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MS Dhoni, India’s captain, conceded that the failure of his specialist batsmen had been the biggest reason for England taking a 2-1 series lead with one Test left in the five-match series

Nagraj Gollapudi at Old Trafford09-Aug-2014MS Dhoni, India’s captain, conceded that the failure of his specialist batsmen had been the biggest reason for England taking a 2-1 series lead with one Test left in the five-match series. Dhoni said that India lost the Old Trafford Test virtually in the first hour of the match, when India were reduced to an abysmal 8 for 4 after Dhoni had elected to bat.Shortly after lunch, they were six down, and even though Dhoni, in the company of R Ashwin, put up a brave fight India could just manage a paltry 152. On Saturday, India once again folded easily in less than two sessions, to give Alastair Cook’s team the advantage going into the final Test at The Oval, which starts on Friday. Importantly, after their thrilling victory at Lord’s, India have failed to win a session convincingly.”What is important is to put runs on the board,” Dhoni said. “To some extent, Lord’s and the performance of the eight, nine, ten and eleven so far in the series camouflaged the question of the top order not performing. But when you are playing with five bowlers, the fifth bowler actually has scored more runs for us. That actually puts pressure on, whatever the reason may be. May be a few of the batsmen are having a lean period at the same time. But overall we will have to put more runs on the board so that the bowlers can get the opposition out.”Virat Kohli’s poor form continued as India failed with the bat again•Getty ImagesAccording to Dhoni, the failure of his batsmen in this Test was more exposed because the lower order, which had rallied in the first three Tests, also failed in Manchester. “First few Test matches, the performance of our batters got camouflaged,” Dhoni said. “Stuart [Binny] got runs in the first Test match along with [Mohammed] Shami, Bhuvi [Bhuvneshwar Kumar] and others. No one really asked the question, we are playing with one batter less so is it up to the batsmen to take the responsibility. That trend continued forward with the batting department. It is just that the lower order did not contribute in this Test match so it seems we have not scored runs.”Dhoni said the India batsmen have to learn to play time and force the opposition to bowl to them rather than go chasing the ball outside their comfort zone. “Once you see off the first 20-25 overs, when the ball is hard and new, it gets relatively better for the batsmen to bat. You just have to pull the bowler towards you rather than going outside off and looking for the big shot. If you can look to push them to bowl to you actually you can control the swing much better and you can play your strokes. That is something to an extent we lacked.”Also the fact we lost six wickets in the first half an hour and that had a very big impact on the game. A lot things had consequences in this Test match. Hopefully we will get the learning out of it and move into the next one which I feel will be very important to us.”Astonishingly, India batted a total of 89.4 overs across two innings compared to England’s 105.3 overs. Once again Dhoni said the onus was on his batsmen to stand up and deliver especially since India were playing only six batsmen, himself included. “The batting department will have to improve, especially since we are playing a batter less,” Dhoni said. “That extra bowler is actually contributing both with ball and bat. Still the top five or six batters will have to get more runs to make the bowlers feel more comfortable.”Dhoni defended playing six batsmen and an extra bowler, saying he did not have a choice. Asked as to whether it was now time to drop Ravindra Jadeja, who has failed consistently with both ball and bat barring his spirited half-century in the Lord’s Test victory, Dhoni disagreed.”Again the problem is who do you have to replace him?” Dhoni said. “Again you will fall back on the same thing of going with an extra batter and not having that fifth bowler when you really need him. That is how Jadeja plays. The more he plays the better he will get. We are hoping that it happens soon. We have seen glimpses of it. He will have to back himself to play the same kind of cricket. That is something that will give him the confidence. Hopefully he will keep hitting the ball.”In Manchester, Jadeja managed just one wicket on a pitch that offered good bounce. Moeen Ali, England’s allegedly part-time spinner, struck four times to raise his series tally to 19 wickets.Dhoni would not be forced to be drawn into comparisons, but pointed out that the biggest factor in Moeen’s success was his persistence of maintaining length and lines. “He is quite a consistent bowler. He keeps pitching in the same areas. He is quite good and uses the drift,” Dhoni said. “Why can’t we copy him? It is a very difficult thing. He has his own trajectory. He keeps bowling in one area and is quite willing to bowl that way. He is very persistent with his lengths. The odd ball turns and the others are just straight. He wants to keep it very tight. And if you want to take him on you can try your luck otherwise he may get a wicket. Our bowlers are different. They have their own way of bowling. It is not easy to copy a bowler.”Moeen’s success has raised the point about Indians being better players of spin and whether that is actually true. Again in this Test, the India middle order tried to charge him or play aggressively but failed.Dhoni did not find any fault with that method. “It is important to be positive. We will lose a few wickets. At the same time we will have to put pressure back on him. If in doing that you lose a few wickets that is still good for you because that pushes the opposition to use their fast bowlers more. That is something we will have to follow. Pujara got a tough decision but others he bowled well to get them out.”

India’s Central Information Commission (CIC) has asked the BCCI and all its 29 member units for details about the land and buildings occupied by them and the Commission will hear the matter on July 25 and 26

Jasvinder Sidhu24-Jul-2013India’s Central Information Commission (CIC) has asked the BCCI and all its 29 member units for details about the land and buildings occupied by them, including information on stadiums allotted by state governments, the annual rent paid by the BCCI, and its units and copies of lease deeds as part of their agreement. The Information Commissioner has constituted a full bench of the CIC to hear the case on July 25 and 26 in New Delhi.The CIC is a government body formed to effectively shed light on the working of India’s traditionally opaque public institutions by entertaining petitions from the public under the country’s relatively new Right to Information Act (RTI); a ruling earlier this month sought to bring political parties within its purview. Under the law, the Central and State Information Commissions have the same powers as a civil court.The CIC’s issuing of a notice to the BCCI is yet another step by the Indian government to establish the BCCI as a public body. The BCCI is currently registered as a private society. In its notice, dated July 10, the CIC has directed the BCCI and all of its affiliated units to attend the hearing either personally or through authorised representatives.The CIC’s deputy registrar K L Dass, who is the signatory on the notice to the BCCI, said: “The question here is whether the BCCI is a public authority or not and [to this end] the CIC wants to check if the BCCI is getting any government funding? This is why [the] CIC has asked the BCCI and its units to provide details.”The CIC has also instructed the BCCI and its member units to provide information regarding income tax, customs duty, entertainment tax exemptions, if any, for the last five years from the 2007-08 fiscal year. The full bench is also expected to examine the security expenses incurred by states government for organising cricket matches during the same period.The petitioner, Delhi resident Madhu Agrawal, says that bringing the BCCI under the RTI Act is a matter of national importance because the BCCI conducts cricket matches with various teams under their purview, and utilises facilities offered by the federal and state governments.Agrawal’s petition is a redrafted version of an existing petition filed by her husband Subhash Agrawal, a well-known RTI activist. That petition is pending before a one-member bench of the CIC. Agrawal told ESPNcricinfo that it was filed in his wife’s name because RTI rules give priority to petitions filed by women senior citizens – a full bench of the CIC is required to take up such cases “sooner than any other case.”The CIC has also been hearing a petition against the BCCI, following a 2005 case concerning its public function. The BCCI has submitted a copy of the Supreme Court’s judgment of 2005 in the Zee Telefilms v Union of India & others, which said the BCCI was not defined as a ‘state’. The BCCI also argued it didn’t take any financial help from the Indian Government. In February, 2011 though, the Supreme Court upheld a Kerala High Court decision and stated that officials of the Kerala Cricket Association are ‘public servants’.

A round-up of the HRV Cup matches played on January 13, 2013

ESPNcricinfo staff13-Jan-2013
ScorecardA blinding seven-ball assault by Donovan Grobbelaar helped Auckland steal a win from Canterbury in Rangiora and keep their chances to qualify for the finals alive. 25 runs were required off the last 11 balls when Colin de Grandhomme, who scored 36 off 23, was out. But Grobbelaar smashed two sixes and three fours to complete the chase with three balls to spare.Auckland now need to beat Central Districts in their last league match to move up to No. 3 on the table and set up a clash with Wellington in the qualifier for the final.Canterbury, who needed to win the match too, chose to bat and a frenetic 78-run stand for the third wicket between George Worker and Andrew Ellis set the platform for a tall total. Worker stayed unbeaten on 89 as Canterbury racked up 182. In response, Auckland stayed up with the rate but had lost four wickets by the 11th over. But Craig Cachopa and de Grandhomme brought Auckland close to finish line with a half-century stand, before Grobelaar applied the finishing touch.
ScorecardAfter slim pickings in the last two matches, Jesse Ryder hit another half-century – his fifth in this year’s HRV Cup – in Wellington’s nine run win against Northern Districts at the Basin Reserve. It was one of Ryder’s slower innings as he took 65 balls for his unbeaten 85, but along with captain Michael Papps (65* off 42 balls), it frustrated the Northern Districts bowlers as the two put up 142 runs together in an unbeaten stand.Northern Districts, who needed to win to move to safety in the table, were on track to chase down the total quick contributions from James Foster and James Marshall. Sixteen runs were required off the last over, but Theo Doropoulos, who picked up three wickets, gave away only six to take Wellington to the second spot on the table.Northern Districts, who have 20 points, now need to hope that Auckland lose their last match against Central Districts for them to move to the knockout stage.
ScorecardAn all-round performance by Central Districts captain Kieran Noema-Barnett failed to stop table-toppers Otago from sneaking in yet another win in this year’s tournament. It was Otago’s eighth win out of nine matches, but it didn’t come easy.Otago were seven down on 130 chasing 164 and with 23 balls remaining, Central Districts appeared to have an upper hand. But Ian Butler smashed three sixes in his 17-ball 32 to help Otago stretch their lead at the top of the table.Despite Noema-Barnett’s two crucial wickets in three balls and his sixes-laden 47, Central Districts crashed to their seventh loss in the tournament.

Victoria bowled out Queensland for 190 on the first day at the Gabba, before putting on 1 for 27 by the close of play

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ScorecardScott Boland led Victoria’s fine bowling effort with figures of 4 for 44•Getty ImagesVictoria steadied in their quest to secure top spot on the Sheffield Shield table and a “home” final by rolling out Queensland cheaply on day one of the match at the Gabba. Having bowled out the Bulls for 190, the Bushrangers lost one wicket in the short passage of play before stumps.The Bushrangers had subsided to an innings defeat at the hands of bottom-placed Tasmania in Hobart last week, but excelled on a Brisbane surface that offered some assistance to the pacers to keep the Bulls from creeping any closer to their perch at the head of the competition table.Scott Boland took a well-deserved four-for for the visitors, and had strong support from Jake Reed, Chris Tremain, Marcus Stoinis, Dan Christian and the wrist spinner Fawad Ahmed.No Bulls batsman did better than Sam Heazlett’s 45, but Matt Renshaw, Charlie Hemphrey and Chris Lynn will all be irritated about squandering starts. Allrounder James Hopes provided some late resistance with a hard-hitting 36 to push the Bulls close to the 200 mark.Left with an awkward session to negotiate before the close, Victoria lost Travis Dean when he shouldered arms to Peter George and was bowled. Nevertheless, they would surely have been the far happier team at stumps.

USMNT stars Weston McKennie, Tyler Adams & Brenden Aaronson were present for a brutal defensive assessment from Sam Allardyce at Leeds last campaign.

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Whites struggled throughout 2022-23 campaignAmerican stars unable to steer them to safetyEx-England boss oversaw slide into the ChampionshipWHAT HAPPENED?

None of that trio are at Elland Road in 2023-24, with McKennie returning to Juventus at the end of his loan spell, while Adams has joined Bournemouth and Aaronson is spending the current campaign at Union Berlin. Their departures were sparked by relegation out of the Premier League, with Allardyce unable to pull off a great escape after taking in just four games at the helm.

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He inherited a squad that was stuck in a rut, and did not hold back when offering an opinion on those at his disposal during a brutal first squad meeting. Patrick Bamford has lifted the lid on that chat, telling the podcast: “Honestly, he was brilliant. We had a meeting, we're all sat there, he's come in, just walked in, just stood at the front with his cup of tea, and just basically told us we're sh*t at defending. Just told us we need to sort this out. And that's what he did. There was no beating around the bush.

"The lads who didn't really know much about him, in terms of they'd been playing abroad or are foreign lads, are a bit taken aback. But obviously us English lads, who even growing up have watched him as a manager, you know what he's like. We're just like 'this is brilliant'. Tell it to us how it is and we can deal with it. It was simplifying it and just going back to the basics, which obviously last year we weren’t very good at. So he had a job on his hands. He definitely got us tighter at the back and if he’d been there a little but longer, we would’ve been fine.”

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Leeds finished five points adrift of safety last season, with Allardyce picking up just one from the 12 available to him. United States international Adams, who captained his country at the 2022 World Cup in Qatar, was among those unavailable to the vastly experienced former England boss through injury.

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Leeds have, following a mass summer clearout, moved on to Daniel Farke in the managerial department and are looking to bounce back into the Premier League at the first time of asking – with the Whites currently sat third in the Championship table.

Krishmar Santokie is hoping that his Man-of-the-Match performance over England in the second T20 victory will be enough to force him into the West Indies starting XI come the World T20 title defence in Bangladesh

Renaldo Matadeen in Barbados12-Mar-2014Krishmar Santokie is hoping that his Man-of-the-Match performance over England in the second T20 victory will be enough to force him into the West Indies starting XI come the World T20 title defence in Bangladesh.Santokie claimed 4 for 21 and proved very troublesome from the onset via a disciplined spell that pegged England to 21 for 2 by their fourth over after electing to bat. West Indies edged home in a close five-wicket win to seal the series and Santokie said his confidence had grown and he was ready to be thrust on to the big stage.”I’ve only played four games so far but let’s hope after this performance, I can be a consistent performer in the team,” Santokie said. “I bowl wicket-to-wicket as most batsmen like to free their hands so I keep it close to the batters, not giving them any width. Making my debut [against England] a couple years ago, it was good to come back and play them again and win the Man-of-the-Match. It was fantastic.”Krishmar Santokie hopes his performance will help him gain a place in the starting line-up at the World T20•AFPWith Ravi Rampaul, Andre Russell, Darren Sammy and Dwayne Bravo again struggling for economy, Santokie said he felt no extra pressure coming to the fore against England. He said despite his lack of international inexperience, he was not intimidated and said that he wanted to improve the versatility of the team to boost their chances of repeating as World T20 champions.Santokie said the key to his strong performance was spending a lot of time assessing the pitch conditions and also studying footage of the England batsmen, something he has focused on since being recalled to the team.”I wouldn’t say there’s extra pressure [on me] because we have a good all-round team,” he said. “All our players have their part to play and so do I, if given the opportunity. I just need to remain confident and be positive at all times. After watching the first game on Sunday, I got a few ideas and watched some videos of the batters so I have an idea of how to bowl to them – the areas they like and the areas they don’t. I just made sure I bowled in the right areas today.”He said that Samuel Badree’s early pressure on the England batsmen reduced the boundary count which allowed him to persist with slower deliveries to stymie England’s charge. Santokie also added that batsmen viewing him as a bowler within the medium-to-slow end of the spectrum often proved to his benefit.Santokie said it was “very disappointing” to have missed out on T20 opportunities in the past for West Indies despite “performing over and over” but said he was now eager to grasp any available opportunity. He was the leading wicket-taker and Player of the Tournament in last year’s inaugural Caribbean Premier League with 16 wickets and was labelled as “the best bowler that isn’t playing West Indies cricket” by his coach, Curtly Ambrose, with the Guyana Amazon Warriors.He said he found no difficulties in making the transition from the regional to international stage via several domestic seasons playing against the likes of Chris Gayle and Dwayne Smith. “I’ve played for the West Indies Under-15 as well as Jamaica’s Under-15 and Under-19s and also, for the last five years in the Caribbean T20,” Santokie said. “I also played club cricket in England for six years and from all this cricket, I don’t see any problem moving to the international stage. It’s about how you go out there and perform on the day.”

James Anderson believes Alastair Cook was not given enough help in Australia when the going got tough and “needs senior players around him to share the burden”

Andrew McGlashan in Manchester27-May-2014Alastair Cook has taken a lot of criticism for England’s recent slide but he could not be blamed for their latest batting calamity, as they subsided to 99 all out in Durham. Ruled out with injury, all he could do was watch on grim-faced at the procession of batsmen.It is not yet confirmed whether Cook will take his place for the third one-day international at Old Trafford although a lengthy net – he arrived well before his team-mates on Wednesday morning – suggested his chances of a return are promising.Such has been England’s constant lurching from one failure to another since last summer, with only sporadic success to offer respite, the fact he has emerged unscathed in terms of his position is viewed by his detractors as a lack of accountability for what has gone wrong.However, James Anderson – one of the few senior players left from a core that has been ripped out of English cricket – believes Cook was not given enough help in Australia when the going got tough, which was pretty much from day two of the Test series onwards.”I don’t think over the winter that senior players helped as much as they could with taking pressure off Cooky, a captain’s job is difficult and he needs his senior players around him to share the burden,” Anderson said. “When you’re in Australia and you get on to a bit of a down slope, you can get a little bit insular I guess, start worrying about your own game perhaps.”Anderson, Ian Bell and, when fit, Stuart Broad are now the long-standing international figures alongside Cook – Matt Prior could be added to that list in Test cricket if his Achilles allows him to play again – and Anderson wants them to take some of the burden off Cook’s shoulders as they face a race against time to try and build a team for the World Cup alongside reviving the flagging Test side.”If we want to win the World Cup, we’re going to have to start playing well quickly. I think the senior players have got a huge role to play,” he said. “As a captain, it can’t always be his job to discipline people or think of tactics or make bowling changes. It’s everyone’s job to be thinking about the game, how the team can improve and be offering that advice, it doesn’t always have to come from the captain.”That’s where the senior players come in. When we’ve done well in the past is when we’ve had five or six guys who can stand up in the dressing-room and give feedback, that shares the burden and takes a bit of pressure off the captain.”As the senior pace bowler – a role he has held for a considerable number of years now – it is down to Anderson to set the tone with the ball whenever he plays. He has bowled nicely so far in the series, although there was an expectation of more early wickets at Chester-le-Street, and you would think a return to his home ground would fill him with excitement, but memories of a poor Test against Australia last year linger.”You’d think so,” he said, with the hint of a wry smile when asked about a happy homecoming, “but I’ve not played very well here in the last few international games. But certainly the first two games of the series I’ve bowled well and hopefully I can continue that.”You would also think that Anderson would know exactly what type of pitch to expect but he was hedging his bets, although he hoped the groundsman had had enough time to prepare something “that suits our fast bowlers”.That did not appear to be what Angelo Mathews, the Sri Lanka captain, was seeing as he termed the surface “subcontinental” after a quick glance. He could be forgiven, though, for the notion after the surface they encountered in 2011, which certainly had shades of Colombo about it. Offspinner Suraj Randiv took 5 for 42 and Tillakaratne Dilshan opened the bowling. “Three years ago was a real subcontinental type pitch,” Anderson remembered.Not that it did Sri Lanka much good as they lost the deciding match by 16 runs in an absorbing encounter – something this series could do with after two one-sided matches. That was also a series where England had started well at The Oval then crashed to two heavy defeats before fighting back. It is debatable whether this current England team have the confidence, or belief, to come back from 2-1 down. Cook will be desperate that it does not come to finding out.

India have name an unchanged squad from the one playing in the Champions Trophy for the ODI tri-series in the West Indies, which begins on June 28

ESPNcricinfo staff17-Jun-2013India team for tri-series v WI, SL

MS Dhoni (capt/wk), Shikhar Dhawan, M Vijay, Rohit Sharma, Virat Kohli, Dinesh Karthik (wk), Suresh Raina, Ravindra Jadeja, R Ashwin, Bhuvneshwar Kumar, Ishant Sharma, Umesh Yadav, Irfan Pathan, Amit Mishra, Vinay Kumar

India have named an unchanged squad from the one playing in the Champions Trophy for the ODI tri-series in the West Indies, which begins on June 28. The continuity is reflective of the team’s success in the ongoing tournament, where they have reached the semi-finals after winning all their group matches.The squad includes five seam bowlers in Umesh Yadav, Ishant Sharma, Bhuvneshwar Kumar, Irfan Pathan and Vinay Kumar, and three spinners: R Ashwin, Ravindra Jadeja and Amit Mishra. MS Dhoni, Shikhar Dhawan, Rohit Sharma, Virat Kohli, Suresh Raina, Dinesh Karthik and M Vijay constitute the batting.India will travel to the West Indies following the Champions Trophy, for the series that also includes the hosts and Sri Lanka.The make-up of the squad indicates that the Indian selectors, in relation to the one-day team, have turned their focus firmly on World Cup 2015. India had fielded a new-look team for the Champions Trophy, dropping seniors like Gautam Gambhir and Yuvraj Singh. These players as well as others – including Zaheer Khan, Virender Sehwag and Harbhajan Singh – who had been central to India’s success over the previous decade but have had form and injury issues of late, remain sidelined.

The reintegrated forward changed the game after being introduced, but Paris Saint-Germain dropped points in Ligue 1 once again

Paris Saint-Germain were poor for 50 minutes, and scintillating for 40. The difference? A timely return from their star man. Kylian Mbappe came off the bench early in the second half, and changed the game. But his goal was cancelled out by a late Toulouse penalty, forcing PSG to settle for a point.

The Parisians' attack looked predictably stale without Mbappe in the starting XI. Accordingly, chances came at a premium in the first half. Goncalo Ramos came closest, curling a shot narrowly wide from close range.

The France captain was unleashed after 50 minutes, to devastating effect. He increased the tempo of play almost immediately, and set up a chance for debutant Ousmane Dembele within minutes of coming on. The inevitable goal came shortly after, with Mbappe winning a penalty before converting it. He almost grabbed an assist, too, but a smart last-ditch tackle prevented Ramos from finishing Mbappe's angled cross.

And the visitors were made to pay for their inability to find a second. Achraf Hakimi gave away a silly penalty late on, one that Zakaria Aboukhlal dutifully converted to see PSG drop points for the second time this season.

GOAL rates PSG's players from Stadium Municipal…

Goalkeeper & Defence

Gianluigi Donnarumma (7/10):

Could have spent the game counting blades of grass, but was called into action late. Helpless against a well-struck penalty.

Achraf Hakimi (6/10):

Oddly more comfortable when playing on the left. Clearly has an excellent understanding with Mbappe. Conceded a silly penalty to throw away three points.

Marquinhos (7/10):

A solid showing from the skipper against the lively Aboukhlal. Completed 97 percent of his passes.

Milan Skriniar (8/10):

Class throughout. Effective in the air, and has a good burst of pace in him. Looks to be an excellent signing on a free.

Lucas Hernandez (5/10):

Was a puzzling signing this summer, and doesn't look much better after two games. A pretty clear weak point.

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Warren Zaire-Emery (6/10):

Had a wonderful strike ruled out due to an offside in the build-up. Better than in the season opener, but will still have work to do to hold down his starting spot.

Manuel Ugarte (7/10):

Solid in a defensive midfield role, even if he doesn't move the ball quickly enough. An encouraging display.

Fabian Ruiz (6/10):

Probably the weakest of the midfield three, but he has improved immensely under Luis Enrique. There will be more to come if he stays in the side.

Attack

Vitinha (7/10):

Deployed on the right wing and struggled to get into the game. Much better when moved into central midfield with 30 minutes to go.

Goncalo Ramos (6/10):

Missed a sitter in the first half, was unfortunate not to score in the second. Seemed to benefit from Mbappe's introduction.

Lee Kang-In (6/10):

Lively, looked to make things happen. Didn't quite have the final pass in him, though. Subbed after 50 minutes. Will probably lose his spot with Mbappe and Dembele back.

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Kylian Mbappe (8/10):

Brought on for most of the second half. Scored almost immediately, and was dangerous throughout.

Ousmane Dembele (7/10):

Impressive after coming on. Should have scored, but fluffed his lines after an scintillating run.

Danilo Pereira (N/A):

A bit shaky at the back after coming on.

Carlos Soler (N/A):

Anonymous.

Luis Enrique (6/10):

Benched Mbappe from the start. Made the right call to bring him on after 50 minutes. His team weren't exactly bad, but PSG haven't scored from open play yet this season — which is surely concerning.

A round-up of IPL news on April 19, 2015

ESPNcricinfo staff19-Apr-2015Dale Steyn, who had to sit out the first three games for Sunrisers Hyderabad in favour of Trent Boult, said the move made sense as the New Zealander had had an outstanding World Cup.”Trent has just come out of a fantastic World Cup where he had 20-odd wickets,” Steyn told . “He offers something different to the team being a left-arm swing bowler and we have got a bunch of right-arm bowlers in the side. So it is nice to have that difference. I have got no problems losing out on a place to Trent. He was the in-form bowler coming out of the World Cup and it would have been silly if he was the guy on the bench at the start of the IPL.”Steyn said that sharing the new ball with Boult in the IPL would be “amazing”. “I think bowling alongside Trent would be amazing especially after the kind of World Cup that he has had. You kind of just feed off that energy. I am a player who enjoys playing with players that have got good energy about them. David Warner is another kind of guy who has just won the World Cup. It is great to play alongside him because you can just feel all the passion and the energy that he has especially after winning that World Cup.”Bipul Sharma replaces ill Laxmi ShuklaSunrisers Hyderabad allrounder Laxmi Shukla has been ruled out of IPL 2015 with an illness. Bipul Sharma, the former Kings XI Punjab left-arm spinner, has been drafted in as his replacement. Bipul played 15 IPL games for Kings XI from 2010 to 2013 and took eight wickets at an economy-rate of 8.07. Overall, he has taken 44 wickets from 55 T20 matches at an economy-rate of 6.35.