IPL match highlights

Defending champions Royal Challengers Bengaluru cruised to the top of the IPL table with a six-wicket win over Kolkata Knight Riders here Wednesday thanks to Virat Kohli's unbeaten 105. After a pair of ducks, Kohli came back with bang in Raipur and ran out the finish for his team batting first in chase of 193 to guide his chase home with class 60-ball innings. The 37-year-old struck his ninth hundred in IPL, hitting 11 fours and three sixes. Kohli also became the quickest

Kagiso Rabada of South Africa led an inspired pace attack as the Gujarat Titans surged to the top IPL table with a crushing 82-run defeat of Sunrisers Hyderabad on Tuesday. In Ahmedabad, hosts Gujarat defended 168 as Rabada followed up figures of 3-28 by with his fellow quicks routed Hyderabad for just 86, the lowest in IPL history. Fellow fast Jason Holder mopped up the Hyderabad middle and lower-order with 3-20. The former champions Gujarat jumped above Hyderabad and defending champions Royal Challengers

Mitchell Marsh struck 111 as Lucknow Super Giants edged out defending champions Royal Challengers Bengaluru by nine runs in a rain-marred IPL clash on Thursday. Marsh plundered nine fours and nine sixes in his 56-ball onslaught to help Lucknow reach an impressive total of 209-3 in a rain-shortened clash that saw each team bat for 19 overs at Ekana Stadium at Lucknow. Chasing a revised target of 213, Bengaluru lost Virat Kohli for two as he was out to Prince Yadav on the

Keeping their IPL playoffs hopes alive by handing Delhi Capitals a comprehensive eight-wicket defeat, Chennai Super Kings were justified in putting up disciplined bowling and an unbeaten 87 from opener Sanju Samson on Tuesday. Delhi's decision to bat first on a challenging wicket proved costly as they stumbled to 69-5 before finishing with 155-7 at the Arun Jaitley Stadium. Chasing the target, Chennai lost two quick wickets early but Samson adjusted his 52-ball innings quite nicely as his side chased down the total

Rohit Sharma, the former India captain returned to form with 84 off 44 balls and along with opener Ryan Rickelton put on a world-class performance from where Mumbai Indians cruised to a comfortable six-wicket win over Lucknow Super Giants in match four of the Indian Premier League (IPL) here Monday night. Rohit, who missed five matches due to a hamstring injury return, was well partnered with Rickelton whose explosive 83 off 32 balls gave them the start they needed for another chase at

Opener Phil Salt and the ever-reliable Virat Kohli slammed half-centuries to set up Royal Challengers Bengaluru's 18-run win over Mumbai Indians in a marquee IPL fixture on Sunday. Salt smashed 78 from 36 deliveries, with Kohli anchoring his way to 50 as defending champions Bengaluru added 120 runs for the opening partnership and posted a total of 240-4 at Mumbai's Wankhede Stadium. A brisk 53 off 20 balls by captain Rajat Patidar and a late onslaught by Tim David, who scored an unbeaten

Cooper Connolly had an Indian Premier League debut to remember as he withstood a torrent of wickets falling around him and helped steer Punjab Kings to a nail-biting three-wicket win over the Gujarat Titans on Tuesday. A tidy bowling effort, led by Vijaykumar Vyshak, had seen Punjab limit Gujarat to 162-6 at the New Chandigarh Stadium after Shreyas Iyer chose to chase. Last year’s finalists Punjab seemed on course for a routine win as opener Prabhsimran Singh and Connolly went after the bowling,

The Mumbai Indians, who have won the IPL five times before, have won the IPL 6 times in a row after defeating the Rajasthan Royals by 100 runs, causing the Royals to get eliminated from the playoffs.   Winning the toss and being given the opportunity to bat first, Mumbai achieved a massive score of 217 runs (Suryakumar Yadav 48, Hardik Pandya 48, Rohit Sharma 53, Ryan Rickelton 61).   The Royals were skittled out for 117 runs, while Trent Boult and Karn Sharma took