Sports Top 10: In the 17th season of IPL, 2 matches were played on 15th April in which in one match, Kolkata Knight Riders team defeated Lucknow Super Giants by 8 wickets at their home ground. In the second match, Mumbai Indians had to face defeat by 20 runs against Chennai Super Kings. In this match, Chennai team, batting first, scored 206 runs in 20 overs on the basis of half-century innings of Shivam Dubey and captain Ruturaj Gaikwad, while Mumbai Indians team won this match despite Rohit Sharma’s unbeaten century. Couldn’t succeed in doing. In the match against Chennai Super Kings, Rohit Sharma completed his 500 sixes in T20 cricket, after which he became the first Indian player to do so.
Chennai Super Kings registered their fourth win this season
The match was played between Mumbai Indians and Chennai Super Kings at Wankhede Stadium in Mumbai. In this match, CSK, batting first, scored 206 runs at the loss of 4 wickets in 20 overs on the basis of captain Ruturaj Gaikwad’s 69 and Shivam Dubey’s unbeaten 66 runs. Mumbai Indians team, which came to chase this target, managed to score only 186 runs at the loss of 6 wickets in 20 overs. Fast bowler Mathisha Pathirana played an important role in CSK’s victory, who took a total of 4 wickets in the match.
Hardik praised Dhoni and Pathirana
After the defeat in the match against Chennai Super Kings, Mumbai Indians team captain Hardik Pandya praised Dhoni and Mathisha Pathirana and said in his statement that this was a target which we should have definitely achieved, but they bowled very well. In which Pathirana made the biggest difference. CSK has a person behind the wicket who keeps telling what should be done on this wicket which will be right and this also helps the bowlers a lot. The ball was coming with a slight halt on this pitch.
Rohit Sharma became the first Indian player to hit 500 sixes in T20 cricket.
As soon as Rohit Sharma hit his third six during his innings in the match against Chennai Super Kings, he completed his 500 sixes in his T20 cricket career. Rohit achieved this milestone on the ball of Ravindra Jadeja. Earlier, there were only four batsmen in world cricket who had hit more than 500 sixes in T20 cricket. Rohit Sharma has become the first player from India and the fifth player in world cricket to do so.
Ruturaj Gaikwad completed his 2000 runs in IPL
In the match against Mumbai Indians, Ruturaj Gaikwad played a brilliant inning of 69 runs in 40 balls. During this, he scored runs at a strike rate of 172.50 and also hit 5 fours and 5 sixes. As soon as Gaikwad completed the 48th run of his innings in this match, he became the fastest Indian player to complete 2000 runs in the IPL. Gaikwad has achieved this feat in 57 innings, before this this record was in the name of KL Rahul.
Dhoni played 250th match for Chennai Super Kings
When MS Dhoni came on the field to play for Chennai Super Kings in the match against Mumbai Indians, it was his 250th T20 match for CSK. Dhoni has been a part of the Chennai Super Kings team since 2008 and the team performed brilliantly under his captaincy. This season MS Dhoni is playing as a player and he has given the responsibility of captaincy to Ruturaj Gaikwad.
Shamar Joseph gave 47 runs in IPL debut match
West Indies fast bowler Shamar Joseph got a chance to debut for Lucknow Super Giants team in the match against Kolkata Knight Riders, but it proved to be no less than a nightmare for him. Joseph bowled a total of 10 balls in his first over and spent 22 runs. In this match, Joseph gave a total of 47 runs in his 4 overs which also included 3 wides and 7 no-balls.
KKR defeated Lucknow on the basis of Phil Salt’s brilliant innings.
Kolkata Knight Riders team won by 8 wickets in the match against Lucknow Super Giants. In this match, KKR had a target of 162 runs, which they achieved in just 15.4 overs on the basis of Phil Salt’s unbeaten inning of 89 runs. This is KKR’s fourth win this season and they are at second position in the points table with 8 points.
Rohit Sharma became a part of this bad record
Rohit Sharma scored a century in Mumbai Indians’ match against Chennai Super Kings, but his team had to face defeat. Rohit Sharma has now become the third player in IPL history to score a century while chasing the target but his team had to face defeat. Earlier the names of Sanju Samson and Yusuf Pathan were included in this list.
Dhoni became the first Indian player in IPL to hit sixes in the first 3 balls of the innings.
Former captain of Chennai Super Kings team Mahendra Singh Dhoni played an inning of 20 runs in just 4 balls in the match against Mumbai Indians, in which he hit three consecutive sixes in the first 3 balls of his innings. With this, Dhoni has become the first Indian player in IPL history to hit six consecutive sixes in the first three balls of his innings.
There will be a match between Royal Challengers Bangalore and Sunrisers Hyderabad
The 30th match of the 17th season of IPL will be played between Royal Challengers Bangalore and Sunrisers Hyderabad at the M. Chinnaswamy Stadium in Bengaluru. This season has been very bad for RCB so far, in which the team has lost 5 out of 6 matches and is at the last position in the points table. Whereas Sunrisers Hyderabad team has won 3 out of 5 matches so far this season.
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