Albie Morkel turned the game on its head with some late lusty hitting as Chennai Super Kings snatched a sensational five-wicket victory over Royal Challengers Bangalore off the last ball, in Chennai, on Thursday.
Royal Challengers Bangalore top-order fired in unison as they humbled the Lions by six wickets to reach the semi-finals of the Champions League Twenty20 tournament in Johannesburg on Tuesday.
Indian Premier League-II runners-up Royal Challengers Bangalore will take on South Africa's Cape Cobras in the opening match of the Champions League Twenty20 cricket tournament that commences in Bangalore on October 8. Hyderabad will host the final on October 23, as well as the second semi-final on October 22, while Delhi will host the first semi-final on October 21.
Rajasthan Royals all-rounder Stuart Binny today said his team is not the underdogs ahead of Saturday's match against Royal Challengers Bangalore at the Chinnaswamy Stadium.
He was not even in Bangalore when two bombs went off minutes before an IPL match in the south Indian city, but Kolkata Knight Riders pacer Shane Bond was so rattled when he heard of the incident that he just wanted to get out of India.
Kohli took to Instagram to share a glimpse of the special evening,
Images from Tuesday's IPL match between Mumbai Indians and Royal Challengers at the Wankhede Stadium.
'The next objective is to make sure we create the right performance, and culture where the players can really go and showcase what they are capable of, and go out and entertain the public.'
Dhoni has to ponder over both the batting and bowling departments of his team.
It's now or never for DC. If they don't find their mojo soon, they could be left watching the playoffs from the sidelines.
'He's amazing, he trains hard, he's very fit.'
Game 31 of IPL 2020 will see the Royal Challengers Bangalore take on the Kings XI Punjab at the Sharjah Cricket Stadium.
Kohli treated Royal Challengers Bangalore team-mates Faf du Plessis, Glenn Maxwell and Mohammed Siraj to dinner at One8 Commune in Kolkata on Tuesday night.
KKR will take on defending champions Chennai Super Kings in the IPL lung opener on March 26 at the Wankhede Stadium in Mumbai.
With the upcoming season of the Indian Premier League just around the corner, the teams have started to assemble in their respective cities.
A fiery spell of fast bowling from Mitchell Starc and Varun Aaron followed by Chris Gayle's quickfire half-century helped Royal Challengers Bangalore crush Delhi Daredevils by a convincing 10-wicket victory in the Indian Premier League match at the Feroz Shah Kotla, in New Delhi, on Sunday.
A superb all-round performance from Jacques Kallis and magnificent bowling by Sunil Narine helped Kolkata Knight Riders edge past Royal Challengers Bangalore by five wickets in a thrilling finish in Ranchi.
Captain Virat Kohli smashed his second century of the season in a magnificent batting display to lead Royal Challengers Bangalore to a thrilling seven-wicket win over Rising Pune Supergiants in an IPL match.
Drawing inspiration from The Beatles, the Titans referred to the son and father as 'The Pandyas'.
Chris Gayle smashed his way to an unbeaten 82 as Royal Challengers Bangalore crushed Mumbai Indians by nine wickets in their Indian Premier League match in Mumbai.
Chennai Super Kings retained the Indian Premier League title after crushing Royal Challengers Bangalore by 58 runs in a thoroughly one-sided final in Chennai on Saturday.
Fans cheer Royal Challengers Bangalore and Virat Kohli during the match against Rajasthan Royals at the MCA stadium in Pune, April 26, 2022.
Mumbai Indians' sensational victory over Rajasthan Royals that helped them qualify for the IPL play-offs against all odds left everyone stunned. It was also the most tweeted match so far in this season's cash-rich tournament.
Having found some light at the end of the tunnel, Royal Challengers Bangalore will be keen to expose the chinks in Kings XI Punjab's armoury during their must-win IPL encounter in Indore on Monday.
Over the last few years, the Ee Sala Cup Namde (The Cup is ours this time) slogan of Royal Challengers Bangalore has remained the pet troll of social media army. But not anymore after this Sunday!
Royal Challengers Bangalore scored their second win of the Indian Premier League when they edged Deccan Chargers by three runs at the Chinnaswamy Stadium on Saturday.
West Indies batting legend Chris Gayle and Australian opener David Warner have scored more than 600 runs in the IPL in three different seasons and are now second on the list.
For the unrelenting run-machine that Virat Kohli has been in the IPL, the MA Chidambaram Stadium in Chennai remains a peak that the Royal Challengers Bangalore batter is yet to scale.
Images from Friday's IPL match between Royal Challengers Bangalore and Sunrisers Hyderabad, in Abu Dhabi.
IPL 4 runners-up Royal Challengers Bangalore and Warriors of South Africa will kick off the third edition of the Champions League T20 (CLT20) tournament in Bangalore on September 23.
UP Warriorz's 12 runs win over Royal Challengers Bengaluru knocked the defending champions out from the race to the play-offs on Saturday, confirming qualification for Delhi Capitals, Mumbai Indians and Gujarat Giants in the process.
Simon Doull questioned Kohli for a sudden stop in his scoring rate just before he was going to complete a half-century.
RCB will have to play five games inside 13 days against MI (away), Delhi Capitals (home), Rajasthan Royals (away) and Punjab Kings (home).
Rajneesh Gupta previews Game 7 in IPL 12: Royal Challengers Bangalore vs Mumbai Indians.
UP Warriorz, facing elimination in the Women's Premier League, will aim to spoil Royal Challengers Bangalore's playoff hopes in a crucial encounter on Saturday.
The seventh edition of the Indian Premier League kicked-off in the United Arab Emirates on April 16 with a match between Mumbai Indians and Kolkata Knight Riders in Abu Dhabi. The UAE was awarded hosting rights for the first 20 matches of the cash-rich Twenty20 extravaganza because of a clash in dates with the general elections in India. On May 2, second phase of the league commences with matches in India, when Chennai Super Kings and Kolkata Knight Riders meet in Ranchi.
Images from Tuesday's IPL match between Royal Challengers Bangalore and Rajasthan Royals, in Bangalore.
The 30-year-old all-rounder's name, though, figured in the list of retained players announced by Gujarat Titans, his existing franchise, earlier on Sunday, the last day for player release and retention.
An umpiring howler off the last delivery cost Royal Challengers Bangalore dearly as Mumbai Indians beat the hosts by six runs, largely due to Jasprit Bumrah's brilliant spell at the death, in Thursday's IPL encounter in Bengaluru.
Royal Challengers Bangalore beat Chennai Super Kings by six wickets in the second semi-final to set up a meeting with Deccan Chargers in the title round of the Indian Premier League.
