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Ricky Ponting has picked Kolkata wicketkeeper Robin Uthappa over MS Dhoni in his team of the year, citing the former’s ability to score from the get-go as the reason for his choice. The former Aussie captain, unsurprisingly, opted to go for two Indian pacers in his best XI for this season’s IPL.

Mumbai Indians may have won the IPL title for a record third time on Sunday after beating Rising Pune Supergiant by one run, but, they weren’t the only winners on the night as David Warner bagged the Orange Cap with 641 runs and Bhuvneshwar Kumar took the Purple cap with 26 wickets.

Sunrisers Hyderabad captain David Warner is all set to reach the landmark of 4,000 runs in the Indian Premier League and is just 23 runs away from achieving the feat. Warner crossed the 600-run mark this season with his splendid 69-run knock which helped his side defeat Gujarat Lions yesterday.

Gujarat Lions will be looking to dent defending champions Sunrisers Hyderabad’s chances of making the playoffs when the two sides meet at the Green Park in Kanpur this evening. Gujarat are out of the reckoning and will aim to restore some of their lost pride in front of their home fans.

Following the arrest of three bookies from Kanpur, reports have revealed that one of the suspects has disclosed the names of two Gujarat Lions players who may have been involved in the betting racket. Kanpur police arrested the trio from the hotel where GL and DD team were housed on Thursday.

Dwayne Smith decided to jog while taking a quick single before Pant was caught day dreaming by Suresh Raina in the second innnings in a match that saw four run outs. The Twitterati picked up on these two hilarious dismissals and trolled the duo for the way in which they threw their wickets away.