IMAGES from the Indian Premier League match played between Delhi Capitals and SunRisers Hyderabad in Delhi on Saturday.
The IPL 2022 player retention witnessed interesting action as some franchises generously splurged cash on their trusted players as others helplessly watched their top players walk away.
Full list of players released, retained and traded by all ten teams in the IPL.
Hyderabad have a fragile middle-order but captain David Warner says Kane Williamson adds depth to the batting.
Adam Le Fondre put Sergio Lobera's men further ahead in the 59th minute as Hyderabad tasted their first defeat of the season.
Cheteshwar Pujara continued his good form in Ranji Trophy as he slammed his second successive century as Saurashtra dominated their Elite Group A match against Manipur.
Chhetri expressed his desire to play the Asian Cup on home soil
On a high after Rinku Singh's phenomenal knock, Kolkata Knight Riders will be gunning for a hat-trick of victories when they face a resurgent Sunrisers Hyderabad.
How the IPL teams have shaped up after the auction.
From 100 for 3 in 16.1 overs, SunRisers were all out for 114 in 19.5 overs after a spectacular no show from the SRH middle order for their sixth loss from 11 games.
Captain David Warner single-handedly scripted the turnaround with an unbeaten 47 from 33 balls and somehow forced the game into the Super Over, which gave Sunrisers Hyderabad another shot at victory despite being so behind in the race at one point.
Their play-off hopes dashed, both Sunrisers Hyderabad and Punjab Kings will be keen to end IPL 2022 on a winning note when the two teams clash in a dead rubber in Mumbai on Sunday.
Images from Friday's Indian Premier League between SunRisers Hyderabad and Chennai Super Kings in Dubai.
With 10 points, KKR, however, are on the brink of elimination.
The result meant ninth-placed Kerala are now level on points with SC East Bengal, who have a game in hand.
Following is the list of players who have been released by the different franchises ahead of the auction for the 2021 edition of the Indian Premier League.
Sunil Chhetri equalled the iconic Lionel Messi with his 80th international strike as an inspired India blanked Nepal 3-0 for their eighth SAFF Championship title, in Male, on Saturday. India extended their domination in the regional tournament thanks to second half goals from Chhetri (49th minute), Suresh Singh (50th) and Sahal Abdul Samad (90th).
Shikhar Dhawan is a big match player and he proved it yet again
Spurred by Chirag Jani's a five-wicket haul, defending champions Saurashtra scripted their first knockout win of the season with a 238-run thrashing of Vidarbha on the third day of their Ranji Trophy Elite Group A match in Nagpur on Sunday.
It has been a rollercoaster ride for SRH who won five games in a row before losing the next five.
The contest was marred by injuries to key players from both teams as Jairo Rodriguez, Raphael Messi Bouli and Aridane Santana had to be substituted in the first half. The changes affected the pace of the game that ultimately ended without a winner.
The only loss that table toppers Gujarat Titans suffered in IPL 2022 so far was against Sunrisers Hyderabad in their first round clash.
Umran Malik's raw pace and Bhuvneshwar Kumar's consistency will be put to test against Dinesh Karthik's explosive batting and the finesse of Faf du Plessis when Sunrisers Hyderabad clash with Royal Challengers Bangalore.
SRH and PBKS will go all out to snap the two crucial points to nose ahead in the race for play-offs.
While Robin Uthappa had scored a fifty in one of the games, the likes of Moeen Ali and Ambati Rayudu have failed to capitalise on their starts.
Kolkata Knight Riders fast bowler Lockie Ferguson says he had a plan which worked throughout the match.
First coach Manhas remembers 17-year-old terrorising Ranji batters at nets
Operating like a well-oiled unit, Chennai Super Kings will start as overwhelming favourites when they clash with struggling Sunrisers Hyderabad in the IPL match in New Delhi on Wednesday.
Sunrisers Hyderabad mentor VVS Laxman rued that his batsmen could not rotate the strike in the middle overs when getting boundaries was tough against Mumbai Indians bowlers on a tough wicket.
Images from the Indian Premier League match between Sunrisers Hyderabad vs Punjab Kings in Sharjah on Saturday.
Batting stalwarts Virat Kohli and Kane Williamson's woeful form will be in focus when Royal Challengers Bangalore and Sunrisers Hyderabad meet in a return IPL fixture at the Wankhede Stadium, in Mumbai, on Sunday.
With nine defeats from 11 matches, the Sunrisers are languishing at the bottom, while KKR, in fourth place with 10 points from 12 matches, still have hopes of qualifying for the knock-out stage.
Skipper Rishabh Pant (234 from nine games) showed glimpses of his destructive power but the team would want more from its skipper who is more than capable of hammering any attack into submission.
Malik has been the find of the season as he outsmarted the top batters of the world with his brutal pace.
IM Vijayan lauded Sunil Chhetri for his longevity and urged the youngsters to idolise the 35-year-old's work ethic.
Much was expected from a revamped Kolkata Knight Riders set-up but it seemed Dinesh Karthik did not learn from his past mistakes
IMAGES from the IPL 2022 game between Rajasthan Royals and Sunrisers Hyderabad, in Pune, on Tuesday
The Ghaziabad police on Monday warned the Twitter India managing director that his failure to report to it and join its investigation on June 24 in the case of the circulation of a communally sensitive video on its platform would amount to a hindrance in its probe, entailing legal consequences.
Jason Holder's superb all-round skills helped Sunrisers Hyderabad out class Royal Challengers Bangalore by six wickets in the IPL Eliminator match in Abu Dhabi on Friday.
Australian great Tim Cahill opened his goal account in the Hero Indian Super League but that wasn't enough to prevent Kerala Blasters from holding Jamshedpur FC to a 2-2, in Jamshedpur, on Monday.