The second team for the IPL 2020 finale has been confirmed now after Delhi Capitals defeated Sunrisers Hyderabad in the Qualifier 2 by 17 runs. The match was played yesterday at the Sheikh Zayed Stadium and Delhi Capitals made their entry in the finals of the IPL for the first time in the history of the tournament.
While DC will be leaving no stone unturned in trying to win its first ever IPL trophy, Mumbai Indians will be looking forward to lift the trophy for the fifth time. MI is the most successful team of the IPL with four IPL wins followed by Chennai Super Kings which has won IPL trophy three times.
As far as the Qualifier 2 is concerned, DC put up an all-round superb performance. The toss was won by the Delhi franchise and it decided to bat first. DC’s start was solid with Marcus Stoinis and Shikhar Dhawan laying down the foundation of a good total. While Marcus scored 38 runs, Dhawan played a blistering knock of 78 runs and Shimron Hetmyer ensured that his team posted a good total on the board by scoring quick 42 for which he played 22 deliveries. Overall, DC posted a total of 189 runs on the board.
SRH didn’t have a good start while chasing the target of 190 runs and other than Kane Williamson (67) and Abdul Samad (33) , no other SRH batsmen was able to counter the DC bowlers in an effective manner. SRH was able to score only 172 runs at the loss of 8 wickets in the stipulated 20 overs.
Marcus Stoinis was adjudged as the player of the match as he contributed with not only bat but also ball as he took 3 wickets including the wicket of Kane Williamson. The bowling figures of Marcus were 3-0-26-3.
There was one more thing which was quite unusual yesterday; Marcus carried a toy figure of Hulk to the post presentation ceremony. Everyone was quite surprised with it so here we tell you the reason behind it. Marcus is very much inspired with Hulk, the superhero which appears in the Marvel comics and he even celebrates like Hulk after taking wickets. It won’t be wrong to say that Marcus Stoinis has given a Hulk like performance in the Qualifier 2 for his team.
Here is a video in this regard:
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Which team do you think will win the IPL 2020 – MI or DC?
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The IPL 2020 has reached the play-off round, while Mumbai Indians has confirmed its berth in the final by defeating Delhi Capitals in the Qualifier 1, DC will get the second chance and will be clashing against Sunrisers Hyderabad in the Qualifier 2.
One team that started the tournament with a bang was Rajasthan Royals but they couldn’t manage to perform well with consistency and as a result, they were not able to enter the play-off. However, what is more hurtful for the RR fans is the fact that despite having some big names of the cricket world, they are at the bottom of the points table.
But one thing that everyone has to accept is that the official Twitter handle of RR didn’t leave any stone unturned in entertaining fans and cricket lovers. Whatever the situation may be, the admin of RR was always ready with funny tweets and recently it posted a video which not only made everyone laugh but left some of the netizens in a state of shock.
In the video, the English pacer Jofra Archer asked his teammate about his celebrity crush and Ben Stokes took the name of Hollywood actress Jennifer Aniston whom Archer refused to recognize. This left Ben Stokes pretty surprised and the admin of RR social media account showed his creativity by adding hilarious reactions of characters of sitcom F.R.I.E.N.D.S.
RR tagged Netflix India in the tweet and captioned the video, “Hey NetflixIndia, hope can still be F.R.I.E.N.D.S after this,” with a laughing emoji.
Here is the video:
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Netflix India responded soon with, “We’ll still be there for you” with red heart emoji.
F.R.I.E.N.D.S is one of the most popular TV shows of Hollywood and Jennifer Aniston was also a part of the show. Though it started in 1994 and went off-air in 2004, it is still counted among the most loved shows and is very popular in India also. Even netizens were not able to believe that Jofra Archer doesn’t know who Jennifer Aniston is and this is how people reacted:
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We must say that Rajasthan Royals’ social media admin has a great sense of humour!
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The former Indian cricketer Virender Sehwag was known for his destructive batting when he used to play cricket and now he is famous for his wittiness, good sense of humour and unique style of wishing birthdays to fellow cricketers and other celebrities on the micro-blogging site Twitter.
However apart from these, there is one more thing that he was known for! Yes, we are talking about his singing while batting on the field. During an interaction with a cricket portal, Sehwag revealed that he used to entertain the Pakistani cricketers with not just his batting but his singing as well.
The 42 years old Delhi cricketer told that he liked to sing a song while batting as it used to lighten his mood to a great extent. He also disclosed that his favourite song is, “Chala jaata hoon kisi ke dhun mein, dhadakte dil ke, taraane liye” which was sung by the legendary Bollywood playback singer Kishore Kumar. Viru said that he can sing this song in any mood and it also helps in making his mood better if he is feeling low. He also told that the choice of his songs depended on the condition of his batting performance. If he was able to make runs comfortably, he used to hum Bollywood songs but if he was facing difficulty in making runs, he used to sing devotional songs.
Sehwag also narrated an incident in which he was asked by a Pakistani cricketer to sing a Kishore Kumar song. Viru said that it was not known to others that he sings while batting but during one test match against Pakistan, the Pakistani cricketer Yasir Hameed who was fielding at the short leg requested him to sing a song of Kishore Kumar and the Delhi cricketer obliged to him.
This incident is from the third test match of the three test match series which was played between India and Pakistan. In this test match, Virender Sehwag played a brilliant innings of 201 runs for which he played 262 balls but India lost the match by 168 runs.
Sehwag has always been an entertaining cricketer, whether on the field or off the field. Agree?
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Virat Kohli is undoubtedly one of the best cricketers of the present times and enjoys a global fan following for obvious reasons. Not just his fans but many people from the cricket fraternity all around the world consider the Indian cricket team skipper as the GOAT (Greatest Of All Times) and he is truly the one beyond any doubt!
Virat Kohli who is presently in UAE leading his team Royal Challengers Bangalore (RCB) in the IPL 2020 turned 32 on 5th November 2020. Social media networks were flooded with birthday wishes for one of the most followed sportspersons of the world. While everyone was talking about the charisma, fitness, sportsman spirit, etc. of Virat Kohli, the England and Wales Cricket Board (ECB) decided to wish the legend in a rather unusual way.
ECB took to Facebook and posted a video in which Virat got out to English spinner Adil Rashid during an ODI which was played between both the teams. Kohli was not able to read the ball properly and the ball hit the outside edge of his stumps, the Indian skipper stood there for some moment in a perplexed state before walking towards pavilion.
The caption that ECB wrote while sharing the video read, “Kohli bowled by Rashid with one of the balls of the century. Happy birthday Virat Kohli 
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The video and ECB’s way of wishing the legendary cricketer didn’t go well with Virat’s fans. Soon the cricket lovers started slamming ECB for being sarcastic as there was no need for it. Netizens felt that ECB could have behaved in a more dignified and mature manner while wishing a talented cricketer on his special day. Check out some of the selected reactions:
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As of now, Virat Kohli must be hoping to win the IPL 2020 as his team is already in the play-offs and today RCB is going to face SRH in the eliminator. Virat has been slammed many times for not being able to make RCB win the IPL trophy even once as he has been associated with the team since the inaugural edition of 2008 and since 2013, he has been leading the Bangalore franchise.
After the IPL 2020, Virat Kohli will lead India in the Australian tour in which India will play 4 test matches, 3 ODIs and 3 T20Is. Do you think RCB will take the IPL trophy home this year?
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Mumbai Indians started the IPL 2020 as the defending champions and they certainly played the tournament as champions. The team was at the top of the points table in the league round with 9 wins in the 14 matches and now they have entered the finals after defeating Delhi Capitals in the Qualifier 1.
However, one thing that attracted everybody’s attention other than superb batting of MI and lethal bowling of Jasprit Bumrah was the prayer aunty who prays for MI. Prayer aunty was seen in the stands reading a book during the match, the cameraman focused on the old woman who is known as the lucky charm of MI and soon Twitterati showered praises on her for supporting her team even in Dubai.
She was noticed first time in the finale between Mumbai Indians and Rising Pune Supergiant in the IPL 2017. In that match, Pune had a good chance to win as they needed only seven runs in five deliveries and at that time, she closed her eyes and kept on praying. She didn’t watch the match but kept on praying and ultimately, MI won the match. Every MI follower became a fan of the prayer aunty and thanked her for the prayer she made for the team.
After some time, Bollywood actor Abhishek Bachchan revealed that the prayer aunty is the mother of Nita Ambani, the owner of MI, and mother-in-law of business tycoon Mukesh Ambani. Her name is Purnima Dalal but people also call her “Nani” out of love.
She was back in the stadium for the Qualifier 1 and her presence made fans crazy. This is how netizens reacted on social media networks:
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As far as the match is concerned, Mumbai Indians was invited to bat first after Delhi Capitals won the toss. Though the skipper Rohit Sharma was out for duck, Quinton De Kock (40) stabilized the innings with Suryakumar Yadav (51) who once again proved his worth for the team. Ishan Kishan also played a brilliant innings of 55 and Hardik Pandya ensured that his team reached the 200 mark by hitting a quick 37 for which he played only 14 balls.
DC had a pretty bad start as their three top order batsmen – Prithvi Shaw, Shikhar Dhawan and Ajinkya Rahane went for duck. The skipper Shreyas Iyer also failed in saving his team as he got out for just 12 and only Marcus Stoinis (65) and Axar Patel (42) showed some resistance against the MI bowlers. MI won the match by 57 runs as DC managed to score only 143 runs at the loss of 8 wickets in 20 overs. Jasprit Bumrah was adjudged as the player of the match for his destructive bowling (4/14).
Royal Challengers Bangalore (RCB) and Sunrisers Hyderabad (SRH) will be facing each other in the eliminator today. So which team are you supporting?
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