Cuttack (Odisha) [India], June 11 (ANI): After a seven-wicket loss to South Africa in the first T20I match of the five-match series at home, Team India will be looking forward to levelling the series when they take on the Proteas in the second T20I at Cuttack.
Navi Mumbai (Maharastra) [India], May 3 (ANI): Shikhar Dhawan's unbeaten 62 off 53 balls and Kagiso Rabada's four-for guided Punjab Kings to a comprehensive eight-wicket win against Gujarat Titans at the Dr DY Patil Stadium here on Tuesday. Punjab Kings comfortably chased the target of 144 with four overs to spare.
Navi Mumbai (Maharastra)[India], May 3(ANI): B Sai Sudharshan plays like a lone warrior scoring an unbeaten 64 as the rest of the Gujarat Titans batters failed to deliver against Punjab Kings' potent bowling attack with Kagiso Rabada picking up four wickets here at the Dr DY Patil Stadium on Tuesday.
Pune (Maharashtra) [India], April 29 (ANI): Kagiso Rabada's four-wicket haul helped Punjab Kings restrict Lucknow Super Giants to 153/8 in 20 overs here at Maharashtra Cricket Association Stadium on Friday. Quinton de Kock top-scored for LSG scoring 46 off 37 balls.
Mumbai (Maharashtra) [India], April 26 (ANI): Punjab Kings captain Mayank Agarwal, after the win over Chennai Super Kings on Monday, hailed the star pacer duo of Arshdeep Singh and Kagiso Rabada.
Mumbai Apr 25 PTI Flamboyant opener Shikhar Dhawan struck a magnificent 88 not out to trump Ambati Rayudu in the battle of batting heroics as Punjab Kings beat Chennai Super Kings by 11 runs in an IPL thriller here on Monday Dhawan hit nine fours and two sixes in his 59-ball superlative unbeaten knock to power Punjab to 187 for 4 after being asked to bat Punjab then restricted CSK to 176 for 6 despite a stunning 39-ball 78 from Rayudu studded with seven fours and six sixes Dhawan also became only the second batter after Virat Kohli to complete 6000 runs in IPL history Rayudu hit three consecutive sixes and a four to take 23 runs from the 16th over bowled by Sandeep Sharma 140 after CSK needed 70 runs from the last five overs But Arshdeep Singh conceded just six runs in the next over and eight in the 19th to tilt the scale towards Punjab After Rayudu was out in the 18th over off Kagiso Rabada 223 CSK still needed 35 runs from 13 balls and the great finisher Mahendra Singh Dhoni 12 joined captain Ravindra Jadeja 21 not out in the middle CSK needed 27 from the final over and another stage was set for Dhoni to repeat his stupendous finishing act against Mumbai Indians in their previous match Dhoni hit Rishi Dhawan 239 for a six in the first ball but two balls later the legendary wicketkeeper batter was caught at deep midwicket as it was all over for CSK This was CSKs sixth loss in eight matches while Punjab notched up their fourth win in eight games CSK began their run chase on a woeful note as they lost Robin Uthappa 1 in the first over followed by Mitchell Santner 9 in the second as the defending champions could only score 32 from the powerplay overs Shivam Dube showed promise but then his innings lasted just eight balls and seven runs as CSK were reduced to 40 for 3 in seven overs With the asking rate crossing 11 an over so early somebody had to get the boundaries for CSK and here veteran Rayudu showed his class He hit a big six off Rishi Dhawan to take CSK to 69 for 3 at halfway mark He kept on attacking the Punjab bowlers with another six off Liam Livingstone as CSK had some momentum going with the combination of Rayudu and Ruturaj Gaikwad 30 But the duo parted ways with Gaikwad getting out in the 13th over But Rayudu was going great guns reaching his fifty from 28 balls with a six off Rahul Chahar It was still not an easy proposition for CSK as they needed 70 from the final overs Earlier the 36-year-old Dhawan struck his second fifty of the season and anchored the Punjab innings He combined with Sri Lankan Bhanuka Rajapaksa 42 for a 110-run stand for the second wicket from 113 overs after captain Mayank Agarwals early dismissal Dhawan went past his earlier highest score this season -- 70 against Mumbai Indians in Pune Dhawan got an able ally in Rajapaksa who made 42 from 32 balls with the help of two fours and as many sixes as the duo frustrated the CSK bowlers for a long stretch in the innings Englishman Liam Livingstone who was bought for Rs 115 crore in the IPL auction played a little cameo of 19 runs off seven balls with the help of a four and two sixes towards the end to swell the Punjab total Punjab made a slow start after being sent in to bat and their captain Agarwals struggles this season continued as he was out in the sixth over for 18 off 21 balls They reached 37 for 1 after powerplay overs Dhawan and Rajapaksa kept the scoreboard ticking with singles and doubles though without too many boundaries The duo took Punjab to 72 for 1 at the halfway mark The advantage for Punjab was that they lost just one wicket in the first half of their innings and they capitalised on that later in the back-end They added 64 runs in the final five overs PTI PDS PDS ATK ATK
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