It will not be an easy task for a struggling Punjab side to stand up to the challenge thrown by a RCB team
Who do you think should be part of India's playing for their T20 World Cup opening match against Pakistan on Sunday?
Australia ended the Under-19 series against India on a positive note, winning the final match, a three-day game at the WACA, by six wickets. But it was India took out the overall honours with a 3-2 series win over the five matches, dominating the Hobart leg of the series. India's Mayank Agarwal, a 17-year-old from Karnataka was named Player of the Series after a terrific tour that saw him compile 379 runs at an average of 75.8 in six innings.
Medium pacer Harshal Patel bagged three wickets and Mayank Agarwal and Avi Bharat scored half centuries as India easily won the first three-day match against their under-19 Australian counterparts in Hobart on Monday.
The RCB leg-spinner snapped four wickets as Kolkata Knight Riders were bowled out for 128.
PHOTOS of the IPL 2023 match between Royal Challengers Bangalore vs Delhi Capitals played at the M Chinnaswamy Stadium in Bengaluru on Saturday.
RCB will be strengthened further when the immensely-talented Devdutt Padikkal makes the team after his recovery from COVID-19.
Delhi Capitals' fast bowler Avesh Khan has been asked by the BCCI to stay back in the UAE after the conclusion of IPL 2021 to join India's T20 World Cup squad as a net bowler.
A disappointed Rajasthan Royals will have to focus on better execution of their strategies for a swift turnaround when they face a highly inconsistent yet capable Punjab Kings in their Indian Premier League match in Mullanpur on Saturday.
Is Bhuvneshwar going to be around for the T20 World Cup in 2024 with a sharp decline in his pace?
India's white ball players have that imposing alpha-male like presence out there in the middle even if their best player Kohli is on the wane.
Having released 10 players ahead of the auction, the team management focussed on strengthening the batting and pace bowling units.
Dravid said that Dinesh Karthik has been able to show skills at the backend of the innings during the last 2-3 years.
Astronomical Rs 24.75 crore bid makes Starc most expensive player in IPL history
IMAGES from the Indian Premier League match played between Royal Challengers Bangalore and Chennai Super Kings in Bengaluru on Monday.
Thousands of fans from both countries have crisscrossed the globe to watch their team in action and trust rival captains Rohit Sharma and Babar Azam to tell you this is another 'match' for them, but all the 22 players and reserves know that this is 'The Match'.
If RCB win their remaining two games, they will move to 20 points and have a chance of finishing in the top two.
The purpose of playing a second string attack in the third T20 International against England was to see "if they can bowl four overs".
How the IPL teams have shaped up after the auction.
"Ruturaj Gaikwad complained of pain in his right wrist, which is affecting his batting. He was unavailable for selection for the first T20I. The BCCI Medical Team is examining him," read a statement from the Board of Control for Cricket in India.
Their opponents New Zealand, who effectively knocked India out of the World Cup, have reached Jaipur on a chartered flight from Dubai with little time to reflect on their loss to Australia in the title clash.
Wicketkeeper-batter Ishan Kishan was the costliest purchase on Day 1 of the players' auction as Mumbai Indians shelled out a massive Rs 15.25 crore to get him back.
Vidwath Kaverappa dismissed Faf du Plessis and Will Jacks but had Virat Kohli dropped twice off his bowling.
KKR relieved to finally get back to winning ways with a 21-run victory against RCB.
Top scoring for Rajasthan was the youngster Riyan Parag who hit a 31 ball 56* which included three fours and four sixes.
Comeback man Heinrich Klaasen followed Rassie Van der Dussen's suit in turning out to be an unlikely hero with a career-best 81 as South Africa once again outwitted India by four wickets on a tricky pitch to take a 2-0 lead in the five-match T20I series.
Bhuvneshwar Kumar and Harshal Patel are likely to be the frontline pacers, but for the third pacer's slot it will be interesting to see if India pick Umran Malik, who troubled quite a few batters in IPL 2022 with his raw pace, or young Arshdeep Singh, who impressed with his consistent performances for Punjab Kings.
Purnendu Maji and Srinivas Bhogle list IPL 2021's 50 Most Valuable Players up to Game 11.
Who do you think should be part of India's playing XI for the second T20I against South Africa?
Chennai Super Kings skipper Mahendra Singh Dhoni batted at number seven against , promoting the likes of Sam Curran, Jadhav and Ruturaj Gaikwad ahead of himself but the ploy backfired badly
Washington will join Axar and KL Rahul at the National Cricket Academy (NCA) for rehabilitation.
Pooran Or De Kock? Dhawan or Pandya? Whose batting topped Saturday's contest?
'I am super happy for Karn (2 for 20). One of those guys who does the hard work all the time but does not get the recognition.'
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Arshdeep Singh has taken just three wickets from nine IPL games so far, but the Punjab Kings pacer's performance in the death overs is phenomenal, forcing many cricket pundits to call for his inclusion in India's T20 World Cup squad.
That moment of magic was provided by one magical over from Rajasthan's Kuldeep Sen.
'Everything was up to the mark and what let us down was the batsmanship'
With 3,248 runs to his name, Martin Guptill is atop the leading T20I scorers' list, ahead of Virat Kohli and Rohit Sharma, who have scored 3,227 and 3,086 runs respectively.
Rajasthan will take inspiration from their two big wins in Sharjah, to turn things around against a dominant Delhi.
Srinivas Bhogle and Purnendu Maji present Rediff.com's Most Valuable Player Index of IPL 2023 after Game 33.
