Royals Challengers Bangalore will start as overwhelming favourites against bottom-placed Kings XI.
Sourav Ganguly hoped that the seasoned batter makes "most" of the opportunity
Former pacer Ashish Nehra believes that until Virat Kohli or Rohit Sharma retires, the young crop have to fight for their place in the line-up.
He scored a delightful 84 off 49 balls, taking his IPL runs tally to 5110.
It has been a long wait of more than 10 years for Harpreet Singh Bhatia, who played a crucial knock of 41 from 28 balls to help Punjab Kings overpower the Mumbai Indians by 13 runs.
While T20 is primarily a batsmen-dominated format, the bowlers have evolved over the years and left a mark with their clever innovations.
BCB has stated that Kohli is expected to play at least one match. But the India captain recently spoke about the burnout issues and how matches along with practice and travel schedule takes a toll on international players.
One of the most consistent teams in the Indian Premier League over the last five years, Sunrisers Hyderabad would look to improve upon their middle-order batting in the upcoming 14th edition of the T20 league.
Images from Friday's IPL match between Kings XI Punjab and Chennai Super Kings in Mumbai.
Kings XI Punjab co-owner Ness Wadia revealed that the team almost lost the destructive opener at the auction, thinking it had run out of cash.
The prize money to be distributed among the top-four teams stays at 50 crore but the play-off standing fund to be distributed among the franchisees has been slashed from 50 crore to 25 crore.
Woakes will be joining his Delhi teammates in Mumbai on Sunday ahead of the IPL beginning on April 9 in Chennai. He hasn't been a part of England's T20 squad since 2015.
Ishant bowled exceptionally well, with figures of 2/19 in 4 overs, including 13 dot balls.
Kings XI Punjab on Wednesday rubbished reports that the team was sent a notice for non-payment of entertainment tax after their first match match of the fourth edition of the Indian Premier League (IPL) in Mohali.
Former Pakistan all-rounder Azhar Mahmood, who is now a British citizen, has finally got an Indian visa and will be joining his IPL team, Kings XI Punjab soon, skipper Adam Gilchrist said.
Yuvraj Singh's second hat-trick of the tournament, coupled with Irfan Pathan's twin blow in the last over, handed Kings XI Punjab a one-run victory over Deccan Chargers in the Indian Premier League on Sunday.
The 30-year-old leg-spinner said watching Yuzvendra Chahal and Sundar bowl during RCB's thumping 82-run win over KKR a few days before helped him find the right length at the same small Sharjah ground.
Chennai Super Kings batsman Ruturaj Gaikwad said captain Mahendra Singh Dhoni's comforting words after he didn't start off well, helped him perform in the last few games with a free mind.
With Kings XI Punjab's victory over Royal Challengers Bangalore in the IPL match at Mohali on Monday Preity Zinta's famous dimpled smile is back.
Kings XI Punjab has picked Dharamsala as its second home venue to host three matches next month after the games were moved out of Nagpur following a Bombay High Court order.
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The Australian was in imperious form in the Indian Premier League and signed off his season with 692 runs, the highest so far in the tournament, before heading home for World Cup preparations.
Kings XI Punjab skipper David Miller is not too worried about the ongoing issue of moving the IPL games out of Maharashtra and said his team would look to make their home wherever they find themselves after the matter is resolved.
Glimpses of the action off the field during IPL-12.
The series starts with the first T20I in Mohali on Thursday, and Afghanistan will look to take inspiration from their impressive outing in the ODI World Cup in October-November last year to prepare in earnest for the upcoming T20 World Cup.
Former India player Gautam Gambhir wants coach Ricky Ponting to deliver the Indian Premier League title for Delhi Capitals this year.
CSK's Harbhajan Singh and Mumbai Indians' Lasith Malinga were among the other big names to be released by their respective sides ahead of next month's auction.
Tamil Nadu mystery spinner Varun Chakravarathy was bought by Kings XI Punjab for a whopping Rs 8.4 crore, more than 40 times his base price.
Bollywood didn't have a good IPL season.
Australian cricketers may have to forego their lucrative IPL contracts in the wake of fast-spreading novel coronavirus, the local media reported on Tuesday. The Australian newspaper reportd that Pat Cummins, Steve Smith, David Warner and Glenn Maxwell could be asked to give up their rich IPL contracts.
England won't rush Ben Stokes into the playing XI against New Zealand if he is not completely fit, skipper captain Jos Buttler said on Wednesday, hinting that the explosive batter might not start in the World Cup opener.
Kings XI Punjab rode on a smashing half-century by Mandeep Singh and a superlative performance by their bowers to notch up a comfortable 25-run victory over Deccan Chargers in a lop-sided Indian Premier League match in Uppal on Tuesday.
Images from the Indian Premier League match between Royal Challengers Bangalore and Kings XI Punjab in Dubai, on Monday.
A total of 62 players were sold at the auction for the 13th edition with the eight franchises spending a total of 1.403 billion rupees ($19.73 million). Australia's Pat Cummins became the most expensive overseas buy ever in the Indian Premier League when the Kolkata Knight Riders paid a staggering Rs 15.50 crore ($2.18 million) for the fast bowler in Thursday's auction in Kolkata on Thursday.
A Rajasthan Royals official had told ANI that Buttler wasn't part of the bubble that was created for the players travelling from the UK to UAE and that is the reason he had to do a full six-day quarantine.
Photos of the Indian Premier League match between Kings XI Punjab and Rajasthan Royals.
Kings XI Punjab coach Michael Bevan says the absence of a few world-class players will not affect his team's chances in the fourth edition of the Indian Premier League, as the Chandigarh outfit has a decent combination up its ranks.
Some BCCI officials are of the view that unless VIVO backs out on its own in prevailing circumstances, the board should honour the remainder of the contract, which ends in 2022.
They endured a disastrous run the last time around to finish at the bottom of the heap and Kings XI Punjab would be aiming to make amends this season when they begin their campaign against newbies Gujarat Lions in their IPL opener in Mohali on Monday. Kings XI Punjab did not make any big buys this year and have a new captain in South African David Miller in place of Australian George Bailey who was released after leading the side to the last place in the previous season. Virender Sehwag has also retired and he will serve as team mentor this season. The Preity Zinta-owned side continues to lack the team balance as it has not added any significant player, only snapping the likes of all-rounders Farhaan Behardien and Marcus Stoinis, seamer Mohit Sharma and left-arm spinner Swapnil Singh. Last season, their batsmen lacked consistency and whenever they did well, the bowlers let the side down. On the other hand, debutants Gujarat Lions have a balanced side with top-class performers in both batting and bowling. They have explosive batsmen in Brendon McCullum, captain Suresh Raina, Aaron Finch and a plenty of top-notch all-rounders in Dwayne Bravo, Ravindra Jadeja and James Faulkner.
'It's all about, I think, going out in the middle and playing your game, playing with freedom. That is very important. I'm really happy for him.
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