Kolkata win a last ball thriller

K olkata Knight Riders d efeated Punjab K ing s in a dram atic match to join th e 1 0-point log jam in the 2023 IPL points table K KR ch ased dow n 1 80 at th e Ed en Gard ens to secure th eir second consecutive v ictory o f t h e s ea so n an d s to rm t o fi f th i n t h e standings KKR captain Nitish Rana had set the tone fo r the w in w ith 51 off 3 8 balls befo re A nd re Russell smash ed 4 2 off 21 balls T h e o n u s w as o n R in ku S in g h a s K K R need ed 2 runs off the final ball; h e hit a boundary off Arshdeep S ing h as KKR wo n a nail biter

Titans beat Lucknow by 56 ru ns

Gujarat Titans defeated Lucknow Super Giants by 56 runs in their match Sent in to bat, GT posted an imposing 227 for two The hosts then stopped LSG at 171 for seven in the stipulated 20 overs

For LSG, Quinton de Kock was the top scorer with a 41-ball 70, while Kyle Mayers made 48 off 32 deliveries Mohit Sharma finished with excellent figures of 4/29 in four overs for GT Earlier, defending champions GT were off to a blistering start with both Wriddhiman Saha (81 off 43 balls) and Shubman Gill (94 not out off 51) going after the bowling from the word go, helping the team amass 78 runs in the powerplay The two were involved in an opening partnership of 142 runs in just 12 1 overs

Hyd erabad claim d ramatic win

Abdul Samad spoiled Rajasthan Royals party by hitting a last-ball six to guide Sunrisers Hyderabad to a 4-wicket victory at the Sawai Mansingh Stadium on Sunday

Bottom-placed SRH halted their losing sequence by chasing a daunting target of 215 with a sensational late burst Abdul Samad struck a match-winning 17 off just 7 balls to give his team the much-needed win The Jammu youngster slammed a six at long-on when 4 runs were needed from the final ball

It was the third consecutive defeat for the Royals as they remained on 10 points after 11 matches, while SRH registered their fourth win in the competition from 10 ties Sandeep Sharma was again given the charge to bowl the last over when SRH needed 17 Samad scored 2 on the first ball and then clobbered a six to long-on

Delhi cha se down 82-run ta rge t Phil Salt emerged as the standout performer of the evening as Delhi Capitals secured a seven-wicket win against Royal

China clears shuttlers’ visas to attend Sudirman Cup

then joined the proceedings and kept the ante He was dismissed for 26(17), following which Rilee Rossouw walked out The batter scored an unbeaten 35 off 22 balls Earlier, powerful fifties by Virat Kohli and Mahipal Lomror drove RCB to 181/4 in 20 overs after they opted to bat Lomror returned unbeaten on 54 off 29 balls, while Kohli scored 55 (46) Che nna i bea t Mumba i

Indian ba dmint on pl aye rs a nd coaching st aff ca n he ave a sigh of rel ie f Their trip to Suzhou in China for the Sudirman Cup was confirmed fol lowing t he complet ion of their biome trics at the Chinese embassy in De lhi India’s leading players, including twotime Olympic medallist PV Sindhu, World No 9 HS Prannoy and Asian Championships doubles title winners Satwiksairaj Rankireddy and Chirag Shetty, are part of the 23-member strong contingent It’s been learnt that the issue was taken up at a diplomatic level by the Indian government with the Chinese foreign ministry delegation, which was in India to attend the Shanghai Cooperation Organisation’s (SCO) foreign ministers’ meeting in Goa

Challengers Bangalore at home on Saturday

The opener scored 87(45) as Delhi completed the stiff 182 chase in 16 4 overs He along with his skipper David Warner got Delhi off to an explosive start and added 60 in 5 1 overs before Warner fell for 22 (14) Mitchell Marsh

Chennai Super Kings defeated Mumbai Indians by six wickets at the MA Chidambaram Stadium in Chennai Chasing a target of 140 runs, CSK reached to 140/4 in 17 4 overs, with Devon Conway smacking 44 off 42 balls Meanwhile, Conway s opening partner Ruturaj Gaikwad registered 30 runs off 16 deliveries and Shivam Dube played an unbeaten knock of 26 runs off 18 balls For MI's bowling department, Piyush Chawla took two wickets Initially, Nehal Wadhera's knock of 64 off 51 balls took MI to 139/8 in 20 overs Matheesha Pathirana was in hot form for CSK's bowling department, taking three wickets Deepak Chahar and Tushar Deshpande bagged two dismissals each