Toss Sunrisers Hyderabad chose to bowl v Kolkata Knight RidersScorecard and ball-by-ball details Play 03:08 Dasgupta: Gill better than most Indian batsmen in KKR squad Kane Williamson won the toss in his first away game as Sunrisers Hyderabad captain and elected to bowl against Kolkata Knight Riders. Sunrisers are on top of the table now with two wins from two, and if the pattern of win-toss-win-match holds, they could establish…
3:00 AM ET Big Picture Two matches, two last-gasp wins and two injuries. Having squeezed out maximum points so far, Chennai Super Kings now run into a revamped Kings XI Punjab side captained by an old friend in R Ashwin. Kings XI have had a seesawing start to the season: they mowed down Delhi Daredevils but came up short against Royal Challengers Bangalore on Friday. They have a little less…
3:00 AM ET Big Picture The IPL is a long tournament in terms of just how many matches there are, but it’s also a short one in terms of the length of time those matches are squeezed into. Form, personal and collective, can therefore begin to snowball before you even realise it, and minor areas of concern can turn into season-destroying weaknesses. Royal Challengers Bangalore and Rajasthan Royals have each…
3:00 AM ET Toss Delhi Daredevils chose to bowl v Mumbai IndiansLive scorecard and ball-by-ball details Gautam Gambhir, the Delhi Daredevils captain, called right and in keeping with the dominant theme this season, opted to chase against Mumbai Indians in searing conditions at the Wankhade Stadium. Jason Roy made his Daredevils debut, replacing Colin Munro. There was no place for Chris Morris either as he made way for Dan Christian….
Apr 13, 2018 ESPNcricinfo staff Mumbai Indians have brought in New Zealand fast bowler Adam Milne as a replacement for the injured Pat Cummins, who was ruled out of the season and did not arrive in India. Milne will join Jasprit Bumrah, Mustafizur Rahman and former New Zealand team-mate Mitchell McClenaghan in Mumbai’s pace attack. Though neither the IPL nor the franchise had announced Milne having joined the team, he…
5:36 AM ET ESPNcricinfo staff Royal Challengers Bangalore fast bowler Umesh Yadav wants to play all three formats of the game for India, and not just Test cricket as he has done in recent times. “That’s a tag I’ve carried all along,” Umesh said while taking about him being regarded largely a long-form specialist. “Because in Test cricket, you have a lot of time to play around with your pace…
4:09 AM ET ESPNcricinfo staff Prasidh Krishna, the Karnataka seamer, has been called up to the Kolkata Knight Riders squad as a replacement for the injured Kamlesh Nagarkoti. The IPL release confirming the news did not specify the nature of Nagarkoti’s injury, but other media reports have suggested he has injured his foot. The 22-year-old Krishna has played 23 matches for Karnataka, only three of which have been in the…
11:03 PM ET Peter Della PennaCricket Close Peter Della Penna is an American cricket journalist who also writes for ESPNcricinfo.com and DreamCricket.com. Since 2010, he has penned the USA entry in the Cricket Round the World section of the Wisden Cricketers’ Almanack.Follow Peter on Twitter @PeterDellaPenna The ICC and USA Cricket jointly announced the formation of a four-member nominating and governance committee on Thursday, whose main role will be to put forward…
3:00 AM ET Toss Royal Challengers Bangalore chose to bowl v Kings XI Punjab Live scorecard and ball-by-ball details Andrew Tye practices before the first ball BCCI In their first home game of the season, Virat Kohli, the Royal Challengers Bangalore captain, chose to bowl against R Ashwin’s Kings XI Punjab. The RCB captain felt the Chinnaswamy surface “was back to being normal”, suggesting that he expects the game to be…
3:00 AM ET ECB Reporters Network Worcestershire 40 for 2 trail Hampshire 290 (Vince 75, Berg 75*, Leach 4-42) by 250 runsScorecard James Vince found some form with 60 Getty Images James Vince put a disappointing winter behind him to start the season with a glorious half century as Hampshire held a slight first day advantage over Worcestershire. Stylish batsman Vince scored 346 runs for England in six Tests during tours…