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[ad_1] © BCCI The IPL eliminator and Qualifier 2 on May 23 and 25 have been moved from Pune to Kolkata, league chairman Rajeev Shukla confirmed on Friday. There is no change to Qualifier 1 at the Wankhede Stadium in Mumbai. As per the norm, these matches are held at the home venue of the previous season's runners-up, in this case the now disbanded Rising Pune Supergiant. However, the moving of six Chennai Super Kings home games to the MCA Stadium in Pune because of protests and threats to disrupt their matches in Chennai forced the change. "We are happy to host the play-off matches and are looking forward to it," Cricket Association of Bengal (CAB) joint-secretary Avishek Dalmiya was quoted as saying by PTI . Mumbai will host Qualifier 1 and the final on May 22 and 27 respectively. © ESPN Sports Media Ltd. ...

[ad_1] Delhi Daredevils 219 for 4 (Iyer 93, Shaw 62, Munro 33) beat Kolkata Knight Riders 164 for 9 (Russell 44, Gill 37, Mishra 2-23) by 55 runs Play 03:39 Tait: Daredevils never took the foot off the gas Thrusting a young player into a leadership position can go either way. Burdened by captaincy, a player's performance in their main role can temporarily slump, as was the case with Aiden Markram during South Africa's ODI series against India earlier this year. Or the confidence of that position can buoy, and therefore boost, a player's performance, like Shreyas Iyer in Delhi on Friday. He smashed an unbeaten 40-ball 93 to lead Delhi Daredevils to a resounding 55-run victory against Kolkata Knight Riders. After a strong start, Iyer backed his hitting ability at No. 3. Primarily with a full face of the bat, he first accumulated before gradually increasing...