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Sehwag to Shaw: Top five openers with highest strike rate in IPL history

The prominence of opening the batting and striking well is even more important given that both Kohli and Rohit are ageing openers, and their place in Indian squad for T20 World Cup 2024 is debatable

IPL 2024 MI vs RCB: In Rohit vs Kohli battle, focus shifts to strike rate

In four matches, Rohit has scored only 118 runs, However, those runs have come at a stunning strike rate of 171. But Kohli is the leading run-scorer having scored 316 in 5 innings

IPL 2024 points table, team rankings, highest run-scorers and wicket-takers

Virat Kohli has the orange cap with 316 runs in 5 matches. Yuzvendra Chahal has the purple cap with 10 wickets in 5 games. Rajasthan is at the top of the table after the RR vs GT match in IPL 2024

IPL 2024 MI vs RCB preview: Desperate times for RCB, face equal laggards MI

Desperate Royal Challengers Bengaluru will be under tremendous pressure to get their act together against an equally struggling Mumbai Indians when the two teams face-off in an Indian Premier League match here on Thursday. Four losses in five matches have not only vindicated how poor RCB were in the last IPL auction, but they have also missed the opportunity to make it up with better on-field showing. However, there is nothing much to separate the two teams as RCB are just a rung below MI in the points table at the ninth position with MI winning just one (29-run victory over Delhi Capitals) out of their four games so far. Virat Kohli's brilliance, notwithstanding, RCB's campaign is under threat of falling apart even before they could register enough wins to have a real shot at the knockouts. With the halfway mark of the ongoing IPL approaching rapidly, it is imperative for RCB's overseas stars, including skipper Faf du Plessis (109 runs), Glenn Maxwell (32) and Cameron Green (68) t

IPL 2024: MI vs RCB head-to-head, Mumbai pitch report, weather forecast

Mumbai vs Bengaluru head-to-head: Out of the 34 matches played between the two teams, Mumbai have a clear advantage with 20 wins while Bengaluru managed to emerge victorious in 14 matches.

IPL 2024 MI vs RCB: Kohli's childhood coach slams his strike rate critics

Slamming 316 runs with the help of two fifties and a century, Kohli is the leading run-scorer of IPL 2024. However, his strike rate of 146.29, is only ahead of Sai Sudharsan among top five run-getters

IPL 2024 points table, team rankings, highest run-scorers and wicket-takers

Thanks to their 33-run win against Gujarat, LSG move to third position in IPL 2024 points table. Rajasthan Royals is at the top. Virat Kohli has the orange cap and Yuzvendra Chahal has the purple cap

IPL 2024 RR vs RCB: Ajay Jadeja questions Kohli's pitch reading in Jaipur

Virat Kohli reckoned that the Jaipur track was two-paced making strokeplay difficult but former India ODI skipper Ajay Jadeja felt that the manner in which the star batter batted, there seemed to be very little demons present in the 22-yard strip. Kohli scored an unbeaten 113 off 72 balls with 12 fours and four sixes but RCB managed only 183/3 in 20 overs, a total that was surpassed by Rajasthan Royals with five balls to spare, courtesy Jos Buttler's 58-ball ton. Jadeja, an astute cricket brain, felt that there seemed to be some discrepancy in what Kohli observed and how in general the pitch behaved during the entire duration of the game. "He (Kohli) started out so well. He hit a couple of boundaries in the first few overs, and you knew you were watching something special tonight. The only surprising thing was him speaking about how the deliveries were not carrying through on this pitch, but the way he batted, we didn't see any shortcomings in the pitch," Jadeja, a 'Jio Cinema' IPL

IPL 2024 RR vs RCB Highlights: Kohli's century in vain, Buttler-Samson take Royals to 4th win

Indian Premier League 2024 Rajasthan Royals vs Royal Challengers Bengaluru highlights: Jos Buttler century and Sanju Samson's 69 were enough to get RR over the line even as Kohli hit a hundred for RCB

IPL 2024: Virat Kohli hits record eighth century in franchise cricket

Kohli now has a two-century lead against Chris Gayle, who has six centuries in IPL history. Virat has been part of the IPL ever since its start in 2008

Fair Play of Virat: King Kohli in his elements during RR-RCB IPL.2024 match

More than the runs that he was scoring,m it was the facial expression of Kohli and the way he was playing that made him trend on the internet

IPL 2024 RR vs RCB Playing 11- Saurav Chauhan debuts for Bengaluru

RR vs RCB Playing 11: Saurav Chauhan debuted for Royal Challengers Bengaluru while Rajasthan Royals made no change in their playing 11

IPL 2024: RR vs RCB head-to-head, Jaipur pitch report, weather forecast

Rajasthan vs Bengaluru head-to-head: Jaipur and Bengaluru have won four matches in the 8 games at Sawai Mann Singh Stadium played between the two teams.

IPL 2024 RR vs RCB: Steve Smith asks other batters to support Virat Kohli

Virat Kohli is "under a lot of pressure" in the ongoing IPL owing to the collective failure of Royal Challengers Bengaluru batters, feels former Australia captain Steve Smith who wants the Indian superstar's RCB teammates to come good in the supporting act. Kohli has waged a lone battle for RCB this IPL season with 203 runs in four matches at 67.66 with two fifties. The second-best batter, Dinesh Karthik, is way behind with 90 runs in as many games. Despite Kohli's consistency, RCB have faltered with three losses in four matches throwing them as far back as the seventh spot in the points table. The likes of Glenn Maxwell, skipper Faf du Plessis and Cameron Green have been underwhelming so far with the bat. "He needs the other key batters to stand up with him, and if they do that, they can turn things around for their season. But, at the moment, they're not so a lot of pressure is on Virat," Smith, a member of the Star Sports Incredible Star Cast, told PTI in an exclusive interaction

IPL 2024 points table, team rankings, highest run-getters and wicket-takers

Virat Kohli is currently holding the orange cap, with 203 runs in 4 matches. Mohit Sharma takes the purple cap away from Mustafizur Rahman with seven wickets.

IPL 2024: Rayudu blames RCB's title drought to senior players' failure

If a title triumph has eluded Royal Challengers Bengaluru since the inception of the Indian Premier League (IPL), it is because highly-paid international stars have always buckled under pressure, leaving the juniors to do all the heavylifting, says former India batter Ambati Rayudu. Rayudu, who has won multiple IPL trophies with both Mumbai Indians and Chennai Super Kings, didn't take any names but probably he was hinting towards team's three premier batters -- Virat Kohli, Glenn Maxwell and Faf du Plessis. RCB have lost two out of their three IPL games this season and while Kohli has scored 203 runs at a strike-rate of 140 plus, he hasn't exactly set the stage on fire during Powerplay. Du Plessis has managed 65 runs in four games while Maxwell has contributed only 31 runs so far in as many games. "RCB's bowlers always concede over par runs and their batting unit performs under par," Rayudu told Star Sports after RCB lost to LSG on Tuesday. "Who are all batting in pressure situati

IPL 2024: Mayank Yadav's fiery pace give Lucknow 28-run win over RCB

Quinton de Kock's astute fifty and pace sensation Mayank Yadav's youthful brilliance fashioned Lucknow Super Giants' 28-run romp over Royal Challengers Bengaluru in their IPL match here on Tuesday. Lucknow constructed their 181 for five around Quinton De Kock's 81 (56b) and Nicholas Pooran's unbeaten 40 (21b). RCB threatened to miraculously scale 182 briefly through Mahipal Lomror, who produced a forceful 33 off 13 balls. However, Mayank's scorching three-wicket haul (3/14) was not to be denied as the hosts were bundled out for 153. But in reality, RCB's chase never really took off partly by their own follies and partly by the excellence of Lucknow bowlers. Lucknow opened the bowling with two spinners Manimaran Siddharth and Krunal Pandya and it did surprise Faf du Plessis (19 off 13) and Virat Kohli (22 off 16). But the introduction of pacer Naveen-ul-Haq saw Kohli upping the ante, smoking him for six over the bowler's head. The left-arm spinner Siddharth soon fetched the ma

RCB vs LSG Highlights, IPL 2024: Mayank Yadav stars as LSG win by 28 runs

Mayank Yadav impresses once again with a three-wicket haul after Quinton de Kock and Nicholas Pooran star with the bat in the first innings

IPL 2024 RCB vs LSG matchups: Pooran against Maxwell to Krunal vs Karthik

It becomes important to know the big match-ups in this game to gauge if it could produce a similar thrill to the one in 2023

IPL 2025: BCCI, owners to discuss auction purse on April 16 meeting

There could be discussions on a potential increase in auction purse for the franchises and player retention during BCCI and team owners meeting for IPL 2025 mega auction