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9 wins in 14 matches has meant that they finished second on the table and as a result made their way to the Playoffs. Here are five reasons why they have made such a stupendous comeback in the IPL: 5.Fully fit squad for the whole campaign Last season, the Supergiants(as they were called) suffered because of a spate of injuries. Steve Smith, Faf du Plessis and several other key players could not play as big a role as they would have liked....

With Ravichandran Ashwin and Murali Vijay most likely to be ruled out of the Indian Premier League 2017, their Indian teammates Ravindra Jadeja and Umesh Yadav are most likely to miss the first three weeks of the tournament as well, as reported by Wisden India. Extra Cover: Ravichandran Ashwin and Murali Vijay likely to miss IPL 2017 Both Jadeja and Umesh who played an extremely important role in India’s successful Test season toiled extremely hard and were extremely busy over the past 9 months or so....

He also said he doesn’t have any expectations going into the tournament and promised to work hard to earn the opportunity to play in the XI. Speaking to Sportskeeda, he said, “I am feeling good about getting selected, and at the same time, I am excited to be a part of the team that has some big names in it. I don’t have any expectations going into the tournament. I will work hard to get an opportunity and when I get it, I should be ready to deliver for the team....

The deciding factor is a blend of fan-voting and the choice made by the cricket pundits, primarily the commentary team. However, a player must comply with the following criteria to get the consideration for achieving the honor: -The player must be born on or after 1 April 1992; -He must have played 5 or fewer Test matches, 10 or fewer ODI or T20I matches; -He must have played 25 or fewer matches in the IPL;...

#3 Injuries are bound to haunt them Like most of the teams, SRH too have faced injury concerns with their fast bowlers, but their squad depth has helped them. Players like Sandeep Sharma and Siddharth Kaul have been very good this season. But when their main batsman got injured, they faced problems. When Shikhar Dhawan got injured, they replaced him by Ricky Bhui who did not impress. He is still playing with a slight injury as his elbow is padded up, which can be dangerous....

Mumbai won the toss and opted to chase in an important game for them. Chennai got off to a decent start before Krunal sent Watson packing. The in-form Rayudu joined hands with Raina and began counter-attacking the Mumbai bowlers. They stitched together a wonderful 71 runs stand before Rayudu threw his wicket away. Mumbai came back into the contest with some tight bowling and despite Raina’s unbeaten 75, Chennai was restricted to 169 for 5 in 20 overs....

“It has been really good with (Ponting so far). He has been pretty aggressive. He has got that positive frame of mind. When he came in and gave a speech to all of us, it really fired us, we almost had goose bumps,” said Iyer, who was one of the three players retained by the team ahead of the auction. In case you didn’t know… Ricky Ponting was signed by Delhi Daredevils as their coach much before the auctions of IPL 2018....

Preetesh was awarded the Sandy Grossman award for being the Best Offensive Linesman in the first season of the Elite Football League of India (ELFI), and he goes by the nickname of ‘Hellboy’, for he claims that that’s what he brings when he steps onto the football field. I caught up with him on his time out to talk about his experiences, his award, his captaincy, and most importantly, his team....

Many of these have been blatant rip-offs—utilizing the exact same premise while trying to squeeze cash out of players via intrusive microtransactions—while others have managed to put their own unique spin on the formula. For instance, Lewdle is a raunchy take on the popular word game that has you trying to identify NSFW terms, while Nerdle switches letters for numbers and Quordle ramps the difficulty up to the next level by making you solve four crossword puzzles at once....

When it comes to which country invented soccer, things do get a little bit muddled. Most people, nowadays, commonly agree that England was the country to invent soccer (and rugby, which also influences football), but there were various versions of the game played around the world before then. For example; the version played in China closely resembled a combination of rugby and soccer although the governing body of soccer (FIFA) does not recognize any sort of play which took place outside of Europe as being part of the history of soccer....

We’re sure Apple is hopeful the new version will turn around the company’s recent bad luck with the mobile operating system. iOS 11 hasn’t been a walk in the park, with several patches released to address bugs in TouchID, FaceID, unresponsive touchscreens and performance issues. Apple has also had to contend with Spectre and Meltdown, and it has faced criticism over deliberately slowing down older iPhones via iOS updates....

Using ipconfig From the command prompt, type ipconfig to run the utility with default options. The output of the default command contains the IP address, network mask, and gateway for all physical and virtual network adapters. The ipconfig command supports several command line options. The command displays the set of available options. Ipconfig /all This option displays the same IP addressing information for each adapter as the default option. Additionally, it displays DNS and WINS settings for each adapter as well as a whole host of additional information....

It has been reported by iDigitalTimes that Apple is likely to release its flagship device iPhone 6 as early as September or may be by October along with the release of iPad Air2 and iWatch. This speculation can be justified from the company’s historical trend as both the iPhone 5 and 5s/5c were launched on the third Friday of September. So the company will continue its trend and is expected to launch its latest flagship smartphone on September 19 2014....

One of the biggest iPhone 6 speculations is that the screen will probably be a whole lot bigger when compared with previous models. The latest developments by Apple for the iPhone has been the new iOS 7 and the 64-bit A7 chipset, along with new interfaces and other features. Apple may settle into a comfort zone with the A8 chip and the iOS 8 but these will not be very big milestones....

Apple iPhone 7 concept design The conceptual iPhone 7 design clearly reflects the glass back that was found in the iPhone 4 as well as iPhone 4S models. Not just the glass panel, it seems that the artist has taken ample inspiration from the previous iPhones, which are often considered the most aesthetically designed handsets of the company. Apart from the glass back, the concept phone has also adopted the flat metal frame, which covers the device from all sides....

Players like Stephen Fleming, Ricky Ponting, and Rahul Dravid donned the role of the head coach once their IPL playing career was over. Stars like Shane Warne and Zaheer Khan played the role of coach-cum-player. In the above list of players who have joined the support staff, we will look at five other famous persons who were once part of the supporting staff. Let us look at them one by one....

In the IPL, the best career economy rate is owned by Shaun Pollock. The South African’s overall economy rate of 6.54 is the best among all bowlers who have delivered at least 250 deliveries in the cash-rich IPL. Among Indian bowlers, the IPL record for best economy rate is held by Anil Kumble, who had an economy rate of 6.57. On that note, let us have a look at six Indian bowlers with the most economical spells in the IPL....

The crucial win meant Sunrisers leapfrogged Mumbai Indians into fifth place on 12 points, two points behind Rajasthan Royals in fourth. If Rajasthan lose their final two matches and Sunrisers win their last game, then the latter still have a chance of going through to the playoffs. Chennai are in second place with 16 points but have lost three matches on the trot, a cause of concern for captain Mahendra Singh Dhoni, who going into the mid-innings break must have thought had the game here in the bag....

The Sunrisers, semifinalists last year, have opted for a 24-man squad, with mentor VVS Laxman mentioning that the squad was built after giving due consideration that this year’s IPL could well be held outside India. 0 votes

Although the destructive West Indian opening batsman, Chris Gayle didn’t have a great day at the office yesterday, he seemed really excited about the prospect of the 18-year-old Sarfaraz Khan whom he cited as one of the future stars of Indian cricket. After the initial dismissal of Chris Gayle, the super-duo of Virat Kohli and AB De Villiers added 157 runs on the board before the Mumbai prodigy blasted 35 runs off just 10 deliveries to take the RCB total to a whopping 227 in their allotted 20 overs....