Former Australian all-rounder Shane Watson hailed young Indian uncapped all-rounder Nitish Kumar Reddy, saying that he is one of his favourite players to watch and lauded his dominance over the experienced spin duo of Yuzvendra Chahal and Ravichandran Ashwin against Rajasthan Royals.
Following his side's one-run loss to Sunrisers Hyderabad in their Indian Premier League match, Rajasthan Royals all-rounder Riyan Parag, who has had a breakout season with the franchise, admitted that he is not in his best form since he could not finish the game and has got a lot of areas to improve.
Royal Challengers Bengaluru (RCB) etched a new low in their IPL history, suffering their 10th playoff defeat in just 16 appearances.
The batting as a whole has not clicked for Sunrisers and it is no surprise they find themselves in a desperate situation in the second half of the tournament.
A desperate Sunrisers have hit the reset button this season, bringing in Australia's World Cup winning captain Pat Cummins.
Aiden Markram stroked a half-century to steer Sunrisers Hyderabad to a comfortable six-wicket victory against Chennai Super Kings.
Hasaranga then paid the faith shown in him by du Plessis to finish with spectacular figures of 5 for 18, not allowing the SunRisers batters any gift deliveries, stifling them and finally having them all out for 125 and 67 runs short.
After his side clinched a 35-run victory over Sunrisers Hyderabad at the Rajiv Gandhi International Stadium, Royal Challengers Bengaluru (RCB) batting allrounder Cameron Green said that they have to celebrate such little wins.
'An absolute honour to meet you @patcummins30! A big fan! Wishing you and the SRH team all the best!!'
Game 47 of IPL 2020 will see the SunRisers Hyderabad take on the Delhi Capitals at the Dubai International Cricket Stadium.
Images from the IPL 2024 match between Gujarat Titans and Sunrisers Hyderabad on Sunday.
Rishabh Pant, Shreyas Iyer, K L Rahul and Arshdeep Singh headline the top bracket of elite players at the IPL mega auction.
Sunrisers Hyderabad opener Travis Head admitted that the hosts "didn't expect" to end the night at Rajiv Gandhi International Stadium with a victory against Rajasthan Royals in the ongoing Indian Premier League.
On Wednesday, SRH opener Travis Head (62 off 24) and number three Abhishek Sharma (63 off 23) came up with a sensational display of power-hitting that saw the latter snatching the franchise record for the fastest fifty from the Australian within minutes.
The youngsters in the side couldn't have got a better mentor than 'King' Kohli himself to guide them with his words of wisdom.
Abhishek has put fear in the minds of bowlers, including Cummins, his skipper at Sunrisers Hyderabad.
It was all down to a few good deliveries, said Sunrisers Hyderabad assistant coach Simon Helmot.
Mayank Yadav is set to walk into the IPL 'Million Dollar Club' after making his international debut in the first T20 International against Bangladesh.
The blockbuster series will be a survival of the fittest as Australia look to avenge successive losses on home soil when they go head-to-head from Friday.
'There is a little bit of home advantage and you got to use your matches at home. It's your facility but in Hyderabad, I think it's fair conditions. At the end of the day, better team on the day wins the game. I must say I congratulate the ground staff for producing good tracks, it's just each and every time, we came up short.'
After winning just one game in IPL 2021 before Monday's match against the Rajasthan Royals in Dubai, Sunrisers Hyderabad had a lot to cheer when they ended their losing streak with an emphatic victory.
Washington Sundar re-injured the same area while fielding against CSK on Sunday.
All-rounder Washington Sundar is likely to miss at least the next two IPL matches for Sunrisers Hyderabad after suffering split webbing in his bowling hand, head coach Tom Moody said.
Srinivas Bhogle and Purnendu Maji present Rediff.com's Most Valuable performances of IPL 2024
Pat Cummins admitted he'd have loved to be wielding the willow instead
Game 52 of IPL 2020 will see the Royal Challengers Bangalore take on the Sunrisers Hyderabad at the Sheikh Zayed Cricket Stadium in Abu Dhabi.
Abhishek stole the show with his belligerent knocks for runners up SRH, while Fraser-McGurk emerged a surprise batting hero for DC and Rana was one of KKR's best bowlers.
'Congratulations on an excellent campaign @sunrisers. You took your supporters on a roller coaster but you produced a lot of joy.'
Abhishek said he has benefitted a lot after working with batting great Brian Lara, who was involved with the franchise in the past.
Rajat Patidar completely overshadowed senior team-mate Virat Kohli with a blistering display of power hitting.
Harshit Rana celebrated with his father Pradeep after earning a maiden call-up to the Indian ODI team.
The lack of tension fuelled the '#WorstIPLFinal' trend on social media.
The left-handed pair put on a hundred between them inside the Powerplay, a feat they've achieved twice this IPL, setting the record for the highest Powerplay scores in all T20 cricket on both occasions.
According to Smith, the wicket got better as the game progressed and helped SRH to chase the total.
Faf du Plessis was a relieved man after his team snapped a six-game losing streak with a 35-run win over Sunrisers Hyderabad
2024 saw some of the most competitive and captivating cricket being played on the field.
After Abhishek Sharma bowled him in the 14th over of the chase, Shimron Hetmyer tried to smash the stumps in frustration.
The destructive Travis Head has called his Sunrisers Hyderabad opening partner Abhishek Sharma an exciting talent for Indian cricket after the duo combined to pummel the Lucknow Super Giants bowling attack in a record IPL chase in Hyderabad.
Images from the IPL match between Sunrisers Hyderabad and Punjab Kings at Mohali on Tuesday.