10 z Monday z April 26, 2021 Shubman will be one among highest-scoring Jadeja’s all-round heroics powers CSK batsmen by end of IPL: Hussey to 69-run win over RCB AGENCY Harshal Patel before adding (8) and Padikkal, who pro- 5 in the 10th over. MUMBAI: The irrepressible another off the fifth ball. vided a flying start by racing Washington Sundar (7), Ravindra Jadeja blasted an He smashed the last ball to 44 in three overs. who was promoted to the IPL record-equalling 37 over square leg for four as Padikkal looked in sublime No.3 spot, could not make runs in one over and then Harshal, who had figures of touch as he hit boundaries an impact and was Jadeja's grabbed three big wickets in 3 for 14 going into the final effortlessly, sending two over first victim. Glenn Maxwell an outstanding all-round over, finished with 4-0-51-3. the fence. (22, 15 balls) threatened, display as Chennai Super Jadeja, batting at No.5, After Kohli fell to a slower albeit briefly, before being Kings crushed Royal was yet to open his account ball from Sam Curran castled by Jadeja. De Challengers Bangalore by when he was dropped by (1/35) and Padikkal was Villiers (4), on whom the 69 runs here on Sunday. Dan Christian off dismissed by Shardul team's hopes rested, was AGENCY tournament. He is an Jadeja pummelled 62 off Washington Sundar. Thakur (1/11), things went foxed by Jadeja, who got MUMBAI: Backing the out- absolute class act," Hussey 28 balls and lifted CSK to Playing for RCB, Chris downhill for the Bengaluru one to turn to dismiss the of form Shubman Gill, added. 191 for four after skipper Gayle had also scored 37 had kept CSK in check. du Plessis never let go of a team as it slipped to 81 for dangerous South African. Kolkata Knight Riders team KKR, who started the tour- Mahendra Singh Dhoni runs, against Kochi Tuskers Earlier, a second straight scoring opportunity and put mentor David Hussey said nament with a win, slumped opted to bat in a top-of-the- Kerala in the 2011 edition, half-century for Faf du away the bad deliveries. the opener is a "class act" who to their fourth consecutive table clash. the bowler being Prasanth Plessis (50 off 41 balls) pro- Gaikwad, who began slowly, SCORE BOARD will be among the highest- defeat of the season on Then, with his slow-left Parameswaran on that occa- pelled CSK before Harshal caught up with the South Chennai Super Kings Innings scoring batsmen by the end of Saturday and are languish- arm spin bowling, the star sion. delivered a double blow for African veteran with some Ruturaj Gaikwad c Jamieson b Chahal 33 the IPL. ing at the bottom of the all-rounder picked up the The left-handed Jadeja RCB in the 14th over, get- superb shots. Faf du Plessis c Christian b Patel 50 The highly talented 21- points table. important wickets of AB de made full use of the reprieve ting rid of Suresh Raina The CSK openers raced to Suresh Raina c Padikkal b Patel 24 year-old has not been at his Asked why New Zealand Villiers and Glenn Maxwell to ruin what was turning out (24) and the former South 51 in six overs with du Ambati Rayudu c Jamieson b Patel 14 best this season, managing speedster Lockie Ferguson, to derail RCB's run chase on to be an excellent outing for African captain off succes- Plessis and Gaikwad match- Ravindra Jadeja not out 62 80 runs from five matches. who has express pace to offer, a sluggish Wankhede pitch. purple cap holder Harshal, sive deliveries. ing each other shot for shot. MS Dhoni (c)† not out 02 "He is a star player, he took has not got a game yet, After a cracking start that Patel, with his brutal last Raina belted three sixes The RCB pacers -- Kyle Extras 06 the Test match arena by Hussey said the team man- saw them cross 50 in five over onslaught. during his 18-ball knock Jamieson and Mohammad Total 191/4 storm in Australia. He is very agement will be going back to overs, RCB were stopped at With CSK placed at 154/4 which gave CSK the move- Siraj -- could not make Royal Challengers Bangalore Innings specific and he has a great the drawing board in terms of 122 for nine in 20 overs. when Harshal was handed on after the openers had set much of an impression. Virat Kohli (c) c †Dhoni b Curran 08 work ethic," said Hussey at strategies. The immensely-talented the ball, Jadeja hit the first up a good platform with a Yuzvendra Chahal, intro- Devdutt Padikkal c Raina b Thakur 34 the virtual post-match press "Lockie Ferguson is at the Devdutt Padikkal top-scored four balls for towering sixes 74-run partnership. duced in the fourth over, too Washington Sundar c Gaikwad b Jadeja 07 conference after KKR were peak of his powers, he is a with a blazing 34 off just 15 and followed them with Ambati Rayudu, who came could not make an immedi- Glenn Maxwell b Jadeja 22 handed a six-wicket defeat by class act and he is an excel- balls. another maximum and a in at No.4, hit a huge six in ate impact. AB de Villiers † b Jadeja 04 Rajasthan Royals. lent player for New Zealand. Veteran South African leg- boundary in the seven-ball his 14 and looked good for Chahal, though, managed Dan Christian run out (Jadeja) 01 "All I can say is that form He bowled well for KKR last spinner Imran Tahir (2/16) final over. more before he holed out off to break the opening part- Kyle Jamieson run out (Imran Tahir) 16 will come and go, class is year in UAE. picked up two wickets for Skipper Mahendra Singh Harshal's bowling a few nership in the 10th over by Harshal Patel b Imran Tahir 00 always permanent. "He is going to push for CSK while giving away very Dhoni remained not out on deliveries after appearing to getting Gaikwad to miscue Navdeep Saini c Raina b Imran Tahir 02 "He is one class individual, selection for the next games. few runs. 2. have hurt himself while an attempted big shot which Yuzvendra Chahal not out 08 both on and off the field. We will look at all strategies Jadeja began the final over Jadeja's assault came after stretching to get back to the was caught by Jamieson. Mohammed Siraj not out 12 Mark my words, he will be going ahead, everything is of CSK innings by clobber- the RCB bowlers -- Patel crease. RCB capitulated after the Extras 08 one of the highest-scoring on the table in terms of ing four consecutive sixes off and Mohd Siraj (0/32) -- Batting first, Gaikwad and exit of skipper Virat Kohli Total 122/9 batsmen by the end of the selection. PPCPL: Two matches today Amit settles for bronze at Rejuvenated Punjab Kings seek to build winning momentum against KKR STATE TIMES NEWS AGENCY from five innings. JAMMU: After a day's Governor’s Cup in Russia AHMEDABAD: Their three-match losing Sunil Narine has been used to boost to KKR break on Sunday in view of AGENCY the Strandja Memorial streak finally over, Punjab Kings would seek to innings on two occasions but the West Indian the restrictions imposed by NEW DELHI: Olympic- Tournament in Bulgaria ear- build a winning momentum when they face the has not delivered till now with scores of 4 and the government, the organis- bound Indian boxer Amit lier this year. struggling Kolkata Knight Riders in an IPL 6. In the bowling department, Russell, Varun ers of the PPCPL have Panghal (52kg) settled for a Amit was the lone Indian to match here on Monday. Chakravarthy and Prasidh Krishna have been scheduled two matches for bronze medal make the Punjab made a winning start but then doing reasonably well with 7, 6 and 5 wickets tomorrow at KC Sports Club at the medal slumped to three straight losses before produc- respectively. (KCSC) ground, here. Governor's rounds of ing a clinical show to beat defending champions Cummins has been underwhelming perform- "In the first match, Elite Cup in St theMumbai by nine wickets on Friday, and they ance so far with four wickets from five matches. Tigers shall take on Virddhi Petersburg, Governor's would look to notch up another triumph against (2/21) leading the charge. The Teams (From): Royals at 9:30 AM, followed Russia after Cup after KKR which have suffered four defeats on the Young Arshdeep Singh has been a consistent Punjab Kings: KL Rahul (c & wk), Mayank by the second match between going down to seasoned trot. bowler with six wickets from five matches. Agarwal, Chris Gayle, Mandeep Singh, Game Changer and Summer world champi- competitors Captain KL Rahul has been one of the few On the other hand, KKR, led by England's Prabsimran Singh, Nicholas Pooran (wk), Strikers from 1:30 PM on and famil- like consistent performers in the formidable-looking World Cup winning skipper Eoin Morgan, con- Sarfaraz Khan, Deepak Hooda, Murugan onwards," coordinator of the iar foe Shakhobidin Zoirov in Olympic-bound Ashish Punjab batting unit and he once again led by tinued to slide after losing to Rajasthan Royals Ashwin, Ravi Bishnoi, Harpreet Brar, event, Rajesh Gill. the semifinals. Kumar (75kg) and Sumit example against MI with an unbeaten 60, his by six wickets in their last match.