None of the lower-order batsmen reached the double figures with Miller concluding a miserable tournament with another failure. Ashwin was the pick of the bowlers for RPS with figures of four for 34 from four overs.
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The duo put on a 58-run stand for the third wicket before the skipper fell to Ashwin. Ashwin further tighten the noose by dismissing Gurkeerat and new batsman David Miller in his next over. He also shared a valuable opening partnership of 60 runs with Hashim Amla (30). Ashwin got the breakthrough for Pune when he dismissed Amla, and in the very next over wicketkeeper-batsman Wriddhiman Saha (3) was also sent back to the dressing room with Adam Zampa doing the damage.īut Vijay and Gurkeerat played with responsibility to steady the boat.
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Opting to bat, Vijay led from the front, scoring a 41-ball 59 that included four hits to the fence and three sixes. The loss has pushed KXIP to the bottom of the heap with just eight points from 14 games. However, for Dhoni, who had successfully led Chennai Super Kings in the previous editions of the tournament, mostly finishing in top four besides winning the title twice, this has been his most disappointing campaign.Įarlier, Ravichandran Ashwin chipped in with a four-wicket haul to restrict KXIP to 172 for seven in the allotted 20 overs. Captain Murali Vijay and Gurkeerat Mann hit fine half-centuries to take the team to a competitive total. In the last ball of the match, RPS required six for victory and the captain lofted one over the midwicket boundary.
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So, it ends up becoming the best league in the world," Khawaja was quoted as saying.Skipper Mahendra Singh Dhoni single-handedly scripted Rising Pune Supergiants' face-saving four-wicket win over Kings XI Punjab with a last ball six to help them avoid a last-place finish in the Indian Premier League in Visakhapatnam on Saturday.Ĭlick here for the full coverage of the IPL 2016, including commentary, fixtures, scorecards and moreĬhasing 173, Pune never looked in contention, but Dhoni played the lone ranger with an unbeaten 32-ball 64 to secure an improbable win for the debutants. Pune looked down and out at 86 for five in the 14th over before Dhoni brought out his best and smashed five sixes and four boundaries. Needing 23 runs in the last over, Dhoni struck three sixes and a four. That's not really a contest there (between IPL and PSL) because at the end of the day they have all the world come to them and they also have the only league in the world that has Indian cricketers. IPL vs PSL: Usman Khawaja says IPL is the best, 'no contest between IPL and PSL' Back in 2016, Khawaja played for the Rising Pune Supergiant, captained by MS Dhoni. Khawaja, whose only season in the IPL was back in 2016, didn’t mince any words in saying that the T20 league in India is the best in the world at the present point in time. The mega auction recently took place on February 12 and 13 and a number of players, both capped and uncapped, went under the hammer.
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The IPL started way back in 2008 and is currently into its 15th edition. Australia batter Usman Khawaja reckoned that the Indian Premier League (IPL) trumps the Pakistan Super League (PSL) in terms of class and quality.