Sports Top 10: The 27th match of the 17th season of IPL was played between Punjab Kings and Rajasthan Royals at Mullanpur Stadium, Chandigarh. Rajasthan Royals team won this match by 3 wickets in the first ball. Punjab Kings team, batting first in the match, scored 147 runs in 20 overs, chasing which Rajasthan team also lost 7 wickets, but Shimron Hetmyer’s brilliant inning of 27 runs gave them the victory. Gave. Two matches will be played in IPL today, in which in the first match Kolkata Knight Riders team will face Lucknow Super Giants while the second match will be played between Mumbai Indians and Chennai Super Kings.
Rajasthan registered its fifth win this season
Under the captaincy of Sanju Samson, Rajasthan Royals have seen a great performance so far in this season of IPL, in which they have won the match against Punjab Kings and have achieved their fifth win in 6 matches this season. In this match, excellent bowling was seen from Rajasthan side in which Avesh Khan and Keshav Maharaj took 2-2 wickets and played an important role in restricting Punjab to the score of 147 in 20 overs. While chasing the target, Rajasthan lost half of its team till the score of 115, but Shimran Hetmyer played an important role in helping the team win by performing brilliantly with the bat.
Sam Curran told poor batting as the reason for the defeat
Sam Curran, who was captaining the Punjab Kings team in the match against Rajasthan Royals, cited the poor performance of the batsmen as the main reason for the defeat in the match. Sam Curran said that the ball was staying a little low on this wicket and we did not start well and were not able to end the innings in a better manner. However, due to the better performance of the lower order players, we definitely managed to reach close to 150 runs. We did better in bowling and remained in the match consistently but we had to face another close defeat this season.
Special record in the name of Ashutosh Sharma in IPL
Ashutosh Sharma, who made his debut in this season of IPL for the Punjab Kings team, has made a record in his name in the third match which till now no player had been able to do in the IPL. Ashutosh has become the first player in IPL history to score 30 plus runs in three consecutive matches while batting at No. 8 or below.
Sanjay Bangar responded when Sam Curran was given the responsibility of captaincy
In the match against Rajasthan Royals, Sam Curran was handling the responsibility of the Punjab Kings team, while the fans expected that Jitesh Sharma would be seen handling this responsibility. Regarding giving the captaincy to Sam, Punjab Kings team’s Head of Cricket Development Sanjay Bangar said that we had never announced to make Jitesh Sharma the vice-captain. We had already decided that if Shikhar Dhawan does not play in some matches, then Sam Curran will take over the responsibility of captaincy in his place.
Dhoni’s photo surfaced with the World Cup trophy
This is considered to be Mahendra Singh Dhoni’s last season in IPL, so he can also play the match for the last time in Mumbai’s Wankhede Stadium. BCCI has posted a photo of Dhoni with the World Cup trophy on social media platform X, in which Dhoni is seen touching the trophy. BCCI wrote in the caption along with the photo, MS Dhoni – World Cup Trophy, Made for each other.
Nepal’s player Deependra Singh Airi hit 6 consecutive sixes in T20 International.
Nepal player Deependra Singh Airi became the first Nepal cricketer to hit six sixes in an over in international cricket. With this, 24-year-old right-handed batsman Deependra Singh has joined cricketers Yuvraj Singh and Kieron Pollard in the list of players who have made the record of hitting six consecutive sixes in an over in T20 International cricket. Deependra Singh Airi accomplished this feat in the T20 match against Qatar.
Shikhar Dhawan out for 8 to 10 days
Shikhar Dhawan, who was handling the responsibility of captaincy for the Punjab Kings team in the 17th season of IPL, could not play in the match against Rajasthan Royals due to being unfit. Regarding his return after this match, Punjab Kings team’s Head of Cricket Development Sanjay Bangar said that it will take 8 to 10 days for Dhawan to completely recover from his shoulder injury.
Mitchell Marsh returned home in the middle of IPL season
Mitchell Marsh has missed the last two matches for the Capitals due to a hamstring injury and assistant coach Praveen Amre has hinted that the all-rounder could be out of action for a week. Now Mitchell Marsh has returned home to Australia for treatment of his right hamstring injury. Apart from this, it is believed that he may miss the entire season.
Shameful record in the name of Yuzvendra Chahal
Yuzvendra Chahal has become the second bowler in IPL history against whom 200 sixes have been hit. Chahal made this unwanted record in his 151st match in IPL. He has bowled a total of 3305 balls in IPL. Where he was hit for sixes in 200 balls. The name of Piyush Chawla is at the first place in this list, in whose bowling so far 211 sixes have been hit.
Two important matches will be played in IPL today
Two matches will be played in IPL 2017 on Sunday. In this, the match will be played between Kolkata Knight Riders and Lucknow Super Giants at Eden Gardens ground in Kolkata in the afternoon. Both KKR and Lucknow had to face defeat in their previous matches. In the evening, Mumbai Indians will face Chennai Super Kings at Wankhede Stadium.
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