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 […]
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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, […]
Samson and Jurel seal Royals’ eighth win in nine games
Rajasthan Royals 199 for 3 (Samson 71*, Jurel 52*) beat Lucknow Super Giants 196 for 5 (Rahul 76, Hooda 50, Sandeep 2-31) by seven wickets The target of 197 that Lucknow Super Giants set Rajasthan Royals may not have seemed like much at the end of the first innings. After […]
Bruised CSK look to regroup against Sunrisers’ heavy hitters
Match details Chennai Super Kings (Fifth – P8, W4, L4) vs Sunrisers Hyderabad (Third – P8, W5, L3) Chennai, 7.30pm (2pm GMT) Big picture Chennai Super Kings started a run of three home games on the trot with a defeat against Lucknow Super Giants, and having lost the reverse fixture […]
Bairstow bests Narine as Punjab Kings pull off record T20 chase
Punjab Kings 262 for 2 (Bairstow 108*, Shashank 68*, Prabhsimran 54, Narine 1-24) beat Kolkata Knight Riders 261 for 6 (Salt 75, Narine 71, Arshdeep 2-45) by eight wickets Like temperatures across the whole of India, run-scoring and six-hitting in IPL 2024 are going only one way – up. In […]
Black or red – what will LSG serve up for Royals?
Match details Lucknow Super Giants (Fourth – P8, W5, L3) vs Rajasthan Royals (First – P8, W7, L1)Lucknow, 7.30pm (2pm GMT) Big picture Form is a fickle thing in T20, but if there’s such a thing, LSG and RR are the two form teams of IPL 2024, the only two […]
Pant vs Bumrah in focus as MI arrive in Delhi for Capitals challenge
Delhi Capitals (DC; 6th place) vs Mumbai Indians (MI; 8th place) Arun Jaitley Stadium, Delhi, 7:30pm IST (2pm GMT) Big picture – Pant vs Bumrah With 342 runs in nine outings, Pant has already crossed his run-tally from the last time he played in the IPL in 2022. He is […]
Patidar, Green, spinners thump SRH to end six-match losing streak
Royal Challengers Bengaluru 206 for 7 (Kohli 51, Patidar 50, Unadkat 3-30, Natarajan 2-39) beat Sunrisers Hyderabad 171 for 8 (Shahbaz 40, Green 2-12, Karn 2-29, Swapnil 2-40) by 35 runs Royal Challengers Bengaluru (RCB) rode on the success of their spinners – considered the team’s least-fancied department – to […]
Do Punjab Kings have the batting muscle to match KKR at Eden Gardens?
Match details Kolkata Knight Riders (KKR; 2nd place) vs Punjab Kings (PBKS; 9th place)Eden Gardens, Kolkata, 7:30pm IST (2pm GMT) Big picture – Best bowling side at batters’ paradise Punjab Kings (PBKS) have many issues to solve, but despite IPL 2024 being dominated by batters, bowling is not one of […]
Rock-bottom RCB brace for more SRH fireworks in Hyderabad
Match details Sunrisers Hyderabad (3rd) vs Royal Challengers Bengaluru (10th) Hyderabad, 1930 IST (1400 GMT) Big picture – Can RCB out-SRH SRH? There were doubts about the Sunrisers Hyderabad bowlers being able to support their star batting line-up. There have been a few noteworthy performances, even though their bowlers have […]