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IPL: Central Covid testing agency help BCCI be up-to-date with test report

The Board of Control for Cricket in India (BCCI) has appointed a central Covid-19 testing agency in the UAE to ensure test reports of every player and support staff

MI hopeful of Hardik's return against RCB on Sunday, says Zaheer

MI did not have the best of starts in the second phase of the tournament, losing their first two games against Chennai Super Kings and Kolkata Knight Riders.

Needed someone to stay with Samson and build a partnership: Sangakkara

Rajasthan Royals director of cricket Kumar Sangakkara rued the fact that there was no one in the side to build a partnership with skipper Sanju Samson

IPL 2021, SRH vs PBKS Highlights: Punjab win by 5 runs, SRH out of playoffs

Punjab Kings dished out a disciplined bowling performance to notch up a five-run win over Sunrisers Hyderabad in a low-scoring IPL match

IPL 2021, Match 36, DC vs RR highlights: Delhi Capitals wins by 33 runs

Sent in to bat, Shreyas Iyer top-scored for DC with a 32-ball 43, while Shimron Hetmyer (28) and skipper Rishabh Pant (24) also got starts before giving away their wickets.

IPL 2021, DC vs RR playing 11: Royals makes 2 changes; Lalit in for Stoinis

Rajasthan made two changes in its playing 11 as David Miller and Shamsi replaced Evin Lewis and Chirs Morris. Check Delhi Capitals vs Rajasthan Royals playing 11 and live toss updates here

In the last two games, superstars have been our bowlers: Morgan

Kolkata Knight Riders's Eoin Morgan has hailed his bowlers as "superstars" of the team, saying their "outstanding" performance in the last two IPL games has allowed the openers to play with freedom

IPL 2021: Sunrisers Hyderabad face Punjab Kings in battle of laggards

Almost out of reckoning for a play-off berth, bottom-placed Sunrisers Hyderabad will look to play party-poopers when they take on an equally struggling Punjab Kings

DC aim for consolidation, RR hope to keep winning momentum going

Operating like a well-oiled unit, Delhi Capitals will be eager to consolidate their top spot when they clash with a resurgent Rajasthan Royals

McCullum's style of coaching reason behind KKR's success: Morgan

Eoin Morgan was mightily pleased with his side's performance against Mumbai Indians in the Indian Premier League (IPL) match here on Thursday and credited it to Brendon McCullum's style of coaching

Sourav Ganguly has played a huge role in my batting: Venkatesh Iyer

KKR batsman Venkatesh Iyer is himself a huge fan of Sourav Ganguly and has modelled his game and technique on the lines of the former India skipper.

IPL 2021: Time running out for Mumbai Indians to qualify for play-offs

Their return to the UAE, a place with happy memories, was expected to elevate them higher on the table.

Dhoni's CSK humble Kohli's RCB with all-round show, claim top spot

Chennai Super Kings produced a clinical all-round show to humble Royal Challengers Bangalore by six wickets and claim the top spot in the IPL pecking order here on Friday. RCB skipper Virat Kohli (53) and young Devdutt Padikkal (70) struck brisk half-centuries in an impressive 111-run stand but CSK pulled the strings to restrict them to 156 for six after electing to bowl. The in-form Ruturaj Gaikwad came good again with a quick 38 while Faf du Plessis made 31 at the top to lay a strong foundation for CSK to chase the modest target in 18.1 overs. The win took CSK to the top spot with 14 points. They overtook Delhi Capitals, who also have 14 points, but the yellow brigade has better net run-rate of 1.185, compared to 0.613 of the Delhi team. While it was the second consecutive win for CSK, the RCB now have lost both the games post the league's resumption. Gaikwad and Du Plessis added 71 runs in 8.2 overs and later Moeen Ali (23) and Ambati Rayudu (32) also got starts but could not .

Didn't show much courage, says a dejected Kohli after second loss

Royal Challengers Bangalore skipper Virat Kohli was left dejected after a second loss in as many matches here and said that another 15-20 runs on the board would have given the side a winning total.

Adapting to the dew and strategising bowling was the key: Dhoni

CSK skipper Mahendra Singh Dhoni said after the emphatic win against Royal Challengers Bangalore on Friday that he kept the dew factor in mind at all times

Dream11 to step up tech infra, hiring over Indian Premier League success

With a user base of more than 100 million, and user concurrency of over 5.5 million, the platform has a solid backend analytics platform, much of which is built in-house

IPL 2021 RCB vs CSK highlights: Chennai Super Kings wins by six wickets

The win took CSK to the top spot with 14 points. They overtook Delhi Capitals, who also have 14 points, but the yellow brigade has better net run-rate of 1.185, compared to 0.613 of the Delhi team

IPL 2021 CSK vs RCB playing 11: David, Saini comes in for Jamieson, Sachin

Royal Challengers Bangalore has made two changes in its playing from the previous match. Check RCB vs CSK playing 11 and live streaming details

IPL 2021 MI vs KKR highlights: Kolkata outclass Mumbai by seven wickets

Iyer (53 off 30), playing his second IPL game, displayed the wide range of his strokes alongside Rahul Tripathi (74 not out off 42) to enable KKR to chase MI's modest total of 155 for six

KKR skipper Morgan fined Rs 24 lakh; others fined Rs 6 lakh each

Kolkata Knight Riders have been fined after they maintained a slow over rate during their match against Mumbai Indians at the Zayed Cricket Stadium, Abu Dhabi