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iPL 2021
in the season of tough games,
players try to motivate each other
Glimpses of action on and off the pitch and what is happening in the dressing rooms
arbhajan Singh might on official Twitter handle of Del-
still be playing for Kol- hi Capitals.
Hkata Knight Riders “With the ball we thought
(KKR) in the Indian Premier we were outstanding and the en-
League, but that doesn’t stop deavour, the energy and the out-
him from mentoring the young field, the fielding against Royals
spinners in the franchise. KKR and the catching was brilliant.
on Saturday shared a picture Brilliant once again. Woakes,
in which the senior off-spinner your first two overs, they were
was seen giving valuable tips to awesome, 2-8, we needed you
leg-spinner Varun Chakravar- to do that and stay in the game.
thy. The right-handed leg spin- Avesh started brilliantly and he
ner had bagged 17 wickets in set the tone. For most of the day,
last year’s IPL and was a key cog we did things right but the game
in KKR’s bowling wheel. “Not got away,” he added.
many better teachers of the craft Left-handed batsman David
than @harbhajan_singh,” KKR Moeen Ali of Chennai Super Kings plays a shot during the match between Miller produced a 62-run knock
tweeted. the Punjab Kings and the Chennai Super Kings at the Wankhede Stadium and it was followed by Chris
Earlier this week, Harbhajan in Mumbai on Friday. (ANI Photo/ IPL Twitter) Morris’ cameo of 36 runs off just
said that there is nothing wrong going to come good for KKR 18 balls as Rajasthan Royals de-
with Kuldeep Yadav’s bowling and also Team India soon,” he feated Delhi Capitals by three
and he felt the left-arm spin wickets.
bowler would regain his form. added. Miller came out to bat with
Kuldeep hasn’t been at his the score at 17/3, and he guided
best form off late and Harbha- Ponting praises boys for Rajasthan’s innings. And with 27
fighting till the end
jan reckons that the spinner will Delhi Capitals head coach needed off the final two overs,
come good both for KKR and Ricky Ponting praised his side’s Morris stepped up to the occa-
Team India. attitude against Rajasthan Roy- sion to take his side over the line
als even though his team suf- with two balls to spare. With this
“when he entered the indi- fered a three-wicket loss. win, Rajasthan has registered
their first victory in this edition
Chris Morris and Jaydev
an team, no one taught him Unadkat scored 27 runs off the of the IPL.
how to bowl. whatever he final two overs as Rajasthan Jamieson praises virat’s
approach
did was his own merit re- Royals defeated Delhi Capi- Royal Challengers Banga-
tals by three wickets here at the
flecting in his bowling. the Wankhede Stadium earlier this lore (RCB) bowler Kyle Jamie-
merit is still there and he week. “What we talk around son on Saturday praised skipper
this group is never being beaten Virat Kohli, saying that the lead-
has only gotten better with right and keeping ourselves in er’s approach to the game com-
time,” Harbhajan told kkr.in. the contest and we did magnifi- pliments his own style of going
cently against Rajasthan Royals. about things.
Andre Russell of Kolkata Knight Up until the 16th over mark, I Jamieson was picked up by
“There are times when you Riders celebrates the dismissal thought we had them and that RCB in the players’ auction for
bowl good spells and yet you during the match between the Kol- says a lot about us as a group. No a whopping Rs 15 crore and
don’t get wickets. It happened kata Knight Riders and the Mumbai matter how badly we play, until the tall pacer is expected to
with all the renowned bowl- Indians at the M. A. Chidambaram they hit the winning run, we are take wickets and then finish off
ers. I don’t see anything wrong Stadium in Chennai on Tuesday. never out of the game,” Ponting games with his big-hitting. In the
with Kuldeep. He has been a (ANI Photo/ IPL Twitter) said in a dressing room speech, first two games of this season,
match-winner and I know he is of which the video was uploaded Continued on next page... >>
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