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World T20: India no favourites, don’t believe the hype; trust Rohit, he has a plan

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India will need to shed its Most Valuable Player culture, and follow the shoot & scoot rule of scoring runs. That all-too-familiar chant has started ringing – the World T20 Cup is once again coming home, back to its spiritual abode, India. A couple of foreign experts, yet to unpack their luggage after their enriching IPL commentary trip to India, vouch that it will. Even money is being put where the mouth is – the English betting firms call India the favourite. That old dream is being sold again and shopping carts are getting loaded. The packaging has thos old visuals – Tarzan-like MS Dhoni with hair blowing in the wind. They are from the 2007 inaugural Cup in South Africa that India won. To avoid shattering of unreasonable expectations, the hidden fine print needs to be magnified. Disclaimer: After 2007, Dhoni failed 5 times – 2009, 2010, 2012, 2014, 2016. Virat Kohli also returned empty handed and so did Rohit Sharma in the last edition at Australia. Since 2008, the y...
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T20 World Cup: Fans welcome Indian team in New York airport, BCCI shares video

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The first few members of the Indian team led by captain Rohit Sharma arrived in New York on Sunday, May 26. The Indian team was welcomed by several fans of the Indian team in the USA. In Short India have travelled to USA for the T20 World Cup First batch of Indian team has reached USA India were welcomed by fans in the USA The first batch of the Indian team has arrived in the USA to play in the T20 World Cup. Led by India captain Rohit Sharma, top players like Suryakumar Yadav, Jasprit Bumrah and Rishabh Pant among others travelled to the Americas as the first batch of players. The Indian team was welcomed by fans in New York on Sunday, 26 May. The Board of Control of India (BCCI) shared the video of the Indian team after their touchdown in New York. Among the notable absentees were Virat Kohli and Hardik Pandya, who had ended their Indian Premier League campaign. Kohli has been unable to travel to the USA due to paperwork issues and is expected to join the team at the end ...
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Virat Kohli to break his record for most runs in a single IPL season? Matthew Hayden says ‘it’s crazy'

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Bengaluru: Royal Challengers Bengaluru player Virat Kohli reacts after Bengaluru won the Indian Premier League (IPL) 2024 cricket match against Chennai Super Kings, at M Chinnaswamy Stadium in Bengaluru, Saturday, May 18, 2024. RCB opener Virat Kohli has been in sensational touch in this IPL season scoring over 700 runs and topping the charts for the prestigious Orange Cap. Moreover, the veteran batter also played a crucial role in helping his side recover and make it to the IPL 2024 Playoffs after losing 7 out of their opening 8 matches. Given the form that Virat Kohli is in, there have been speculations that the batter may go past his own record for scoring most runs in an IPL season. Notably, in the 2016 IPL season, Kohli scored 973 runs in 16 matches at a strike rate of 152 and an average of 81.08, including 4 hundreds and 7 fifties. Now, even former Aussie batter Matthew Hayden has also backed Virat Kohli to go past his prime performance. In an interaction ...
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IPL Playoffs Chances In Percentage: SRH 87.3%, CSK 72.7%, RCB...

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Kolkata Knight Riders and Rajasthan Royals have already sealed two spots in the IPL 2024 playoffs Sports Home IPL 2024 News IPL Playoffs Chances In Percentage SRH 873 CSK 727 RCB IPL Playoffs Chances In Percentage: SRH 87.3%, CSK 72.7%, RCB...   Kolkata Knight Riders and Rajasthan Royals have already sealed two spots in the IPL 2024 playoffs The IPL 2024 Playoffs race now has five teams vying for two available slots. Kolkata Knight Riders and Rajasthan Royals have already sealed two spots. That leaves five teams - Chennai Super Kings, Royal Challengers Bengaluru, SunRisers Hyderabad, Delhi Capitals, and Lucknow Super Giants - fighting for the remaining two spots. Barring SRH, all the other teams have only one match remaining. It means that net run-rates will most probably come in to play to decide the final spot for the IPL 2024 playoffs. According to IPL 2024's official broadcasters Star Sports, SunRisers Hyderabad have 87.3 percent chance to qualify. It is much more than Chennai ...
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Harbhajan Singh rues India's T20 World Cup preparation, blames 'IPL scheduling' and sends special advice to BCCI

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Harbhajan Singh lamented India's preparation for the upcoming T20 World Cup and had a special advice for BCCI With the IPL 2024 final scheduled for May 26, Team India won't be able to have a full-fledged training camp until then for the upcoming T20 World Cup. The T20 World Cup will begin on June 2, and India haven't won a ICC trophy since 2013. Harbhajan Singh had some advice for BCCI In a huge move, England's players won't be available for the IPL 2024 playoffs due to T20 World Cup preparation. England will take on Pakistan in a four-match T20I series prior to the ICC tournament. So IPL fans won't get to see the likes of Phil Salt and Jos Buttler in action after the league phase.
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RCB VS DC Highlights

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Patidar, bowlers keep RCB in playoffs contention RCB stay alive! This is the virat team 🦸 RCB have come out with a proper plan against the hard-hitting DC batters. For starters, they have bowled just the two overs of spin - one each from Swapnil and Karn. And since the start of the seventh over, the fast bowlers have consciously tried to hit hard lengths to deny DC batters the room to swing their bat. Which is why Hope could not resist going after a full toss from Ferguson. Turns out it was a slower one and he only toe-ended it towards deep midwicket. And then Green managed to nail a direct hit at the bowler's end after a miscommunication between Axar and Stubbs. Their 11 balls on a length, between the seventh and the 11th over, went for just 10. DC are 90 for 6 after 11, need 98 more Dayal capped off his impressive outing by knocking Kuldeep over as RCB brought up their fifth win on the trot to stay in contention of a playoffs spot. Dayal finished with three wickets w...
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KKR vs MI highlights

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IPL 2024: Kolkata Knight Riders beat Mumbai Indians by 18 runs Kolkata Knight Riders vs Mumbai Indians highlights, IPL 2024: Hardik Pandya won the toss and opted to bowl first against Shreyas Iyer's Kolkata Knight Riders at the Eden Gardens in Kolkata on Saturday. Kolkata: Mumbai Indians' captain Hardik Pandya walk towards the pavilion after being dismissed by Kolkata Knight Riders' Varun Chakravarthy during an Indian Premier League (IPL) 2024 T20 cricket match between Kolkata Knight Riders and Mumbai Indians, at the Eden Gardens, in Kolkata, Saturday, May 11, 2024.  KKR vs MI: Catch all the highlights from the IPL 2024 match between Kolkata Knight Riders and Mumbai Indians which happened at the Eden Gardens Stadium in Kolkata.  KKR vs MI: Kolkata Knight Riders becomes first team to qualify for IPL 2024 playoffs Kolkata Knight Riders beat Mumbai Indians by 18 runs to become the first team to qualify for IPL 2024 playoffs. KKR wins by 18 runs! MI needs 22 runs to...
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