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As skipper Hardik Pandya said at the toss the team needed to play for their pride and their fans, this win would have surely made the supporters happy.

Andrey Rublev, who takes the Madrid crown from double champion Carlos Alcaraz whom he beat in the quarter-finals, said he had played despite feeling ill at times this week and hailed his doctors for helping him through.

As per media reports in Trinidad, authorities have been working to deal with a potential security threat to the upcoming ICC Men's T20 World Cup 2024.

Star all-rounder Ravindra Jadeja shone with the bat and the ball as he top-scored for the holders with 43 runs off just 26 deliveries, before scalping three wickets to curtail the PBKS chase in the second innings.

Skipper Gaikwad, who got the team off to a positive start with his 21-ball-32-run knock at the top of the order, revealed the challenges ahead of the game at Dharamshala, but added that he was happy with the win.

The crafty spinner dismissed CSK skipper Ruturaj Gaikwad for 32 runs off 21 deliveries as he was caught behind by Jitesh Sharma on Chahar's opening delivery of the day, before scalping Shivam Dube for a golden duck in the very next ball.

Shivam Dube has not been in the best of forms as he has been dismissed for consecutive golden ducks against Punjab Kings in IPL 2024.

Siraj's two-wicket burst in the powerplay to remove Shubman Gill and Wriddhiman Saha played a crucial role as GT could manage just 147 all-out in 19.3 overs on Saturday.

With their fourth win of the IPL 2024, Royal Challengers Bengaluru have climbed out from the bottom of the pile but still need a bit of luck and consistent performances to make it to the playoffs.

Mayank Yadav underwent a four-week rehabilitation and made a stunnig comeback but broke down again.

KL Rahul and Meethika Dwivedi highlighted the two types of personalities that people may find in the state of Uttar Pradesh.

Yashasvi Jaiswal in his last three games for Rajasthan Royals, he scored an unbeaten 104, 24 and 67 after totalling only 121 runs in seven games at the halfway stage.

Venkatesh Iyer credited Sourav Ganguly for giving him key tips.

Mitchell Starc returned 4/33 as KKR registered their first IPL win at the iconic Wankhede Stadium since 2012

T Natarajan tipped over Jasprit Bumrah to claim the Purple Cap currently, while fabulous outings from the likes of Riyan Parag and Travis Head saw them both progress up the Orange Cap standinngs, with Parag entering the top 5.

The Indian men's team had ended their group stage at the second spot after losing 1-4 to Indonesia late on Wednesday, while the Chinese seemed to be in better shape as they ticked all the boxes to come up trumps once again at the big stage.