Discovering Bengaluru's cricketing culture

Ramona Arena checks out the Padukone-Dravid academy and the NCA, and pays a visit to a bat doctor

Bengaluru's loyal fans

Ramona Arena meets ardent supporters of the local team and checks out a wall that commemorates the feats of The Wall

Rising Pune v RCB, IPL 2017

RCB crash to another miserable defeat

SCORECARD | Report - Restricted to 96 despite Kohli 55 | WATCH - Match highlights | Kohli fumes at fear of failure | Stats - RCB rack up the single-digits | Pacy Ferguson storms through RCB | Gallery - The Universe Sub | Hogg: RCB lack depth in batting, bowling | Had simple plans, right fields - Ferguson | Points table

Why Gayle is the prototype of the pure T20 batsman

Kartikeya Date: The West Indian power-hitter's boundary-centric approach has made him perhaps the greatest exponent of successful T20 batting

Mills stays level-headed as IPL venture nears

The England bowler is looking forward to his stint in India and buying a mortgage-free house

'Kohli has set the benchmark in scoring T20 hundreds'

Daryll Cullinan and S Rajesh talk about the batsman's conversion rate

'I'm a big believer in not having too many tricks'

Rookie South Africa chinaman bowler Tabraiz Shamsi talks about his variations, and his "bus driver" celebration

How Kohli rules T20

Aakash Chopra: He cannot match the big hitters for power, but his numbers are as good as theirs - if not better

How the eight teams stack up after the auction

How will Dhoni handle KP? Will the domestic players deliver? We analyse

The IPL auction: what you should know, and what you can expect

A guide to the bidding process

Aakash Chopra

How does one bowl to Chris Gayle?

It might seem like an impossible task, but Aakash Chopra reckons it can be done

The best batsman in Twenty20 cricket

The Numbers Game: Chris Gayle has scored 2591 runs at a strike-rate of 170 in the last 17 months. No other batsman comes close

The overseas factor in the IPL

Numbers Game: A look at country-wise stats in a franchise-based tournament, and the IPL teams that have most relied on foreign players

The fans have voted with their wallets on the IPL

Sanjay Manjrekar: The tournament now has a following independent of the Indian team's performance

Where did all the offspinners go?

Harsha Bhogle: There are more than a dozen left-arm spinners in the IPL, but hardly any traditional offies

'I was on the wrong track'

Virat Kohli has learnt plenty about his batting and himself over the last year. There are challenges ahead, but he'll be ready for them. By Sharda Ugra

The battle of the captains

IPL Weekly: Sanjay Manjrekar looks at the route to the play-offs and Shane Warne's grand farewell

The styles of Gayle and Sehwag

Aakash Chopra: The two opening batsmen have more in common than just their placid demeanours and astronomical strike rates

Beware the IPL's success stories

When a player makes an impact in the IPL, it's no guarantee he's one for the future. By Dileep Premachandran

Displays of genius, a comedy act and an anticlimax

IPL weekly review - IV: Sehwag's masterpieces, a comedy act and pitch controversies. By Dustin Silgardo

IPL news

Ganguly, Dravid shown the door

Kohli retained, Yuvraj and Gambhir put up for auction

'I thought I could get away with murder'

Robin Uthappa has learnt his lessons, and is ready to do anything for what he once took for granted. By Sriram Veera

Love thy club

Royal Challengers Bangalore have found a way to keep their fans loyal - listen to them, take their advice, and make them feel part of the team. By Tariq Engineer

The Powerplay kings, and other IPL stats

Numbers Game: A look at some of the key stats from the third IPL, halfway into the tournament

IPL 2010

What's got Bangalore going?

A series of factors have contributed to their dominance. Cricinfo looks at some of the features of their success

Bring on the IPL

Harsha Bhogle is certain the IPL will be a spectacle, but hopes that the finest innovations will come from the players

Ray Jennings

'We were tired of losing all the time'

Ray Jennings on how things turned around for Bangalore

Indian Premier League 2009

Part-time bowlers, and dots and boundaries

Cricinfo presents a stats overview of the IPL so far

Indian Premier League 2009

On your marks

Sriram Veera on how the teams have performed in the IPL

Why the totals have come down in the IPL

The lull after the storm

Sriram Veera analyses why totals have come down in the IPL

Ripping the manual

How batsmen have had to unlearn technique in the IPL

Indian Premier League

Think local, act global

Successful teams reap dividends of investing in local talent

Indian Premier League

The icon's burden

Sambit Bal on the performance of the icon players in the IPL

IPL: weekly review

Slaps off the field, violent hitting on it

IPL review: a look at the second week of the tournament