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IPL 2022

Nitish Rana and Umran Malik show the

power and talent of the young players

As the season gets into full flow, we bring to you all the action on and off the field

itish Rana on Thursday be- games we’ve come close but ended
came the 46th batter in the on the wrong side of them,” said
NIndian Premier League (IPL) The Knight Riders are next
history to cross the 2,000-run mark in scheduled to lock horns with Ra-
the competition. jasthan Royals on Monday, at the
He accomplished this feat during Wankhede Stadium.
the 41st match of the league against SUNIL NARINE FIRST
Delhi Capitals on Thursday. In a los-
ing effort, Rana played a knock of OVERSEAS SPINNER TO SCALP
57 in just 34 deliveries, consisting of 150 WICKETS
3 fours and 4 sixes, before being dis- Kolkata Knight Riders’ Sunil
missed by Mustafizur Rahman. Narine became the first overseas
Rana is now in the company of
batters like JP Duminy (2029), Kane spinner in the history of the Indi-
an Premier League to reach the
Williamson (2033), Adam Gilchrist 150-wicket milestone.
(2069), Aaron Finch (2073) who are In the match against Delhi Cap-
just above him. Overall, Virat Kohli itals (DC), Kolkata Knight Riders’
(6411), Shikhar Dhawan (6086), Ro- star all-rounder completed the mile-
hit Sharma (5764), David Warner stone when he picked up the wicket
(5710), Suresh Raina (5528) are the of Lalit Yadav in his 3rd over as Kol-
top five run scorers in the league’s kata Knight Riders were defending a
rich history. paltry total of 146. Narine is at num-
In the ongoing IPL season, Rana
in his nine innings has amassed a to- ber 8 in the overall list of bowlers
who have taken 150 or more wickets
tal of 200 runs at an average of 22.22. in the IPL. With this, Narine became
He has two half-centuries and his in- the first foreign spin bowler to take
dividual best score is 57. 150 wickets in the Indian Premier
Coming to the match, put to
bat first, KKR scored 146/9 in their League. Dwayne Bravo is at number
one among the bowlers who take the
20 overs. KKR kept losing wick- most wickets in IPL. Bravo has tak-
ets at regular intervals, with knocks Kolkata Knight Riders Nitish Rana celebrates his half century (ANI) en 181 wickets in 158 matches while
from Shreyas Iyer (42), Nitish Rana Lasith Malinga is second with 170
(57) and Rinku Singh (23) helping wickets in 122 matches while Amit
their side reach a respectable total. Villiers (251), Rohit Sharma (234), “We’ve tried a few opening combi- Mishra is at number three with 166
Kuldeep Yadav was the pick of the MS Dhoni (224), Kieron Pollard nations and there are no bad players wickets in 154 matches.
bowlers for DC, with 4/14 in his three (222) are the top 5 batters with most in the IPL, they’re all class acts. The Delhi Capitals defeated Kolkata
overs. sixes in the league’s history. guys who’ve opened, have pure class Knight Riders by 4 wickets to regis-
Nitish Rana on Thursday joined CHOPPING, CHANGING NOT as well. So, it’s just about guys finding
the company of 28 other players who form and running with guys who’ve ter their fourth win in IPL 2022 on
Thursday. Delhi has won four out of
have hit a centuries of sixes in the In- IDEAL: TIM SOUTHEE found form. The chopping and its 8 matches played this season while
dian Premier League (IPL) changing nature isn’t ideal, but that losing the same number of matches.
He accomplished this feat After the defeat against Delhi Cap- happens when you aren’t winning a
during the 41st match of the ongo- ital by four wickets, Kolkata Knight lot of games,” Tim Southee said in At the same time, this is Kolkata’s
sixth defeat in nine matches. KKR
ing IPL 2022 against Delhi Capitals, Riders fast bowler Tim Southee said the post-match press conference. are at number eight in the points ta-
by smashing a Lalit Yadav delivery that chopping and changing is not Southee also said that making ble with three wins. This defeat has
over the ropes in the 17th over of the ideal, and happens when the team too many changes is not good for a also dealt a blow to KKR’s hopes of
game. In the match, Rana played an ends up on the losing side. team. But the veteran bowler also reaching the playoffs.
entertaining knock of 57 in just 34 Kuldeep Yadav’s four-wicket showed confidence in his team’s play-
balls, consisting of 3 fours and 4 six- haul and blistering knocks from Da- ers to come good in the tournament. POSITIVE ATMOSPHERE
es before he was dismissed by Mus- vid Warner and Rovman Powell pow- “It’s hard when you haven’t had HELPED WARNER: GAVASKAR
tafizur Rahman. Now, the batter has ered Delhi Capitals to a four-wick- the wins you wanted. After a big auc- Former India captain Sunil Ga-
a total of 102 sixes in the cash-rich et victory against Kolkata Knight tion, we are still trying to find the
league. Chris Gayle (357), Ab De Riders at the Wankhede Stadium. right combinations. In a lot of the Continued at next page... >>

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