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Kolkata cruise to victory

May 20, 2012
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Kolkata Knight Riders cruised into the play-offs in style beating Pune Warriors by 34 runs in their last league encounter of the Indian Premier League (IPL) at the Subroto Roy Sahara Stadium .


Knight Riders qualified as the second-placed side and will now play toppers Delhi in the Qualifier 1. In the eliminator, Mumbai Indians will facing either defending Chennai Super Kings or Royal Challengers Bangalore.

The win was also Knight Riders' second in the season against Pune Warriors, having beaten them in the much-hyped home-leg by seven runs as well.

At Pune, however, it was a difficult track to bat on and after skipper Gautam Gambhir opted to bat, Knight Riders managed a modest 136 for four in 20 overs. Shakib Al Hasan was the top scorer with 42 while Brendan McCullum made 41.

While chasing 137, Pune Warriors fared miserably, losing batsmen at regular intervals and finished at 102 for eight in 20 overs. Jesse Ryder was the top scorer with 22.

Pune Warriors batsmen struggled against the slow bowlers of Knight Riders, who hardly gave any room to the hosts. Left-arm spinner Hasan bagged two, including the prized scalp of Warriors skipper Sourav Ganguly (5), and gave away just 18 runs from his four overs. The former Bangladesh captain was also adjudged as Man of the Match for his all-round show.

Yusuf Pathan also bagged two for 12 while West Indies' mystery spinner Sunil Narine was again at his miserly best giving away just 15 runs for one wicket from his four overs.


SCOREBOARD

Kolkata Knight Riders:

Brendan McCullum c Ryder b Parnell 41

Gautam Gambhir c Nehra b Parnell 10

Jacques Kallis b Clarke 13

Shakib Al Hasan b Kumar 42

Manoj Tiwary not out 8

Yusuf Pathan not out 15

Extras (b 4, lb 1, nb 2) 7

Total (for four wickets in 20 overs) 136

Fall of wickets: 1-21 (Gambhir, 4.3 overs), 2-40 (Kallis, 8.4), 3-107 (McCullum, 16.1), 4-117 (Shakib Al Hasan, 17.5)

Bowling:

Ashish Nehra 4-0-35-0

Ali Murtaza 2-0-11-0

Wayne Parnell 4-0-18-2

Bhuvaneshwar Kumar 4-0-23-1

Michael Clarke 4-0-27-1

Sourav Ganguly 2-0-17-0

Pune Warriors:

Robin Uthappa c Tiwary b Iqbal Abdulla 8

Jesse Ryder b Pathan 22

Michael Clarke st McCullum b Pathan 13

Sourav Ganguly lbw Shakib Al Hasan 5

Anustup Majumdar st McCullum b Shakib 17

Calum Ferguson c Kallis b Bhatia 12

Harpreet Singh c & b Narine 6

Wayne Parnell c sub (Shukla) b Balaji 3

Bhuvaneshwar Kumar not out 3

Ali Murtaza not out 3

Extras (b 1, lb 2, w 7) 10

Total (for eight wickets in 20 overs) 102

Fall of wickets: 1-11 (Uthappa, 2.2 overs), 2-51 (Clarke, 7.4), 3-56 (Ryder, 9.2), 4-62 (Ganguly, 10.4), 5-86 (Majumdar, 15.5), 6-92 (Ferguson, 16.6), 7-. (Harpreet Singh, 17.5), 8-97 (Parnell, 18.3)

Bowling:

Lakshmipathy Balaji 4-0-20-1

Shakib Al Hasan 4-0-18-2

Iqbal Abdulla 3-0-20-1

Sunil Narine 4-0-15-1

Yusuf Pathan 2-0-12-2

Rajat Bhatia 3-0-14-1

Toss: Kolkata Knight Riders, who chose to bat

Result: Knight Riders won by 34 runs

Umpires: Sudhir Asnani and Billy Doctrove (West Indies)

TV umpire: Subroto Das

Match referee: Graeme Labrooy (Sri Lanka)

POINTS TABLE

Teams Mat Won Lost N/R Pts Net RR

Delhi Daredevils 16 11 5 0 22 +0.617

Kolkata Knight Riders 16 10 5 1 21 +0.561

Mumbai Indians 15 9 6 0 18 -0.160

Chennai Super Kings 16 8 7 1 17 +0.100

Royal Challengers Bangalore 15 8 6 1 17 +0.010

Kings XI Punjab 16 8 8 0 16 -0.216

Rajasthan Royals 15 7 8 0 14 +0.272

Pune Warriors 16 4 12 0 8 -0.551

Deccan Chargers 15 3 11 1 7 -0.582



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April 12,2020

Mumbai, Apr 12: Always eager to share his vast knowledge and experience, cricket icon Sachin Tendulkar has interacted with 12,000 doctors on sports injuries.

In his over two decade long illustrious career, Tendulkar suffered many health issues, the most prominent being the tennis elbow injury.

The veteran of 200 Tests and 463 ODIs, got to know through one Dr Sudhir Warrier, an orthopaedic surgeon, that several young doctors across the country were utilising the lockdown time to effectively gain knowledge on sports injuries through live webinars.

A session on sports injuries was held on Saturday and Tendulkar, knowing that his experiences will help these doctors, volunteered to be a part of it.

Tendulkar, accordingly, interacted with around 12,000 doctors, who attended the session.

It is reliably leanrt that the 46-year-old legend said he was grateful to the medical fraternity for their service.

During the session, the young orthopaedic doctors got to know how the requirements and treatment outcomes of athletes are different from regular patients, sources said.

Dr Warrier moderated the session with Dr Nitin Patel, physiotherapist, who has worked with Indian cricket team and IPL franchise Mumbai Indians.

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July 31,2020

Hampshire, Jul 31: David Willey's maiden five-wicket haul guided England to a six-wicket victory over Ireland in the first ODI here on Friday.

With this win, the hosts have taken a 1-0 lead in the three-match ODI series.

Chasing a small target of 173 runs, England got off to a bad start as opener Jonny Bairstow was given LBW in the third over, bowled by Andy McBrine. Jason Roy was then joined by James Vince and the duo added 22 runs on the board before the former was dismissed.

Craig Young then got hold of Vince, who was caught behind after scoring 25 runs. Sam Billings and Tom Banton then took the charge of the chase but the latter too was caught behind which ended his 11-run innings.

Banton's dismissal brought skipper Eoin Morgan on the field. Billings and Morgan played stunning innings and kept scoring boundaries. Morgan struck a scintillating six on the last bowl of the 28th over to take England over the line. Morgan scored 36 runs while Billings played a knock of 67 runs.

Earlier, after being asked to bat first, Ireland witnessed a poor start as Paul Stirling was dismissed in the very first over of the innings, bowled by Willey. Andy Balbirnie then joined Gareth Delany but Willey struck again in his next over, removing Balbirnie.

Delany then played furiously and smashed three consecutive boundaries to Saqib Mahmood in the fourth over. However, the fall of wickets did not stop as England took three wickets in quick succession. Mahmood bowled Harry Tector while Delany and Lorcan Tucker were sent back to the pavilion by Willey.

Kevin O'Brien and Curtis Campher then took the charge and played cautiously, taking their struggling side over the 50-run mark. Adil Rashid got hold of O'Brien (22) in the 22nd over before Simranjit Singh was run out in the same over.

Andy McBrine was the next batsman and he played brilliantly along with Campher, who went on to complete his half-century. Both formed a 66-run partnership before McBrine (40) was dismissed by Tom Curran.

Campher remained unbeaten on 59 but failed to find a partner as England bundled out Ireland on 172 runs.

The second ODI between both teams will be played on Saturday.

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July 6,2020

Karachi, Jul 6: Former Pakistan captain Inzamam-ul-Haq has said that questions will be raised if Indian Premier League is slotted in the window allotted to ICC T20 World Cup in Australia, which in all likelihood will be cancelled in the wake of the Covid-19 pandemic.

The ICC is yet to decide the fate of the T20 World Cup in Australia which is scheduled to take place from October 18 to November 15.

"There are rumors that the World Cup was clashing with the Indian Premier League (IPL) and the Australia-India series, therefore, it (T20 World Cup) won't take place," Inzamam said in his YouTube channel on Sunday.

"The Indian board is strong and has control in the International Cricket Council (ICC). If Australia says that we cannot hold the World Cup because of the Covid-19 pandemic, then their stance will be easily accepted, but if any such kind event happens during the same time, then questions will be raised," he said.

The 50-year-old former batsman, who has scored 8,830 runs in 120 Tests and 11,739 runs in 378 ODIs for Pakistan, further said, "People will think, if a country could host 12 to 14 teams (16 teams), then why the ICC could not look after the teams, after all Australia is such an advanced country.

"Another thing is the ICC should not be allowed to give priority to private leagues (IPL) on international cricket. This will lead to young players forcing on private leagues other than international matches."

The former coach, however, agreed that it is not easy to host 16 nations during the T20 World Cup.

"Australia can say that it was difficult for it to manage 18 teams (16) for the mega event as it is not easy. Likewise, the Pakistan team was in England in a hotel and all the facilities were being provided there, therefore, it has not been easy to manage 18 teams (16)," he said.

The fate of Asia Cup which PCB will be hosting in a neutral country for security reason is also an issue as no one knows the fate of the tournament originally scheduled in September.

Inzamam said: "I have also heard that objections are also raised on the dates of the Asia Cup as it is clashing with some other event.

"The ICC, the Asian Cricket Council (ACC) and all cricket boards should sit together and give a strong message that any such kind of impression (giving priority to private leagues instead of international cricket), won't take place," he said.

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