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Mumbai Indians Daniel Sams celebrates the dismissal of Kolkata Knight Riders Shreyas Iyer Delhi Capitals David Warner and Prithvi Shaw during the Indian Premier League 2022 match
during the Indian Premier League 2022 match between Kolkata Knight Riders and Mumbai between Lucknow Super Giants and Delhi Capitals, at DY Patil Stadium, in Mumbai on Thurs-
Indians, at the MCA International Stadium in Pune on Wednesday. (ANI Photo/MI Twitter) day. (ANI Photo/IPL Twitter)

tive that teams are winning defending farewell with applause. over the last couple of weeks, since Match-defining knocks from
the total.” “Until we meet again, NCN. he’s arrived here in India. And he has Dinesh Karthik (44*) and Shahbaz
The Lucknow Super Giants Speedy recovery,” Rajasthan Royals passed his fitness test to be available Ahmed (45) powered RCB to a
started their season on a wobbling tweeted. for selection,” said Watson as per an memorable victory as they chased
note as they were beaten by the Gu- Rajasthan had bought Coulter official release. down the target of 170 in a high-oc-
jarat Titans but managed to shake off Nile for Rs 2 crore in the mega auc- Speaking about the Lucknow Su- tane clash at the Wankhede Stadium.
the early jitters as they took down the tion 2022. Prior to this, he was part of per Giants team, the former Austra- In the post-match presentation,
Chennai Super Kings and Sunrisers the Mumbai Indians team in the IPL. lian all-rounder said, “The Lucknow Faf said: “People think that since he
Hyderabad on the bounce. Nathan Coulter-Nile played against Super Giants have got a very strong (Shahbaz) is a small skinny guy, he
Lucknow Super Giants will now Sunrisers Hyderabad in the first team. KL Rahul can take the game can’t hit it long but he can smash it
clash with Delhi Capitals at the Dr. match of Rajasthan Royals this sea- away from an opposition very quick- a long way. We didn’t bowl him to-
DY Patil Sports Academy, Navi son, in which he proved to be very ex- ly, especially if he’s in the mood of day because of the wet ball and left-
Mumbai on Thursday. pensive and he conceded 48 runs in 3 taking the game on. There’s Quinton hander being around but he’ll defi-
couLter-nILe to MIss overs. The dismissal of Coulter-Nile de Kock, everyone knows the incred- nitely play a long part in this season.
hailed
also
skipper
ible skill he’s got as a batter. We’ve
has dealt a big blow to the Rajasthan
RCB
reMaInDer oF season team as he was a great option both in to watch out for Deepak Hooda and his wicketkeeper-batter Dinesh
Winning two out of three match- bowling and batting simultaneously. Avesh Khan as well.” Karthik: “To pull it out of nowhere,
es, Rajasthan Royals, the number warner, nortJe avaILaBLe Watson also shared his thoughts you need some great characters and
one team on the points table, have on all-rounder Lalit Yadav. DK is as great a character as you can
suffered a setback after Nathan For seLectIon: watson “Lalit has incredible skill and has get. His composure under pressure
Coulter Nile has been ruled out of Delhi Capitals’ assistant coach great power. It’s been incredible to is amazing. He is really calm and
the ongoing season of the Indian Pre- Shane Watson on Wednesday said see the shot options that he has got such a great asset to us.”
mier League. that batter David Warner and fast against pace and spin. And the per- “We bowled really well, upto
The Australian pacer has suf- bowler Anrich Nortje are available formance he put up against Mumbai the 18th over and then Jos got
fered an injury during Rajasthan’s for selection. Indians has really boosted his confi- some good shots. Got a score that
first match of the season against Delhi Capitals will be looking dence and given himself belief that we thought was a bit above-par
Sunrisers Hyderabad where he felt to get back into winning ways when he has got the game to win a game with the conditions and the surface
discomfort while bowling and was they take on Lucknow Super Giants for his team,” he said. spinning a bit. We started quite well
unable to complete the over. He was in their third match of the Indian ‘sMaLL sKInny guy’ can though, but then Yuzi (Chahal)
later rested in the next two match- Premier League (IPL) 2022 at the bowled really well to get them back
es. Rajasthan Royals on Wednesday Dr DY Patil Sports Academy, Mum- sMasH It Long way in. But for me, the great thing about
announced that the pacer has been bai on Thursday. “David Warner is Royal Challengers Bangalore today once again was our ability
ruled out of the remainder of the out of quarantine, so he’s definitely captain Faf du Plessis hailed Shahbaz to come back to win games out of
tournament. A video was posted on available for selection for the next Ahmed after the all-rounder played nowhere,” the South African added
the Twitter account of Rajasthan game, which is very exciting. Anrich a vital part in defeating Rajasthan while talking about the team’s
Royals where Coulter Nile was bid Nortje has been going incredibly well Royals in IPL 2022 on Tuesday. performance in the match.

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