 12M/11I
Varun Chakravarthy - 13th highest wicket taker (5), Avg (19.4), SR (19.2) - 4M/4I

NOTE - This will be the first time that Robin Uthappa plays against KKR as part of CSK. All 9 times that he has played has been against CSK as part of KKR.

(v) Recent Head to Head Matches

1) Kolkata Knight Riders vs Chennai Super Kings - 26th September'2021
171/6 vs 172/8 (CSK won by 2 wkts)

Rahul Tripathi - 45(33)
Nitish Rana - 37(27)*
Dinesh Karthik - 26(11)
Andre Russell - 20(15) & 1w
Venkatesh Iyer - 18(15)
Sunil Narine - 3w
Lockie Ferguson - 1w
Varun Chakravarthy - 1w
Prasidh Krishna - 1w
Faf Du Plessis - 43(30)
Ruturaj Gaikwad - 40(28)
Moeen Ali - 32(28)
Ravindra Jadeja - 22(8) & 1w
Josh Hazlewood - 2w
Shardul Thakur - 2w

2) Chennai Super Kings vs Kolkata Knight Riders - 21st April'2021
220/3 vs 202/10 (CSK won by 18 runs)

Faf Du Plessis - 95(60)*
Ruturaj Gaikwad - 64(42)
Moeen Ali - 25(12)
Deepak Chahar - 4w
Lungi Ngidi - 3w
Sam Curran - 1w
Andre Russell - 54(22) & 1w
Dinesh Karthik - 40(24)
Sunil Narine - 1w
Varun Chakravarthy - 1w

3) Kolkata Knight Riders vs Chennai Super Kings - 30th October'2020
172/5 vs 178/4 (CSK won by 6 wkts)

Nitish Rana - 87(61)
Shubman Gill - 26(17)
Dinesh Karthik - 21(10)*
Varun Chakravarthy - 2w
Ruturaj Gaikwad - 72(53)
Ambati Rayudu - 38(20)
Ravindra Jadeja - 31(11)* & 1w
Lungi Ngidi - 2w

4) Kolkata Knight Riders vs Chennai Super Kings - 8th October'2020
167/10 vs 157/5 (KKR won by 10 runs)

Rahul Tripathi - 81(51)
Sunil Narine - 17(9) & 1w
Shivam Mavi - 1w
Varun Chakravarthy - 1w
Andre Russell - 1w
Kamlesh Nagarkoti - 1w
Ambati Rayudu - 30(27)
Ravindra Jadeja - 21(8)*
Dwayne Bravo - 3w
Sam Curran - 2w
Shardul Thakur - 2w
Karn Sharma - 2w

5) Kolkata Knight Riders vs Chennai Super Kings - 14th April'2019
161/8 vs 162/5 (CSK won by 5 wkts)

Nitish Rana - 21(18)
Sunil Narine - 2w
Suresh Raina - 58(42)*
Ravindra Jadeja - 31(17)*
Imran Tahir - 4w
Shardul Thakur - 2w

6) Kolkata Knight Riders vs Chennai Super Kings - 10th April'2019
108/9 vs 111/3 (CSK won by 7 wkts)

Andre Russell - 50(44)*
Sunil Narine - 2w
Faf Du Plessis - 43(45)*
Deepak Chahar - 3w
Harbhajan Singh - 2w
Imran Tahir - 2w

ON THIS VENUE

1) Kolkata Knight Riders vs Chennai Super Kings - 30th October'2020
172/5 vs 178/4 (CSK won by 6 wkts)

Nitish Rana - 87(61)
Shubman Gill - 26(17)
Dinesh Karthik - 21(10)*
Varun Chakravarthy - 2w
Ruturaj Gaikwad - 72(53)
Ambati Rayudu - 38(20)
Ravindra Jadeja - 31(11)* & 1w
Lungi Ngidi - 2w

(vi) TOSS BASED OBSERVATIONS (H2H)

CSK

1. Ruturaj Gaikwad
1st Batting/2nd Bowling - 64(42)
2nd Batting/1st Bowling - 72(53), 40(28)

2. Suresh Raina
1st Batting/2nd Bowling - 28(24), 17(21), 8(10), 31(26)
2nd Batting/1st Bowling - 109(62)*, 14(12), 14(13), 58(42)*, 11(7)

3. Faf Du Plessis
1st Batting/2nd Bowling - 14(16), 29(29)*, 20(11), 27(15), 95(60)*
2nd Batting/1st Bowling - 43(45)*, 24(16), 17(10), 43(30)

4. Mahendra Singh Dhoni
1st Batting/2nd Bowling - 35(20)*, 3(6), 1(4), 43(25)*, 17(8)
2nd Batting/1st Bowling - 23(14)*, 25(28), 16(13), 11(12), 1(4), 1(4)

5. Robin Uthappa
1st Batting/2nd Bowling -
2nd Batting/1st Bowling -

6. Cheteshwara Pujara
1st Batting/2nd Bowling -
2nd Batting/1st Bowling -

7. Ambati Rayudu
1st Batting/2nd Bowling - 21(17)
2nd Batting/1st Bowling - 39(26), 21(31), 5(11), 30(27), 38(20), 10(9)

8. Josh Hazlewood
1st Batting/2nd Bowling -
2nd Batting/1st Bowling - 2w

9. Lungi Ngidi
1st Batting/2nd Bowling - 1w, 3w
2nd Batting/1st Bowling - 2w

10. Shardul Thakur
1st Batting/2nd Bowling - 0w
2nd Batting/1st Bowling - 1w, 2w, 2w, 2w

11. Ravindra Jadeja
1st Batting/2nd Bowling - 1w, 15(20)&0w, 24(30)&0w, 12(12)&1w, 6(1)*&0w
2nd Batting/1st Bowling - 1w, 11(7)*&1w, 0w, 31(17)*&0w, 21(8)*, 31(11)*&1w, 22(8)&1w

12. Dwayne Bravo
1st Batting/2nd Bowling - 28(28)*&0w, 3w, 30(32)&0w, 0w
2nd Batting/1st Bowling - 0w, 11(5)*&0w, 3w

13. Deepak Chahar
1st Batting/2nd Bowling - 4w
2nd Batting/1st Bowling - 0w, 3w, 0w, 0w, 0w, 0w

14. Moeen Ali
1st Batting/2nd Bowling - 25(12)
2nd Batting/1st Bowling - 32(28)

15. Krishnappa Gowtham
1st Batting/2nd Bowling -
2nd Batting/1st Bowling -

16. Imran Tahir
1st Batting/2nd Bowling -
2nd Batting/1st Bowling - 0w, 2w, 4w

17. Mitchell Santner
1st Batting/2nd Bowling -
2nd Batting/1st Bowling - 1w

18. Harishankar Reddy
1st Batting/2nd Bowling -
2nd Batting/1st Bowling -

19. KM Asif
1st Batting/2nd Bowling - 1w
2nd Batting/1st Bowling -

20. Narayan Jagadeesan
1st Batting/2nd Bowling -
2nd Batting/1st Bowling -

21. Karn Sharma
1st Batting/2nd Bowling - 0w
2nd Batting/1st Bowling - 0w, 2w, 1w

22. Ravisrinivasan Sai Kishore
1st Batting/2nd Bowling -
2nd Batting/1st Bowling -

23. C Hari Nishanth
1st Batting/2nd Bowling -
2nd Batting/1st Bowling -

24. K Bhagath Verma
1st Batting/2nd Bowling -
2nd Batting/1st Bowling -

25. Dominic Drakes
1st Batting/2nd Bowling -
2nd Batting/1st Bowling -

KKR

1. Shubhman Gill
1st Batting/2nd Bowling - 9(12), 15(20), 11(12), 26(17), 9(5)
2nd Batting/1st Bowling - 57(36)*, 0(1)

2. Nitish Rana
1st Batting/2nd Bowling - 16(14), 0(3), 21(18), 9(10), 87(61), 37(27)*
2nd Batting/1st Bowling - 9(12)

3. Rahul Tripathi
1st Batting/2nd Bowling - 81(51), 45(33)
2nd Batting/1st Bowling - 3(2)*, 8(9)

4. Eoin Morgan
1st Batting/2nd Bowling - 7(10), 15(12), 8(14)
2nd Batting/1st Bowling - 7(7)

5. Dinesh Karthik
1st Batting/2nd Bowling - 26(25), 19(21), 18(14), 12(11), 21(10)*, 26(11)
2nd Batting/1st Bowling - 45(18)*, 40(24)

6. Sunil Narine
1st Batting/2nd Bowling - 12(4)&1w, 6(5)&2w, 2(7)&2w, 17(9)&1w, 7(7)&0w, 3w
2nd Batting/1st Bowling - 1w, 32(20)&2w, 4(3)&1w

7. Andre Russell
1st Batting/2nd Bowling - 0w, 88(36)*&0w, 50(44)*, 10(4)&0w, 2(4)&1w, 20(15)&1w
2nd Batting/1st Bowling - 58(25)&0w, 4(4)&2w, 55(32)*&2w, 0w, 54(22)&1w

8. Tim Southee
1st Batting/2nd Bowling -
2nd Batting/1st Bowling -

9. Varun Chakravarthy
1st Batting/2nd Bowling - 1w, 2w, 1w
2nd Batting/1st Bowling - 1w

10. Prasidh Krishna
1st Batting/2nd Bowling - 0w, 0w, 1w
2nd Batting/1st Bowling - 0w

11. Kuldeep Yadav
1st Batting/2nd Bowling - 0w, 1w, 0w, 0w
2nd Batting/1st Bowling - 1w

12. Shivam Mavi
1st Batting/2nd Bowling - 1w
2nd Batting/1st Bowling - 0w

13. Kamlesh Nagarkoti
1st Batting/2nd Bowling - 1w, 0w
2nd Batting/1st Bowling - 0w

14. Venkatesh Iyer
1st Batting/2nd Bowling - 18(15)&0w
2nd Batting/1st Bowling -

15. Shakib Al Hasan
1st Batting/2nd Bowling -
2nd Batting/1st Bowling -

16. Ben Cutting
1st Batting/2nd Bowling -
2nd Batting/1st Bowling -

17. Sandeep Warrier
1st Batting/2nd Bowling -
2nd Batting/1st Bowling -

18. Gurkeerat Singh Mann
1st Batting/2nd Bowling -
2nd Batting/1st Bowling -

19. Lockie Ferguson
1st Batting/2nd Bowling - 0w, 1w
2nd Batting/1st Bowling -

20. Tim Seifert
1st Batting/2nd Bowling -
2nd Batting/1st Bowling -

21. Sheldon Jackson
1st Batting/2nd Bowling -
2nd Batting/1st Bowling -

22. Karun Nair
1st Batting/2nd Bowling -
2nd Batting/1st Bowling -

23. Vaibhav Arora
1st Batting/2nd Bowling -
2nd Batting/1st Bowling -

24. Harbhajan Singh
1st Batting/2nd Bowling - 1w
2nd Batting/1st Bowling - 1w, 2w

25. Pawan Negi
1st Batting/2nd Bowling - 27(13)&1w
2nd Batting/1st Bowling - 5w

5. #GLTFAMILY NOW COMES PLAYER BATTLE

CSK BATTING vs KKR BOWLING

1. Ruturaj Gaikwad
vs Ferguson - 33r, 18b, 0w
vs Varun - 25r, 27b, 1w
vs Narine - 40r, 30b, 0w
vs Mavi -
vs Shakib -

2. Faf Du Plessis
vs Ferguson - 11r, 7b, 0w, (18r, 22b, 1w - ODIs)
vs Varun - 32r, 19b, 0w
vs Narine - 36r, 52b, 2w
vs Mavi - 15r, 7b, 1w
vs Shakib - 37r, 37b, 1w

3. Moeen Ali
vs Ferguson - 31r, 19b, 0w
vs Varun - 2r, 5b, 0w
vs Narine - 28r, 15b, 1w
vs Mavi -
vs Shakib - 3r, 3b, 0w

4. Robin Uthappa
vs Ferguson -
vs Varun - 10r, 7b, 0w
vs Narine - 2r, 6b, 0w
vs Mavi - 2r, 3b, 0w
vs Shakib - 37r, 29b, 0w

5. Ambati Rayudu
vs Ferguson - 2r, 4b, 0w
vs Varun - 14r, 12b, 0w
vs Narine - 52r, 60b, 4w
vs Mavi - 3r, 3b, 0w
vs Shakib - 82r, 56b, 3w

6. MS Dhoni
vs Ferguson - 14r, 11b, 0w
vs Varun - 10r, 12b, 3w
vs Narine - 44r, 83b, 2w
vs Mavi - 8r, 5b, 0w
vs Shakib - 10r, 11b, 0w

7. Ravindra Jadeja
vs Ferguson - 17r, 5b, 0w
vs Varun - 1r, 1b, 0w
vs Narine - 44r, 45b, 2w
vs Mavi - 1r, 1b, 0w
vs Shakib - 8r, 3b, 0w

KKR BATTING vs CSK BOWLING

1. Shubman Gill
vs Chahar - 33r, 21b, 1w
vs Hazlewood - 12r, 11b, 0w (ODIs)
vs Bravo - 6r, 5b, 0w
vs Thakur - 5r, 10b, 2w
vs Jadeja - 18r, 13b, 0w
vs Moeen -

2. Venkatesh Iyer
vs Chahar - 19r, 13b, 0w
vs Hazlewood - 9r, 5b, 0w
vs Bravo -
vs Thakur - 0r, 1b, 1w
vs Jadeja -
vs Moeen -

3. Nitish Rana
vs Chahar - 29r, 30b, 2w
vs Hazlewood - 13r, 6b, 0w
vs Bravo - 13r, 10b, 1w
vs Thakur - 19r, 18b, 0w
vs Jadeja - 54r, 39b, 0w
vs Moeen - 7r, 3b, 0w

4. Eoin Morgan
vs Chahar - 6r, 4b, 1w
vs Hazlewood - 1r, 6b, 1w
vs Bravo - 56r, 44b, 2w
vs Thakur - 19r, 23b, 2w
vs Jadeja - 28r, 21b, 0w
vs Moeen - 1r, 2b, 0w

5. Rahul Tripathi
vs Chahar - 51r, 31b, 0w
vs Hazlewood - 8r, 5b, 0w
vs Bravo - 20r, 14b, 2w
vs Thakur - 12r, 9b, 0w
vs Jadeja - 20r, 20b, 2w
vs Moeen - 15r, 9b, 0w

6. Dinesh Karthik
vs Chahar - 10r, 13b, 0w
vs Hazlewood - 8r, 5b, 1w
vs Bravo - 48r, 31b, 3w
vs Thakur - 19r, 20b, 1w
vs Jadeja - 118r, 71b, 2w
vs Moeen - 4r, 1b, 0w

7. Sunil Narine
vs Chahar - 23r, 11b, 2w
vs Bravo - 28r, 26b, 3w
vs Hazlewood - 0r, 1b, 0w
vs Thakur - 10r, 8b, 0w
vs Jadeja - 21r, 10b, 3w
vs Moeen -

6. SQUAD INFO WITH DETAILING

A) CHENNAI SUPER KINGS (CSK) SQUAD:

OUT - Sam Curran (Injury)
IN - Dominic Drakes

Probable XI

1) Faf Du Plessis - RHB, Legbreak
Last 10 - 1, 76, 10, 25, 43, 0, 84, 6, 19

2) Ruturaj Gaikwad - RHB, Offbreak
Last 10 - 70, 12, 13, 101*, 40, 88*, 14, 21, 4, 75

3) Moeen Ali - LHB, Offbreak
Last 10 - 16r 1w, 0, 5r 0w, 21r 0w, 32, 0r 0w, 35r 2w, 8r 0w, 1w, 36r 0w, 27r 1w

4) Suresh Raina - LHB, Offbreak
Last 10 - 3, 11, 4, 2, 17*, 24, 18, 8, 54
/
Robin Uthappa

5) Ambati Rayudu - RHB, WK
Last 10 - 1, 4, 55*, 2, 10, 0, 72*, 14, 27

6) Ravindra Jadeja - LHB, LAO
Last 10 - 1w, 15r 0w, 2w, 32r 0w, 22r 1w, 26r 0w, 10r 2w, 17r 2w, 30r 2w

7) MS Dhoni - RHB, WK
Last 10 - 18*, 12, 18, 1, 3, 2*, 17, 18, 0

8) Dwayne Bravo - RHB, RFM
Last 10 - 1w, 0w, 1w, 23r 3w, 8, 34, 25, 0w, 9r 4w

9) Shardul Thakur - RHB, RFM
Last 10 - 0w, 3w, 2w, 2w, 2w, 1w, 57r 1w, 60r 2w, 2w, 2w, 20r 1w

10) Deepak Chahar - RHB, RMF
Last 10 - 0w, 1w, 1w, 0w, 2w, 2w, 69r 2w, 2w, 0w

11) Josh Hazlewood - RHB, RFM
Last 10 - 2w, 0w, 1w, 0w, 2w, 2w, 2w, 1w, 3w, 2w

BENCH

12) Imran Tahir - RHB, Legbreak
Last 10 - 0w, 2w, 0w, 1w, 1w, 3w, 0w, 1w, 2w, 1w

13) Cheteshwara Pujara - RHB
Last 10 - 4, 61, 1, 91, 9, 45, 4, 12*, 21, 38, 8, 15, 17, 0, 21, 7, 73, 15

14) C Hari Nishaanth - LHB, Offbreak
Last 10 - 56, 59, 33r 0w, 2, 39, 52, 38, 70r 0w, 19, 6

15) Ravisrinivasan Sai Kishore - LHB, LAO
Last 10 - 1w, 3w, 0w, 1w, 31r 2w, 18r 1w, 4w, 0w, 29r 1w, 0w

16) Harishankar Reddy - RHB, RFM
Last 10 - 3w, 4w, 1w, 0w, 15r 0w, 2w, 0w, 3w, 2w, 0w

17) Narayan Jagadeesan - RHB, WK
Last 10 - 90, 21, 14, 6, 9, 9, 40, 52, 95

18) K Bhagath Varma - RHB, Offbreak
Last 10 -

19) Karn Sharma - RHB, Legbreak
Last 10 - 0w, 1w, 37r 2w, 1w, 1w, 2w, 1w, 45r 1w, 1w, 9w

20) Krishnappa Gowtham - RHB, Offbreak
Last 10 - 1w, 28r 1w, 2w, 12r 0w, 1w, 13r 1w, 2w, 22r 1w, 20r 0w, 31r 2w, 22r 3w

21) Dominic Drakes - LHB, LFM
Last 10 - 48r 1w, 2w, 1w, 3w, 22r 2w, 0w, 28r 0w, 2w, 0w, 3w

22) Lungi Ngidi - RHB, RF
Last 10 - 1w, 2w, 0w, 3w, 0w, 1w, 1w, 0w, 2w, 1w, 5w, 0w

23) Mitchell Santner - LHB, LAO
Last 10 - 0w, 0w, 0w, 2w, 2w, 0w, 1w, 4w, 1w, 1w, 1w

24) Robin Uthappa - RHB, WK
Last 10 - 63, 2, 19, 2, 87*, 0, 100, 81, 107, 8

25) KM Asif - RHB, RFM
Last 10 - 1w, 1w, 0w, 1w, 3w, 1w, 0w, 0w, 2w, 0w, 0w, 0w

Safe C/VC choices
Faf Du Plessis, Ruturaj Gaikwad

B) KOLKATA KNIGHT RIDERS (KKR) SQUAD:

Changes
OUT - Pat Cummins
IN - Tim Southee

Injury Concern - Andre Russell

Probable XI

1) Shubman Gill - RHB
Last 10 - 46, 29, 56 57, 7, 30, 9, 13, 48, 28, 8, 43

2) Venkatesh Iyer - LHB, RMF
Last 10 - 55, 26, 38, 8, 67r 1w, 14r 2w, 18r 0w, 53, 42*

3) Nitish Rana - LHB, Offbreak
Last 10 - 13, 23, 12, 25, 31, 36*, 37*, 5*, 6, 9

4) Rahul Tripathi - RHB, Offbreak
Last 10 - 12*, 6, 21, 7, 34, 9, 45, 73*, 19, 41

5) Eoin Morgan - LHB, RM
Last 10 - 0, 5*, 13*, 2*, 2, 0, 8, 7, 25, 41

6) Dinesh Karthik - RHB, WK
Last 10 - 0, 10, 14*, 18*, 11, 12, 26, 14, 12*, 25

7) Sunil Narine - LHB, Offbreak
Last 10 - 0r 0w, 26r 4w, 0w, 0w, 1w, 21r 2w, 3w, 1w, 0w, 30r 1w

8) Shakib Al Hasan - LHB, LAO
Last 10 - 0r 0w, 9r 0w, 1w, 1w, 8r 0w, 0r 0w, 12r 2w, 25r 2w, 11r 4w

9) Varun Chakravarthy - RHB, Legbreak
Last 10 - 2w, 0w, 1w, 2w, 2w, 0w, 1w, 0w, 3w, 0w

10) Shivam Mavi - RHB, RFM
Last 10 - 1w, 0w, 4w, 2w, 2w, 0w, 1w, 1w, 1w, 0w

11) Lockie Ferguson - RHB, RF
Last 10 - 1w, 2w, 3w, 2w, 1w, 2w, 2w, 13r 0w, 13r 2w

BENCH

12) Sheldon Jackson - RHB, WK
Last 10 - 45, 104, 4, 19, 55, 13, 24*, 106*, 82, 17

13) Kamlesh Nagarkoti - RHB, RMF
Last 10 - 0w, 1w, 0w, 0w, 0w, 0w, 1w, 1w, 2w

14) Andre Russell - RHB, RF
Last 10 - 20r 1w, 0w, 3w, 19r 2w, 0r 2w, 31r 2w, 28r 1w, 1r 0w, 20r 0w, 5r 1w

15) Harbhajan Singh - RHB, Offbreak
Last 10 - 0w, 0w, 0w, 0w, 2w, 1w, 3w, 1w, 0w, 2w

16) Vaibhav Arora - RHB, RFM
Last 10 - 1w, 1w, 1w, 1w, 4w, 3w, 0w, 0w, 3w, 2w

17) Ben Cutting - RHB, RFM
Last 10 - 10, 23, 0r 1w, 5r 0w, 11r 0w, 34r 0w, 0w, 24r 0w, 33r 1w, 15r 0w

18) Tim Seifert - RHB, WK
Last 10 - 10, 11, 1, 12, 24*, 4, 37, 40*, 15

19) Tim Southee - RHB, RFM
Last 10 - 2w, 0w, 1w, 30r 1w, 4w, 6w, 1w, 3w, 2w, 1w, 2w, 0w

20) Pawan Negi - LHB, LAO
Last 10 - 0w, 0w, 0w, 2w, 0w, 0w, 0w, 3w, 1w, 4w

21) Karun Nair - RHB, Offbreak
Last 10 - 29, 0w, 0w, 0w, 25r 0w, 33r 1w, 12, 21, 15

22) Kuldeep Yadav - LHB, LWS
Last 10 - 23r 0w, 2w, 0w, 2w, 0w, 0w, 0w, 2w, 15r 0w, 0w, 1w, 12

23) Prasidh Krishna - RHB, RF
Last 10 - 1w, 2w, 1w, 0w, 3w, 1w, 0w, 1w, 1w, 2w

24) Gurkeerat Singh Mann - RHB, Offbreak
Last 10 - 12r 0w, 17r 0w, 16, 37, 139*, 39, 63, 7

25) Sandeep Warrier - RHB, RFM
Last 10 - 0w, 1w, 1w, 0w, 2w, 0w, 2w, 1w, 0w, 2w

Safe C/VC choices
Venkatesh Iyer, Sunil Narine

Differential GL C/VC choices

CSK - Ambati Rayudu, Dwayne Bravo, Moeen Ali, Ravindra Jadeja, Shardul Thakur

KKR - Nitish Rana, Rahul Tripathi, Shubman Gill, Lockie Ferguson, Varun Chakravarthy

My Fantasy Team (SL)
(Pre Toss) (8 must picks)

Wk - Dhoni
Bat - Faf, Gill, Gaikwad
AR - Iyer
Bowl - Thakur, Varun, Ferguson

Remaining 3 spots -
1. Bravo/Moeen/Jadeja (Any 1 or 2)
2. Uthappa/Rana/Tripathi/Narine (Any 1 or 2)

GL Picks - Rayudu, Karthik, Chahar, Hazelwood, Mavi, Shakib

Predictions (May or May Not Work)

1. Any one opener from both sides to do well and the other to only give a start but not carry on.
2. One of Rayudu or Uthappa to do well for CSK.
3. Bravo is a big game player and has appeared in most T20 Finals than any other player in today's game, and can do well.
4. Moeen could play a crucial role with both bat and ball.
5. One of Rana or Tripathi to do well for KKR.
6. Shardul, Varun and Lockie safest picks from the bowling section. Try Chahar, Hazlewood and Mavi in some GL teams.
7. Narine to atleast get one wicket, and can be promoted to bat at No.5 as well.
8. Dhoni to get more points than Karthik in the keeping section.
9. Jadeja and Shakib are quality experienced all rounders from both sides and can be worthy tries in GL.
10. KKR could win the game through all round performance. CSK could win the game through their top order batting form. (Keep in mind while making 7-4 combinations in GL)

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Sat, 01 Mar 2025 15:31:49 GMT
One of the teams will travel back to Pakistan to play New Zealand in the second semi-final
Sat, 01 Mar 2025 03:16:15 GMT
India assistant coach says they also want to carry momentum into the semi-final by beating New Zealand, so it might come down to bowlers not bowling their full quotas on Sunday
Fri, 28 Feb 2025 18:08:11 GMT
India's keeper-batter admits keeping someone like Pant out of the XI comes with its own pressures, and also heaps praise on Shami
Thu, 27 Feb 2025 10:11:46 GMT
This is the former England captain's first foray into coaching in the IPL
Wed, 26 Feb 2025 10:55:07 GMT
Ponting also reckoned that Kohli, who is now third on the highest run-scorers list in ODIs, will want to finish at the top
Tue, 25 Feb 2025 17:53:55 GMT
Defending champions yet to name their captain with season starting on March 22
Mon, 24 Feb 2025 18:03:09 GMT
New Zealand's five-wicket win over Bangladesh in Rawalpindi on Monday confirmed this; that means Bangladesh and hosts Pakistan are out of contention
Mon, 24 Feb 2025 09:26:10 GMT
Iyer points to the sluggishness of the pitch and Abrar's tight spell as reasons for India not being able to bat more aggressively
Mon, 24 Feb 2025 08:58:52 GMT
Former India allrounder comes in with plenty of coaching experience in international and franchise cricket
Mon, 24 Feb 2025 05:03:05 GMT
Kohli set up India for a semi-final spot and all but crossed out Pakistan from the 2025 Champions Trophy
Mon, 24 Feb 2025 04:46:36 GMT
India batter gets to the milestone in the Champions Trophy match against Pakistan in Dubai, breaking Sachin Tendulkar's record
Sun, 23 Feb 2025 08:34:14 GMT
A PCB official said that as this is an ICC tournament, the anthem playlist has been produced and distributed by the ICC
Sun, 23 Feb 2025 05:13:15 GMT
Aaqib Javed gives his vote of confidence to Pakistan's quicks, but Urooj Mumtaz and Anil Kumble feel the team, on the whole, lack firepower
Sat, 22 Feb 2025 19:55:32 GMT
They have opened together only 28 times in ODIs, but their numbers are staggering
Sat, 22 Feb 2025 15:02:25 GMT
After the defeat to New Zealand in Karachi, Pakistan must travel to Dubai to play India, a team they have struggled to beat for several years
Fri, 21 Feb 2025 07:22:38 GMT
"The difference between Shreyas Iyer and Shubman Gill is that Gill will take you right till the end," Sanjay Manjrekar says
Fri, 21 Feb 2025 07:21:13 GMT
Manjrekar feels Kohli is down on confidence, and that has affected his ability to take bowlers on
Fri, 21 Feb 2025 07:07:42 GMT
Despite a quick 69-run opening stand, India were tested by the 229 target
Fri, 21 Feb 2025 02:35:39 GMT
Axar finished with 2 for 43, and Jaker Ali, the beneficiary of the drop, went on to score 68
Thu, 20 Feb 2025 12:45:25 GMT
Former India spinner says head coach Gautam Gambhir has tough decisions irrespective of Champions Trophy result
Thu, 20 Feb 2025 12:45:24 GMT
Yash Rathod's century set Mumbai a target of 406, before Vidarbha ended the day with three key wickets
Thu, 20 Feb 2025 09:26:25 GMT
Shami opens up about his struggles and recovery after injuries and a surgery sidelined him from international cricket for over a year
Thu, 20 Feb 2025 02:34:23 GMT
The former Mumbai captain represented the state in first-class cricket for over a decade in the 1960s and 70s but is best remembered as a Mumbai selector and administrator
Wed, 19 Feb 2025 16:02:00 GMT
The venue last hosted a 50-over match in March 2024 while India and Bangladesh last played an ODI there in 2018
Wed, 19 Feb 2025 15:48:32 GMT
India captain says their three allrounders gives them a lot of options
Wed, 19 Feb 2025 08:43:56 GMT
This is the second time Gill is at the summit; the last time was during the 2023 ODI World Cup
Tue, 18 Feb 2025 14:38:32 GMT
India international set for first taste of county cricket after agreeing deal for first red-ball block
Sun, 16 Feb 2025 18:04:37 GMT
Qualifier 1 and the Eliminator will be played in Hyderabad, and Qualifier 2 in Kolkata
Sun, 16 Feb 2025 10:09:59 GMT
Chennai Super Kings are expected to host Mumbai Indians on March 23
Fri, 14 Feb 2025 07:05:18 GMT
The total prize pot has gone up by 53% to $6.9 million
Thu, 13 Feb 2025 12:23:35 GMT
Parunika Sisodia and Nuzhat Parween will replace them at MI and RCB respectively
Thu, 20 Feb 2025 09:45:03 GMT
India are without their bowling spearhead, Australia are without their entire first-choice pace attack
Wed, 12 Feb 2025 18:12:47 GMT
In two of India's chases against England, they promoted Axar Patel, and that left KL Rahul with little to do
Wed, 12 Feb 2025 16:29:23 GMT
Visitors were 126 for 2 after 18 overs in pursuit of 357, but eventually folded for 214
Wed, 12 Feb 2025 08:37:50 GMT
He is expected to take a month to recover after the surgery
Wed, 12 Feb 2025 07:17:13 GMT
While the latest scan, which Bumrah underwent in Bengaluru over the weekend, did not reveal anything untoward, it is learned he is not entirely ready to return to bowling yet
Tue, 11 Feb 2025 09:40:31 GMT
Their run-scoring methods haven't worked on this tour and part of that is due to the variety in the Indian bowling attack
Mon, 10 Feb 2025 10:20:54 GMT
Bumrah has not played any cricket since the Border-Gavaskar Trophy ended in early January
Mon, 10 Feb 2025 11:22:25 GMT
Hamstring injury leaves England looking at potential replacements ahead of Australia opener
Sun, 09 Feb 2025 20:09:09 GMT
"I bowled almost 30 overs in that match [against Delhi in the Ranji Trophy]. So I never lost my rhythm"
Sun, 09 Feb 2025 17:54:12 GMT
India chased down their target of 305 with 33 balls to spare as Rohit and Shubman Gill reuinited at the top of the order with a 136-run stand
Sun, 09 Feb 2025 17:39:13 GMT
"He makes things much easier than what it is," Shubman Gill says about Rohit Sharma's century in the Cuttack ODI
Sat, 08 Feb 2025 14:45:42 GMT
There is an opportunity for both teams to use this series as a kind of laboratory ahead of the Champions Trophy
Sat, 08 Feb 2025 13:56:24 GMT
India batter had missed the series opener in Nagpur due to a knee injury
Fri, 07 Feb 2025 14:07:58 GMT
Your ready reckoner for the Ranji Trophy quarter-finals, to be played in Pune, Nagpur, Kolkata and Rajkot from Saturday
Fri, 07 Feb 2025 13:40:39 GMT
Iyer, who scored a match-winning half-century, was originally meant to sit out the first ODI
Fri, 07 Feb 2025 06:48:56 GMT
We answer all your questions about the upcoming Champions Trophy in Pakistan and the UAE
Thu, 06 Feb 2025 19:42:42 GMT
India batter suffered a knee injury on the eve of the match
Thu, 06 Feb 2025 19:01:27 GMT
Harshit Rana and Ravindra Jadeja picked up three wickets each to restrict England to a very gettable 248
Wed, 05 Feb 2025 18:13:05 GMT
Adil Rashid lost his spot as the leader in the bowling charts, while Jofra Archer dropped four places to tenth
Wed, 05 Feb 2025 17:57:11 GMT
They are also set to tour India for two Tests in 2025
Wed, 05 Feb 2025 17:11:31 GMT
Javagal Srinath and Nitin Menon "mutually agreed" with the ICC that they would not undertake any officiating assignments in Pakistan
Wed, 05 Feb 2025 16:05:56 GMT
Two weeks ahead of the Champions Trophy, both teams have an air of vulnerability
Wed, 05 Feb 2025 15:49:33 GMT
Captain says the league will help players fine-tune their game and improve their fitness in the free window after the tournament
Wed, 05 Feb 2025 14:57:13 GMT
India's captain also hinted that Rahul could edge Pant as wicketkeeper for the England ODIs
Wed, 05 Feb 2025 07:34:48 GMT
The change was made to free up Mooney, who is Giants' designated wicketkeeper as well as opener
Tue, 04 Feb 2025 23:59:20 GMT
"You know a bowler of his calibre, to be able to play consistently for the long term, that's where I'm trying to put in all my efforts and energy," says LSG mentor
Tue, 04 Feb 2025 14:20:41 GMT
He was the Player of the Series in India's 4-1 victory in the T20Is against England
Mon, 03 Feb 2025 03:41:01 GMT
Abhishek's crisp shots and high-intent game in Mumbai left England without any answer and set up India's colossal victory
Sun, 02 Feb 2025 22:16:40 GMT
England captain says team won't veer from aggressive style despite chastening defeat at Wankhede
Sun, 02 Feb 2025 18:27:08 GMT
Coach says India "don't want to fear losing a game of cricket" after batters go all out to finish off 4-1 series result against England
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