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Champions League and relegation on agenda in La Liga's Wednesday games
A win for Atletico Madrid in their visit to Elche would assure that Diego Simeone's side finishes at least in fourth place and assures a place in next season's Champions League.
Uber Cup badminton: Indian women's team in quarters with 4-1 win over US
The Indian shuttler dominated the match right from the beginning and raced to 16-4 lead in the first game. There was no looking back from there on for Sindhu as the world No. 7 sealed off the contest with ease in 26 minutes. Thereafter, Tanisha Crasto and Treesa Jolly doubled India's advantage with a solid 21-19, 21-10 victory over Francesca Corbett and Allison Lee. The Indian duo was trailing 5-11 in the opening game but produced a fine comeback to take the lead.
IPL 2022 playoff scenarios: LSG, GT in race for top-two, overall nine teams in fray for top-four, MI out
Ahead of the start of the 15th edition of the league, nobody would have thought that Mumbai Indians (five-time champions), Chennai Super Kings (four-time champions) and Kolkata Knight Riders (two-times champions) would feature in the bottom three but it is a reality due to the lacklustre performances of these franchise.
Bumrah's success down to 'following the best processes'
The 28-year-old Bumrah on Monday had the best bowling figures in IPL 2022 so far, taking five wickets for 10 runs in his four overs. But his big-hearted effort was not enough as the Rohit Sharma-led Mumbai Indians still ended up losing the match against Kolkata Knight Riders by 52 runs.
IPL 2022: Bumrah's five-for, KL Rahul's batting exploits re-ignite hope of T20 World Cup success
Bumrah on Monday reminded everyone just how good he is at the IPL, though his performance has come a bit late in the day as Mumbai Indians are out of contention for the this year's title. The pace bowler had superb figures of 5/10 from four overs for Mumbai Indians during their loss to KKR and the right-armer now has 10 wickets for the tournament.
IPL Turning Point: Fast powerplay runs, Cummins' triple strike in an over turn tide in Kolkata's favour
The yo-yoing of Venkatesh Iyer's batting position before he was dropped for a few games ended with him slotting back to being the opener which Kolkata needed: Someone who could get them the quick runs in powerplay and make the most out of two men standing outside the 30-yard circle. Back as an opener, a role which got him into limelight and white-ball debuts for India in 2021/22.
IPL 2022: Kolkata Knight Riders keep playoffs hopes alive with 52-run win over Mumbai Indians
Barring Ishan Kishan's 51, none of the Mumbai batters in a line-up minus Suryakumar Yadav could get the big runs as Pat Cummins and Andre Russell shared five wickets between themselves, using the short balls to good effect. Kolkata drew first blood in the opening over when Sheldon Jackson flew to his right and pouched a catch on his right glove of Rohit Sharma off Tim Southee.
With your blessings, I will be back in no time, injured MI batter, Suryakumar Yadav, tells his fans
Yadav was ruled out of the rest of IPL 2022 due to a left forearm muscle injury. The news came as a blow for Mumbai Indians, who were looking to finish the tournament on a high after being officially eliminated from the race to playoffs. According to the advisory issued by the tournament, Yadav sustained the injury during Mumbai's thrilling five-run win over Gujarat Titans at the Brabourne Stadium on May 6.
IPL 2022: Bumrah was special but disappointed with batting, says Rohit Sharma
Bumrah's riveting spell of 5/10, which included three wickets in an over and 18 dot balls, went in vain as Kolkata kept their slim hopes of making the IPL 2022 playoffs alive. For Mumbai, barring Ishan Kishan's 51, none of the other batters in a line-up minus an injured Suryakumar Yadav could get the big runs.
IPL 2022: Bumrah's five-wicket haul goes in vain as Kolkata defeat Mumbai by 52 runs
In reply, Mumbai were never in the reckoning to chase 166, crashing to 113 all out in 17.3 overs. Barring Ishan Kishan's 51, none of the Mumbai batters in a line-up minus Suryakumar Yadav could get the big runs as Pat Cummins and Andre Russell shared five wickets between themselves, using the short balls to good effect. The result means that Kolkata now move up to seventh place in the points table.
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