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Psychologically, Chennai have an advantage over Delhi. CSK have a superior head-to-head record and have the experience of playing in the playoffs every season they have been involved in the IPL. They have the idea of how to handle big occasions. One welcome change that Delhi should make for tonight’s match is bringing in Hanuma Vihari for Colin Munro. Munro is the first player to score three international T20 centuries....

It was a brilliant game of cricket, but it was the last ball of the match that was the centre of controversy. RCB needed seven runs off the last ball, with Shivam Dube was on strike, and Lasith Malinga bowling. The Sri Lankan nailed a yorker and MI won the match by six runs. But the replays of the last ball showed that Malinga had overstepped by an inch and the umpires didn’t call it a no ball....

Russell, this season has been something out of the ordinary. He has injected a sense of fear into the fielding side every time he has come out to bat. He has redefined the terms ‘possible’ and ‘impossible’ with his power hitting. Huge boundaries looked tiny, and big targets seemed gettable. Perhaps, Russell should start batting higher up the order. Perhaps not. After smashing 65 off 25 balls, he came with only 4....

The tournament started with a low-scoring match between Chennai Super Kings and Royal Challengers Bangalore but six of the next seven matches have been high-scoring affairs. Only two teams are on a 100% record so far - Chennai Super Kings and Kolkata Knight Riders. Unlike Chennai, the Knight Riders have been involved in high scoring fixtures and emerged victorious on both occasions. In their first match, they played against the last year’s finalists Sunrisers Hyderabad at the Eden Gardens....

He made this observation in the post-match press conference after the Virat Kohli-led side’s defeat against the Sunrisers Hyderabad (SRH). AB de Villiers started by lauding the SRH bowlers for not giving any leeway to the RCB batsmen. He added that the SRH bowlers stuck to their lines and lengths with their excellent fielding while also putting pressure on the RCB batters. The former South African skipper pointed out that RCB losing him and Joshua Philippe within a few deliveries of each other turned out to be the turning point of the match....

Devdutt Padikkal progressed in the IPL 2020 Orange Cap standings, his performance in the match helped him move to the 5th position. The 21-year-old has an aggregate of 417 runs from 12 matches, thus becoming the 6th batsman to cross 400 runs this season. Virat Kohli with 424 runs under his belt is ahead of Padikkal. Even though he got dismissed for a 14-ball 9 tonight, the RCB captain is just 12 runs short of overtaking David Warner on the table....

KL Rahul elected to field first, and his decision was vindicated when DC fell to 13/3 after 4 overs. Mohammed Shami, Sheldon Cottrell and Chris Jordan were excellent with the new ball as a combination of poor decision-making and rash strokeplay threatened to finish the game before it even started. Captain Shreyas Iyer and Rishabh Pant set about reviving the DC innings, with the former taking a particular liking to Krishnappa Gowtham....

Sanju Samson will lead the Rajasthan Royals in IPL 2021. Although the Kerala star has captained at the domestic level, this will be his first time captaining an IPL franchise. A fan asked Kumar Sangakkara whether he was excited to work with the 26-year-old, to which the Sri Lanka legend answered in the affirmative. Although Rajasthan Royals have players like Ben Stokes and Jos Buttler, their Indian contingent is inexperienced compared to other teams....

During his IPL 2021 match against SunRisers Hyderabad on Wednesday, the Delhi Capitals skipper provided yet another light moment even though this one was more inadvertent than most. In the 15th over of their chase of 135 against SRH, Rashid Khan bowled a short delivery wide of the off-stump. Pant, in characteristic fashion, went after it with an attempted cut shot. While he didn’t get any bat on the ball, he did manage to send the bat flying towards the midwicket area....

Ravindra Jadeja whacked five sixes off Harshal Patel in the last over of the innings after CSK batted first on winning the toss. Ravindra Jadeja finished on an unbeaten 62 off only 28 balls as CSK piled up 191-4. At a virtual press conference following CSK’s 69-run triumph over RCB, Du Plessis said about Ravindra Jadeja’s last-over brilliance: Thanks to Ravindra Jadeja’s blitzkrieg, CSK piled up a tall total on the board....

The win at Abu Dhabi is KKR’s seventh victory against MI in 29 matches over the past 14 years. Chasing 156, KKR finished the match in 15.1 overs, courtesy of an 88-run stand between Rahul Tripathi and Venkatesh Iyer from just 52 balls. Also Check: IPL Live Score | IPL Points Table | IPL Schedule Crediting coach Brendon McCullum for instilling positivity into the batting line-up, Rahul Tripathi said:...

In recognition of bowlers who do manage to provide frequent breakthroughs, the IPL announced the Purple Cap award ahead of the inaugural season. Interestingly, the accolade has largely been dominated by pace and only two spinners have claimed it - Pragyan Ojha (2009) and Imran Tahir (2018). Last year, Delhi Capitals pacer Kagiso Rabada won the Purple Cap with 30 wickets - the second-highest tally in a season after Dwayne Bravo in 2013 (32 wickets)....

KKR has quite a few players who have either just made an inroad into the Indian team or are on the fringes of selection. All these cricketers will be hoping to catch the selectors’ eye with their impactful performances in IPL 2021. In a video shared on his YouTube channel, Aakash Chopra named Shubman Gill as the KKR player with the greatest chance to display his skillset. The former KKR player reckons the stylish batsman can use the IPL as a springboard to further his case for a spot in the Indian limited-overs team....

Ravindra Jadeja was absolutely sensational with both bat and ball for CSK, as RCB had no answer to his brilliance on the day. Jadeja first slammed an unbeaten 62 off 28 balls, whacking Harshal Patel for five sixes in the last over of CSK’s innings. After CSK put up an impressive 191 for 4 batting first, Jadeja spun a web around RCB batsmen with exceptional figures of 3 for 13; his victims included the dangerous duo of Glenn Maxwell and AB de Villiers....

Mumbai have suffered two back-to-back defeats, while Rajasthan will be buoyed after their six-wicket win against the Kolkata Knight Riders (KKR) in their last game. However, the Sanju Samson-led side is still stuck at seventh in the IPL 2021 points table and will be keen to make a push upwards. Ahead of the clash, we take a look at the player matchups to watch out for. #1 Rohit Sharma vs Jaydev Unadkat Unadkat’s well-disguised slower ball has been one of his biggest strengths and unfortunately for Rohit, that’s been a chink he’s yet to fix....

The IPL matches will be played at 9 venues in total. The 8 home venues of the respective franchises and Indore which is Punjab’s adopted home venue and will host 4 of Punjab’s 7 home games. Here are 7 interesting facts about VIVO IPL 2018. #7 Team with the smallest squad this year The two-time champion Kolkata Knight Riders team has only 18 players in its squad this season, which makes KKR the smallest squad in the league....

Dinesh Karthik won the toss and inserted the opposition in to bat. Rajasthan got off to a stupendous start as the openers smashed 63 runs of the first 5 overs. However, an astonishing collapse occurred as the Royals lost their remaining 9 wickets for just 79 runs. In reply, Kolkata got off to a stuttering start as Ben Stokes dismissed both Sunil Narine and Robin Uthappa cheaply. But a composed 48 run partnership between Chris Lynn and Dinesh Karthik got them closer to the target....

Here is how they could line-up for the game: Sunil Narine: Narine had an off-night with the bat against the Mumbai Indians and the franchise will hope for him to come good on Saturday with the bat at the top of the order as well as make an important contribution with the ball. Chris Lynn: The hard-hitting Australian opener who has been playing despite having an iffy shoulder will once again be banked upon to get the side off to a flying start....

RCB achieved a comprehensive 10 wicket win against the Kings XI Punjab on May 13 which bolstered their net run-rate. With a win against SRH, they would move up to fifth on the points table. They are high on confidence and will look to carry on their momentum in front of their home crowd, where they have performed decently well. With Bangalore facing a lot of rain over the past week or so, there is a possibility of the match being curtailed or not taking place at all....

There were a few players who will miss this season as they did not attract any bids, while a number of procured players will also miss out on this season due to injuries. The injury list includes the likes of Mitchell Starc, Jason Behrendorff, Mitchell Johnson and a few others. A lot of players performed exceptionally in the first decade of the tournament and have made it to our all-time IPL XI....