IPL,Indian Premier League, 2024 brings yet another week wrap-up for everyone, as Punjab Kings, Chennai Super Kings, Kolkata Knight Riders, Lucknow Knights, they all gather together to make a strong stand for themselves for the playoffs. Here are the Top trending stories for the weekend wrap up:
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Trending No. 1 – RCB won the match yesterday against Gujarat Titans.
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Yesterday, in a thrilling match RCB won the match moving itself in the 7th rank in the points table. Before it was in tenth position. At M. Chinnaswamy Stadium in Bengaluru, the Gujarat Titans (GT) and Royal Challengers Bengaluru (RCB) had squared off each other, with the team of Faf du Plessis winning the Toss against the opponent, and choosing to bowl first, the ,match saw the Gujarat Titans survived the match scoring 147 runs all in all.
The Openers Shubhman Gill, captain of Gujarat Titans, and Wriddhiman Saha got bowled out in their initial runs only. With Respect to RCB they were on the verge of collapse in the middle overs, but soon, Faf du Plessis 50 and Virat’s 42 runs soared the Teams to a victory dance.
Punjab’s match with CSK this afternoon on Sunday.
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The Shikhar Dhawan’s team has all gathered up with lots of courage this time against the Mahi Champions- CSK as his team , earlier defeated CSK on their last tussle which literally has increased their confidence and today on May 5th we will be seeing them facing off against each other.
Punjab Kings
The Punjab Kings is occupying the eighth position in the points table, the team although getting not so much victory over their opponents , have improved a lot in terms of their batting as well their bowling. With batters like Shikhar Dhawan, Johnny Bairstow and bowlers like Arshdeep and Harmanpreet, Punjab has for sure built a lot of hopes.
Chennai Super Kings
The Chennai Super Kings, is having a journey of ups and downs, the bowling unit of the CSK, although, hasn’t been that very performative , the batter’s like Rituraj Gaikwad and Shivam Dube with MSD, Mahendra Singh Dhoni, as the all-rounder, all together has led the team up to the front. The team has seen defeats but is on a consistent form to balance the loss with their wins.
Lucknow SuperGiants and Kolkata Knight Riders to face-off today.
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Lucknow SuperGiants and the Kolkata Knight Riders face -off against each other today in the evening by 7: 30 p.m. In their last match, Kolkata won it by defeating the team LSG by only 8 wickets.
Kolkata Knight Riders
Kolkata in their previous match defeated the high-voltage team Mumbai Indians in their hometown Wankhade, we got to witness it after 12 years. With batters like Phil Salt, Manish Pandey and Shreya’s Iyer and bowlers like Sunil Narayan, Varun Chakravarti. KKR has built a lot of hopes with its second position in the IPL.
Lucknow SuperGiants
Lucknow SuperGiants, on the other hand, have to give in their best shot today to sweep passed away the Kolkata knight Riders, with the skipper KL Rahul and all-rounder Marcuis Stoinis, Lucknow is standing at the third position in the IPL points standing and has also showcased some of the decent shots, but as of today they have to gear up and break their own record to smash off KKR.
Mayank Yadav will miss this IPL tournament
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As, Mayank Yadav, who is playing for the Lucknow SuperGiants has been injured as he suffered a muscle tear during his last game, his team coach Justin Langer said on Saturday, that being realistic, Mayank is going to have difficulty in playing if they qualify for the playoffs. But they still hope he will get well as he has always bowled well and has brought improvements in the team’s score as well.
Jasprit Bumrah holding the Purple Cap
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Jasprit Bumrah, claiming the figures of three wickets out of 18 runs only, in his last match against KKR has brought him a purple cap. However, the story of purple and orange changes from one person to another, right at the moment we can witness Bumrah is the cap holder , with his electrifying performance against the Knight Riders, he has left no stone unturned to become one of the best bowlers of the country.
