Oozing in confidence following consecutive victories, Rajasthan Royals will be looking for a hat-trick of wins and inch closer to a playoffs spot when they take on an underperforming Chennai Super Kings in an IPL match in Jaipur on Thursday.
The ban on Chennai Super Kings and Rajasthan Royals is over officially and a top CSK official said the franchise will look to retain as many players and support staff it had in 2015.
Rajasthan Royals beat Chennai Super Kings by three wickets (and in the final ball) in the final of the inaugural Indian Premier League at the D Y Patil Stadium in Mumbai on Sunday.
Rajasthan Royals will celebrate the extraordinary life of the late Shane Warneduring their Indian Premier League match against Mumbai Indians on Saturday in Mumbai.
Images from the second IPL qualifier between Rajasthan Royals and Mumbai Indians on Friday.
Expect a battle of wits when Royal Challengers Bangalore and Chennai Super Kings lock horns in Wednesday's Indian Premier League match in Bangalore.
Fresh from their exploits in the IPL, young guns Vaibhav Suryavanshi shone with the bat after a tidy bowling performance as India defeated England by six wickets in the first Youth ODI of their Under-19 tour in Hove on Friday.
The mega auction for the Indian Premier League (IPL) 2025 season is expected to be held in Riyadh at the end of this month, according to sources.
Chennai Super Kings skipper Mahendra Singh Dhoni lamented that the youngsters in his squad did not show the spark needed to break into the playing eleven at the expense of the veterans
When MSD looked at the 18 year old, Yash greeted The Master with a shy Namaste.
Chennai Super Kings head coach Stephen Fleming said they deserve to finish at the bottom of the table but promised to come back with "strong ideas".
Despite Dhoni's brief fireworks, his inability to deliver a decisive finish raised critical questions about CSK's batting strategy.
High on confidence after making their first playoffs in three years, Sunrisers Hyderabad will aim for a second-place finish in the IPL points table when they take on Punjab Kings in their final league game in Hyderabad on Sunday.
With SRH qualifying with just a point, the CSK vs RCB game has become a knockout match.
Rajneesh Gupta presents all the important numbers after the third week of IPL 2021.
Rajasthan Royals will face a stern test of character as they look to arrest a shocking slide in a do-or-die IPL Eliminator against an in-form RCB.
Tye, who was with Rajasthan Royals earlier, had left the IPL midway last season due to personal reasons.
Mahendra Singh Dhoni lost his bearings on the cricket field for the very first time as he rushed into the field of play to confront Indian umpire Ulhas Gandhe for not signalling a no ball, an act which certainly seemed out of line.
Game 29 of IPL 2022 will see the Gujarat Titans take on the Chennai Super Kings at the MCA stadium in Pune.
Defending champions Chennai Super Kings rode on a 137-run partnership between Michael Hussey and Suresh Raina to easily defeat Rajasthan Royals and maintain their unbeaten record at home in the fourth season of the Indian Premier League on Wednesday.
S Badrinath smashed a brilliant unbeaten 59 and shared a crucial 89-run partnership with Matthew Hayden (48) to fashion Chennai Super Kings' impressive seven-wicket win over Rajasthan Royals in their Indian Premier League match in Kimberley on Saturday.
Chahal, thrilled to join the setup, shared his excitement about working with Ponting and teaming up with Shreyas Iyer, the likely captain of the franchise.
The fixtures for the fifth season of the Indian Premier League, which gets underway on April 4.
Murali Vijay won the man-of-the-match honours for the second match on the trot.
Rajat Patidar's astute captaincy has been apparent throughout this season, be it bowling changes or field placements, he has been spot on. Unlike other franchises where captaining big egos has not sat well with certain players, Patidar has commanded the respect of his senior India as well as international team-mates.
Monday's IPL match between Chennai Super Kings and Rajasthan Royals in Abu Dhabi marked the 200th appearance of Mahendra Singh Dhoni in the cash-rich Twenty20 extravaganza.
The BCCI followed the reverse bidding process to select the two new team owners. The new teams will replace the suspended teams Chennai Super Kings and Rajasthan Royals, for two years.
Their campaign has been thrown out of gear after the four-wicket loss to Chennai Super Kings but Rajasthan Royals all-rounder Johan Botha says his team still has a chance of making the IPL playoffs.
The players were presented with special gold medals engraved with the number '50' and the CSK logo, a token of appreciation for their outstanding record at Chepauk.
After the National Anthem was sung, a homage to Shane Warne was played on the big screen at the Wankhede stadium just before the Chennai Super Kings and Kolkata Knight Riders came out to play the opening match of the season
They have shown remarkable fighting spirit despite the demoralising spot-fixing scandal and the Rajasthan Royals will now look to upstage the mighty Mumbai Indians in the second qualifier in Kolkata on Friday to book, what would be, a dream final berth in the Indian Premier League.
Dhoni led the Chennai franchise to its third IPL title in 2018, making it a dream return to the competition after the team served out a two-year ban for its management's role in the 2013 spot-fixing scandal.
Punjab Kings' skipper Shreyas Iyer scored a brilliant 85 runs off 41 balls during his side's intra-squad practice match ahead of their IPL campaign.
The last time MI won six in a row, they went on to lift the IPL trophy -- in 2017.
Game 34 of IPL 2020 will see the Delhi Capitals take on the Chennai Super Kings at the Sharjah Cricket Stadium.
Game 29 of IPL 2020 will see the Sunrisers Hyderabad take on the Chennai Super Kings at the Dubai International Cricket Stadium.
The legendary skipper plays his 200th match for CSK on Wednesday, and to mark the milestone, Dhoni was presented with a memento by frannchise owner N Srinivasan.
Table-toppers Mumbai Indians are on course to make it to the play-offs but the game is crucial for Rajasthan, who are languishing in seventh place. Defeat would mean a step closer to elimination.
Rajasthan Royals opened their account in IPL 2025 with a six-run win over five-time champions Chennai Super Kings at the Barsapara cricket stadium, Guwahati on Sunday, March 30, 2025.
Game 48 of IPL 2020 will see the Mumbai Indians take on the Royal Challengers Bangalore at the Sheikh Zayed Cricket Stadium in Abu Dhabi.
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