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Former India captain Virat Kohli smashed a masterful century as his Royal Challengers Bangalore thumped Sunrisers Hyderabad – for whom South Africa’s Heinrich Klaasen hit a ton of his own – by eight wickets in the IPL on Thursday.
It was the first time in Indian Premier League history that both sides have scored a century in a game.
The win leaves Bangalore in control of their own destiny in the race to the playoffs, moving up into the fourth and last qualifying spot.
They are tied with Mumbai Indians on 14 points but have a superior net run rate with one game to go – at home to table-topping Gujarat Titans on Sunday.
Kohli started his innings with two consecutive fours as Bangalore chased the hosts’ 186-5, and went on to hit another 10 boundaries and four sixes.
He brought up his sixth IPL ton – equal top with Chris Gayle – and first since 2019 smashing a six over deep midwicket off Bhuvneshwar Kumar after 62 balls.
IPL 2023: Virat Kohli equals Chris Gayle for most centuries in the history of Indian Premier League
The player popularly known as “King Kohli”, but whose form has varied in recent years, raised his bat and fell to his knees in celebration.
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Royal Challengers Bangalore’s talisman Virat Kohli equalled Chris Gayle’s record for the most centuries in the history of Indian Premier League.
Kohli scored his sixth century in the league, with a majestic knock against Sunrisers Hyderabad at on Thursday at the Rajiv Gandhi International Stadium.
Buttler had come close earlier in the season, but fell for 95 against SRH in Jaipur.
IPL 2023: Heinrich Klaasen scores superb century in SRH vs RCB – ‘A super special player’
Kohli eventually fell for a 63-ball 100, reaching his ton with a majestic six but getting dismissed next ball. He played some imperious shots during his knock against SRH.
Further, this was the first time in the history of IPL that there was a centurion from both sides. Heinrich Klaasen scored a classic 104 off 51, but eventually, it was Kohli’s hundred that ended up on the winning side.
Batters with most centuries in IPL (3+)
| Player | Tons |
|---|---|
| CH Gayle | 6 |
| V Kohli | 6 |
| JC Buttler | 5 |
| DA Warner | 4 |
| SR Watson | 4 |
| KL Rahul | 4 |
| AB de Villiers | 3 |
| SV Samson | 3 |
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Archery World Cup: Prathamesh Jawkar, Avneet Kaur stun top seeds on their way to compound semifinals
Archery World Cup: Prathamesh Jawkar, Avneet Kaur stun top seeds on their way to compound semifinals
Prathamesh Jawkar, Avneet Kaur made it a memorable day for Indian compound archers at the Shanghai 2023 Hyundai Archery World Cup stage 2 on Thursday.
Jawkar and Kaur reached their individual compound semifinal events, and will be shooting for medals at the season’s second World Cup on Saturday.
The conditions were once again tough to shoot and it meant plenty of upsets on compound eliminations day. Only Ella Gibson and Mike Schloesser were the familiar names to reach the final four.
In men’s event, 19-year-old Jawkar, who is competing at his second World Cup, defeated top seed Kim Jongho of Korea, 149-147. “I feel absolutely great,” said Jawkar according to World Archery. “In my mind, I was thinking I needed to keep my composure and stay in the present.”
In the women’s event, 18-year-old Kaur pulled off the shock of the day by overcoming Korea’s Oh Yoohyun, holding off a comeback from the top seed to win the tiebreaker.
“It’s a great moment for me to be in the semifinals,” said Kaur. “This is my best show in individual events and I want to give credit to my coaches and family.”
Jawkar will be up against Robin Jaatma while Kaur will face Gibson in the semifinals on Saturday.
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In a season where most Sunrisers Hyderabad batters have struggled, Heinrich Klaasen carried his rich vein of form to score a spectacular 104 off 51 against Royal Challengers Bangalore on Thursday, to register his second T20 century.
After Sunrisers Hyderabad were reduced to 28/2 in 4.3 overs, he stitched a 76-run partnership with Aiden Markram and a 74-run stand with Harry Brook to help SRH bounce back to eventually post a competitive 186/5.
In an attacking display against spin, the South African hit eight fours and six sixes. Infact, even to reach the milestone on his 49th delivery, he lofted a straight six straight down the ground. Following his century, there was a fiery roar for the celebration. He was only dismissed by Harshal Patel in the penultimate over.
Klaasen’s ton was the second by a SRH batter this season.
Centuries in IPL 2023
| Player | Runs | Balls | 4s | 6s | SR | For | Against | Ground | Match Date |
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| Brook | 100 | 55 | 12 | 3 | 181.81…
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IPL 2023: Robin Uthappa on CSK’s mantra, Shivam Dube’s resurgence, Shubman Gill’s potential and more
IPL 2023: Robin Uthappa on CSK’s mantra, Shivam Dube’s resurgence, Shubman Gill’s potential and more
Whether it was his 83* off 51 against Royal Challengers Bangalore during his time with Kolkata Knight Riders or his 31 off 15 against his former team to proper Chennai Super Kings to a title-winning total in 2021, Robin Uthappa knows a thing or two about hitting them big in the Indian Premier League.
With 4952 runs in 205 matches and after spending time with franchises like RCB, RR, KKR and CSK, he also understands the tricks of the trade and different ways teams work.
In an interaction facilitated by Jio Cinema on Wednesday, the now cricketer-turned-broadcaster spoke about various topics and trends in the IPL 2023.
Here are excerpts from the media interaction:
On why experienced players thrive in CSK
So basically what happens when you join the CSK franchise is that there is a lot of clarity, they do a lot of simple things very, very well. Once a player comes into the team, the first thing that not just MS (Dhoni), but everybody in the support staff does is they have they have a conversation with the player, define the role expressively to the player. And they make them understand what their role is going to be and they keep an open line of communication with…
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Delhi Capitals survived a blazing 94 by Liam Livingstone for a consolation 15-run win on Wednesday to push Punjab Kings to the brink of IPL elimination on Wednesday.
South Africa’s Rilee Rossouw smashed an unbeaten 82 to guide Punjab to 213-2, a total that was threatened by Livingstone’s 48-ball blitz in the Himalayan hill town of Dharamsala.
Livingstone and Atharva Taide put on a 78-run stand. After Taide retired out on 55, the rest of the batting fell flat.
Delhi, who were already out of the play-off-race, kept the opposition to 198-8 despite Livingstone’s nine sixes and sloppy fielding, including two dropped catches.
“It was a bad performance in the field but we will take the win,” Delhi skipper David Warner said.
“It was frustrating,” Punjab captain Shikhar Dhawan said. “We didn’t bowl really well in the first six wickets, we should have taken some wickets the way it was swinging.”
Warner (46) and Prithvi Shaw (54) put on 94 runs for the opening wicket to lay the foundation for Delhi’s mammoth total.
The left-handed Warner set the pace with his attacking 31-ball knock as he hit former Delhi pace bowler Kagiso Rabada for two sixes.
Punjab left-arm quick and big buy Sam Curran denied Warner his fifty, but the left-handed Rossouw came in attacking…
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Simranjeet Kaur earned a spot in the top eight in a strong field of recurve qualifications at theShanghai 2023 Hyundai Archery World Cup stage 2 on Wednesday.
Dhiraj Bommadevara, who won bronze in the first World Cup of the season, was the top male Indian archer with a score of 656 to finish 13th.
It was a very low-scoring qualification round overall due to torrential rains on the day.
Korean superstars are competing in Shanghai and they dominated the women’s recurve section as they usually do, with three archers in top four. Korea’s Kang Chae Young and USA’s Brady Ellison took the top individual seeds in the women’s and men’s events.
“The archers battled constant rainfall in a three-hour qualifying session that some would rather forget,” according to World Archery.
Olympic champion Mete Gazoz, for instance, qualified as low as 25th and said, “It was a very bad day for me. I couldn’t understand the conditions – rainy and windy.”
Here’s how the Indian recurve archers fared in qualification:
Recurve qualifications
| Event | Athlete | Rank | Score | |
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| Individual | Recurve Men | BOMMADEVARA Dhiraj | 13 | 656 |
| Individual | Recurve Men | DAS Atanu | 44 | 638…
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Watch, IPL 2023: Shikhar Dhawan completes superb running catch to dismiss David Warner in PBKS vs DC
Watch, IPL 2023: Shikhar Dhawan completes superb running catch to dismiss David Warner in PBKS vs DC
Absolutely Stunning! ⚡️ ⚡️
DO NOT MISS this brilliant catch from @PunjabKingsIPL captain @SDhawan25 🎥 🔽
A much-needed breakthrough for #PBKS 👌 👌
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IND 0-1 AUS, Prannoy HS 11-4 Jack Yu: Prannoy with a good lead into the interval.
IND 0-1 AUS, Prannoy HS 9-4 Jack Yu: Good long rally. Goes Prannoy’s way. Meanwhile, a huge tie to start on Court 1.
IND 0-1 AUS, Prannoy HS 8-4 Jack Yu: Oh Jack has a mean smash for starters. Moving well too. Prannoy wins a point after a superb behind the back return.
IND 0-1 AUS, Prannoy HS 6-2 Jack Yu: On paper, this should be short and solid from Prannoy. But let’s see. The Indian has started strongly.
IND 0-1 AUS: Time for Prannoy HS vs Jack Yu. Prannoy starts today as world No 7, his best ranking. Jack Yu is world No 263.
#Badminton rankings update:
More than a decade after his entry on the badminton circuit, HS Prannoy (at 30) reaches his career-best ranking of No 7. (Was previously No 8). It’s been a rollercoaster alright. https://t.co/bQ2jzI1QjK
— Vinayakk (@vinayakkm) May 16, 2023
IND 0-1 AUS, Sai / Tanisha 21-17, 13-21, 18-21 Kenneth / Gronya: Fittingly, the match ends on an error from the Indian side, Sai sends the shuttle long. Ordinary stuff from the Indians, to be honest. Just not good enough.
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Jyothi Surekha Vennam once again led the way as the best Indian archer on display at the Shanghai 2023 Hyundai Archery World Cup stage 2, finishing sixth in qualification on Tuesday.
The Indian, who started the season with a stunning week in Antalya in the first World Cup stage, shot 693 out of 720, recovering from a less-than-ideal first half to be in the top eight. In Antalya, she had shot a world record-equalling 713 to earn the top seeding but conditions were different in Shanghai.
Archery World Cup: Jyothi Surekha Vennam’s sensational week in Turkey ends with a long-awaited gold
“It wasn’t a great day,” Vennam told World Archery. “We could have done better, not the usual conditions that I have experienced before in Shanghai.” The report added that the archers in Shanghai had to “contend with a changing, swirling wind” on Tuesday.
Only a total of 11 compound men and women archers shot in excess of 700 on the day, after a high-scoring start to the circuit last month in Turkey.
#ArcheryWorldCup Shanghai
World Cup Stage II underway in China and Korea joins the circuit this week.
Compound qualifications done, apparently windy conditions and low scores overall. Jyothi comes back strongly to be seeded 6th. https://t.co/OVnmjVTONT pic.twitter.com/xxpccsH2py
— Vinayakk (@vinayakkm) May 16, 2023
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Hockey: Vandana Katariya interview – ‘As long as you learn from mistakes, pressure makes you better’
Hockey: Vandana Katariya interview – ‘As long as you learn from mistakes, pressure makes you better’
In many ways, Vandana Katariya has been the epitome of the Indian women’s hockey team over the past few years. Hungry for success, never backing down from a good challenge and bouncing back spectacularly from even the most heartbreaking of circumstances.
Now 31, Katariya has been thrown a new challenge in recent times of being India’s main goal threat with the continued absence of former captain Rani Rampal from the senior set up. And it is a challenge that the veteran of over 284 caps has relished as India won bronze at the Commonwealth Games and won the all-important FIH Nations Cup with Vandana coming up with goals in crucial matches.
With the Paris Olympics on the horizon, India enter a very important six months to qualify for the Olympics by targeting a first Asian Games gold since 1982. Key to India’s chances in Hangzhou will be Katariya’s tenacity and ability to find the back of the net.
Interview with coach Janneke Schopman: What next for the Indian women’s hockey team?
Ahead of India’s five-match tour to Australia, Katariya spoke to Scroll about the importance of the Test tours in the absence of the Pro League, her role in making the Indian team a place of growth for…
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इंटरनेट डेस्क। आईपीएल 16 जैसे जैसे आगे बढ़ता जा रहा है और भी रोमांचक होता जा रहा है। उसका कारण यह है की हर दिन कोई ना कोई बड़ा रिकॉर्ड या तो ब्रेक हो रहा है या फिर आईपीएल के इतिहास में ऐसी चीजे जुड़ती जा रही है जो पहले कभी नहीं हुई। इस बार ये कारनामा किया है आरसीबी के विराट कोहली ने।
रविवार को जब वो मैदान में उतरे तो उन्होंने एक बड़ा विश्व रिकॉर्ड अपने नाम किया। राजस्थान रॉयल्स के खिलाफ एसएमएस स्टेडियम में मुक़ाबले के लिए विराट ने जैसे ही मैदान में प्रवेश किया वैसे ही वह टी20 क्रिकेट के इतिहास में विश्व के पहले ऐसे बल्लेबाज़ बन गए जिसने एक ही टीम के लिए 250 मैच खेले हो।
जी हां विराट कोहली का यह 250वां मैच था। रॉयल चैलेंजर्स बैंगलोर के लिए उन्होंने आईपीएल में 235 मैच खेले हैं, जबकि चैंपियंस लीग में इसी टीम के लिए उन्होंने 15 मैच खेले हैं। आपकों बता दें की रॉयल चैलेंजर्स बैंगलोर लिए उन्होंने 2008 में खेलने की शुरुआत की थी।
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