Chris Gayle hit a belligerent half-century as Punjab registered a convincing 14-run win over Rajasthan in a controversial Indian Premier League match here Monday.

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Jos Buttler's run-out at the non-striker's end during Rajasthan' home game against Punjab on Monday was the first instance of a batsman being 'mankaded' in the Indian Premier League (IPL).

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Rajasthan opener Jos Buttler was mankaded by R Ashwin during the fourth game of the 12th edition of the Indian Premier League (IPL). The dramatic run-out came at a stage when Rajasthan were going strong and Buttler was the reason behind it.

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The Indian Premier League match between Punjab and Rajasthan match saw a major controversy when Ashwin ran out Rajasthan's Jos Buttler, who was at the non-strikers' end, without giving him any warning while bowling the 13th over of the match.

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The Indian cricket board will not be "lecturing Ravichandran Ashwin on sportsman spirit" despite the furore that has been kicked up by his act of 'Mankading' Jos Buttler in an IPL game, a senior BCCI official said Tuesday.

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Ever since Ravichandran Ashwin 'mankaded' Jos Buttler during the Rajasthan vs Punjab encounter on Monday, the skipper has been at the receiving end. A massive controversy has been made of the run-out Ashiwn did that left the cricketing world divided.

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Delhi will welcome Chennai for their first home game at Feroz Shah Kotla stadium on Tuesday. The two teams launched their campaigns for the season in style by winning their first encounter.

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Indian spinner Ravichandran Ashwin saw nothing wrong with his decision to run Jos Buttler out at the non-striker's end for backing up too far in their Indian Premier League match.

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Rishabh Pant's blazing half-century guided Delhi to a 37-run win over Mumbai in their Indian Premier League opener here Sunday. Sent into bat, Delhi were helped by Colin Ingram's 32-ball 47 and Shikhar Dhawan's 43 at the Wankhede Stadium, before Pant smashed the Mumbai bowlers for seven sixes and as many fours to power them to 213 for six.

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Spinner Ravichandran Ashwin has requested Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi to enable every cricketer playing in the Indian Premier League to be allowed to cast their votes from whichever place they find themselves at.

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IPL 2019: Chennai vs Delhi

Rajasthan will host Punjab at the Sawai Mansingh Stadium in Jaipur as both the teams open their 2019 Indian Premier League (IPL) campaign. If seen the previous year's record, the Royals have had an upper hand against the Kings, having won 10 of the 17 matches played between the two teams.

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MS Dhoni is known for his wit and humour and he did not miss a chance to tease his Chennai teammate Kedar Jadhav. The Chennai skipper trolled Jadhav in a funny video which has now gone viral on social platforms.

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India's wicket-keeper batsman Rishabh Pant has given enough proof of why he should be on the World Cup-bound plane to England as he smashed 78 runs off 27 balls to power Delhi to a 37-run win over Mumbai in their opener match of Indian Premier League 2019 on Sunday.

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The 17-year-old Rasikh Salam, who was picked at his base price of Rs 20 lakh by Mumbai, played his first India Premier League match against Delhi at the Wankhede Stadium.

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India's legendary cricketer Yuvraj Singh said that he has not yet decided and he would be the first one to bid adieu when he feels that his time is up. Yuvraj Singh was India's 2007 World T20 and 2011 World Cup hero but remained out of national team's scheme of things for good.

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Australian batsman Steve Smith will embark on a redemption journey when Rajasthan open their campaign against Punjab in the 12th edition of the Indian Premier League (IPL), here Monday.

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Focus on Steve Smith as Rajasthan start campaign against Punjab

Dinesh Karthik-led Kolkata defeated Bhuvneshwar Kumar-led Hyderabad to start their Indian Premier League 2019 campaign on a winning note. After winning the toss, Karthik put Hyderabad to bat first at the high scoring pitch of Eden Gardens.

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Mumbai Sunday won the toss and elected to bowl against Delhi in their campaign opener of the 12th edition of Indian Premier League. Veteran Yuvraj Singh and Quinton de Kock figured in the Mumbai playing XI, while Rasikh Salam, the medium-pacer from Jammu and Kashmir, made his IPL debut.

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David Warner scored his 37th IPL half-century to propel his team Hyderabad to an exceptional start against Kolkata and help them set a target of 182 runs. Warner scored the half century during the second game of the ongoing 12th season of the Indian Premier League (IPL).

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Steve Smith would still be a bit rusty and Punjab would try to exploit it to their advantage, says skipper Ravichandran Ashwin, who also reckons that it won't be easy comeback journey for the Australian.

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