Want to score fifty in every game: Simmons
Hyderabad: In a short span of two games, Mumbai Indians’ lendl Simmons has made an impression and the opener says he wants to hit a fifty in every outing to enhance his team’s chances of reaching the IPl play-offs. Simmons (68) along with Ambati Rayudu (68) put on 130 runs for the second wicket as Mumbai chased down a 158-run target comfortably against Sunrisers Hyderabad here last night. “As a team, we would want to win all the games and qualify for the playoffs. I want to do my part for the team by giving a good start and scoring with a good strike-rate. I want to score a half-century in every game and get my team off to a flier at the top of the innings,” said Simmons.
friendly match for cancer affected kids
Hyderabad: Sunrisers Hyderabad team members, including fast bowler Dale Steyn and others, today played a friendly cricket match at Apollo Cancer Hospital located in Jubilee Hills here for the cause of kids battling cancer. The players also including Shikhar Dhawan, Bhuvneshwar Kumar, Irfan Pathan and Ishant Sharma took part in the ‘Sunrisers- Juvenile Cancer Patients’ cricket match. The Sunrisers team members including Sammy interacted with the cancer-stricken kids and said, “We take on the challenge in cricket ground only on the day of the match, but these children have taken the challenge of their life on a day-to-day to basis and are fighting bravely”. “The never-say-die attitude of these kids taught us a lesson or two. They are our true idols and we need to emulate the strength of their solid character in an adverse phase of their lives. Their fortitude will ensure that these kids will hit cancer for a six,” said a release quoting South African speedster Steyn.
enjoyed Sehwag’s company: Johnson
New Delhi: As the Kings XI Punjab juggernaut rolls on unabated in the ongoing IPl, pace spearhead Mitchell Johnson expresses his double delight at not having the ‘misfortune’ of bowling to in-form Glenn Maxwell and getting to know Virender Sehwag the person from close quarters. “When I joined Kings XI Punjab, I was very excited as I was looking forward to meeting Virender. He is a great guy to get along with. I have thoroughly enjoyed his company as he is incredibly funny. He is gelling well with the team and is also helping out the youngsters during training sessions. He has been communicating very well,” Johnson said on Tuesday.
Farooq Abdullah continues as JKCA pesident
Srinagar: Union Minister Farooq Abdullah has been elected as the president of Jammu and Kashmir Cricket Association (JKCA) amidst walkout by some ‘disgruntled’ members of the body. “Abdullah was elected unopposed as the president of the JKCA for another three-year term during the elections held here yesterday,” an official of the JKCA said today. The 76-year-old Union Minister had earlier said he would not be seeking another term so that someone else takes over the reins of the Association, which governs cricket affairs in Jammu and Kashmir.