Former India cricketer Sairaj Bahutule has been appointed spin bowling coach of the Rajasthan Royals, the Inaugural Indian Premier League (IPL) champions. He worked in the same capacity with RR from 2018 to 2021.
New Zealand’s white-ball maestro Martin Guptill recalled his days of opening the batting alongside current India captain Rohit Sharma in the Indian Premier League (IL), following his stunning unbeaten 160 off just 49 balls in the Legend 90 League on Monday.
The KKR side boasts of a strong bowling unit, at least on paper, and such under-par efforts with the bat could prove costly to RCB’s chances.
DC's opponents Rajasthan Royals have started their IPL 2024 campaign with a 20-run win over Lucknow Super Giants.
RR put a challenging target of 194 runs to Lucknow Super Giants after winning the toss to bat first.
Royals will also miss Ben Stokes and Jofra Archer in the remaining three games as the England internationals will join their national side in the training camp for the upcoming World Cup slated to be held from May 30.
Karthik promoted himself to No. 4 and smashed nine sixes and seven fours in his 50-ball unbeaten knock, as KKR hit top gear in the back end of the innings, scoring 126 from the last 10 overs.
KXIP lost to RCB by 17 runs but the match will be remembered by fans for the display of ‘tensions’ between the respective skippers.
In the ongoing IPL edition, the Men in Yellow have been in top form and have almost confirmed their berth in the playoffs.
Dhoni hit five fours and seven sixes during the course of his 48-ball inning, thus taking his overall IPL tally of maximums to 203.
