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The Wankhede Stadium in Mumbai hosted the 14th match of the Indian Premier League 2024 (IPL 2024) between the Hardik Pandya-led Mumbai Indians (MI) and Sanju Samson-led Rajasthan Royals (RR) on Monday, April 1. Rajasthan Royals (RR) won the toss and as expected elected to bowl first in the match. They made one notable change to their bowling unit as Sandeep Sharma, who was unfit, made the way for Nandre Burger in the playing XI. The decision to have a go with the ball turned out to be excellent for the visiting team as the star left-arm pacer Trent Boult made the Mumbai batters dance to his tunes. Trent Boult dismissed Rohit Sharma and Naman Dhir for golden ducks on the 5th and 6th ball of the first over of the innings. MI were forced to bring in Dewald Brevis ahead of the second over as an impact player. Nandre Burger came to bowl the second over and he bowled some brilliant lines and lengths but wasn’t able to pick any wickets. Then, Trent Boult came again and dismissed Brevis ...

All eyes were on Rohit Sharma as Mumbai Indians locked horns against Rajasthan Royals on Monday (April 1) in their first home game of the ongoing IPL 2024. The right-handed batsman was playing an IPL game at the Wankhede Stadium as a non-captain for the first time in over a decade. Rohit Sharma led MI from 2013 to 2023 before being sacked and replaced by allrounder Hardik Pandya. Unsurprisingly, expectations were sky high from the former MI captain. However, the India skipper failed to live up to the expectations and was out for a golden duck. Up against his former IPL teammate Trent Boult, Rohit Sharma once again showed that he struggles against left-arm pacers. On the fifth ball of the over, Boult bowled an angled delivery that was going away and Rohit Sharma poked at it and ended up edging the ball behind the stumps where Sanju Samson took a fine catch. With Rohit Sharma falling for a duck, few fans were quick to have some fun at his expense. Here are some of the reactions to...

In the 13th match of the Indian Premier League 2024 (IPL 2024) , the Rishabh Pant-led Delhi Capitals (DC) took on the Ruturaj Gaikwad-led Chennai Super Kings (CSK) at the Dr. Y.S. Rajasekhara Reddy ACA-VDCA Cricket Stadium in Visakhapatnam on Sunday, March 31. Delhi Capitals won the toss and surprisingly elected to bat first in the match. They made two changes to their playing XI as Kuldeep Yadav, who had a niggle, and Ricky Bhui were replaced by Prithvi Shaw and Ishant Sharma. Chennai Super Kings, unsurprisingly, fielded an unchanged playing XI. Playing in his first match in the ongoing edition of the Indian Premier League (IPL), Prithvi Shaw set the stage on fire and gave a message to the DC team management. He played his natural attacking brand of cricket and was involved in a terrific partnership of 93 runs with veteran opening batsman David Warner. Shaw smashed 43 runs off 27 balls during his stay in the middle and David Warner slammed 52 runs off 25 balls. The DC openers wer...

Fans on Twitter reacted after Delhi Capitals (DC) skipper Rishabh Pant slammed a magnificent half-century in the game against Chennai Super Kings (CSK). The 12th game of the ongoing Indian Premier League (IPL) 2024 at the Visakhapatnam.   Rishabh Pant is well and truly back as he oozed his class back with the bat in the ongoing game against Chennai Super Kings. The keeper-batter struggled to get going in the first two games but made sure that he got back his rhythm and entertained his fans.   Rishabh Pant came to bat at No.3 when David Warner got out for 53 runs. The keeper-batter looked scratchy with the bat early on his innings and it seemed it would be another frustrating innings for him. But despite a poor start, he held his nerve and made sure he stayed there at the crease.   Rishabh Pant himself looked livid with the way he started. But once he had his eye in, it was old Rishabh Pant as he hit one-handed sixes and smashed the balls all over the park. What was ...

Gujarat Titans (GT), on Sunday (March 31), beat Sunrisers Hyderabad (SRH) by seven wickets to register their second win in the ongoing IPL 2024. Chasing 163, the Gujarat-based outfit chased down the total with five balls remaining. Wriddhiman Saha gave GT a fast start by scoring 25 runs off just 12 balls before being sent back by Shahbaz Ahmed. Captain Shubman Gill and Sai Sudharsan then added 38 runs for the second wicket before the former perished while trying to play a big shot. Gill stepped down the track against Mayank Markande and hit his shot straight to the fielder at long-on to depart for 36. Sunday plans – dekho Gill aur karo chill 😎 ✅ #GTvSRH #IPLonJioCinema #TATAIPL pic.twitter.com/H6bak0h3gX — JioCinema (@JioCinema) March 31, 2024 Sudharsan and David Miller did not let SRH capitalize on the breakthrough as they added 64 runs for the third wicket. Pat Cummins broke the stand in the 17th over by dismissing Sudharsan for 45 to reduce GT to 138 for 3. Miller and V...

Nicholas Pooran-led Lucknow Super Giants (LSG) and Shikhar Dhawan-led Punjab Kings (PBKS) locked horns with each other in the 11th match of the Indian Premier League 2024 (IPL 2024) . The match between the teams was hosted by the Bharat Ratna Shri Atal Bihari Vajpayee Ekana Cricket Stadium in Lucknow on Saturday, March 30. Lucknow Super Giants won the toss and opted to bat. They made some notable changes to their team with the biggest one being Nicholas Pooran leading the team in place of KL Rahul, who played the match as an impact player. LSG also handed the debut caps to Mayank Yadav and Manimaran Siddarth. PBKS, however, fielded an unchanged playing XI for the match. KL Rahul came to open the innings with Quinton de Kock and played his natural game. Rahul just couldn’t get going and he was back in the hut after scoring 9-ball 15. He was cleaned up by Arshdeep Singh in the 4th over of the innings. The No.3 batter Devdutt Padikkal was up next and just like Rahul he wasn’t able to...