Month: November 2020

7:40 PM IST ESPNcricinfo staff Chennai Super Kings 154 for 1 (Gaikwad 62*, du Plessis 48, Jordan 1-31) beat Kings XI Punjab 153 for 6 (Hooda, 62*, Ngidi 3-39, Jadeja 1-17) by nine wickets After messing with the playoff chances of the Royal Challengers Bangalore and the Kolkata Knight Riders, the already-ousted Chennai Super Kings took down the Kings XI Punjab along with them. The 23-year old Ruturaj Gaikwad, the…

1:07 PM GMT ESPNcricinfo staff The Kolkata Knight Riders suddenly find themselves at seventh in the points table after a couple of recent losses. What has also not helped them is their negative net run rate which has only complicated matters. Like almost all others, they need a win to stay alive this season. The Rajasthan Royals seem to have peaked at the right time. All their big names –…

12:55 PM GMT Matt Roller Close Matt Roller is an assistant editor at ESPNcricinfo. He tweets at @mroller98 Welcome to ESPNcricinfo’s Rolling Report of the 54th game of IPL 2020, between the Kolkata Knight Riders and Rajasthan Royals, in Dubai. The likes of Eoin Morgan, Sunil Narine, Dinesh Karthik, Pat Cummins will take on the likes of Steven Smith, Ben Stokes, Jofra Archer, Jos Buttler, Sanju Samson, and others Kolkata…

Rohit Sharma picked up the injury during the game against Kings XI Punjab on October 18  9:15 AM GMT India’s head coach Ravi Shastri has revealed that Rohit Sharma‘s medical report stated that “he could be in danger of injuring himself again” and advised the batsman not to rush his comeback. Rohit, who is recovering from a hamstring injury he suffered in the ongoing IPL, was left out of the…

9:11 AM GMT Karthik Krishnaswamy Welcome to ESPNcricinfo’s Rolling Report of the 53rd game of IPL 2020, between the Chennai Super Kings and Kings XI Punjab, in Abu Dhabi. The likes of MS Dhoni, Sam Curran, Ravindra Jadeja, Deepak Chahar will take on the likes of KL Rahul, Chris Gayle, Nicholas Pooran, Glenn Maxwell, and others Chennai Super Kings vs Kings XI Punjab ball-by-ball commentary If the blog doesn’t load…

9:00 AM GMT ESPNcricinfo staff The eliminated Chennai Super Kings have nothing to lose, and with the possibility that fresh legs could take the field for them, they could yet upset the others’ plans. After spoiling the parties of the Royal Challengers Bangalore and the Kolkata Knight Riders already, their last game of this campaign might even help finish seventh. The Kings XI Punjab are in a must-win situation: they…

Oct 31, 2020 ESPNcricinfo staff New South Wales 7 for 269 (Abbott 66, Nevill 54*, Swepson 4-92) trail Queensland 298 (Labuschagne 117, Starc 4-76) by 29 runs Late wickets for Mitchell Swepson kept the contest between Queensland and New South Wales very even after a century stand between Peter Nevill and Sean Abbott had threatened to take control. Swepson collected four wickets overall, the pick of them a beautiful leg-break…

1:26 PM IST ESPNcricinfo staff Western Australia 302 and 0 for 232 (Bancroft 103*, Whiteman 117*) lead Tasmania 431 (McDermott 90, Wade 83, Morris 5-94) by 102 runs While nowhere near the record-breaking efforts seen at Glenelg, Western Australia’s opening pair of Cameron Bancroft and Sam Whiteman formed a notable stand of their own by putting on an unbroken 232 with both hitting centuries as the match against Tasmania looked…

1:16 PM IST South Australia 200 and 2 for 172 (Head 104*, Hunt 55*) trail Victoria 3 for 564 dec (Pucovski 255*, Harris 239) by 192 runs For the second match running, captain Travis Head led South Australia’s quest to salvage a draw after the record-breaking feats of Marcus Harris and Will Pucovski where the Victoria openers added a record Sheffield Shield partnership of 486. Pucovski might have managed a…