KL Rahul has accumulated forty fifties over a span of twelve IPL seasons, but very few would have given him more joy than the one he scored for Delhi on Tuesday against Lucknow Super Giants, the franchise that unceremoniously parted ways with him last year. Rahul scored an unbeaten 57, helping the Capitals complete their successful chase at Lucknow, where he brought up the Capitals' eight-wicket victory with a six off Prince Yadav. The thirty-three-year-old had captained Lucknow last season but was let
Dumped all-rounder Mitchell Marsh has the arsenal to worry England and is a chance to make a return to Australia’s test side in time for the Ashes, selectors' chief George Bailey said on Tuesday. Marsh was dismissed after the fourth Test of a long series against India, where his low scores were mounting. He had then missed selection for the Sri Lanka tour as he continued to recover from a lower back injury. The 33-year-old has bowled little in the home summer and although he did
A sparkling half-century from Nicholas Pooran and quick fifty from Mitchell Marsh and Shardul Thakur's brilliant four-wicket spell steered Lucknow Super Giants to a five-wicket victory against Sunrisers Hyderabad at Uppal Stadium in Hyderabad in the IPL on Thursday. Set to bat first, Sunrisers lost their way before posting 190/9 from their 20 overs. Travis Head scored 47 off 28 balls but the other SRH batters, including Nitish Kumar Reddy (32), Heinrich Klaasen (26) and Aniket Verma (36), failed to convert their starts as Lucknow