Month: October 2020

11:21 PM IST Alagappan Muthu Delhi Capitals 161 for 7 (Dhawan 57, Iyer 53, Archer 3-19) beat Rajasthan Royals (Stokes 41, Nortje 2-33) by 13 runs There was spine-tingling entertainment in the powerplay thanks to three unbelievably fast bowlers. There was shot-making of the highest quality from both top-orders. But in the end it was a battle between which team could win the final overs. Delhi Capitals let the game…

Mitchell Claydon received a nine-match ban for ball-tampering with hand sanitiser  5:04 PM GMT ESPNcricinfo staff Sussex have been docked 24 points for this year’s Bob Willis Trophy after the club admitted the application of hand sanitiser to the ball by Mitchell Claydon had brought the game into disrepute. Claydon was handed a nine-match ban after the incident, which took place in a game against Middlesex at Radlett in August,…

4:58 PM GMT Annesha Ghosh The chances of the inaugural Under-19 Women’s World Cup being held as scheduled, in January 2021 in Bangladesh, are receding, though a final decision may only be made in November. Unlike the 2020 men’s T20 World Cup in Australia and the 2021 women’s ODI World Cup in New Zealand, which were both postponed until 2022 in the wake of the COVID-19 pandemic, the ICC has…

3:45 PM GMT ESPNcricinfo staff The DRS, at present, only allows players to review lbws and decisions involving edged catches. Should its scope be expanded to allow reviews for wides and no-balls for waist-high full-tosses? Virat Kohli certainly thinks so. “I am going to speak as a captain,” Kohli said during an Instagram Live chat with his India team-mate KL Rahul on the Puma India handle. “As a captain, I…

3:32 PM GMT Rohit Balaji Royal Challengers Bangalore vs Kings XI Punjab, Sharjah Pro Tip: Top-order batsmen from both sides and spinners from the Royal Challengers are must-haves. Our XI: Devdutt Padikkal, Chris Gayle, KL Rahul, Virat Kohli, AB de Villiers, Nicholas Pooran, Chris Morris, Washington Sundar, Yuzvendra Chahal, Ravi Bishnoi, Mohammed Shami Substitutes: Aaron Finch, Mayank Agarwal, Arshdeep Singh, Navdeep Saini NOTE: We might not always be able to…

3:00 PM GMT Sindh beat Northern by 25 runs Azam Khan‘s career-best 88 off 43 balls, with eight sixes and five fours in it, headlined Sindh’s dominant show against Northern, which ended with a 25-run loss for the National T20 Cup table-toppers. Northern had already qualified for the semi-finals, and the win helped Sindh join them in the final four, where Khyber Pakhtunkhwa have also cemented their place. After Northern…

1:43 PM GMT Varun Shetty Facebook Twitter Facebook Messenger Pinterest Email print Welcome to ESPNcricinfo’s Rolling Report of the 30th game of IPL 2020, between the Delhi Capitals and the Rajasthan Royals. Today it’s the likes of Shreyas Iyer, Kagiso Rabada and Prithvi Shaw taking on the likes of Steven Smith, Ben Stokes and Sanju Samson. Delhi Capitals vs Rajasthan Royals full scorecard Delhi Capitals vs Rajasthan Royals ball-by-ball commentary…

1:06 PM GMT ESPNcricinfo staff Though the Delhi Capitals are second on the points table at the halfway stage, twin blows in the form of Rishabh Pant and Ishant Sharma’s injuries threaten to put them off track. They had to drop a fluent Shimron Hetmyer with no Indian wicketkeeper in the reserves. As a result, that weakened their middle order with both Pant and Hetmyer absent. That has put further…