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THE HIMALAYAN MAIL JAMMU Q MONDAY Q APRIL 26, 2021 11

Kohli, ABD and Maxwell urge seek to build people to stay home winning momentum against KKR NEW DELHI, APRIL NEW DELHI, APRIL ing at home. Together, 25: Their three-match los- 25: With the second let's survive these tough ing streak finally over, Pun- COVID-19 wave rampant times." jab Kings would seek to across the country, Royal All-rounder Glenn build a winning momentum Challengers Maxwell then says that the when they face the strug- (RCB) players stepped for- side is looking to provide gling ward to urge everyone to entertainment in these in an IPL match, in Ahmed- stay at home to curb the tough times but he wants spread of the deadly virus. people to stay home and abad, on Monday. RCB's official Twitter stay safe. Punjab made a winning handle posted a video in "Our priority right now start but then slumped to which the likes of Virat is to provide you enter- three straight losses before Kohli, AB de Villiers, and tainment and hopefully producing a clinical show to Glenn Maxwell can be giving you joy. In return, I beat defending champions seen urging people to stay am just asking to follow all by nine on at home and follow all precautions to stay safe Friday, and they would look necessary precautions. quest all of you to do the says: " Hi, it's Ab de Vil- and beat COVID," said to notch up another tri- The video starts off with same, sanitise your hands, liers, you cannot wait for a Maxwell. umph against KKR which a message by , step out only if necessary superhero when the going recorded 3,49,691 have suffered four defeats who says: "Hi, I am Virat and wear your masks at all gets tough, you need to be new COVID-19 cases, the on the trot. Kohli, as a I try to times." the superhero. With the highest single-day spike Captain KL Rahul has lead from the front and The message is backed Covid pandemic, the best since the pandemic broke been one of the few consis- and senior India pacer Mo- to deliver consistently in- faraz Khan, , help people around. I re- up by AB de Villiers, who way to stay safe is by stay- out last year. tent performers in the for- midable-looking Punjab hammad Shami (2/21) stead of relying on the lower , Ravi unit and he once leading the charge. order. Bishnoi, , Mo- again led by example Young Arshdeep Singh Gill and Morgan have hammed Shami, Arshdeep 'Gill will be one of the highest against MI with an un- has been a consistent been in woeful form and Singh, , Darshan beaten 60, his third fifty in bowler with six wickets they desperately need big Nalkande, , five games. from five matches. scores to make themselves , Jhye has been the other main On the other hand, KKR, count. Richardson, Shahrukh run-scorers by end of IPL' performer and the return to led by England's World Cup has been Khan, , Moi- winning skipper Eoin Mor- used to boost to KKR in- ses Henriques, , NEW DELHI, APRIL consecutive defeat of the form of 'Universe Boss' against MI with gan, continued to slide after nings on two occasions but , Fabian 25: Backing the out-of- season on Saturday and losing to the West Indian has not de- Allen, Saurabh Kumar. form , are languishing at the bot- a 43 should be good by six wickets in their last livered till now with scores Kolkata Knight Riders: Kolkata Knight Riders tom of the points table. news for Punjab. match. of 4 and 6. (c), Dinesh team mentor David Hussey Asked why New Zealand But Deepak Hooda, who Their batting unit need a In the depart- Karthik, Shubman Gill, Ni- said the opener is a 'class speedster Lockie Fergu- has not done much after one act' who will be among the son, who has express pace impressive innings, will complete turnaround in ment, Russell, Varun tish Rana, , highest-scoring batsmen to offer, has not got a game have to step up if Punjab form if KKR has to snap Chakravarthy and Prasidh , , by the end of the IPL. yet, Hussey said the team want to perform consis- their losing streak. Krishna have been doing Sunil Narine, Kuldeep Ya- The highly talented 21- management will be going tently. The top-five batsmen reasonably well with 7, 6 dav, , Lockie year-old has not been at back to the drawing board The place of Nicholas continued to struggle with and 5 wickets respectively. Ferguson, , his best this season, man- in terms of strategies. Pooran, who has scored 0, only -- two half Cummins has been un- , aging 80 runs from five " is at 0, 9, 0, in the playing XI is centuries -- and Dinesh derwhelming performance , Prasidh matches. the peak of his powers, he expected to be under review Karthik doing anything of so far with four wickets from Krishna, , "He is a star player, he is a class act and he is an though his turn did not worth. five matches. , took the Test match arena excellent player for New come in the last match. Pacer Pat Cummins The Teams (From): , Sheldon by storm in Australia. He Zealand. He bowled well The Punjab bowlers, who played an incredible innings Punjab Kings: KL Rahul Jackson, , is very specific and he has a "All I can say is that form scoring batsmen by the for KKR last year in UAE. have been pedestrian in ear- -- 66 not out -- for a losing (c & wk), Mayank Agarwal, , Karun great work ethic," said will come and go, class is end of the tournament. He "He is going to push for lier matches, came good in cause against Su- Chris Gayle, Mandeep Nair, , Hussey at the virtual post- always permanent." is an absolute class act," selection for the next their last match with the tal- per Kings but KKR would Singh, Prabsimran Singh, and Pawan match press conference af- "He is one class individ- Hussey added. games. We will look at all ented (2/21) like their specialist batsmen (wk), Sar- Negi. ter KKR were handed a ual, both on and off the KKR, who started the strategies going ahead, six- defeat by Ra- field. Mark my words, he tournament with a win, everything is on the table jasthan Royals. will be one of the highest- slumped to their fourth in terms of selection. Indians react to Gilly, want IPL NEW DELHI, APRIL 25: Day after day this week 'Amid COVID surge, it's our responsibility India has registered the most number of coronavirus cases in the world. to give people reason to smile' legend Adam Gilchrist on Saturday ex- NEW DELHI,APRIL and slower balls." pressed concern about In- 25: Rajasthan Royals all- The Royals had entered dia's alarming coronavirus rounder Chris Morris says the game after a humiliat- situation and asked what the COVID-19 catastrophe ing 10-wicket loss to Royal people thought of IPL 2021 in India has been discussed Challengers Bangalore. continuing amidst the in his team multiple times "It's very easy to go record surge in COVID-19 and the players can feel the down the dark route of cases in the country. pain that the pandemic is thinking you are not good Giving people two choices causing in its deadly second enough when you get to pick from, Gilly enquired if wave in Mumbai. beaten by 10 wickets but IPL was 'inappropriate' or India is reeling under the sometimes you need to tip an 'important distraction' in fight against Covid-19,' 'India is battling a crisis IPL 2021 games are set to second wave of the pan- your hat off to the opposi- these trahic times. Jadeja tweeted. 'Please wear situation today. The medical move from Chennai and demic with cases rising by tion," said Morris. Earlier, Chennai Super a mask, follow social dis- infrastructure is slowly col- Mumbai to Ahmedabad, over 3 lakh everyday, a crisis "As a team we had a Kings players Ravindra tancing and let's adhere to lapsing, resources depleting Delhi, Kolkata and Ben- compounded by shortage of good discussion on what Jadeja and the government norms. As and more lives at risk than galuru. some crucial medicines and our faces because we have a out there, the frontline was our motivation. The voiced their concerns about citizens, we must be respon- ever before,' Raina tweeted. Reacting to Gilly, Indian oxygen supplies. Morris reason to smile and that we workers all over the first seven overs, we were the COVID-19 Crisis. sible, and I thank the doc- 'There is no pain greater fans described IPL 2021 as said it is 'difficult to com- are healthy and get to play world, to be doing what having an absolute blast, 'Right now more than ever tors, nurses for their selfless than seeing your loved one an important distraction at prehend' what is happen- cricket." they are doing day in and it was very entertaining. we need to be united in our service in these tough times.' fight the battle.' this time: ing. "We hopefully get to keep day out for 24 hours a day The guys had a good "As a team, we have been people happy on the other is just incredible." time." talking about it quite a lot side of the screen. Whether "As a team, we are feel- Morris, who became the over the last couple of days. we winning or losing, it is an ing the hurt for everyone most expensive buy in the Top Performer: Morris too hot to handle We have seen how badly opportunity to keep people around the world." IPL auction history in NEW DELHI, APRIL 25. this pandemic has taken smiling, if that gives people a Morris starred with the February, is happy to re- 25: Chris Morris took four He continued his wicket over the specific parts, if not reason to smile, then we are ball against KKR, register- pay the faith the Royals wickets to power Rajasthan ways in the final over. This all of India," Morris said at doing well as a sport," he ing the impressive figures have put in him. Royals to an easy six-wicket time he got the in-form Pat the post-match press con- added. of 4/22 before skipper "Quite nice to con- victory against the Kolkata Cummins who pulled it ference after his side de- The South African com- (42) and tribute. It's nice to reward Knight Riders in the IPL straight to Riyan Parag at feated Kolkata Knight Rid- mended the front-line compatriot David Miller some of the faith placed in match in Mumbai on Satur- deep midwicket, the fielder ers by six wickets on workers all over the world (24) led the former cham- me," he added. day, April 24, 2021. holding his balance well to Saturday. who are working tirelessly pions to their second vic- The Royals currently oc- Morris, the costliest take a well-judged catch on "It is quite difficult to to help everyone in these tory this season. cupy the sixth spot in the player in IPL history, is the edge of the boundary. comprehend what is hap- tough times. "Our execution was a lot points table. They will next slowly getting into the Morris ended the innings pening. It is a responsibility "So as a team, we just better today, hitting the take on groove of things and putting in style with Shivam Mavi's for us to play with smiles on want to say to the heroes length, bowling next on Thursday in Delhi. in performances that show wicket, bowled for five. why Royals were so desper- The pace bowler con- ate to bag his services. Introduced into the at- through to break the ceded just six runs in the Turning Point: KKR's slow start With Royals hamstrung tack in the Powerplay, the stumps at the non-striker's 20th over to finish with his NEW DELHI, APRIL impose themselves and fin- Powerplay. Jaiswal off Mustafizur Rah- by the loss of Jofra Archer experienced pacer ramped end. joint career-best figures of 25: Kolkata Knight Riders' ished with a below-par 133 for 9 In T20 cricket, the first six man in the fourth over, but and Ben Stokes to injury, up the pressure on the Morris ended KKR's 4 for 3 as KKR finished with batting woes continued as they in their 20 overs. overs of the Powerplay are cru- failed to cash in and was run the pressure is on the South struggling KKR openers Ni- hopes of a late recovery a lowly 133 for 9 in their 20 went down to the Rajasthan KKR's slow start in the Pow- cial, but KKR's openers wasted out, attempting a risky single a African to make his pres- tish Rana and Shubman when he dismissed Andre overs on a good batting Royals by six wickets and suf- erplay was the big factor in it with some mindless batting. couple of overs later. ence felt, and he is certainly Gill, conceding two runs in Russell cheaply, caught at wicket. fered their fourth straight de- their batting flop show. They scored only two bound- After the slow start, KKR making it count with some the fifth over. long-on for 9. The Royals cruised to an feat in IPL 2021 in Mumbai on KKR's opening pair Nitish aries in the Powerplay and could not regain the momen- match-winning perfor- He dealt KKR a big blow In the same over, he emphatic victory with some Saturday, April 24, 2021. Rana and Shubman Gill have a were struggling on a lowly 25 tum in the middle overs as the mances. in his next over when he ran bagged the key wicket of the sensible batting from their Put in to bat on a good pitch fair bit of IPL experience but for 1 after the first six overs. Royals came up with a disci- Against KKR, Morris kept out their captain Eoin Mor- well-set , captain Sanju Samson who at the Wankhede stadium, failed to take advantage of the Gill got a lifeline when he plined performance with the chipping away at the wick- gan for a duck. Morris re- brilliantly caught in the cov- steered his team home with KKR's batsmen struggled to fielding restrictions in the was dropped by Yashasvi ball. ets. acted quickly on his follow ers by Chetan Sakariya for 42 not out from 41 balls.