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 […]

Chennai ease past Virat Kohli’s RCB to take top spot

After four wins in their first four games of IPL 2021, the Royal Challengers Bangalore have hit a stumbling block mid-way through the tournament as they suffered their fourth loss in five matches against Chennai at Sharjah on Friday night. This was also the seventh consecutive defeat for Virat Kohli’s side in the UAE, as […]

Kolkata demolish Mumbai Indians to take fourth spot

The Kolkata Knight Riders halted their four-match losing streak against the Mumbai Indians in stunning fashion at Abu Dhabi with a thumping seven-wicket win over the defending champions. Chasing a modest 155, KKR showed great intent right from the start, and majestic half-centuries from Venkatesh Iyer (53 off 30) and Rahul Tripathi (74* off 42) […]

Rabada, Nortje give Delhi comfortable victory against Sunrisers

The Delhi Capitals picked up where they left off in IPL 2021 as they cantered to an eight-wicket victory in their first game of the UAE leg. The same can also be said about the Sunrisers Hyderabad, who suffered their fourth consecutive defeat of the tournament and are lingering at the bottom of the table […]

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 […]

KKR hand RCB thumping defeat to resume IPL 2021

It was a 200th IPL game to forget for Virat Kohli as Royal Challengers Bangalore suffered a humiliating defeat at the hands of the Kolkata Knight Riders by 9 wickets. RCB lost their last five games in the UAE at the back end of last season, and their struggled continues in 2021 as they were […]