Sreshth Shah

The 24-year old's 5 for 14 were the second-best figures in the IPL to end up on the losing side

MS Dhoni struck seven sixes, his personal best in a single IPL game, to seal a high-scoring win for Chennai Super Kings in Bengaluru

Gautam Gambhir has been among the worst batsmen of this IPL season, according to ESPNcricinfo's Smart Stats

Despite losing two key bowlers to injury, Sunrisers Hyderabad managed to pull off the second-lowest successful defence in the IPL

Delhi Daredevils finally get two consecutive home games, but they face a formidable Kings XI Punjab first

Chris Gayle's dominance in T20s showed once again as he smashed his 3rd T20 hundred in seven innings while also collecting his second Man-of-the-Match award in a row

The batsman has begun the IPL in terrific form for Rajasthan Royals, after a strong domestic season, showing a consistency that has been previously missing in his game

Hosts arrest five-match losing streak at Chinnaswamy courtesy Umesh's three-for and de Villiers' half-century

Sanju Samson's counterattack allowed Ajinkya Rahane and Jos Buttler to play their natural game, a tactic that helped set up Royals' 10-run win

Mumbai were crowned IPL champions in Hyderabad last year, but the home team has had the most convincing victory so far this season

The Trinidadian smashed a 17-ball half-century to kickstart Knight Riders' chase after Nitish Rana's part-time offspin took out AB de Villiers and Virat Kohli to help restrict RCB to 176

Their first XI is impressive but their bench strength is weak: whether Chris Lynn and Andre Russell make it through the IPL could define KKR's campaign

T20 icons, old warhorses and emerging superstars - all feature in ESPNcricinfo's team of the tournament

A 113-run stand between Wesley Barresi and Ryan ten Doeschate kept Netherlands in the hunt in their chase of 310, but a string of run outs pegged them back and left them well short of the DLS par score when rain brought the contest to a premature halt

Karnataka defended 253 in the final against Saurashtra as Cheteshwar Pujara's 94 off 127 balls could not see his side through

South Africa looked set for a big total after fifties from Lizelle Lee and Dane van Niekerk, but a downpour in the 16th over ensured no further play could take place

An all-round effort from the bowlers restricted Zimbabwe to a below-par score in Sharjah, following which Nabi's 27-ball blitz ensured Afghanistan chased the target down with more than five overs to spare

Spinners of various stripes, a wicketkeeper-batsman and others grace our shortlist

India have an opportunity to end the year without having lost a single bilateral series across formats

The Sylhet captain led from the front, finishing with his maiden five-wicket haul, and ensuring that the team's play-off hopes remained alive