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FIFA boss Infantino warns Can Warner get SRH Super League clubs back to winning ways? NEW DELHI, APRIL tion's place in the football 20: FIFA president Gianni "ecosystem". NEW DELHI, APRIL menacing so far to claim Infantino told the 12 break- The FIFA head, a former 20: Bruised and battered af- four in three games. away European Super UEFA general secretary, re- ter suffering defeats in their Punjab too are on a losing League clubs on Tuesday peated his opposition to the first three games, a desper- streak after the win in their that they could not be "half breakaway project. ate tournament opener over in, half out" of the estab- "We can only and strongly would seek inspiration from , suffering lished football system and disapprove of a Super skipper David Warner to ar- successive losses to Chen- must face up to the reality of League which is a closed rest any further slide when nai Super Kings and Delhi their decision. shop, breakaway from cur- they take on Punjab Kings in Capitals. Real Madrid, Barcelona, rent institutions," Infantino an IPL match, in Chennai, After their batting col- Manchester United, Liver- said. "No doubt whatsoever on Wednesday. lapse against CSK, Punjab pool and Juventus are of FIFA's disapproval. Full SRH couldn't have asked made a significant im- among the members of the support to UEFA. for a worse start to the sea- provement and rode on proposed new league, but "We hope that everything son as they slumped to three skipper KL Rahul (61) and UEFA has threatened to ban their choice, they are re- told UEFA's congress in will go back to normal, that straight defeats, and in all Mayank Agarwal (69) fifties them from domestic and in- sponsible for their choice - Montreux, Switzerland. everything will be settled, occasions while chasing. 54 against Royals Chal- Shankar, Abhishek Sharma to post a challenging 195/4 ternational competition and concretely this means, ei- Infantino's comments but always with respect, al- Punjab are a tad better lengers Bangalore. and Abdul Samad pulled up against Delhi. vowed to fight the move. ther you are in, or you are came after the Super League ways with solidarity and than SRH, having registered He also needs some seri- their socks as the likes of But a below-par effort "If some elect to go their out. You cannot be half in had called on Monday for with the interests of na- one win out of three games ous introspection before de- seasoned Kedar Jadhav and from their bowlers spoiled own way then they must live and half out. This has to be talks with UEFA and FIFA tional, European and global to be placed at seventh in the ciding his playing XI for the the young Priyam Garg are the hardwork of the open- with the consequences of absolutely clear," Infantino about their new competi- football." standings, a rung above clash against Punjab. waiting in the wings for ers. their Wednesday's oppo- Warner and Rashid Khan their opportunities. Mohammed Shami has nents.Chasing has been are certainties in the foreign SRH have also been hit not been in his best form so Sunrisers' achilles' heel so players' slots, but the ab- hard by the below-par far and leaked runs but NZ cricketers receive COVID-19 far in the league. They failed sence of Kane Williamson showing from their pace what would be a concern for to get past a low score has been badly felt as he can duo of Bhuvneshwar Ku- Rahul is the performance of against in provide solidity to the mid- mar and Thangarasu Australian pace duo of Jhye their last match. dle-order, especially after Natarajan. Richardson and Riley vaccines ahead of England trip SRH have been hit hard by they faltered in three consec- Natarajan, who was Meredith. NEW DELHI, APRIL that New Zealand may need the lack of depth in their utive chases. down with a niggle in is left Both Richardson and 20: New Zealand to "patch up" the Test side playing XI and the below- Going by Wridhhiman knee, was replaced by Meredith have been quite (NZC) said on Tuesday all against England, as players par Indian bench strength. Saha's poor form he could Khaleel Ahmed in their last expensive, with an economy of its home-based players from the IPL would need In these circumstances, make way for an Indian match and the latter did a rate of above 10 runs per heading to England for a extended quarantine with the onus rests on Warner to batsman, while Jonny good job to restrict Mum- match in the first three two-match Test series and Britain adding India to its do some magic and inspire Bairstow could take over bai. However, the experi- games, and it is time for the World Test Champi- travel "red-list" on Friday. his side to bounce back in the gloves. enced Bhuvneshwar has Rahul to think of other alter- onship final have received All-rounder Colin de the tournament. But what would be trou- struggled with the ball, con- natives like Chris Jordan. their first dose of a COVID- Grandhomme said he had A big innings is due from bling Warner most is the ceding at 10 runs per over Young Arshdeep Singh 19 vaccine. returned to training follow- the SRH captain as he has lack of depth in the team's for just two wickets in three has been impressive for The New Zealand govern- ing ankle surgery and scored just 93 runs from the local batting resources. games. Punjab with five wickets ment said last month it would be ready to play three matches he has played It's high time the likes of Rashid has been econom- from three games at an would allow athletes to when needed. so far with a highest score of Manish Pandey, Vijay ical (5.33) but didn't look economy rate of seven. jump the queue in the coun- "Since I've had the try's vaccine rollout to allow travel to England for a two- Zealand-based players to surgery the ankle has felt them to participate in Test series starting on June receive the first of two doses real good and it seems to events of "national signifi- 2 before facing India in the ahead of departure to Eng- keep getting better and it Dhoni-led CSK eye another win cance". ICC World Test Champi- land in May," NZC tweeted. feels normal again for a The country has also onship final on June 18 at Test players Kane change," De Grandhomme started administering vac- Southampton. Williamson, Mitchell Sant- was quoted as saying by ES- against struggling KKR cinations to its athletes NZC posted a photo on ner, Trent Boult and Kyle PNCricinfo. NEW DELHI, APRIL tralian pace bowling all- ahead of their departure for Twitter of paceman Neil Jamieson are currently "Looks like I'm tracking 20: On a roll after back-to- rounder Ben Cutting in the the July 23-August 8 Tokyo Wagner getting his injec- playing in the Indian Pre- well at the moment and back wins, the vintage less spin-friendly condi- Olympics. tion on Tuesday. mier League. should be ready to go for Chennai Super Kings would tions. The cricket team will "He's the last of our New ESPNCricinfo reported ball one if I'm needed." look to extend their win- Morgan also has per- ning run when they clash sisted with the veteran with struggling Kolkata , using Knight Riders in their next him to open the bowling in I want to keep on playing my IPL match in Mumbai on all the three matches but he Wednesday. has not made much of an After their abject cam- impact and could be re- shots, says RR captain Samson paign in UAE last year, the placed by left-arm wrist CSK started the season in spinner . an ominous fashion, losing NEW DELHI, APRIL KKR head coach Bren- to Delhi Capitals by seven against Punjab Kings, had don McCullum has already 20: Rajasthan Royals cap- wickets in a one-sided affair while the two Englishmen dismissed Virat Kohli and hinted of making some tain Sanju Samson is not for their second win in three -- Moeen Ali and Sam Cur- Rajat Patidar in five balls to changes after their 38-run bothered about failures and games. ran have made an impact have RCB in a spot with defeat to RCB. said he would continue to But since then, the Ma- with both bat and ball for 9/2 inside two overs. But in As for CSK, opener Rutu- bat with a positive mindset hendra Singh Dhoni-led CSK. a bizarre decision, Morgan and play his shots in the In- side has come on its own Explosive all-rounder Ali took the mystery spinner raj Gaikwad is enduring a dian Premier League. with the 'Captain Cool' has embraced the No 3 spot out of the attack and terrible form with scores of Samson smashed a blis- making the most of his re- with knocks of 36 from 24 brought in Shakib-Al- 5, 5 and 10 and it remains tering century in the first sources at the batting- balls (against Delhi Capi- Hasan as Glenn Maxwell to be seen whether he match which Royals lost friendly Wankhede sta- tals), 46 off 31 (against and AB de Villiers powered makes way for veteran narrowly to Punjab Kings dium. Punjab Kings) and 26 off them to 204/4. Robin Uthappa or is given a but failed to come good Deepak Chahar's bril- 20 in his match-winning It remains to be seen if longer rope by Dhoni who against Delhi Capitals and liance handed them their show against Rajasthan Morgan persists with is not known to tinker his against Chennai Super first win of the season Royals on Monday. Shakib or bring in Aus- playing XI much. Kings with scores of 1 and 4 respectively in the last two games. "Yeah, actually it keeps on EPL: Leeds hold Liverpool happening in this format of the game. I think IPL defi- nitely demands a lot of risk- amid Super League protests taking shots. And I said be- fore when I succeeded, I NEW DELHI, league" while the Liver- opponent was defending from 15 metres after Trent took a lot of risks. That's APRIL 20: An 87th- pool team coach was close to their goal." Alexander-Arnold beat why I scored a hundred. So, minute header from de- greeted with fans venting His Liverpool counter- Leeds goalkeeper Illan it depends actually on the fender Diego Llorente their anger. part Juergen Klopp put on Meslier to a long Diogo day, the mindset you are gave Leeds United a 1-1 The result left Liverpool a brave face after his team Jota pass and squared it to coming with," Samson said home draw with Liver- sixth on 53 points from 32 let victory slip away from the Senegalese forward. after RR lost to CSK by 45 pool in the Premier games, one behind fifth- their grasp. Roberto Firmino came runs in Mumbai on Monday ways there. When you play "Looking at the previous day at the crucial No 4 posi- League on Monday after placed Chelsea who have "It is disappointing of close to adding a second night. IPL, pressure is always matches, we played here or tion. the home side staged a a game in hand and two course but we cannot say shortly after the break but "Actually, I don't want to there. Sometimes you suc- which we watched on the "I think our batting order protest against the break- adrift of West Ham it was not deserved for Leeds then pegged back restrict my shots, I want to ceed and sometimes you TV, I think bowling first has is very nicely set up. I think away Super League prior United in fourth. Leeds Leeds," he said. "We had the visitors and missed keep on playing my shots fail. I think IPL is a long for- more advantage than bowl- Shivam Dube is someone to the kickoff. stayed 10th on 46 points. big chances in the first several chances before and keep on batting the way mat and you play 14 contin- ing second. So that's why we who is good at playing spin Leeds players came out Leeds manager Marcelo half but didn't use those. Llorente rose above his I love to bat actually. So, I uous matches, it is very nor- opted to bowl first and actu- and pace. I think No 4 really for their warm-up wear- Bielsa praised his team for "We will fight for the markers to head home a am also accepting a lot of mal to fail in a few matches. ally restricting CSK around suits him. It depends upon ing shirts emblazoned digging deep to avoid de- Champions League with Jack Harrison corner. failures on the way. So, I am "(But) it is always crucial 180 was really good work by the condition actually. with the slogan "Earn It" feat. all we have. This a point Substitute Mohamed not at all worried about get- to remember how good a our bowlers. "I think he has definitely under the Champions "There were periods more in the end. It is al- Salah had scuffed a close- ting out, but at the same team we are...So, we will "I thought if the dew done really well in the do- League logo -- a reference when one dominated the ways best to win all the range shot wide for Liver- time, I will definitely look to keep on coming back and comes on and the mestic season and I feel he to the fact that the pro- other," he told the BBC. games but if not we have pool moments before keep on contributing to my keep on trying to win the eases out a bit, it would have is really looking good and posed 20-club Super "Perhaps in the second to shake a bit and go again Llorente scored his first team's victory in the coming coming matches," Samson been an easy chase for us ac- we expect a lot of runs from League will have 15 per- half when we were losing and that is what we will goal for Leeds and Alex matches." said. tually," he added. him in the coming matches. manent members with no we had more continuity do." Oxlade-Chamberlain He said the IPL is a long Samson said the chase on Asked about the batting David Miller is a really great relegation. when we were searching Sadio Mane fired Liver- spurned a gilt-edged tournament and it was nor- Monday night would have order, the RR captain finisher and one of the A plane flew overhead for the equaliser. pool ahead in the 31st chance to snatch a stop- mal to fail in a few matches. been easy if dew had come backed Shivam Dube, who greatest finishers in world trailing a banner pro- "We kept on being dan- minute when he steered page-time winner for the "Pressure to perform is al- in. could not get going on Mon- cricket." claiming "say no to super- gerous even though the the ball into an empty net visitors.