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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 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 (7), 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 in 3 for 14 going into the final effortlessly, sending two over first victim. an outstanding all-round over, finished with 4-0-51-3. the fence. (22, 15 balls) threatened, display as Super Jadeja, at No.5, After Kohli fell to a slower albeit briefly, before being Kings crushed Royal was yet to open his account ball from castled by Jadeja. De Challengers by when he was dropped by (1/35) and Padikkal was Villiers (4), on whom the 69 runs here on Sunday. 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 , 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. 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- in the 2011 edition, half- 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 Innings scoring batsmen by the end of Saturday and are languish- arm spin , the star sion. delivered a double blow for African veteran with some 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. 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 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 c Jamieson b Patel 14 best this season, managing speedster , to derail RCB's run chase on to be an excellent outing for African off succes- Plessis and Gaikwad match- Ravindra Jadeja 62 80 runs from five matches. who has express pace to offer, a sluggish Wankhede pitch. purple 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. (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 , intro- 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 . 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- 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 . 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 (2/16) final over. more before he holed out off to break the opening part- 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 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. 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 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 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 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, , , 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, (wk), Strikers from 1:30 PM on and famil- like consistent performers in the formidable-looking World Cup winning skipper , con- Sarfaraz Khan, , 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, , , event, Rajesh Gill. the semifinals. Kumar (75kg) and Sumit example against MI with an unbeaten 60, his by six wickets in their last match. , Arshdeep Singh, Ishan The under-19 boys' cricket Amit, a world champi- Sangwan (81kg) bowed out third fifty in five games. Their batting unit need a complete turn- Porel, , , Dawid event is sponsored by the onships silver-medallist, lost early. has been the other main per- around in form if KKR has to snap their losing Malan, , Shahrukh Khan, Zonal Police Headquarters 5-0 to the Uzbek, who is also The Haryana lad is being former and the return to form of 'Universe streak. , Moises Henriques, Jalaj Jammu and supported by the reigning Olympic cham- seen as a strong medal con- Boss' Chris Gayle against MI with a 43 not out The top-five batsmen continued to struggle Saxena, , , Saurabh senior cricketers and KCSC. pion. tender in Tokyo despite the should be good news for Punjab. with only -- two half centuries -- Kumar. This was the Indian's sec- fact that it would be his But Deepak Hooda, who has not done much and doing anything of worth. Kolkata Knight Riders: Eoin Morgan (c), IPL 2021: leaves ond loss to Zoirov after the maiden Olympic appearance. after one impressive innings, will have to step Pacer played an incredible Dinesh Karthik, Shubman Gill, Nitish Rana, Rajasthan Royals Camp 2019 world championships. The 23-year-old has been a up if Punjab want to perform consistently. innings -- 66 not out -- for a losing cause , , , Sunil because of ‘personal reasons’ In that event, he had lost to consistent performer for the The place of Nicholas Pooran, who has scored against Chennai Super Kings but KKR would Narine, , , Lockie Zoirov in the finals. past three years, claiming 0, 0, 9, 0, in the playing XI is expected to be like their specialist batsmen to deliver consis- Ferguson, Pat Cummins, , „ AGENCY Both the boxers are bound gold medals at the Asian under review though his turn did not come in tently instead of relying on the lower order. , Prasidh Krishna, Rahul NEW DELHI: Rajasthan for the Tokyo Games, to be Games and the Asian the last match. Gill and Morgan have been in woeful form and Tripathi, , Shakib Al Royals' Australian pacer held in July-August. Championships. The Punjab bowlers, who have been pedestri- they desperately need big scores to make them- Hasan, Sheldon Jackson, , Andrew Tye on Sunday Zoirov had been upstaged He also became 's first an in earlier matches, came good in their last selves count. , , , flew back home due to by India's Asian silver-win- world championship finalist match with the talented Ravi Bishnoi (2/21) Gill has scored just 80 runs from his five and . "personal reasons" mak- ning boxer Deepak Kumar in in 2019. and senior India pacer Mohammad Shami innings. Morgan is even worse with just 45 Match starts at 7.30 PM. ing him the fourth over- seas recruit of the fran- chise to pull out of the ongoing Indian Premier FC Goa eye maiden win to remain in contention for ACL knock-out round JKSC postpones Khelo India mentors’ interviews League. Earlier, „ AGENCY side had dominated most part chasing its maiden win of the exposed the physical, technical „ STATE TIMES NEWS take place from tomorrow at Ashok Singh. The fresh Englishmen MARGAO: Back-to-back of the game. ACL after starting with two and tactical inferiority of FC JAMMU: Jammu and MA Stadium. In view dates for the interviews shall (hand surgery), Ben defeats may have dented their While Al Rayyan -- on one goal-less draws, the other one Goa in the last match though Kashmir Sports Council restrictions on the move- be announced in due course Stokes (finger fracture) confidence but FC Goa's point from four games -- are being against Al Wahda of the Ferrando rested a few first (JKSC), in view of the ment on Saturday and of time, added the DSO and Liam Livingstone maiden campaign in the AFC no longer in contention for a UAE. eleven players to preserve restrictions imposed by the Sunday, the candidates were Jammu. (bubble fatigue) had Champions League (ACL) knock-out berth after suffer- Juan Ferrando's Indian side them for the last two group Government to curb the fur- unable to move from their Important to mention opted out. "AJ Tye flew can still be revived if they beat ing three losses, FC Goa are were beaten 2-1 and 4-0 by matches. Goalkeeper Naveen ther spread of Cronovirus, respective destinations, so it here that he JKSC had back to Australia earlier Al Rayyan of Qatar in a still in the reckoning for a last edition runners-up Kumar made two horrendous has postponed the scheduled has been decided to post- invited the shortlisted eligi- today due to personal rea- reverse fixture here on Round of 16 spot with two Persepolis FC of Iran, show- mistakes to let in two goals interviews of the coach-cum- pone the interviews," ble candidates on April 26 sons. We will continue to Monday. points from four outings. ing the gulf in class when pit- and he is certain to be mentor for the proposed informed one of the three- (1-26) and April 27 (27- offer any support he may The two sides played out a 0- The Goan side, league stage ted against a top continental replaced by Moirangthem Khelo India centres. member penal for interviews 52) at the Sports House of need," Royals tweeted on 0 draw in their earlier Group winners of the 2019-20 Indian club. Dheeraj Singh who was bril- "Spread over two days, the and Divisional Sports the MA Stadium, here for the day. E match though the Qatari Super League, would also be The fancied Iranian side liant under the bar. interviews were scheduled to Officer (DSO) of JKSC, the interviews. China thinks no one can lift more than them, I want Over-reliant on top-order, SRH sink to Super Over defeat against DC „ AGENCY innings together . There was sheer elegance to break that and win gold in Olympics: Mirabai CHENNAI: Sunrisers Earlier, skipper Rishabh in his cover drives, both ahead of Chanu in the Tokyo Games qualify- 's inept middle- Pant (37) and along the ground and the ing rankings but only one of them can partic- order show foiled their splen- (34 not out) raised a 58-run ones played over the field as ipate as per the rules. did bowling effort as they stand for the fourth wicket Shaw backed his timing with Both have lifted more weight than the slumped to yet another in to ensure a fighting total for precision and power. Indian's personal best (205kg) with Hou DC after electing to bat. His six off pacer Siddarth Zhihui setting a new world record in snatch (IPL), losing Sunday's con- Shaw began with a hat- Kaul over long on and the and total weight with an effort of 213kg test against trick of fours off pacer ramp shot over short third- (96g+117kg) at the ongoing Asian via Super Over, here. . Those were man off the same bowler Championships. Hyderabad spinners breathtaking strokes, bore testimony to his Returning to international action after 16 and straight out of text book. supreme touch. months, the 2017 world champion lifted 86kg 's tight without support from other Khan in the seventh over. in snatch and a world record 119kg in clean spells had restricted the end. His fighting knock was Young took and jerk for a total of 205kg to pocket the Capitals to 159 for four not enough to take the side some time to find his feet SCORE BOARD „ AGENCY bronze medal at the Asian Championship. despite a quick 81-run stand home. against superior Capitals' Delhi Capitals Innings (win via super over) NEW DELHI: Nothing less than a gold will A delighted Chanu revealed that she gained between openers Prithvi However, timely hits from spin trio of R Ashwin, Axar run out (Ahmed/Suchith) 53 do for India's champion weightlifter, Mirabai the belief that she could create a world mark Shaw (53) and Shikhar Suchith (15 off 6) helped Patel and Amit Mishra, b Rashid Khan 28 Chanu, in the Tokyo Olympics as she seeks to at the 2019 World Championship when she Dhawan (28). SRH tie the scores and take which meant that the (c)† c Suchith b Kaul 37 break China's dominance and aura of invinci- had cleaned 118kg, that is moving the barbell However, Hyderabad's it to the Super Over. responsibility to find quick Steven Smith not out 34 bility in the sport. from the floor to a racked position across the over-reliance on their top- SRH managed just one runs was on the Kiwi bats- c Williamson b Kaul 01 "I don't want a silver in the Olympics, I want shoulders but failing to lift it to a stationary order batsmen meant that boundary, setting an easy man. not out 02 gold," declared the world record-breaking position above her head (jerk). once skipper eight-run target for Capitals Virat (4 off 14) consumed Extras 04 lifter during an interview with PTI. Jiang Huihua of China had successfully (6) and (38) who knocked off the required too many balls and was even- Total 159/4 She is determined to do better than tradi- heaved the same weight to set the world were dismissed, New runs despite Rashid Khan's tually dismissed by Khan. It Innings tional powerhouse China and claim the top record then. Zealand captain Kane brillance. brought (9) to David Warner (c) run out (Rabada/†Pant) 06 spot at the Tokyo Games. "I am very happy. We had decided in the last Williamson was left to At the start of the chase the crease but he too did not Jonny Bairstow † c Dhawan b 38 With North Korea withdrawing from the World Championship only that if we do anchor the sinking ship. after Warner's run out, it last long. He was not out 66 Olympics, it is likely to be a two-way race 118kg-119kg then it's a world record. DC are currently placed was other opener Bairstow, off Mishra. It was the mid- Virat Singh c Stoinis b Avesh Khan 04 between Chanu and the lifter representing "I had cleaned 118kg but missed out on the second with 8 points from who kept the run-rate under dle-order that faltered again Kedar Jadhav st †Pant b Mishra 09 China in the 49kg category. jerk. So, then I gained the confidence that I five games while SRH are control with his power hit- with SRH's chances of play- Abhishek Sharma lbw b Patel 05 "I have to go beyond the Chinese lifters. can lift more than them. We worked on it. seventh with a lone win. ting while Williamson was off qualification evaporating Rashid Khan lbw b Patel 00 They think that no one can lift more than "In snatch, I feel a little uncomfortable With Capitals packed with his usual assuring self. with each passing game. Vijay Shankar b Avesh Khan 08 them but I want to break that. I can fight because of my shoulder injury sometimes. My proven performers, it was Bairstow was dismissed SRH needed 50 runs from Jagadeesha Suchith not out 14 with them," Chanu said. confidence is a bit low but in clean and jerk I not possible for Williamson immediately after hitting a the final five overs with Extras 09 China currently has two lifters who are was up for the challenge," Chanu said. (66 not out) to do the job gigantic six of pacer Avesh Williamson holding the Total 159/7