Indian Premier League (IPL)

There you go.
Snooks has jinxed em

Match 20
DC won the toss & elected to bat
DC 159-4 Shaw 53 Pant 37 Smith 34 no Dharwan 28 Kaul 2-31
SRH 159-7 Williamson 66 no Bairstow 38 Avesh Khan 3-34 Axar Pateel 2-25
Match tied

DC won the eliminator over.

A challenging surface to bat on & Hyderabad maybe let Dehli get 15 or 20 too many. After a fast start from Bairstow, who maybe should've held back a bit & got through the Powerplay. Difficult to criticize, when none of the middle order could help Williamson out, he looked a class apart. It took the number 9, Suchith, who hit 2 fours & a six to help them take it to the eliminator over.
I think Warner over thought it, trying to go with a left & right-hand combination, when Williamson should've been partnered by Bairstow. Warner made another crucial mistake as he was called short for one run, as Williamson hit just the one 4 off an Axar Patel over that went for just 7. Rashid Khan almost pulled it off with only Pant reaching the ropes once. A scrambled leg bye off the last ball sealed the win for Delhi.

Match 21 (Ahmedabad) Punjab Kings v Kolkata Knight Riders (3pm UK)
KKR won the toss & elected to field
PK 123-9 Agarwal 31 Jordan 30 Prasidh 3-30 Narine 2-22 Cummins 2-31
KKR 126-5 (16.4 overs) Morgan 447 no Tripathi 41
KKR beat PK by 5 wickets

Good to see Eoin Morgan get some runs with a good 47 not out

Match 22 RCB v Delhi Capitals
DC won the toss & elected to bowl
RCB 171-5 de Villiers 75 no Patidar 31
DC 170-4 Pant 58 no Hetmyer 53 no Axar Patel 2-37
RCB beat DC by 1 run

Another AB Masterclass, he took Stoinis down in the last over of the innings, with 3 maximums. Pant & Hetmyer gave it a real good go. Hetmyer was clearing the ropes, but didn't get much strike in the last over, although Siraj bowled it pretty well.

(27-04-2021 15:49 )Boomerangutangangbang Wrote:  Match 22 RCB v Delhi Capitals
DC won the toss & elected to bowl
RCB 171-5 de Villiers 75 no Patidar 31
DC 170-4 Pant 58 no Hetmyer 53 no Axar Patel 2-37
RCB beat DC by 1 run

Great game of cricket.
Loved it.
One of the best of the tournament.
Two very good sides.

3 Australians have pulled out of the IPL, Andrew Tye Adam Zampa, & Kane Richardson. I think with the worsening covid situation in India, & concerns about being allowed back to Australia.
R Ashwin has also left to support his family. Pat Cummins has donated $50,000 for the purchase of oxygen supplies to India's hospitals. Not only a great cricketer, but a decent person.

Match 23 (Delhi) CSK v SRH (3pm UK)
SRH won the toss & elected to bat
SRH 171-3 Pandey 61 Warner 57 Williamson 26 no Ngidi 2-35
CSK 173-3 (18.3 overs) Gaikwad du Plessis Rashid Khan 3-36
CSK beat SRH by 7 wickets