The bowling attack looks the most settled this year and if batting manages to compliment the bowling, RCB can expect to have a solid season.
Mahendra Singh Dhoni will lead the Indian team for the limited overs tour of Zimbabwe starting June 11, while top stars like Virat Kohli and Ajinkya Rahane have been rested.
Virat Kohli lashed out at critics who blamed his girlfriend, Anushkha Sharma, for the India's exit from ICC Cricket World Cup, saying they "should be ashamed of themselves" as "no one has won more matches" than him in the last five years.
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With an aim to stay relevant till the business end, a desperate Kings XI Punjab will be aiming a comprehensive victory against a down and out Royal Challengers Bangalore in an Indian Premier League, in Bengaluru, on Friday.
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Warner leads the run-getters' list and has also notched three consecutive 100-run partnership for the opening wicket with Englishman Jonny Bairstow, who scored a blistering 114 against Bangalore.
Fans poured out in their numbers at the WACA to give the Indian team big support.
With MI no longer the dominant force it used to be in the last couple of IPLs and Rohit also not among the runs, plans were hatched after IPL 2023 to bring about some major changes.
Full list of players released, retained and traded by all ten teams in the IPL.
Sunrisers Hyderabad seem to have peaked at the right time, as they came up with three smashing performances to storm into the IPL playoffs high on confidence.
A formidable Royal Challengers Bangalore led by India captain Virat Kohli became the first team to be out of contention for play-offs after a humiliating 61-run defeat against Rising Pune Supergiant in an Indian Premier League encounter, in Pune, on Saturday.
Suryakumar Yadav gave a befitting reply to the selectors with a magnificent knock with the bat that helped Mumbai Indians outclass Royal Challengers Bangalore by five wickets and all but seal their place in the IPL play-offs.
Aruneel Sadadekar/Rediff.com picks his IPL Dream Team of Season 9. Check it out!
He is the only Indian to get a start in an Europa League game but the country's numero uno goalkeeper Gurpreet Singh Sandhu revealed that Bengaluru FC pays him much more than what he used to get at Norwegian club Stabaek FC.
Former India opener Virender Sehwag offers a straight bat on the best batsmen in contemporary cricket, IPL team Kings XI Punjab, of which he is mentor, and why he is comfortable doing cricket commentary. Harish Kotian/Rediff.com listens in.
There were many memorable performances in the league stages.
Jasprit Bumrah completed a century of wickets in the IPL as he registered wonderful figures of 3/14 to bowl the Mumbai Indians to victory over the Royal Challengers Bangalore.
Season 9 of the IPL has seen many youngsters punch above their weight. Some of them make Aruneel Sadadekar/Rediff.com's Young Guns XI.
Royal Challengers Bangalore may have faltered against Sunrisers Hyderabad after notching up a win in their first game, but captain Virat Kohli expects a complete turnaround once Adam Milne and Mitchell Starc recover from their respective injuries.
Shahbaz Ahmed was brought in on Wednesday as the sixth bowler after fellow spinners Washington Sundar and Yuvendra Chahal were bleeding runs off the bats of Warner, Bairstow and Pandey.
Rajat Patidar smashed an unbeaten 112 off a mere 54 balls at an astounding strike-rate of 207.4.
Sunrisers Hyderabad won their maiden Indian Premier League trophy. Even as the team from Hyderabad celebrates their triumph, let's analyse the four major turning points of the match.
The teams which don't make long-term promises that are difficult to fulfil but focus on immediate process and know the roles of players required for slots.
Former England captain Michal Vaughan talks of the power dynamics that theT20 tournament will hold, while Australia spin legend and former captain of Rajasthan Royals, Shane Warne reckons IPL makes cricket second most popular sport in the world.
How the IPL teams have shaped up after the auction.
On a day when CSK dropped four catches, M S Dhoni made no mistake to pick up Faf du Plessis and Glenn Maxwell's catches to turn the match in Chennai's favour.
Table-toppers Kolkata Knight Riders and a transformed Kings XI Punjab cross swords in an Indian Premier League contest in which big-hitting Jamaicans Andre Russell and Chris Gayle will be up against each other in Kolkata on Saturday.
Courtesy of AB de Villiers's late blitz, RCB smashed as many as 64 runs from the last three overs to finish on a huge 202 for three in their 20 overs.
A look at 5 exciting bowlers to watch out for in IPL 2020.
'Now it's about going out there and lift the trophy and achieve his the ultimate goal'
India's head coach Anil Kumble says a 'pink ball Test' in the country is "still a long way" off, even though he conceded that day/night Tests are the future to sustain interest in the longer format.
Uncapped players who attracted big bids at IPL auction
Delhi Daredevils captain Zaheer Khan rued that his side failed to chase down a target of 158 against Royal Challengers Bangalore in their Indian Premier League match and said they would have done it eight out of 10 times.
Kane Williamson has amassed 410 runs from 10 games, scoring five half-centuries. His highest score has been 84.
'I know he is on record saying that the Test match game is probably a little bit hard on his body. But for a one-off game... he's been bowling every game through this IPL and he's bowling quick.'
Royal Challengers Bangalore will have to pull out all stops to prevent the Mumbai Indians juggernaut.
New players from India and abroad have caught the attention of brand managers.
Yuvraj Singh issued a reminder of his enduring quality with a match-winning fifty in the Indian Premier League opener on Wednesday, saying he was batting with more freedom after his international recall.
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