Kolkata Knight Riders coach Chandrakant Pandit was happy with rookie spinner Suyash Sharma's "fighting attitude", saying it was very difficult for rival batters to pick the lad.
RCB will hope their win materialises into a spot in the play-offs, especially given the way their bowlers performed and Kohli getting his mojo back.
PHOTOS of the IPL 2023 Qualifier 2 match between Gujarat Titans vs Mumbai Indians at the Narendra Modi Stadium in Ahmedabad on Friday.
'It's unfair to compare different people. He's a guy who will always come and be a power hitter and hit it a long way'
Images from the IPL match between Chennai Super Kings and Mumbai Indians, in Delhi, on Saturday.
Mumbai Indians are enduring a poor start to IPL 2022, having lost their first three games.
Virat Kohli's 55 off 46 balls in a losing cause against Delhi Capitals in the IPL 2023 on Saturday in Delhi has fuelled the growing debate on the "dying" role of anchors in the T20 format.
Shivam Dube and Robin Uthappa's brilliant knocks were backed by courageous bowling as Chennai Super Kings notched up its first points in IPL 2022 with a win over the Royal Challengers Bangalore at the Dr D Y Patil Sports Academy stadium on Tuesday night.
Royal Challengers Bangalore, who have found much-needed momentum towards the business end of IPL 2022, will back themselves to ride past an inconsistent Punjab Kings and get closer to a play-off spot.
Five-time champions Mumbai Indians will be desperate for victory by a big margin when they take on wooden spooners Sunrisers Hyderabad in Mumbai on Sunday, in what could also be their last outing in IPL 2023.
Chennai Super Kings's fragile bowling vis-a-vis Royal Challengers Bengaluru's struggling batting line-up put them on even keel when they face-off in an important mid-table clash of the IPL match in Pune on Wednesday.
RCB is hoping that the former India captain would return to form soon with captain Faf du Plessis backing him
After their emphatic victory against LSG, Mumbai Indians would be fancying their chances against defending champions Gujarat Titans in Friday's Qualifier 2 match.
'If you stay in the game, you give yourself opportunity. We came pretty well in the game with two or three overs to go so all credit to the bowlers tonight'
Rohit has been enduring a second consecutive poor IPL season with the bat
Three-time champions Chennai Super Kings registered the first 10-wicket win of IPL 2020 thanks to its highest-ever opening stand in the popular T20 league.
Umran Malik's raw pace and Bhuvneshwar Kumar's consistency will be put to test against Dinesh Karthik's explosive batting and the finesse of Faf du Plessis when Sunrisers Hyderabad clash with Royal Challengers Bangalore.
Virat Kohli's return to form and a rather dramatic entry into the IPL play-offs will make Royal Challengers Bangalore a more confident unit when they meet a top-heavy Lucknow Super Giants in the IPL 2022 Eliminator match in Kolkata on Wednesday.
Shankar and Gill put together a 123-run stand from 71 balls to not drive Gujarat in the middle overs.
'I absolutely love it and the moment I wore it, I felt something special'
Virat Kohli said not being able to contribute to the team's cause and his failure to live up to his own expectations bothered him the most during his prolonged lean patch in IPL 2022.
'You see the value of Harshal, and what he offers. He has the ability to stop the game.'
'If you look at a calendar of the last eight months, you're looking at about four or five months in a bubble, which is a lot. For some of us (being) without family, it can get challenging.'
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.
This season, franchises like the Lucknow Super Giants have revamped their kits while teams like the Chennai Super Kings and Punjab Kings XI were satisfied with minor modifications.
Stars like Jasprit Bumrah, Rishabh Pant and Shreyas Iyer will miss the season due to injuries.
Shubman Gill's loss has been Gujarat Titans' gain as the India opener played a key role in winning the title in their maiden appearance last season.
Virat Kohli reacts after Royal Challengers Bangalore sneak into the play-offs of IPL 2022 following Mumbai Indians' thrilling five-wicket victory over Delhi Capitals in their concluding match at the Wankhede Stadium in Mumbai on Saturday.
Yashasvi Jaiswal is a stickler for processes and there are a few basic rules that he follows while preparing for big matches.
It was a day dominated by record-breaking performances from Yashasvi Jaiswal and Yuzvendra Chahal as Rajasthan Royals pummelled Kolkata Knight Riders into submission.
Batting stalwarts Virat Kohli and Kane Williamson's woeful form will be in focus when Royal Challengers Bangalore and Sunrisers Hyderabad meet in a return IPL fixture at the Wankhede Stadium, in Mumbai, on Sunday.
With batsman Steve Smith and all-rounder Cameron Green in reserve in the squad, some pundits had called on Australia to make changes for the next Super 12 game against former champions Sri Lanka in Perth on Tuesday.
Sunrisers Hyderabad's head coach Tom Moody attributes role clarity for the team's success.
Images from the IPL 2022 match between Royal Challengers Bangalore and Sunrisers Hyderabad at the Brabourne Stadium in Mumbai on Saturday.
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.
Kumar Sangakkara was all praise for West Indies' Obed McCoy's 'superb commitment'.
Playing in their first home game of the season, KKR clinched a crushing 81-run win over RCB.
'My aim is to do something special for the country. This is part of my journey'
As for the home side, Kolkata Knight Riders' quality might appear thin on paper in absence of their captain Shreyas Iyer and Shakib Al Hasan, but coach Chandrakant Pandit firmly backed the team to do well.
Royal Challengers Bangalore must thank their two unheralded batters Rajat Patidar and Mahipal Lomror for their crucial knocks which played a big role in their 13 run victory against the Chennai Super Kings.
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