All stories by NORMA ASTRID GODINHO
Top Performer: Venky Iyer Impresses Again
Rediff.com2 Oct 2021Iyer, who has been a revelation this season, played some fluent drives en route his half-century.
Top Performer: Maxwell 2.0
Rediff.com30 Sep 2021Maxwell took on the bowling and clobbered Chris Morris for 22 big runs, smoking the bowler to all parts of the park with a six and then three consecutive fours to log 7,000 runs in the IPL.
Turning Point: RCB bowlers' late revival
Rediff.com30 Sep 2021Rajasthan's feeble middle-order was again exposed as runs came in a trickle in singles and twos.
Top Performer: Saurabh Tiwary Anchors MI Innings
Rediff.com29 Sep 2021Tiwary might not have played a more crucial knock in the IPL.
Turning Point: MI Bowling, Pollard-Pandya Slog Fest
Rediff.com29 Sep 2021Medium pacer Nathan Coulter-Nile bowled economically before Kieron Pollard struck twice with the big wickets of Chris Gayle and K L Rahul to get his 300th IPL wicket and dent the Punjab batting.
Turning Point: Death Bowling, Roy Blitz
Rediff.com28 Sep 2021Plugging the runs at the backend of the Rajasthan innings and then getting Samson's wicket in the 20th over before Roy's assault -- not allowing Rajasthan's bowlers to settle tilted the match in Hyderabad's favour.
Top Performer: Milestone Man Sanju Samson
Rediff.com28 Sep 2021Samson found the boundaries at ease almost every over. There was the well-timed drive through the covers, smashes to the boundary over the infield and shots on the on side.
Why this Actor became a Sportscaster
Rediff.com13 Aug 2021'I have been lucky to be able to show my talent more as a sports anchor, and I could do this for life!'
Tokyo Games: DRAMATIC Moments
Rediff.com9 Aug 2021From sharing medals to defections to gestures on the medals podium to punching horses, the Tokyo Olympics had it all.
Messi Stamps his CLASS on Copa America
Rediff.com12 Jul 2021On Saturday evening, Lionel Messi finally got what had eluded arguably the finest footballer of his generation throughout his glorious career -- a trophy playing for his country.
Marauding Italy first to make knockouts
Rediff.com17 Jun 2021With this win Italy have extended their unbeaten run to 29 games, the last 10 coming off wins where they have scored 31 goals and conceded none.
5 Players to watch out for at the Euros
Rediff.com10 Jun 2021The Euro 2020 Championship is being held across Europe for the first time in the competition's 60-year history, with 11 host cities in total.
Top Performer: Dhawan dazzles in DC win
Rediff.com3 May 2021Be it the punch off the back foot off Mohammed Shami or a cracking drive through covers off Chris Jordan, 'Gabbar' was a sight to behold.
Turning Point: DC's flying start
Rediff.com3 May 2021Delhi Capitals Openers Shikhar Dhawan and Prithvi Shaw ensured they scored at over 10-an-over in the Powerplay.
Top Performer: Shaw's classy innings
Rediff.com30 Apr 2021Prithvi Shaw (82 off 41) wasted no time as he walloped Shivam Mavi for six fours off the opening over to give DC a bright start.
Turning Point: KKR lose wickets in a heap...
Rediff.com30 Apr 2021174 was always a below par score as Delhi walked away with the match without breaking much sweat.
Top Performer: Rutu puts CSK on perch
Rediff.com29 Apr 2021While at first it was Faf who was going all guns blazing, as the innings progressed it was Rutu who took centre-stage as CSK won in a canter to go atop the IPL points table.
Turning Point: CSK bowlers keep it tight
Rediff.com29 Apr 2021It was imperative for Pandey and Warner to go score quickly in the middle overs, something they didn't manage -- a score around 200 would have had CSK thinking.
Turning Point: Avesh takes out Bairstow
Rediff.com26 Apr 2021Avesh stepped up whenever called upon by Pant and finished with figures of 3 for 34.
Top Performer: Wonderful Williamson
Rediff.com26 Apr 2021With this innings, it is clear that Williamson will be a regular in SRH's playing XI for the rest of IPL 2021.