Shahbaz Ahmed didn’t get a chance in LSG’s playing XI in the ongoing IPL 2025 fixture against SRH. As his replacement, LSG have included fast bowler Avesh Khan in the playing XI.
In 2021, MS Dhoni and his men were against going head-to-head against KKR in the final once again, who defeated them in 2012 to win their maiden IPL title.
Rayudu revealed that he was working hard on his fitness to be ready for the next three years.
Clearing the air on the controversy surrounding David Warner’s exclusion from the playing XI of SRH, the team’s assistant coach Brad Haddin has said that it “was not a cricket decision”.
The 23-year-old was an integral part of CSK’s playing XI before he suffered a lower-back injury.
“This has been a very unique IPL,” Manjrekar said.
Steyn pointed out that Faf and Tahir had not even announced their retirement from international cricket and yet were not even deemed worthy of a mere mention in a social media post despite years of service to the national cricket team.
CSK shared the video of the celebrations on social media wherein MS Dhoni, Suresh Raina, Ravindra Jadeja and Ruturaj Gaikwad were seen pouring cold drink on Shardul Thakur.
While Dhoni did deliver on his promise of a comeback, there were doubts in the minds of the fans whether Dhoni will continue to be around in Yellow.
MS Dhoni led side won their 4th IPL title to clinch the winners trophy, along with a prize money of INR 20 crores.
Soon after the result, the netizens flooded the microblogging website with humourous posts. Some also praised the champions- CSK.
All the CSK players were indeed delighted with their 4th ever IPL triumph.
With so much confusion around, the replays were shown on the big screen which clarified everything.
However, Bhatia added that Venkatesh should not be roped in into the national squad so early.
While Faf du Plessis (86 off 59) starred with the bat, Shardul Thakur took 3 crucial wickets with the ball.
Ahead of the the IPL 2021 final, KKR shared a video on social media where McCullum is seen motivating his players.
Given that it was Jaffer picking his team for the final on social media, the style of presentation had to be different from that of others.
Veteran CSK bowler Dwayne Bravo needs 1 more wicket to surpass Amit Mishra’s wicket tally and become 2nd highest wicket-taker in the IPL history.
Check out the team of the day for Indian T20 League final between Chennai and Kolkata.
All eyes will be on the openers of both sides as they have done the bulk of scoring for their respective sides throughout the tournament.
While Chennai defeated Delhi in Qualifier 1, Kolkata defeated Bangalore in Eliminator 1 and then beat Delhi in Qualifier 2 to book their place in the summit clash.
KKR skipper Eoin Morgan became the first player to register 3 ducks against the same team (Delhi Capitals) in single IPL season.
SRH won just two matches out of the seven that they played in the UAE during IPL 2021.
Rahul Tripathi’s six on the penultimate ball of the match over long off boundary sealed a three-wicket win for KKR in the Qualifier 2 against DC on Wednesday.
On a day when it looked like a rather one-sided contest, the netizens were thrilled as they were treated to some incredible drama towards the end.
A Twitter user shared the video of the hilarious incident with a caption, “24 year old kiddo.”
Around more than 13k tweets have already been posted under the hashtag on Wednesday.
The star all-rounder has already missed Bangladesh’s first warm-up match against Sri Lanka on October 12 and will even not be available for the game against Ireland either.
“I was not being explained why I was dropped as Hyderabad captain,” he said.
SunRisers Hyderabad had a forgetful season in IPL 2021 as the side only won 3 out of 14 games and finished at the bottom of the table.
What Shimron Hetmyer represents today is more than big hits and sixes whose true worth is the distance they travel; what he does represent, as a matter of fact, is a young bold generation of West Indians who like to get onto the front foot.
Kolkata Knight Riders released a short clip, wherein wicket-keeper batsman Dinesh Karthik took a stand for RCB players.
Out of the 30 matches played between these two teams, Kolkata have won 15, while their opponents have only managed to win 14 times.
Fans were upset with all-rounder Daniel Christian’s performance in the IPL 2021 Eliminator against Kolkata Knight Riders and some even resorted to abuses on his social media profile.
“I am so proud of the character shown by the boys,” Kohli posted.
Virat Kohli remains to be the youngest player ever to captain an IPL franchise.
Christian’s fellow Australian and RCB cricketer Glenn Maxwell also put out a message on social media to stop the trolls.
Harshal picked the wickets of both the Kolkata openers Shubman Gill and Venkatesh Iyer to level Bravo’s record on Monday.
With victory over RCB on Monday, KKR became the first team to win 3 eliminator games in IPL history.
The social media trolls stooped to a new low when they hurled abuses at RCB all-rounder Dan Christian’s partner.
The right-handed batsman is the leading run-scorer in history of tournament with 6283 runs to his name in 207 appearances.
The netizens did not miss the opportunity to roll out some hilarious memes on social media to add misery on RCB fans, who would be devastated by seeing their team come so close but yet remaining so far from the trophy.
Having already dismissed KS Bharat and Virat Kohli, Sunil Narine came to bowl the 15th over and produced another huge breakthrough for his side
Just when people in the theatre got to know about the sequence of events in Dubai, they echoed the cinema hall with ‘Dhoni Dhoni’ chants.
Hours before the start of the do-or-die match against Royal Challengers Bangalore, Kolkata stars Shubman Gill and Lockie Ferguson reflected on the team’s journey to the final four.
“If I am unable to give 120 percent towards my responsibilities, then I would rather leave it,” Kohli said.
With a win against DC, CSK became the only team to win at least 1 match against all other opponents in IPL 2021.
It was indeed a brilliant gesture from Virat Kohli as fans were delighted to see the incredible bonding between two of India’s greatest cricket captains ever.
His innings included 3 fours and one six.
As expected, MS Dhoni’s unbeaten 18-run knock off only 6 deliveries got the entire social media buzzing as fans were delighted to see the legend back in form.
With the match poised in such an intense situation, fans got to witness an exciting battle between experience and youth.
The DC skipper produced two memorable moments during his entertaining half-century on Sunday.
The former India captain had made the remark before Bangalore’s last league match against Delhi Capitals.
Which side has an edge over the other? Let’s find out.
The winner of the game would advance to Qualifier 2, while the loser will have to return home.
With very little to choose between the two teams -both in terms of head-to-head and recent form- this should be a great game of T20 cricket.
Akash Ambani motivated the Mumbai team members and opined that winning two back-to-back titles in two successive seasons is a big achievement.
Former KKR captain Gautam Gambhir took a sly dig at current KKR skipper Eoin Morgan.
Check out team of the day for Qualifier 1 between Delhi and Chennai.
While he didn’t bowl a single delivery in the season, the 2021 edition of IPL was neither good for Hardik in terms of batting.
Despite the loss on Friday night, Delhi Capitals ended the league stage as table-toppers.
KS Bharat smashed a six on the last ball of the game when 5 runs were needed to win.
Ishan Kishan smashed fastest ever fifty for MI in IPL history while Suryakumar Yadav recorded his highest IPL score of 82 (40).
The netizens did not miss out the opportunity to troll Mumbai Indians as they failed to progress to the play-offs after winning two back-to-back titles.
The scenes that followed Bharat’s finish glory finish were simply ecstatic.
The right-handed batsman played a match-defining knock of 78* off 52 deliveries in Dubai.
The replays showed that the ball was closer to Hetmyer’s chest rather than waist and yet was not signalled as a no-ball.
Prithvi Shaw gave a good start to Delhi’s innings and was nearing his 50 in the 12th over before he fell prey to George Garton’s extraordinary catch.
Pollard had started to walk back towards the dug-out but everything turned around in the next 30 seconds.
While there was a fielder who was interested in trying to pull that back for a while, it was too sweetly timed and just had to be a six.
It was SunRisers Hyderabad’s Rashid Khan who broke MI’s opening partnership.
RR were all out for 85 runs against KKR which is their 3rd lowest total in IPL overall.
Notably, the last time when these two sides faced each other in UAE, Hyderabad defeated Mumbai Indians by a margin of 10 wickets.
Punjab Kings took the fifth spot in the points table after a convincing win against Chennai Super Kings on Thursday.
After their loss to Punjab Kings on Thursday, Chennai finish the league matches placed second with 18 points.
The netizens also did not miss out the opportunity to troll Mumbai Indians, whose chances of going through to play-offs were almost squandered because of the huge margin of RR defeat.
Given that Dube had crossed the boundary line, the on-field umpire signaled that he only has to bat next and that none of the other batters could come in his place.
Check out team of the day for match number 55 between Hyderabad and Mumbai.
Both the IPL 2021 on October 8 are being played concurrently for the first time in the history of the competition.
In the bowling front, Harshal Patel is having a spectacular season and is currently at 29 wickets- most by any Indian bowler in single edition of the league.
Krunal Pandya and Quinton de Kock were dropped in the last game by Mumbai, with Ishan Kishan and James Neesham replacing them.
Dhoni made this announcement before the start of Chennai’s last league match against Punjab Kings.
Talking about Dhoni’s impact on Ruturaj, coach Sandeep Chavan said that MSD’s advice seems to be working well for him in the T20 tournament.
Malik was clocked at 153 kmph during the match against Bangalore and even Williamson was amazed at this achievement on a slow wicket.
The netizens also pointed out that teams like Delhi Capitals and Chennai Super Kings would be delighted with this result as it almost confirms them as top two sides in the league stages.
Unfortunately for SRH and Kane, they wasted a review as well as conceded an extra run by taking DRS.
Chennai Super Kings will take on Punjab Kings in their last league game on October 7 at the Dubai International Stadium, Dubai.
Check out team of the day for match number 54 between Kolkata and Rajasthan.
With both the teams needing a win from the game, here is an analysis on which of them would step into the contest as favourites.
It appears to be the most important match with regards to the Playoff scenario this season.
The Aussie dismissed Priyam Garg and Jason Roy in the same over to put RCB in a commanding position in Abu Dhabi.
In search of the breakthrough, Kohli got back his strike bowler Harshal Patel back into the attack and the leading wicket-taker did not disappoint.
Some exciting domestic talents in form of Venkatesh Iyer and Chetan Sakariya will be in action in this crucial contest on Thursday.
Chennai will aim to redeem from the last two losses and win this game for a top-two finish.
The Aussie managed to pull off the incredible shot, giving a glimpse of his extreme skillful abilities.
Not only will Chennai want to get to 20 points and be assured of a playoff berth, thanks to their superior net run rate, but they have also now lost two matches in a row and would want to head into the Playoffs with winning momentum.
So superb was Neesham’s shot at the basket that Ishan Kishan could not help but shout out loud in joy and excitement.
The netizens also did not miss the opportunity to troll Rajasthan Royals for their disappointing performance in such a crucial contest.
There was a livewire on the field in form of Glenn Phillips who was still giving it all for his side, despite the match almost done and dusted.
The ‘Whistle Podu’ army would undoubtedly be delighted with MS Dhoni’s statement where the CSK skipper has hinted that he will play a farewell game in Chennai.