In his inaugural match of the IPL, a fast bowler with the Mumbai Indians by the name of Ashwini Kumar left an impression. Ashwini now becomes the fourth bowler to have taken a wicket off the first ball in his debut match for Mumbai. The left-arm quick was included by the Mumbai Indians in the playing eleven for the match against KKR, and he proved his worth by clean-bowling Suyash Sharma off the very first ball he bowled.

Rahane became the first victim

Ashwini dismissed KKR captain Ajinkya Rahane on the first ball of his IPL career and achieved the feat. Before Ashwini’s run for Mumbai, Ali Murtaza, Alzari Joseph, and Dewald Brevis took wickets on the first ball of the debut match. Ashwini Kumar made his IPL debut in this match and was seen in deadly form.  Apart from Rahane, Ashwini made Rinku Singh, Manish Pandey, and Andre Russell his victims.

Ashwini joins the special list

Overall, Ashwini is the 10th bowler to take a wicket on the first ball of the debut match in IPL. Before Ashwini, Mathisha Pathirana was the last bowler to achieve this feat in the IPL. Pathirana did this in 2022 by dismissing Shubman Gill of the Gujarat Titans. Apart from Ashwini, Ishant Sharma, Wilkin Mota, Shane Harwood, Amit Singh, Charl Langdewaite, Ali Murtaza, TP Sudhindra, Alzari Joseph, and Pathirana have done this.

Fourth-best performance in IPL debut

Ashwin Kumar took four wickets for 11 runs in three overs on debut. This is the fourth-best performance by a bowler on debut in IPL history. This performance of Ashwini is the best performance by an Indian on debut. The record for the best performance on debut in IPL is held by Alzari Joseph, who took six wickets for 12 runs against Sunrisers Hyderabad while playing for Mumbai Indians in 2019.

Who is Ashwini Kumar?

Ashwini Kumar is a Punjab bowler known for his variety of bowling. Ashwini impressed the Mumbai Indians scouts with his brilliant performance in the Sher-e Punjab T20 Trophy 2024. Ashwini impressed a lot with death bowling in that tournament. He made his debut for Punjab in the Syed Mushtaq Ali Trophy 2022 but got a chance to play in only four matches. Ashwini also played two first-class and four List-A matches for Punjab. Mumbai Indians bought Ashwini for Rs 30 lakh in the mega auction for IPL 2025. Ashwini was a part of Punjab Kings last season, but he was not included in the playing 11 in even a single match.

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Ryan Parag ended this IPL season brilliantly. He scored 573 runs in 15 matches. It has four half-centuries. His personal highest score was 84 not out. Even less than 24 hours after the end of the IPL finals, controversies surrounded him. Batting average 52.09. Played a brilliant innings with a strike rate of 149.22. Became the match winner.

Ryan Parag has suddenly become the center of controversy in the current situation where there are speculations that the only thing left to do is to be selected for the national team. There are no reasons for this. It turns out that he searched YouTube for hot videos of Bollywood heroines Ananya Pandey and Sara Ali Khan.

A YouTube search history claiming to belong to Ryan Parag has now gone viral on social media. A short video related to this is being shared immensely. In his YouTube search history, the words Ananya Panday hot, and Sara Ali Khan hot appeared more in this video. After that, a search history appeared on Virat Kohli’s name.

His YouTube search history came to light during an online gaming live-streaming session. Dashing batter forgot to hide his search history. At least he couldn’t figure it out during screen sharing. As a result, all of them are live-streaming.

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Complete list of IPL winners and runners-up: Shreyas Iyer-led Kolkata Knight Riders (KKR) ousted Pat Cummins with an eight-wicket win over Sunrisers Hyderabad to lift their third Indian Premier League (IPL) title on Sunday. KKR previously won the IPL titles in 2012 and 2014 and dominated that season, ending the league stage with a best of nine wins from 14 games.

Mumbai Indians and Chennai Super Kings are both sides that have won the IPL title five times. Sunrisers Hyderabad, Gujarat Titans and Rajasthan Royals won one each.

“It was comprehensive,” said Kolkata captain Shreyas Iyer, who also played for Delhi Capitals in the 2020 IPL final when his team lost to Mumbai Indians.

“That’s what we asked the players and they stepped up. It’s hard to express emotion, to like so much right now. Nobody got us here, it’s been a cumulative effort, it’s been a flawless season for us.

Pat Kuminos won the toss and were picked out, but Sunrisers fell flat in the first seven innings as they limped to 47-4 against an impeccable attack from Starc, Harshit Rana (2-24) and Vaibhav Arora (1-24). Russell swept the lower order with 3-19 and Hyderabad were in danger of falling short of 100 before Cummins hit 24 from 19 balls to be the last man to be dropped in the penultimate over.

“Russell has the magic wand and looks to me to bowl,” said Shreyas Iyer. “Most games he gave us a hit.”

Starc wins the battle against Cummins

He dominated even Hyderabad’s most aggressive batting line-up, winning both the league stage and the qualifiers, where Australian paceman Starc excelled before Pat Cummins led the side for one match. . semi-final

Starc and Cummins will join the Australian squad for the World Twenty20, which begins with the USA against Canada in Dallas on Saturday.

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22-year-old Gurbaz left Afghanistan in the first week of May due to his mother’s illness. But the KKR franchise sent him a message that the team needed him for the crucial playoffs. But with Gurbaz’s mother still in the hospital, everyone thought that his return was doubtful. But exceptionally this 22-year-old player is back in India for IPL. He took this decision keeping in mind the need of the team.

Yes, my mother is sick. When Phil Salt was leaving the team, I got a message from the KKR franchise. Gurbaz needs you.. asks what you say. I said I will come soon. My mother is still in the hospital. I used to talk to her on phone often. Along with my family, KKR’s family is also important to me. This is a bit difficult. But both have to be managed. I have responsibilities here,” Rahmanullah Gurbaz commented after the match against Sunrisers.

Phil Stall replaced Jason Roy in the KKR team. He gave the team a good start with lightning batting. He scored 435 runs in 12 matches with a strike rate of over 185. Due to this, Gurbaz had to be confined to the bench. Apart from Qualifier-1, Gurbaz played only one match in the league stage this season. But Gurbaz was not disappointed. Waiting for an opportunity. At last Salt got away from the team and made it to the final team.

A cricketer should know what to do. Only four foreign players have a chance in the final squad in IPL. We should try our best. Be ready for opportunity. With top management like KKR by your side, you have nothing to fear. Gautam Gambhir sir, Shahrukh sir, head coach are all like a family here. The pressure is on during the playoffs. But the management took the pressure off us by saying you enjoy the game. Hope to perform better like Salt.

And in Qualifier-1, KKR smashed the target of 160 runs set by Sunrisers in 13.4 overs. As a wicket keeper, Gurbaz took two catches and was a part of one run out. He also scored 23 runs in 14 balls in batting.

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On Thursday, Rajat Patidar crushed Mayank Markande, hitting the SRH spinner for four straight sixes.

The Indian Premier League career of Rajat Patidar has been quite an experience! After being acquired by Royal Challengers Bangalore in 2021, he was released before of the 2022 auction after only scoring 71 runs in four IPL matches. He wasn’t sold at the auction, but the RCB signed him for ₹20 lakhs in the middle of the season to take the place of the injured Luvnith Sisodia.

He hit a game-winning knock of 112* off 54 balls in the Eliminator match of the 2022 Indian Premier League, setting a new record for most runs scored in an elimination match. He tied Wriddhiman Saha’s record, having struck a 49-ball century for PBKS in the IPL 2014 finals, and became the first uncapped player to achieve a century in the IPL playoffs. It was also the joint-fastest century (49 balls) by a player in the playoff round.

The 30-year-old scored a half-century against Sunrisers Hyderabad on Thursday, demonstrating his return to form. As RCB reached 206/7 in 20 overs, Patidar hammered 50 runs off 20 balls, complete with two fours and five sixes.

In the eleventh over, he hit four consecutive sixes against spinner Mayank Markande, demonstrating the full extent of his shot-selection skills. After receiving an overly high-pitched tossed-up full delivery, Patidar hit Markande for an 86-meter six before hitting another maximum. After making it three out of three, he clobbered him over deep midwicket and then hit another six over deep extra cover.

Patidar has scored 211 runs in nine matches this season, ranking him as the fourth-highest run scorer for the RCB. With 430 runs, Virat Kohli leads the Orange Cap and is the greatest run scorer for the Royal Challenge Bengals. In the meantime, the third position goes to Dinesh Karthik (262), followed by Faf du Plessis (264). As RCB looks to turn around their failing IPL 2024 campaign, Patidar will be seeking to add more runs to his total.

Kolkata Knight Riders adolescent Angkrish Raghuvanshi declared his appearance on the enormous phase of the Indian Chief Association with a forceful 50 years against Delhi Capitals in his lady innings. Raghuvanshi made his IPL debut in the match against Regal Challengers Bengaluru however he wasn’t able to bat at M Chinnaswamy Arena. In the meantime, he possessed the stage with his flexible shot-production overall around the ground on Wednesday and crushed a 25-ball 50 years at Dr. Y.S. Rajasekhara Reddy ACA-VDCA Cricket Arena, Visakhapatnam.

Raghuvanshi emerged to bat at number 3 after Phil Salt’s initial takeoff and the 18-year-old burned through no time and began with consecutive limits. He coordinated the beats with Sunil Narine as the team released a massacre to blow away the DC bowling assault.

The 18-year-old scored 54 runs off 27 balls at a strike pace of 200 as his thump was bound with 5 fours and three sixes. In the interim, he and Narine (85) shared a 104-run stand to set the stage for a mammoth all-out for KKR after Shreyas Iyer was selected to bat first at the throw.

The right-given player was excused by Proteas pacer Anrich Nortje in the endeavor to hit another top dog.

With his sensation thump, he figured out how to enlist his name in several record books for KKR.

The highest score for KKR in their first IPL innings was 158* against RCB in Bengaluru in 2008; the highest score was 64 for Manish Pandey against MI in Abu Dhabi in 2014.

58*: Phil Salt against. SRH, Kolkata, 2024; 54: J Kallis vs. CSK, Chennai, 2011; 58*: Owais Shah vs. Deccan, Mumbai DYP, 2010

54 – DC versus A Raghuvanshi, Vizag, 2024

Along with becoming the second-youngest KKR player to register fifty in the IPL, he joined Shubman Gill on the elite list.

The youngest player to score 50 for KKR in the IPL was Shubman Gill against CSK in 2018; the youngest player to get 50 was A Raghuvanshi against DC in 2024.  

Raghuvanshi was brought into the world on June 5, 2005, in Delhi yet early on 11, he moved his base to Mumbai and prepared under Abhishek Nayar and Omkar Salvi. He addressed Mumbai in homegrown cricket and turned into a known face in the circuit for his overall capacity as separated from his batting, he is likewise a convenient left-arm universal bowler.

The gifted young person got the notice in the 2022 U-19 World Cup where he amassed 278 runs and assumed a vital part in India’s title-winning effort under the captaincy of Yash Dhull. He made his Rundown An and T20 debut in 2023 and delivered a heavenly show in the CK Nayudu Prize, where he crushed 765 runs in nine matches. The KKR scouts did well to waitlist him in their closeout list as the double cross bosses spent INR 20 lakh to sign him as he rejoined his young life mentor Abhishek Nayar at the establishment.

The 20-run win versus Chennai Super Rulers is a sign of where Delhi Capitals was, is, and can be. The crew on paper and its presentation in the initial two matches was unsuitable and, as per collaborator mentor Pravin Amre, is propelled now and can improve.

That lays out that DC isn’t self-satisfied having recently defeated the reigning champ.

What caused the circle back shouldn’t need to be analyzed forensically. For it might effortlessly be credited to its knowledge of its home ground. “We were hanging around for a very long time (pre-season), and I think the primary two or three weeks, there was a dew.

“In any case, we knew that there wouldn’t be that much (dew) that day specifically on the grounds that it was blustery. Furthermore, I believe that was a significant choice to go there and bat first,” expressed Amre on the night before his group’s conflict against Kolkata Knight Riders here.

It’s with this sort of commonality and the breeze-upheld swing that Khaleel Ahmed creates with the new ball that DC will take on the Knight Riders.

Then again, it may very well be the right setting and match for Mitchell Starc to come great for the guest. Starc against the DC openers would make for an intriguing challenge. As it is watch DC attempting to contain Andre Russell from muscling shots of pandemonium.

By and large, it’s about whether the recently sure DC can best a high-flying KKR.

The Groups (From):

Delhi Capitals: Rishabh Gasp (c), David Warner, Prithvi Shaw, Yash Dhull, Abishek Porel, Axar Patel, Lalit Yadav, Mitchell Bog, Pravin Dubey, Vicky Ostwal, Anrich Nortje, Kuldeep Yadav, Jake Fraser-McGurk, Khaleel Ahmed, Ishant Sharma, Mukesh Kumar, Tristan Stubbs, Ricky Bhui, Kumar Kushagra, Rasikh Dar, Jhye Richardson, Sumit Kumar, Swastik Chikara and Shai Trust.

Shreyas Iyer (captain), KS Bharat, Rahmanullah Gurbaz, Rinku Singh, Angkrish Raghuvanshi, Sherfane Rutherford, Manish Pandey, Andre Russell, Nitish Rana, Venkatesh Iyer, Anukul Roy, Ramandeep Singh, Varun Chakravarthy, Sunil Narine, Vaibhav Arora, Chetan Sakariya, Harshit Rana, Suyash Sharma, Mitchell Starc, Dushmantha Chameera, Sakib Hussain, and Mujeeb Ur Rahman are the Kolkata Knight Riders.

It seems like fan wars over the captaincy saga at the Mumbai Indians (MI) camp have taken an ugly route in the 2024 edition of the Indian Premier League (IPL). Before Hardik Pandya marshalled his troops for Mumbai’s first home game of the new season, supporters booed Rohit Sharma’s successor at the traditional coin toss. A packed Wankhede Stadium expressed their reservations about Hardik – the captain, following his ascension to the captaincy throne in his homecoming game.

Hardik was at the receiving end of fans’ booing on IPL 2024 matchday 14 after former cricketer Sanjay Manjrekar gave the MI skipper a traditional welcome in Mumbai. “Two captains with me – Hardik Pandya, captain of the Mumbai Indians, a big round of applause, ladies and gentlemen,” Manjrekar said before the coin toss. Instead of receiving a hero’s welcome, Hardik was treated like an away team player as if he was not playing for the home side. With Hardik receiving a hostile reception from MI fans at Wankhede, Manjrekar issued the crowd an early warning. “Behave,” Manjrekar thundred on-air.

Sanjay Manjrekar tells Wankhede crowd to ‘behave’ over Hardik boos

After Manjrekar came out in strong support of Hardik at the coin toss, the MI skipper was all smiles as the India all-rounder confirmed that the host side has picked an unchanged playing XI against the 2008 champions. “We were planning to bowl first. It’s quite exciting to be a part of this game. We always look forward to the future and need to follow the process. Looking forward to playing a brand of cricket everyone enjoys. Playing the same team,” Hardik said after RR skipper Sanju Samson won the toss and opted to bowl first in MI’s backyard.

Pandya was loudly booed when he arrived to bowl for Mumbai Indians in their IPL 2024 opener against his former franchise – Gujarat Titans. Pandya guided the 2022 winners to back-to-back finals before joining MI for IPL 2024. Hardik was subjected to rancorous reception after MI lost the high-scoring thriller to 2016 winners Sunrisers Hyderabad (SRH) earlier this season.

The following players represent the Mumbai Indians playing XI: Tim David, Gerald Coetzee, Piyush Chawla, Akash Madhwal, Jasprit Bumrah, Kwena Maphaka, Rohit Sharma, Naman Dhir, Tilak Varma, and Hardik Pandya (c). Rajasthan Royals playing eleven: Trent Boult, Avesh Khan, Nandre Burger, Yuzvendra Chahal, Riyan Parag, Dhruv Jurel, Shimron Hetmyer, Ravichandran Ashwin, Yashasvi Jaiswal, Jos Buttler, and Sanju Samson (w/c).

Avoided about Delhi Capitals’ initial two rounds of the IPL 2024 against Punjab Rulers and Rajasthan Royals, Prithvi Shaw made a fabulous beginning to the season by dashing away to 43 off 27 balls. Shaw showed a similar stroke-production capacity that had made him a commonly recognized name in the Indian homegrown circuit a couple of years prior. Be that as it may, the absence of structure and wellness had restricted his appearances across configurations and competitions, while likewise influencing the publicity encompassing the hitter.

Nonetheless, the previous evening was an exemplary illustration of what Shaw is equipped for as the Delhi Capitals opener struck four sixes and two fours to give his group a romping start. The vibe of aim all over was clear as he played an appearance, figures previous India opener Virender Sehwag, who feels the young person directed all the hurt that was inside him to deliver a thump suggestive of bygone times.

“Group the executives will continuously take a gander at regardless of whether a player is in musicality in the nets while they’re batting. This inning will remind Prithvi how significant an inning like this was for him. Last IPL likewise he was sitting out for certain games, and in this IPL too he was sidelined for the initial two games. Perhaps he was harming from the inside. That is where this innings likely came from,” expressed Sehwag on Cricbuzz.

Shaw’s fierce ride over the most recent few years has made him an exemplary illustration of one of those ‘beside the point’ sort of players. Hampered by a doping embarrassment in 2020, Shaw’s India vocation has never been something similar. Shaw last played in Blue in July of 2021 and despite the fact that he has once in a while been called up to the crew, it’s the nearest he came to addressing the country. Shaw has anyway made his presence in the homegrown and Region circuit sometimes, crushing a mammoth 379 against Assam in the 2023 Ranji Prize season and 244 for Northamptonshire before injury took him out for a long stretch.

‘Shaw-Warner DC’s solidarity’

Shaw’s trips with DC over the last several seasons – 283 and 106 runs – weren’t significant either, which perhaps caused him to pass on the initial two games. DC mentor Ricky Ponting referenced that Shaw’s possibilities playing the game against CSK rely heavily on how he turns up in the nets, and deciding by the vibes of it, it presumably worked out positively. Shane Watson, Ponting’s previous Australia partner, contributed and brought up that DC’s initial sets of Shaw and Warner is one of their assets, and in no way, shape, or form should the Capitals risk something similar.

“For the Delhi Capitals, perhaps the greatest issue over the most recent few years has been the initial organization. Their typical has been among the most reduced in the IPL. A major piece of that has not been David Warner. Warner has scored a lot of runs. It’s generally been his accomplice. Furthermore, for a great deal of games that has been Prithvi Shaw. This evening, he played all around well,” Watson said during the mid-innings break.

“That 6th over against Mustafizur Rahman was extraordinary batting. Delhi is depending on Prithvi Shaw. Sadly, he hasn’t delivered the products for them over the most recent few years. Be that as it may, this is a mind-boggling sign. Hopefully, that craving is there and stays all through this IPL.”

Mahendra Singh Dhoni moved back the years with a surprising thump against Delhi Capitals in the Indian Head Association match on Sunday. It was a classic MS Dhoni show in Visakhapatnam as the fans went wild when he entered the center with the bat in his grasp. The climate was dreamlike and Dhoni ensured that the fans returned with a noteworthy second. It was whenever he first had the opportunity to bat this season and he didn’t dishearten anybody.

Be that as it may, his appearance was insufficient for CSK to keep away from a loss as Rishabh Gasp’s Delhi guaranteed their most memorable win of the time with a 20-run win.

The unbelievable wicketkeeper hitter emerged to bat in the seventeenth over with the match getting away from CSK’s range. Notwithstanding, Dhoni captivated everyone present at the arena with an unbeaten 37-run* knockoff 16 balls. The previous captain crushed 4 fours and three sixes.

CSK required 41 runs off the last finish and Dhoni crushed the initial bundle of Anrich Nortje for a limit through additional cover. Nortje neglected to get his line and length right as the CSK legend kept on rebuffing him. The subsequent ball, a full throw, went for a one-gave six over mid-wicket. Things kept on turning sour for the Proteas paceman as he bowled one more full throw on the fourth ball and it dashed for a four.

Dhoni ensured the fans got to see his one-of-a-kind side with his last ball greatest. Yet again it was a full throw and Dhoni smacked it over additional cover for the most extreme as he completed his thump with a strike pace of 231.25.