Lendl Simmons, Ambati Rayudu power Mumbai Indians to 7-wicket victory over Sunrisers Hyderabad in IPL 2014

May 13, 2014

IPL_2014Mumbai, May 13: Lendl Simmons and Ambati Rayudu‘s sparkling 130-run partnership helped Mumbai Indians power to a seven-wicket victory in their Indian Premier League (IPL) 2014 match against Sunrisers Hyderabad at the Rajiv Gandhi International Stadium. With this win, Mumbai go above the Royal Challengers Bangalore in the IPL 2014 Points Table and moved into sixth place.

It was easily Mumbai’s most comprehensive victory of the season. A total of 157 looked competitive, but Simmons and Ambati were batting on a different plane. The first few overs were tough during the run-chase as Simmons struggled to get going and CM Gautam was dismissed early.

Rayudu and Simmons came together in the second over with only two on the board. They had tough times early on, but when Irfan Pathan came on in the fifth over, Simmons smashed him for two sixes and a four. That shifted the momentum in favour of Mumbai and both looked in great touch thereafter. That partnership saw some great strokeplay and the best bowling attack in the league was left shell-shocked.

Simmons was doing very well, particularly against the spinners and he got to his half-century in 39 balls. He played very well through the leg-side and some of the sixes he hit were absolutely magnificent. At the same time, Rayudu also got going with a few big hits and raced to his fifty in 34 balls. The 130-run partnership ended in the 16th over when Simmons was bowled by Bhuvneshwar Kujmar when he tried to walk across the stumps. Rayudu was also dismissed for 68 by Moises Henriques when he hit one back to him with Mumbai in touching distance of victory. Rohit Sharma and Kieron Pollard then finished the last rites as the chase was completed with eight balls to spare.

This came after Hyderabad had won the toss and elected to bat in their first home game of the season. Hyderabad were led by Aaron Finch’s 68 as he held the innings together when they lost Shikhar Dhawan and KL Rahul in the first ten overs. It was then that David Warner joined Finch and helped Hyderabad climb to a good score.

Finch’s 68 had its big hits, but was largely sedate as he faced a total of 62 balls. And, Mumbai did bowl well in the middle overs and spilling into the death overs. Harbhajan Singh conceded only 27 runs in his four overs and Jasprit Bumrah gave away only 24. Lasith Malinga was also doing well as he took two wickets, but was taken apart for a few runs towards the end as the last two overs of the innings went for 33. Warner got to his fifty and took Hyderabad to 157.

Brief scores:

Sunrisers Hyderabad 157 for 3 in 20 overs (Aaron Finch 68, David Warner 55*; Lasith Malinga 2 for 35) lost to Mumbai Indians 160 for 3 in 18.4 overs (Lendl Simmons 68, Ambati Rayudu 68; Bhuvneshwar Kumar 2 for 21) by 7 wickets.

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July 16,2020

Bhubaneswar: Jul 16: The Department of Sports and Youth Services, Government of Odisha on Thursday revealed that ace sprinter Dutee Chand has been given Rs 4.09 crore since 2015 and also appointed as Group-A officer in the Odisha Mining Corporation (OMC) currently drawing a gross salary of Rs 84,604 per month.

On Wednesday, Dutee clarified that she wants to sell her luxury car because she is unable to bear its maintenance cost and it will also aid her training for Tokyo Olympics.

The 24-year-old believes after selling her car she can use that money for training amid the shortage of money due to the ongoing coronavirus pandemic.

"Rs 3 crore as financial incentive for medals won at Asian Games 2018. Rs 30 Lakhs for training and financial support during 2015-19. Rs 50 Lakhs for training support for Tokyo Olympics (Released In two instalments on 02/08/2019 and 27/12/2019," the statement read.

"The State government appointed Dutee Chand as Group-A level officer in Odisha Mining Corporation (A Gold Category PSU). She is currently drawing Gross salary of Rs 84,604 (June 2020 Salary) per month. She is not required to come to office so that she is able to concentrate full-time on training. Accordingly, since her appointment in OMC, no official work has been allotted to Chand," it added.

The state government further provided details of the financial support provided by the OMC for her training.

"OMC provided Rs 29 Lakhs to Dutee Chand for Training and financial incentives. The total financial support provided to Dutee Chand from State government/OMC is 4.09 crores(after 2015)," the statement read.

"The Athletics Federation of India (AFI) and Ministry of Youth Affairs and Sports (MYAS), Government of India may also be providing adequate support for the athlete based on performance," it added.

Earlier, Dutee said she is facing a shortage of funds due to the postponement of the Tokyo Olympics to the next year and is planning to sell her car to meet the expense of her training.

"Training is going quite good so far, I have been training here in Bhuvneshwar. Earlier, there was no problem related to funds for training as Tokyo Olympics were coming up and our state government conferred me, but because of coronavirus the Olympics were postponed and I had spent the money which was given to me by the sponsors. Now, I need money for training, I need new sponsors but because of coronavirus I am finding it difficult to find them. Now I have decided to sell my car to arrange funds," Dutee had said.

Dutee, who has been recently nominated for the Arjuna Award 2020, said COVID-19 had impacted heavily on sports and sponsors are not willing to support her at this time.

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March 15,2020

Chennai, Mar 15: Wicket-keeper batsman MS Dhoni has left the Chennai Super Kings (CSK) training camp following the postponement of the Indian Premier League (IPL) amidst the coronavirus scare.

The former India skipper had joined the CSK's camp earlier this month in order to practice for the upcoming IPL season.

CSK's official handle tweeted a video of Dhoni and captioned the post as: "It has become your home sir!" Keep whistling, as #Thala Dhoni bids a short adieu to #AnbuDen".

Thirty-eight-year-old Dhoni has been currently enjoying some time away from the game. He last played competitive cricket during the 2019 World Cup.

Dhoni had to face criticism for his slow batting approach during India's matches in the tournament.

Earlier this year, Dhoni did not find a place for himself in the BCCI's centrally contracted players list.

BCCI had released the list of central contract list of players for the period from October 2019 to September 2020.

On Friday, BCCI decided to postpone the IPL until April 15 as a precautionary measure against the coronavirus pandemic.

On Saturday, all the IPL franchises met in Mumbai to discuss as to how to go on with the tournament in the future.

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February 3,2020

New Delhi, Feb 3: Former India cricketer Sanjay Manjrekar feels there are a lot of similarities between the Virat Kohli-led Team India and the Pakistan team when Imran Khan had led it as both captains instill strong self-belief in their respective teams.

Manjrekar also said that Pakistan under Imran had found different ways of winning matches even when it seemed all was lost.

"India under Virat in NZ reminds me of Pakistan under Imran. Strong self belief as a team. Pakistan under Imran found different ways of winning matches, often from losing positions. That only happens when the self belief is strong," Manjrekar tweeted.

The cricketer turned commentator expressed his opinion after India completed a rare 5-0 whitewash with a seven-run victory over New Zealand in the final T20 International in Mount Maunganui on Sunday.

Manjrekar also lauded KL Rahul, now also shouldering wicket-keeping duty, for his impressive showing in recent times.

"Samson & Pant... the next batting brigade of India obviously have the skill & the power game they just need to infuse a small dose of Virat's batting 'smarts' (mind) into their game," Manjrekar wrote.

The victory at the Bay Oval saw India stretch their record for most successive T20I wins.

This was their eighth win in a row, bettering the previous three instances when they won seven successive matches.

Kohli is the most successful Test captain in Indian cricket history, winning 11 consecutive series at home and are on top of the ICC rankings.

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