IPL 2023 Points Table After DC vs MI, Match 16: Lucknow Super Giants Maintain Top Spot; Shikhar Dhawan With Orange Cap, Mark Wood Lead In Purple Cap
Rohit Sharma was at his vintage best en route to his first IPL half-century in 25 innings before Mumbai Indians overcame some tense moments to pull off a last-ball win over Delhi Capitals on Tuesday in Match 16.
IPL 2023 Points Table After DC vs MI, Match 16: Lucknow Super Giants Maintain Top Spot; Shikhar Dhawan With Orange Cap, Mark Wood Lead In Purple Cap. (Image: Twitter)
New Delhi: Rohit Sharma was at his vintage best en route to his first IPL half-century in 25 innings before Mumbai Indians overcame some tense moments to pull off a last-ball win over Delhi Capitals here on Monday.
David Warner laboured to 51 off 47 balls before Axar Patel flaunted his much improved batting skills again with an impactful 54 off 25 balls to push Delhi Capitals to a competitive 172 after Mumbai Indians put the hosts in to bat.
With the pitch on the drier side compared to the first game here and finger spinners getting plenty of assistance from it, Mumbai Indians had a tricky task at hand but with his classy 65 off 45 balls, Rohit helped his side record their first win of the season.
IPL Points Table After DC vs MI- Match 16
IPL 2023 Points Table – Mumbai Indians finally with a point.
Lucknow Super Giants maintain their position at the top of the standings.
Shikhar Dhawan remain as the holder of the orange cap. The Punjab Kings southpaw has so far scored a total of 225 runs in 3 matches with an average of 225. Delhi Capital’s David Warner is in 2nd position with 207 runs in 4 matches. Chennai Super Kings’ Ruturaj Gaikwad occupies third position with 189 runs in 3 matches.
Lucknow Super Giants’ Mark Wood is leading the purple cap list for most wickets (9 in 3 matches). Rajasthan Royals’ Yuzvendra Chahal is in second position with 8 wickets in 3 matches. Gujarat Titans’ Rashid Khan occupies 3rd place with also 8 wickets in 3 matches.
Highlights DC vs MI, IPL 2023 Score: Mumbai Indians Beat Delhi Capitals By 6 Wickets
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IPL 2023, DC vs MI Match Updates, April 11: Veteran leg-spinner Piyush Chawla and left-arm pacer Jason Behrendorff picked 3/22 and 3/23 respectively, while skipper Rohit Sharma was at his vintage best in a 45-ball 65, also his first half-century in the IPL after 25 innings, as Mumbai Indians beat Delhi Capitals by six wickets on the last ball of a thrilling match at the Arun Jaitley Stadium.
Cameron Green
17* (8) 1×4, 1×6
Tim David
13 (11) 0x4, 1×6
Anrich Nortje
(4-0-35-0)*
Mustafizur Rahman
(4-0-38-1)
Highlights DC vs MI, IPL 2023 Score: Mumbai Indians Beat Delhi Capitals By 6 Wickets.
LIVE DC vs MI, IPL 2023: That’s it!! Mumbai Indians win a thriller!! Cameron Green and Tim David get their team over the finishing line in the final ball of the match! MI 173/4 (20)
LIVE DC vs MI, IPL 2023: Rohit Sharma has completed his half-century in just 29 balls and with the run-rate they are going, Mumbai have firm control over the game. MI 115/1 (12.2)
LIVE DC vs MI, IPL 2023: OUT!! RUN-OUT!! Ishan Kishan departs!! Mumbai lose their first wicket. But despite of that, they are still in a good position. MI 72/1 (7.4)
LIVE DC vs MI, IPL 2023: This time it’s Ishan Kishan for Mumbai Indians as the Paltans get 13 runs from the second over. Mumbai openers look promising tonight. MI 27/0 (2)
LIVE DC vs MI, IPL 2023: Wonderful start for Mumbai Indians!! 14 runs on the board. Captain Rohit Sharma with two boundaries and a maximum. MI 14/0 (1)
LIVE DC vs MI, IPL 2023: That’s it!! Delhi Capitals are bowled out for 172. Challenging total for Mumbai for sure. DC 172 (19.4)
Highlights| Delhi Capitals Vs Mumbai Indians, IPL 2023
New Delhi: Veteran leg-spinner Piyush Chawla and left-arm pacer Jason Behrendorff picked 3/22 and 3/23 respectively, while skipper Rohit Sharma was at his vintage best in a 45-ball 65, also his first half-century in the IPL after 25 innings, as Mumbai Indians beat Delhi Capitals by six wickets on the last ball of a thrilling match at the Arun Jaitley Stadium on Tuesday.
The victory also means that Mumbai have got their first points on the board in the competition while Delhi faced their fourth consecutive loss of the tournament. Axar Patel and David Warner slammed contrasting fifties in Delhi’s 172 in 19.4 overs, while Anrich Nortje and Mustafizur Rahman were brilliant in their death overs bowling. But Tim David took Mumbai home on the last ball with Cameron Green giving him company.
Compared to Delhi’s 29/0, Mumbai had a blazing start by reaching 42/0 in their three overs. Rohit was at his vintage best, timing the ball well and picking the lengths very quickly in hitting two fours and a six in a 14-run opening over.
On the other hand, Ishan Kishan hit the ground running by smacking three boundaries through the off-side against Mustafizur. Nortje was smacked for two fours and a six, which Rohit elegantly whipped over wide long-on.
Rohit and Ishan took two boundaries each off Axar Patel and Lalit Yadav as Mumbai finished power-play with 68 for no loss, with the Mumbai captain being innovative in his reverse-sweep off the left-arm spinner.
The 71-run opening partnership came to an end when Ishan was run-out at the non-striker’s end in the eighth over. Rohit produced the shot of the match by pulling Nortje high over deep mid-wicket for six in the ninth over, before getting his fifty in 29 balls.
Tilak Varma got some applause from Rohit when he danced down the pitch to slam a fabulous lofted drive over long-off for six off Kuldeep Yadav. Rohit then ended the 12th over by sweeping Kuldeep hard through deep backward square leg for four.
Varma sliced Mukesh Kumar over backward point for four, followed by eye-catchy sixes over deep mid-wicket and extra cover, giving Mumbai an ideal start in the 16th over. But Mukesh bounced back by having Varma slogging straight to deep mid-wicket and Suryakumar Yadav hitting a short ball straight to fine leg for a golden duck.
Delhi produced a big twist came in the 17th over when Rohit sliced off Mustafizur and Abhishek Porel dived to his right to take a brilliant one-handed catch. With 18 needed off nine balls, Green and David slogged Mustafizur for a six each over deep mid-wicket and long-on, as 15 runs came off the 19th over.
David was dropped by Mukesh in the final over and after Delhi reversed an on-field wide call, two runs were needed off the final ball. David made a desperate dive for the second run and despite Porel taking off the bails, Mumbai were able to break their winless run in IPL 2023.
Earlier, Delhi were in trouble at 98/5 in 12.3 overs, and Axar walked in to smack 54 off 25 balls, hitting four fours and five effortless sixes in what was his first IPL fifty. Warner began well but struggled to accelerate and played an anchor role to make an unconvincing 51 off 47 balls. Delhi were undone by a bad finish as their last five wickets fell for just seven runs, with two balls left unused.
Prithvi Shaw looked good in his flowy drives, but fell to Hrithik Shokeen after sweeping straight to square leg. Warner initially nailed his pulls and slogs while being severe on anything having width from the bowlers. From the other end, Manish Pandey was great in his on-drives while using his feet well against spinners, and had some luck in edges going for boundaries.
Post the first time-out, Pandey danced down the pitch to loft off Chawla, but holed out to long-off in the ninth over. Yash Dhull’s IPL debut lasted four balls as his flick off the hips off a slower ball from Riley Meredith was caught by running deep mid-wicket. Chawla’s googly then trapped Rovman Powell plumb lbw.
Warner got a life in the 12th over as Chawla couldn’t hold on to his catch at mid-off and couldn’t effect a run-out despite a mix-up between him and Lalit Yadav. Chawla made up for the shelled chance by luring Lalit through flight and uprooting his leg-stump with a slower googly. Warner then nailed a slog-sweep off Chawla for four, before bringing up his half-century in 43 balls.
From the other end, Axar showed his fine touch with the bat by carting Shokeen for back-to-back inside-out sixes, before striking Green through cover and down the ground for a brace of fours.
Axar then smacked consecutive sixes over long-on off Behrendorff, second of which Suryakumar dropped and was hit on the face, walking off the field immediately. He took on Meredith by hooking through short fine leg for four, followed by smacking a six straight down the ground on a no-ball to get his fifty in 22 balls.
But Mumbai bounced back in the 19th over as Behrendorff had Axar holing out to deep square leg, Warner giving a top-edge to short third man and Abishek Porel miscuing to mid-off, apart from Kuldeep Yadav being run-out by mid-on. Meredith castled Anrich Nortje in the final over to make it the first time a side batting first has been bowled out.
Brief Scores: Delhi Capitals 172 in 19.4 overs (Axar Patel 54, David Warner 51; Piyush Chawla 3/22, Jason Behrendorff 3/23) lost to Mumbai Indians 173/4 in 20 overs (Rohit Sharma 65, Tilak Varma 41; Mukesh Kumar 2/30, Mustafizur Rahman 1/38) by six wickets.
Suryakumar Yadav INJURED? MI Star Hurt While Attempting to Take Catch of Axar Patel | WATCH
IPL 2023: Seemed like Suryakumar was late in closing his fists to take the catch. The ball went for a six and Suryakumar was quickly attended to by the medical team.
Suryakumar Yadav injures himself while attempting to take a catch (Image: Twitter Screenshot)
Delhi: In what would come as a piece of bad news for Mumbai Indians, Suryakumar Yadav hurt himself while attempting to take a catch against Delhi Capitals at the Arun Jaitley stadium on Tuesday. The incident took place in the 17th over when Axar Patel hit the ball and it looked like an easy catch. Seemed like Suryakumar was late in closing his fists to take the catch and may have lost it in the lights. The ball went for a six and Suryakumar was quickly attended to by the medical team who took him out of the ground. There is no official word on his injury as yet.
Here is the clip of what exactly transpired. The clip is being watched by fans and has hence gone viral in no time:
“Mumbai would be worried about Suryakumar’s status,” former India cricketer Anil Kumble.
It would be interesting to see if Surya comes out to bat or not. He should come out in all probability. He has not been in good form lately, and he would like to turn things around here.
At the time of filing the copy, the Capitals were 166 for seven in the 19th over. David Warner top scored with 51 off 47 balls.
IPL 2023: Fans Slam Harshal Patel For Squandering Mankad Chance In Last Over As LSG Beat RCB In Thrilling Run-Chase
After Harshal’s attempt to run out Ravi Bishnoi and later running him out wasn’t successful, a fumble from Karthik behind allowed Bishnoi and Avesh Khan to go for a leg-bye, taking Lucknow to a thrilling victory.
IPL 2023: Fans Slam Harshal Patel For Squandering Mankad Chance In Last Over As LSG Beat RCB In Thrilling Run-Chase. (Image: Twitter)
Bengaluru: Just 24 hours after Rinku Singh lead Kolkata Knight Riders to an unimaginable victory, Lucknow Super Giants on Monday left no stone unturned as the Lucknow franchise chased down 212 runs against RCB at the Chinnaswamy, winning just by a single wicket in the last ball of the match.
There was no shortage of thrills and spills at the Chinnaswamy as 5 runs required for LSG to win in the final over and they even lost two wickets to add up to the incredible run-chase. But there was one such moment in the last over, where Harshal Patel had a glorious chance to mankad Ravi Bishnoi, but the run-out came a little bit late after completing his follow through action. As per law, you cannot mankad a non-striker batter after you have completed your follow-through.
This sparked a huge rage on social media as fans slammed the RCB bowler for squandering a glorious chance, that would’ve taken the game to a super-over.
This is sickening from #RCB. Over the years with match winners like ABD, Kohli & Gayle you couldn’t win a Trophy. If you can’t even Mankad. I think you are Jinxed.#RCBvsLSGpic.twitter.com/YTGCHM40z6
Harshal trying to Mankad and fumbling the whole thing made everything even funnier. Proper entertainers. No wonder y’all trend #1 in every social media
After Harshal’s attempt to run out Ravi Bishnoi and later running him out wasn’t successful, a fumble from Karthik behind allowed Bishnoi and Avesh Khan to go for a leg-bye, taking Lucknow to a thrilling victory.
Highlights RCB vs LSG, IPL 2023 Score: Lucknow Win Thriller, Beat Bangalore By 1 Wicket
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IPL 2023, RCB vs LSG Match Updates, Game 15, April 10: Lucknow Super Giants were 37/3 at the end of power-play, with Royal Challengers Bangalore on top of them in a run chase of 213 at the M Chinnaswamy Stadium but Marcus Stoinis brought Lucknow back with his impressive 30-ball 65 while Nicholas Pooran smashed a sensational 19-ball 62 to take the team to a last-ball thrilling one-wicket victory.
Avesh Khan
0* (0) 0x4, 0x6
Ravi Bishnoi
3 (2) 0x4, 0x6
Harshal Patel
(3.5-0-48-2)*
Wayne Parnell
(4-0-41-3)
Highlights RCB vs LSG, IPL 2023 Score: Lucknow Win Thriller, Beat Bangalore By 1 Wicket.
LIVE RCB vs LSG, IPL 2023: Pooran’s brilliant knock comes to an end!! Unadkat and Badoni will now have to take LSG over the finishing line. LSG 190/6 (17.1)
LIVE RCB vs LSG, IPL 2023: 16 overs gone, Lucknow Super Giants are pretty much in the driver’s seat as only 28 runs required to win from 4 overs. RCB in big big trouble. LSG 185/5 (16)
LIVE RCB vs LSG, IPL 2023: FIFTY FOR POORAN AND THAT TOO IN 15 DELIVERIES!! GAME ON AND NOW IT’S PRETTY MUCH GETTABLE!!
AS IT HAPPENED | Royal Challengers Bangalore Vs Lucknow Super Giants, IPL 2023
Bengaluru, April 10: Lucknow Super Giants were 37/3 at the end of power-play, with Royal Challengers Bangalore on top of them in a run chase of 213 at the M Chinnaswamy Stadium but Marcus Stoinis brought Lucknow back with his impressive 30-ball 65 while Nicholas Pooran smashed a sensational 19-ball 62 to take the team to a last-ball thrilling one-wicket victory, here on Monday.
Mohammed Siraj gave Bangalore an ideal start as Kyle Mayers chopped on to his stumps. Wayne Parnell dealt double blows to Lucknow in the fourth over, having Deepak Hooda nick behind a cutter to Dinesh Karthik and then forcing Krunal Pandya to edge off an outswinger to the keeper.
After ending the power-play at 37/3, Stoinis began his onslaught in the eighth over by flicking off the pads for six off Harshal Patel, then slashed through point and smacked a straight drive down the ground for back-to-back fours.
Stoinis welcomed Karn Sharma with a pulled six over deep mid-wicket and struck a brace of fours, before bringing a lofted driven six over long-off against Shahbaz Ahmed to get his fifty in 25 balls. Stoinis hit a six each off Karn and Shahbaz, before slicing to deep point off the former.
Rahul never got going in his 18 off 20 balls and flicked straight to deep square leg off Siraj in the 12th over. Pooran began his blitz with a classic square cut off Siraj, with Ayush Badoni taking a four too off him. While Badoni flicked Karn off his legs for four, Pooran upped the ante with successive sixes.
Pooran teared into Harshal by slamming pulled sixes over fine leg and deep backward square, apart from a four cut through short third man. Parnell came under attack from Pooran, with the left-hander slicing him twice for fours apart from a six whacked over long-on which got him his fifty in just 15 balls.
Badoni was lucky in an outside edge flying over short third man for four off Willey while Pooran ended the 16th over with a magnificent swing over deep square leg for six. Pooran’s blitzkrieg came to an end in the 17th over when he picked out the deep backward square leg off a full toss from Siraj.
Jaydev Unadkat guided a yorker past keeper for four off Harshal while Badoni pulled Parnell for another boundary. Badoni moved across to scoop a six off Parnell, but his bat crashed into the stumps to be out hit-wicket.
As Bangalore fielded four fielders outside the circle in the final over due to over rate penalty, Harshal added more drama by castling Mark Wood and had Unadkat holing out to a juggling long-on.
After Harshal’s attempt to run out Ravi Bishnoi and later running him out wasn’t successful, a fumble from Karthik behind allowed Bishnoi and Avesh Khan to go for a leg-bye, taking Lucknow to a thrilling victory.
Brief Scores: Royal Challengers Bangalore 212/2 in 20 overs (Faf du Plessis 79 not out, Virat Kohli 61; Amit Mishra 1/18, Mark Wood 1/32) lost to Lucknow Super Giants 213/9 in 20 overs (Marcus Stoinis 65, Nicholas Pooran 62; Wayne Parnell 3/41, Harshal Patel 2/48) by 1 wicket.
Viral Infection in India: 7 Ways to Strengthen Lung Health Amid Rising COVID-19, H3N2 Cases
COVID-19 and H3N2 are both respiratory diseases that directly affect our lungs. In sever cases, people have reported breathing issues and even developing pneumonia.
Viral Infection in India: 7 Ways to Strengthen Lung Health Amid Rising COVID-19, H3N2 Cases (Freepik)
Viral Infections in India: India is witnessing a surge in cases of COVId-19 and H3N2 at the same time. Weather changes is one of the factors that triggered the seasonal flu infection but influenza subtype H3N2 further drove a rise in infections. Recently two H3N2-related deaths were also reported. However, it is to be noted that both these infections affect the lungs. Therefore, it only makes sense to be more mindful of these respiratory illnesses and focus on ways to nurture and boost our lung health. How do we do it? Lifestyle tweaks, and changes in dietary habits can help strengthen our lungs also lower the risk of contracting these viral infections.
Our lungs have this inbuilt system that prevents bacteria in the air from entering the lungs, but we need to not neglect or take it for granted.
Viral Infection in India: Why Lung Health is Important?
Lung health has once again gathered the spotlight with rising COVID-19 and H3N2 cases in India. And we know, how cardinal are lungs to our daily bodily functions. It helps us breathe life, basically. Lungs are also responsible for carrying oxygen to the bloodstream and removing carbon dioxide as we exhale. Apart from it, they also help with balancing pH levels, and immunity by producing mucus.
Coming to the point, why specifically lungs? Both these viral infections attack the lungs and people report breathing problems or develop pneumonia in case of severe infection.
The virus may enter the body through aerosols that we inhale and travel through our lungs to inside the body. In severe cases, Covid-19 can also lead to acute respiratory distress syndrome (ARDS), a life-threatening condition that requires mechanical ventilation
6 Ways to Boost Lung Health
Quit Smoking: Smoking, and tobacco consumption directly and severely damage the lungs. It increases chances of developing respiratory illness.
Physical activity: Indulging in regular exercising or yoga is paramount to keep all organs in the body fit and functioning healthyly. Brisk walking, running, cycling, are good practises to begin with.
Deep Breathing Exercise: Deep breathing exercises can help expand lung capacity and improve respiratory muscle strength.
Avoid Pollution: While it is a little difficultfor people living in polluted places like Mumbai, or Delhu, once should try to avoid open spaces where there ar emore chance of inhaling toxic, polluted air.
Sleep, Sleep , Sleep: Getting a good quality sleep for around seven to eight hours is very important. It is time when body heals, reciover for the next day. It helps build immune system.
A Healthy Diet: Increae intake of blueberries, green leafy vegetables, nuts and seeds and opthe rnutriest for boosting lung health. A balanced diet comprising fruits, vegetables, whole grains, lean proteins, and healthy fats can help. Citrus fruits and leafy greens contain vitamin C, which can strengthen the immune system and help to reduce inflammation.
Stay Hydrated: Hydration is in general important for body. Specifically for the lungs, it helps keep the mucus layer produced thin and aids in better immune functioning.
Apart from this, maintaining good hygiene is very important. One should avoid touching their face too much. Also, having regular health check-up never harms because it only updates you with the status of your body.
Shreyas Iyer’s Special Video Call to Rinku Singh After KKR Beat GT in IPL 2023 | WATCH
IPL 2023: While congratulating Rinku for his good show, Iyer hilariously said, ‘Rinky Bhaiya Zindabad’.
Iyer congratulates Rinku via video call (Image: Twitter Screenshot)
Ahmedabad: It was a night to remember for young Rinku Singh on Sunday at the iconic Narendra Modi stadium. With the Knight Riders needing 29 off the last over, Rinku miraculously hit five consecutive sixes off Yash Dayal to win the game by three wickets. Following the win, the scenes were ecstatic as Rinku’s teammates ran onto the ground to congratulate him. The injured captain of the side, Shreyas Iyer also video-called Rinku after the match to congratulate him. While congratulating Rinku for his good show, Iyer hilariously said, ‘Rinky Bhaiya Zindabad’.
Here is the clip shared by KKR that is now going viral:
With the win, the Knights move to the second position in the points table with two wins in three games. The Rajasthan Royals with two wins in three games is at the top spot because of a healthier net run rate.
Rinku, unbeaten on 48, attributed his miraculous knock to immense self-belief. “I had the belief that I can do this. (Nitish) Rana bhai said to keep the belief and to bat till the end, then we will see what happens.”
“I was just trying to hit sixes. (Umesh) bhaiya was asking me not to think much and just play the ball. I was not thinking a lot, was just reacting to the ball. It kept coming out of the middle, I had belief and it came off in the end,” he said after getting the Player of the Match award in the post-match presentation ceremony.
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