All stories by NORMA ASTRID GODINHO
Turning Points: David let off, DC fielding
Rediff.com22 May 2022DC would have expected their bowling attack to fire on all cylinders, but that was not be.
Top Performers: Bumrah, Kishan, David
Rediff.com22 May 2022Had it not been for Kishan's free-flowing batting up front and then David's smashing sixes all over the park, MI would not have knocked out DC.
GT vs RCB: Top Performer: All-Round Maxi
Rediff.com20 May 2022He bowled a tight line, took a wonderful catch and smashed 40 runs off just 18 balls to take his team to victory and live another day in this season of the IPL.
Turning Points: RCB Bowlers Keep It Tight; Kohli Dropped
Rediff.com20 May 2022RCB will hope their win materialises into a spot in the play-offs, especially given the way their bowlers performed and Kohli getting his mojo back.
CSK-GT: Top Performer: Sensible Saha
Rediff.com16 May 2022Saha played a sensible innings -- there was little risk involved. He knew that keeping the scoreboard ticking was the right way to tackle the low score in the chase.
Turning Point: GT Bowlers Choke CSK
Rediff.com16 May 2022The last five overs saw the CSK batters score only 25 runs while losing 3 wickets and no boundaries to show.
DC-RR: Top Performer: Marsh's Heroics
Rediff.com12 May 2022With his twin blows to take out Jaiswal and Ashwin and then scoring a blazing 80 off 62 balls, Mitchell Marsh is rightly our player of the day.
Turning Points: Markram, Pooran Wickets
Rediff.com9 May 2022Hasaranga's first two strikes changed the complexion of the game. With Markram's wicket a huge partnership was averted. Pooran's dismissal nipped a growing partnership in the bud.
RCB-SRH: Top Performers: Hasaranga, Du Plessis
Rediff.com9 May 2022Hasaranga then paid the faith shown in him by du Plessis to finish with spectacular figures of 5 for 18, not allowing the SunRisers batters any gift deliveries, stifling them and finally having them all out for 125 and 67 runs short.
Turning Point: Rinku-Rana batting
Rediff.com3 May 2022Rana and Rinku put on 66 runs off just 38 balls to help KKR record its first win in 5 matches.
Top Performers: KKR Bowlers Keep It Tight
Rediff.com3 May 2022The KKR attack prowled together and ensured that Rajasthan could barely set a par total.
Turning Point: Choudhary's 4 Wickets
Rediff.com2 May 2022Choudhary's four strikes at crucial intervals put the brakes on the SRH scoring. The first two wickets changed the momentum of the game in CSK's favour.
Top Performers: Gaikwad-Convoy Show
Rediff.com2 May 2022Ruturaj Gaikwad and Devon Conway posted 182 runs for the first wicket at the MCA stadium in Pune, May 1, 2022, the highest opening stand in IPL 2022.
Turning Point: Axar-Powell Partnership
Rediff.com29 Apr 2022When the boundaries were hard to come by, next men in Axar Patel and Rovman Powell rotated the strike, waiting for the odd boundary. They posted a 29-run stand off 23 balls.
Top Performer: Four Star Kuldeep
Rediff.com29 Apr 2022On Thursday, he had enviable figures of 4 for 14 in his 3 overs against KKR, his former IPL franchise, which didn't give him a single game last season.
Turning Point: MSD-Pretorius Take CSK Home
Rediff.com22 Apr 2022Although CSK lost the important wickets of Dube, Rayudu and Jadeja in the middle overs and MI debutant Riley Meredith and Bumrah keeping a lid on the scoring in the 16th and 17th overs, it was the crucial 33 run partnership between Pretorius and Dhoni that eventually sealed the deal with a last ball four off the bat of hero MSD!
Top Performer: Choudhary Steals Show
Rediff.com22 Apr 2022His early strikes and SKY's catch put paid to any of Mumbai's efforts to script a solid comeback into the match.
Turning Point: SKY, Tilak Wickets
Rediff.com17 Apr 2022Jason Holder and Ravi Bishnoi struck in the 15th and 16th overs to dismiss the duo and all MI's hopes went up in smoke.
Top Performer: Classy Rahul
Rediff.com17 Apr 2022While batting, Rahul showed great finesse and class to score an unbeaten century; He was equally adept while marshalling his troops, making the right bowling changes to successfully defend the total.
Top Performer: Sensational Hardik!
Rediff.com15 Apr 2022Hardik was inspirational with both bat and in the field and there was no one more worthy of being the top performer of the game.