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Moments to remember from the quarter-finals.
Each Round of 16 game was entertaining. Laxmi Negi/Rediff.com picks the games to remember.
Laxmi Negi/Rediff.com picks the five best matches of the final round.
Laxmi Negi/Rediff.com picks five of the best team performances from this round as the tournament heads into its business end.
And what an exciting week it has been, with players returning to packed stadiums, some memorable individual and team performances and a medical incident which had the world on edge.
'He was not the hit and run kind of a boxer, but a very intelligent boxer.' 'His presence of mind in the ring brought him glory in many international tournaments.'
'When I first met him, I felt he had given up on life, but now his willingness to live has enhanced.'
Needing 16 off the final over, Pollard hit Ngidi for two fours, a six off the fifth and two off the last delivery to seal victory. 16 runs came from the over as Pollard was unbeaten on a memorable 87 off 34 balls.
Faf du Plessis dropped Pollard at long-on off the penultimate ball of the 18th over.
Rahul has the knack of scoring big when playing against RCB, his former team.
Harpreet got the wickets of Virat Kohli, Glenn Maxwell and A B de Villiers to jolt RCB's run-chase.
'When the Olympics were postponed last year there were talks of the virus situation improving, but we are going from bad to worst.'
The match looked like a Jadeja vs RCB contest. What an all-round show!
Faf du Plessis smashed an unbeaten 60-ball 95, lacked with 9 fours and four sixes.
Deepak Chahar was once again terrific with the ball for CSK as he took 4 for 29 from his four overs.
Bumrah floundered as he bowled two no-balls.
Amit Mishra delighted with his loopy leg breaks and wrong 'uns on a sluggish Chepauk track and started MI's downfall
He looks to be in the form of his life, as Punjab had no ammunition to outmanoeuvre him.
Shami shocked everyone with a wayward over, giving away 20 runs as he conceded 53 runs in four overs.
Awestruck by his fielding, former England skipper Michael Vaughan hailed Jadeja as 'India's greatest ever fielder'.
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