3:08 AM GMT ESPNcricinfo staff Brisbane Heat 3 for 134 (Harris 53, Redmayne 37*) beat Perth Scorchers 7 for 132 by seven wickets Grace Harris went through the gears in her half century Getty Images Defending champions the Brisbane Heat may not be fancied by too many to make it a hat-trick of titles this season, but they laid down an early marker with clinical run-chase against the Perth Scorchers at…
9:24 PM GMT ESPNcricinfo staff After a spectacular collapse in which Sunrisers Hyderabad went from needing 27 runs from 24 balls with seven wickets in hand to losing by 12 runs against Kings XI Punjab, David Warner said his batsmen had been “complacent” in the middle overs. The Sunrisers bowlers had restricted Kings XI to 126 for 7 on a slow, turning pitch in Dubai, and Warner himself provided a…
7:46 PM GMT ESPNcricinfo staff Royal Challengers Bangalore – Played 10, Points 14 Remaining matches: vs Chennai Super Kings, Mumbai Indians, Sunrisers Hyderabad, Delhi Capitals Chennai Super Kings – Played 11, Points 6 Remaining matches: vs Royal Challengers Bangalore, v Kolkata Knight Riders, v Kings XI Punjab The IPL 2020 points table after the KXIP vs SRH game on Saturday, October 24 ESPNcricinfo Ltd The Royal Challengers Bangalore have the opportunity…
Gambhir: Kings XI’s attack seems to have all boxes ticked now (2:54) Ian Bishop and Gautam Gambhir are all praise for Kings XI Punjab’s bowling attack (2:54) 12:48 AM IST Deivarayan Muthu Kings XI Punjab 126 for 7 (Pooran 32*, Rashid 2-14, Holder 2-27) beat Sunrisers Hyderabad 114 (Warner 35, Shankar 26, Jordan 3-17, Arshdeep 3-23) by 12 runs The Kings XI Punjab had no business winning this. They had…
3:35 PM GMT ESPNcricinfo staff A day after losing his father, Mandeep Singh chose to step out in the Kings XI Punjab’s IPL 2020 match against the Sunrisers Hyderabad in Dubai. Singh’s father Hardev passed away on Friday evening, and he is understood to have told his franchise that he was up to playing the game. The Kings XI team wore a black armband as a mark of respect. On…
8:19 PM IST Sruthi Ravindranath Big picture Well, here we are. Royal Challengers Bangalore are so close to making the playoffs. Chennai Super Kings are all but knocked out of the tournament. Yes, you are reading that right. It’s as real as 2020 and the Royal Challengers are looking better than ever. A strong batting order, an in-form AB de Villiers and an even killer bowling attack. The Royal Challengers…
Fall of wickets: 1-0 (Ajinkya Rahane, 0.1 ov), 2-13 (Shikhar Dhawan, 2.3 ov), 3-76 (Rishabh Pant, 11.2 ov), 4-95 (Shimron Hetmyer, 13.2 ov), 5-95 (Shreyas Iyer, 13.3 ov), 6-110 (Marcus Stoinis, 15.1 ov), 7-112 (Axar Patel, 15.5 ov), 8-132 (Kagiso Rabada, 18.5 ov), 9-135 (Tushar Deshpande, 19.5 ov) Source: ESPN Crickinfo
Jos Buttler needs to replace Ben Stokes at the top of the batting order © BCCI Big picture A win will mean completely different things for the Mumbai Indians and the Rajasthan Royals when they meet on Sunday evening in Abu Dhabi. For the Mumbai Indians, it will further strengthen their chances of a top-two finish, which at the moment looks like a three-way race with the Delhi Capitals and…
2:00 PM GMT ESPNcricinfo staff Kings XI Punjab – Played 10, Points 8Remaining matches: v Sunrisers Hyderabad, Kolkata Knight Riders, Rajasthan Royals, Chennai Super Kings Sunrisers Hyderabad – Played 10, Points 8Remaining matches: v Kings XI Punjab, Delhi Capitals, Royal Challengers Bangalore, Mumbai Indians The Kolkata Knight Riders’ convincing win against the Delhi Capitals has put more pressure on both the Sunrisers Hyderabad and the Kings XI Punjab, who play…
1:40 PM GMT With his chances of selection to the national team not on the horizon, former Pakistan captain Salman Butt has withdrawn from the Quaid-e-Azam Trophy, starting tomorrow, to explore a future in a non-playing role in the game. The PCB has offered him a commentator’s role for the broadcast of the first-class tournament, and he will start from the fourth round, scheduled to begin on November 20. He…