Harish Kotian writes on cricket and sports. You can e-mail the author at harishk@rediff.co.in
Young pacer Harshit Rana is enjoying a dream run with the ball in IPL 2024.
Sunil Narine has proved to be unstoppable, blazing his way to 461 runs in 11 games at a strike rate of 183, with a century and three fifties.
Half-centuries from Travis Head and Nitish Kumar Reddy helped Sunrisers Hyderabad edge Rajasthan Royals by one run.
Bhuvneshwar's early strikes coupled with good spells from Pat Cummins and Thangarasu Natarjan in the middle overs saw SRH clinch victory against all odds.
Unlike the IPL, the wickets in the United States and the West Indies could be slow and could assist spinners. That could be why India went in for experience in their batting ahead of strike rates, points out Harish Kotian.
Rasikh Salam Dar emerged as Delhi Capitals' hero with the ball, with excellent figures of 3/34.
Jake Fraser-McGurk took the Mumbai Indians bowlers to the cleaners in a savage display of power-hitting.
The spin duo of Karn Sharma and Swapnil Singh helped RCB snap their run of six losses in a row.
Rajat Patidar completely overshadowed senior team-mate Virat Kohli with a blistering display of power hitting.
Matheesha Pathirana stood out with his searing pace in a match dominated by the batters.
Marcus Stoinis' maiden IPL century lifts LSG to victory.
Rahul Tewatia's entertaining cameo of 36 from 18 balls was the turning point for the Gujarat Titans.
Sai Kishore has been part of the IPL for nearly six years but had played just five games before Sunday's game against the Punjab Kings.
Once again, RCB are looking on course to finish without a trophy after losing six out of their first seven games.
It was a game the bowlers would like to forget in a hurry as not a single bowler from either side managed an economy rate of under 10.
It rained fours and sixes in Bengaluru as a total of 549 runs were scored -- the highest aggregate in a T20 match.
'Yes, there have not been any express fast bowlers that are coming from the MRF Pace Foundation that we used to have back in the years.' 'But that's not going to happen anymore. Now, in the next few years, you are gonna see a lot of really good fast bowlers coming out from the MRF Pace Foundation again.'
Did you enjoy Noor Ahmad's superb showing with the ball?
Shashank Singh played the innings of his life to power Punjab Kings to a famous win.
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