James Franklin struck a blistering 23-ball unbeaten 45 to help Mumbai Indians pull off a sensational five-wicket win over Kolkata Knight Riders in the final round-robin league match of the Indian Premier League in Kolkata on Sunday.
Umesh Yadav is the new Purple Cap holder in Indian Premier League 2022. The Kolkata Knight Riders pacer achieved the feat after Friday's match against Punjab Kings at the Wankhede stadium in Mumbai, swelling his wicket-haul to eight from three matches.
Rinku Singh may have been the solitary talking point for Kolkata Knight Riders in an IPL season gone horribly wrong, but the 25-year-old prefers to stay grounded and not think about a Team India push.
Krunal Pandya, Josh Hazlewood, and Sunil Narine emerged as rare bright spots-combining discipline, guile, and experience
Rising Pune Supergiants will stand in the way of Kolkata Knight Riders's revival when they clash in an Indian Premier League T20 match?
Delhi Capitals bowler Ravichandran Ashwin and Kolkata Knight Riders skipper Eoin Morgan were involved in a heated exchange after the former was dismissed by Tim Southee in the last over of Delhi's in the Indian Premier League match, at Sharjah Cricket Stadium, on Tuesday.
Following KKR's crushing 81-run win over RCB, heartwarming scenes unfolded at the Eden Gardens.
Aiden Markram held on to three crucial catches, while Miller had the big fish.
Andre Russell's spectacular all-round performance powered defending champions Kolkata Knight Riders to a convincing four-wicket victory against Kings XI Punjab in the Indian Premier League, in Pune, on Saturday.
The 164-run target set by Kolkata Knight Riders was a challenging one but if not for quick wickets early on and towards the end of the innings we could have chased down the score, a disappointed Deccan Chargers captain Kumar Sangakkara said in Kolkata on Monday.
Rajasthan Royals' leg-spinner Pravin Tambe claimed a rare two-ball hat-trick and become only the second player in the history of IPL to perform the feat.
Shubhman Gill once again impressed with his composure and knack of converting starts into significant contributions.
Their place in the semifinal already assured, Kolkata Knight Riders skipper Gautam Gambhir said there was no place for complacency in their inconsequential final Group A match of the Champions League Twenty20 against Dolphins in Hyderabad.
Opener Chris Lynn steered KKR home with an unbeaten innings of 62 from 52 balls. He was dropped on seven by Murugan Ashwin off the bowling of Yuzvendra Chahal, in the fourth over, and that proved a costly miss for RCB.
Gujarat Titans leg-spinner Rashid Khan became only the second overseas spinner in the history of the Indian Premier League to attain the milestone of 100 wickets on Saturday. The Afghanistan spinner accomplished the feat when he snared his first victim during the match against Kolkata Knight Riders at D Y Patil Stadium in Mumbai.
Blaming the batsmen for surrendering meekly to Kolkata Knight Riders' varied bowling attack in their IPL match, Mumbai Indians coach Robin Singh said that the team's batting was 'extremely poor'.
Gautam Gambhir hit a breezy half century and Lakshamipathy Balaji bagged a four-wicket haul to enable Kolkata Knight Riders beat Bangalore Royals Challengers by 42 runs and bring their IPL campaign back on track in Bangalore on Tuesday.
It was a festive occasion at the Eden Gardens with Shahrukh Khan cheering on the Kolkata Knight Riders during their first home game of the season.
Despite bagging four wickets in Kolkata Knight Riders' easy victory over Punjab Kings in Friday's IPL match in Mumbai, pacer Umesh Yadav Kings says he needs to improve on his form and continue working hard.
In two of the three games CSK has won this season, Noor Ahmad has won the Player of the Match award.
Images from the IPL 2023 match between Punjab Kings vs Kolkata Knight Riders in Mohali on Saturday.
Smarting from the thumping eight-wicket defeat against Mumbai Indians, Kolkata Knight Riders coach John Buchanan said Shaun Pollock's devastating spell blunted the gameplan of the Sourav Ganguly-led squad. "There was a gameplan but all credit should go to the Mumbai Indians. Pollock did exceptionally well and we could not recover after that," Buchanan said.
Refusing to get carried away with their victory over Deccan Chargers, the Kolkata Knight Riders skipper Gautam Gambhir said his team has a long way to go in the fourth edition of the Indian Premier League.
As a reward for helping his team cross the finish line, Kolkata Knight Riders skipper Gautam Gambhir on Monday gave away his IPL Man-of-the-Match award to youngster Debabrata Das.
Images from Tuesday's IPL match between Mumbai Indians and Kolkata Knight Riders, in Chennai.
Rajasthan Royals accomplished a nervy chase to stay alive in the Indian Premier League
A 127-run opening partnership between Sachin Tendulkar (68) and Sanath Jayasuriya (52), followed by splendid bowling by Lasith Malinga (three for 11) and Abhishek Nayar (three for 13), helped Mumbai Indians beat Kolkata Knight Riders by 92 runs in the Indian Premier League match in Port Elizabeth on Monday. Chasing an improbable 188 to win, Knight Riders crashed to 95 for nine and suffered their worst defeat in the second edition of the league.
Rahul's decision to bowl after winning the toss backfired quickly as Sunil Narine went all guns blazing against the LSG bowling unit.
Images from Thursday's IPL match between Kolkata Knight Riders and Rajasthan Royals, in Kolkata.
South Africa batsman J P Duminy's 52 off 37 deliveries proved crucial as Mumbai Indians beat Kolkata Knight Riders by nine runs in the Indian Premier League match in East London, on Friday. Kolkata have now been consigned to the bottom of the table with just one victory in seven matches, while Mumbai Indians jumped to third with seven points from six matches.
'One odd day doesn't mean much to us and he (Pat Cummins) bowled really well in this game, said opener Shubman Gill, after helping KKR beat SRH by seven wickets and register their first win in IPL 2020.
Shardul Thakur played the innings of his life to power his new team Kolkata Knight Riders to a thumping 81-run victory against Royal Challengers Bangalore in the IPL match on Thursday.
Shreyas Iyer smacked seven sixes and eight fours in his unbeaten 38-ball 88 to help the team post 228
IMAGES from the IPL match between Punjab Kings and Royal Challengers Bengaluru in Mullanpur on Sunday
Abhishek Sharma had gone about scoring runs meticulously and the game turned following his dismissal.
PHOTOS of the IPL 2023 match between Gujarat Titans and Kolkata Knight Riders played at the Narendra Modi Stadium in Ahmedabad on Sunday
Mumbai Indians skipper Rohit Sharma was all praise for his side after the eight-wicket victory over Kolkata Knight Riders in the Indian Premier League match, in Abu Dhabi, on Friday.
Ravindra Jadeja kicked-off Chennai Super Kings' campaign in the opening match of the India leg of the Indian Premier League with a match-winning performance with bat and ball, as the two-time champions easily beat 2012 winners Kolkata Knight Riders by 34 runs, in Ranchi, on Friday night.
Rajasthan Royals pulled off the highest run chase in the history of IPL to edge Kolkata Knight Riders by two wickets.
Skipper Gautam Gambhir led from the front with a confident half-century after Sunil Narine stifled Lahore Lions with his magical spin bowling as Kolkata Knight Riders eked out a four-wicket win in a Champions League Twenty20 Group A match in Hyderabad.
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