'He started the campaign really well in the IPL and he needs some support. He's not going to score runs on every occasion.'
With the IPL 2024 season heading towards its business end, and RCB finding themselves in a must-win situation, Player of the Match Mohammad Siraj put up a stellar show with the ball in front of home fans.
The M Chinnaswamy stadium saw a record-equalling 33 sixes being hammered during the CSK-RCB game as Devon Conway and Glenn Maxwell put up sizzling shows for their sides.
After hammering his sixth IPL century, Virat Kohli said he's doesn't care what anyone is saying on the outside as he's doing his bit on the field.
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.
In a heartwarming gesture, Royal Challengers Bangalore star Virat Kohli and several RCB team-mates visited Mohammed Siraj's new home in Jubilee Hills, Film Nagar, Hyderabad.
In case of Madhya Pradesh speedster Avesh, there were no financial penalty as a formal warning was deemed to be enough.
Srinivas Bhogle and Purnendu Maji present Rediff.com's Most Valuable Player Index of IPL 2024 after Game 37.
RCB wicketkeeper-batter Anuj Rawat said that the franchise will be starting its preparations for the IPL from March 10 onwards.
RCB head coach Sanjay Bangar said the team's early exit despite some outstanding performances from Kohli, du Plessis and Siraj was difficult to comprehend.
Virat Kohli and Faf du Plessis lit up the M Chinnaswamy stadium as guided Royal Challengers Bangalore to a cracking win over Mumbai Indians in their IPL 2023 opener.
Talking about the ICC T20 World Cup in the West Indies/US this year and inclusion in 2028 Los Angeles Olympics, he said that the T20 World Cup in New York will be driven by expats.
RCB star Virat Kohli and his movie star wife Anushka Sharma hosted a grand dinner for the entire RCB team at their trendy resto-bar in Mumbai.
'There is a little bit of home advantage and you got to use your matches at home. It's your facility but in Hyderabad, I think it's fair conditions. At the end of the day, better team on the day wins the game. I must say I congratulate the ground staff for producing good tracks, it's just each and every time, we came up short.'
Srinivas Bhogle and Purnendu Maji present Rediff.com's Most Valuable Player Index of IPL 2024 after Game 31.
The never-ending speculation surrounding Mahendra Singh Dhoni's retirement, Virat Kohli's 16-year-itch, the second chance that life has offered Rishabh Pant and Rohit Sharma's bleeding heart will make for intriguing sub-plots in the annual carnival called the Indian Premier League starting on Friday.
Following Chennai Super Kings' win over Royal Challengers Bangalore, CSK skipper MS Dhoni hailed the young bowlers for their stupendous show in the death overs.
Vyshak cleverly mixed his lengths, varied his pace and bowled a perfect knuckle ball with an upright seam to take the DC batters by surprise.
Pumped up after an unprecedented seventh IPL hundred, Virat Kohli took a dig at his critics, who felt that he was all but over as a T20 batter, saying he is playing some of his best cricket in the shortest format.
Joseph was one of our top three targets, says RCB Director of Cricket Mo Bobat
Jacques Kallis remarked that the Proteas players should stick to their roles during the ICC Cricket World Cup in India
Virat Kohli became the first player to amass 7000 runs in the Indian Premier League.
RCB all-rounder Glenn Maxwell believes left-handers did the trick for CSK by exploiting the shorter boundaries at the M Chinnaswamy Stadium in Bengaluru.
Reducing Rajasthan Royals to 28/5 in the Powerplay sealed the fate of the hosts as Royal Challengers Bangalore bowled RR out for 59 in Jaipur.
Both Jaiswal and du Plessis, the leading run-getters in IPL 2023 so far, are in scintillating form. While du Plessis is leading the scoring charts with 576 runs from 11 innings, including six half centuries and a best of 84, Jaiswal is a close second with 575 runs from 12 matches, which includes four fifties and a 124-run knock.
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Conceding that South Africa's teams haven't really fulfilled their potential in World Cups, captain Faf du Plessis said the Proteas need to win the upcoming ICC World T20 to shed the tag of 'chokers' which is haunting them for quite a while now.
South African pacer Nandre Burger said on Tuesday that the experience of playing against India in the recently-concluded all-format home series was incredible and he learnt a lot during the course of it.
Striking at a dazzling 237.14 strike rate, laced with seven boundaries and six sixes.
Virat Kohli and skipper Faf du Plesiss struck attacking half-centuries to guide Royal Challengers Bangalore to an easy eight-wicket win over five-time champions Mumbai Indians.
Du Plessis, who was also part of CSK in the Indian Premier League (IPL) from 2011 to 2021, except for 2016 and 2017, when the team was suspended, was recently roped in by the Johannesburg franchise.
KKR looked a shadow of their past in their season-opener
Images from the IPL 2023 match between Royal Challengers and Bangalore and Lucknow Super Giants played at the M. Chinnaswamy Stadium in Bengaluru on Monday
An all-charged up Virat Kohli took the field as the RCB bowlers put up a spirited performance to guide their team to a thumping 67 run victory against Sunrisers Hyderabad.
Mohammed Siraj turned in his best figures in the IPL as he guided Royal Challengers Bangalore to a 24-run win over Punjab Kings.
Images from the IPL 2023 match between Punjab Kings and Royal Challengers Bangalore on Thursday.
Hardik Pandya has quit Gujarat Titans to rejoin his former team Mumbai Indians, following a trade between the two franchises.
CSK has been aiming for 200-plus strike rates on good batting surfaces to put up imposing totals, said opener Devon Conway.
Virat Kohli hopes RCB will keep the focus and execute things properly to maintain the momentum.
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