He had done his job and was only delaying the entry of Liam Livingstone. On air, Abhinav Mukund, the former India opener, felt Dube was expecting his nemesis - the short ball - and hence his feet froze.- By Sriram Veeraįrom the 14-15h over on, Kings XI Punjab might well have thought about retiring out Bhanuka Rajapaksa. Not sure if the helmet had any part to play but he also got a wicket of Shivam Dube, who was caught on the crease, inside edging an attempted punch on to his stumps. Dhawan’s gear was less flashy, seemed a more a blacksmith’s version. Barnes felt he needed the protection as he tended to drop his head on the release of the ball and lost sight for that fraction of a second when a missile might well be launched by the batsman. It was a mix between baseball visor and a track cyclist's helmet, that he had himself designed with the help of his coach. Five years back in 2017, in a T20 game in Hamilton, Otago’s Warren Barnes is said to have become the first bowler to wear a protective visor. It’s to protect himself from fierce straight hits by the batsmen.
That glass-panelled mask that blacksmiths wear while soldering iron and those who drive scootys. Rishi Dhawan did an Indian version of scooter's helmet when he came on to bowl. The difference in the end was perhaps Banuka Rajpaksa's dismissal in the 18th over of the first innings that allowed Liam Livingstone to produce a fiery cameo to take Punjab to a matchwinning total. It was in the slot too but Dhoni was a touch too early with his heave and toe-ended a dolly to deep midwicket where Jonny Bairstow pouched, smiled, and threw the ball in the air.
Now, Dhawan produced his best yorker to keep Dhoni scoreless but served an outside-leg tripe next ball. Over the last couple of years, Arshdeep has been one of the best Indian bowlers in terms of the coolness of execution, and he gave away just 8 runs. He had the cushion of runs though after Arshdeep Singh had bowled yet another brilliant over in the final overs of an innings. Rishi Dhawan was playing his first match of the season and had an unenviable task of bowling the last over. With 40 percent crowds allowed this time, the fans will be eagerly waiting to welcome back the biggest cricketing superstars from around the world.When MS Dhoni walloped a short ball for a six over backward square-leg and calmly allowed the slower short ball to sail over his head and checked if the square-leg umpire would call it a wide, it seemed dark clouds had descended on the Punjab dugout. The IPL has however stuck to the same format when it comes to the playoffs.
For the remaining six games, a team plays against the five teams of the other group, playing two games against its equivalent team. Each team plays the other team in its group twice, which makes it a total of eight matches.
Group A has Mumbai Indians, Kolkata Knight Riders, Rajasthan Royals, Delhi Capitals and Lucknow SuperGiants, while Group B comprises Chennai Super Kings, Sunrisers Hyderabad, Royal Challengers Bangalore, Punjab Kings and Gujarat Titans. Teams have been divided into 2 groups of 5 each but the number of matches per side remains the same at 14. With the competition now expanded to 10 teams, this year's IPL format has also been tweaked a bit. Wankhede Stadium and Cricket Club of India (CCI) in Mumbai, DY Patil stadium in Navi Mumbai and Maharashtra Cricket Association stadium in Pune will be hosting the league stage contests with defending champions Chennai Super Kings facing Kolkata Knight Riders in the lung-opener at the iconic Wankhede stadium. The two new franchises - Lucknow Super Giants and Gujarat Titans - join the existing 8 teams with four venues in Maharashtra hosting at least 70 league games of the 74 total matches. IPL 2023: The more, the merrier! This will be the theme of the upcoming edition of the Indian Premier League as 10 teams get set to take part in T20 cricket's biggest extravaganza starting March 26.
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