O futuro do volante Luan vai ficando cada vez mais distante do São Paulo. O jogador não respondeu o clube até esta sexta-feira (14), prazo dado para que sinalizasse se aceitaria ou não a última das três propostas para renovação do contrato e não foi inscrito para a disputa do Campeonato Brasileiro.
Luan sequer viajou com a delegação tricolor para o Rio de Janeiro (RJ), onde o clube estreia na principal competição nacional às 18h30 (de Brasília) deste sábado (14).
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Uma nova reunião entre o estafe do volante e a diretoria foi agendada para a próxima semana. Mas, conforme o LANCE! revelou, a tendência é que Luan deixe o São Paulo.
A diretoria deve intensificar nos próximos dias o plano de bater na portas dos clubes interessados no jogador nos próximos dias para tentar algum tipo de acordo, se antecipando ao estafe do jogador, que deve abrir negociações com interessados em breve, diante do impasse pela renovação.
O precedente para a saída do jogador, cujo contrato vai até o final do ano, o que lhe possibilitaria assinar com qualquer outro clube já em junho e deixar o Morumbi de graça, foi dado pelo técnico Rogério Ceni. O treinador não relacionou o camisa 8 para o duelo ante o Ituano. E sinalizou que Luan não atua mais enquanto não tiver uma definição sobre o seu futuro.
O motivo envolve os planos estudados pela diretoria tricolor de envolver Luan em troca de jogadores. Fontes ouvidas pela reportagem indicam que, desta forma, o São Paulo resolveria duas questões. Se livraria do risco de perder o jogador sem ganhar nada em troca (como aconteceu com o zagueiro Luizão e o meia Igor Gomes, citados nominalmente por Ceni em sua entrevista). E conseguiria reforços em meio às dificuldades enfrentadas na intertemporada por conta dos problemas financeiros.
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Leeds United have added Sebastiaan Bornauw, Jaka Bijol, and Lukas Nmecha to their first-team squad during the summer transfer window so far.
The Whites have yet to address their options in the middle of the park, but they are reportedly closing in on a potential signing to do exactly that.
As you can see in the post above, Fabrizio Romano claims that the Championship champions are on course to seal a deal for Newcastle United central midfielder Sean Longstaff.
They have already agreed personal terms with the English dynamo and have a £12m bid on the table to bring him to Elland Road in the coming days.
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If the move goes ahead as hoped, Longstaff will arrive in West Yorkshire to compete with the likes of Ao Tanaka, Ethan Ampadu, and Ilia Gruev for a place in the team in midfield.
Why Sean Longstaff is a sensible signing for Leeds
The 27-year-old star could be a very sensible signing, particularly at a relatively low fee of £12m, as an experienced and dependable squad option for Daniel Farke to select in the middle of the park.
Newcastle United's SeanLongstaffin action with Bromley's Jude Arthurs
Longstaff has played 171 times in the Premier League for the Magpies in his career to date, which shows that he knows the division and would be able to hit the ground running for Leeds, as an experienced operator at that level.
The £12m-rated star has scored ten goals and provided nine assists in those 171 matches in the top-flight, showing that he can also make an impact in the final third at times.
However, it is also worth noting that Leeds would be signing Longstaff off the back of a difficult season for the midfielder, who played a bit-part role for Newcastle in the 2024/25 campaign.
The Magpies academy graduate only started eight of his 25 appearances in the Premier League, and his underlying statistics do not suggest that he will be an outstanding signing for the Whites.
Non-penalty goals
0.00
Bottom 16%
Assists
0.00
Bottom 13%
Passes attempted
39.36
Bottom 19%
Progressive passes
4.51
Top 42%
Progressive carries
0.45
Bottom 11%
Successful take-ons
0.23
Bottom 15%
Tackles
3.05
Top 19%
Interceptions
0.35
Bottom 35%
Blocks
1.92
Top 8%
As you can see in the table above, Longstaff ranked lowly among his positional peers in several key statistics, although he did excel at making tackles and blocks.
Sean Longstaff for Newcastle
These statistics suggest that the midfielder could be a solid and sensible option for Leeds, particularly in a holding midfield role where he can focus on making tackles and blocks, but he is unlikely to be a game-changing signing for Farke who delivers outstanding quality in all areas of the pitch.
Leeds make contact to sign Bundesliga titan
According to Sky Sports journalist Florian Plettenberg, Leeds are also interested in a deal to sign Hoffenheim central midfielder Anton Stach this summer.
The reporter claims that the Premier League newcomers have already made contact with the Bundesliga side to discuss a potential transfer for the German giant, who stands at 6 foot 4.
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Plettenberg adds that no official offer has been made to Hoffenheim by Leeds at this moment in time, though, so a deal is not as advanced as the one to bring Longstaff to Elland Road is.
The German journalist states that the 26-year-old midfielder has two years left to run on his contract with the Bundesliga outfit, as his deal expires in 2027, and that a transfer to the Whites is ‘possible’.
Hoffenheim'sAntonStach
Ahead of the summer window, Plettenberg reported that Hoffenheim were set to demand a fee of up to £17m for their star midfield maestro, although it remains to be seen if that has changed.
Why Leeds should sign Anton Stach
The Whites should push ahead with a deal to sign Stach as well as Longstaff this summer because he would be an even better signing for the club if he can adapt to the Premier League.
Whilst the Newcastle man is a sensible and low-risk addition, as an experienced player in the English top-flight, the Hoffenheim star is a riskier signing with the potential for a greater reward.
If Stach can deliver performances akin to the ones he put on in the Bundesliga last season, the German colossus will offer far more to Farke’s team than Longstaff next term.
The chart above shows that the 6 foot 4 titan produced more quality in almost every facet of a midfielder’s game than the Newcastle ace did in the 2024/25 campaign.
Appearances
30
25
Goals
1
0
Assists
2
0
Big chances created
4
0
xA
3.21
0.23
Tackles + interceptions per game
3.7
1.4
Duels won per game
5.6
1.7
Ground duel success rate
59%
53%
Aerial duel success rate
57%
56%
The statistics in the table above further back this up, as Stach delivered more goals, more assists, created more ‘big chances’, and made significantly more defensive interventions per game on average.
His success rate in duels also shows that the Hoffenheim star is a strong midfielder who can compete physically, even more so than Longstaff, in battles on the ground and in the air.
Therefore, Stach could be a significantly better midfield option for Farke in the Premier League next season as he has the potential to offer more to the team in and out of possession, as a solid defender and as a creative midfielder.
However, the £17m-rated star is unproven in the Premier League, having never played in England before, and that is why signing him alongside Longstaff, an experienced English talent, could make a lot of sense.
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Overall, Stach has the quality to be an even better signing than Longstaff for Leeds, but that does not mean that the Newcastle man does not have a vital role to play in the squad as a proven Premier League performer.
Ishan Kishan has been ruled out of the first round of Duleep Trophy with a groin injury. Sanju Samson has been named as his replacement in the India D squad.Kishan had sustained the injury during the Buchi Babu Tournament earlier this month in Tamil Nadu where he played two games for Jharkhand, his first set of multi-day games in over a year. India D will open their campaign against the Ruturaj Gaikwad-led India C, on September 5, in Anantapur.Allrounder Nitish Kumar Reddy, meanwhile, has been cleared to play and is available for selection for India B. Reddy, who had a sports hernia surgery in June after being withdrawn from India’s T20I squad to Zimbabwe, was initially included subject to fitness.Related
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Meanwhile, India A will be without fast bowler Prasidh Krishna, who continues to recover from a quadriceps injury. Prasidh has begun bowling at full tilt following a four-month rehab, but the National Cricket Academy trainers want to tread cautiously, given he has now been hampered with injury concerns for the better part of two seasons.Prasidh last played for India on the tour of South Africa in December-January, and he is believed to be nearing full match fitness. It’s likely he could yet play a part during the later rounds of the Duleep Trophy in the lead-up to the Ranji Trophy.Kishan and Prasidh’s absence adds to a growing list of top India players who have been ruled out of the tournament for different reasons. Earlier this week, Suryakumar Yadav’s comeback to first-class cricket had to be put on hold after he bruised his hand, also during the Buchi Babu tournament, playing for Mumbai in Coimbatore. A BCCI release said that the medical team is continuing to assess his injury, and that a further evaluation next week will determine his availability for the second round.Prior to that, the fast-bowling pair of Mohammed Siraj and Umran Malik had been pulled out because of dengue fever, while Ravindra Jadeja was withdrawn from the India B squad. Navdeep Saini was named Siraj’s replacement in India B, and Gourav Yadav, the Puducherry fast bowler, was called in to replace Umran for India C.The first round of the Duleep Trophy will be played in Anantapur and Bengaluru from September 5. It’s the only round where some of the top India Test players – including Shubman Gill, Yashasvi Jaiswal, Rishabh Pant, KL Rahul and Kuldeep Yadav – will feature before they disperse to get ready for India’s Test season that begins against Bangladesh in Chennai from September 19.The Indian team is likely to assemble in Chennai on September 12 for a short preparatory camp in the lead-up to the series.
The countdown to the start of Celtic’s season is on with Brendan Rodgers having now learned the fate of his Bhoys in green and white.
It was confirmed on Friday morning, during the SPFL’s fixture launch, that the Hoops will begin their Premiership title defence at home to St Mirren on Sunday 3 August, before traveling to Pittodrie to face Aberdeen a week later.
Celticmanager BrendanRodgerscelebrates with the trophy after winning the League Cup
Also, with a season-defining Champions League play-off to come at the end of August, Rodgers is eager for the club to act swiftly in the transfer market, so are they about to add defensive reinforcements?
Celtic targeting a new defender
According to a report by Sky Sports News, Celtic are ‘in talks’ with J League club Albirex Niigata, as they aim to sign Hayato Inamura, adding that the 23-year-old is ‘keen’ on a move to Parkhead.
Inamura has made just 34 professional appearances, with his team currently in the J League relegation zone, scoring his first-ever senior goal during a 3-2 defeat at Avispa Fukuoka on Saturday.
Before joining Albirex Niigata, he had come through Japan’s college system, representing Maebashi Ikuei High School and then Toyo University, but could he now be on his way to Glasgow?
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As noted by Mark Walker of the National, Maik Nawrocki could leave Celtic this summer, with Tan Kesler, who is the sporting director at Pogoń Szczecin, confirming they have “talked” about the possibility of bringing him back to Poland.
However, having finished fourth in last season’s Ekstraklasa, thereby failing to qualify for Europe, the Dockers are unlikely to be able to match the £4m Celtic paid to sign Nawrocki from Legia Warszawa in the first place two years ago.
Fair to say, the centre-back has not made much of an impact since arriving in Glasgow, making just 18 appearances, scoring his first goal for the club against Aberdeen last mont
Appearances
18
Starts
12
Minutes
1,081
An unused substitute
30
% of total minutes played
11%
Thus, having started just 12 of Celtic’s 107 matches across the last two seasons, it should not come as much of a surprise that he is angling for a move this summer.
So, would Inamura be an upgrade?
Well, Anthony Joseph of Sky Sports describes him as a “left-footed centre-back” who is also capable of filling-in at left-back, which could be useful versatility.
Should he arrive, he would become Celtic’s ninth Japanese player, as the table below outlines.
Kyōgo Furuhashi
2021-2025
165
Shunsuke Nakamura
2005-09
159
Daizen Maeda
2022-present
158
Reo Hatate
2022-present
142
Tomoki Iwata
2022-24
42
Kōki Mizuno
2008-09
12
Yūki Kobayashi
2023
7
Yosuke Ideguchi
2022
6
Fair to say, there are some bona fide successes on that list, including last season’s top scorer Daizen Maeda, as well as key midfielder Reo Hatate, who would surely help Inamura acclimatise to life in Glasgow.
Analyst and scout Will Glavin describes Inamura as “tactically intelligent” as well as “comfortable building from the back”, adding that he would add “technical quality” to Rodgers’ team, concluding that this is a “low-risk investment”.
Meantime, Stephen McGowan of the Herald forecast that he will be able to compete with Auston Trusty and Liam Scales for the starting left-centre-back spot, with the place as Cameron Carter-Vickers’ partner very much still up for grabs.
So, this appears to be a sensible addition from Celtic, but one that could spell the end for often-forgotten man Nawrocki, who would find his game time even more limited, forcing him to look elsewhere for game time.
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Leeds United have had some brilliant academy products down the years, but one youngster they’ve had on their books has not reached his potential after being likened to Steven Gerrard and Wayne Rooney at youth level.
Leeds’ best ever academy products
The Whites have been responsible for producing a number of well-known Premier League players over the last 30 years from their famous academy. Some, as a result of the club’s well-documented financial problems in the early 2000’s, made their name known at first team level elsewhere.
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Meanwhile, others have impressed at Elland Road before being snapped up in the transfer market, the latest being Archie Gray, who joined Tottenham in 2024 in a deal thought to be worth £40m.
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Right now, Leeds have Archie’s younger brother, Harry Gray, coming through the ranks, and he actually made his first-team debut at the age of 16 years, 6 months, and 13 days.
1
Peter Lorimer
15 years, 9 months and 19 days
2
Tom Elliott
16 years, 2 months and 25 days
3
Aaron Lennon
16 years, 4 months and 7 days
4
Harry Gray
16 years, 6 months, and 13 days
5
James Milner
16 years, 10 months and 6 days
6
Neil Aspin
16 years, 10 months and 8 days
7
Aidy White
16 years, 10 months and 16 days
8
Simon Walton
16 years, 10 months and 25 days
9
Jimmy Greenhoff
16 years, 10 months and 26 days
10
Ryan Edmondson
16 years, 11 months and 16 days
Those in Yorkshire will be hoping they can keep hold of the forward, who is already being likened to Michael Owen and Harry Kane, but one attacker who hasn’t lived up to the hype has been Joe Gelhardt.
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Many expected big things when Leeds swooped to sign Gelhardt from Wigan Athletic in 2020 under Marcelo Bielsa following the club’s promotion to the Premier League. A deal for the exciting teenager cost the Whites just £1m, and he would progress into the first team, making his top flight debut in 2021.
Leeds forward Joe Gelhardt.
The attacker has gone on to score just three goals for the Whites, one of which being a stoppage-time winner against Norwich City, while he also produced a piece of brilliant skill which helped keep Leeds in the Premier League in 2022.
However, Gelhardt has struggled for consistency and has been sent out on loan to Sunderland and Hull City, and now looks set to be sold on a permanent basis in 2025 if a club comes in with an offer in the region of £3m-£4m.
Long-time Merseyside Boys’ manager Tim Wyatt even said that Gelhardt caught the eye just as much as Steven Gerrard and Wayne Rooney did when they were all 14 years of age.
Wigan’s former head of academy and now sporting director Gregor Rioch was also full of praise for Gelhardt while he was at the Latics, saying he “had the X-factor”.
It’s a case of what could have been for Gelhardt at Elland Road, and still just 23 years of age, he’ll be looking to get his career back on track elsewhere.
Chelsea were one of the clubs that were reportedly interested in a deal to sign Spain international Dean Huijsen from Premier League rivals Bournemouth in the upcoming summer transfer window.
The Blues have missed out on a swoop for the central defender, though, as Real Madrid have officially signed him from the Cherries for £50m, which was the value of his release clause.
Not all is lost for the Premier League giants, however, as they are reportedly eyeing up a swoop for an alternative to the soon-to-be Real Madrid star.
Chelsea eyeing deal for Dean Huijsen alternative
According to a report from Spain, Huijsen was the main target for Chelsea in the centre-back position, but they are now lining up a swoop for Lazio titan Mario Gila.
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The outlet claims that the former Real Madrid academy graduate is emerging as the priority target for the Blues after they missed out on the Bournemouth star to the Spanish giants.
It reveals that Lazio are set to demand a fee of £25m for the 24-year-old central defender, which is said to not be an issue for Chelsea from a financial perspective.
With all of this in mind, the club must now act on their ‘priority’ target by swooping to sign the Spaniard from the Serie A outfit for a fee of £25m, because he could come in as a big upgrade on Tosin Adarabioyo this summer.
Why Chelsea should sign Mario Gila
Signed from Fulham on a free transfer last summer, the English defender has started 14 of his 21 appearances in the Premier League, but Chelsea could sign an even better centre-back by landing Gila.
The Lazio star has averaged 2.7 tackles and interceptions and 4.9 duels won per game in the Serie A this season, whilst Tosin has only averaged 1.3 tackles and interceptions and 3.2 duels won per match in the Premier League this term.
Chelsea's TosinAdarabioyocelebrates after the match
These statistics suggest that Gila could come in as a defensive upgrade on the current Chelsea centre-back due to his ability to win more tackles, interceptions, and duels per game to cut out opposition attacks.
The Blues, however, are a ball-dominant team that also need centre-backs who are good enough on the ball to build attacks for Enzo Maresca, which the Lazio colossus certainly is.
Last 365 days per 90
Tosin Adarabioyo
Mario Gila
Pass accuracy
91%
91%
Progressive passes
2.66
4.70
Progressive carries
0.34
1.46
Successful take-ons
0.27
0.20
Shot-creating actions
0.96
1.16
Stats via FBref
As you can see in the table above, Gila is more progressive, as a passer and a carrier, from a central defensive position than Tosin is, with far more progressive passes and carries per 90 over the last 365 days.
Therefore, the £25m-rated defender could come in as a big upgrade on the former Fulham man because he could offer more to the team as an out-and-out defender and as a progressive option in possession.
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This is why the Blues should swoop to sign him as an alternative to Huijsen, as the 24-year-old star could improve Maresca’s side with his qualities on and off the ball.
As is often the case in high-stakes contests involving two sworn enemies, the football on display can be edgy and tense.
That was definitely clear for all to see during the latest installment of the fierce Manchester Derby, as Pep Guardiola’s Manchester City and Ruben Amorim’s Manchester United played out a laboured 0-0 draw in the Premier League.
Kevin De Bruyne
Not even the added spice of the Derby being Kevin De Bruyne’s final ever one could raise the excitement levels, as the aforementioned Belgian struggled throughout to give his team that needed spark in attack.
De Bruyne's performance in numbers
It was confirmed prior to the clash with Ruben Amorim’s Red Devils that De Bruyne would be departing the Citizens come the end of the campaign, bringing his ten-year association with the reigning top-flight champions to an expected halt.
Whilst he will go down as a certain legend at the Etihad having accumulated a sizeable 106 goals and 176 assists from 414 games, his performances this campaign in isolation have left a lot to be desired.
Indeed, the ageing Belgian struggled to ever get going at the Theatre of Dreams, with the declining 33-year-old failing to pick up a single key pass for his troubles, on top of failing to complete a single successful dribble from three attempts.
Haphazardly losing possession 20 times too, it’s evident that the serial trophy winner at City is way past his best now, leading to him hanging up his boots in Manchester come the close of the season.
But, Guardiola will know he has a number of underperformers to deal with ahead of the next campaign at the Etihad, with one City stalwart putting in an even worse performance than De Bruyne on Sunday evening.
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Not even the deadly Omar Marmoush could come away from the stale draw with something to shout about, with four efforts unfortunately passing him by.
Whilst the Egyptian at least looked lively in patches, one of his partners in attack in Phil Foden cut a lacklustre figure throughout, culminating in Guardiola hooking off the England international just before the hour mark.
It was largely an abject showing from the out-of-form 24-year-old, with only 11 accurate passes tallied up from his meagre 27 touches. Even Man City shot-stopper Ederson would tally up more touches at 30, with Foden constantly finding himself out of the contest, away from attempting to create openings galore.
Minutes played
58
Goals scored
0
Assists
0
Touches
27
Accurate passes
11/18 (61%)
Possession lost
14x
Shots on target
0
Successful dribbles
0/2
Total duels won
0/5
Failing to register a single successful dribble too, alongside being unable to win any of his duels from five attempted, Foden could find his spot in the starting XI is taken up by a fresher body moving forward, with faces such as Savinho and Jeremy Doku exciting attackers on their day.
Handed a low 4/10 rating by GOAL journalist Adam Drury post-match – who stated that his usual ‘twinkle toes’ constantly sent him down ‘blind alleys’ – this looks to be a decisive point for Foden in his unfolding Citizens career, with next season having to be far better for the Stockport-born talent.
Whilst this campaign might still end with an FA Cup triumph and a Champions League spot to boot, this dour performance against a fragile United shows off how rusty Guardiola’s men have truly become, with Foden needing to shake off these poor displays quick, whilst De Bruyne reaches for the exit door.
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Sunrisers finished bottom of the table with just eight points.
Sunrisers Hyderabad squad for IPL 2024
Pat Cummins (capt)*, Travis Head*, Aiden Markram*, Mayank Agarwal, Heinrich Klaasen*, Anmolpreet Singh, Abdul Samad, Rahul Tripathi, Upendra Yadav, Abhishek Sharma, Glenn Phillips*, Wanindu Hasaranga*, Marco Jansen*, Shahbaz Ahmed, Washington Sundar, Sanvir Singh, Nitish Kumar Reddy, Akash Singh, Fazalhaq Farooqi*, Bhuvneshwar Kumar, Mayank Markande, T Natarajan, Jhathavedh Subramanyan, Umran Malik, Jaydev Unadkat*Overseas playersRelated
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Wanindu Hasaranga will be unavailable for at least the first three games, after being named in the Test squad for the Bangladesh series.*
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It’s a new season and a new captain for Sunrisers. Aiden Markram may have led Sunrisers Eastern Cape to back-to-back SA20 titles in the first two seasons of the tournament, but after Sunrisers’ poor showing in IPL 2023 – actually, the last three seasons – when they won just four games, the management has decided to hand the reins to Pat Cummins, their new record signing.Last year, Cummins led Australia to two world titles – the World Test Championship and the ODI World Cup – but this will be Cummins’ first assignment as a captain in top-flight T20 cricket.Sunrisers also signed Hasaranga at the auction for what they would consider a bargain: INR 1.5 crore. He is one of three spin-bowling allrounders alongside Washington Sundar and Shahbaz Ahmed.Not to forget the new head coach, with Daniel Vettori replacing Brian Lara in the role. Vettori is the third head coach in three seasons for Sunrisers.0:45
Cummins banking on inputs from Head and Vettori at SRH
The good – a strong overseas contingent
Sunrisers have great depth when it comes to overseas options. They have Travis Head, Heinrich Klaasen, Glenn Phillips and Markram in the batting department, while Cummins, Hasaranga and Marco Jansen give them fantastic all-round options, at least on paper. Fast bowler Fazalhaq Farooqi is likely there as backup, but one can make a case for all of them to be in the XI.They also have good depth in terms of allrounders. Apart from Cummins and Hasaranga, they also secured Shahbaz in the auction, while they already had Washington in their squad.
The not-so-good – consistency lacking among Indian batters
Sunrisers don’t have an Indian spinner who they can turn to for regular wickets, which means they may have to use one of their overseas slots on Hasaranga. Washington is an effective powerplay bowler and Shahbaz is a decent all-round option, but neither have taken more than eight wickets in an IPL season in the past. Legspinner Mayank Markande could be important for them, having returned 12 wickets in ten games last season.They will also want better returns from their Indian batters like Mayank Agarwal, Abhishek Sharma and Rahul Tripathi, none of whom could get past the 300-run mark last season.
Schedule highlights
With only the first bit of the schedule announced so far, we know that Sunrisers play alternate matches at home and away to start with. First up is a trip to Kolkata before they host Mumbai Indians. They then go to Ahmedabad to face Gujarat Titans before returning home for a match against defending champions Chennai Super Kings.
The big question
* The story was updated after the squad announcement.
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How Pat Cummins hit an IPL record 14-ball fifty
Report: Cummins' 14-ball fifty stuns Mumbai, puts KKR top of table
Venkatesh Iyer, coming off his honeymoon season and coming to terms with the cost of living, is fighting his own form and the conditions valiantly to turn 19 off 21 into 50 off 41. He has hung on for dear life, knowing his side’s fate depends on his staying there till the end. The plan has been for him to be at his most efficient in adverse circumstances but make sure he bats through and delays taking his chances as much as he can. It is making for a great story.And then comes the joint-best fast bowler in Test cricket – not half-bad in limited-overs cricket, mind you – and he hits the other joint-best fast bowler in Test cricket – who is also the best fast bowler in limited-overs cricket – for a six and a four before causing absolute mayhem in a Daniel Sams over that he takes 35 runs off. It is mockery of others who have been trying to play a hard-fought match in difficult conditions.It is apt that a person with unfair amounts of cricketing talent and fitness comes up with the best description of the innings. “I just tried to hit every ball for a four or a six,” Pat Cummins explains, cutting straight to the chase, just as he did with the bat.Of course there will be explanations for why it came off but, at the heart of it, it was just that: trying to hit every ball for a boundary, targeting the short boundaries, and making sure Venkatesh didn’t have to risk his wicket.Pat Cummins mauled Daniel Sams in a 35-run over to finish off the chase•BCCIFor further explanations, we can look at Cummins’ record against pace vis-à-vis spin: after today, his strike rate against pace is 156 at 21 runs per dismissal. Two years ago he hit four sixes off a single Jasprit Bumrah over. He now has the second-most IPL fifties batting at No. 7 or lower. So you shouldn’t probably be shocked that he played a match-winning hand here. But he is not considered a genuine allrounder, despite those numbers, because it is easy to shut him down with spin. Against spin, he doesn’t score at even a run a ball.One of the few teams funky enough to bowl heavy doses of spin even late in the innings is the team Cummins himself plays for, so, more often than not, the best time for him to bat is at the death. Especially if he is batting with a specialist batter who prefers spin to pace – Venkatesh has a strike rate of 142 and an average of 60 against the slow stuff as against 122 and 28 against pace. And here too Venkatesh has had a better night against spin than pace, so the opposition can be forgiven for planning for the more apparent threat – the established batter and his obvious strength.Cummins himself had gone for 23 in the last over of the first innings. Two of the sixes were edges as he tried to bluff Kieron Pollard with short balls despite having third man and fine leg up. Cummins was perhaps unlucky in his final analysis of 4-0-49-2. “Welcome to Twenty20 cricket,” he thought to himself then, having just come off a gruelling Test series in Pakistan where he toiled for 110.1 overs for 12 wickets, the joint-highest in the series, and a 1-0 series win.Then he played the purest form of Twenty20 cricket himself: try to hit a boundary every ball. And the hitting was all clean too. Except maybe for one cue-end to a wide Bumrah yorker, but even there he intended to hit the ball in that general area. “I am at my best when I am not thinking much,” he says later.That is not to dismiss the work that goes on behind the scenes to achieve a skillset where you can hit fours and sixes without thinking too much. Being primarily a bowler perhaps liberates you to attempt that. He has tried just this on many a night but this was the night when it all came off.Any 14-ball fifty is a freak innings, but in hindsight, if you look at the circumstances and skillsets, of all the unexpected sources of such a knock, Cummins is probably the most expected. If that makes any sense. Not much about a 14-ball fifty does, admittedly.
O Flamengo divulgou, na tarde desta terça-feira (23), uma lista de desfalques para a partida contra o Bolívar, pela terceira rodada da fase de grupos da Libertadores. Entre as ausências estão Pedro, Arrascaeta, Léo Pereira, Erick Pulgar, Allan, Ayrton Lucas e Varela. Além desses nomes, Everton Cebolinha também segue no Departamento Médico. A partida será disputada na quarta-feira (24), na altitude de La Paz.
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Dentre os desfalques do Rubro-Negro, dois sequer viajarão com o grupo para a Bolívia. O volante Allan apresenta traços falcêmicos que podem prejudicar a alta performance em altitude, enquanto Léo Pereira tem quadro viral.
Já Varela, Ayrton Lucas, Erick Pulgar, Arrascaeta e Pedro seguirão planejamento da comissão técnica e não serão relacionados para enfrentar o Bolívar. O técnico Tite tem poupado jogadores nas últimas partidas por conta da minutagem estipulada pelo Flamengo para cada um dos atletas.
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Desta forma, o Rubro-Negro terá oito desfalques ao todo na terceira rodada da fase de grupos da Libertadores. Com uma vitória e um empate em dois jogos, equipe ocupa o segundo lugar do Grupo E e está atrás do líder Bolívar, adversário desta quarta-feira (24), que tem 100% de aproveitamento.
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Confira, na íntegra, a nota do Flamengo sobre os desfalques para o jogo contra o Bolívar, pela Libertadores: