IPL 2024: Nortje, Mukesh come in as DC win toss, elect to bowl first against RR in Pant’s 100th IPL game

IANS | March 28, 2024 7:31 PM

Jaipur, March 28 (IANS) Delhi Capitals have won the toss and elected to bowl first against Rajasthan Royals in match nine of IPL 2024 at the Sawai Man Singh Stadium here on Thursday. So far, all eight matches in the tournament have been won by home teams. The match is also the 100th IPL outing for skipper Rishabh Pant for Delhi Capitals, a side he's been a part of since 2016, making him the first player from the franchise to reach this landmark in the IPL.

Overseas players were frustrated by KKR coach Pandit's 'militant style' of coaching in IPL 2023, says Namibia’s Wiese

IANS | March 28, 2024 7:04 PM

New Delhi, March 28 (IANS) Namibia’s fast-bowling all-rounder David Wiese, who was a part of the Kolkata Knight Riders (KKR) in IPL 2023, has claimed that some overseas players were frustrated over head coach Chandrakant Pandit’s militant style of coaching in the tournament. In that season, KKR finished in seventh place in the points table and failed to enter the knockouts.

IPL 2024: Abhishek Sharma credits parents' presence for his blistering 63 runs against MI

IANS | March 28, 2024 4:43 PM

New Delhi, March 28 (IANS) Sunrisers Hyderabad batter Abhishek Sharma revealed that his parents' presence motivated him to unleash a breathtaking display of power-hitting in their Indian Premier League (IPL) 2024 clash with Mumbai Indians in Hyderabad. His record-shattering knock of 63 runs off just 23 deliveries left spectators in awe and secured SRH's first win of the season by 31 runs at the Rajiv Gandhi International Stadium on Wednesday night.