The 28-year-old pacer accomplished this landmark during India's second ODI against Bangladesh in Dhaka on Wednesday. In the match, Siraj took two wickets, conceding a total of 73 runs in his ten overs.
Mumbai (Maharashtra) [India], August 13 (ANI): Actor Varun Dhawan bumped into the members of the Indian cricket team at the Mumbai airport during the wee hours of Monday.
Pune Apr 26 PTI Riyan Parag smashed a match-defining unbeaten half-century before the bowling unit lived up to its reputation to hand Rajasthan Royals a 29-run win over Royal Challengers Bangalore in an Indian Premier League match here on Tuesday Parag 56 not out off 31 balls single-handedly took his side to 144 for 8 with his unbeaten half-century which is his highest score in IPL He struck three boundaries and four sixes during his knock Parag marshalled the RR lower-order brilliantly and smashed Harshal Patel for a boundary and two huge sixes in the final over to take RR to a decent total after being sent in to bat But RCBs chase never got going as RR bowlers led by young Kuldeep Sen 420 Ravichandran Ashwin 317 and Prasidh Krishna 223 bundled out RR for 115 in 193 overs Opening the innings on the back of two consecutive first-ball ducks Virat Kohli started on a cagey note but lit up the stadium and raised hopes of his fans when he struck two back-to-back boundaries of Trent Boult to start his innings But as it has been happening in the tournament Kohli flopped once again when a Prasidh Krishna bouncer got the better of him in the next over RCBs problems compounded in the seventh over when Kuldeep Sen who replaced Obed McCoy in the playing XI picked up two big wickets -- of captain Faf du Plessis 23 and Glenn Maxwell 0 -- with successive balls But Shahbaz Ahmed somehow kept his wicket intact to deny Sen a hat-trick With RCB struggling at 38 for three in the seventh over it was match on from here on Indian domestic players -- Rajat Patidar 16 and Suyash Prabhudessai -- failed miserably leaving the difficult task of finishing the innings once again on the shoulders of Dinesh Karthik 6 But it was not Karthiks day as he was run out cheaply Ahmed 17 off 27 too was not in his elements and struggled to hit the ball Earlier RCBs decision to bowl first yielded great results as they picked up wickets at regular intervals not allowing RR any scope of building a big partnership Josh Hazlewood 219 Wanindu Hasaranga de Silva 223 and Mohammed Siraj 230 picked up two wickets each to stifle the Royals batting line-up Devdutt Padikkal 7 and Jos Buttler 8 failed to give RR a good start and the decision to promote Ashwin 17 also backfired Siraj accounted for both Padikkal and Ashwin in his successive overs while Hazlewood picked up the all-important wicket of Buttler caught by Siraj inches above the ground as the batter failed to get over a short delivery looping his pull to mid-on Sanju Samson 27 off 21 balls and Daryl Mitchell 16 tried to forge a partnership sharing 35 runs for the fourth wicket before de Silva went through the gates of RR skipper as the batter went for an extravagant reverse sweep Mitchell failed to get going and tried to play the role of an anchor holding one end up and together with Parag added 31 runs But the New Zealanders struggle was cut short by Hazlewood as in a desperate effort to break the shackles he gave a simple catch to Maxwell at long-on At 100 for 5 after 15 overs RRs effort to post a decent target received yet another jolt in the form of Shimron Hetmyer 3 who fell to de Silva caught in the deep while going for a slog sweep Boult 5 was the next to depart courtesy a stunning catch from Kohli at midwicket off Harshal Patel RRs struggle can be gauged from the fact that they failed to find the fence for seven consecutive overs from 12 to 18th Parag finally broke it in the 19th over by lifting Hazzlewood over the extra cover fence PTI SSC SSC PDS PDS
Mumbai (Maharashtra) [India], April 23 (ANI): Former India all-rounder Irfan Pathan praised Rajasthan Royals pacer Prasidh Krishna for his bowling efforts in the 19th over of the match against Delhi Capitals at the Wankhede Stadium on Friday.
Mumbai Apr 22 PTI Rajasthan Royals beat Delhi Capitals by 15 runs in their Indian Premier League match here on Friday RR posted an imposing 222 for twio after being asked to bat riding on a magnificent 116 from opener Jos Buttler and then restricted DC to 207 for eight Chasing an imposing target DC captain Rishabh Pant top-scored with a 44 while Prithvi Shaw and Lalit Yadav contributed 37 each For RR Prasidh Krishna took three wickets while Ravichandran Ashwin got two Brief Scores Rajasthan Royals 222 for 2 in 20 overs Jos Buttler 116 Devdutt Padikkal 54 Sanju Samson 46 not out Khaleel Ahmed 147 Mustafizur Rahman 143 Delhi Capitals 207 for 8 in 20 overs Rishabh Pant 44 Prithvi Shaw 37 Lalit Yadav 37 Prasidh Krishna 322 Ravichandran Ashwin 232 PTI PDS PDS SSC SSC
Pune (Maharashtra) [India], March 30 (ANI): After helping his team in defeating Sunrisers Hyderabad (SRH), Rajasthan Royals (RR) pacer Prasidh Krishna said that there was good seam and bounce on the MCA stadium pitch in Pune.