Sports Top 10: In the 17th season of IPL, two matches were played on March 23 and there was a lot of excitement in both. Where Punjab Kings won by 4 wickets against Delhi Capitals, Sam Curran played an important role in helping Punjab Kings win by playing a brilliant inning of 63 runs. In the second match, Kolkata Knight Riders defeated Sunrisers Hyderabad by just 4 runs. Two matches will be played today in IPL 2024, in which the match will be played between Rajasthan Royals and Lucknow Super Giants in the afternoon on the ground in Jaipur, while in the evening there will be a clash between Gujarat Giants and Mumbai Indians on the ground in Ahmedabad.
Punjab Kings defeated Delhi by 4 wickets
Under the captaincy of Shikhar Dhawan, Punjab Kings team has started the 17th season of IPL with a win. In the match against Delhi Capitals, Punjab had a target of 175 runs to win, which they achieved at the loss of 6 wickets in 19.2 overs. Sam Curran and Liam Livingston played important roles in the victory for Punjab Kings. While Karan played an inning of 63 runs in 47 balls, Livingston returned unbeaten with an unbeaten inning of 38 runs, leading the team to victory.
KKR registered a thrilling win by 4 runs in the last over.
The match played between Kolkata Knight Riders and Sunrisers Hyderabad at the Eden Gardens ground ended quite excitingly. In this match, Sunrisers Hyderabad team had got the target of 209 runs, after which they had scored 196 runs after the end of 19 overs. In the last over, the team needed 13 runs to win but they managed to score only 8 runs and had to face defeat by 4 runs. Andre Russell’s all-round performance was seen in this match for KKR in which he not only played an unbeaten inning of 64 runs with the bat but also took 2 wickets with the ball.
Lucknow’s challenge will be at home against Rajasthan
In the fourth match of the 17th season of IPL, the match will be played between Rajasthan Royals and Lucknow Super Giants. This match between the two teams will be played at Sawai Mansingh Stadium in Jaipur. So far, there have been three clashes in the IPL between the teams of Rajasthan and Lucknow, in which the Rajasthan team has won twice and the Lucknow team has managed to defeat them once.
Gujarat and Mumbai will face each other in Ahmedabad
The 5th match of the IPL 2024 season will be played between Gujarat Titans and Mumbai Indians at the Narendra Modi Stadium in Ahmedabad. In this match, while Gujarat team will play under the captaincy of Shubman Gill, Mumbai Indians will play under the leadership of Hardik Pandya. So far, 4 matches have been played between the two teams in IPL, in which Gujarat has won 2 times while Mumbai team has also won 2 times.
Rishabh Pant could not show any magic
Rishabh Pant was returning after a long break in IPL 2024. He could not play the last season of IPL due to injury. He played an innings of only 18 runs in the match played against Punjab Kings. Pant was given a warm welcome by the fans on the field and Pant also looked very happy during this time. Pant was dismissed by Harshal Patel in this match.
Shikhar Dhawan became the first player to hit 900 boundaries in IPL
In the match played against Delhi Capitals, Shikhar Dhawan scored 22 runs on 16 balls. During this, he also hit 4 fours. As soon as he hit his first four in this match, he became the first batsman in IPL history to hit 900 boundaries (sixes + fours). Till now no other player has been able to do this. After this match, he has 903 boundaries in his name. After Dhawan, Virat Kohli’s name is at second place in this list. David Warner is in third place.
Shreyas Iyer out on zero after 82 innings in IPL
Shreyas Iyer has been out without opening the account for the first time in 8 years in his IPL career. Before this match, Shreyas Iyer had played 82 innings in IPL without getting out on 0. Whereas, Shreyas Iyer was last out in IPL in the year 2016 without opening the account. In that match, while playing for Delhi, he lost his wicket for 0 runs against Kolkata Knight Riders.
Shreyas Iyer praised Harshit Rana
Fast bowler Harshit Rana played an important role in helping KKR win by 4 runs and managed to save 13 runs in the 20th over of the innings. After the match, KKR captain Shreyas Iyer praised Harshit Rana and said that honestly, in the last over I felt that anything could happen. They needed 13 runs and we probably didn’t have the most experienced bowler bowling at that time. But I believed in him. I knew something good would happen. When Harshit was coming to bowl (20th over) he was a little nervous. I told him that even if we lose, it is okay. You just concentrate on your bowling and remain as calm as possible.
Former PCB chairman passes away
Former Pakistan Cricket Board (PCB) chairman Shahryar Khan, who played an important role in restoring cricket relations with India in the early 2000s, died on Saturday. Shahryar Khan was ill for a long time. He was born in Bhopal. Shahryar became the chairman of PCB for the first time between 2003 and 2006. Meanwhile, the Indian team had toured Pakistan twice. After this, he also held the charge of PCB chief from 2014 to 2017.
Harshit Rana fined
Harshit Rana has been fined a total of 60 percent of his match fee for violating the IPL code of conduct. Committed two Level 1 offenses under Article 2.5 of the IPL Code of Conduct. He was fined 10 percent and 50 percent of his match fee for two related offences. Harshit Rana had given a flying kiss to Sunrisers Hyderabad opener Mayank Agarwal after taking the wicket of him. After this Mayank Agarwal returned to the pavilion staring at him, but did not say anything.
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