Ipl 2018 News

Qualifier 1 was a T20 clinic from defending champions Mumbai Indians, who thrashed a listless Delhi by 57 runs to reach yet another final. Clinical moments were aplenty, but the funniest moment of the game came via Rahul Chahar, who took a comical juggling catch to send teammates into splits.

Shubman Gill has reckoned that batting down the order was a game-changing experience for him as he helped him grow as a batsman and look at the game from different angles. He revealed that his role will be the same as last year for KKR, opening the innings for them in the fag end of the tournament.

Shakib Al Hasan was banned by the ICC’s Anti-Corruption Unit (ACU) for failure to report several approaches from an alleged bookie by the name of Deepak Aggarwal. At the interviews conducted by the ACU, Shakib admitted that Agarwal had sought inside information from him at least thrice.

Mitchell Starc has gone to the court to take legal action against his insurer to claim back the $1.53 m that he lost out on after missing the IPL last year due to injury. Starc had picked up a calf injury in the second Test against South Africa last year because of which he had to pull out of IPL.