Live Cricket Blog: Don't blame Virat Kohli for RCB's woes, says Gary Kirsten

Sport360 staff 19:30 08/05/2018
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    7:30 pm – Don’t blame Kohli

    Former India coach and current Royal Challengers Bangalore batting coach Gary Kirsten said it’s not fair to expect Virat Kohli to win every game.

    The Royal Challengers are all but out of the playoffs race this IPL and Kirsten said Kohli is putting too much pressure on himself.

    Denzil Pinto has more here.

    5:30 pm – Rajasthan staring down the barrel

    Rajasthan Royals are at the bottom of the IPL table. They take on Kings XI Punjab in a must-win IPL clash on Tuesday.

    Defeat will all but end Royals’ playoffs hopes. The pressure, therefore, will be on the likes of Ben Stokes and Jaydev Undakat to pull their weight.

    Catch all the live action here.

    12:45pm  – BCCI rule that India will not play Australia in day-night Test

    The Adelaide Test between India and Australia, scheduled for December 6-10 2018, will not be a day-night match, Cricket Australia has confirmed.

    Read more here.

    10:30am – Paine set to lead Australia in ODI arena

    Tim Paine captained Australia after the suspensions to Steve Smith and David Warner.

    Tim Paine has captained Australia after the suspensions to Steve Smith and David Warner.

    New Test skipper Tim Paine has been handed the captaincy for the one-day international leg of Australia’s tour of England next month.

    Following the suspension of former captain Steve Smith and batsmen David Warner and Cameron Bancroft in the wake of the ball-tampering scandal, Paine has been handed the 50-over reins with opener Aaron Finch to lead the T20 side.

    Read more here.

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