Rinku Singh's father said, "we bought crackers and celebrated as we thought Rinku would be in the Playing XI. Rinku called his mother and broke the news, he was heartbroken".

Indian batters after T20 World Cup squad announcement:

Rohit Sharma - 4 (5).
Suryakumar Yadav - 10 (6).
Hardik Pandya - 0 (1).
Shivam Dube - 0 (2).
Ravindra Jadeja - 2 (4).

RUTURAJ, THE LONE WARRIOR OF CSK.

62 (48) with 5 fours and 2 sixes - the captain led from the front without much support from the other end. 👌

RUTURAJ GAIKWAD BECOMES THE FIRST CSK CAPTAIN IN HISTORY TO SCORE 500 RUNS IN AN IPL SEASON. 💥

Question - do we see SRH lifting the IPL trophy?

Pat Cummins - absolutely, yes. Lock it in.

RUTURAJ GAIKWAD - ORANGE CAP HOLDER IN IPL 2024. 🫡

Captain Rohit Sharma has arrived for the Press Conference.

Press Conference finally starting.

🗣️ Ajit Agarkar said, "KL Rahul has been opening in the IPL. We were mainly looking for middle-order options. So, we felt that Samson and Pant are better suited for that. Samson can bat anywhere in the lineup. So, it was just about what we needed and not about who was better".

🗣️ Rohit Sharma said - "I played under so many Captains and it's not different to me I was Captain India and focus on winning games for Team".

2024 T20 WORLD CUP ANTHEM. 🏆

Ajit Agarkar said, "there are no replacements for the things Hardik Pandya can do".

Rohit Sharma said, "I wanted 4 spinners in the squad. I won't say the reason for that here, I'll let you know in the USA".

Ajit Agarkar said, "if the World Cup turns out to be like the IPL where 220-230 is normal, we've enough power in the squad".

Ajit Agarkar said, "we haven't been discussing Virat Kohli's strike rate at all. He has been performing really well in the IPL, no point overthinking".

Ajit Agarkar said, "Rinku Singh exclusion was the toughest decision. It's got nothing to do with Rinku. We felt Rohit can have an extra spin option with two wrist spinners. He is in the reserves so that's how close he was".

🏟️ Pitch Report - SRH vs RR

-> Dimensions - 61m and 64m Squares, 73m Straight
-> The pitch is rock hard and fresh, never been used before
-> It's tailor-made for batting, won't offer much assistance to bowlers
-> Scores of over 200 should be expected on this pitch unless batsmen lose their wickets trying to be too aggressive.

3rd umpire says bat grounded.

Travis Head departs next ball.

THE NITISH KUMAR REDDY SHOW. 🤯

A fifty in just 30 balls with 5 sixes in Hyderabad - he came in when SRH were 35/2 after 5 overs. A great partnership between him and Head. 🔥

🚨Indian bowlers form since the T20 World Cup announcement:

Hardik Pandya - 2/26.
Jasprit Bumrah - 0/17.
Arshdeep Singh - 1/52.
Ravindra Jadeja - 0/22 (3).
Shivam Dube - 1/14 (1).
Yuzvendra Chahal - 0/62.


Yuzvendra Chahal bowled his most expensive spell in IPL history.

A 3 ball duck by Sanju Samson.

Golden duck for Jos Buttler.

Josh Baker a 20 year old spinner passed away. He picked 3 wickets yesterday in the County Championship.