Rajasthan steal victory against Punjab after excellent Tyagi final over

Snatching defeat from the jaws of victory is the appropriate cliché that can be used to describe the Punjab Kings’ performance against the Rajasthan Royals as KL Rahul’s side were unable to score the four runs needed in the final over to register their fourth victory of the season. Following Mayank Agarwal and KL Rahul’s […]

Rajasthan Royals IPL 2021 Part II Preview

The Rajasthan Royals endured an inconsistent first half of the IPL campaign in India and are currently 5th in the points table with three wins and four losses. The biggest problem for the Sanju Samson-led side in the first half of the tournament was the absence of key players like Ben Stokes and Jofra Archer […]

IPL 2021 – Top 5 Bowlers

The popular saying in cricketing circles is that while batsman win you matches, bowlers are the ones who win you tournaments. With that in mind, we have seen plenty of phenomenal performances with the ball over the first half of this season and here are the top 5 bowlers of IPL 2021.  5. Chris Morris […]

Devdutt Padikkal scores second century of IPL 2021

The Royal Challengers Bangalore have beaten the Rajasthan Royals by 10 wickets on the back of one of the most elegant centuries in IPL history by Devdutt Padikkal at the Wankhede Stadium in Mumbai. Padikkal hit eleven 4s and six 6s in his knock of 101* and demoralised the Rajasthan bowling attack with his stylish […]

Rajasthan Royals IPL 2021 Preview

After a disappointing season in the UAE – where Rajasthan finished at the bottom of the table – the Royals have made some substantial changes to their squad ahead of the new season. Kumar Sangakkara has been named as their new director of cricket and Sanju Samson is their new captain after they decided to […]

Royal Challengers Bangalore IPL 2021 Preview

After a fairly successful season in the UAE where they reached the play-offs, RCB once again decided to shuffle the pack ahead of IPL 2021. They controversially decided to let go of Chris Morris who went on to become the most expensive buy in auction history and instead went big on the likes of Glenn […]

Top 5 Buys of the IPL Auction 2021

It was a record-breaking IPL 2021 auction that saw over 100 Cr spent and 57 players receive contracts for the upcoming season. Fast bowlers and all-rounders were in high demand at this auction and it was the first time in IPL history that 4 players were sold for higher than 14 Cr in one auction. […]

Auction Round-Up: Sunrisers Hyderabad and Punjab Kings

Sunrisers Hyderabad The Sunrisers Hyderabad had very little to do coming into the auction given that they had already retained 22 players from last season. David Warner’s side only had INR 10.75 Cr to spend on three players and hence their auction strategy was mostly dictated by what the other teams around them do. It […]

Auction Round-Up: Mumbai Indians and Delhi Capitals

Mumbai Indians The main objective for Mumbai Indians in this auction was to replenish their overseas pace bowling Arsenal after releasing Nathan Coulter-Nile, James Pattinson, Mitchell McClenaghan and Lasith Malinga post IPL 2020. Their primary target for this role was Chris Morris and were willing to spend most of their budget on the South African […]

Auction Round-Up: Chennai Super Kings and Rajashtan Royals

Chennai Super Kings Despite Chennai Super Kings having their worst season in IPL history in 2020, they kept the faith with most of their squad from last season which left them with very little to do in this auction. With the departures of Kedar Jadhav, Shane Watson and Harbhajan Singh, their main targets for this […]