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A look at Jake Fraser-McGurk scores in IPL 2024 so far

KV Prasad Jun 13, 2022, 06:35 AM IST (Published)

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Bringing his big-hitting prowess to the fore, young Jake Fraser-McGurk gave the scorching Delhi heat competition with a sizzling 27-ball 84 that powered Delhi Capitals to a massive 257 for four against Mumbai Indians in an IPL contest here on Saturday. While McGurk sparkled upfront, Tristan Stubbs dazzled with an unbeaten 48 off 25 balls at the death overs as DC put up a superlative batting effort to register their highest-ever score in IPL.

Fraser-McGurk was signed by Delhi Capitals after pacer Lungi Ngidi was ruled out of IPL 2024 following a lower-back injury. Fraser-McGurk, an Australian, is a all-rounder, also bowls leg spin.  Capitals got Fraser-McGurk at his base price of Rs 50 lakh.

As things stand, Fraser-McGurk is the team’s third-highest run-scorer in IPL 2024.   Here is a look at Fraser-McGurk’s scores in IPL 2024 thus far.

55 vs LSG

20 vs GT

65 vs SRH

23 vs GT

84 vs MI

Against Mumbai Indians Fraser-McGurk has hit the fastest fifty of IPL 2024 as he completed the half-century in only 15 balls. In process, the young Aussie opener levelled his own record of the fastest half-century of the season.

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IPL 2024, LSG vs RR Live Score: Sanju Samson and Dhruv Jurel secure RR’s 8th win of the season

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IPL 2024, LSG vs RR highlights: Skipper Sanju Samson led from the front with an unbeaten 33ball 71 while Dhruv Jurel made 52 not out off 34 balls to guide Rajasthan Royals to a seven-wicket win over Lucknow Super Giants, in their IPL match on Saturday.

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DC vs MI: Jake Fraser-McGurk guides Delhi Capitals to their highest score in IPL

KV Prasad Jun 13, 2022, 06:35 AM IST (Published)

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Bringing his big-hitting prowess to the fore, young Jake Fraser-McGurk gave the scorching Delhi heat competition with a sizzling 27-ball 84 that powered Delhi Capitals to a massive 257 for four against Mumbai Indians in an IPL contest here on Saturday. While McGurk sparkled upfront, Tristan Stubbs dazzled with an unbeaten 48 off 25 balls at the death overs as DC put up a superlative batting effort to register their highest-ever score in IPL.

Here are the team’s top-5 scores in the league’s history:

257/4 vs MI Delhi 2024 *
231/4 vs PK Delhi 2011
228/4 vs KKR Sharjah 2020
224/4 vs GT Delhi 2024

Opening for DC for the second time this season, the 22-year-old Fraser-McGurk equalled his own record for the fastest fifty this season getting the milestone off just 15 balls after the hosts were put in to bat by MI. With McGurk in the middle, it was raining boundaries and sixes at the rather small Arun Jaitley Stadium. He hit 11 fours and six maximums. He got 19 runs off the first over bowled by Luke Wood, setting the tone as he skilfully exploited the field restrictions in the powerplay to nab 92 runs.

Facing arguably the best bowler in the world, the Australian greeted Jasprit Bumarah with a six over log on, followed by a four in the second over. Replacing Wood, Nuwan Thushara also couldn’t stop MCGurk displayed his brute force, smashing three fours.

With his pacers being carted all over the park, MI skipper Hardik Pandya decided to introduce spin in the form of Piyush Chawla but it hardly mattered to McGurk, who struck a maximum over long-on to get his third IPL fifty. Striking out over 300, he took a special liking to Pandya as he clobbered the ball out of the park before sending one over deep mid-wicket as Abhishek Porel (36) had the best seat to enjoy the stroke-making, standing at the other end.

Chawala finally managed to put an end to the carnage with a googly. MI dominated for a couple of overs, with Mohammad Nabi picking up Porel in the 10th over. But Shai Hope (41) swung into action, hitting five sixes while Rishabh Pant (29) took out the helicopter. The DC skipper whipped the ball, which soared over deep mid-wicket.

Stubbs took DC past the 200-run mark. The South African continued his menacing form as he took Wood to the cleaners in the 18th over where he only dealt in boundaries. The over read 4 4 6 4 4 4. However, Bumrah came in with a bouncer in the next over to get Pant, who attempted a pull only to find Rohit Sharma at deep backward square leg.

Brief scores: Delhi Capitals: 257/4 in 20 overs (Jake Fraser-McGurk 84, Shai Hope 41, Tristan Stubbs 48 not out).

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All about the medals of Paris Olympics 2024

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DC vs MI IPL 2024 highlights: Jake Fraser-McGurk and Rasikh Salam shine as Delhi Capitals win by 10 runs

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IPL betting racket of over Rs 11 lakh busted in Thane, three men held

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The police in Maharashtra’s Thane district have busted an IPL betting racket by conducting a raid at a hotel in Bhiwandi, and arrested three persons hailing from Chhattisgarh in this connection, an official said.

The operation was conducted jointly by the officials of the Special Task Force and the Anti-Extortion Cell of the Thane police’s crime branch on April 25, Deputy Commissioner of Police Shivraj Patil said in a press conference on Friday evening.

Efforts are on to trace one more accused, who partnered with the arrested trio and operated the racket from Chhattisgarh, he said. “The police had received a tip-off that some persons were inviting people to place their bets on the ongoing IPL cricket matches. Accordingly, a raid was conducted at a hotel in Kongaon village in Bhiwandi between 7.30 pm and 11 pm on Thursday,” he said. The accused trio was caught taking bets on the match between Royal Challengers Bengaluru and Sunrisers Hyderabad.

They were making use of the mobile applications and collected a total of Rs 11,86,811 from people, the official said. The fourth accused, who operated from Chhattisgarh, collected Rs 7,03,000 from people on the bets, he said.”The trio had obtained SIM cards by forging documents. During the raids, the police seized 12 mobiles, one tablet and laptop each collectively valued at Rs 1.97 lakh from them,” Patil said.

Assistant Commissioner of Police Shekar Bagde said the police have launched an operation to nab the fourth who operated from Korba in Chhattisgarh.The arrested accused were identified as Shannu Lalit Berival (31), Rajat Babula Sharma (30) and Vijay Sitaram Devgan (40), he said. A first information report (FIR) was registered under Indian Penal Code (IPC) sections 420 (cheating), 465, 467, 468, 471 (all pertaining to forgery) and 34 (common intention) at the Kongaon police station, the official said.

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Archery WC: India bag three gold medals to sweep compound team events

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Underlining their supremacy in non-Olympic compound archery, India grabbed a hat-trick of gold medals to make a clean sweep of team events at the ongoing World Cup Stage 1 in Shanghai here on Saturday.

India’s Jyothi Surekha Vennam, Aditi Swami and Parneet Kaur dropped just four points to trounce Italy 236-225 in the women’s compound team event to open their account with a gold in the season-opening global showpiece.

The men’s team of Abhishek Verma, Priyansh and Prathamesh Fuge went one step better as they missed just two points en route to defeating Netherlands’ Mike Schloesser, Sil Pater and Stef Willems 238-231.

The mixed team completed the sweep when the second-seeded Jyothi and Abhishek warded off a late resurgence from their Estonian rivals — Lisell Jaatma and Robin Jaatma — to win 158-157 in a thrilling finish.

This was a double gold medal for the reigning Asian Games champion Jyothi who is also in the hunt for an individual gold and will play her semifinal later in the day.

Priyansh is also in the hunt for an individual medal in the compound segment.

Medal rounds in the recurve section will be on Sunday and India are eyeing two gold from the Olympic discipline.

The Indian men’s team will take on Olympic champions South Korea in the gold medal clash.

Deepika Kumari is in fray for an individual medal and will play her semifinal against South Korean rival in the women’s recurve section.

The women’s compound team, who qualified as top seed, dropped just four points from 24 arrows to down sixth seeded Italy in the first match of the day.

In the first three ends of six arrows each, Jyothi, Aditi and Parneet missed the perfect 10 only twice to take a handsome 178-171 lead over Marcella Tonioli, Irene Franchini and Elisa Roner.

In the fourth end, the Indians dropped two points but it did not matter much as they nailed the gold with an 11-point margin.

The men’s team, who qualified as the fourth seed, put up a near flawless show to defeat their Dutch opponents.

They began with a perfect round of 60 and dropped just two points in the next two ends, before sealing the win with another perfect 60 in the final set of six arrows.

In the compound mixed team event, Jyothi and Abhishek took a three-point lead, starting off with a perfect round of 40.

The three-point drop in the first end proved decisive for Estonian archers who went on to shoot three perfect rounds of 40 each but the Indians held their nerves to seal the issue.

Leading 119-117, the Indian duo needed a minimum score of 39 points out of a maximum 40 in the final end. They did just that to wrap up the country’s third gold.

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PBKS vs KKR IPL match sees most sixes in a single T20 game; check how many maximums both teams hit

KV Prasad Jun 13, 2022, 06:35 AM IST (Published)

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The match between Punjab Kings (PBKS) and the Kolkata Knight Riders (KKR) saw the most sixes hit in any T20 match, i.e. 42. PBKS recorded the highest-ever successful run chase in the history of the format, rounding off the target of 262 with more than an over to spare, with Jonny Bairstow and Shashank Singh starring with stunning knocks of 108* and 68* respectively.

KKR set the benchmark by hitting 18 maximums, but PBKS outclassed them with 22 of those hits. On an individual level, Bairstow led the charts with nine maximums, whereas Shashank followed with eight of them. Prabsimran notched five sixes, whereas KKR wicket-keeper Phil Salt scored six shots outside the boundary ropes too.

Match Rundown

PBKS completed the biggest ever run chase in the history of T20 cricket as they got to the 262-run target set to them by KKR at the Eden Gardens in the Indian Premier League (IPL) 2024 on Friday.

Bairstow and his 108 was accompanied with a cracking half century by his fellow opener Prabsimran Singh. Shashank Singh hit 68 off 28 with the help of eight maximums as well to ensure that the KKR bowlers were taken apart in their own backyard. The PBKS batter smashed a total of 24 sixes in the 18.4 overs that they faced, chasing the mammoth total set by an exemplary KKR batting unit.

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Dushmantha Chameera conceded 48 in his three overs, whereas Harshit Rana was taken apart for 61 in his four-over spell.

Sunil Narine was economical, bowling 24 deliveries for as many runs and even taking the wicket of Rilee Rossouw. Anukul Roy and Varun Chakravarthy conceded 82 in their combined five overs, whereas André Russell (2-0-36-0) was unable to contain the flow of runs as well. The final runs were scored off Ramandeep Singh’s bowling, who conceded nine off the four deliveries that he bowled in the 19th over.

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Punjab Kings create history with highest successful run chase in T20 cricket

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Punjab Kings (PBKS) completed the biggest ever run chase in the history of men’s T20 cricket as they got to the  262-run target set to them by the Kolkata Knight Riders (KKR) at the Eden Gardens in the Indian Premier League (IPL) 2024 on Friday.

Bairstow and his 108 was accompanied with a cracking half century by his fellow opener Prabsimran Singh. Shashank Singh hit 68 off 28 with the help of eight maximums as well to ensure that the KKR bowlers were taken apart in their own backyard.

The PBKS batter smashed a total of 24 sixes in the 18.4 overs that they faced, chasing the mammoth total set by an exemplary KKR batting unit.

Dushmantha Chameera conceded 48 in his three overs, whereas Harshit Rana was taken apart for 61 in his four-over spell. Sunil Narine was economical, bowling 24 deliveries for as many runs and even taking the wicket of Rilee Rossouw.

Anukul Roy and Varun Chakravarthy conceded 82 in their combined five overs, whereas André Russell (2-0-36-0) was unable to contain the flow of runs as well. The final runs were scored off Ramandeep Singh’s bowling, who conceded nine off the four deliveries that he bowled in the 19th over.

PBKS have climbed to the eighth spot in the standings with six points to their name from nine matches. This was their first win after four straight losses. On the other hand, KKR hold on to their second place in the table. They have acquired 10 points from their eight matches, but have endured three losses in their previous five encounters.

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