29th Match of VIVO IPL Season 12, KKR vs CSK in Kolkata

29th Match of VIVO IPL Season 12, KKR vs CSK in Kolkata

 The 29th Match of VIVO IPL Season 12, KKR vs CSK was played on Super Sunday 14th April in Eden Gardens, Kolkata. CSK won the toss and elected to bowl first.
KKR’S Inning of 29th Match of VIVO IPL Season 12, KKR vs CSK in Kolkata

 Chris Lynn gave a good start to the team even after losing the wicket of Sunil Narine early where he scored 49 runs in the powerplay along with Nitish Rana but Imran Tahir gave the break through and picked 2 back back wickets of Nitish Rana on 21 runs of 18 balls and Uthappa on a duck. Wickets continuously falling at one end whereas on the other end Chris Lynn batted like a one man army and completed his back to back fifties in the season and helped the team to set a total of 161-8 in 20 overs with his 82 runs of 51 balls with 7 fours and 6 sixes.

 Russell tried to muscle the ball out of Park but Tahir sent him back to pavilion on 10 runs of 4 balls and thus Tahir was the most successful bowler and changed the momentum by departing 4 important wickets conceding  27 runs of his 4 overs.
CSK’S Inning of 29th Match of VIVO IPL Season 12, KKR vs CSK in Kolkata

 The start for CSK was not so good as they lost the opening batsman in the powerplay and able to score 44 runs where du Plessis scored 24 runs (5 fours) of 16 balls. Suresh Raina batted well and stacked at one end but at the other end Rayudu disappointed and departed on 5 runs of 11 balls. Kedar Jadav showed some of his batting skill and got out by Piyush Chawla after scoring 20 runs (3 fours , a six) 12 balls. Sunil Narine picked the wicket of inform batsman of the team MS Dhoni on 16 runs (1 six) 13 balls. Suresh Raina completed his first fifty of the season and scored unbeaten 58 runs of 42 balls with 7 fours and a six. At end Ravindra Jadeja played some chiky  shots and helped the team won the match by 5 wickets with his 31 runs (5 fours) of 17 balls as they scored 162-5 in 19.4 overs. The bowlers of KKR tried well but couldn’t win the match for the team.

Imran Tahir got the Player of the match award for his magnificent performance in 29th Match of VIVO IPL Season 12, KKR vs CSK in Kolkata with the bowl.

India’s 15 Men squad in ICC Cricket World cup 2019

India’s squad for World cup 2019


The official of BCCI announced the India’s 15-men squad for world cup 2019 in the meeting held in Mumbai.

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India’s Squad for World Cup 2019

              The selectors supprised everyone with the decision where  Rishab Pant was left out and Vijay Shankar and Dinesh Kartik were picked in the squad for World Cup 2019 along with Virat Kohli (c), Rohit Sharma (vc), Sikhar Dhawan, KL Rahul, MS Dhoni (wk), Kedar Jadav, Hardik Pandya, Jasprit Bumrah, Buvhneswar Kumar, M Shami, Ravindra Jadeja, Kuldeep Yadav, Y Chahal. The team looks quite balanced but also have some concerns regarding no.4 position as well the forms of the openers which can create a great impact in the match. Kedar Jadhav’s fitness can be the another concern along with the performance of Kuldeep and Chahal. As a whole the team looks quite strong with the presence of Pandya, Bumrah, Dhoni and the king Kohli and now it’s upon the rest of the player to perform well to win the tournament for the 3rd time in 2019.

Sikhar Dhawan ruled out from World Cup 2019

 And a new update from the Indian Camp where the team may suffer later on in the tournament as  the key player Sikhar Dhawan was officially ruled out from the tournament and Rishabh Pant reached England to replace Sikhar Dhawan. And KL Rahul will be opening the inning for the team once again the no.4 position may be the main concern for the team. And looking at the Sikhar’s performance in the ICC Event where he is the most consistent and destructive for the team and with his elimination the team may struggle to get a good start.

      Rishabh Pant was added to the squad and we may see him at no.4 in the upcoming matches. Also hope that team may finish the tournament lifting the trophy in Virat Kohli’s hand in Lords balcony.

28th Match OF VIVO IPL Season 12, KXIP vs RCB in Mohali

28th Match OF VIVO IPL Season 12, KXIP vs RCB in Mohali

 The 28th Match OF VIVO IPL Season 12, KXIP vs RCB was played on Sat 13th April 2019 in Punjab Cricket Association IS Bindra Stadium, Mohali. RCB won the toss and elected to bowl first.
KXIP’S Inning of 28th Match OF VIVO IPL Season 12, KXIP vs RCB in Mohali

 KL Rahul and Chris Gayle gave a solid start to the team by scoring 60 runs in the powerplay but lost the wicket of KL Rahul in the 7th over of the inning as he was departed by Chahal on 18 runs (2 fours, a six)  of 15 balls. Chahal picked another wicket of Mayank Agarwal in his spell. Chris Gayle at one end played a sensible inning after the powerplay while the spinner were into the attack and lost wickets at regular intervals which slowed down the inning but Chris Gayle played a tremendously and completed his another half century in the season and took the team single handedly to the total of 173-4 in 20 overs with his unbeaten 99 runs of 64 balls with 10 fours and 5 sixes.
Chahal was the most successful bowler for RCB who picked 2 wickets conceding 33 runs in his 4 overs, Siraj and Men Ali got one wicket each.
RCB’S Inning of 28th Match OF VIVO IPL Season 12, KXIP vs RCB in Mohali

 Virat started the chase and gave the team a huge start even after losing the wicket of Parthiv Patel on 19 runs (4 fours) of 9 balls and Scored 63 runs in the powerplay along with Ab de Villiers. Virat was looking for his first win in the season and tried to bat till the end and built a partnership of 85 runs for the 2nd wicket  but after completing his half century he unfortunately got out after scoring 67 of 53 balls with 8 fours. After Virat AB de completed his fifty and helped the team to achieve the first win in the season with his 59 runs (5 fours, 2 sixes) and Stoinis scored 28 runs of 16 balls with 4 fours to achieve the target in 19.2 overs and won the match by 8 wickets (172). Ashwin and Shami were able to pick one wicket each.

AB de Villiers was the Player of the match in the 28th Match OF VIVO IPL Season 12, KXIP vs RCB in Mohali

27th Mach of VIVO IPL Season 12, MI vs RR in Mumbai

27th Mach of VIVO IPL Season 12, MI vs RR in Mumbai

 The 27th Mach of VIVO IPL Season 12, MI vs RR on Sat 13th April 2019 in Wankhede Stadium Mumbai. Rajasthan won the toss and elected to bowl first.
MI’s Inning of 27th Mach of VIVO IPL Season 12, MI vs RR in Mumbai

 Rohit Sharma along with de Kock gave a huge start to the team as they scored 96 runs in 10.5 overs. Both the batsman played very aggressively but after the wicket of Rohit on 47 runs of 31 balls with 6 fours and a six. After the wicket of Rohit Mumbai Indians lost 2 more wickets at one end and slowed down the scoring rate where at the other end de Kock played some good shots along the ground but was unfortunately got out after scoring 81 runs of 52 balls with 6 fours and 4 sixes by Jofra Archar. At the end of inning Hardik Pandya scored 28 runs (1 four, 3 sixes) of 11 balls which helped MI to set a total of 187-5 in 20 overs.

Rajasthan bowled brilliantly as they didn’t allow the batsman to utilize the start as Jofra picked 3 wickets in his 4 overs conceding 39 runs, Unadkat and Dhawal Kulkarni picked 1 wicket each.
RR’s Inning of 27th Mach of VIVO IPL Season 12, MI vs RR in Mumbai

 The start for Rajasthan Royals was good as Rahane and Jos Butler scored 59 runs in the powerplay without losing any wicket. But after the powerplay RR lost the wicket of Rahane who scored 37 runs (6 fours, 1 six) of 21 balls. Jos Buttler batted tremendously with Sanju Samson and completed another half century in the season and built partnership of 87 runs but was departed by Rahul Chahar after scoring 89 runs of 43 balls with 7 fours and 7 sixes. Sanju Samson was sent back to pavilion on 31 runs (2 fours ,a six) by Bumrah M picked 4 more back to back wickets through which MI came back in the match but Shreyas Gopal scored crucial 13 runs (2  fours) of 7 balls and helped the team won the match by 4 wickets as they scored 188-6 in 19.3 balls. Jasprit Bumrah bowled brilliantly and picked 2 wickets conceding 23 runs in his 4 overs and Krunal Pandya picked 3 wickets and Rahul Chahar got a wicket.

                           Jos Buttler got the Player of the match award for his brilliant Inning in 27th Mach of VIVO IPL Season 12, MI vs RR in Mumbai.

26th Match of VIVO IPL Season 12, KKR vs DC in Kolkata

26th Match of VIVO IPL Season 12, KKR vs DC in Kolkata

 The 26th Match of VIVO IPL Season 12, KKR vs DC in Kolkata was played on Fri 12 April 2019 in Eden Gardens, Kolkata. DC won the toss and elected to bowl first.

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KKR’s Inning of 26th Match of VIVO IPL Season 12, KKR vs DC in Kolkata

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 The new opening pair Joe Denly along with Subhman Gill came to open the inning for KKR but the debutante from England departed in the first ball of the inning on a golden duck. Than the partnership between Subhman and Robin Uthappa which helped the team to score 41 runs in the powerplay even after losing a wicket and they scored 63 runs in 8.3 overs where Uthappa scored 28 runs (4 fours, 1 six) of 30 balls but was sent bak to pavilion by Rabada and another wicket picked by Chris Morris. Subhman Gill and Andre Russell were on the crease and than than the started to flow and in between Subhman compled his 2nd IPL fifty and scored 65 runs (7 fours,2 sixes) of 39 balls and got out by kemo Paul. Dinesh Kartik too got out by Rabada on 02 runs but Russell once again muscled the ball all around the park and scored 45 runs (3 fours, 4 sixes) of just 21 balls and got out by Chris Morris which helped DC to restrict KKR on 178-7 in 20 overs.

Keemo Paul, Rabada and Chris Morris picked 2 wicket each and Ishant got one wicket.
DC’s Inning of 26th Match of VIVO IPL Season 12, KKR vs DC in Kolkata

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 Delhi Capital got a good start as they scored 57 runs in the powerplay but also lost 2 wickets. Than a partnership between Sikhar Dhawan and Rishab Pant carried the momentum and scored 105 runs of 11.3 balls but once again Rishab Pant failed to finish off the match and got out after scoring 46 runs of 31 runs with 4 fours and 2 sixes. Where on the other end Sikhar Dhawan played a brilliantly and showed that he was back in form with his unbeaten 94 runs of 63 balls with 11 fours and 2 sixes which made the team win the match by 7 wickets as the scored 180-3 in 18.5 balls. The bowlers bowled well but couldn’t won the match for the team as President Krishna, Russell and Nitish Rana picked one wicket each.

Sikhar Dhawan got the Player of the Match in 26th Match of VIVO IPL Season 12, KKR vs DC in Kolkata

25th Match of VIVO IPL Season 12, RR vs CSK in Jaipur

25th Match of VIVO IPL Season 12, RR vs CSK in Jaipur

 The 25th Match of VIVO IPL Season 12, RR vs CSK in Jaipur was played on 11th April 2019 in Sawai Mansingh Stadium Jaipur. Dhoni was to achieve a milestone of winning 100 match in his 166th match as captain in his IPL career.CSK won the toss and elected to bowl first.

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RR;s Inning of 25th Match of VIVO IPL Season 12, RR vs CSK in Jaipur

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 The start of Rajasthan Royals was not bad but the wicket of Ajinkya Rahane changed the momentum of the inning towards CSK. After the wicket of Jos Buttler on 23 runs (4 fours,1 six) of 10 balls RR started to lose wickets at regular and quick intervals. Ben Stokes once again failed to perform with the bat and scored 28 runs (1 four) of 26 balls and got out by Deepak Chahar. The debutant Riyan Parag looked good with the bat but couldn’t score more than 16 runs (2 fours) of 14 balls and was departed by Sardul Thakur. At the end Shreyas Gopal scored 19 runs of 7 balls along with Jofra Archar who scored 13 runs of 12 balls which helped the team to set a competitive total of 151-7 in 20 overs.

MSD used the bowlers at par which as result restricted RR on 151 runs where Deepak Chahar, R Jadeja and SN Thakur picked 2 wickets each and Santner got one wicket and Jadeja completed his 100 wickets of his IPL career.

CSK’S Inning of 25th Match of VIVO IPL Season 12, RR vs CSK in Jaipur

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 The start for CSK was not good as Dhawal Kulkarni departed Watson on a duck in the very first over of the inning and lost 3 more wickets in the powerplay and scored only 24 runs in 6 overs. Than a partnership between Ambati Rayudu and MS Dhoni helped the to revive and get closer to the target where they scored 95 runs for the 5 wickets and Rayudu scored his first half century in the season and got out on 57 runs (2 fours, 3 sixes) of 47 balls by Ben Stokes. MS Dhoni at the took the match close to the total but unfortunately got out in the last over of the match after scoring a magnificent 58 runs of 43 balls with 2 fours and 3 sixes by Ben Stokes. And in the very next bowl a huge drama created on the field as the square leg umpire turn the decision of the main umpire of no-ball into a legal delivery which was actually a no-ball and Dhoni rushed into the ground and tried to convince that it was a no ball and how the decision can be changed after it has been given by the main umpire. Ultimately CSK won the match by 4 wickets after scoring 155-6 in 20 overs.

The bowlers bowled really well but couldn’t make the team win the match where Dhawal Kulkarni, Jofra Archar and Jaydev Unadkat picked 1 wicket each and Ben Stokes got 2 wickets.

Dhoni once again became the Player of Match with his 100 IPL victory as captain in 25th Match of VIVO IPL Season 12, RR vs CSK in Jaipur

24th Match of VIVO IPL Season 12, MI vs KXIP in Mumbai

24th Match of VIVO IPL Season 12, MI vs KXIP in Mumbai

 The 24th Match of VIVO IPL Season 12, MI vs KXIP was played on 10 April 2019 in Wankhede Stadium, Mumbai. Pollard was the captain in the match for MI as Rohit Sharma was injured. MI won the toss and elected to bowl first.

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KXIP’s Inning of 24th Match of VIVO IPL Season 12, MI vs KXIP in Mumbai

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KL Rahul and Chris Gayle gave a huge start to the team as they scored 50 runs in 6 overs and Chris Gayle played his natural game and scored 1st fifty in the season along with KL Rahul who scored back to back fifties in the season and finally Gayle got out on 63 (3 fours, 7 sixes) runs of 36 balls by Behrendorff and the partnership was break after scoring 116 runs in 12.5 overs. With Gayle KXIP lost 3 more quick wickets through the inning slowed down and MI came into the match but at end KL Rahul showed the game which could make his for the World Cup and scored his first century in Vivo IPL of 64 balls with 6 fours and 6 sixes, which helped the team to set a huge total of 197-4 in 20 over.

The bowlers bowled brilliantly in the middle overs but conceding 54 runs in last 3 overs, where Behrendorff and Bumrah picked one wicket each and H Pandya got 2 wickets.
MI’s Inning of 24th Match of VIVO IPL Season 12, MI vs KXIP in Mumbai

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 Quinton de Kock start the chase with his new opening partner Siddhesh Lad who debuted in the match with a six in the very first ball of his IPL career and looked in good touch but was departed by Shami after scoring 15 runs (1 four, 1 six) of 13 balls. Suryakumar Yadav came in to but and scored some good runs but was sent back to pavillion by Sam Curran on 22 runs (4 fours) of 15 balls. After Yadav de Kock too got out on 24 runs (2 fours) of 23 balls. Pollard and Hardik Pandya were on the crease after the wicket of Ishan Kisan, the target looked quite difficult to achieve as they needed 104 runs in 8 overs. both of the played some good strokes but H Pandya was departed by Shami on 19 runs (2 fours )of 13 balls. Shami took the wicket of both the Pandya in the same over. But Pollard at one  end took the match away from KXIP single handedly and scored another half century in the season and helped the team win the match by 3 wickets with his 83 runs (3 fours and 10 sixes) and they they scored 198 runs in 20 overs but Pollard got out in the last over of the match by Ankit Rajput.

          Pollard was the Player of the match for his mind blowing inning in the 24th Match of VIVO IPL Season 12, MI vs KXIP in Mumbai.

23rd Match OF VIVO IPL Season 12, CSK vs KKR in Chennai

23rd Match OF VIVO IPL Season 12, CSK vs KKR in Chennai

              The 23rd Match OF VIVO IPL Season 12, CSK vs KKR was played on Tuesday 09 April 2019 in MA Chidambaram Stadium, Chennai. Chennai won the toss and elected to bowl first.

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KKR’S Inning of 23rd Match OF VIVO IPL Season 12, CSK vs KKR in Chennai

 CSK proved that the decision to bowl first was right as Deepak Chahar gave some quik break through to the team and allowed no batsman to settle down and picked wickets at regular intervals and departed Chris Lynn and Nitish Rana on a duck also picked the wicket of Robin Uthappa on 11 runs of 9 balls with 2 fours of 9 balls. With Chahar Harbhajan Singh and Imran Tahir kept the match under control. Beside Chahar Harbhajan Singh and Imran Tahir picked 2 wickets each and Jadeja also got a wicket. At a moment KKR struggling to play  whole 20 overs and to score a total of 70 runs but at one end Russell played a sensible and tremendous innings where he completed his 2nd fifty in the season and helped the team to play 20 overs and scored  108-9.23rd Match OF VIVO IPL Season 12, CSK vs KKR in Chennai

CSK’S Inning of 23rd Match OF VIVO IPL Season 12, CSK vs KKR in Chennai

 Du Plessis gave a good start to the team even after losing the wicket of Watson on 17 runs of 9 balls with 2 fours and a six by Sunil Narine. Raina failed to survive till the end and got out on 14 runs of 13 runs by Narine once again . Than a partnership between du Plessis and Rayudu helped the team to get closer but Rayudu couldn’t finish off and departed by Chawla after scoring 21 runs of 31 overs with 2 fours. And Faf du Plessis with 43 runs of 45 balls with 3 balls took the across the finish line and CSK won the match by 7 wickets.

Deepak Chahar got the PlayrP of the match for his brilliant bowling performance in 23rd Match OF VIVO IPL Season 12, CSK vs KKR in Chennai.

22nd Match of VIVO IPL Season 12, KXIP vs SRH in Mohali

22nd Match of VIVO IPL Season 12, KXIP vs SRH in Mohali

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 The 22nd Match of VIVO IPL Season 12, KXIP vs SRH was played on Mon 08 April in Punjab Cricket Association IS Bindra Stadium, Mohali. Both the teams have 6 points in points table.

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     David Warner started the inning with his partner Jonny Bairstow but Bairstow was sent back to pavilion on 1 run of 6 balls in the 2nd over by Mujeeb. Than a partnership between Warner and Vijay Shankar helped to get a momentum to the team but after scoring 26 runs (2 fours) of 27 balls Shankar got out by R Ashwin. Wickets continued to fall at one end whereas on the other end Warner was playing his most slowest inning and scored another half century in the season. At the end Deepak Hooda scored 14 runs in 3 balls with 2 fours and a six and Warner ends up with unbeaten 70 runs of 62 balls with 6 fours and a six which helped the team to set a competitive total of 150-4 in 20 overs.

The bowlers of KXIP bowled brilliantly and R Ashwin, Mujeeb and Shami picked 1 wicket each.

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KXIP’S Inning of 22nd  Match of VIVO IPL Season 12, KXIP vs SRH in Mohali

 KXIP started slow and lost their first wicket in the 4 over on 18 runs where Gayle was sent back to pavilion by Rashid Khan. Than a partnership between KL Rahul and Mayank Agarwal took the team close to the target where they scored 114 runs in 14 overs and Mayank Agarwal was departed after scoring 55 runs (3 fours, 3 sixes) of 43 balls. At the punjab lost some quick and huge wickets through which SRH came back in the match but KL Rahul helped the team to win the match by 6 wickets with his 71 runs (7 fours, a six) as they scored 151-4 in 19.5 overs. The bowlers tried well but couldn’t win the match for SRH where Sandeep picked 2 wickets, Rashid Khan and Siddharth kaul got one wicket each.

KL Rahul got Player of the match award in 22nd  Match of VIVO IPL Season 12, KXIP vs SRH in Mohali.

21st Match of VIVO IPL Season 12, RR vs KKR in Jaipur

21st Match of VIVO IPL Season 12, RR vs KKR in Jaipur

 The 21st Match of VIVO IPL Season 12 was played between RR vs  KKR on Super Sunday 07 April 2019 in Sawai Mansingh Stadium, Jaipur. KKR won the toss and elected to bowl first.

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RR’s Inning of 21st Match of VIVO IPL Season 12, RR vs KKR in Jaipur

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    KKR started well by departing Ajinkya Rahane on 5 runs of 7 balls in the 2nd over of the match by Prasidh Krishna. The RR batsman showed a very poor intent as they scored ony 28 runs in the powerplay. Josh Buttler and Steven Smith scored runs with a poor run rate as Butler scored 37 runs of 34 balls and was sent back to pavilion by Harry Gurney who was playing his debut match in Vivo IPL season 12. Harry in his next over picked the wicket of Rahul Tripathi. Steven Smith scored runs for the team and got his first fifty in the season but the bowlers of KKR restricted RR on 139-2 in 20 overs despite of Smith’s 73* runs (7 fours and a six)o o 59 balls.

KKR’S INNING of 21st Match of VIVO IPL Season 12, RR vs KKR in Jaipur

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KKR’S openers Chris Lynn and Sunil Narine showed totally different approach to the  tackle the behavior of the pitch and played aggressively as they scored 65 runs in the first 6 overs. Both the opener played shots with ease and scored 91 runs for the first wicket where Sunil Narine scored 47 runs of 25 balls with 6 fours and 3 sixes and got out by Shreyas Gopal. Chris Lynn took the match away from Rajasthan with his 50 runs (6 fours, 3 sixes) of 32 balls but at the got out by Shreyas Gopal. At the end Uthappa completed the remaining task with his 26 runs (1 four, 2 sixes) of 16 balls along with Subhman Gill. And KKR won the match by 8 wickets as they scored 140 runs in 13.5 overs and got the top position in the points table with 8 points in 5 matches.

Once again the debutante got the player of the match award (Harry Gurney) in 21st Match of VIVO IPL Season 12, RR vs KKR in Jaipur.

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