Live Cricket Blog: Tributes flood in for AB de Villiers

Sport360 staff 20:30 24/05/2018
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    9:20pm – Tributes for ABD flood in

    South Africa’s star batsman AB de Villiers announced his shock retirement from all forms of cricket on Wednesday.

    Sachin Tendulkar, Faf du Plessis and others paid tribute to the batsman.

    9:00pm – RCB captain Virat Kohli apologises to fans after tournament exit

    Royal Challengers Bangalore captain Virat Kohli has issued an apology to the fans of his franchise, after their exit from the 2018 IPL season.

    In a video posted by the Indian star, Kohli has also promised that his RCB team will come back stronger in the next edition of the high-profile tournament.

    4:30pm – England struggle at lunch on day one

    Alastair Cook closed in on a half-century but England otherwise struggled on the opening morning of the Test series with Pakistan. Read more here.

    Unbeaten: Alastair Cook

    Unbeaten: Alastair Cook

    2:45pm – Joe Root wins the toss and elects to bat first against Pakistan

    England’s home season is under way with Pakistan the visitors to Lord’s. England captain Joe Root won the toss and decided to bat first. Keep up to date with the game in London with our live scores here.

    1:55pm – Virat Kohli to miss Surrey stint

    The BCCI have confirmed the Indian ace batsman will not play for Surrey ahead of the England series. Read more on the story here. 

    12:11pm – Virat Kohli’s participation for Surrey in doubt

    The Indian batsman could miss some games for the English county after visiting a hospital in Mumbai. Read more here. 

    09:31am – Kolkata Knight Riders end Rajasthan Royals’ IPL campaign

    In the Eliminator clash of the IPL last night, Kolkata Knight Riders defeated Rajasthan Royals by 25 runs at Eden Gardens. Batting first.

    The Knight Riders put up a very gettable 169-7 on the boards (thanks to a late flourish from Andre Russell – 49 off 25) before the Royals, who were in a superb position at 1-109 after 14 overs, simply faded away.

    Rajasthan scored just 35 runs off the last 36 balls to finish on 4-144 in their 20 overs, with the main culprit Heinrich Klaasen who scored a turtle-like 18 runs off 18 balls, just when RR needed to open up.

    Read more about how this curious clash panned out in our talking points.

    KKR now face the impressive Sunrisers Hyderabad on Friday night for a place in the IPL final while the Rajasthan players probably have a day off before jetting off to their next cricketing engagements around the globe.

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