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Rajasthan Royals breeze to comprehensive 62-run victory against Delhi Daredevils in IPL 2014

May 16, 2014

Rajasthan_RoyalsAhmedabad, May 16: Rajasthan Royals are within touching distance of securing a play-off spot with a comprehensive 62-run victory over Delhi Daredevils in Indian Premier League (IPL) 2014. Ajinkya Rahane and Sanju Samson‘s fluent knocks took Rajasthan Royals to a massive 201 for six after being put into bat by Kevin Pietersen.

Rajasthan started terribly by Ben Cutting dropping a sitter of Mayank Agarwal in the deep at fine leg. The Australian was comfortably placed at fine leg but made a mess of it. Cutting’s evening turned from bad to worse as Mayank Agarwal spanked some lovely shots to keep Delhi in the hunt. Agarwal’s joy was short lived as he could not clear Steven Smith at mid on off the bowling.

Pietersen’s miserable run continued and along with Dinesh Karthik, were unable to find the boundaries chasing a huge score and were already facing a tall order. A couple of bizzare incidents happened on the field. First was Pietersen not grounding the bat and the ball hitting the stumps. There was a faint appeal from the Rajasthan fielders but the umpires did not budge.

Delhi Daredevils crawled along and Dinesh Karthik ran out of patience and pulled straight to Ben Cutting at fine leg. JP Duminy came at the crease and the batsmen are trying to steady the ship after the early couple of blows. After hitting a big six over long on and Duminy perished after chipping the ball straight to Karun Nair. What followed was a flurry of wickets which led to a free-fall with Manoj Tiwary giving stiff resistance while wickets were falling like nine pins at the other end.

The impressive Kedar Jadhav was unfortunately run-out at because of miscommunication with the non-striker and Shahbaz Nadeem and Imran Tahir also tried to hit out and disappeared. Tiwary rallied around the tail and reached his half-century but Delhi slumped to yet another loss and Rajasthan would have been mighty pleased with the massive run-rate margin of their victory.

Brief scores:

Rajasthan Royals 201 for 6 in 20 overs (Ajinkya Rahane 64, Kevon Cooper 32, Sanju Samson 40; Imran Tahir 2 for 25, Shahbaz Nadeem 2 for 35) beat Delhi Daredevils 139 for 9 in 20 overs (Mayank Agarwal 17, Manoj Tiwary 61*, Rahul Shukla 14; Rajat Bhatia 2 for 18) by 62 runs.

Man of the Match : Ajinkya Rahane

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News Network
May 24,2020

Melbourne, May 24: Former Australia captain Mark Taylor does not foresee the T20 World Cup scheduled in October-November going ahead and wants the ICC to take a decision during its Board meeting this week.

Taylor also feels that if IPL takes place during the window the T20 World Cup was to be held, the Australian players are likely to be cleared by their Board to take part in the cash-rich league in India.

The ICC Board meets on May 28 to discuss a host of issues related to COVID-19 pandemic, including a revamped schedule and the fate of the men's T20 World Cup in Australia.

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"My feeling is the World T20 won't go ahead in Australia in October as planned. Is it going to be viable to have a world tournament in October or November? The answer to that is probably no," Taylor, also a former Cricket Australia (CA) director, was quoted as saying by 'Nine Network'.

"It would probably be good (if a decision is made this week). Because then everyone can start planning and we can stop sitting here and saying 'well ifs, buts or maybes'."

CA chief executive Kevin Roberts has said that a call on the fate of the T20 World Cup, scheduled to be held from October 18 to November 15, may potentially not come until August.

Read: Coronavirus India update: State-wise total number of confirmed cases, deaths

But players and administrators around the world are keen for some certainty and many have predicted that the 16-team event will soon be postponed.

There are reports that the BCCI is eyeing the October window for the IPL though officially it maintained, that it will not consider new dates of the cash-rich league until the T20 World Cup's fate is decided.

Taylor said the CA wants to keep BCCI happy so the Australia players are likely to be cleared for the IPL if it happens in October.

Pat Cummins, who was bought for a record amount of Rs 15.50 crore in last year's IPL auction, is among the Australians keen to take part in this year's competition.

"The Cricket Australia board will want to keep India happy. So they may want to let the players go to India if the IPL goes ahead," Taylor said.

"Because they want India to come here this summer and play, which will be our biggest summer in terms of dollars. That's the sort of discussion going on. No doubt."

Virat Kohli's team is scheduled to arrive in Australia for a Test tour starting November, which will go along way in addressing CA's financial woes triggered by teh COVID-19 pandemic.

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Agencies
August 1,2020

Colombo, Aug 1: Former India all-rounder Irfan Pathan has expressed his interest in playing the inaugural edition of the Lanka Premier League (LPL), scheduled to start from August 28.

Pathan is among 70 foreign players to have shown interest in playing the LPL, ESPNcricinfo reported.

It is believed that Pathan has taken permission from the Board of Control for Cricket in India (BCCI) to take part in the competition. 

BCCI doesn't allow active players to participate in other T20 leagues but Pathan announced his retirement in January this year.

Former swashbuckling all-rounder Yuvraj Singh also played in a foreign league last year. He played for Maratha Arabians in the T10 League in Abu Dhabi.

According to ESPNcricinfo, Pathan will now be put in a player draft unless one of the five franchises choose him to be a marquee player. The details of the draft, and the franchise owners, are yet to be finalised and announced. 

Sri Lanka Cricket (SLC) is also waiting on some government clearances even as it decides on franchise owners. The five franchises will represent Colombo, Kandy, Galle, Dambulla and Jaffna.

On Monday, SLC Executive Committee granted approval for the tournament.

"The 23 match League will be played on the four international venues of R Premadasa International Cricket Stadium, Rangiri Dambulu International Cricket Stadium, Pallekele International Cricket Stadium and Suriyawewa Mahinda Rajapakse International Cricket Stadium. Five teams named after the cities of Colombo, Kandy, Galle, Dambulla and Jaffna will participate in the League," SLC said in a statement on Monday.

Sri Lanka has controlled the spread of COVID-19 better than many other cricket-playing nations.

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March 26,2020

New Delhi, Mar 26: As India continues its fight against coronavirus, the Board of Control for Cricket in India (BCCI) President Sourav Ganguly pledged to donate rice worth Rs 50 Lakhs to the needy people.
The Cricket Association of Bengal (CAB), in its statement, said Ganguly along with Lal Baba Rice will provide rice to people who have been put in government schools for safety and security.
"#Sourav to provide Free Rice to the Needy It is heartening to note that Sourav Ganguly along with Lal Baba Rice has come forward to provide free rice worth Rs 50 lacs to the needy people who have been put in government schools for safety and security. Hope this initiative of Ganguly would encourage other citizens of the state to take up similar initiatives to serve the people of our state. #CAB," CAB said in a statement.
CAB President Avishek Dalmiya has also lent support to the needy people as he donated Rs 5 lakhs to the Government's Emergency Relief Fund.
"CAB President donates 5 lakhs to the Government's Emergency Relief Fund to fight against #CoronaVirus/#Covid19," CAB said in a statement.
Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Tuesday announced a 21-day nation-wide lockdown to contain coronavirus.

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