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AHMEDABAD, India : Umpire Marais Erasmus was not the only one marvelling at Rohit Sharma's six-hitting prowess during India's comprehensive victory in Saturday's World Cup blockbuster against Pakistan.
Delhi Capitals head coach Ricky Ponting believes that the team that plays more "attacking batting" will win the ongoing Indian Premier League (IPL) 2024 title. This season has been one for batters; in 31 matches, teams have managed to put up a score of 200 or more in nine games. Sunrisers Hyderabad have broken the record for the highest score in the IPL twice this season. They posted 277/3 against the Mumbai Indians in Hyderabad, surpassing Royal Challengers Bengaluru's total of 263/5, which was set in 2013 with the help of Chris Gayle's 175*.
Sunrisers Hyderabad batter Travis Head revealed that his celebration after completing the century against Royal Challengers Bengaluru in the ongoing Indian Premier League (IPL) was for head coach Daniel Vettori. Head was flawless as he wreaked havoc in the M Chinnaswamy Stadium, with the majority of the RCB bowlers falling at the receiving end of the Australian's onslaught. Head struck the fastest ton of the IPL 2024 and the fourth highest in the history of the competition. He reached the three-digit mark in a mere 39 deliveries.
Virat Kohli has been one of the few positives in an otherwise blow hot, blow cold campaign of Royal Challengers Bengaluru in IPL 2024. The former Indian cricket team captain has already scored a ton and two half-centuries in six matches to lead the run-scoring charts. However, that hasn't meant that Virat Kohli has gone about without getting criticised. He has a strike-rate of 141.77 and often plays the 'anchor' role for RCB.
India and Mumbai Indians (MI) star batter Rohit Sharma became the first Indian to smash 500 sixes in T20 cricket. The 'Hitman' achieved this milestone during his side's Indian Premier League (IPL) match against Chennai Super Kings (CSK) at Wankhede Stadium. Rohit was at his vintage best in the match, scoring 105* in 63 balls. His knock was studded with 11 boundaries and five sixes. Amid the fall of wickets around him, the former Mumbai Indians skipper held the fort at one end, blazing away at a strike rate of 166.67. (IPL 2024 Points Table)
Chennai Super Kings (CSK) opener and skipper Ruturaj Gaikwad completed 2,000 runs in the Indian Premier League (IPL) on Sunday, becoming only the fourth player from his franchise to do so. The 27-year-old accomplished this milestone against arch-rivals the Mumbai Indians (MI) at Wankhede Stadium in Mumbai. Playing what was perhaps his most fluent knock of the season, Gaikwad scored 69 in 40 balls. His knock was decorated with five boundaries and five majestic sixers. His runs came at a strike rate of 172.50. In 58 IPL matches, Gaikwad has made 2,021 runs at an average of 39.62 and a strike rate of 134.91. He has scored a century and 16 fifties in 57 innings, with his best score being 101*. He is the fourth-highest run-getter in the IPL for CSK behind Faf Du Plessis (2,721 runs in 92 matches), MS Dhoni (4,547 runs in 226 matches) and Suresh Raina (4,687 runs in 176 matches).
Royal Challengers Bengaluru star batter Virat Kohli is on the verge of achieving a massive IPL record as his side face Mumbai Indians in a much-anticipated contest. Kohli, who is currently the top run-scorer in the ongoing IPL 2024, is just four sixes away hitting 250 maximums in the history of the competition. He will become only the second Indian ever after Mumbai Indians' Rohit Sharma to achieve this big milestone. Overall, he will become the fourth batter to hit 250 IPL sixes with Chris Gayle (357) in the lead followed by Rohit Sharma (264) and Kohli's one-time RCB teammate AB De Villiers (251). Chennai Super Kings legend MS Dhoni occupies the fifth position currently with 242 sixes in 255 matches.
Former South African and Royal Challengers Bengaluru (RCB) batting legend AB de Villiers said that the franchise needs their star batter Virat Kohli should be there in the middle overs for his side so that they can "fire all cylinders". RCB has got off to a poor start in the Indian Premier League (IPL) this season, having lost three of their four matches. Virat has been their only in-form batter, with 203 runs in four matches at an average of 67.66, with two fifties. He is the current Orange Cap holder for most runs in the season so far. Other big players like skipper Faf Du Plessis, Glenn Maxwell, Cameron Green, Rajat Patidar etc have failed to perform with the bat.
Rishabh Pant was on top of his game on Sunday night as he took the Chennai Super Kings bowlers to the cleaners with his sensational strokes. During the Delhi Capitals' IPL 2024 match vs CSK in Visakhapatnam, Pant scored 51 off only 32 ball with the help of 4 fours and 3 sixes. That also happened to be Pant's first fifty in competitive cricket ever since his return from a horrific car crash he met with in December 2022. Pant made his comeback to competitive cricket with IPL 2024 but he failed to spread his magic with the bat in the first two games. However, the third game saw a change in fortunes for Pant.