With the shift to Visakhapatnam as their new home base, RPS can only hope for good results. After his team's latest loss to Gujarat Lions in the last game in Pune, Dhoni said there was nothing more for the team to lose, adding that it had hit the lowest ebb and it can only rise from now on.Īdding to their woes, their home ground has also not been kind to RPS, having lost all their four games. Nothing seems to be clicking for Dhoni, especially in the bowling department. While Khawaja and Bailey have been named replacements for two of the four injured, RPS, who are sixth with only two wins from eight games, are still looking for worthwhile players who can turn it around for them. With the new replacements coming in, should be able to put up a more positive show," said Iyer.
It is important that the core of the new team is a settled unit and it is unfortunate we are facing such a situation. Usman Khawaja will join latest by Tuesday morning if not Monday night." We are looking at a couple of overseas replacements including George Bailey. We have to try and regroup as soon as possible. "It has not happened before and it is happening to us. "I just feel for MS (Dhoni)," Iyer told dna on Monday. He termed his team's situation as "an unfortunate case". Raghu Iyer, CEO of RPS, said "cursed was too strong a word to use". Someone may have cast the evil eye on one of the IPL debutants, what with RPS losing one overseas player after another in the first half of the tournament. The injury list seems to be growing by the day for Dhoni's struggling team that it makes one think if this is the most cursed team in this IPL. Smith scored his maiden T20 century last week and has amassed 270 in seven innings for an average of 45 and a strike rate of 153.40.
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This is apart from the 'annihilator' Pietersen.Ĭlick here for the full coverage of the IPL 2016, including commentary, fixtures, scorecards and more. Smith, titled 'prodigy' in RPS' official website, joined the list of 'multitasker' Mitchell Marsh, who was pulled out on Sunday by CA due to side strain, 'anchor' Faf du Plessis, who suffered a broken finger last week. As such, he will return home from India for further assessment and treatment ahead of the Tour of the West Indies." We have been working with his IPL franchise Pune to monitor this and unfortunately it has not resolved. Cricket Australia (CA), on Monday, confirmed that "Steve Smith will return home from the Indian Premier League (IPL) with a wrist injury".Īustralia's sports medicine manager Alex Kountouris said: "Steve has been struggling with pain in his right wrist for the last week during his stint in the IPL. Man-in-form Steve Smith joined the list of RPS' injured players who will miss the rest of the IPL due to injury. Little did he know that he was going to lose three more vital members within the next nine days.
When Kevin Pietersen pulled a calf muscle in Rising Pune Supergiants' first home match in Pune against Royal Challengers Bangalore, their skipper MS Dhoni said "it can be a blessing in disguise".
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