Hyderabad win ends Bangalore run

May 20, 2013

Bangalore_run_endsHyderabad, May 20: Sunrisers Hyderabad entered the knockout stage of the IPL?VI beating Kolkata Knight Riders by five wickets at the Rajiv Gandhi International stadium here on Sunday.

After restricting defending champions Knight Riders to 130 for seven in 20 overs, Sunrisers made 132 for five in 18.5 overs to emerge worthy winner in front of the home crowd.

The result also meant that Royal Challengers Bangalore’s campaign in this edition of the IPL has come to an end.

They had kept their hopes of entering the play-off alive with a clinical 24-run win over Chennai Super Kings at the M?Chinnaswamy stadium on Saturday.

Royal Challengers, who enjoyed a superior net run-rate (+0.457), were tied with Sunrisers (net run-rate +0.003) at 18 points before this game.

A victory for Knight Riders on the day was essential for the Bangalore outfit to advance to the play-offs. But as it turned out, Sunrisers held their nerve to beat Knight Riders to move into the play-offs.

Not so smooth

However, it was not a smooth entry into the play-offs for the Sunrisers. They were 89 for no loss while chasing 131 at one stage, but Hyderabad slipped to 112 for five to kindle some hopes among Bangalore fans of grabbing a last gasp place in the play-offs.

But Darren Sammy slammed two successive sixes of Iqbal Abdulla to seal the match in favour of Sunrisers. Thus they became the fourth team to secure a berth in the play-offs with the other three being Chennai Super Kings, Mumbai Indians and Rajasthan Royals.

Hyderabad will now face Royals in the eliminator match to be held in Delhi on Wednesday.

Second time

It might have been a coincidence that the Royal?Challengers’ hopes of entering the play-offs were dashed by a team from Hyderabad for the second time in as many years. In 2012, Royal Challengers needed to defeat the now-defunct Deccan?Chargers in their last league encounter to enter the play-offs, but they failed to win a closely contested match then.

Chargers had defeated Royal?Challengers in the final of the 2010 edition of the IPL held in South Africa.

Knockout stage

Qualifier 1 on May 1: Chennai Super Kings vs Mumbai Indians (New Delhi)

Eliminator on May 22: Rajasthan Royals vs Sunrisers Hyderabad (New Delhi)

Qualifier 2 on May 24: Loser of Qualifier 1 vs Winner of Eliminator (Kolkata)

Final on May 26: Winner of Qualifier 1 vs Winner of Qualifier 2 (Kolkata)

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New Delhi, Jan 2: On the first day of the New Year 2020, Hardik Pandya announced his engagement with Serbian actor Natasa Stankovic.

The cricketer took to Instagram to share a photo with the actor and captioned the post: "Mai tera, Tu meri jaane, saara Hindustan. 01.01.2020 #engaged".

The 26-year-old shared three pictures and a short clip on the social media platform. In one photo, Stankovic can be seen flaunting her ring.

The couple got engaged in Dubai and were seen taking a ferry ride along with close friends.

On work front, Stankovic was last seen in a song from Bollywood movie The Body starring Emraan Hashmi and Rishi Kapoor. She had also made it to the finals of the TV show Nach Baliye with her ex-boyfriend Aly Goni.

Stankovic first became a household name after appearing as a contestant on famous reality show 'Bigg Boss 8'.

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April 24,2020

New Delhi, Apr 24: India's World Cup-winning former opener Gautam Gambhir performed the last rites of his deceased domestic help after her mortal remains could not be sent to her home in Odisha due to the coronavirus-forced national lockdown.

Gambhir, also a BJP Lok Sabha MP, posted a tribute on his Twitter page for his employee Saraswati Patra, who was working at his residence for the past six years.

"Taking care of my little one can never be domestic help. She was family. Performing her last rites was my duty," he tweeted.

"Always believed in dignity irrespective of caste, creed, religion or social status. Only way to create a better society. That's my idea of India! Om Shanti," said the 38-year-old Gambhir, who played 58 Tests for India between 2004 and 2016.

Media reports in Odisha said the 49-year-old Patra hailed from a village in Jajpur district.

She was admitted to Sir Ganga Ram Hospital a few days ago and was battling diabetes and high blood pressure for a long period. She breathed her last while undergoing treatment on April 21.

Union Minister of Petroleum and Steel Dharmendra Pradhan appreciated Gambhir.

"Taking care of Saraswati throughout the course of her illness, he also ensured her dignity in death by performing her last rites himself since her mortal remains could not be sent to her family back home in Odisha," Pradhan, who also belongs to Odisha, tweeted.

"His act of compassion will enliven the faith in humanity for millions of poor, who are working far from their home for livelihood and will garner respect from all folds of the society."

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August 1,2020

Bengaluru, Aug 1: Indian Premier League (IPL) franchise Chennai Super Kings (CSK) are aiming to set up their preparatory camp for the 13th edition of the tournament from early August.

This year's IPL was slated to commence from March 29 but the tournament was postponed due to the coronavirus pandemic.

Recently, the IPL Governing Council chairman Brijesh Patel had confirmed that the 13th edition of the mega event will commence on September 19 in the UAE.

As per a report in ESPNcricinfo, CSK players have been asked to report to Chennai first, following which they will leave for Dubai via a charter flight only after approval from the Indian government.

The IPL Governing Council will meet on August 2 to finalise the schedule and other key arrangements for the tournament. Also, the Standard Operating Procedures (SOPs) around securing eight teams for 51 days across three venues will be formally established in that meeting.

CSK, who has the oldest squad in the IPL, are looking for a month's preparation before ahead of the tournament.

Before the coronavirus pandemic, the side was the first team to start their training camp in March. Senior players like Suresh Raina and Ambati Rayudu had begun training their training in December 2019.

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