RCB miss out on top-two after narrow SRH defeat

It all came down to the final over battle between AB de Villiers and Bhuvneshwar Kumar in Abu Dhabi, and the Indian pacer held his nerve and defended 13 runs off the last six to give Kane Williamson’s side a morale-boosting win on a tricky wicket. With this victory, the Sunrisers Hyderabad have halted RCB’s […]

Mumbai demolish Rajasthan to keep playoff hopes alive

The Mumbai Indians have had their fair share of struggles in the UAE leg of IPL 2021, but the defending champions are still fighting in the race for the playoffs spots after comprehensively blitzing past the Rajasthan Royals on Tuesday. There was only one team at the races in Sharjah as Nathan Coulter-Nile and Jimmy […]

Delhi sneak past CSK to take top spot

The Delhi Capitals have virtually guaranteed themselves a top-two finish for the second consecutive season after trouncing MS Dhoni’s CSK in the clash between the two table toppers in Dubai. Despite suffering a mid-innings collapse, the Capitals eventually crossed over the line in 19.4 overs thanks to an excellent 18-ball 28 from Shimron Hetmyer at […]

RCB seal playoff berth after second-half comeback against Punjab

After the Delhi Capitals and the Chennai Super Kings, the Royal Challengers Bangalore are the third team to qualify for the playoffs in IPL 2021 as Virat Kohli’s side comfortably dispatched the Punjab Kings by six runs to register their eighth win of the season. An excellent half-century from Glenn Maxwell helped RCB put on […]

Punjab stay in playoff race with much-needed win

The Punjab Kings live to fight one more day in the race for the playoffs in IPL 2021 as KL Rahul’s side got over the line in another last-over finish against the Kolkata Knight Riders. With the ball, the Indian trio of Ravi Bishnoi, Arshdeep Singh and Mohammed Shami did excellently to limit KKR to […]

Chennai seal playoffs spot with SRH win

The Chennai Super Kings are the first team to secure their place in the final four after the table-toppers comfortably brushed aside the Sunrisers Hyderabad – who are now eliminated from the competition with just two wins from 11 games. A matchup between two teams at opposite ends of the spectrum was always going to […]

Spinners, Maxwell help RCB brush aside Rajasthan

The Royal Challengers Bangalore have one foot in the playoffs after Virat Kohli’s side comfortably eased past the Rajasthan Royals to register their seventh win of the season. Following a brisk start from the RR openers, RCB pulled things back excellently thanks to tight spells from the spinners – Yuzvendra Chahal and Shahbaz Ahmed – […]

All-round Pollard helps Mumbai get off the mark in the UAE

After a hat-trick of defeats, the Mumbai Indians have finally corrected course and registered their first win in the second phase of the competition in the UAE. Although Mumbai were made to sweat in their run-chase of 135, the defending champions finally got over the line thanks to contributions from Hardik Pandya and Saurabh Tiwary, […]

Sunrisers dent Royals playoffs hopes with much-needed victory

After five consecutive losses, the Sunrisers Hyderabad are finally off the mark in the second phase of the IPL in the UAE with a comfortable seven-wicket victory over the Rajasthan Royals. The Sunrisers fielded a new-look XI with plenty of changes, and the fresh faces made the difference for the Orange Army as Hyderabad chased […]

Maxwell, Harshal Patel help RCB down Mumbai

The Royal Challengers Bangalore are finally up and running in the UAE in IPL 2021 with Virat Kohli’s side registering a comfortable 54-run victory over the defending champions Mumbai in Dubai. An outstanding performance from Glenn Maxwell with the bat took RCB to 165 before the Bangalore spinners strangled the Mumbai middle order, and Harshal […]