Lets have a look at some of the star performers of the day: S Sreesanth (RR, 4-1-20-2) The mercurial seamer has a knack of making the headlines for all the wrong reasons. His recent Twitter outburst was the perfect fodder for the media recently. But last night, he let his performance do the talking for a change. He picked up the key wicket of Gilchrist and followed it up by Mandeep Singh’s wicket in his very first over....
Earlier this year, Chennai Super Kings Ltd was formed by India Cements, for which Srinivasan is managing director and promoter, after the Supreme Court passed an order citing a conflict of interest for the ex-BCCI chief between running it and owning the IPL team through India Cements. This was done to transfer the ownership of CSK from the hands of India Cements to a wholly owned subsidiary. According to Indian Express, the team was grossly undervalued in order to reduce the fee (5 percent of the value) the owners had to pay the BCCI from the sale of the Chennai Super Kings....
This also means that Round 7 of the IPL Fantasy League will be the last round in the group stage and the transfers and captaincy decisions taken ahead of this round will have a huge impact on how you fare this season. All teams play equal number of games in this round and hence making the right transfers and captaincy choices won’t be easy. With only 5 free trades available, some caution should be taken in making the transfers....
Round 8 will have 3 matches, Qualifier 1 which will see CSK take on MI, the Eliminator where DC will go up against SRH and Qualifier 2 which is to be played between the loser of Qualifier 1 and the winner of the Eliminator. The final by itself is the solitary match in Round 9 which follows Round 8. With only 4 matches remaining this season, there is not much time to catch up for points and the right transfer choices have to be made in order to obtain a lot of points....
Players playing in IPL Matchday 45: Shikhar Dhawan, Shreyas Iyer, Devdutt Padikkal, Chris Morris, AB De Villiers, Yuzvendra Chahal, and Kagiso Rabada. Captain: Shikhar Dhawan | Vice-Captain: Chris Morris Credits Remaining: 3.5 This is the last Matchday before the league stage ends. IPL Fantasy players must use all their transfers before the end of this match. Deadline for Transfers: 7:30 PM IST on Tuesday, 3rd November. Also Read: IPL Fantasy 2020: Best fantasy XI for Matchday 45, DC vs RCB | IPL Fantasy Tips...
Many players have done well in the IPL and have been consistent performers for their franchise. Many have even managed to make their case for the national team and have been successful in making it to the team. However, there have been many names in the history of the tournament, who did well in a few games only. Played a few match-winning knocks or bowled one or two match-winning spells, but could never do it consistently for their team, and are termed as ‘One Match Wonders’....
The MS Dhoni-led side has witnessed some great players over the years and we will look at the players (in the batting order) who make it to the combined XI of this prodigious team. Openers: Mike Hussey and Matthew Hayden As far as the openers were concerned, it was a tough choice as quite a few good players such as Brendon Mccullum and Murali Vijay have played for them CSK....
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For months, U.S. officials have said that Iranian government elements—particularly a Revolutionary Guard unit known as Department 9000—have been supplying Shia, and perhaps even Sunni, insurgents in Iraq with ordnance to kill U.S. troops. However, three officials familiar with current intelligence reporting on Iran (who asked for anonymity due to the sensitive subject matter) said that some key details were sketchy at best. “There are a couple of locations in Iran that we think [lethal Iranian-made roadside bombs] are coming from … but this remains unconfirmed at this point,” said one of the officials....
Iranian Foreign Minister Javad Zarid and Syrian Foreign Minister Faisal Mekdad spoke by phone, according to the state-run Syrian Arab News Agency. Iran’s state-run IRNA said the two ministers discussed “ways to foil plots hatched by certain Western states in the way of restoring security and stability in Syria,” as well as the need for Western powers to respect “sovereignty and territorial integrity of the Arab country.” The call came as the Biden administration launched airstrikes against Iranian-linked militia groups in Syria; retaliation for a deadly rocket attack by an Iranian-backed group in Iraq earlier this month....
Defense Minister Amir Hatami said Tuesday that the Organization of Defensive Innovation and Research—widely known by its Farsi acronym, SPND—will have its annual budget more than trebled, according to the state-run Fars News Agency. The announcement marks another escalation in the international community’s nuclear standoff with Iran, and comes despite pressure on Iran to scale back its nuclear activities, and threats from President Donald Trump’s outgoing administration that it will not accept a nuclear Iran....
Seyed Abbas Mousavi said Tuesday that President Donald Trump’s administration was in no position to criticize Iran’s handling of the crisis, given its failure to contain the pandemic, according to the state-backed Fars News Agency. Mousavi accused the Trump administration of “putting Iranians’ health at risk through economic and medical terrorism” and “committing crimes against humanity.” The White House has maintained its “maximum pressure” sanctions strategy on Tehran, despite the regime there claiming that the restrictions are damaging its ability to combat COVID-19....
Iran’s national football team will face Oman in a friendly match May 22 in Muscat. Iran coach Carlos Queiroz had already asked the Iranian football officials to set up two friendlies against Oman and Iraq to gear up for the 2014 World Cup qualifying match against Qatar June 4, reports Xinhua. Iran is third with seven points in Group A of 2014 World Cup qualifier. Uzbekistan lead the group with 11 points, followed by South Korea with 10 points....
Iranian Foreign Ministry spokesperson Abbas Mousavi said Tuesday that an international oil tanker experienced “technical defects” in the Persian Gulf and that “Iranian forces approached it after receiving a request for assistance and used a tugboat to pull it towards Iranian waters to carry out the necessary repairs,” according to the semi-official Iranian Students’ News Agency. He said more information would be released shortly. Mousavi did not specify the name of the vessel, but the report appeared to be a reference to the U....
Arizona Rep. Ruben Gallego, a member of the House Armed Services Committee and an ex-Marine, told The Dean Obeidallah Show that he didn’t think the president “realised the impact of what he was doing” when he chose to take U.S. forces out of the region. The White House revealed it would be withdrawing troops from areas controlled by U.S.-allied Kurdish militias on Sunday after a phone call between Trump and Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan....
As a CW show, Gossip Girl is owned by WarnerMedia, who have their own streaming service in the form of HBO Max, which launched at the end of May 2020. According to a Warner press release, though the show is not currently on the streaming service, it will soon leave Netflix and come to HBO Max. The statement reads in part: “Soon, the platform offering will continue to grow adding the libraries of Gossip Girl, The West Wing, and more within the first year of launch....
“I have been told he is a much better player,” Alain Vigneault said of the Rangers' 23-year-old defenseman. “I have not seen that on a consistent enough basis. We’ll see how he responds.” Rough translation: They told me he was good, and he's not. What Del Zotto (one points, three assists) is responding to is a three-game stint in the press box. He's likely to return on Thursday night against the Dallas Stars....
The Punjab-based side will now be heading into the auction room with a total of nine slots to fill in their squad and have the largest spending purse of ₹53.2 Crores available to them for recruitments. On that note, here is a list of three players KXIP should target in the IPL 2021 auction. #3 Jhye Richardson One of the biggest issues for Kings XI Punjab last season was the inefficiency of their fast bowlers, especially in the death overs....
The cricket star recently revealed on the ‘RCB Podcast’ that he felt ‘really low’ after learning that he had been dropped for the marquee event. He recalled that the team was announced a day before he was supposed to leave for Dubai for the second leg of the Indian Premier League (IPL 2021). Chahal mentioned how he had never expected to be left out of the tournament. He said:...
Finch and Cummins are teammates at the Kolkata franchise in IPL 2022. The former made his debut for his ninth team in the T20 competition when he turned out for KKR against the Sunrisers Hyderabad (SRH) last week. In an interview on KKR’s official YouTube channel, Finch expressed his admiration for Cummins’ batting exploits the batter. Referring to his record-equalling fastest IPL fifty (14 balls) against the Mumbai Indians (MI), Finch said:...
