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Hardik getting closer to playing but MI won't rush him back: Bond

Star all-rounder Hardik Pandya is "close to playing" but Mumbai Indians won't rush him back as the franchise is also keeping in mind the needs of the Indian team while managing his workload

IPL 2021, MI vs KKR playing 11: Hardik not playing; Rohit in for Anmolpreet

Rohit Sharma returned at the top and that is the only change in MI playing 11. Check MI vs KKR playing 11 and head to head record here

IPL 2021: It's important that we turn up and do the job, says Rohit Sharma

"It's important that we turn up and do the job!" Rohit said in a video posted on MI's twitter handle.

IPL 2021: Missing out in first half was disappointing, says Anrich Nortje

Delhi Capitals speedster Anrich Nortje was adjudged man of the match for his sensational bowling against SunRisers Hyderabad on Wednesday

Not satisfied with my performance against SRH, hunger has gone up: Iyer

After registering an eight-wicket victory over SunRisers Hyderabad in the IPL, Delhi Capitals batsman Shreyas Iyer has said that his appetite and hunger has gone up for scoring runs.

Need to give DC credit, they have some world-class bowlers, says Bayliss

SunRisers Hyderabad head coach Trevor Bayliss said that the Rishabh Pant-led side was too good for his team on the day

IPL 2021: Check Mumbai Indians' full schedule and players list here

With 8 points, Mumbai Indians is currently in fourth place on the IPL 2021 points table. The defending champions have won three and lost four of their seven matches so far

IPL 2021, Match 33, DC vs SRH Highlights: Delhi Capitals win by 8 wickets

Delhi Capitals produced top-notch performance in their first match of the second phase of this year's IPL to eke out the easy win in 17.5 overs in their pursuit of a modest 135-run target

Captain Samson fined Rs 12 lakh for RR's slow over rate against Punjab

Rajasthan Royals captain Sanju Samson has been fined Rs 12 lakh for his side's slow over rate during their two-run win over Punjab Kings in an Indian Premier League match here.

Losing IPL games narrowly has become a pattern for Punjab Kings: Kumble

Punjab Kings head coach Anil Kumble admitted that his team losing IPL games narrowly has become a pattern and the two-run defeat to Rajasthan Royals was certainly a difficult pill to swallow. The Punjab side failed to score four runs from the final over with the Royals fast bowler Karthik Tyagi dismissing Nicholas Pooran and Deepak Hooda and giving away only one run to snatch the win for his team on Monday. It's sort of become a bit of a pattern for us, especially as soon as we get to Dubai, it seems. There was a clear message saying we need to finish this game in 19 overs, and that was the approach," Kumble said at the post-match press conference. "Unfortunately, we let it till the end, and in the last couple of balls it becomes a lottery (with) a new batsman going in, it is a bit of lottery. The legendary leg-spinner gave credit to Tyagi for the way he bowled the final over. But credit to how Tyagi bowled the last over, it was pretty obvious that he's going to bowl wide outside

IPL 2021 PBKS vs RR highlights: Royals win by 2 runs in last over thriller

Punjab required four runs off the last six balls but Tyagi dismissed Nicholas Pooran (32) and Deepak Hooda (0) and gave away only one run to snatch the win for his team from the jaws of defeat

Taliban bans IPL broadcast in Afghanistan over presence of female audience

The Taliban-ruled Afghanistan has banned the broadcast of the hugely popular Indian Premier League (IPL) in the country over the presence of "female audience and spectators" in stadiums. Ever since the Taliban's takeover of the strife-torn country last month, the international sporting community has been concerned about the fundamentalist group's position on women participating in sports. Former Afghanistan Cricket Board (ACB) media manager and journalist M Ibrahim Momand said the live broadcast of IPL matches was banned due to possible "anti-Islamic" content. "Afghanistan national (TV) will not broadcast the @IPL as usual as it was reportedly banned to live the matches resumed tonight due to possible anti-islam contents, girls dancing & the attendance of barred (sic) hair women in the (stadium) by Islamic Emirates of the Taliban," Momand had tweeted on Sunday when the IPL action resumed. Another journalist Fawad Aman, who has also served as the spokesperson of the Ministry of ...

Will take it match by match, says DC skipper Pant ahead of SRH game

The Delhi Capitals will be taking inspiration from their brilliant performance in the first half of IPL 2021 season when they take on Sunrisers Hyderabad in their first match of the UAE leg

Felt good inside IPL bio-bubble, it was safe: Covid-recovered Seifert

Tim Seifert's world stopped for a moment when he tested positive for Covid during the now suspended IPL but the wicket-keeper said he never felt vulnerable inside the tournament's bio-bubble

KKR determined to make comeback, show against RCB bold statement: Gill

KKR batsman Shubman Gill has said his side is determined to do well in the second phase of IPL 2021 and the performance against RCB reflected a bold statement

Don't like turning wickets, prefer bowling on flatter surface: Chakravarthy

Kolkata Knight Riders spinner Varun Chakravarthy has said that he prefers bowling on flatter surfaces as compared to turning tracks because of his bowling style.

Iyer's knock signifies aggressive brand of cricket KKR want to play: Morgan

Eoin Morgan said the Madhya Pradesh batsman's unbeaten knock against RCB signified the 'aggressive' brand of cricket Kolkata Knight Riders aspire to play

IPL 2021: Check RR vs PBKS playing 11, live toss time, head-to-head score

It is going to be a battle of the explosive top-orders as Rajasthan is boosted by the likes of Evin Lewis and Liam Livingstone while Punjab has Chris Gayle and KL Rahul in its ranks.

Humiliating loss has got nothing to do with Virat's statement: RCB coach

RCB's Mike Hesson categorically said that the humiliating loss to Kolkata Knight Riders in the team's opening match in the IPL second leg here had anything to do with skipper Virat Kohli's statement

Can't afford to lose 4-5 wickets for 20 runs, it's a wake-up call: Kohli

Royal Challengers Bangalore captain Virat Kohli on Monday rued his side's batting collapse in a nine-wicket drubbing by Kolkata Knight Riders in the IPL here and termed it a wake-up call for the team. Electing to bat, RCB were all out for a paltry 92 in Kohli's 200th IPL game and KKR chased down the target in just 10 overs by reaching to 94/1 with Shubhman Gill (48) and debutant Venkatesh Iyer (41 not out) adding 82 runs for the opening wicket. "We were 42 odd for one and then lost about five wickets within 20 runs, which is a very difficult situation to come back from. Bit of a collapse there for us, bit of a wake-up call and might as well have this at the start of the second leg so that we know exactly what we need to work on," Kohli said after the match. "It was important to get a good partnership on this surface. You can't afford to lose four or five wickets within 20 runs. We didn't expect that much dew to kick in so early, we couldn't have predicted that." Asked if the result