New Zealand captain Kane Williamson enjoyed a return to form but his Hyderabad Sunrisers were left sweating on their Indian Premier League play-off hopes after a four-wicket loss to the Royal Challengers Bangalore on Saturday.
Meanwhile, Royal Challenger Bangalore brought in Sri Lanka's Wanindu Hasaranga as replacement for Australia's Adam Zampa. In the recent three-match T20I series against India in Sri Lanka, Hasaranga bagged a total of seven wickets, including a four-wicket haul in the final T20I.
However, it remains to be seen how RCB will cope without players like Rajat Patidar and Josh Hazlewood, who both have been sidelined for at least the first half of this IPL due to injuries. Australian Glenn Maxwell is also unlikely to feature in Sunday's game.
Punjab Kings buried Royal Challengers Bangalore under a deluge of runs as they kept their play-off hopes alive with a thumping 54-run victory, riding on superb half-centuries from Jonny Bairstow and Liam Livingstone.
RCB will next take on Rajasthan Royals on Thursday here at the Wankhede Stadium in Mumbai.
Replays showed the Sri Lanka fast bowler had clearly overstepped the crease for a no-ball, meaning a free hit for Bangalore.
JSW Steel chairman Sajjan Jindal confirmed that his group is acquiring an IPL side.
Sunrisers Hyderabad rode on the individual brilliance of David Warner and Trent Boult to open their account in the eighth Indian Premier League (IPL) with a convincing eight-wicket win over Royal Challengers Bangalore in Bengaluru.
Rajneesh Gupta presents all the important numbers after the fourth week of IPL 2020.
KKR looked a shadow of their past in their season-opener
The helplessness was palpable when Virat Kohli spoke after his side's sixth straight defeat this IPL season. The Royal Challengers Bangalore skipper defended his atypical slow knock against Delhi Capitals, in Bengaluru, on Sunday.
Mumbai Indians captain Harbhajan Singh has rued that the reprieve given to Chris Gayle early in Royal Challengers Bangalore's run chase cost his side their IPL match on Wednesday.
After a win like that, the morale of any team would be high but Delhi will need to find a way to bat well against the star studded RCB.
Looking to keep their winning run intact, table-toppers Rajasthan Royals face a stern SunRisers Hyderabad test in their fourth match of the Indian Premier League in Visakhapatnam on Thursday.
When the Royal Challengers Bangalore took on the Punjab Kings on Sunday, Virat was in a constant adrenalin rush; the RCB skipper knew victory would fetch his side -- which has never won an IPL title -- a place in the playoffs with two games still to play.
The Australian is the second RCB player who has recovered after contracting the virus.
A look at the top five batters, who are expected to make a difference in IPL 2022:
Royal Challengers Bangalore's New Zealand all-rounder Kyle Jamieson says the way skipper Virat Kohli approaches the IPL games certainly complements the way he likes to go about things.
Gujarat Lions will have their task cut out when they lock horns with Sunrisers Hyderabad.
Rajneesh Gupta previews the Final game in IPL 12: Mumbai Indians vs Chennai Super Kings.
Ishan Kishan did not want to see his performance as a tool to prove a point to his detractors.
From Shashank Singh and Ashutosh Sharma sharing the limelight with their raw talent, to SRH's Travis Head smashing some brutal boundaries to notch up big runs and totals for his franchise, this season has had some real power hitters on show.
New Zealand Cricket (NZC) chief executive David White has confirmed that Kiwi players involved in the Indian Premier League (IPL) 2021 would be allowed to re-join their franchises and complete the competition when it re-starts in September.
Kolkata Knight Riders coach Chandrakant Pandit was happy with rookie spinner Suyash Sharma's "fighting attitude", saying it was very difficult for rival batters to pick the lad.
A bit of nerves, some hesitation and almost every good stroke going straight to the fielder -- Royal Challengers Bangalore skipper Virat Kohli listed multiple reasons for a "strange phase" in the IPL for his side which ended with a loss in the Eliminator.
'In auction economics, it is very difficult to retain everybody. We were aware of it...we will lose somebody. We will also get somebody in their place. Now, we have to get the best out of what we have.'
Assured of a play-off berth, Royal Challengers Bangalore will look to quickly recover from their loss in the previous game and finish the league phase on a high when they take on table-toppers Delhi Capitals in their final IPL round-robin game in Dubai on Friday.
Dhawan has been in remarkable form in the ongoing IPL season so far, managing to score 525 runs from 14 matches, including two back-to-back centuries.
Rajneesh Gupta presents all the important numbers after the fifth week of IPL 2020.
Once again Glenn Maxwell and Faf du Plessis shone the brightest for the Royal Challengers Bangalore as they clinched a 7-run win over Rajasthan Royals.
Maxwell relishes 'freedom to express' with match-winning 77 for RCB against RR
Mitchell Starc had decided before the player's auction that he would not be participating in the IPL 2020
RCB all-rounder Glenn Maxwell said it will take a 'number of months' before he is back to full fitness.
Unbeaten so far, Royal Challengers Bangalore would be eyeing a hat-trick of wins to go to the top of points table even as Kolkata Knight Riders look to shake off their last match's disappointment when the two sides clash against each other in an IPL match in Sharjah 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.
Chris Morris slammed 25 from just eight balls to power Royal Challengers Bangalore to a healthy 171 for six.
DC are currently last in 10-team table with four defeats in a row and it does hurt, admitted the former India skipper.
Struggling KKR seek change of fortunes against RCB
After a relatively easy outing in their Indian Premier League opener, debutants Sunrisers Hyderabad face a sterner test as they take on a star-studded Royal Challengers Bangalore in Hyderabad on Sunday.
He led the Kolkata Knight Riders' successful chase with his batting heroics but Yusuf Pathan refused to agree with Sunil Gavaskar's assessment of Royal Challengers Bangalore's bowling, which he had termed as 'popatwadi attack'.
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