Chennai Super Kings coach Stephen Fleming says the secret of his ageing warriors' success is that they rely more on gut feel and interpersonal relationships instead of going too deeply into analytics and numbers.
Virat Kohli and Gautam Gambhir were involved in an ugly face-off following RCB's 18-run win over LSG in Lucknow on Monday.
Faf du Plessis suffered the concussion following a nasty collision with his Quetta Gladiators teammate Mohammad Hasnain
The three-times IPL champions played a practice game at the Sevens Stadiums in Dubai where the CSK batsmen and bowlers got a good run.
Jansen -- who will turn 22 on Sunday next, May 1 -- had wiped out du Plessis, Kohli and Rawat -- three key batters in the RCB top order -- and in the process, helped facilitate an epic batting collapse that would make it in the record books -- for all the wrong reasons.
IMAGES from the IPL 2022 game between Royal Challengers Bangalore and Lucknow Super Giants in Navi Mumbai on Tuesday.
Royal Challengers Bangalore took time out from their IPL 2022 training and playing schedule to celebrate Vini Raman and Glenn Maxwell's wedding with a grand party at the team hotel last week.
Led by Daniel Vettori, New Zealand had batted first and posted 221 for 8 in 50 overs. In reply, the Proteas were bowled out for 172 with du Plessis, playing in only his 10th ODI, making 36.
Warner is still living with the leadership ban while accomplice Steve Smith happens to lead Australia
Spinner Wanindu Hasaranga expressed happiness after his spell helped Royal Challengers Bangalore beat Mumbai Indians by seven wickets in the IPL match in Pune on Saturday.
Royal Challengers Bangalore's director of cricket Mike Hesson said that Virat Kohli's intensity proved vital in the win against the Gujarat Titans after the opener roared back into form to boost their chances of making the IPL 2022 play-offs.
Anyone watching the scenes in the Royal Challengers Bangalore dressing room after they beat the Rajasthan Royals by 4 wickets and 5 balls to spare at the Wankhede stadium on Tuesday night would have thought RCB had finally laid their hands on IPL silverware!
Defending champions Chennai Super Kings would need to lift themselves after a nightmarish start to the season as they target their first win of IPL 2022 when they take on a high-flying Royal Challengers Bangalore on Tuesday.
Mumbai Indians are enduring a poor start to IPL 2022, having lost their first three games.
Kohli constantly looked up as he made his way back, asking: 'What else do you want me to do?'
LSG, despite losing three wickets in Powerplay with just 23 runs on the board, managed to win the game by one wicket on Monday, with the West Indian middle-order batter scoring a 19-ball 62, and blasting the fastest half-century in IPL 2023 off just 15 deliveries.
He joins injured fast bowler Kagiso Rabada on the sidelines.
Royal Challengers Bangalore, who have found much-needed momentum towards the business end of IPL 2022, will back themselves to ride past an inconsistent Punjab Kings and get closer to a play-off spot.
Gambhir's remarks came after CSK's 16-run loss against Rajasthan Royals by 16 runs in the IPL
Chennai Super Kings's fragile bowling vis-a-vis Royal Challengers Bengaluru's struggling batting line-up put them on even keel when they face-off in an important mid-table clash of the IPL match in Pune on Wednesday.
'Virat needs to become a free-flowing personality again'
McCoy and Prasidh Krishna kept it tight at the death, Krishna in particular being being on the money with his yorkers and picking the important wickets of Dinesh Karthik and Wanindu Hasaranga in the same over.
Game 8 in IPL 2021 will see the Punjab Kings take on the Chennai Super Kings at Mumbai.
Had Rawat taken the catch and dismissed Smith, there is every possibility that RCB could have defended its total in the final overs of the game.
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.
The three-Test series begins in Visakhapatnam from October 2.
CSK players's wives and children watched Chennai win its fourth IPL title.
The 21 year old, who made his IPL debut on Saturday, April 9, has the ability to spin the ball both ways and is already being compared to Ajantha Mendis, the mystery spinner from his native island.
Virat Kohli's return to form and a rather dramatic entry into the IPL play-offs will make Royal Challengers Bangalore a more confident unit when they meet a top-heavy Lucknow Super Giants in the IPL 2022 Eliminator match in Kolkata on Wednesday.
CSA have however not handed players a final contract
Rawat and Kohli added a crucial 80 runs off 52 balls for the second wicket,
South Africa captain Faf du Plessis walked for the toss along with Temba Bavuma as the proxy captain, who was given the responsibility of calling the toss.
'...I feel that I am in the most balanced space that I have ever been and I am happy with who I am and how I am leading my life. I am not finding any source of encouragement or disappointment by what happens on the field.'
It is a new season, new captain and new team song for RCB!
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.
Both RCB and PBKS will have new captains at the helm in Faf du Plessis and Mayank Agarwal respectively
CSK rode on Jadeja's blistering 62 to post 191/4 against RCB and then restricted the opposition to 122/9
After the first qualifier ended in Dubai on Sunday, players from the Delhi Capitals and the Chennai Super Kings caught up with their mates from the opposing side.
Chants of 'Kohli! Kohli!' rang around the Chinnaswamy stadium.
On a roll post the IPL's resumption, Chennai Super Kings and Kolkata Knight Riders will look to continue their winning streak when they meet in a high-octane Indian Premier League encounter, in Abu Dhabi, on Sunday.
