Alagappan Muthu

Sub-editor, ESPNcricinfo

Narine demolishes RCB with fastest IPL fifty

Sunil Narine hunted down a target of 157 with such prejudice that he reached a fifty off 15 balls

07-May-2017•The Report by Alagappan Muthu

Rishabh Pant puts the P in power-hitting

A spell-binding display from a 19-year-old batsman knocked Gujarat Lions out of contention for the IPL playoffs

04-May-2017•Alagappan Muthu

Playoff window closing fast on Lions

Last year's table toppers cannot afford too many mistakes, having played 10 matches for only six points

03-May-2017•The Preview by Alagappan Muthu

Daredevils get thrashed after falling for 67

Bottom-placed Delhi Daredevils burrowed further underground, collapsing to 67 all out on a slow track in Mohali

30-Apr-2017•The Report by Alagappan Muthu

RCB crash to another miserable defeat

Despite the target being only 158, and Virat Kohli getting a fifty in the chase, Royal Challengers Bangalore were kept to 96 for 9 in a morale-killing defeat by Rising Pune Supergiant

29-Apr-2017•The Report by Alagappan Muthu

Robin Uthappa lives the batsman's dream

Make highest IPL score, check. Gun down a target of 183, check. Put the team on top of the table, check

26-Apr-2017•Alagappan Muthu

Desperate Lions hope for Eden respite

The bottom-placed team enters the Eden Gardens stronghold after Kolkata Knight Riders had already smacked them by 10 wickets earlier in the tournament

20-Apr-2017•The Preview by Alagappan Muthu

Managing crises the Pandey way

Kolkata Knight Riders were in deep trouble, twice, in a chase of 169 and Manish Pandey bailed them out both times

17-Apr-2017•Alagappan Muthu

Debutant Tye's five-for fashions Lions' first win

Andrew Tye picked up 5 for 17 - the best figures for an IPL debutant - to lead Gujarat Lions to their first victory in IPL 2017

14-Apr-2017•The Report by Alagappan Muthu

Maxwell and Kings XI, the underdogs

Kolkata Knight Riders have won all seven of the most recent matches between these two teams, and their spinners have had success over Glenn Maxwell in particular

12-Apr-2017•The Preview by Alagappan Muthu

Bowlers' strangle, Maxwell flash gives Kings XI success

The Kings XI Punjab bowlers restricted Rising Pune Supergiants to a total of 163 which Glenn Maxwell, on captaincy debut, helped overhaul with an over to spare

08-Apr-2017•The Report by Alagappan Muthu

Gambhir, Lynn blaze away in record chase

Kolkata Knight Riders gunned down a target of 184 without losing a single wicket - a world record in T20 cricket

07-Apr-2017•The Report by Alagappan Muthu

KKR, Lions bank on big batting line-ups

Much of the success of Gujarat Lions and Kolkata Knight Riders is because of the performances of their batsmen at Nos. 1 to 4

06-Apr-2017•The Preview by Alagappan Muthu

First-XI form concerns for Mumbai Indians

Though Rohit Sharma, Jos Buttler, Lasith Malinga and Kieron Pollard come into the IPL fit and ready, they don't quite have their usual weight of runs and wickets behind them

04-Apr-2017•Alagappan Muthu

Walton, the genie, and Simmons' bad friend

Chadwick Walton's riposte, Lendl Simmons' imaginary friend and Kamran Akmal's misery feature in the plays from the fourth and final T20I

02-Apr-2017•Alagappan Muthu

Brilliant Hasan ensures Pakistan take series

With a spell of 4-2-12-2, the fast bowler kept West Indies down to a below-par total of 124 which his team-mates ran down with six balls to spare

02-Apr-2017•The Report by Alagappan Muthu

Half an appeal, massive wicket

Plays of the day from the third T20I between West Indies and Pakistan, featuring the oddest ways for batsmen to get out

01-Apr-2017•Alagappan Muthu

Evin Lewis' 91 keeps series alive

Needing to win the match to stay alive in the series, West Indies demolished Pakistan with the help of Evin Lewis' 91 off 51 balls

01-Apr-2017•The Report by Alagappan Muthu

South Africa take series 1-0 after rained-out final day

With no play possible on the final day of the deciding Test in Hamilton, South Africa took the draw and secured yet another series win away from home

29-Mar-2017•The Report by Alagappan Muthu

New Zealand take strides towards levelling series

After a remarkable day's play - not least because there was no rain - New Zealand found themselves five wickets shy of beating South Africa and levelling the series

28-Mar-2017•The Report by Alagappan Muthu

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