Chennai Super Kings will look to step up the pace in the middle overs and hope their inspirational skipper M S Dhoni takes the field despite a knee niggle against fierce rivals Royal Challengers Bangalore in the eagerly awaited Southern derby in the IPL, in Bengaluru, on Monday.

RCB's bowlers, who are often criticised for not stepping up, bailed them out against Delhi Capitals.

RCB's young Indian debutant Vijaykumar Vyshak produced a brilliant spell on debut.

Vyshak cleverly mixed his lengths, varied his pace and bowled a perfect knuckle ball with an upright seam to take the DC batters by surprise.

PHOTOS of the IPL 2023 match between Royal Challengers Bangalore vs Delhi Capitals played at the M Chinnaswamy Stadium in Bengaluru on Saturday.

The Congress fielded former Governor Margaret Alva's son Nivedit Alva from the Kumta assembly seat.

Ahead of their match against the Kolkata Knight Riders, Mumbai Indians batter Tim David said it's tough to plan against dangerous batters like Rinku Singh.

The BCCI on Saturday provided an update on injured players Jasprit Bumrah and Shreyas Iyer.

Royal Challengers Bangalore all-rounder Glenn Maxwell could have added motivation to steady his team's floundering campaign in IPL 2023. Four of his childhood friends have flown down from Australia to cheer their mate in the ongoing tournament.

History is on Hardik Pandya's side, which has won all three games against the Royals so far, and that would certainly play on the minds of the Sanju Samson-led Rajasthan outfit at the Narendra Modi stadium.

Here's hoping his positivity rubs off on the DC squad when they face RCB.

The game at the Eden Gardens played out like a pendulum with the match swaying this way now and the other way next.

BCCI honourary secretary Jay Shah provived updates on the Asia Cup venue, WPL and India's preparations for the ODI World Cup.

Ahead of the IPL match against Royal Challengers Bangalore, Delhi Capitals assistant coach said the team's execution hasn't been ideal this season.

The Punjab Kings, who have heavily relied on skipper Shikhar Dhawan, will need their batters to step up as they face a confident Lucknow Super Giants on Saturday.

Delhi are enduring a poor start to the season as they have lost all their four games in IPL 2023 so far.

Ahead of their match against Sunrisers Hyderabad, Kolkata Knight Riders pacer Lockie Ferguson backed Andre Russell to put on a strong show with the willow.

'He meets me in the bathroom and says, "Coach, actually I want to bat 4." For me, that's not shying away from anything.'

Ahead of their IPL match against Kolkata Knight Riders, Sunrisers Hyderabad skipper said they would use Rahul Tripathi's inputs, with the latter being a former Knight.

The Supreme Court on Thursday came down heavily on ex-IPL commissioner Lalit Modi over his remarks against the judiciary in a social media post, and directed him to tender an unconditional apology.

On a high after Rinku Singh's phenomenal knock, Kolkata Knight Riders will be gunning for a hat-trick of victories when they face a resurgent Sunrisers Hyderabad.

Chennai Super Kings captain Mahendra Singh Dhoni is nursing a knee injury, which is hindering his movement somewhat, said head coach Stephen Fleming.

Morgan insisted that teams are likely to do well if they stop being over-reliant on big names and find a collective group of players can deliver.

DC are currently last in 10-team table with four defeats in a row and it does hurt, admitted the former India skipper.

Simon Doull questioned Kohli for a sudden stop in his scoring rate just before he was going to complete a half-century.

Delhi lost their last five wickets for seven runs in 10 balls.

Suryakumar Yadav has managed just 16 runs from his first three games in IPL 2023.

Kohli sat beside his two-year-old daughter Vamika at the pool, having her back while bonding with her and enjoying the day off.

In the absence of their regular captain Rishabh Pant, DC have also been struggling in the league.

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LSG, despite losing three wickets in Powerplay with just 23 runs on the board, managed to win the game by one wicket on Monday, with the West Indian middle-order batter scoring a 19-ball 62, and blasting the fastest half-century in IPL 2023 off just 15 deliveries.

What is the Amul Vs Nandini battle. Why does the opposition see red over the Gujarat dairy brand's Bengaluru foray with its brand of milk and curd. An explainer seeks to shed light on the issue.

Becomes fourth-highest run-scorer in T20 cricket.

In case of Madhya Pradesh speedster Avesh, there were no financial penalty as a formal warning was deemed to be enough.

'We knew that the game was on, Stoinis and KL had a wonderful partnership. Stoinis kept us in the game and I knew this was a nice wicket. We could chase even over 50 in the last four, it was about cashing in.'

Anushka's unwavering support for her husband and his team has been a constant source of motivation for Kohli.

Lucknow Super Giants clinched a memorable one-wicket victory off the final ball against Royal Challengers Bangalore in a high-scoring thriller.

LSG were in deep trouble before Stoinis and Pooran unleashed their brutal onslaught.

Images from the IPL 2023 match between Royal Challengers and Bangalore and Lucknow Super Giants played at the M. Chinnaswamy Stadium in Bengaluru on Monday

The Royal Challengers Bangalore struck a chord with their unique and purpose-driven cheer squad -- Ampere Take Charge Squad.