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  • Blow to Delhi Capitals as injured skipper Shreyas Iyer likely to miss entire IPL

    Express News Service
    CHENNAI: In a major blow to Delhi Capitals, their captain Shreyas Iyer is likely to miss the entire edition of the IPL with a labrum tear. The middle-order batsman is set to undergo a surgery in a day or two which will sideline him for at least three to four months as India are keeping their fingers crossed about his availability for the T20 World Cup.

    Shreyas injured his left shoulder during the eighth over of England’s innings on Tuesday and was immediately taken for scans. “Shreyas Iyer subluxated his left shoulder in the 8th over while fielding. He has been taken for further scans and won’t take any further part in the game,” the BCCI had said in a statement.

    However, the scan reports on Wednesday revealed that the injury is a lot worse than originally feared. It is learnt that the batsman has suffered a labrum tear in his left shoulder which may have not necessarily been caused by of the dive he put in on Tuesday as it is common with athletes who do weightlifting and over the head activities like throwing. “He has suffered a labrum tear which requires operation. If it is a Grade 1 level tear, adequate rest would have been sufficient. But since it is on the higher side, he has been advised to get under the knife,” sources familiar with the development told The New Indian Express.

    Athletes who suffer a labrum tear usually take around 12 weeks to begin the rehabilitation programme and it takes around  4-6 months for the injury to be fully healed.

    The development will be a major blow to Delhi Capitals who now have to look for a new captain for the season. The franchise which made it to the final last season has amongst its ranks Ajinkya Rahane, Ravichandran Ashwin, Shikhar Dhawan and Steve Smith, who have all led various franchises in the past.  Rishabh Pant, who has been Shreyas’s deputy in the past, could also be in the running.

    Shreyas took over as Delhi captain in 2018, making him one of the youngest in the tournament. The injury means Shreyas will miss the IPL and could also miss the Royal London Cup in July where he is signed up to represent Lancashire. A confirmation from the BCCI is expected anytime soon.

  • IPL auction: Mohammed Kaif says Delhi Capitals will look to bolster bench strength

    By PTI
    NEW DELHI: Delhi Capitals will look to find back-up players during Thursday’s mini-auction in order to build a suitable bench-strength going into the upcoming edition of Indian Premier League, said assistant coach Mohammed Kaif.

    DC finished runners-up in the last edition and would like to do one better with a good bench strength this year, which became a problem last season during the business end of the tournament.

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    “We have released a few players, so we will be looking to fill those gaps. I think flexibility is the key in the auction. One can have all the plans for the auction, but things can change on the auction table,” Kaif said.

    “We have to take spontaneous decisions. Our main players have been playing continuously and there are no fitness issues as well. So, we’ll be looking to acquire some back-up players in tomorrow’s auction,” he added.

    Commenting on the current squad, another assistant coach Pravin Amre said, “To be honest, if we are asked to play tomorrow also, we have a playing XI ready with us, so I think that’s the successful planning, and that’s what we learned from other teams also, who back their core for a long time.”

  • Another team entry to be held in IPL 2021, to be auctioned before next season

    The 13th season of IPL has come to an end and Mumbai Indians defeated Delhi Capitals to claim the title for the fifth time. With this, the BCCI has started preparations for the next season of the tournament. According to The Hindu’s report, the board may conduct a full auction before the next year’s tournament. According to the report, BCCI officials are already in touch with the franchisees. According to a source from the BCCI itself, a big auction is being planned, because a new team can be entered in the next season. In such a situation, there can be 9 teams instead of 8 in this tournament.

    This step can be taken to maintain financial balance after the damage caused by Corona virus. There is also a possibility that the ninth IPL franchise may be associated with Ahmedabad. However, BCCI President Sourav Ganguly had said that the discussion for IPL 2021 will take place at the right time.

  • Mumbai Indians 5th time champion, Rohit Sharma-Trent Boult got a big win

    After the bowling bowling of the bowlers, Mumbai Indians won the fifth title by defeating Delhi Capitals by 5 wickets in the final of the IPL on Tuesday. First the Mumbai Indians bowlers stopped Delhi playing the final for the first time at a low score, then after this Rohit made one-sided fight with Atishi batting. Batting first after winning the toss, Delhi gave Mumbai a target of 157 runs, which Mumbai easily achieved before 8 balls.

    The most successful team of the IPL, Mumbai Indians, started a stormy chase to chase the target of 157 runs. The batting of opening batsmen Rohit Sharma and Quinton Dickock told that it is not easy to destroy their kingship. Rohit opened the Mumbai account with a six and then after that Dickock took big shots. Marcus Stoinis broke the 45-run partnership between the two. He made Dickock his victim. After this, Suryakumar Yadav came on the field to support Rohit and he expressed his team’s intention by hitting the first ball four and six on the second ball.

    Due to lack of mutual coordination, Mumbai got the second blow for 90 runs as Suryakumar Yadav. Sun scored 19 runs. After this, captain Rohit made a one-sided contest by sharing 47 runs with Ishan Kishan. Norkia gave Mumbai the third blow as captain Rohit for 137 runs. Rohit returned to the pavilion after scoring 68 runs from 51 balls. But by then they had turned the fight one way. After Rohit returned to the pavilion, Pollard hit two big shots, but Rabada bolted him and gave Mumbai the fourth blow for 147 runs. Rohit’s team got the fifth blow as Hardik Pandya for 156 runs. Pandya became the victim of Norkia by scoring 3 runs.

    The start of the Delhi capitals was contrary to expectations and on the very first ball of the innings, Trent Bolt gave the first blow to Delhi by dismissing Marcus Stoinis. After this, Bolt gave Delhi the second blow by dismissing Ajinkya Rahane for 16 runs. After this, Shikhar Dhawan, who was in excellent form, also flopped in the final and was dismissed by 15 runs. After three setbacks for 22 runs, captain Shreyas Iyer took over the team in a big partnership with Rishabh Pant and reached the score 100 by 22 runs. During this time, Pant also completed his first half-century of this season. However, he was dismissed after scoring a half-century. Coulter Nile caught Delhi out by Hardik Pandya and gave Delhi the fourth blow for 118 runs. Pant scored 56 runs off 38 balls.