#padikkal

कोलकाता: विराट कोहली को पारी में तीन गेंदों पर आउट करना एक अशुभ संकेत हो सकता है, खासकर चिन्नास्वामी जैसे मैदान पर जहां 205/3 वास्तव में एक खतरनाक स्कोर नहीं है। बेंगलुरु में गुजरात टाइटंस के खिलाफ आईपीएल मैच के दौरान आरसीबी के विराट कोहली। (पीटीआई) जैसा कि अनुमान था, कोहली ने गुजरात टाइटंस को उस गलती के लिए भारी कीमत चुकानी पड़ी, और 44 गेंदों में 81 रनों की पारी खेलकर रॉयल चैलेंजर्स बेंगलुरु…

India squad for West Indies Tests Announced: In a selection call that underscores both opportunity and consequence, India have recalled Devdutt Padikkal and Nitish Reddy for the upcoming two-Test home series against West Indies. The 15-member squad, announced on Thursday, will be led by Shubman Gill, with Ravindra Jadeja named vice-captain in the continued absence of Rishabh Pant. Pant,…

Puma India works with cricketers Washington Sundar and Devdutt Padikkal

Global sports brand puma has signed a long-term partnership agreement with Indian cricketers Washington Sundar and Devdutt Padikkal. Puma India works with cricketers Washington Sundar, Devdutt Padikkal – Puma With this duo, Puma has strengthened its cricket roaster, which also includes the Indian captain Virat Kohli, KL Rahul, Yuvraj Singh and national female cricketer Sushma Verma. Abhishek…

CSK had pull their socks and get some rhythm into IPL 2020. They started off well when 69-4 by 11th over. Just when it looked like CSK had complete control on the match, Abhishek-Priyam turned the match on its. They had 77 run stand in 7 overs to unsettle CSK. 2 drops of Abhishek hurt them too. Some later hitting took SRH to 164-5. Priyam Garg showed lot of composure to hit 26 ball 50. CSK were complacent after reducing SRH to 69-4. It was still a gettable score byt CSK have started with no intensity. That continued. Just 4 runs came of first 14 balls before Bhuvi castled Watson. He looks completely rusty, a touch slow to react as well. Reflexes seem to have gone. Faf and Rayadu fell soon after. Jadhav’s poor run continued as well. CSK 42-4. Jadeja and MSD played very cautiously. There was hardly any urgency. They needed 86 runs of last 5 overs and u78 of last 4. That’s when they showed some urgency. Jadeja tried his best with 35 ball 50. They attacked an over too late. 44 was needed of last 2 and 28 of last over. Bhuvi’s injury and Khaleel completed his over. That put pressure on Abdul for final over. He started with 5 wides. MS dhoni then hit a boundary to make it 17 from last 4 balls. MS dhoni was dehydrated. SRH won eventually by 7 runs. CSK have lost their 3rd consecutive match for the first time since 2014. Problem with CSK has been lack of energy. They have not given enough chances to youngsters in last few years . Now when some old players have lost few steps, They don’t have courage to replace them with youngsters. When Baba Aparajith was at his peak in Ranji few years back, he was made to sit in bench for 3 consecutive years. It has started pinching hard now for CSK. If CSK do not make to playoff, they would be forced to make wholesale changes. Raina’s exit was unfortunate but not asking for his replacement and not pushing any youngsters with some confidence showed that they took it for granted that CSK will find a way. This is a real test for MS dhoni. His captaincy skills is known to all but captain cant do much when team balance is not up to the mark. They have lot of loopholes which they need to close fast.

RCB had lost 6 of last 8 matches against RR. Shreyas Gopal had literally toyed with Virat and ABD. Even though RCb had won 2 of 3 games, they stood 3rd from bottom considering their run rate was poor after huge loss against Punjab. RR started off well as they raced to 27-0 inside 15 balls. That’s when match turned towards RCB side and RR didn’t stand a chance post that. Udana dismissed Steve for 5. Soon after Saini dismissed Butler for  22 of his first ball. Chahal then dismissed Samson of his first ball. From 27-0, RR were reduced to 31-3 inside 10 balls. Though Lomror and Tewatia tried hard, RR just managed 154-6 in 20 obvers. RCB had conceded 80 plus runs in last 5 overs against Punjab and MI. They just conceded 55 this time. They didn’t give length in too many balls which helped. There is still scope for learning though. Saini and Chahal impressed. Chahal ended with 3-24 which turned out to be match winning. RR had to take early wickets. Once Padikkal hit Unadkat for six of the first ball and hit 15 runs of his over, match lost its contest. Though Shreyas dismissed Finch early on, Padikkal continued in style His 34 ball 50 and back-to-form Virat ensured there was just one winner. Padikkal was dismissed for 63. Virat showed signs of coming back to top form. He scored 72 of 53 balls after being just run a  ball for 30 runs.  RCB won by 8 wickets with 5 balls to spare. This has been most convincing win for RCB since 2016 when they had a run to finals. Hope this gives confidence to them to make serious in roads into IPL 2020. They have a gem in hand in the form Padikkal though. They need to preserve him like gold.  They have moved to top of IPL table. Cant recall when they last were at the top.

Matches in Sharjah have proven to be paradise for batsmen and nightmare for bowlers. Short boundaries and ball coming to bat like a dream are prime reasons. Fifties by Shaw and Shreyas and cameos by Pant and Dhawan helped DC reach a score of 228-4. Shreyas made 88 of 38 balls which had 6 sixes and 7 fours. Shaw made 66 of 41 balls. 77 runs was scored of last 5 overs. Russellw as pick of KKR bowlers. He had spell of 4-0-29-2 which was priceless. Narine who just bowled 2 overs for 26 runs was dismissed for just 3 runs. He has been very poor in this IPL. He has hardly contributed neither with the bat nor with the ball. Gill and Rana too KKR forward. They kept the runrate between 7-8 per over. They didn’t get a  big over. Amit Mishra was bowling brilliantly. He dismissed Gil for 28. KKR 72-2. As soon as Russell came in, Shreyas introduced Rabada. After hitting for a four and a six, he holed to Nortje. This ensured DC were firm favourites to win.  KKR 94-3 in 10 overs. Harshal dismissed rana and DK of consecutive balls. Cummins didn’t score much either. KKR 122-6. It was all left to Morgan. 92 was needed of last 5 overs. It came down to 78 from 4 overs. Tripathi hit SToinis for 1 four and 3 sixes in 17th over. Target reduced to 54 runs needed from 3 overs. Morgan took Archer to the cleaners by hitting sixers of first 3 balls. First one hit the roof too. Tripathi hit four of the last ball to reduce target to 31 from last 2 overs. Nortje dismissed Morgan for 18 ball 44. KKR needed 29 from 9 balls at this stage. These 3 balls turned the match towards DC side. Nortje bowled an outstanding 19th over, KKr needed 26 from last over post this. Tripathi hit Stoinis for a boundary of first ball but was castled by an yorker next ball. That sealed the match for DC as they won by 18 runs