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Gowtham becomes most expensive uncapped buy in IPL history; TN’s Shahrukh goest for 5.25 cr.

Chennai: IPL’s perennial under-performer Glenn Maxwell once again fetched big money at the players auction with Royal Challengers Bangalore bidding a whopping Rs 14.25 crore to secure his services here on Friday. England all-rounder Moeen Ali also went for a high price of Rs 7 crore to Chennai Super Kings. Both Maxwell and Moeen had […]

He shot to overnight fame after hitting Kings XI Punjab’s bowler Sheldon Cottrell for five consecutive sixes to guide his side to victory in a mammoth chase. His heroics with the bat made him a household name.

Chennai: Tearaway fast bowler Jofra Archer believes England have enough options in the spin department and therefore India won’t be able to “out-spin” his side when the two teams face each other in the upcoming four-match series. “I’ve played lots of Indian Premier League here but nothing in terms of first-class cricket, so the challenges […]

Sangakkara will be responsible for overseeing the entire cricketing ecosystem of the franchise including coaching structure, auction plans and team strategy, talent discovery and development

However, CSK retained most of their senior players, who according to many were the reason for the poor show. Former New Zealand cricketer Scott Styris felt they will continue to suffer if they have to depend on senior players again in this year’s IPL.

Shilpa posted a picture on Instagram, where the actress and her husband are posing for the camera.

The former Indian cricketer squashed the IPL retirement-rumours ahead of the CSK’ final match against Kings XI Punjab saying that it was definitely not his final match.

It was collective bowling performance today. Right from the first over from (Pat) Cummins to the final over from (Kamlesh) Nagarkoti, we executed our plans and given our best performance.

Morgan owned the stage with a power-packed 68 not out off 35 balls with a half a dozen of sixes apart from five boundaries in Kolkata Knigt Riders' 191 for 7

A frustrated Gayle threw his bat, inviting sanction from the IPL committee. However, both Archer and Gayle showed spirit of the game when Archer appreciated Gayle’s knock. During knock, he also became the first cricketer to smash 1000 runs in T20s.  

Ben Stokes smashed a quickfire half-century inside the powerplay to set up the chase. With this loss, three teams - RR, KKR and KXIP - are on 12 points making it an interesting race for the playoffs.

Stokes hit a 26-ball 50 and also claimed two wickets to emerge as the star performer for his team

It has been a dramatic turnaround for the KL Rahul-led side after a string a losses earlier in the tournament.

Rajasthan rode on a blistering 107 by Stokes and an equally aggressive 54 by Sanju Samson to overhaul a 196-run target set by defending champions Mumbai Indians with 10 balls to spare on Sunday.

Table-toppers MI are on course to make it to the play-offs but the game is crucial for Rajasthan, who are languishing at seventh place and a loss would mean a step closer to elimination

Despite Ben Stokes not giving them good starts at the opening slot, Royals continued to open the innings with him and kept regular opener Jos Buttler in the middle order.

Shankar also had a decent outing with the ball picking up a wicket for 15 runs in his three overs.

Pandey and Vijay Shankar (52) stitched an unbroken 140-run partnership after Holder led a disciplined bowling display to restrict Rajasthan Royals to 154 for six

Whether it is Priyam Garg, Abdul Samad of Sunrisers or Kartik Tyagi, Riyan Parag of the Royals, the youngsters from both sides will be feeling the pressure of doing something out of the box