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MS Dhoni is also the second most successful skipper in IPL history after Rohit Sharma, having led CSK to three titles (2010, 2011 and 2018) with a total of eight final appearances.

With 194 games, Dhoni overtakes Raina as the most capped IPL player

Raina, his Chennai Super Kings teammate, skipped this IPL edition due to personal reasons.

2 Oct 2020 8:26 PM IST

Kieron Pollard smashed an unbeaten 60 off 24 balls against RCB before producing an unbeaten 47 off 20 balls against KXIP. (Photo | PTI)

Pollard finding form early is a great sign for Mumbai Indians: Zaheer...

"We are always banking on him, Zaheer said in a flash interview posted on MI twitter handle.

2 Oct 2020 7:04 PM IST

Royal Challengers captain Virat Kohli is coming to terms with new conditions of cricket in the corona age. (PTI file photo)

Virat's Royal Challengers take on Rajasthan Royals in first afternoon...

Both Royals and the RCB go into Saturday's afternoon match with two wins in three games.

2 Oct 2020 1:15 PM IST

The duo of Kieron Pollard and Hardik Pandya smashed fours and sixes at will, scoring 67 runs in 23 balls to lift MI to 191 for four from 83 for three in the 14th over. (Photo | PTI)

Rohit and his Mumbai Indians smash a 48-run victory over Kings XI...

The classy Rohit laid the foundation with a 45-ball 70, lacing his innings with eight fours and three sixes.

2 Oct 2020 12:17 AM IST

Players could be fined as much 3000 AED (60,000 INR approx) for not completing their daily health passport, not wearing GPS tracker and missing a scheduled COVID-19 test. The same rules apply for family members and team officials.

BCCI issues strictures: Rs 1 crore fines for IPL teams whose players...

A BCCI notification states that a player will have to undergo a six-day quarantine for any unauthorised departure from...

1 Oct 2020 11:09 PM IST

Coming off a couple of challenges we had off the field, weve used this break pretty well, we got some clarity around what we need to do and have practised very well, Fleming said ahead of Fridays match against Sunrisers Hyderabad. (Photo | PTI)

CSK used the 6-day break to work out the kinks and practise hard, says...

Meanwhile, Ambati Rayudu and all-rounder Dwayne Bravo, who missed matches due to injury, are back in the reckoning,...

1 Oct 2020 8:15 PM IST

Chennai Super Kings bowler Ravindra Jadeja appeals for an LBW during IPL 2020 cricket match against Rajasthan Royals, at Sharjah Cricket Stadium, in Sharjah on Sept. 22, 2020. (PTI)

Over 26 crore viewers were glued to their TV sets during IPL's opening...

Advertising volumes increased 15 per cent during the first week of the current year's tournament

1 Oct 2020 7:30 PM IST

For KKR, this was their second successive victory and they jumped to second spot behind Delhi Capitals. (Photo | PTI)

Knight Riders' pace duo Shivam Mavi and Kamlesh Nagarkoti stop Royals'...

The 2018 Under-19 World Cup-winning pace duo claimed two wickets apiece to help Kolkata register a 37-run win over the...

1 Oct 2020 1:02 AM IST

Archer (2/18) hit the deck hard and clocked the fastest delivery of the tournament (152.1 kph) in a fiery spell, taking two key wickets of KKR opener Shubman Gill (47 from 34 balls) and skipper Dinesh Karthik (1) after the Royals opted to field. In this photo from the September 22, 2020 Rajasthan Royals match against Chennai Super Kings, Archer appeals during IPL 2020 cricket match against Chennai Super Kings batsman, at Sharjah Cricket Stadium, in Sharjah of United Arab Emirates. (Photo | PTI)

Rajasthan Royals post 174/6, pulled back by Jofra Archer's tight spell

Archer bowled the first over of the match and there was full pace in display in the range of 145-150kph mark.

30 Sept 2020 10:15 PM IST

Hes (Samson) such a talented player. I have seen a lot of talented cricketers in my time but watching Samson bat in the nets, being around him, speaking to him over the years and now watching him evolve, I mean he is something else. He is a very special talent and I hope he hits the international stage very soon, Shane Warne said. (Photo | Modified PTI image)

Shane Warne confident that Sanju will make Team India if he keeps...

The clamour to have the enormously gifted Kerala batsman play regularly for the national team has grown over the years.

30 Sept 2020 9:17 PM IST

To bowl yorkers is not easy and to execute it under pressure is another thing. That is because he works on it. He (Natarajan) does it regularly in events like TNPL and is now showing he can do it at the highest level, Avinash Khandelwal, fielding coach of the Tamil Nadu team, said. (Photo | iplt20.com)

Natarajan's yorkers hit the spot, and his life story strikes a chord

Sharing his fortune, he built his parents a house, educated his sisters, and opened a cricket academy in his village in...

30 Sept 2020 7:17 PM IST

It has been a tough one and a half year for me, first my dad expired and then my mom (in June this year). And it took a bit of time for me to come back. My mom was my biggest fan, especially in the IPL and when I was the Man of the Match, she would always talk to me through the night, recalled a teary-eyed Rashid at the post-match presentation. (Photo | PTI)

Rashid dedicates his Man of the Match performance to his late mother ...

Rashid's triple strike is what allowed the Sunrisers to defend 162 for their first win of the Indian Premier League...

30 Sept 2020 4:52 PM IST