Ipl 2019 News

Speaking after winning the IPL title with his side Mumbai Indians, Indian all-rounder Hardik Pandya said, "[N]ow all the focus goes to World Cup. I want to lift that World Cup trophy as well." "I used to have MI Wallpaper on my phone, it's a dream as I said," Hardik added. India begin their World Cup campaign on June 5.

Mumbai Indians captain Rohit Sharma celebrated his side's fourth IPL title with his daughter Samaira and his wife Ritika. Rohit was seen sitting on the ground with the toddler in his arms. Rohit, who first won the IPL with Deccan Chargers in 2009, has now become the most successful player in IPL, having won the title five times.

Mumbai Indians captain Rohit Sharma on Sunday became the most successful player in IPL history after winning his fifth title. Rohit won his first IPL title with Deccan Chargers in 2009, and led MI to four IPL titles in 2013, 2015, 2017 and 2019. The 32-year-old is followed by Ambati Rayudu and Harbhajan Singh, who have won four titles each.

SunRisers Hyderabad's David Warner, who won the Orange Cap in IPL 2019, said that the tournament is the best in the world and he is "grateful" to be part of it. "It's the leading tournament throughout the world," he added. "Big credit to our curators at Hyderabad, they prepare great wickets," said Warner, who scored 692 runs in the tournament.

KKR batsman Shubman Gill, who smashed three fifties in IPL 2019, won the Emerging Player of the Season award. The 19-year-old, who also received a prize money of ₹10 lakh, scored 296 runs, including 21 fours and 10 sixes, in 13 IPL 2019 innings. "Thank you everyone for the love and support. I'm so grateful for this experience!" Gill tweeted.

SunRisers Hyderabad opener David Warner, who smashed 692 runs in 12 IPL 2019 matches, won the Orange Cap award for the third time in his IPL career after 2015 and 2017 editions of the tournament. Chennai Super Kings' 40-year-old South African leg-spinner Imran Tahir took 26 wickets in 17 matches to become the oldest cricketer to win Purple Cap award.

After Mumbai Indians defeated Chennai Super Kings by one run on the last ball in the IPL 2019 final, their owner Nita Ambani said that she did not watch the last ball. "I was just going by the cheers of the fans to know what's happening," she added. Mumbai Indians won their record fourth IPL title on Sunday.

Mumbai Indians mentor Sachin Tendulkar called Jasprit Bumrah the best bowler in the world following the team's victory in the IPL 2019 final. Commenting on Sachin's video shared by IPL, the 25-year-old fast bowler wrote, "I am speechless. Thank you, Sachin sir." Bumrah, who took 19 wickets in 16 IPL 2019 matches, had an economy rate of 6.63.

Kolkata Knight Riders' Shubman Gill, IPL 2019's Emerging Player of the Year awardee, said, "I think it was mixed kind of season for me." "[W]henever I tried to do extra, it didn't really pay off well, but whenever I was myself and tried to have some fun and played my game it paid off for me," Gill added.

CSK opener Shane Watson, who top-scored in IPL 2019 final with 80(59), played with a bloodied knee after injuring himself in the third over. CSK off-spinner Harbhajan Singh revealed that Watson continued to bat without telling anyone and got six stitches after the match. "What dedication?! This is God level! You are one of a kind, champ!" CSK tweeted.

After it was revealed that opener Shane Watson played the IPL 2019 with a bloodied knee, CSK dedicated a Twitter post to him. "The emotions that all the #yellove hearts are going through makes us #believe in one thing! Watto's knee cap is our cup!" CSK wrote. The 37-year-old received six stitches after the final, in which he top-scored.

A video of a boy from Tamil Nadu crying over CSK captain MS Dhoni's run-out dismissal in the IPL 2019 final has gone viral. In the video, the boy can be heard telling his mother, "Third umpire will commit suicide for the wrong decision." The boy's mother can be seen calming him down by saying it could be "match-fixing".

Mumbai Indians all-rounder Hardik Pandya's tweet acknowledging Chennai Super Kings captain MS Dhoni as his friend and source of inspiration has been named as the Golden Tweet of IPL 2019. "My inspiration, my friend, my brother, my legend," Pandya had captioned his photo with Dhoni after the Qualifier 1. The tweet has received over 16,000 retweets so far.

Chennai Super Kings captain MS Dhoni was the most tweeted about player during Indian Premier League 2019, as per Twitter data. Dhoni was followed by Royal Challengers Bangalore captain Virat Kohli and Mumbai Indians captain Rohit Sharma. Further, this year, Twitter saw a record breaking 27 million tweets related to IPL, a 44% increase over 2018’s IPL-related tweets.

A video of guests at a wedding ignoring bride and groom to watch the IPL 2019 final on the big screen near the stage has gone viral. In the video, guests can be seen celebrating wildly after Mumbai Indians' victory on the last ball of the match. Mumbai Indians also shared the viral video on Twitter, writing, "Cricket. Meri. Jaan."

On being asked about his father doing bhangra after he scored fifty in an IPL 2019 match, KKR batsman Shubman Gill said it felt so good to him. "He has made me work so hard, helped me get here and to know he's happy and enjoying my game [feels good]. What better than this for...father from a son," he added.

New Zealand all-rounder Jimmy Neesham said he deleted his tweet about MS Dhoni's run-out in IPL 2019 final as he's "sick of seeing the same dumb comments" in his feed "200 times a day". In the deleted tweet, Neesham had said it "astounded" him how fans claimed Dhoni was not-out. "Please don't bother tweeting me about it again," he added.

Commentator and former India cricketer Sanjay Manjrekar has rated Delhi Capitals skipper Shreyas Iyer as a better captain than Royal Challengers Bangalore captain Virat Kohli in the IPL 2019. Manjrekar gave 8/10 to Iyer, while Kohli got 6/10 for his captaincy. Delhi Capitals were knocked out in the playoffs, while Royal Challengers Bangalore finished last in the tournament.

India spinner Kuldeep Yadav, who took four wickets in nine IPL 2019 matches, said IPL is very different from World Cup and his IPL performance won't affect his performance in the World Cup. Kuldeep added that there are players who perform well in IPL but struggle at the international level. "I've matured as a bowler", the chinaman bowler further stated.