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Also read: GL Vs RPS Live Score: IPL 2016 Live Cricket Score Updates of Gujarat Lions vs Rising Pune Supergiant Match Ajinkya Rahane, who was in sublime touch notched up his first fifty of the tournament, while South African import Faf Du Plessis played the second fiddle to perfection en route to his 33 ball 34. Kevin Pietersen walked in at the back of his fantastic BBL performance and applied the finishing touches with two towering sixes, to seal the lop-sided match in Pune’s favour and get them going on the points table....

Also Read: IPL 2016 Teams and full players list & unsold players The IPL auction, which took place on February 6 saw a number of high-profile names being bought by different franchises. While the 6 existing franchises used the opportunity to strengthen their squads further, the 2 new ones concentrated on forming a healthy nucleus of players for their first ever Indian Premier League. Here’s a list of the top 10 most expensive buys in the auction....

That is perhaps the biggest question on the minds of cricket lovers of Jaipur. The Sawai Mansingh Stadium last hosted an IPL match back in 2013. Due to Bombay High Court’s ruling to shift all the IPL matches out of drought-hit Maharashtra after April 30, Mumbai Indians will have to play their last three home league matches away from their home ground. On Sunday, the IPL governing council headed by Rajeev Shukla will decide whether Jaipur will host those matches or not....

Over the years, the IPL has witnessed many high totals being scored and batsmen smashing the bowlers to all parts of the ground. So far, 42 centuries have been scored in the IPL; 16 by Indian batsmen, and 26 by overseas batsmen. Also read: Top 5 fastest 50s in IPL history Even though T20 cricket is considered to be a game for the youngsters, several batsmen have been able to register big scores despite being in their late 30s....

Prior to the auction, they retained captain MS Dhoni, all-time IPL leading run scorer Suresh Raina and all-rounder Ravindra Jadeja. They supported these talented players with some great buys, like Shane Watson, Dwayne Bravo and Lungi Ngidi. On paper, they are a very strong side and perhaps have one of the best squads in the tournament. Here are three reasons why Chennai will win the IPL this season. #3 They have a very experienced squad Many teams in the IPL auction bought some of India’s young and upcoming players....

Amiri was voted as by the Indian football fans as ‘Fan’s Player of the Year’ ahead of Lenny Rodrigues (Churchill Brothers, India), Lalrindika Ralte (East Bengal Club, India), Lalkamal Bhowmick (Prayag United SC, India), James Joseph Saeed Moga (Pune FC, South Sudan), Carlos Hernández Valverde (Prayag United SC, Costa Rica) and Izumi Arata (Pune FC, India). Congratulations on winning the FPAI ‘Fans Players of the Year’ award! What does this award mean to you personally and Afghanistan football?...

The assault team, including investigators from the FSB, the domestic successor to the Soviet KGB, searched the premises for documents and videotapes. At first the federal prosecutor’s office said the raid was mounted to seize evidence connected to a three-year-old investigation into alleged financial misdeeds by a former Finance Ministry official. But by the end of the day, the FSB said its agents were investigating the operations of Media-Most’s private security apparatus, which the FSB alleged had been involved in surveillance activities that violated Russian privacy laws....

In 2014, when Chelsea let him go to Wolfsburg, everyone, including Chelsea themselves probably realised that the move was going to be a mistake. But they were building a team to win the Premier League, and that takes sacrifices. This one is definitely one they rue. When he returned to the Premier League after two successful seasons at Wolfsburg in Germany, he was Manchester-bound. At Manchester City, if De Bruyne was central to the way the team functions, under Pep Guardiola, he became an unstoppable force....

In a letter filed to the United States Securities and Exchange Commission yesterday, CtW Investment Group criticized EA over its “excessive equity granting problem” and giving “some of its executives a new special award before the performance period for a previous special award has even finished.” RELATED: Electronic Arts is Investigating Sexual Misconduct Allegations In November 2019, EA gave CFO Blake Jorgensen $7.5 million on top of his $7.5 million annual equity award and CTO Kenneth Moss $5....

New Delhi, June 26 (IANS) The Indian Olympic Association (IOA) has paid Rs.100,000 each to 16 hockey players as part of the sponsorship money promised to the athletes heading to the London Olympics. “All the qualified athletes will be paid Rs. one lakh in advance and the rest will be given to them later. Each athlete going to London will get between Rs. 2.5 to Rs 3 lakh,” IOA acting president Vijay Kumar Malhotra said here Tuesday....

The product pool opportunity for connected devices is mind blowing, integrating mostly any gadget, from pet feeders to baby monitors, talking dolls, wearables, cars and even adult toys. The Internet of Things has made it even in power grids, traffic sensors, medical devices and pacemakers. What happens when they are infected with ransomware and hackers get full control? Ransomware has been around for a long time, terrifying users with threats to encrypt and destroy their data unless a decryption fee is paid....

No. 4 Michigan State had an excuse the first time these teams met — when the Hawkeyes won 83-70 at home — because Denzel Valentine was out with a knee injury. But this time, Valentine was back in the starting lineup, leaving little doubt Iowa has the Spartans’ number. MORE: SN’s midseason CBB awards | Hoops Podcast Episode 2 The Hawkeyes (13-3, 4-0 Big Ten) struck beyond the arc early and often, nailing eight of their first 12 shots from deep....

Bryce Yakish, the recipient of the settlement, filed a lawsuit against Iowa and former State Patrol trooper Robert Smith in 2019 after dashcam footage was released by the Cedar County sheriff. The lawsuit alleged that Smith assaulted and falsely arrested Yakish, and that Smith had lied about what happened during the traffic stop. Smith, who left the force in 2018 after a 30-year career, has been accused of further misconduct after the release of the video....

The Iowa State Fair attendee identified as Bob Fisher was asked who he plans on voting for after placing his corn kernel next to Trump’s name as part of an unofficial presidential poll Friday. Fisher turned the question around at the MSNBC reporter and disparagingly asked him who a “white, old” man should be expected to vote for in 2020. The man explained he’s tired of being labeled a “racist” and that he has no problems with “colored” people....

The inaugural edition of the IPL was won by underdogs Rajasthan Royals, who were considered the weakest team in the IPL 2008. The inaugural edition of IPL also saw the rise of domestic Indian talents such as Yusuf Pathan, Swapnil Asnodkar, Ravindra Jadeja etc., who were major contributors in Rajasthan Royals’s victorious campaign of IPL 2008. IPL 2008, witnessed many great matches between the IPL franchises, that went down to the last over....

Comparing it to a similar sequence of events in an earlier game where he got Jesse Ryder out after getting hit for a six, Ravichandran Ashwin called the three balls he bowled to Gayle in the 2011 final one the finest 3-ball sets that he has ever bowled. Ravichandran Ashwin believes him getting Gayle out earlier added to the build-up It wasn’t the first time that the then-CSK off-spinner had gotten the better of Chris Gayle in the tournament either....

On the other hand, Ravi Bopara and Warner to an extent have been the only players to have been consistent for SRH, and they need certainly need more help in order to get back to winning ways. Venue: Dr. Y.S. Rajasekhara Reddy ACA-VDCA Cricket Stadium, Visakhapatnam Date and time: 22 April, 2015, 4:00 PM Indian Standard Time (IST) Previous meeting: KKR won by 4 wickets Current standings Highest run-getters SRH: David Warner (159 runs in 4 matches)...

Miller asserted, “To be honest, it is not really too much of an issue. We have not discussed or talked about that in our team. But wherever we find ourself if the fixture is changed we will look to let do with it and make it our home. We are not too sure about it right now.” Taking stock of the water crisis in the drought-hit state of Maharashtra, the Bombay High Court had earlier directed the BCCI to move the matches which were earlier slated to be held in Mumbai, Nagpur and Pune....

Takeaways: The Royal Challengers Bangalore have scored the highest runs on the most number of grounds – 3 (Chinnaswamy, MCA Stadium & Wankhede)The now defunct Pune Warriors have conceded the highest runs on the most number of grounds – 3 (Chinnaswamy, MCA Stadium, Pune & SVNS Stadium, Raipur)The 2013 season saw the most number of runs scored on the most number of occasions - 4The stadium in Raipur, Rajkot & Nagpur have comparatively lower scores as they witnessed significantly fewer games than the others...