Before this knock, the last time Glenn Maxwell smashed a fifty in IPL was against KKR in 2016 and post that, he played 40 innings without a fifty in IPL.
RCB registered a hard-fought six-run victory with a dominating performance in the death overs.
Just when SRH needed to maintain their composure against Ahmed, Abdul Samad struck the ball in the air on the last delivery to give Shahbaz the third wicket of the over.
Twitterati was ready with their wits and memes and they left no stones unturned to troll the losing side.
With just 35 runs required off 24 balls, Jonny Bairstow was on strike alongside Manish Pandey, where he tried to send in a message to the RCB spinner. But it turned out to give the momentum to the other side.
Recently, in a video shared by the franchise’s official Twitter account, Maxwell revealed how Kohli had discussed the idea with him in December last year when India toured Australia for the series across formats.
Manish Pandey came in running and jumped ahead to take a diving catch to dismiss the RCB southpaw.
Virat Kohli, who always put a price on his wicket was again dismissed in 30s, which frustrated the RCB skipper.
Royal Challenger Bangalore faced Mumbai Indians in the opening match of the IPL 2021. De Villers, who usually bats at no. 3 was sent down the order and he contributed significantly well for the side.
Rajasthan Royals tasted a narrow 4-run defeat in their opening match against Punjab Kings on Monday.
While Rajasthan came tantalisingly close to win against the Punjab in their opening game, Delhi were ruthless against Chennai in their first encounter this season.
The England all-rounder suffered a devastating blow to his finger while attempting to dismiss Chris Gayle in RR’s opening encounter against Punjab Kings.
This is a crucial match for Sunrisers Hyderabad and Royal Challengers Bangalore as they seek to climb up the points table.
While the Delhi camp were happy with the kind of start they were off to after a dominant over Chennai Super Kings in their opening game, the news comes as a shocker to the side led by the young captain Rishabh Pant.
Ahead of RCB’s second game, Mike Hesson revealed that star opener “will be considered” and is “most likely to play”.
Thala fans would hope that MSD regains his form and is back to scoring big for CSK.
Yuzvendra Chahal will become only the 3rd player to play 100 matches for RCB in IPL after AB de Villiers and Chris Gayle.
Andre Russell has now picked 66 wickets for KKR in IPL, becoming the 2nd joint-highest wicket-taker for KKR in IPL. Only Sunil Narine has more wickets for KKR.
Both these teams are evenly matched and would be banking on their stars to turn up for this pivotal clash.
The incident depicted the true spirits of the fans while the IPL festivity is going on. Regardless of what the situation is, the MI fan wanted to watch his team battle it out against KKR with utmost peace.
Reflecting on the possible options for RR, the 38-year-old named a very exciting Aussie cricketer who has done well in Big Bash League.
With such a roller-coaster match for the viewers, the trollers certainly had a lot on their plate to talk about.
As the 33-year-old got ready to bowl the first delivery, he twisted his ankle which looked very scary in the first view.
The injury took place when the all-rounder dived forward to take a stunning catch to dismiss Chris Gayle.
Russell got the wickets of Kieron Pollard, Krunal Pandya, Marco Jansen, Rahul Chahar and Jasprit Bumrah to round up MI’s tally to 152 runs.
Archer had suffered an injury in his middle finger while cleaning his home in January this year.
Against a length delivery from Pat Cummins, Suryakumar Yadav played a mesmerizing flick shot over deep square.
Playing his first match for MI, the 31-year-old played a superb knock of 49 runs from 35 deliveries against RCB.
Rajat Bhatia opined that Sanju should have run that single as Chris Morris, who was at the other end, was more than capable of hitting a boundary.
The 19-year-old received plenty of consolatory messages on his tweet with people applauding him for his effort and suggesting that he has a bright future ahead of him.
As soon as PBKS took the field on Monday, fans went berserk on Twitter.
Rajasthan Royals bought the South African all-rounder for Rs. 16.25 crore in the auction ahead of the 14th edition of the tournament.
Ahead of the clash on Tuesday, the 43-year-old named ‘ah mint’ and ‘anger nomoi’ as the two key players for the contest.
It could well be a battle between RCB’s batting against SRH’s bowling when the teams meet at Chennai on Wednesday.
With Quinton de Kock being back in the side, it will be interesting to see if Chris Lynn can retain his spot in the Playing XI.
Raina announced his retirement from international cricket on August 15, 2020.
There was an interesting happening during the 2nd innings which left the fans confused. A mysterious blue layer was spotted on the ball when Sanju Samson and Jos Buttler were batting.
The rollercoaster game not only brought entertainment on the field but gave trollers and Twitterati a chance to entertain off the field as well.
While there have been some outstanding catches by Chetan Sakariya, Rahul Tewatia and Arshdeep Singh, there have been as many as five dropped catches as well.
KL Rahul’s brilliant innings (91 off 50) ended after the brilliance from RR all-rounder on the field.
Pooran played a mistimed pull shot which flew to the left of the Sakariya at short fine leg. He dived full length and grabbed it two-handed.
The 25-year-old, who was recently suspended by Baroda Cricket Board for opting out of Syed Mushtaq Ali trophy, smashed a half-century off just 20 balls against Rajasthan.
Interestingly, Rohit Sharma back in his Deccan Chargers days was a regular bowler and bowled 46 overs in his first 3 seasons.
As Punjab donned a new red and gold jersey, the fans were quick to point out the resemblance of the same with the old jersey of Royal Challengers Bangalore in 2008.
The 26-year-old has become the 6th captain to lead Rajasthan Royals in IPL.
Rajasthan finished last in the IPL 2020, while Punjab Kings finished sixth.
Mumbai Indians started the tournament once again losing their opening game, however, Kolkata started off with a win over Sunrisers Hyderabad, courtesy Nitish Rana & Rahul Tripathi’s half-century & Dinesh Karthik’s cameo knock.
With a new captain in their pecking order, Rajasthan will look to reverse their fate and fortunes this season.
While Rajasthan Royals have been trophyless since 2009, Punjab are still on the quest for their maiden IPL title.
Rohit Sharma’ side have always had an edge over KKR, winning 21 of their 27 matches against the franchise in IPL.
Rajasthan Royals will open their 2021 campaign against Punjab Kings on April 12.
Both Rajasthan Royals and Punjab Kings will open their IPL 2021 campaign on April 12 at Wankhede Stadium, Mumbai.
In De Kock’s absence, Chris Lynn made his debut for MI and scored a well-made 49 and it would be a good selection headache for the team management to have ahead of their second match.
King Khan also had a few words for veteran Harbhajan Singh who made his debut for the franchise on Sunday.
Kolkata Knight Riders won the first game in Chennai after nearly 9 years. The last time they won in Chennai was in the 2012 IPL finals against CSK.
Rajasthan Royals finished eighth in IPL 2020, but with a new captain in the form of Sanju Samson the side will hope to make it into the playoffs this time.
Amid an exciting clash between KKR and SRH, there was a very scary moment that occurred on the field.
CSK captain MS Dhoni was fined Rs. 12 Lakhs for a slow over-rate. However, fans on social media withstood their opinion on Rohit Sharma and Virat Kohli getting excused for the same.
The duo added 93 runs in just 50 deliveries for the second wicket, ensuring that KKR would go on to get an above-par total on a belter track in Chennai.
Rana was married in February 2019 to Saachi Marwah, who is an interior designer by profession.
Notably, the Jamaican had coloured his hair blonde last in 2019, coincidentally before the match against Sunrisers Hyderabad.
While both the teams failed to qualify for the playoffs last season, they wouldn’t want to give an inch away in the star of a brand new season.
It would be hard to argue with the fact that he remains one of the best spinners in the business but what about Rashid Khan the batsman?
Kolkata Knight Riders will be playing their opening match against David Warner’s Sunrisers Hyderabad.
Buttler remains a mainstay of the leadership group of RR and his international experience would be vital if RR want to win their second IPL trophy.
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Both SRH and KKR are yet to win a single match in Chennai since 2013
CSK haven’t got off to an ideal start as they lost the first match to the Delhi Capitals by seven wickets, in a contest that exposed the vulnerabilities of their bowling department.
Rishabh Pant-led Delhi Capitals chased 189 runs to register seven-wicket victory with eight balls to spare.
There was a hilarious moment during Chris Lynn’s birthday celebrations when Krunal Pandya cheekily called Lynn as ‘Johnny Sins’.
After CSK’s loss to Delhi Capitals skipper, MS Dhoni had another reason to be disappointed as he was fined Rs 12 lakh for slow over-rate.
The 21-year-old opener added 138 runs for the opening wicket alongside Shikhar Dhawan (85 off 54) before losing his wicket to Dwayne Bravo.
The CSK bowlers were thrashed all around the Wankhede Stadium and Virender Sehwag took a dig at Men in Yellow.
As Delhi Capitals got off to a flying start in reply to CSK’s total of 188, a very interesting incident happened in the 8th over.
Shikhar Dhawan grabbed three incredible catches during the match.
Tom conceded 23 runs in the second last over, giving the entire control of the innings to CSK, who headed into the last over to finish on a high.
The experienced campaigner received a huge round of applause from his teammates and also received a pat on the back from Sam Billings.
Raina’s knock of 54 runs off 36 deliveries ended in the most unfortunate manner on Saturday.
The stylish left-handed batsman came out to bat when Chennai were struggling at 7/2 in 2.1 overs.
Chennai Super Kings have done the unlikely and are going in with 4 all-rounders, excluding Shardul Thakur.
The former Australian all-rounder had anchored the title win for CSK in 2018, having performed significantly in the finals.
SRH have a formidable batting unit, specially at the top-order that contains big guns like Jonny Bairstow, David Warner and Kane Williamson.
Punjab Kings batting coach wanted to be as mysterious as he could while predicting the winners for Saturday’s contest.
KKR got the better of SRH on both the occasions in IPL 2020, with the last match between the two sides going to a super over.
Chennai Super Kings will play their season opener on April 10 against Delhi Capitals.
Delhi Capitals will be without their star all-rounder for their opening game.
While MSD smashed some huge hits down the straight as usual, he also belted some towards the ‘cow corner’ region.
The newly-appointed DC skipper is set to make his IPL captaincy debut against none other than his idol, MS Dhoni.
Former Glenn Maxwell hit his first six in the tournament in nearly two years. He said that hitting a six in IPL after as many as 1079 days was like getting a monkey off his bat.
Sources close to the CSK camp have revealed the possible batting order for the Chennai Super Kings for their opening game against the Delhi Capitals.
Despite his poor performance last season, RCB went after Maxwell in the auctions and included him for a whopping INR 14.25 crores.
One of CSK’s top performers last season, Sam Curran, is expected to play a significant role if the Men in Yellow are to reach the playoffs and win their fourth title.
DC bowlers will look to exploit a glaring weakness in CSK’s batting – the lack of game-time for some of their players as Dhoni has not played any cricket since last year’s IPL.
When the Delhi boys step out on the field this time, they will be without their regular captain Shreyas Iyer – who has been ruled out of the entire season owing to a shoulder injury.
Harshal Patel bagged his maiden five-wicket haul in the IPL and also became the first bowler to take a fifer against Mumbai Indians.
The right-handed batsman used his feet off the bowling of Krunal Pandya and smashed a mammoth 100m six.
The 55-year-old showed his humorous side as Mumbai Indians were facing Royal Challengers Bangalore on Friday.
On the second delivery of the 15th over, the 27-year-old smashed the ball straight at the bowler who tried to catch before ducking out of the way.
In the recently-concluded series against England, Kohli managed to win only 2 tosses in 12 matches.
Jaffer has seemingly backed a pacer to come good at Chennai.