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MS Dhoni will be leading the men from Chennai whereas Virat Kohli will captain the Royal Challengers. The Kohli-led side will be hoping to put on a much better show than they did last year. Here, we pick out 3 battles that will hold the key to the outcome of the match. 1) Shane Watson vs Umesh Yadav Former Australia all-rounder Shane Watson, who now plies his trade as a Twenty20 specialist in various leagues across the world, will open the batting for CSK....

The Capitals will host the Kolkata Knight Riders for a home game on 30th March at 8:00 pm. KKR come fresh off a win and are on top of the points table. Andre Russell looks in terrific form and their team seems to be set ahead of the match. Let’s now take a look at the Delhi Capitals’ probable playing XI for the match. Prithvi Shaw and Shikhar Dhawan are expected to continue as the opening batsmen for the Delhi Capitals....

Amidst all the controversies, the quality of cricket has been not taken a back seat. As we enter the second week of the season, we look at 5 major highlights of the week. #1 Ashwin ‘mankading’ Buttler The biggest highlight of the week has been the dismissal of Jos Buttler by Ravichandran Ashwin, which, by MCC, is said to be within the laws and against the Spirit of the Game at the same time....

While the defending champions CSK went in favorites, RCB was expected to give them a good run for their money. But the match turned out to be a no contest as the hosts registered an easy win over the visitors. RCB, who have some of the best batsmen in this format were bundled out for a paltry score of 70. Harbhajan Singh was the destroyer in chief as he picked three early wickets to rock the batting unit of Virat Kohli’s men....

19 matches have been played in the IPL in the RR vs RCB rivalry, out of which RR have won nine matches and RCB eight. Two of the matches ended in no result. RR have also been the more successful team overall, having won the IPL title once, in 2008. RCB meanwhile have never managed to win the trophy even once, despite reaching the final three times. When these two teams met each other last season, RR won both the matches....

The RCB batsmen need to hit top form at the earliest. Virat Kohli would like to see a more responsible approach from his batters in the match. On the other hand, MI did fare well with the bat but were at the receiving end of an onslaught from Rishabh Pant which even their ace death bowler, Jasprit Bumrah could not avert. The stage is set for an intriguing clash as both the teams will look to open their account in the ongoing edition of the tournament....

The last time these two teams met, SRH thrashed RCB by a massive 118-run margin. RCB have had a forgettable season under Kohli’s leadership. The hosts became the first team in the IPL history to lose 100 games, and in the process were eliminated from the playoff race. With just four wins in their 13 outings, RCB are languishing at the bottom of the points table. Their previous match, against Rajasthan Royals, was abandoned due to rain, but Kohli would be hoping to finish his miserable campaign on a winning note when they host the Sunrisers tomorrow....

The Royals stand seventh in the league table whereas the Knight Riders are third. Both teams will be hoping to get a win in this fixture to move upwards in the tree. On that note, we pick out three key battles that you just cannot miss. #1. Jos Buttler vs Sunil Narine Englishman Jos Buttler was the centre of a big controversy earlier on in the IPL when he became the victim of a run-out decision made against the Kings XI Punjab but he has emerged well from it....

Here is a look at three such players of Kings XI Punjab (KXIP) who have the potential of winning matches for their team single-handedly: Chris Gayle Christopher Henry Gayle, or the Universe Boss as he likes to be addressed as, is a heavy weight as far as T20 cricket is concerned. He still carries the record of most runs in an innings in the Indian Premier League (IPL). He started his career with KKR in 2008, and since then he has played for RCB and now he is a part of KXIP....

It will be very interesting to see how the teams go about the auction, and which team will be able to succeed in the strategies they have laid out so far. Based on the list of retained players, here’s what the teams might be looking at, come the auction. Chennai Super Kings (CSK) CSK, the defending champions, have retained almost the whole team this time. The message is loud and clear, that the team is built too good to release a core player....

In a virtual press conference, Karthik heaped praised on the Rohit Sharma-led MI, which has won the IPL a record four times. The Mumbai Indians have prevailed against the Knights on 19 of the 25 occasions the sides have met in the IPL’s 12-year-long history. KKR will begin their IPL 2020 campaign against MI on September 23 at the Sheikh Zayed Stadium in Abu Dhabi. Check IPL 2020 schedule...

KKR, as well as RR, have 12 points from 13 games in IPL 2020, which means whichever team wins on Sunday will finish on 14 points. That alone cannot ensure qualification for the winning side though as multiple sides are set to finish with the same number of points. It could all come down to the net run-rate at the end of the day. RR go into the IPL 2020 clash having registered wins over Mumbai and Punjab in their last two matches....

MI will play the Delhi Capitals in Qualifier 1 on November 5 in Dubai, while SRH will go up against the Royal Challengers Bangalore in the IPL 2020 Eliminator the following night in Abu Dhabi. After Warner won the toss and opted to field first, Sandeep Sharma (3 for 34) got SRH off to an ideal start. He accounted for MI captain Rohit Sharma (4 off 7) – who came into the side after a 4-match injury layoff – in the 3rd over with just 12 runs on the board....

“Definitely not!” - this was Dhoni’s smiling, unthinking response. Since the man himself has said it, there’s now no doubt surrounding his future in the IPL. When the tournament rolls around once again early next year, the former Indian captain will don his beloved yellow and lead his pride out into the middle. But after a poor season in which CSK have finished close to the bottom of the IPL 2020 points table, what’s next for MS Dhoni and CSK?...

In the past, we have seen a limited number of England’s top players head to the IPL, though they have always returned home to prepare for internationals by the time the business end of the competition comes around. This time though, English players will be available for the whole tournament, and we could see more head over to India than ever before. Something that England always seem to have produced, are world-class all-rounders....

A clash between the two giants has always attracted considerable attention from fans since the inaugural edition of the IPL. Of the 27 encounters between them, CSK emerged victorious in 17 matches while RCB have managed to win nine, and one game ended with no result. CSK began their IPL 2021 season with a narrow defeat against Delhi Capitals, but have bounced back strongly since, winning three games in a row....

The 32-year-old has played 60 T20Is, scoring 1644 runs at an average of 31.01. However, he played his last T20I almost two years ago. That was because he tested positive in 2019 for consuming a recreational drug and was subsequently banned for 21 days. Since then, the 30-year-old has not featured for England in any format of the game. However, Alex Hales has played in various T20 leagues around the world during this period....

They were extremely close to winning the title in 2014, when the heroics of Glenn Maxwell and David Miller helped the franchise reach the final. However, the Kolkata Knight Riders beat them in a close encounter to capture the championship. Many great cricketers like Yuvraj Singh, Mahela Jaywardene, Brett Lee, Kumar Sangakkara and Irfan Pathan once played for the Punjab Kings in their IPL careers. But in this listicle today, we will look at the top five names who played the last IPL season of their career for the Mohali-based franchise....

RCB’s challenge is known to wither away towards the business end of the tournament. Considering that, the franchise will hope to get off to a bright start and carry that confidence throughout the tournament. In a video shared on his YouTube channel, Aakash Chopra pointed out RCB might not begin their campaign on a positive note as their initial encounters are on the spin-friendly Chepauk track. The former KKR player highlighted the RCB batting might be found wanting in Chennai, especially since they are up against the might of the Mumbai Indians and the Sunrisers Hyderabad....

T Natarajan had a breakout IPL season last year in which he carved a niche for himself as a bowler who could bowl yorkers at will. Not only did he execute the most yorkers by any bowler – a staggering 71 – but he also accounted for some world-class stars like MS Dhoni and AB de Villiers. And the words of wisdom were imparted after he dismissed the former India captain in Match 29....