Sudan Clash: Khartoum's Residents Unite on Social Media for Relief, Assistance Amid Escalating Violence

WhatsApp groups crowd-source needs, while medical professionals upload first-aid video tutorials, and others in the city of more than five million people work together to provide any support they can

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Updated IPL Points Table, Orange, Purple Cap List After CSK vs SRH Match

Chennai Super Kings secured their 4th win in the first 6 matches of the Indian Premier League (IPL) 2023 season, defeating Sunrisers Hyderabad by 8 wickets. While Ravindra Jadeja led the wicket-taking charts for CSK, bagging 3 wickets for 22 runs in the match, Devon Conway scored another half-century to strengthen his case for the Orange Cap. With the win, Chennai remained at the third spot in the points table, behind leaders Rajasthan Royals and Lucknow Super Giants on the basis of a slightly inferior Net Run Rate.

As the IPL Season 16 standings go, RR are still top with 8 points to their name and a positive NRR of +1.043, followed by LSG and CSK who also have 8 points each to their name. Gujarat Titans and Royal Challengers Bangalore complete the top 5 with 6 points each in their kitty.

Orange Cap Standings

When it comes to the Orange Cap tally, RCB skipper Faf du Plessis continues to lead the list with 343 runs in 6 matches to his name. He is followed by Delhi Capitals' David Warner and RCB's Virat Kohli. Devon Conway comes in next at the No. 4 spot while Jos Buttler completes the top 5. CSK opener Ruturaj Gaikwad slots in at No. 6.

Purple Cap Standings

Speaking of the Purple Cap tally, Royal Challengers Bangalore pacer Mohammed Siraj occupies the No. 1 spot with 12 wickets in 6 matches to his name. LSG's Mark Wood comes in next with 11 scalps in 4 matches. Yuzvendra Chahal of Rajasthan Royals and Rashid Khan of Gujarat Titans also have 11 wickets each to their name. Fellow GT pacer Mohammed Shami takes the No 5 spot with 10 wickets in 5 matches.

CSK's Tushar Deshpande and Ravindra Jadeja have also been productive with the ball this season. They find themselves at No. 6 and No 7 spots.

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MS Dhoni Shatters Quinton de Kock's T20 Record To Claim Stunning Feat

One of the finest cricketers to ever play the Gentleman's Game, MS Dhoni continues to break records even at the age of 41. Up against Sunrisers Hyderabad (SRH) in an Indian Premier League (IPL) 2023 match on Friday, Dhoni smashed T20 cricket 'world record' as he went on to become the wicket-keeper with the most number of catches in the shortest format of the game. It was Quinton de Kock who earlier held the record but he was surpassed by the Chennai Super Kings (CSK) skipper in the list.

Dhoni and De Kock were tied at the No. 1 spot before the match started, with both taking a total of 207 catches in T20 cricket. After Dhoni grabbed the catch of Aiden Markram on the bowling of Maheesh Theekshana in the match, he went past De Kock to make the numero uno spot solely his own.

Dhoni isn't the only Indian in the top 5. Royal Challengers Bangalore wicket-keeper Dinesh Karthik is only three catches behind Dhoni in the list.

Wicketkeepers with most catches in Men's T20 cricket:

1. 208 - MS Dhoni
2. 207 - Quinton de Kock
3. 205 - Dinesh Karthik
4. 172 - Kamran Akmal
5. 150 - Denesh Ramdin

In the match against the Sunrisers, Dhoni also produced a stumping effort and a run-out. In total, the 41-year-old veteran of the game was directly involved in three different dismissals in the game.

The Super Kings produced a brilliant effort with the ball, limiting the SunRisers to just 134/7 in 20 overs. Ravindra Jadeja was the superstar with the ball for the 4-time champions, bagging three wickets for 22 runs in the match.

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IPL 2023: Warner, Bowlers Shine As DC Beat KKR For First Win Of Season

Skipper David Warner found his perfect hitting arc after Ishant Sharma rolled back the years but even then Delhi Capitals stuttered badly in a modest chase before beating Kolkata Knight Riders by four wickets on Thursday to stay afloat in this edition of the IPL. With their backs to the wall after five defeats on the trot, the DC bowling line-up collectively came to the party as KKR managed only 127 on a spicy deck which aided both pacers and spinners alike. Warner, DC's best batter this season, was struggling with his strike-rate in earlier games but on Thursday, he smashed 57 off 41 with the target being reached with four balls to spare.

The DC batting, save Warner looked wobbly once again but a below-par score perhaps saved the day for the home team as the ball started gripping in the second half of the chase making it difficult for strokeplay. Axar Patel (19 not out off 22 balls) despite a groin strain managed to take his team past the finishing line.

DC's victory was about two veterans winning the Powerplay contest for their team.

The 34-year-old Ishant (2/19 in 4 overs), who is well past his prime, got his first opportunity and used his oodles of experience to peg back KKR inside the 'Bowling Powerplay'.

The 36-year-old Warner then showed his destructive avatar hitting as many as 10 boundaries in the 'Batting Powerplay' to kill the contest and earn his team's first win of the competition.

The manner in which he swept, the two KKR spinners Sunil Narine and Anukul Roy hardly had any answers. In all, he hit 11 boundaries.

The win doesn't alter DC's standing in the points table as they remain last but the victory does give them hope for a turnaround.

Once Warner won a good toss and opted to field, Ishant, playing his first IPL match in over two seasons, was bang on target with 13 dot balls and hitting those immaculate three-quarter lengths, just like yesterday.

In rhythm, he still hits 140 clicks but once he was done with his four overs, he literally collapsed in the dug-out chair as Prithvi Shaw came in as 'Impact Player'.

His India days are well over and Ishant certainly would like to remain an 'IPL to IPL' player till his body allows him to take rigours of top flight cricket.

Mukesh Kumar (1/34 in 4 overs) also bowled well in the Powerplay while Axar (2/13 in 3 overs), who hasn't enjoyed favourable match-ups against left-handers, removed the dangerous Rinku Singh as KKR lost wickets in clumps.

If Ishant, Mukesh and Axar were brilliant in the front 10, Kuldeep Yadav (2/15 in 3 overs), who got Jason Roy (43 off 39 balls), was brilliant as he created doubts in the minds of the batters by varying his pace.

The pitch had a liberal tinge of green and Anrich Nortje (2/20 in 4 overs) bowled an ideal Test match length and the grass covering helped in a bit of deviation as in-form Venkatesh Iyer just managed to dangle his bat and the ball flew to Mitchell Marsh standing at first slip.

It was undoubtedly the ball of the innings but credit goes to Ishant as he didn't let Roy get away with a good start.

The bit of moisture after a delayed start due to steady drizzle had also freshened up the track and the bit of extra bounce found the batters in a bit of a problem.

Mukesh got rid of Litton Das, who miscued a pull, and the ball that Ishant bowled to dismiss Nitish Rana reared up and he couldn't check his lofted shot.

However, the wicket that completely changed the course was Rinku's slog sweep and the ball bounced tad extra to take the top edge and flew at a comfortable height for Lalit Yadav to catch it at deep square leg.

Once Rinku was gone, KKR batting unit seemed like losing the battle in its head as Andre Russell (38 not out off 31 balls), despite hitting four sixes, couldn't do enough to get his team to a par-score which was surpassed easily.

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Russia Launches 'Real Man' Campaign to Recruit More Soldiers as War Rages in Ukraine

The ad follows a report from British military intelligence that suggest Moscow is seeking to recruit up to 400,000 professional soldiers

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Points Table "Can't Define Team": Kohli After Win As RCB Stand-in Captain

Royal Challengers Bangalore (RCB) stand-in skipper Virat Kohli said that the target batters put on the board was enough and there was no need to take the game till the end against Punjab Kings (PBKS) at Punjab Cricket Association IS Bindra Stadium on Thursday. RCB won the match against PBKS by 24 runs. RCB opener Faf du Plessis's 84 off 56 balls and Virat Kohli's 59 off 47 helped the team score 174 which PBKS failed to chase, getting all not in 18.2 overs.

In the post-match presentation, Virat said that he did not want the game to go till the end especially after they had dismissed two-thirds of the Punjab team to the pavilion.

"The strategy was to bat deep to have a crack at 190. Told them (the bowlers) that the target was more than enough. Cannot afford to take the game deep, especially when they lost 6-7 wickets," Kohli said in a post-match presentation.

When asked about their team's position in the points table, Virat said that the points table cannot define how good their team is and he also said that he would be concerned about points after playing the 13 or 14 games in the tournament.

"The table can't define your team. It's towards game 13 or 14 we can try and focus on what we need to do," Virat said.

Since Bangalore had gotten a solid start in the start, there was a feeling that they were 20-25 run short. However, in the second innings, the total seemed unachievable.

Siraj took a total of four wickets whereas Wanindu Hasaranga claimed two and Harshal Patel and Wayne Parnell scalped one wicket each.

"Faf batted really well on that pitch. His innings ensured we had that 20-30 extra at the end. The pitch was very rough underneath, there was not enough water there I guess. There were hardly any sixes hit off the back foot against the spinners," the RCB captain continued.

"The batting lineups are deeper, but we also have options in our bowling. At the halfway stage, the talk was to take the game to the opposition and you kind of break the game open when you pick up 4 wickets in the powerplay," Virat concluded.

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