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 S hardul Thakur's impressive innings of 68 runs off just 29 balls, combined with exceptional performances from spinners Varun Chakravarthy, Suyash Sharma, and Sunil Narine, helped Kolkata Knight Riders (KKR) secure their first points of IPL 2023 with a resounding 81-run victory over Royal Challengers Bangalore (RCB). Despite a shaky start with the bat, including a first-ball duck for Andre Russell, Rahmanullah Gurbaz's crucial knock of 57 off 44 balls provided some stability for KKR. However, it was Shardul Thakur's aggressive batting display that turned the tables on RCB's bowlers. He smashed boundaries and sixes, hitting a joint-quickest half-century of the season in just 20 balls. Rinku Singh also played a supporting role, contributing 46 runs off 33 balls as he and Shardul added 103 runs for the sixth wicket. KKR's total of 204/7 was a challenging target for RCB. In response, RCB started well with Virat Kohli and Faf du Plesis smashing 42 runs off the first fou

Virat Kohli has regained his number one position in the latest ICC Player Rankings for ODI Batsmen, which were released on Sunday after the conclusion of the Asia Cup. ICC Top 10 ODI Batsmen Rank Player Country Rating 1 Virat Kohli IND 881 2 AB de Villiers SA 872 3 George Bailey AUS 856 4 Hashim Amla SA 840 5 Kumar Sangakkara SL 833 6 MS Dhoni IND 783 7 Jonathon Trott ENG 725 8 Shikhar Dhawan IND 723 9 Tillakaratne Dilshan SL 717 10 Misbah-ul-Haq PAK 715 Strong batting performances in the Asia Cup have brought about a reshuffle of the positions, with Sri Lanka's Lahiru Thirimanne, who won the player of the tournament making the biggest jump. The left-handed opener has hopped 29 spots to a career best 39th position. In the ICC Player Rankings for ODI bowlers, India spinners - Ravindra Jadeja and Ravichandran Ashwin - are the biggest gainers inside the top 20. Jadeja has earned four spots and is currently

Under-fire Indian commander Mahendra Singh Dhoni was on Thursday discounted of the approaching Asia Cup cricket competition because of a side-strain harm that he endured throughout the second Test in New Zealand, preparing for Virat Kohli to lead the side. "MS Dhoni has been discounted of the imminent Asia Cup, to be played in Bangladesh, in February-March 2014. He maintained a Grade I exited side-strain harm throughout the course of the second Test against New Zealand. He will be experiencing restoration for ten days," BCCI secretary Sanjay Patel said in an articulation. Tamil Nadu's wicketkeeper-batsman Dinesh Kartik has been picked as Dhoni's supplanting. "The All-India Senior Selection Committee has picked Dinesh Kartik as his supplanting in the Indian squad for the competition. Virat Kohli will lead India in the rivalry," the proclamation said. (Dhoni may as well offer the captaincy to Kohli: Crowe) Kohli has been India's champion bats

Owing to his OK execution in the recently closed two-Test Cricket matches against New Zealand, India batsman Virat Kohli rose to his profession best ninth position in the most recent ICC Test rankings issued on Wednesday. Kohli, who made 214 runs in four innings, broke into main 10 without precedent for his profession and joined countryman Cheteshwar Pujara, who slipped a bar to be on seventh spot. Kohli bounced two spots emulating his thumps of 38 and 105 not out in the Wellington Test, which ended in a draw. Off-spinner Ravichandran Ashwin slipped two spots to be at number 10 and is still the most elevated stacked up Indian bowler in front of left-arm Tweaker Pragyan Ojha (twelfth) in Test bowler rankings. New Zealand skipper Brendon Mccullum's stupendous match-sparing thump of 302 helped him hop eight spots to a vocation best twelfth. Mccullum, who turned into the first Kiwi batsman to score a triple hundred, helped draw the second and last, to secure the arrangement