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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.
Turning Point: MI falter after SKY's dismissal
Rediff.com24 Apr 2021But once Surya (33 off 27) was dismissed by Bishnoi in the 17th over -- MI at 105-2 -- they could just not lift the tempo.
Top Performers: Openers set up Punjab victory
Rediff.com24 Apr 2021Rahul got to his fifty off a single in the 17th over, before scoring the winning runs with a six and a four to log a 9-wicket win over Mumbai.
Top Performer: Devdutt Padikkal's ton
Rediff.com23 Apr 2021Spinners and medium pacers were treated alike as he pulled, cut, flicked.
Turning Point: Dube's dismissal
Rediff.com23 Apr 2021Once Dube departed in the 16th over, it was always going to be a big ask for RR to post a challenging total.
Turning Point: Bairstow's wicket
Rediff.com18 Apr 2021Had Bairstow stayed longer and scored at the rate he was going alongside Warner, SunRisers would have breached Mumbai's total comfortably.
Top Performers: Chahar, Boult scuttle SRH
Rediff.com18 Apr 2021Trent Boult (3 for 28) and Rahul Chahar (3 for 19) helped Mumbai Indians win and go atop the IPL 2021 points table.
Turning Point: Ahmed's three-wicket burst
Rediff.com15 Apr 2021That three-wicket burst was enough to put SRH on the backfoot as they lost wickets every over with just no runs flowing off the bat.
Top Performer: Ahmed spins it RCB's way
Rediff.com15 Apr 2021Shahbaz Ahmed was brought in on Wednesday as the sixth bowler after fellow spinners Washington Sundar and Yuvendra Chahal were bleeding runs off the bats of Warner, Bairstow and Pandey.
Turning Point: Hooda's big hitting
Rediff.com13 Apr 2021After the mini Gayle storm, the time was right for a Hooda hurricane.
Top Performer: Super Samson!
Rediff.com13 Apr 2021Samson is the first player in the IPL to score a century in his first match as captain.