Saurabh Tiwary ruled out of IPl with shoulder injury
New Delhi: Burly Jharkhand batsman Saurabh Tiwary has been ruled out of the remainder of the seventh edition of Indian Premier league due to a shoulder injury. The left-hander, who has not played a single game for Delhi Daredevils this season, has been ruled out as what was thought to be a shoulder niggle turned out into a full-fledged injury. He has been sent home and will probably go to NCA for a rehab programme. “Tiwary was having problems with his throwing arm. He was having pain while throwing from the deep. It does not look like as if he would be featuring any further in this edition of the Indian Premier league,” an IPl source said on Tuesday.
Injured Zaheer Khan to miss rest of IPl: Rohit
Mumbai: In another blow to Mumbai Indians’ campaign in IPl-7, pace spearhead Zaheer Khan has been ruled out of the remainder of the tournament, according to skipper Rohit Sharma. Zaheer, who suffered a severe side strain after bowling just three deliveries of his final over in Mumbai’s last game against Kings XI Punjab at Wankhede, has scalped five wickets in six games.”Zaheer will miss the remainder of the IPl season,” Rohit said just before the toss in his side’s match against Royal Challengers Bangalore here. The team management also confirmed the development. “Yes, he (Zaheer) has been ruled out of the remainder of IPl 7,” a team source said.
Tahir replaces injured Coulter-Nile in DD squad
New Delhi: South African cricketer Imran Tahir will replace injured Nathan Coulter Nile in the Delhi Daredevils squad for IPl-7, the team said on Tuesday. “Tahir has joined Delhi Daredevils team for the remaining matches of the Indian Premier league Season 7,” a release from the Daredevils said. “He (Tahir) replaces injured Nathan Coulter Nile in Delhi Daredevils squad. He will be part of the team for the subsequent matches,” it added. Australian pacer Coulter-Nile had injured his hamstring during Daredevils’ match against Chennai Super Kings in Abu Dhabi on April 21 in the UAE leg of the tournament. He suffered the injury while diving to field a ball in the first over of the game.
Trying to bowl in good areas and mix up deliveries: Jadeja
New Delhi: Ravindra Jadeja has been consistently performing with the ball for Chennai Super Kings, and the all-rounder says his mantra to success is to bowl in good areas and mix up the deliveries. Stating that a bowler always adjusts according to the given conditions, Jadeja said, “If the ball is turning then that is one way of bowling and if there is no turn then it is a different ball game. “I try to bowl dot balls and bowl in the good areas and mix my deliveries. Vary the pace and at times bowl outside the off-stump,” he explained. Jadeja was the most economical bowler with figures of 4-0-23-1 for the Super Kings here last night against Delhi Daredevils.