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CSK beat RCB by 24 runs, regain top spot in IPL
Chennai: Chennai Super Kings (CSK) snapped Royal Challengers Bangalore (RCB)’s four-match unbeaten streak and returned to the top of the Indian Premier League (IPL) points table as they defeated their southern rivals by 24 runs at the M.A. Chidambaram Stadium here on Monday.
Suresh Raina’s 52 piloted CSK to 148 for nine in 20 overs and in reply, RCB were bowled out for 124 runs in 19.4 overs despite skipper Virat Kohli’s 48.
Following this win, CSK registered their seventh win in 10 matches. They have 14 points — same as Rajasthan Royals.
But the Mahendra Singh Dhoni-led side has a better run rate and have also played a game less than Royals. However, RCB’s third place was not affected and they have nine points from as many matches.
Earlier, CSK won the toss and elected to bat. They didn’t have a particularly bright start after West Indian Dwayne Smith was bowled for zero by Australian pacer Mitchell Starc.
The other opener, Brendon McCullum (20) also departed early after raising hopes of putting together a partnership with Suresh Raina (52).
But Raina remained unperturbed by the setback and scripted a 64-run third-wicket stand with South African Faf du Plessis (24).
The Raina-du Plessis partnership didn’t allow the run-scoring momentum to dip. But RCB broke the momentum in the 15th over when pacer Harshal Patel dismissed both du Plessis and Raina.
The twin blow dampened CSK’s initiative and they struggled to force the pace from there on, managing to score only 47 runs in the last five overs.
CSK skipper Dhoni (29) unleashed some powerful hits to the fence to get their total close to the 150-run mark. But even his best efforts looked modest as his team lost wickets at regular intervals to manage just an average total.
But even that average total proved enough as RCB kept losing wickets at regular and critical intervals.
After losing opener Nic Maddinson (4) early, AB de Villiers scored a 14-ball 21 and looked to be taking the game away from the hosts. But medium pacer Ishwar Pandey halted the South African’s progress and got a vital breakthrough for his team.
Mandeep Singh (0) ran himself out and that left the visitors reeling at 34/3. After this, skipper Kohli and wicketkeeper-batsman Dinesh Karthik (23) initiated a rebuilding phase putting together a 63-run stand for the fourth wicket.
Dwayne Bravo ran Kohli out and later seasoned left-arm seamer Ashish Nehra struck two telling blows in quick succession, removing Karthik and young Sarfaraz Khan (8) to dash RCB’s hopes.
Bravo sent Harshal Patel packing for zero to leave RCB struggling at 112/7 in 17 overs with 37 runs still required.
RCB tailenders found the CSK bowlers tough and failed to even get close to the target, losing by 24 runs.
International online casino Casino Days has published a report sharing their internal data on what types and brands of devices are used to play on the platform by users from the South Asian region.
Such aggregate data analyses allow the operator to optimise their website for the brands and models of devices people are actually using.
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Desktops and Tablets Lose the Battle vs Mobile
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“Some of the reasons behind this massive difference in device type are affordability, technical advantages, as well as cheaper and more obtainable internet plans for mobiles than those for computers,” the researchers comment.
Xiaomi and Vivo Outperform Samsung, Apple Way Down in Rankings
Chinese brands Xiaomi and Vivo were used by 21.9% and 20.79% of Casino Days players from South Asia respectively, and together with the positioned in third place with a 18.1% share South Korean brand Samsung dominate the market among real money gamers in the region.
Cupertino, California-based Apple is way down in seventh with a user share of just 2.29%, overshadowed by Chinese brands Realme (11.43%), OPPO (11.23%), and OnePlus (4.07%).
Huawei is at the very bottom of the chart with a tiny share just below the single percent mark, trailing behind mobile devices by Motorola, Google, and Infinix.
The data on actual phone usage provided by Casino Days, even though limited to the gaming parts of the population of South Asia, paints a different picture from global statistics on smartphone shipments by vendors.
Apple and Samsung have been sharing the worldwide lead for over a decade, while current regional leader Xiaomi secured their third position globally just a couple of years ago.
Striking Android Dominance among South Asian Real Money Gaming Communities
The shifted market share patterns of the world’s top smartphone brands in South Asia observed by the Casino Days research paper reveal a striking dominance of Android devices at the expense of iOS-powered phones.
On the global level, Android enjoys a comfortable lead with a sizable 68.79% share which grows to nearly 79% when we look at the whole continent of Asia. The data on South Asian real money gaming communities suggests that Android’s dominance grows even higher and is north of the 90% mark.
Among the major factors behind these figures, the authors of the study point to the relative affordability of and greater availability of Android devices in the region, especially when manufactured locally in countries like India and Vietnam.
“And, with influencers and tech reviews putting emphasis on Android devices, the choice of mobile phone brand and OS becomes easy; Android has a much wider range of products and caters to the Asian online casino market in ways that Apple can’t due to technical limitations,” the researchers add.
The far better integration achieved by Google Pay compared to its counterpart Apple Pay has also played a crucial role in shaping the existing smartphone market trends.
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