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Raina, Hussey sparkle as CSK rout Sunrisers

May 9, 2013

RainaHyderabad, May 9: Title contenders Chennai Super Kings put up yet another comprehensive performance as they crushed Sunrisers Hyderabad by 77 runs to assert their supremacy in the Indian Premier League here on Wednesday.

Riding on Suresh Raina’s blistering unbeaten 99 and Mike Hussey’s smashing 67, the Super Kings posted a massive 223 for three.

The chase was out of question as Sunrisers lost wickets at regular intervals, managing just 146 for eight from their 20 overs.

It was a match where CSK outplayed the home team in all departments of the game with consummate ease. While Raina and Hussey nearly batted the opponents out of the match, the CSK bowlers also didn’t let the guard down as Sunrisers lost their first match at home.

While CSK with 20 points sit pretty at the top of the table, the huge loss should be a cause of worry for the Sunrisers as they remain on 14 points from 12 games. The margin of defeat, however, dented their net run-rate which dipped to -0.228.

The loss could also have an impact on Sunrisers’ chances of qualification for the play-offs during the home stretch of the tourney.

A target of 224 is as daunting as it can get and Parthiv Patel hit a flurry boundaries initially although Shikhar Dhawan (3) and skipper Kumar Sangakkara (3) were dismissed cheaply.

While Dhawan failed to beat rival captain Mahendra Singh Dhoni’s direct throw, Sangakkara’s woeful season continued as he tried to sweep the ball and gave a simple catch to Chris Morris standing at short fine leg.

To consistently score at more than 11 runs per over from the start is near-impossible and Sunrisers lost half of their side even before the halfway mark of the innings. Parthiv fought it out with a gutsy 44 off 30 balls with six fours and a six.

Mohit Sharma (2/28) continued impress as Ravichandran Ashwin (1/23) with clever variations also stifled the run-chase. ‘Purple Cap’ holder Dwayne Bravo was accurate as usual, giving 25 runs in his four overs and taking a wicket in the process. The victory came so easily that one of their strike bowlers Morris bowled only two overs.

Earlier, Raina missed his second century of this edition by a run but sent the Sunrisers bowlers on a leatherhunt in company of Hussey, who was in an equally punishing mood.

The duo added a whopping 133 runs in 12 overs to help the ‘Yellow Brigade’ reach an imposing target.

Needing five runs of the final delivery of the innings to complete his century, Raina hit his trademark uppish cover-drive to reach 99 off 52 balls with 11 fours and three sixes. Hussey, who again took the ‘Orange Cap’ back from Chris Gayle, struck his fifth half-century of the edition with 67 off 42 balls with five boundaries and four huge sixes.

Ishant Sharma would like to forget the day in a hurry as his 0/66 in four overs was the worst figures by a bowler in the history of IPL, eclipsing the joint record held by Ashok Dinda and Varun Aaron (0/63 in 4 overs). The second and fourth overs of his spell went for 18 and 25 runs respectively.

Such was the dominance of the duo that Dale Steyn (0/17 in 4 overs) deserved kudos for being the only bowler who was able to hold his own while others were being smoked all around the park by Raina and Hussey.

CHENNAI SUPER KINGS: Michael Hussey b Perera 67, Murali Vijay c Patel b Perera 29, Suresh Raina (not out) 99, MS Dhoni c K Sharma b Perera 4, Ravindra Jadeja (not out) 14. Extras (LB-2, W-5, NB-3) 10. Total (for 3 wkts, 20 overs) 223.

Fall of wickets: 1-45, 2-178, 3-183.

Bowling: Dale Steyn 4-1-17-0, Ishant Sharma 4-0-66-0, Thisara Perera 4-0-45-3, Karan Sharma 2-0-19-0, Amit Mishra 4-0-41-0, Darren Sammy 2-0-33-0.

SUNRISERS HYDERABAD: Parthiv Patel c Vijay b Mohit 44, Shikhar Dhawan(run out) 3, Kumar Sangakkara c Morris b Ashwin 3, Hanuma Vihari c Vijay b Raina 3, Darren Sammy c Morris b Mohit 7, Thisara Perera c Badrinath b Bravo 23, Karan Sharma (not out) 39, Amit Mishra (run out) 6, Dale Steyn c Holder b Morris 14, Ishant Sharma (not out) 0. Extras (W-4) 4. Total (for 8 wkts, 20 overs) 146.

Fall of wickets: 1-11, 2-46, 3-55, 4-62, 5-64, 6-99, 7-110, 8-143.

Bowling: Mohit Sharma 4-0-28-2, Jason Holder 3-0-28-0, Ravichandran Ashwin 4-0-23-1, Suresh Raina 1-0-4-1, Chris Morris 2-0-24-1, Dwayne Bravo 4-0-25-1, Ravindra Jadeja 2-0-14-0.

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July 31,2020

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August 7,2020

Islamabad, Aug 7: Former Pakistani fast bowler Shoaib Akhtar, known for his blistering deliveries on the cricket field, recently baffled many with a deadly off-field bouncer by claiming he is willing to eat grass if it enabled an increase in budget for his country's Army!

"If Allah ever gives me the authority, I will eat grass myself but I will increase the budget of the army," said Akhtar in an interview with ARY News.

The 'Rawalpindi Express', considered the fastest bowler in history said he does not understand why the civilian sector cannot work in collaboration with the Armed forces.

"I will ask my army chief to sit with me and make decisions. If the budget is 20 per cent, I will make it 60 per cent. If we insult each other, the loss is ours only," the once feared fast-bowler said.

Akthar had also claimed to ARY News interview that he was willing to take a bullet for his country and had turned down a county stint just because he wanted to fight the 1999 Kargil War.

Ties between India and Pakistan have been strained in the recent months over several issues, the latest being Pakistan's attempt to broach in the UNSC the issue of Kashmir on the first anniversary of the India's move to scrap the special status of Jammu and Kashmir and to split the erstwhile state into two union territories .

Pakistan also has not been in a good financial position and under prime minister Imran Khan, himself an all rounder cricketer, has added nearly USD 22 billion, that is 35 per cent to the nation's international debt pile in the last two years, according to an Asia Times report in July.

While Pakistan recently received USD 1.39 billion from the IMF to cushion the economic shocks caused due to COVID-19 outbreak, Akthar had a few months ago proposed that a joint cricket match be played between India and Pakistan to raise funds to fight the coronavirus. The suggestion that was put down by cricketers in India.

Meanwhile the 'Pindi boy' whose deadly pace and bounce was once dreaded by batsmen had recently taken to Twitter to deny former India cricketer Virender Sehwag's claim of sledging him.

Sehwag along with other Indian crickerters such as Harbhajan Singh and even Rahul Dravid had been at the receiving end of Akthar's sledging and antics during their playing days.

"Yes, totally self made story by him. Mujhe yeh bol k bach k jana kidhar tha us nay," Akthar tweeted to a report in which Sehwag claimed that he had sledged the 'Rawalpindi Express' by telling him that Sachin Tendulkar was his father.

During an awards ceremony Sehwag had recounted that fed up with Akthar's sledging and retaliated by telling him to say the same things to Tendulkar, who smashed the 'Pindi boy' for a six. Sehwag quipped that he told Akthar then that "Baap baap hota hai".

In the recent ARY interview, asked about the allegation made against him by former India cricketer Virendra Sehwag that he makes pro-India comments for greater following on social media channels, Akhtar said, "I cannot talk on the basis of hate." 

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June 1,2020

Jun 1: Premier India pacer Jasprit Bumrah won't miss the hugs and high-fives as part of a wicket celebration but he will certainly miss applying saliva on the ball and feels an alternative should be provided to maintain the red cherry.

The ICC Cricket Committee, led by former India captain Anil Kumble, recommended a ban on using saliva on the ball as an interim measure to deal with the COVID-19 pandemic. However, the Committee did not allow the use of artificial substances as a substitute move.

The new rule makes life tougher for the bowlers and Bumrah, like many former and current fast bowlers, feels there ought to be an alternative.

"I was not much of a hugger anyway and not a high-five person as well, so that doesn't trouble me a lot. The only thing that interests me is the saliva bit," said Bumrah in a chat with Ian Bishop and Shaun Pollock on ICC's video series 'Inside Out'.

"I don't know what guidelines we'll have to follow when we come back, but I feel there should be an alternative," he added.

Bumrah said not being able to use saliva makes the game more batsman-friendly.

"If the ball is not well maintained, it's difficult for the bowlers. The grounds are getting shorter and shorter, the wickets are becoming flattered and flatter.

"So we need something, some alternative for the bowlers to maintain the ball so that it can do something - maybe reverse in the end or conventional swing."

When former West Indian pacer Bishop pointed out that the conditions have been favorable to the fast bowlers over the last couple of years, Bumrah nodded in agreement.

"In Test match cricket, yes. That is why it's my favorite format because we have something over there. But in one-day cricket and T20 cricket… one-day cricket there are two new balls, so it hardly reverses at the end.

"We played in New Zealand, the ground (boundary) was 50 metres. So even if you are not looking to hit a six, it will go for six. In Test matches I have no problem, I'm very happy with the way things are going."

He finds it amusing that the batsmen keep complaining about the swinging ball.

"Whenever you play, I've heard the batsmen - not in our team, everywhere - complaining the ball is swinging. But the ball is supposed to swing! The ball is supposed to do something! We are not here just to give throwdowns, isn't it? (laughter)

"This is what I tell batsmen all the time. In one-day cricket, when did the ball reverse last, I don't know. Nowadays the new ball doesn't swing a lot as well. So whenever I see batsmen say the ball is swinging or seaming and that is why I got out - the ball is supposed to do that.

"Because it doesn't happen so much in the other formats, it's a new thing for the batsmen when the ball is swinging or seaming," said the 26-year-old.

The Ahmedabad-born pacer finds himself in an unusual position as he has not bowled for over two months due to the lockdown imposed in the wake of the coronavirus outbreak.

When India will play next is not clear yet and Bumrah said he is not sure about how his body will hold up when he returns to action.

"I really don't know how your body reacts when you don't bowl for two months, three months. I'm trying to keep up with training so that as soon as the grounds open up, the body is in decent shape.

"I've been training almost six days a week but I've not bowled for a long period of time so I don't know how the body will react when I bowl the first ball.

"I'm looking at it as a way to renew your own body. We'll never get such a break again, so even if you have a small niggle here and there, you can be a refreshed person when you come back. You can prolong your career," he said.

Bumrah has risen rapidly in international cricket despite experts having reservations about his longevity due to his unorthodox action.

The gritty fast bowler sees similarities in his career graph to Swedish football star Zlatan Ibrahimovic.

"Our personalities are different. But the story I could relate to is that not many people thought he would make it big. There was a similar case with me growing up as well.

"Wherever I went, it was the general feedback from people that 'this guy would not do anything, he would not be a top-rated bowler, he won't be able to play for a long period of time with this kind of action'.

"So, having the self-belief is important and the only validation that is required is your own validation. I saw that in his (Ibrahimovic's) story, so that's the thing I could relate to," added Bumrah.

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