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Riders on Friday at Eden Gardens.
His blistering unbeaten knock of
100 came in just 55 balls. From the
very first ball, he made his intentions
clear and went on to unleash car-
nage in Eden Gardens. Even though
spin has exposed a major flaw in his
game, Brook still held on and went to
achieve the milestone.
“I’ve had a bit of trouble with
spin, but I wanted to use the pow-
erplay to my advantage. So middle
overs wanted to rotate strike and
let the other boys do the hitting.
It is a belter of a pitch, we need to
bowl our lengths rightly and take
wickets. We still got a job to do. My
girlfriend is here but the rest of my
family have just left, I’m sure they’ll
all be very happy for me,” said Har-
ry Brook after the first innings of
the match.
England’s right-handed bat-
ter scored unbeaten century and
quickfire fifty from captain Aiden
Markram propelled Sunrisers Hy-
derabad to 228/4 against Kolkata
Knight Riders in their Indian Pre-
mier League (IPL) 2023 match here
at the Eden Gardens on Friday.
For SRH, Brook slammed
the first century of IPL 2023 and
Markram scored 50 off 26 while
youngster Abhishek Sharma played
a quickfire knock of 32 in 17 deliver-
ies. For KKR, Andre Russell bagged
three while Varun Chakaravarthy Kolkata Knight Riders Rinku Singh celebrates after hitting the winning runs during the match against Gujarat Titans in the Indian Premier League
claimed one wicket.
(IPL) 2023, at Narendra Modi Stadium, in Ahmedabad on Sunday (ANI)

Getting better each day: ahead of their next game against boosted the Capitals’ confidence, but of the season under the IPL’s Code
Rishabh Pant Royal Challengers Bangalore. “My it wasn’t enough to get them the two of Conduct relating to minimum
heart and soul are always with the crucial points. The fans chanted for over-rate offences, Mr. Pandya was
elhi Capitals’ Rishabh Pant Delhi Capitals. I would like to wish the home team, but it wasn’t a hap- fined Rs. 12 lakh,” an IPL media ad-
caught up with his teammates them all the best for their next py homecoming for the Capitals, as visory said on Friday. The IPL aims
Don the sidelines of the team’s match.” Hardik Pandya’s Gujarat Titans won for matches to last three hours and
training session at the M. Chinnas- Pant, who led the Capitals for comfortably by six wickets. twenty minutes, but slow over rates
wamy Stadium, Bengaluru ahead of the past three seasons, has been After losing four consecutive are causing several games to go over
their IPL 2023 match against Royal ruled out of the current edition games, the Delhi Capitals have yet four hours.
Challengers Bangalore. because the wicketkeeper batter is to open their account on the points Coming to the match, Shubman
Delhi Capitals will take on Royal still recovering from multiple inju- table. So far in the tournament, the Gill’s knock of 67 powered Gujarat
Challengers Bangalore at the stadi- ries sustained in a car accident last David Warner-led side has failed to Titans to a 6-wicket win over Punjab
um on Saturday. Pant is undergoing year. put up a collective effort on the pitch, Kings in their Indian Premier League
rehabilitation and recovery at the In a post shared by IPL on their and their batting has been under- (IPL) 2023 match at the Punjab
National Cricket Academy. official Twitter handle earlier in the whelming. Cricket Association IS Bindra Stadi-
“I am recovering very well and day, the injured wicketkeeper batter um here on Thursday.
I’m getting better with each pass- can be seen interacting with various Pandya fined for Gujarat Gill scored the highest for Guja-
ing day. I came to visit the National Delhi squad members. Titans’ slow over rate rat while Wriddhiman Saha played a
Cricket Academy and the Delhi Cap- “Look who made a visit to the knock of 30 runs off 19. For PBKS,
itals happened to be there. So I met @DelhiCapitals training here in ujarat Titans (GT) captain Sam Curran, Harpreet Brar, Kagiso
the team,” Pant was quoted as saying Bengaluru. Hello there @Rishabh- Hardik Pandya has been fined Rabada and Arshdeep Singh bagged
by Delhi Capitals in a release. Pant17 #TATAIPL | #RCBvDC,” Gafter his team maintained a one wicket each.
“I just saw how the team’s prac- IPL official Twitter handle captioned slow over-rate during their Indian With this win, Hardik Pandya-led
tice is carrying on. I really love to be the post. Premier League (IPL) match against Gujarat have reached the third po-
around the boys and I am missing it,” Last week, Pant attended the Punjab Kings at the Punjab Crick- sition of the points table with three
Pant added. Delhi Capitals’ home match against et Association IS Bindra Stadium in wins in four games behind Rajasthan
The wicketkeeper-batter also Gujarat Titans at the Arun Jait- Mohali on Thursday. Royals and Lucknow Super Giants
extended best wishes to the team ley Stadium in Delhi. His presence “As it was his team’s first offence who have a better run rate.

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