Punjab Kings' batting unit hasn't hit the straps, save for Rahul and Mayank Agarwal and the bowling has been pedestrian.
Defending champions Mumbai Indians will need their famed top-order batting to fire and turn things around when they take on Punjab Kings in the IPL in Abu Dhabi on Tuesday.
Srinivas Bhogle and Purnendu Maji present Rediff.com's Most Valuable Player Index of IPL 2023 after Game 33.
Washington will join Axar and KL Rahul at the National Cricket Academy (NCA) for rehabilitation.
Images from the fifth T20 International between West Indies and India at Lauderhill on Sunday
How India's cricketers fared in the three-match T20I series against England.
Coming off heartbreaking losses, the Indian Premier League game between Mumbai Indians and Kings XI Punjab will be a test of character for both sides as they look to get back to winning ways, in Abu Dhabi, on Thursday.
Rohit is confident that he would come good and has asked both critics and media to spare him the constant scrutiny.
Outgoing head coach Ravi Shastri and skipper Virat Kohli, who will lead the country for one last time in the shortest format, would aim to finish India's underwhelming T20 World Cup campaign on a positive note with a victory over Namibia in the team's final Super 12 match here on Monday.
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.
A look at how the teams stack up ahead of the mega auction.
Mystery spinner Varun Chakravarthy and Rahul Chahar, with his fast leg-breaks, will fight it out for the additional tweaker's slot when the selectors pick the Indian squad for next month's ICC T20 World Cup in the coming couple of days.
Rohit's dismissal on 39 off 31 balls marked the moment where the Mumbai run chase lost its momentum as boundaries dried up and runs became harder to come by.
Mohsin's dodgy hamstring made the decision easier for Chetan Sharma's committee
Nagaland's scorecard resembled a telephone number, 0, 7, 0, 0, 0, 1, 0, 7, 10, 0 and 0 not out as they crashed for 25 against Uttarakhand.
India would be looking to sort out issues such as the opening blues, the middle-lower order conundrum and also the bowling strategies during the three-match T20 series against West Indies.
In the middle-order, Shreyas will replace Kohli, who was given a much-needed break ahead of his landmark 100th Test.
India would look to finalise their batting order for the tournament-proper when they take on Australia in their second and final warm-up game in Dubai on Wednesday.
The final match against Ireland presents another opportunity to the younger players to show what they are capable of.
A win for Mumbai Indians will virtually seal them a spot in the play-offs while a loss for KXIP could send them out of contention.
IPL can be truly said to have come of age. It is now more Indian than ever before. Teams often fielded fewer than the four allowed foreign players. Indian batters and bowlers were simply better in performance, consistency and reliability, points out Shreekant Sambrani.
IMAGES from the IPL 2022 game between Mumbai Indians and Lucknow Super Giants, in Mumbai, on Saturday.
It is not certain whether KL Rahul opening the batting will work for the team in the future.
Take a look at the famous faces who exercised their democratic right.
According to PTI, the chairman of selectors, Chetan Sharma has asked the duo to regain form by playing Ranji Trophy.
In March last year, a petition was filed in the Supreme Court by Rajat Sharma and Dr Neh Srivastava who demanded that a former Jammu and Kashmir chief minister be booked under the sedition law, claiming he had sought China's help to restore the erstwhile state's special status.
Images from the IPL match between Mumbai Indians and Punjab Kings, in Chennai, on Friday.
While the batting looks in perfect shape, India's new-look pace department needs to come up with something special against the Proteas in Cuttack on Sunday.
Images from the rain-curtailed 1st ODI between India and South Africa in Lucknow on Thursday.
SunRisers Hyderabad has the biggest purse while Kolkata Knight Riders has the slimmest purse.
Ahead of Saturday's event, here's a lowdown of ready references for the auction.
Shreyas Iyer's performance will be under intense scrutiny as India gear up for the back-to-back T20I games against West Indies
'It indicates the grooming of the party's new leadership.' 'It is also a signal to the states that these ministers represent.'
Images from the third Twenty20 International between India and Sri Lanka, in Dharamsala, on Sunday.
Gandhi questioned the government on Friday over its agreement with China on troops disengagement in eastern Ladakh and alleged that Modi has "ceded" Indian territory to the Chinese.
In other big movements, Punjab Kings have released their last edition's captain Mayank Agarwal, while West Indies skipper Nicholas Pooran was released by Sunrisers Hyderabad.
The film is more ego trip than cinema, feels Paloma Sharma.
Who do you think should be part of India's playing XI in Friday's first T20 International against England?
The first One-Day International between India and Sri Lanka witnessed important milestones being set and new records being made.
A look at the top tweets from your favourite Bollywood celebrities.
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