Gallery

Different teams, same trophy

Gallery: From Yusuf Pathan to Darren Lehmann: players who have won the IPL with more than one franchise

Numbers Game

Chasing glory in the IPL

Numbers Game: Teams batting second have had more success than ever before this season, while batsmen have taken power-hitting to a new high in the slog overs

Daryll Cullinan

Is T20 giving fielding short shrift?

Daryll Cullinan: Raise the standard by bringing in stats, like there are for batting and bowling, and have substitute fielders

Nagraj Gollapudi

The wait pays off for Tambe

Forty-two years old, and more than two decades into a journeyman career, Pravin Tambe is living the dream on the big stage. By Nagraj Gollapudi

IPL 2014

The playoff hoodoo

Players who have never reached the playoffs

Rob Steen

Maxwell's golden hammer

Rob Steen: Despite T20's ceaseless urgency, Maxwell never appears to be in a rush. Could he, like David Warner, flourish in the Test arena?

Amol Karhadkar

IPL schedule reveals home truths

Amol Karhadkar: The allotment of venues for IPL matches seems predominantly a political game between the BCCI and its associations

Martin Crowe

T20 is where cricket can experiment

Martin Crowe: This is the format in which to try new stuff, keeping the need to entertain fans uppermost in mind

IPL 2014

'Playing in smaller cities can only be good'

The Huddle: Ajit Agarkar, Iain O'Brien and Gaurav Kalra discuss whether it's time to take more high-profile matches to smaller venues across India

Sanjay Manjrekar

Can we do something about monster bats?

Sanjay Manjrekar: Bats are getting chunkier, while not getting too heavy. This gives batsmen an unfair advantage

S Rajesh

Crunch time for Sehwag and Gambhir

Numbers Game: The Indian T20 tournament presents an opportunity to both to show their class once again

Sharda Ugra

Drowned out by the hype machine

Sharda Ugra: A lot has gone wrong with the Indian T20 league but as its seventh season begins, everything will be brushed aside like nothing is amiss

IPL 2014

IPL teams find sponsors scarce

Tough sell due to corruption scandal, scheduling uncertainty

Gaurav Kalra

It's the credibility, stupid

Gaurav Kalra: Without integrity, sporting contests are nothing - a fact that seems to have been lost on the BCCI