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The team will be led by Gautam Gambhir in all likelihood and consists of players like Sunil Narine, Jacques Kallis, Robin Uthappa and many more. Here is the full squad. 0 votes

Venue: M. A. Chidambaram Stadium, Chennai Date and time: 25 April 2015, 8:00 PM Indian Standard Time (IST) Previous meeting: Kings XI Punjab won by 24 runs Current standings Top run-scorers Chennai Super Kings: Dwayne Smith (202 runs in 5 matches) Kings XI Punjab: George Bailey (164 runs in 4 matches) Highest wicket-takers Chennai Super Kings: Ashish Nehra (10 wickets in 5 matches) Kings XI Punjab: Sandeep Sharma (8 wickets in 5 matches)...

Just like a big tournament, IPL too has many unusual facts which can bewilder even the most die-hard IPL fans who have been following the league since its inception. Well, we have selected 10 such bewildering facts about the lucrative league. Here they are 1. Yusuf Pathan and Rohit Sharma are the only players who have won the tournament thrice KKR’s big-hitting batsman Yusuf Pathan and current Mumbai Indians skipper Rohit Sharma share a rare feat which is unmatched by others....

The League has given them the opportunity to be coached by established names in the cricketing world and this has helped them improve leaps and bounds. There have been players who have been plucked out of the league by virtue of their performances and have excelled in their repspective teams. The shining examples would be Ravichandran Ashwin, Ravindra Jadeja, Axar Patel among others. Players have been exposed to pressure scenarios and then the ability to handle them holds them in good stead at the international level....

Another match, another loss. There seems to be nothing that the Mumbai Indians (MI) can currently do to arrest the downhill flow that their IPL campaign seems to have picked up. A 7 wicket loss to a David Warner inspired Sunrisers Hyderabad (SRH) was another dent in their title defence. Confirmed Playing XI ROYAL CHALLENGERS BANGALORE Playing XI: Virat Kohli (C), Shane Watson, AB de Villiers, Travis Head, Sarfaraz Khan, Lokesh Rahul (WK), Stuart Binny, Kane Richardson, Iqbal Abdullah, Varun Aaron, Harshal Patel....

After getting off to a losing start to their campaign against Rising Pune Supergiants, defending champions Mumbai came back strongly with a thumping win over Kolkata Knight Riders, but suffered two consecutive losses against Gujarat Lions and Sunrisers Hyderabad to have them tottering in the seventh position in the points table with just two points from four games. Also Read: Chris Gayle set to miss RCB’s clash against Mumbai Indians...

The former Indian skippers made their feelings known when responding to the Bombay High Court ruling on Friday that the 13 IPL matches which were to be held in Maharashtra after April 30th, including the final which was slated for the Wankhede stadium in Mumbai, to be shifted out. “Why only cricket has been singled out? What about gardening, swimming? You can go on and on. Only cricket has been singled out,” Gavaskar told NDTV, as reported by Rediff....

Put into bat first, the Bangalore-based franchise put on 170/7 from their allotted 20 overs. A number of batsmen got a start, but no one could get a big score which hurt them big time in the end. Despite losing Parthiv Patel early, Mumbai looked to be in complete control for most parts of the chase. Captain Rohit Sharma was the star of the innings as he scored a calculated 62 from just 44 balls....

#1 Only once has a team finished 1st on the points table and then gone on to win the IPL – Rajasthan Royals, 2008 #2 The most number of balls bowled in IPL 2017 without conceding a six – 36 deliveries – Stuart Terence Roger Binny, Royal Challengers Bangalore. #3 The most number of balls faced without hitting a six – 58 deliveries – Vijay Shankar, Sunrisers Hyderabad. #4 Royal Challengers Bangalore’s change in fortune:...

While Gambhir’s bravery and his audacity in the face of adversities were indeed commendable, the Mumbai Indians’ crumbling under the pressure of a qualifier against the Rising Pune Supergiant – the eventual finalists – perhaps, was the exact opposite. Hence, when the Knight Riders clash against the team they have had the least amount of success against, they would have the advantage of having a winning momentum on their side....

Almost all the top players in the world play in the IPL and for the two months that IPL goes on, it is almost a festive time for the whole country altogether. Such is the influence of IPL in the Indian markets that we hardly see any massive or big budget Bollywood film release when the IPL is going on. Although every season of the IPL has been a runaway hit, some seasons are remembered more often than others....

Mumbai Indians, with all the big names like Rohit Sharma, Kieron Pollard and the Pandya brothers, have won just one game in six matches and are currently sitting below seven teams in the points table. After a decade of humiliation and severe trolling, Royal Challengers Bangalore’s team finally looked good on paper. Kolkata Knight Riders spent every single penny that they had to get big names on their team....

Out of the 24 England players who entered the auction, only six made it to the IPL this season. Ben Stokes leads the sold English players’ list with rs. 12.5 crores from the Rajasthan Royals, a little lesser than his previous record deal of 14.5 crores with the Rising Pune Supergiant. Mark Wood mentioned that he is ‘incredibly lucky’ to have been picked up by CSK while he is also shocked that Joe Root, Eoin Morgan, and Liam Plunkett, despite their good performances, have not been bought by any franchises....

The Orange Army currently are at the top of the table and would like to finish the league phase on a high to remain in fray for the top two spots. Therefore, going ahead in the business end of the tournament, it becomes absolutely essential for their batters to start firing as quickly as possible. With only three matches left after their last night win against Delhi, Hyderabad has sealed a spot in the playoffs....

The young captain has many more challenges ahead with seven games remaining, and can only hope for consistently good performances from him and his teammates to take Delhi off the bottom of the table. Here we chart out their predicted eleven for the game against the table toppers at Pune. Openers Prithvi Shaw announced himself in the IPL against the Kolkata Knight Riders at home, when he bashed 62 from 44 balls despite the threat of three spinners in the opposition, two of whom opened the bowling....

However, it was surely his coaching experience in Asia that landed him the job at East Bengal as he has been in charge of some top clubs in the Middle East and was also the head coach of the Myanmar national team. But he could have been in charge of East Bengal much earlier as he had an offer from the red-and-gold brigade five years ago. So what went wrong?...

The ISL’s Grassroots Technical Director, Piet Hubers, was recently in Delhi, taking a look at the grassroots activities of the Delhi Dynamos. He took some time out to speak to the media. Here are the excerpts from the conversation: You’ve been to different cities in India for the ISL’s grassroots programmes, how different has Delhi been? Well, Delhi has not been that different, very similar to the other cities in my opinion....

He is also a versatile player as he can play the role of a winger, midfielder and also as a wingback for his side. Despite making only three appearances so far, he is expected to play a more crucial role in the upcoming games for Chennai City FC. He has displayed extraordinary ball-control skills and has the ability to score goals from a long range. Sportskeeda caught up with the midfielder for an exclusive interview....

Intrinsic vs. Extrinsic Asthma Extrinsic asthma is caused by an allergic reaction to something in your environment that your immune system views as “foreign” to your body. Intrinsic asthma is any type of asthma that isn’t caused by an allergy. During an asthma attack, inflammation causes your airways to swell and clog with mucous. Muscles around your airways also contract, called bronchospasm. This makes it difficult for your lungs to move air into and out of your body....

What Robodoc brings to the operating room is not assembly-line efficiency but greater surgical precision. Engineers can now fabricate nearly perfect replicas of a patient’s hip. The standard prosthesis consists of two pieces: a plastic socket, which fits into the pelvic bone, and a metal pin that goes into the top of the thighbone. The pin has a ball on the end which protrudes from the thighbone an fits into the plastic socket....