Out-of-favour India opener Gautam Gambhir on Tuesday said both he and current India Test captain Virat Kohli are aggressive individuals who are passionate about cricket. Gambhir said his characteristics are similar to Kohli and both of them share a common goal, i.e to give their best for their respective teams on the field. "When you are playing against an opposition you want to go out there and win a game and for that you have to be aggressive. As a leader you want your team to play as you are. Both of us are aggressive and passionate individuals and want to do well for our respective teams," Gambhir said.
Royal Challengers Bangalore director P A Murali revealed the strategy behind not retaining Yuvraj Singh, saying it was to ensure that the purse of other teams are exhausted and help them get better cricketers for IPL 8.
Kolkata Knight Riders would look to usher in a fresh era under new captain Dinesh Karthik with a victory when they open their Indian Premier League campaign against heavyweights Royal Challengers Bangalore, in Kolkata, on Sunday.
IMAGES from the IPL match played between Sunrisers Hyderabad and Royal Challengers Bangalore in Hyderabad on Monday
Senior India off-spinner Harbhajan Singh on Thursday said former captain Rahul Dravid is ideal to be the next chief coach of the Indian cricket team with Zaheer Khan as the bowling coach.
AB de Villiers has said the Indian Premier League (IPL) should do away with large fines for slow over rates and shorten innings breaks to 10 minutes
It is learnt that all eight captains will do a special video shoot on April 6 and leave for their respective cities that very evening itself.
Royal Challengers Bangalore would look to seal a play-off berth by beating laggards Delhi Daredevils.
Sunrisers Hyderabad unit would look to consolidate its position at the top of the points table
The change in format may bring about some strategic shift in the playing eleven for India with captain Virat Kohli expected to open the innings.
De Villiers was in quarantine for six days after arriving in the UAE and hit the nets after clearing three COVID-19 tests. The session was also attended by Umesh Yadav, Parthiv Patel and Gurkeerat Singh among others.
The participation of English players in the Indian Premier League has only increased the 'warmth' among the rival players but on the field, India captain Virat Kohli expects a high intensity battle between the two teams during the long tour, starting with the first T20 International in Manchester, on Tuesday.
It will not be the first time that the competition has had to be held outside India.
Mumbai Indians will look to continue in similar vein when they lock horns with Rajasthan Royals in
Former India opener Virender Sehwag there can't be a better 'mentor' than Dhoni when it comes to young players, who are a bit introvert and need someone to guide them as they try to express themselves on the field.
Kevin Pietersen feels moving the IPL to UK would be the best decision as there is a window in September just after England host India in a five-match Test series that concludes on September 14.
Team India possess a much more balanced squad in the shortest format.
Virat Kohli would hope for a turnaround when India take on an under-prepared Sri Lanka in the second Test in Bengaluru
Mumbai Indians produced a clinical performance to beat Royal Challengers Bangalore by 18 runs in a high-scoring affair and register their maiden win in this year's Indian Premier League in Bengaluru.
The 37-year-old South African cricketer's decision effectively also ended his association with his IPL franchise, Royal Challengers Bangalore.
A demoralising defeat in their own den will certainly serve as a wake-up call for the Kolkata Knight Riders bowlers as they take on a menacing Royal Challengers Bangalore batting line-up in an Indian Premier League encounter, in Kolkata, on Sunday.
The 33-year-old former India captain, who was last seen in action in England in June-July, is back after a one-month break that saw him skip two white-ball series in the West Indies and Zimbabwe.
Former India opener Gautam Gambhir expects K L Rahul to have a stupendous IPL campaign when the T20 league resumes in the UAE on Sunday.
PHOTOS of the IPL 2023 match between Royal Challengers Bangalore vs Delhi Capitals played at the M Chinnaswamy Stadium in Bengaluru on Saturday.
Chennai Super Kings are virtually through to the Indian Premier League play-offs after a comprehensive six-wicket victory over Royal Challengers Bangalore
Narine's figures of 4-21 helped KKR take an upper hand. Anything under 140 in the IPL is always good for the chasing team, and KKR eventually won with two balls to spare.
Aruneel Sadadekar/Rediff.com picks his best eleven on performances from the first half of the tournament.
New Test captain Virat Kohli laid out his ambitious vision for the Indian team, saying he wants to create a side which can dominate world cricket for the next five years at least.
Pumped up after a thrilling win over the smooth-sailing Chennai Super Kings, defending champions Kolkata Knight Riders will take on the resurgent Royal Challengers Bangalore.
Anil Kumble said the most difficult job as a coach was to tell a player that 'you are not playing or you are not in the squad'.
Bhuvneshwar said he wanted to work with coach Rahul Dravid
This year's Ranji Trophy had been marred by umpiring howlers and fatigue was a reason cited by many for the bloopers.
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.
"We started off really well with the bat. Powerplay was outstanding and then I got going, but me and AB (de Villiers) getting out to balls that you don't get out to. That's how the game goes some times. Delhi played better than us in the crunch moments," Kohli said after his side lost by 16 runs.
From Captain Cool losing his, well, cool to Rabada's super over, and Malinga's unbelievable bowling for the cup, IPL 2019 was not short of magical moments. Here are a few.
'I know a few of the Surrey guys and they are not what people make them out to be a lot of the time. But if anyone in that dressing room does think they are a big dog, they will need to sit down for a little while because there is a proper big dog coming'
Ashish Nehra, the current bowling coach of Royal Challengers Bangalore, has been confirmed as the coach and will be part of the coaching leadership team along with head coach Gary Kirsten for the forthcoming 11th edition of the Indian Premier League.
The 19-year-old Meiyappan is a leg-spinner, who has played four ODIs for UAE.
Captain Rohit Sharma led from the front with an unbeaten half-century to steer Mumbai Indians to a hard-earned five-wicket victory against Royal Challengers Bangalore, in Mumbai, on Monday.
