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MI vs CSK Cricket Scorecard, 29th Match at Mumbai, April 14, 2024
Live Cricket Scoreboard: Get Mumbai Indians vs Chennai Super Kings 29th Match, cricket scorecard, Indian Premier League 2024 dated April 14, 2024.
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NZ bat and hand debut to Tim Robinson; three debuts for Pakistan
Toss New Zealand chose to bat vs PakistanNew Zealand have won the toss and elected to bat. Under overcast conditions in Rawalpindi, on a day where the game has been pushed back by half an hour owing to inclement weather, Michael Bracewell decided to set a target for the hosts. In the first of five T20Is, New Zealand have handed a debut to big-hitting Tim Robinson, with the seasoned Ish Sodhi the sole specialist spinner in their XI.Babar Azam, in his first game back as captain for Pakistan, said...
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Mustafizur's club vs country debate ahead of T20 World Cup
T20 cricket rarely brings good news in Bangladesh. So, when a Bangladesh bowler, considered to be past his prime, lights up the biggest T20 league in the world with his variations, it's great news, especially with the T20 World Cup around the corner.Mustafizur Rahman is currently the joint-highest wicket-taker among seamers in the IPL - level with Jasprit Bumrah on 10 strikes. Half of his wickets have come in the death (overs 17-20) and his overall strike rate of 12 is the best among bowlers who...
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Rohit on Impact Player rule: 'I'm not a big fan'
India captain Rohit Sharma is "not a fan" of the Impact Player rule in the IPL, arguing that it's detrimental to the growth of allrounders in Indian cricket. Rohit is the first high-profile Indian player to be critical of the Impact Player rule which was introduced in IPL 2023 and allows teams to bring in a 12th player at any point in a match to replace a player from the XI after the toss."I generally feel that it is going to hold back [development of allrounders] because eventually cricket is...
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Babar on Afridi: 'We support each other in every situation'
It took right until the end of the press conference, but Pakistan's reinstated captain Babar Azam addressed the elephant in the room before he left."I want to make clear that Shaheen [Afridi] and my bond is not recent, it goes back a long way," Babar said on the eve of the T20I series opener against New Zealand in Rawalpindi. "We support each other in every situation. Our aim is to put Pakistan first, and how to put Pakistan's name up in lights. We don't think of individual glory, and...
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Pant, Samson or Jitesh: Which keeper(s) will make the final cut?
Moody and Dasgupta join the Runorder crew to try and answer India's selection questions ahead of the T20 World Cup.
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Pakistan finally gear up for some cricket after plenty of off-field turmoil
It's April, that time of the year when a certain white-ball tournament takes over cricket's ecosystem. Tickets can be onerous to procure, fan experiences in certain stadiums can leave much to be desired, and it drags on longer than perhaps it needs to. The crowds are passionate regardless of the quality of cricket, which can vary greatly, and they stay right to the end, despite games finishing late enough to make getting home an inconvenience.But there's more to Pakistan versus New Zealand than...
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Maxwell takes a break to refresh after asking to be rested by RCB
Glenn Maxwell has elected to take a break from the IPL to refresh himself physically and mentally after requesting Royal Challengers Bengaluru management pick someone else in his place for the match against Sunrisers Hyderabad.Maxwell has been struggling for runs in IPL 2024. Before Monday's game, he had scored only 32 runs in six innings at an average of 5.33. There were speculations that he might have sat out because of a thumb injury but that was not the case."For me, personally, it was a...
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Du Plessis: 'When the confidence is low, there's nowhere to hide'
After losing their fifth game in a row, this time out-hit at the Chinnaswamy as Sunrisers Hyderabad's smashed a record 287 for 3, Royal Challengers Bengaluru captain Faf du Plessis admitted that such results could take a mental toll.Even though RCB scored an impressive 262 for 7 in response, the runs conceded in the first innings were simply too many to overhaul, and he put it down to a lack of confidence in the bowling group. RCB came into this match having leaked 199 in 15.3 overs against...
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Travis Head joins Steven Smith at Washington Freedom for Major League Cricket 2024
Travis Head has elected not to rest following the T20 World Cup and will instead join Steven Smith to play in Major League Cricket's second season after signing with Washington Freedom.Head, who is currently playing in the IPL with Sunrisers Hyderabad, was clearly fatigued at the end of the Australian summer having required a rest during the home white-ball series against West Indies in February before another four months of non-stop cricket which included the tour of New Zealand, the IPL and...
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'I am fed up of looking to pinpoint individuals' - Pollard defends Hardik Pandya
Hardik Pandya looked forlorn. He had walked out to bat with Mumbai Indians' asking rate just under 13, and by the time he was dismissed - for 2 off 6 balls - it had shot up close to 17. He paused on his walk back and joined the MI group that included the head coach Mark Boucher and batting coach Kieron Pollard as the timeout was taken.A couple of hours earlier, Hardik took the responsibility of bowling the last over for Mumbai and gave away 26 as MS Dhoni smacked three successive sixes to help...
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Pathirana the point of difference against Malinga's Mumbai
On the eve of the Mumbai Indians vs Chennai Super Kings game, Lasith Malinga was doing his thing. He stood still behind the single stump at the bowler's end as Nuwan Thushara ran in and tried to hit the shoe placed at the striker's end. It was a drill that Malinga used to use, and he was using it to help the new Sri Lankan slinga, Thushara, get it right.It's a method that has now caught on.In the adjacent CSK nets, their own slingin' Sri Lankan, Matheesha Pathirana, was not to be seen. A...