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Gilchrist slays Super Kings

May 18, 2012

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Dharamsala: Kings XI Punjab severely dented the chances of Chennai Super Kings qualifying for the play-offs and kept themselves in the reckoning with a convincing six-wicket win in the Indian Premier League (IPL) at the picturesque HPCA Stadium here yesterday.


Skipper Adam Gilchrist, making a comeback to the Kings XI set-up after a hamstring injury kept him out of nine matches, scored an unbeaten 64 off 46 balls (9x4, 6x2) to carry his team past the 121-run target set by Chennai.


Thus, Kings XI (16 points) moved into the fifth position behind Chennai (17).


Punjab have to play table-toppers Delhi Daredevils while Chennai have finished all their 16 games.

Two wickets each by Praveen Kumar, Azhar Mahmoud and Parvinder Awana helped Kings XI restrict Super Kings to a paltry total of 120 for seven and gain two crucial points.


Sprightly start

Mandeep Singh (24) and Gilchrist gave their team a sprightly start, scoring 51 in six overs, before the Indian youngster got castled by Albie Morkel. In the absence of Shaun Marsh, Punjab's batting line-up looked thin in star power. Nitin Saini (1) and David Hussey (9) put their team in a spot of bother by getting out in quick succession.


Gilchrist, however, held his end up, hitting out aggressively. He exploded towards the end, scoring 22 runs off Yo Mahesh's 15th over and that sealed the win for Punjab.


Put in on a pitch with a greenish tinge, defending champions Chennai lost Murali Vijay (10) and Michael Hussey (7) without much on the board.


Suresh Raina, who is the only player yet to miss a match in the IPL, smacked Mahmoud for two sixes.


Wide ball

However, he fell caught behind in the same over while slashing at a wide ball.


Chennai skipper Mahendra Singh Dhoni, who promoted himself up the order, again played a lacklustre innings, scoring six off 16 balls.


West Indian Dwayne Bravo came to the rescue of Super Kings when his team was reeling at 46 for four in the 11th over. He played a watchful innings of 48 off 43 balls, stringing small partnerships with Ravindra Jadeja (13) and Morkel (14) as Chennai stuttered to a below par score.


Scoreboard

Chennai Super Kings:

• M. Vijay c Gilchrist b Kumar 10

• M. Hussey c Gilchrist b Kumar 7

• S. Raina c Gilchrist b Azhar Mahmood 17

• M.S. Dhoni c Saini b Awana 6

• D. Bravo c Gilchrist b Harris 48

• R. Jadeja c Saini b Awana 13

• A. Morkel c Kumar b Azhar Mahmoud 14

• S. Anirudha not out 1

• R. Ashwin not out 0

Extras: (b-1, lb-2, w-1) 4

Total: (for seven, in 20 overs) 120

Fall of wickets: 1-17, 2-20, 3-42, 4-46, 5-78, 6-112, 7-119.

Bowling: Kumar 4-0-18-2, Harris 4-0-24-1, Mahmoud 4-0-28-2, Awana 4-0-12-2, Hussey 3-0-23-0, Chawla 1-0-12-0

Kings XI Punjab:

• A. Gilchrist not out 64

• M. Singh b Morkel 24

• N. Saini c Dhoni b Bravo 1

• D. Hussey c Dhoni b Bravo 9

• S. Chitnis c Dhoni b Hilfenhaus 11

• A. Mahmood not out 9

Extras: (lb-3, w-2) 5

Total: (for four wickets in 16.3 overs) 123

Fall of wickets: 1-51, 2-55, 3-69, 4-114.

Bowling: Hilfenhaus 4-0-20-1, Morkel 3.3-0-28-1, Ashwin 4-0-27-0, Bravo 3-0-18-2, Mahesh 2-0-27-0



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July 1,2020

New Delhi, Jul 1: After being named as India's 'Most Valuable Player' in Test cricket in the 21st century, all-rounder Ravindra Jadeja on Wednesday said that he will always aim to give his best for the country.

His remark came as Jadeja achieved an MVP rating of 97.3 and as a result, he was also rated as the second most valuable player Test player worldwide, only second to Sri Lanka's Muttiah Muralitharan.

"Thank you Wisden India for naming me the 'Most Valuable Player'. I would like to thank all my teammates, coaches, fans, and well-wishers for your support as I aim to give my best for our country. Jai Hind," Jadeja tweeted.

Based on CricViz's market-leading analytics, each player in world cricket was awarded an 'MVP rating' by Wisden using a statistical model to rank their 'match impact' compared to their peers.

Jadeja has played in 49 Tests from 2012, managing to score 1,869 runs and has also picked up 213 wickets.

"It might come as a surprise to see Ravindra Jadeja, India's spin-bowling all-rounder, feature as India's number one. After all, he's not even always an automatic pick in their Test team. However, when he does play he is picked as a frontline bowler and has batted as high as No.6 - contributing to a very high match involvement," the official website of Wisden quoted CricViz's Freddie Wilde as saying.

"But Jadeja's position is based on more than simply volume: it's what he does when he's involved that really counts. The 31-year-old's bowling average of 24.62 is better than Shane Warne's and his batting average of 35.26 is better than Shane Watson's. His batting and bowling average differential of 10.62 runs is the second-best of any player this century to have scored more than 1,000 runs and taken 150 wickets. He is an all-rounder of the very highest quality," he added.

With the bat in hand, Jadeja has managed to score one century and 14 fifties in the longest format of the game.

He was last seen in action during India's two-Test series against New Zealand earlier this year.

He would have been in action for the Chennai Super Kings (CSK) in the IPL had the tournament commenced from March 29.

However, the IPL has been postponed indefinitely due to the coronavirus pandemic.

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The 61-year-old deceased, Hamsa Koya, a former footballer who represented Maharashtra in Santosh Trophy, had returned from Mumbai with his family on May 21.

Koya was undergoing treatment at Manjeri Medical College in Malappuram. The medical bulletin issued said that he was suffering from pneumonia and acute respiratory distress syndrome.

On June 5, as his health deteriorated, he was administered plasma therapy on the advice of the state medical board. However, he did not respond to medicines and breathed his last at 6:30 am on Saturday.

The medical bulletin said that his family members including his wife, son, daughter-in-law and grandchildren of 3 years and a 3 month-old child also had tested COVID-19 positive and were earlier shifted to hospital for treatment.

With this, the total death toll in Kerala has reached 15. 

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August 5,2020

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Raina is also joining the brand as a Strategic Partner. WTF Sports, a fantasy sports gaming platform, was today formally launched in India and globally.

The announcement was made through a web conference with prominent cricket host, Vikram Sathaye moderating and hosting the webinar and Vinit Bhatia, Manit Parikh and Yash Kadakia Co-Founders - India and Global, WTF Sports introducing the cricketers as the Global Brand Ambassadors.

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The app currently hosts three major sports, multiple playing modes, and exciting contests, ensuring that sports fans can get more skillful by letting them strategize and use their sports knowledge into rewarding behaviour.

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