At the IPL 2023 mini-auction, the Rajasthan Royals (RR) snagged England batsman Joe Root for his base price of 1 crore, and he made his IPL debut just recently. The debut champs of the opposition are good to go to confront the Kolkata Knight Riders (KKR) in a vital IPL 2023 experience at Eden Nurseries on Thursday, May 11. The two groups have 10 focuses each subsequent to playing 11 installations, and the impending challenge has the vibe of an informal knockout match of sorts. RR started their mission on a solid note and were the table clinchers at one…
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Chennai Super Kings produced a clinical performance on Wednesday to register a commanding 27-run victory over bottom-dwellers Delhi Capitals at MA Chidambaram Stadium in Chennai. The second successive win helped CSK consolidate their second spot in the Indian Premier League standings with 15 points from 12 games, a point behind the table-toppers Gujarat Titans (16 points from 11 games). After setting a competitive 168-run target, CSK bowlers, led by Matheesha Pathirana (3/37), stopped DC to 140 for 8 in their allotted 20 overs. It was the seventh win of the season for the hosts CSK, while DC suffered their seventh…
Former Royal Challengers Bangalore (RCB) captain Virat Kohli and his Bollywood star wife Anushka Sharma hosted a dinner for the RCB players and support staff at the cricketers’ own restaurant – ‘One8 Commune’ – in Juhu, Mumbai after their IPL 2023 match. RCB lost to Mumbai Indians on Tuesday night and after that match Kohli and Anushka hosted a dinner on Wednesday evening. Current RCB skipper Faf du Plessis along with pacers Mohammed Siraj, Josh Hazlewood, Wayne Parnell and all-rounder Wanindu Hasaranga and other RCB stars arrived in the team bus wearing casuals for the dinner while some of the…
Which four teams will make the cut for the playoffs for IPL 2023? This has once again been an extremely open season and all 10 teams are still mathematically alive in the race for the four playoff berths. With 15 matches left to play in the league stage of IPL 2023, there remain nearly 33,000 possible combinations of results. TOI looks at each of these possibilities to calculate the chances of individual teams making it to the playoffs. image credit : – times As things stand, two teams are almost certain to make the play-offs, one other is a strong…
Kolkata Knight Riders will be taking on the Rajasthan Royals in the 56th match of the TATA IPL 2023 at Eden Gardens, Kolkata. Both the teams have played 11 games each so far in this tournament. Rajasthan Royals have won 5 of their 11 matches in this season so far, and are placed 5th on the points table. They have 10 points to their tally and a net run rate of +0.388. On the other hand, Kolkata Knight Riders have also won 5 of their 11 games so far, and are placed 6th on the points table, with 10 points…
Kolkata Knight Riders (KKR) will play Rajasthan Royals (RR) in Match 56 of Indian Premier League (IPL 2023) with an aim to maintain their winning momentum. They are coming into this match with a brilliant five-wicket win over Punjab Kings (PBKS) that they registered three days ago. Placed at sixth position in the points table, the Nitish Rana-led side have won five out of eleven matches and need to remain all three to ensure they are in hunt for the playoffs berth. image credit : – dna RR, on the other hand, are suddenly on a losing spree. They have…
Sri Lanka is likely to host the upcoming Asia Cup with the Asian Cricket Council (ACC) set to move the tournament from Pakistan. The decision to shift the event from the original host country was always on the cards from the moment BCCI secretary Jay Shah said that the Indian team would not travel across the border. A final decision on the venue for the tournament is expected by the end of this month with Sri Lanka, Bangladesh and Afghanistan backing the move to host the event in the island nation. Image Credit:- The Economic Times Pakistan’s participation in the…
Virat Kohli expressed his gratitude to Rajkumar Sharma. His childhood coach, for assisting him in making his debut for Team India. Virat Kohli has had a career that most cricketers can only dream of. He is widely regarded as one of the greatest players in cricket history. The daring batter is currently playing for Royal Challengers Bangalore in the IPL 2023 and is fifth in the Orange Cap race. Kohli is RCB’s second-most elevated run-scorer this season, behind chief Faf du Plessis, who drives the Orange Cap race. Du Plessis has scored 576 runs in 11 games with six half-centuries…
Michael Jordan is in “serious talks” to sell a portion of his stake in the Charlotte Hornets, according to ESPN’s Adrian Wojnarowski. Jordan would retain a minority stake in the franchise, but Gabe Plotkin and Rick Schnall would become the co-governors. Plotkin is a minority owner of the Hornets, while Schnall is a minority owner of the Atlanta Hawks. This would be a great time for Jordan to sell up. In December, Mat Ishbia agreed to purchase a controlling stake in the Phoenix Suns as well as the WNBA’s Phoenix Mercury from Robert Sarver for $4 billion. Two months later,…
LeBron James and the Lakers’ task of closing out the series is coming with its fair share of obstacles. Late in the third quarter of Game 5 between the Lakers and Warriors, James appeared to tweak his left ankle coming down from a layup. James did not exit the game, but he was visibly impacted. With LA just one win away from advancing to the Western Conference Finals, what does this mean for James moving forward? Here’s what we know. Image Credit:- Sporting News What is LeBron James’ injury? James stayed in the game and was not given an injury…
The Golden State Warriors closed the first half of Wednesday’s Game 5 with vintage Splash Brothers to take an 11-point lead. When they opened the second with a 9-2 run, they were in control. With their postseason at stake, the reigning NBA champions punched back from an excruciating Game 4 loss with a 121-106 win The Los Angeles Lakers to ensure that their season would not end on Wednesday. Adding to the Lakers’ woes, they lost Anthony Davis to a late-game head injury, leaving his Game 6 status in doubt. Image Credit:- Sporting News Warriors hot from 3 early Golden…
MS Dhoni said at the throw in front of the match against DC that Ambati Rayudu was in the playing XI instead of Shivam Dube. Be that as it may, both played the IPL 2023 game On a Mama, Chidambaram Arena contribute to Chennai, where run-scoring was difficult, the MS Dhoni-drove Chennai Super Lords overwhelmed Delhi Capitals to make one more stride towards the IPL 2023 end-of-the-season games with major success. The match, nonetheless, began with disarray as MS Dhoni won the throw and elected to bat. ” Our team will bat first. On this wicket, we’ve played a few…
With their victories on Wednesday at the championships in Tashkent, Uzbekistan, the three are guaranteed at least a bronze. At the world championships, Deepak Bhoria’s boxing was defined by a deadly left hook. Bhoria had annihilated title holder and Olympics medallist Saken Bibossinov with that weapon in the subsequent round. He used the left hook again on Diushebaev Nurzhigit of Kyrgyzstan on Wednesday. With a score of 5-0, he breezed into the semi-finals, earning India its first medal from Tashkent, Uzbekistan. Mohammad Hussamuddin (57 kg) and Nishant Dev (71 kg), both of whom got off to a winning start thanks…
The 56th match of the Indian Premier League (IPL) 2023 will see the Rajasthan Royals (RR) take on the Kolkata Knight Riders (KKR) on Thursday, May 11. Ahead of the match, here’s everything you need to know about the KKR vs RR Dream11 prediction. Kolkata Knight Riders have found some form of late, winning three out of their last four encounters. Jason Roy and Varun Chakravarthy have stepped up alongside Rinku Singh, holding them in good stead. As for the Rajasthan Royals, their form has been abysmal with only one win in their last six outings. While Yashasvi Jaiswal continues…
In a social media video, Busquets, whose contract expires this season, made his decision.Sergio Busquets is finishing his “remarkable excursion” of almost twenty years with Barcelona, he said Wednesday. Busquets, whose agreement closes this season, reported his choice with a video delivered via virtual entertainment. Busquets, 34, stated, “It hasn’t been an easy decision but the time has come.” It has been an honor, a fantasy, and a justification behind pride to have had the option to wear this identification.” Busquets showed up at Barcelona in 2005 and made it to a “B” group trained by Kick Guardiola after two…