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Table-toppers Chennai Super Kings coach Stephen Fleming believes his team's final league match against bottom placed Kings XI Punjab in the Indian Premier League on Saturday as a 'dangerous game'.
Injury and poor form made it a forgettable IPL for Afghanistan spinner Mujeeb Ur Rahman but the time away from the field was well spent as he picked on Kings XI Punjab captain Ravichandran Ashwin's brains ahead of the World Cup in England.
SunRisers Hyderabad skipper David Warner is confident the former champions "will definitely" get the job done.
Rajneesh Gupta presents Sunrisers Hyderabad's IPL record over the years.
David Miller is in awe of Mahendra Singh Dhoni's finishing skills and the South African says he wants to imbibe the former India skipper's calmness in high-pressure run chases.
MI eventually rode on his innings, that was accessorised with 8 fours and 3 sixes, to go further as Pollard and Hardik Pandya propped them to 191 for 4.
With 59 matches spread across 10 cities, the cash-rich league starting Saturday will unearth new domestic talents apart from giving some of the tried and tested faces a shot at redemption during the next seven weeks of what is again expected to be a perfect marriage of cricket and entertainment.
Still finding his feet in the Twenty20 format, Cheteshwar Pujara knows that he cannot be "flamboyant" like some of his Kings XI Punjab teammates in the IPL but the Indian says he is hoping carve a niche for himself by emulating South African legend Jacques Kallis.
K L Rahul shared a selfie with Athiya Shetty and posted a special message.
CSK coach Stephen Fleming lauded Ruturaj Gaikwad, who scored 62* off 49, and said he is a 'big story'.
Delhi Daredevils restricted the lethal Kings XI Punjab batting line-up to 143/8 courtesy a superb performance from their pace bowlers.
Rajneesh Gupta brings you all the numbers from the 52 games in IPL-12.
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.
Images from the Indian Premier League between Mumbai Indians and Kings XI Punjab, on Wednesday.
Going through a lean patch, Kings XI Punjab skipper Adam Gilchrist has indicated there could be a change of guard when the team plays its next match in the ongoing Indian Premier League (IPL).
He has taken the Indian Premier League by storm with a couple of brutal knocks but Kings XI Punjab's Australian all-rounder Glenn Maxwell says the mayhem that he causes with his bat is merely a bit of luck and his ability to 'manipulate' fielders.
Kings XI Punjab skipper KL Rahul also credited coach Anil Kumble for the fine run the team is going through in the IPL.
# Kings XI Punjab registered a win in their opening match of the IPL competition for the first time.
Kings XI Punjab skipper K L Rahul, who scored a hundred against Royal Challengers Bangalore in the IPL match in Dubai on Thursday, said he was lacking confidence in his skills as a batsman heading into the team's second fixture in the tournament.
Kings XI Punjab captain Adam Gilchrist hinted that he won't be taking any further participation in the Indian Premier League as a player from next season after his side crashed out of the fifth edition of the Twenty20 event in Dharamsala.
Kings XI Punjab captain heaped praise on Glenn Maxwell and Thisara Perera after the five-wicket win against Hobart Hurricanes in Mohali and promised his team will get better in the Champions League T20.
SunRisers Hyderabad skipper David Warner praised leg-spinner Rashid Khan after his superb showing with the ball against Kings XI Punjab on Thursday, saying it is great to have a bowler like him in the team.
Statistical highlights of the IPL match between Rajasthan Royals and Kings XI Punjab in Jaipur on Sunday.
Royal Challengers Bangalore announced former Zimbabwe captain Andy Flower as their head coach for IPL 2024.
Ecstatic after powering Kings XI Punjab to an improbable IPL win over Royal Challengers Bangalore, young batsman David Miller said a "nice piece of willow" and a lot of luck carried him through to the best knock of his career so far.
Delhi Police claimed to have smashed two betting rackets during Indian Premier League match between Chennai Super Kings and Kings XI Punjab with the arrest of three persons and recovery of cash and other articles.
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.
The Dalai Lama was there to watch the match between Kings XI Punjab and Chennai Super Kings in Dharamsala on Sunday.
On Friday night in Bangalore Kings XI Punjab scored another emphatic victory, beating Royal Challengers Bangalore by 32 runs, to consolidate their position atop the eight-team table. A look at key statistics from the match.
He knocked over Chris Gayle's stumps in his very first over to set up a victory for Kings XI Punjab and young medium pacer Sandeep Sharma said it was an "awesome moment" to dismiss the feared batsman in their Indian Premier League match against Royal Challengers Bangalore in Dubai on Monday.
After scoring his first Indian Premier League century, Suresh Raina on Thursday credited a perfect atmosphere in the dressing room for his brilliant run in the T20 league.
Shami said that he has been continuously working on his fitness.
Rajasthan Royals' hero Rahul Tewatia dedicated his match-winning knock in the IPL match against Kings XI Punjab on Sunday to his grandmother.
Sunrisers Hyderabad snatch Railways' all-rounder Karan Sharma for Rs 3.75 crore while Himachal Pradesh right-arm fast bowler Rishi Dhawan bags Rs 3 crore deal with Kings XI Punjab.
Hendricks, who previously played for IPL side Kings XI Punjab in 2014 and 2015, has played 10 Twenty20 internationals for South Africa, picking up 16 wickets.
After a shocking defeat to table-toppers Kings XI Punjab, Sunrisers Hyderabad now face a must-win game against Kolkata Knight Riders, who are on a high following back-to-back victories, in the IPL in Hyderabad on Sunday.
Chennai Super Kings thrashed Kings XI Punjab by a huge margin of 97 runs, extracting a sweet revenge for a string of three losses to them in the last season of the Indian Premier League.
Kings XI Punjab coach Sanjay Bangar rued drop catches as Chris Gayle went on to smash a match-winning 57-ball 117, saying the West Indian batsman's innings completely turned the match in Royal Challengers Bangalore's favour in their Indian Premier League match on Wednesday.
Virender Sehwag reckons that he still has two-three years of competitive cricket left in him and a good showing for the Kings XI Punjab in the forthcoming seventh edition of the Indian Premier League will present a strong case for his return to the Indian cricket team.
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