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IPL 2019: Dwayne Bravo, MS Dhoni Star As Chennai Super Kings Defeat Delhi Capitals

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Dwayne Bravo picked up three big wickets and scored the winning boundary for Chennai Super Kings as they defeated Delhi Capitals by six wickets in the fifth match of the Indian Premier League (IPL) 2019 at Feroz Shah Kotla on Tuesday. Skipper MS Dhoni stood unbeaten on 32 as Chennai Super Kings chased down the easy 148-run target with two balls to spare. With this win, CSK secured the top position in the IPL 2019 points table as they had defeated Royal Challengers Bangalore in the season opener on Saturday. The scoreline might suggest that it was a close game but CSK were always in control of the chase despite a lot of balls being wasted by Dhoni at the back end of the innings.  When Delhi batted first, run-scoring looked an arduous job with a middle-order collapse dashing hopes of a big total. When CSK started their chase, it was expected that the slowness will be a factor but it seemed Watson (44 off 26 balls) and Suresh Raina (30 off 16 balls) were batting on
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Stage Set For IPL 5 As Chennai-Mumbai Clash In Lung Opener

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Chennai, Apr 3: Sights firmly set on a hat-trick of titles, defending champions Chennai Super Kings will open their campaign against last year’s Champions League Twenty20 winner Mumbai Indians in the inaugural match of the Indian Premier League 5 here tomorrow. The season’s lung opener at the M A Chidambaram stadium could not have got any better as two of the strongest teams in the tournament will set the tone for the high-octane Twenty20 tournament over the next eight weeks. Banking on their home advantage which enabled them to win back-to-back titles, the Chennai outfit, led by talismanic Mahendra Singh Dhoni, will be hoping for their third consecutive IPL crown, but for that to happen they will have to pull out all stops to ensure a winning start to their campaign as their rivals - Mumbai Indians - appear to hold a slender edge. Dhoni, who led Chennai to two IPL titles and final and semi-final appearance once, besides the 2010 CLT20 crown, however, would like to put behind
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Harris Included In 12-Man Australia Squad For 2nd Test

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Melbourne, Dec 30: Swing bowler Ryan Harris was today included in Australia’s 12-man squad for the second cricket Test against India starting on January 3 in Sydney, while the eleven who played in the opening match here retained their places. Pacer Mitchell Starc and all-rounder Daniel Christian were left out from the 13-man squad for the opening Test which Australia won by 122 runs at the MCG. The 32-year-old Harris from New South Wales has picked up 35 wickets from eight Tests at 21.37 average before a hip injury during the Cape Town Test against South Africa last month put him on a rehabilitation programme. “Harris has been included in the eleven that played the first Test in Melbourne. Ryan has had carefully monitored preparation, which has gone to plan,” said national selector John Inverarity. Apparently skipper Michael Clarke is a great admirer of Harris’ quality seam and swing bowling. The quick bowler was extremely successful in Sri Lanka and South Africa before he suffered a h
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Sri Lanka Grabs Breakthrough Win In South Africa

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Durban, Dec 29: Rangana Herath took 5-79 as Sri Lanka beat South Africa by 208 runs in the second test Thursday for a breakthrough win in the country. Spinner Herath wrapped up Sri Lanka's first ever test victory in South Africa late on day four as the Proteas slumped to 241 all out, well short of their victory target of 450. Herath broke a stubborn 99-run stand between A.B. de Villiers (69) and Dale Steyn (43) and then removed Steyn and Marchant de Lange in three balls to wrap up a series-leveling victory for the tourists with a day to spare. Herath had De Villiers lbw after his battling partnership with Steyn delayed Sri Lanka's march to victory and lifted South Africa from 133-6 in its second innings. Sri Lanka also ended a run of 15 tests without a win.
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Australia Defeat India By 122 Runs In First Test

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Melbourne, Australia, Dec 29: Peter Siddle claimed three wickets, including the prize scalp of Sachin Tendulkar for the second time, as Australia beat India by 122 runs before stumps on the fourth day of the first test. Set the imposing victory target of 292, India could manage just 169 as its top order offered little resistance in the face of a formidable Australian pace attack. Man of the match James Pattinson led the attack with 4-53, while Ben Hilfenhaus, who completed his first test five-wicket haul in the first innings, had 2-39. Tendulkar, who top scored for India with just 32, was denied yet another chance to claim cricket’s first ever 100th international century. Australia’s fast bowlers worked in harmony throughout most of the afternoon, applying constant pressure rewarded by regular wickets. “I’ve got to give full credit to our bowlers,” Australia captain Michael Clarke said. “We all know how dangerous India’s batting lineup is and for our bowlewrs to be able to restrict th
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Australian Fans Should Lower Their Expectations : Barry Richards

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Melbourne, Dec 15: As Australia gear up to take on India in a gruelling four-Test battle, South African batting great Barry Richards said fans Down Under should “lower their expectations” from the home team which is in transition. “Australia’s come right back to the pack. Fans are just going to have to lower their expectations of what their team is capable of. That’s taking a bit of time, isn’t it?” Richards was quoted as saying by ‘The Age’ India and Australia will play a four-Test series starting December 26 and given the home team’s struggles, the visitors have got a good chance of upstaging them. Asked to comment on the future of out-of-form senior batsmen Ricky Ponting and Mike Hussey, Richards said, “If someone is there to take their place, they should go. And therein lays the problem.” Speaking on the overall state of the game, Richards criticised the Twenty20 format, saying it is too commercial a format. “The size of the fields, the pitches and the power of the bats are so diff
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Indian Team Arrives In Australia

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Melbourne, Dec 14: The remaining members of the Indian cricket team, led by skipper Mahendra Singh Dhoni, today arrived in Australia for the gruelling Test series starting later this month. The players, including Gautam Gambhir, Virender Sehwag, Virat Kohli, Zaheer Khan and coach Duncan Fletcher left Chennai for Australia yesterday. As soon as they landed in Melbourne, the team left for Canberra on a bus. India are scheduled to play two warm-up matches against Cricket Australia Chairman’s XI at Manuka Oval in Canberra— first on December 15-16 and the second a three-day game from December 19 to 21. “Different vibe in Australia. Lovin it though! Off to Canberra 3 hour drive. Not good after 13 hours of travelling,” tweeted Kohli. The batsman even posted a rather tired-looking picture of himself on his account. “ On the way to Canberra!!! Sleepy as you can see,” he wrote. Seven members of the Indian squad—Sachin Tendulkar, VVS Laxman, Rahul Dravid, Ishant Sharma, Umesh Yadav, Wriddhiman Sa
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