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After injury blow to Ben Stokes and Liam Livingstone pulling out due to bubble fatigue, Rajasthan Royals have been dealt the ultimate blow, with ECB, on Friday, confirming that Jofra Archer would sit out of the 2021 IPL. However, the timeline of his return hasn’t been announced yet.

South African middle-order batsman Rassie van der Dussen is reportedly all set to link up with the Rajasthan Royals franchise and is a fitness test away from having his deal finalized. The Royals currently have just five overseas players at their disposal, with Livingstone pulling out of the IPL.

There is something about pacers and misjudgments close to the boundary rope. Taking inspiration from his fellow Indian pacer Siddarth Kaul from yesterday's game, Mohammed Siraj made a blunder in the 12th over when he couldn't pick up a ball and conceded a four leaving Kohli and Harshal Patel fuming.

One can still expect an ageing MS Dhoni to play quickfire cameos than backing Virat Kohli to win tosses. However, Virat called it right at the toss today against Sanju Samson but a hilarious moment followed it as he forgot that, and instinctively went backwards given he's so used to losing tosses.