Star Mumbai Indians Player May Miss IPL Due To Injury....

While they started their Indian Premier League 2017 campaign injury-free, Mumbai Indians have suffered their first setback as Ambati Rayudu has been ruled out of action for their next few matches due to a grade-1 tear to his groin. The middle-order mainstay of the MI set-up will be reassessed after a period of 7-10 days and is expected to miss a major portion the league stage.

"Rayudu has had a scan, he's got a grade-1 tear," said Mahela Jayawardene, the Mumbai Indians coach, on Saturday (April 8). "We'll assess him after about seven to eight days. Then he'll start some casual rehab training. We just need to work on him on a weekly basis and see how best we could get him back to playing fitness. So for now, at least for 10 days he's going to be out and we'll decide after that," he added on the eve of their home game against Kolkata Knight Riders at the Wankhede stadium.

Mahela also confirmed that Lasith Malinga and Asela Gunaratne, who have joined the team, will be available for selection for their upcoming match. "Both of them (Malinga and Gunaratne) are available for selection. Except for Rayudu everyone else is healthy," Jayawardene said.

"He (Rayudu) will take at least seven to eight days before he can start his rehab work. And then we'll have to assess him. So I can't put a time-frame (on his comeback), how many days (he'll be out). It has to come from the medical unit, who's looking after him. They'll give me a feedback and whenever we get that feedback we'll be happy to give you that," he added.

Rayudu suffered the injury during the 16th over of RPS chase of 185 and had to be stretchered off the field. Mumbai ended up losing the game with Steven Smith's two sixes off Kieron Pollard in the final over helping the Pune-based franchise win with a delivery to spare.

Against Pune, Mumbai had gone in with a batting heavy line-up, with Hardik Pandya coming as late as No. 8. In Rayudu's absence, Mumbai might think of bringing in an extra spin option, something they missed against Pune, and this could mean the return of Harbhajan Singh.

"Harbhajan wasn't dropped (for the match against Pune). It's just a combination that we decided tactically. Given the opposition, that's the way we wanted to go. They had eight right-handers in the top ten, except for Stokes," Jayawardene said, justifying the exclusion of their premier off-spinner for the game against Pune.

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Srinivasan: ‘CSK will be back with a bang in 2018’

Former BCCI president and ICC chairman N. Srinivasan revealed that the decision to buy Chennai Super Kings had prior approval from both the then IPL chairman Lalit Modi and BCCI president Sharad Pawar.

Srinivasan’s decision to buy the team raised conflict of interest issues since he was an office-bearer of the BCCI at that time.

Delivering the keynote address at the Madras Advertising Club’s annual awards function here on Friday, Srinivasan said, “We received an invitation from the then chairman of IPL (Lalit Modi) asking whether India Cements would bid. So I took this letter and wrote to the then BCCI president Mr (Sharad) Pawar asking if we can bid since I was the BCCI treasurer and MD and promoter of India Cements. Although everyone knew this story, they chose to ignore it.”

He added, “I get a reply back from Mr Pawar saying that 'I have consulted all my colleague and there is no bar on India Cements to take the tender and bid for an IPL team'. This was given in writing from him and following all due processes, the BCCI was asked and we went ahead.”

Srinivasan, who was speaking on the topic of brand building, explained the process of getting CSK together and heaped praise on M.S. Dhoni.

“Before the first auction, we told the group which was sitting there to get M.S. Dhoni at any price. People criticise it and made all kinds of allegations, but still its[CSK’s] followers have only grown. Wherever I go, thanks to the power of CSK, there is not a single place where people don’t want to come and take a selfie with me. How did we get there? The first truly game changing decision was to get M.S. Dhoni on board. He had won the World T20 in 2007, had his own style and was different from others.”

Further elaborating on the growth of the CSK brand, the 72-year-old industrialist said, “An aura developed around the team because of its performance and its captain who was growing in stature, winning with the national team. He adopted the city and vice-versa.”

“The Tamil anthem, the colour yellow, the ‘whistle podu’ song along with Dhoni helped build the CSK brand. We have not been part of the IPL for two years but it has not affected the brand one bit.”

In 2015, CSK was suspended for two years after one of the team official was involved in spot fixing-betting allegations that occurred during the 2013 IPL.

Srinivasan said the side was unfairly banned. “You can accuse anybody of anything but you can’t accuse a single player. They just played. It was just pure jealousy,” he lashed out.

With CSK’s two-year suspension ending later in the year, Srinivasan said he was looking forward to seeing “M.S. Dhoni, wearing yellow and leading the CSK team onto the ground.”

“Come 2018, there is every possibility of it happening. We will be back with a bang.”

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MS Dhoni to Retire After This Ipl......

The former Indian cricket team captain recently resign his captaincy from international cricket and he has been sacked from RPS captaincy by the team management.

Now he has announced that he should retire from international cricket after the upcoming ipl.

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New Captain Announced For RCB Ahead Of IPL 10...

10th edition of ipl will kick off on 5th april. New captain announced for Rcb ahead of this IPL.

AB de Villiers will lead Royal Challengers Bangalore in the opening stages of IPL 2017 if regular captain Virat Kohli fails to recover from his shoulder injury in time for the start of the tournament. While no timeline has been ascertained for Kohli's return, Daniel Vettori, head coach of the franchise, told reporters of the succession plan in the eventuality of the star captain missing out.

"He (Kohli) will come in on April 2. Between now and then, the BCCI doctors and physio will speak to us and our medical staff will get a clearer picture. Right now, we don't have a clear picture on his availability. We will know in the next few days," Vetorri told reporters in Bengaluru.

"The likely scenario is that AB de Villiers will take over the duties, but we'll answer that once we find out if Virat is out," Vettori added.

Kohli sustained an injury to his right shoulder while diving to save a boundary on the opening day of the Ranchi Test against Australia. The injury ruled the Indian captain out of the series decider in Dharamsala. In the aftermath of India's series victory, Kohli informed that he was still a few weeks away from regaining full fitness.

"It's still a few weeks to go before I can be 100% on the field," Kohli said at the end of the Dharamsala Test. "But these things happen in your career. Got to take it in my strike and move forward."

Kohli's absence, brief or otherwise, should it come to that, is likely to significantly hamper RCB's quest for a maiden IPL crown. The league's all-time highest run-getter (4110 runs at 38.41) has missed just one game for the franchise in the nine years of the tournament's existence. In 2016, Kohli aggregated a season record 973 runs in RCB's run to the final, where his team was pipped at the finish by Sunrisers Hyderabad.

However, Vettori was quick to back RCB's UP batsman Sarfaraz Khan and Punjab's Mandeep Singh to step up in Kohli's absence. "Fortunately, we have a number of exceptional batsmen who haven't got many playing chances, like Sarfaraz Khan and Mandeep Singh," the former New Zealand skipper said.

"It's a huge asset for us that someone else can fill in those gaps. Sarfaraz has been really good. At the back end of the domestic season he started to put some runs on the board. Everyone knows how talented he is. With possible injuries, he could get an opportunity early on in the tournament," Vettori added.

RCB will get the tenth edition of IPL underway on April 5 in a rematch of last year's final at the Rajiv Gandhi International Stadium in Hyderabad.

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Indian star player might miss initial phase of ipl 2017

Virat Kohli, the Royal Challengers Bangalore skipper, is a doubtful starter for the beginning of Indian Premier League season this year after having suffered a shoulder injury in the four-match Test series against Australia that the hosts won 2-1. Kohli, who missed the final Test in Dharamsala due to the injury he suffered on the first day of the third Test in Ranchi said that it will take some time for him to be fully fit.

"It is still a few weeks to go till I can be 100 percent on the field. These things happen in your career, just got to take it in my stride and move forward," he said on conclusion of the Test series on Tuesday (March 28).

RCB are set to kickstart their IPL season on April 5 against Sunrisers Hyderabad. They will go on to play two more games in a span of five days.

Imran Tahir Likely To Join This Team In Upcoming IPL....

Rising Pune Supergiant have roped in South Africa legspinner Imran Tahir as a replacement for Australian all-rounder Mitchell Marsh for the upcoming tenth season of the Indian Premier League (IPL).

Marsh, who was one of the five overseas players retained by Supergiant, picked up a shoulder injury during the Test series against India. After returning midway from the India tour, the 25-year-old underwent a reconstructive surgery that could keep him on the sidelines for close to nine months. Marsh also played only three matches for Supergiant last season before returning home due to a side strain.

Tahir, the 37-year-old Pakistan-born leg-spinner, was picked up by Delhi Daredevils ahead of IPL 2014 and represented the franchise in 20 matches across three seasons, picking up 29 wickets at an average of 21.48.

He was, however, released by Daredevils last year and found no takers during the auction on February 20 in Bengaluru, despite a relatively low base price of INR 50 Lakh. Pune decided to bring in Tahir, whose services were available as he was part of the registered available player pool list.

"Imran Tahir who was unsold in the 2017 VIVO IPL Player Auction is from the registered available player pool list (RAPP list). As per the player regulations, RPS is allowed the replacement player from the RAPP list," stated a BCCI media released.

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Kohli's Back up 4th Test was Announced......

Mumbai's top-order batsman Shreyas Iyer has been added to the India squad for the upcoming Test against Australia at Dharamsala, starting on Saturday (March 25). Iyer has been called up as a cover for Virat Kohli, who injured his shoulder during the third Test in Ranchi. The maiden national call-up comes as a well-deserved reward for his incredible consistency over the past three seasons in the Indian domestic arena.

Virat Kohli did a bit of fielding drills in Dharamsala on Thursday (March 23) with protective bandages around his right shoulder. The India captain was seen throwing underarm and did not take part in any batting practice. On the first day of the third Test at Ranchi, the Indian Skipper hurt on right shoulder while putting in a diving effort in the 40th over of the day. Iyer is expected to join the team on Friday morning in Dharamsala.

Iyer, 22, shot to limelight when he was bagged by Delhi Daredevils in the 2015 Indian Premier League auction for a whopping sum of INR 2.6 Crore, and the move paid dividends with the youngster amassing 439 runs from 14 games, and also winning the Emerging Player of the Year award.

Iyer, in his short domestic career, has been one of the most consistent performers in the Ranji Trophy circuit, top-scoring for his state side Mumbai in all three seasons. In his first Ranji season, he topped the charts with 809 runs which saw Mumbai reach the semifinal of the tournament. In the following season, his hundred in the final ensured Mumbai won their 41st title. Iyer's 1321 runs in the winning campaign is the second-highest in any single edition of the Ranji Trophy. Last season, Mumbai went down against Gujarat in the final, but Iyer's form did not waver, where he finished with 725 runs in the season.

The Mumbai batsman also featured in the solitary practice game when Bangladesh toured India to play their first Test on Indian soil. Iyer hit a 91-ball hundred in the drawn affair. When Australia came touring to India for their four-Test series, Iyer led the show for India A in the practice game, hitting an unbeaten 202 against the Australian attack that performed well in the Tests to follow.

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