articles by Prasenjit Dey

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IPL Auction 2019: Hugh Edmeades says he's still friends with Richard Madley, Jaipur event gave him responsibility like never before

In an exclusive interview with Firstpost, Hugh Edmeades sheds light on his relation with former IPL auctioneer Richard Madley, as well as the challenge of conducting an event he had no prior experience of.

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India vs Australia: How technical changes have helped Shikhar Dhawan reinvent himself in T20 arena

Shikhar Dhawan is now the leading T20I run-getter in 2018 with 689 runs to his name in 18 innings, scored at a massive average of 40.52 and equally brilliant strike-rate of 147.22

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IPL 2018 Report Card: SRH's Rashid Khan scores full marks thanks to all-round display; KKR's Andre Russell disappoints

The Kolkata bowlers dominated the Sunrisers batsmen for the major part of the innings until they were taken by surprise towards the end by Rashid Khan.

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IPL 2018: Faf du Plessis, Rashid Khan top CSK-SRH Qualifier 1 report card; MS Dhoni among flops

Faf du Plessis produced a match-winning 67 off 42 deliveries to foil a spirited effort from Rashid Khan, and guide CSK into the IPL 2018 final with a two-wicket win over SRH.

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IPL 2018: Revived Amit Mishra shows he can still bamboozle batsmen with his crucial spells for Delhi Daredevils

Amit Mishra has been Delhi Daredevils' second highest wicket-taker this season with 12 wickets to his name in 10 matches.

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IPL 2018 Report Card: CSK's Suresh Raina, Lungi Ngidi score full marks; Andrew Tye fails to make impact for KXIP

Raina anchored Chennai’s innings very well in the match. He remained calm throughout the innings holding one end up. His approach allowed Chahar to play the cameo that turned out to be a really important one for Chennai.

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IPL 2018 Report Card: Shreyas Gopal, Umesh Yadav impress; Virat Kohli, Jofra Archer flop as RR knock RCB out

Shreyas Gopal's success to Virat Kohli's struggle, lets take a loot at the report card from RR vs RCB clash.

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IPL 2018 Report Card: RCB's AB de Villiers, Moeen Ali score full marks; SRH bowlers fail to make impact

AB de Villiers scored his fifty in just 32 deliveries and went on to add 19 more runs in the next six deliveries before he was dismissed by Rashid Khan in an attempt to heave him over the deep square-leg boundary

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IPL 2018 Report Card: Match-winner Jasprit Bumrah, rampant KL Rahul rack up high scores; Rohit Sharma fails again

Kings XI Punjab made lives difficult for themselves as they fell to yet another narrow defeat, this time at the hands of Mumbai Indians at the iconic Wankhede Stadium in Mumbai. Here's how all the players performed in the match.

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IPL 2018: Dinesh Karthik’s prowess while batting second instrumental in Kolkata Knight Riders’ run in season so far

It has been Karthik's batting prowess, especially while chasing, which has still kept the Knight Riders alive in the tournament and in contention for a playoff berth

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IPL 2018 Report Card: RCB skipper Virat Kohli scores full marks; KXIP's Ravichandran Ashwin disappoints

Virat Kohli played a splendid innings, an unbeaten knock of 48 runs off just 28 deliveries, hitting six fours and two sixes.

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IPL 2018: Shikhar Dhawan's form, ability to shift roles bode well for Sunrisers Hyderabad ahead of playoffs

In the Sunrisers' last two outings in IPL 11, against Delhi Daredevils and Chennai Super Kings, Dhawan showed that he is a versatile player capable of playing both the aggressor and the anchor’s role.

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IPL 2018 Report Card: Ambati Rayudu, Shikhar Dhawan get full marks; Manish Pandey, Harbhajan Singh flop as CSK cruise to easy win over SRH

Rayudu's maiden IPL ton to Harbhajan Singh's dismal show, let's see how much CSK and SRH score on our report card.

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IPL 2018 Report Card: KKR's Sunil Narine and Dinesh Karthik score full marks but KXIP's Karun Nair disappoints again

Sunil Narine smashed his way to his IPL highest score of 75 runs as KKR posted a massive total of 245 runs with contributions from Dinesh Karthik and Andre Russell.

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IPL 2018 Report Card: DD's Rishabh Pant dazzles, but matched by Shikhar Dhawan and Kane Williamson of SRH

Delhi Daredevils lost yet another match at their home ground despite putting up a good total on the board riding on the back of Rishabh Pant’s masterclass.

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IPL 2018 Report Card: MI's Ishan Kishan scores a perfect 10; Kuldeep Yadav, Dinesh Karthik let KKR down

MI put up 210/5 riding on the back of Ishan Kishan's whirlwind knock. KKR, on the other hand, folded up for just 108 runs. Take a look at how all the players fared in this match.

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IPL 2018: Kings XI Punjab must refrain from constant middle-order experiments as tournament enters business end

Kings XI Punjab's middle order has been a cause of concern since the start of the tournament but the situation was not so bad that it would have needed such drastic changes.

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IPL 2018 Report Card: SRH's Kane Williamson, Shakib Al Hasan top charts; Mohammed Siraj gets scant support from RCB teammates

Sunrisers Hyderabad have made it a habit of defending modest totals and they did it once again against Royal Challengers Bangalore at home on Monday, thus ending Virat Kohli and Co's hopes of making it to the play-offs once and for all.

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IPL 2018 Report Card: Suryakumar Yadav, Hardik Pandya impress in Mumbai win; Piyush Chawla, Kuldeep Yadav fail for Kolkata

Mumbai Indians (MI) kept their playoff hopes alive with a thrilling 13-run victory over Kolkata Knight Riders (KKR) at their home ground on Sunday. Let's look at teams' report card.

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IPL 2018: Young Prithvi Shaw setting standards for experienced players in breakthrough first season

18-year-old Prithvi Shaw with such a mature head on his young shoulders looks all set for bigger things in the time ahead.