1. Excited With Caliber of Players We Have This Season: DD skipper Duminy
Delhi Daredevils, in the last couple of years, have shown a penchant for starting with a fresh team. But the idea has its own pitfalls as one doesn’t know what is the best combination unlike some of the other settled teams, feels newly appointed captain JP Duminy, as reported by CNN-IBN.
Obviously, last season, we were very bad in a lot of areas. This season, we want to rectify that. I am pretty excited with caliber of players we have this season. We have to figure out, how we go about first up as its a little disadvantage for us trying to figure out combination,” Duminy said.
2. 6 World Cup Flops Who Could Be IPL 2015 Stars
If you’ve been missing the cricket, fear not, for the Indian Premier League’s Season 8 begins this month on April 8. Many of the stars of the just-concluded World Cup campaign will be seen in action. But there will also be those who flopped in the mega-tournament.
However, these six flop stars could become the IPL heroes for this season.
3. Mumbai Indians Practice Under New Bowling Coach Bond
The preparation of former IPL champions Mumbai Indians for the eight edition of the T20 tournament gathered pace on Friday as newly recruited bowling coach Shane Bond joined the side, according to a report in DNA.
Bond was the bowling coach of New Zealand, which lost in the final of the World Cup to Australia but quit that post to join MI ahead of the IPL season 8.
4. Former Umpire Simon Taufel to Conduct IPL Match Officials’ Workshop
Twenty six match officials, including umpires and referees at this season’s Indian Premier League will be taking part in a two-day workshop, conducted by Simon Taufel and organised by the BCCI on April 4 and 5.
The Economic Times reports that a wide range of topics from clothing regulations to on-field player behaviour and the overall playing conditions, would be covered during the workshop.
5. Saina Eclipses Sun
Indian badminton star and the newly-crowned world No. 1, Saina Nehwal edged out China’s Sun Yu to reach the women’s singles semifinals of the $500,000 Malaysia Open Super Series Premier badminton tournament on Friday, as per a report in The Hindu.
The third-seeded Indian recorded a 21-11, 18-21, 21-17 win over Sun in a quarterfinal that lasted an hour and 11 minutes.
In the next match on Saturday, Olympic bronze medalist Saina will meet reigning Olympic champion Li Xuerui, who battled past former World champion Wang Yihan 14-21, 21-15, 21-12 in 55 minutes.
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