Match details Sunrisers Hyderabad (fourth) vs Lucknow Super Giants (fifth)Hyderabad, 7.30pm IST (2pm GMT) Big picture: Playoff contenders go head to head The stakes are high when SRH host LSG on Wednesday: both teams are on 12 points, separated by net run rate, and are trying to put some distance […]
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SRH look to return home from Mumbai with playoffs plans still intact
Match details Mumbai Indians (10th; W3, L8) vs Sunrisers Hyderabad (5th; W6, L4)Mumbai, 7.30pm IST (2pm GMT) Big picture By the time Monday dawns, Mumbai Indians (MI) will either be out of the reckoning for the playoffs of IPL 2024, or all but. Heading into their last three games of […]
What sort of Ekana track will greet high-flying KKR?
Match details Lucknow Super Giants (3rd; W6 L4) vs Kolkata Knight Riders (2nd; W7 L3) Lucknow, 19.30 IST (14.00 GMT) Big picture Fifty-plus games in, no team has qualified for the playoffs yet. Kolkata Knight Riders and Lucknow Super Giants, sitting at No. 2 and No. 3 on the table […]
Kohli vs Titans’ spinners the subplot (again) in rainy Bengaluru
Match details Royal Challengers Bengaluru (tenth, P10, W3, L7) vs Gujarat Titans (eighth, P10, W4, L6)Bengaluru, 1930 IST (1400 GMT) Big picture – Will Kohli boss Titans spinners again? Spin has been Virat Kohli’s nemesis in T20s for a few years now, but he produced a masterclass against one of […]
Can KKR end their 12-year hoodoo at Wankhede?
Match details Mumbai Indians (ninth) vs Kolkata Knight Riders(second) Hyderabad, 1930 IST (1400 GMT) Big picture – Can Rohit Sharma get inspired by Sunil Narine? Unlike most other head-to-head clashes this IPL, Mumbai Indians (MI) and Kolkata Knight Riders (KKR) will face-off for the first time this season, and at […]
SRH vs Royals – IPL’s best batting side vs IPL’s best bowling side
Match details Sunrisers Hyderabad (fifth) vs Rajasthan Royals (first)Hyderabad, 1930 IST (1400 GMT) Big picture – Best bowling team vs best batting team Rajasthan Royals have given up only one 200-plus total in a season where such totals are being scored every other day. Sunrisers Hyderabad have set and then […]
Record-breaking Punjab Kings hope to conquer CSK and Chennai next
Match details Chennai Super Kings (third) vs Punjab Kings (eighth)Chennai, 1930 IST (1400 GMT) Big picture – Gaikwad’s new gear as CSK (almost) end home stretch The advantages of home comforts. The familiarity, the close circles, the minimal travel, the option of having everything around you. CSK will play their […]
LSG get Mayank boost while Mumbai look to keep their playoff hopes alive
Match details Lucknow Super Giants (fifth) vs Mumbai Indians (ninth)Lucknow, 1930 IST (1400 GMT) Big picture – MI let down by overseas seamers After two defeats in their last two games, MI’s playoff chances have nosedived, and if they lose on Tuesday, they will be in the same boat as […]
Clash of batting powerhouses as KKR and DC prepare for another run-fest
Match details Kolkata Knight Riders (KKR; 2nd place) vs Delhi Capitals (DC; 5th place)Eden Gardens, Kolkata, 7.30pm IST (2pm GMT) Big Picture – Another six-hitting fest on the cards? Two batting powerhouses, on a rampage in the recent matches, clashing at a venue where scores of 200 have been breached […]
Kohli and RCB brace for trial by spin against inconsistent Titans
Match details Gujarat Titans vs Royal Challengers Bengaluru Ahmedabad, 3.30pm IST (10am GMT) Big Picture Gujarat Titans’ season so far has been a mixed bag. In the last game, against Delhi Capitals, their tactics were questionable: Sandeep Warrier, their best bowler of the day, ended up bowling just three overs, […]