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The Punjab Kings faced a 24-run defeat to Royal Challengers Bangalore in their 2023 Indian Premier League match on Thursday afternoon. Batting first, RCB set a decent target of 175 runs on the back of brilliant half-centuries from both Virat Kohli and Faf du Plessis. Batting second, PBKS fought really hard, but unfortunately, lost the match by 24 runs. However, the side’s stand-in skipper, Sam Curran, gave his wicket away rather cheaply in the 10th over. A bit of lazy running cost Curran his wicket, and former India opener Virender Sehwag, who has worked with Punjab Kings, came down hard…

Virat Kohli captained RCB for the first time after 464 days in the match against PBKS on Thursday (April 20). The reason stated was the inability of Faf du Plessis to do fielding. While that made the internet go into a frenzy, there is a report on InsideSport that claims that Kohli could continue as the captain of the Royal Challengers for the next two IPL games. It could be done as Faf du Plessis suffered a rib injury in the match against CSK and RCB team management wants to give Faf some more rest. However, it could also be…

The Delhi Capitals have finally been able to get two points in IPL 2023 after defeating Kolkata Knight Riders on Thursday (April 20). Batting first, KKR set a low target of 128 runs. However, the chase was not easy for DC. Despite a half-century from Warner, DC won the match by 4 wickets with just 4 balls left. However, the frustrations with the Capitals have crept in the minds of not only the fans but also former cricketers. So much so, that during a discussion on the Star Sports Cricket Live show, former BCCI chairman Krishnamachari Srikkanth simply refused to…

Shreyas Iyer: Team India star batsman and Kolkata Knight Riders captain Shreyas Iyer has successfully undergone back surgery in the UK. Now due to recovery, Iyer will be forced to miss the entire IPL 2023 as well as the World Test Championship (WTC) final against Australia at the Oval in London in June. Expected Record Time of Shreyas Iyer After Surgery: Shreyas Iyer will take 3-4 months to return to competitive cricket after surgery. Hence, he has a high probability of featuring in Cricket World Cup 2023 provided he is in form. Jasprit Bumrah: Just like Shreyas Iyer, Jasprit Bumrah…

Team India star batsman and Kolkata Knight Riders captain Shreyas Iyer has successfully undergone back surgery in the UK. Now due to recovery, Iyer will be forced to miss the entire IPL 2023 as well as the World Test Championship (WTC) final against Australia at the Oval in London in June. Iyer underwent back surgery on Tuesday in London. He is likely to miss three months of practice before returning and ideally will be fully recovered by the ODI World Cup 2023 in India. Iyer participated in the first two days of the most recent Test match in Ahmedabad against…

Royal Challengers Bangalore defeated Punjab Kings conveniently on April 20. However, one incident got everyone’s attention during the 2nd innings of the match when PBKS were batting. During one of the reviews in the second innings (taken by Punjab Kings batter Jitesh Sharma), Maxwell and Kohli decided to play a game of rock, paper and scissors, which the Australian batter won. The video of the same did the rounds on social media, and it reached Maxwell too. Reacting to the same, Maxwell hilariously trolled Kohli saying, “Poor, predictable Virat, always goes paper” as he couldn’t stop laughing. Also read: Twitter:…

After the announcement of Elon Musk, the microblogging site has started removing free ‘Blue Ticks’ (Those who have not paid for the Blue Tick plan) from verified accounts on Twitter. Blue Ticks of many celebrities including cricket legends like Sachin Tendulkar, Virat Kohli, MS Dhoni, Rohit Sharma have been removed from Twitter in India. Let us tell you that on April 12, Musk announced the removal of blue Ticks from the verified accounts. He said that from April 20, the Blue Tick mark would be removed from the verified accounts. Musk said that if Blue Tick is required, then it…

Royal Challengers Bangalore is doing pretty good in IPL 2023. However, one of the areas the team has to improve is the bowling department. With bowlers leaking runs, RCB management will surely be thinking about the leg-spinner who used to bowl economically and take wickets when other bowlers used to go for runs at bowlers’ graveyard, M Chinnaswamy Stadium – Yuzvendra Chahal Yuzvendra Chahal played for Royal Challengers Bangalore from 2014 to 2021 before being released ahead of the IPL 2022 mega auctions. Wanindu Hasaranga, who replaced Chahal in the team after that, has performed well for RCB over the…

England’s white-ball captain Jos Buttler compared Indian cricket fanbase to football in England and said he learnt from the IPL how the players dealt with the big pressure of fans. “It is like nothing else, the way Indian players are adored and supported, the level of fame is incredible. Only thing that (I) can link it to is football in England. It is fascinating watching how they deal with it, the media scrutiny. It is a privilege as well. Learned from the IPL how best players deal with, in a good way, with the chaos around,” Buttler told Humans of…

In the match between RCB and Punjab Kings on April 20, Virat Kohli and Faf du Plessis put on their second century opening partnership in IPL 2023, but the Royal Challengers Bangalore innings never got the desired momentum. Kohli and du Plessis took 16.1 overs to score 137, which in the end, put a lot of pressure on their middle order. Former Australia cricketer Matthew Hayden said Kohli and du Plessis should not have wasted so many deliveries in the middle overs. “Can’t waste balls, even when one of these two decides to bat till the last five overs, the…