Sometimes the MVPI table throws up intriguing situations: Four out of the top five in the table are left-handed batters. Do left-handers truly enjoy an advantage in the IPL? Srinivas Bhogle and Purnendu Maji present Rediff.com's Most Valuable Player Index of IPL 2024 after the league stage.
Dhoni has now hit most sixes in the 20th over in IPL history with 64 maximums.
Gaikwad's stellar performance played an important role in guiding CSK to victory
Who do you think should be part of India's playing XI for the first Test against New Zealand?
Axar Patel claimed 2/23 and 2/16 in India's identical six-wicket wins over Afghanistan in the first two T20Is.
Virat Kohli struck a record 50th hundred and fast bowler Mohammed Shami's seven-wicket haul proved equally crucial as India overpowered New Zealand by 70 runs.
Ashwin reached his 50th IPL wicket at Chepauk
Daryl Mitchell feels adapting to the pitches will be key for all teams in the upcoming IPL
Rajneesh Gupta lists the New Zealand players's T20 Internationals records updated after the game against England in the T20 World Cup.
The ability to remain one step ahead of the bowlers has allowed Ruturaj Gaikwad to flourish in IPL 2024, reckons CSK batting coach Michael Hussey.
A look at the best bowling performances in the CSK vs RCB match.
RCB's openers gave the hosts the perfect start, before the middle order delivered once again to take the hosts to a defendable total. Cameos from Dinesh Karthik and Glenn Maxwell added the final flourish.
Images from the second One-Day International between India and New Zealand, at Raipur.
Suryakumar continues to lead T20I rankings
New Zealand, who abandoned their white-ball tour of Pakistan last year due to security concerns, are looking to end a run of four straight test defeats with Southee as the new captain following the six-year tenure of Kane Williamson.
Ahead of the ICC Men's ODI World Cup 2023, here's a full list of the final squads of all ten teams.
New Zealand eye consolatory win over PNG
England will need to defeat Namibia in their last league match and hope that Scotland lose to Australia.
'All the venues are high-scoring venues. So what you need is pace.' 'You really want someone to come there and control the flow of runs in the death overs, whether you are setting a target or setting a target.' 'It is going to be the fast bowlers because at how many venues have you seen spinners bowling the death overs?'
IMAGES from Day 2 of the 1st Test played between New Zealand and Australia in Wellington on Friday.
New Zealand will host England in two tests next February
Fakhar Zaman fires as Pakistan beat New Zealand in rain-hit World Cup clash
The last time the two teams faced off in Lucknow last week, KL Rahul and Quinton de Kock put up a record opening partnership
World champions Australia will hope to round off one of the nation's most successful seasons in cricket with victory in a rare Test series in New Zealand starting at Wellington's Basin Reserve on Thursday.
Images from the T20 World Cup final between New Zealand and Australia, in Dubai, on Sunday.
CSK are coming into the game with back-to-back wins, LSG have endured a mini-slump with two successive defeats.
Pace spearhead Trent Boult has been omitted from the white-ball squad a few months after being released from his national contract.
Exactly 11 months are left for the marquee event in India and the series starting on Friday will give the team an initial idea about some of the middle-order slots
Potts, 23, dismissed New Zealand captain Kane Williamson for two to claim his first Test victim
Images from the T20 World Cup Super 12 match between New Zealand and Sri Lanka, at Sydney Cricket Ground, in Sydney, on Saturday.
Veteran all-rounder Mitchell Santner will captain the New Zealand side for the three-match T20I series against India.
Images from the T20 World Cup Super 12s match between India and New Zealand, in Dubai, on Sunday.
The Australians still managed to score at a fair pace and will resume on Monday on 77-4 with Mitch Marsh, who was 27 not out, and Travis Head, unbeaten on 17, looking to cut deeper into their 279-run victory target.
New Zealand pacer Doug Bracewell has been called in as a replacement for the injured Matt Henry in the ODI squads for India and Pakistan.
"He has indicated he's available for the World Cup," Stead told reporters.
The target of 159 would have been enough for Rajasthan Royals if dew hadn't played a major role, opined premier off-spinner Ravichandran Ashwin after his team's five-wicket loss to Mumbai Indians in the IPL match, at the D Y Patil Stadium in Navi Mumbai, on Saturday.
Saud, who forged a 150-run partnership with Sarfaraz Ahmed for the fifth wicket, was unbeaten on 124, which included 17 fours.
Rachin Ravindra has had a dream World Cup so far.
The best bowlers of the night at Chepauk are...
