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The South African ace has frequently been forced to score tough runs in recent times, through injury or circumstances. Against Daredevils, he seemed to shed all that weight off his shoulders

Also, a deathly slow start from Daredevils, and de Villiers feasts on his former team once again

Trent Boult has taken plenty of screamers in his career, but his IPL effort v RCB could just be the best ever

Eight teams, plenty of jersey numbers. Can you ace this quiz?

We've just crossed the ten-year mark in IPL history. How well do you remember the first game? Take our quiz to find out

The RCB captain slowed down despite a rising asking rate, but he was doing it to keep his team's net run-rate up

The smart stats leaders and laggards after the first ten days of IPL 2018

The fab four all fell pulling short balls from spinners, and the bowlers didn't find the right line in the death

Royal Challengers have perhaps the most fearsome top four in the league, but what comes after? Nervy moments for the Chinnaswamy Stadium faithful, usually

One captain bowled five overs of spin in the Powerplay while the other didn't bowl any

Kulwant Khejroliya used to play cricket for a song. Now he's rubbing shoulders with the likes of Kohli and AB at Royal Challengers

Should Royal Challengers have bowled more pace in the Powerplay, and did the umpires fail to call a number of bouncers?

Riding over controversy, embracing change, the leading T20 league in the world is back a richer, bigger and better-represented tournament. And yet it is the closest it could be to the original product

With a record number of England players taking part in this year's IPL, we pick five who could make a big impact

After finishing last in 2017, Virat Kohli has lots of new talent to work with in a bid to win a maiden IPL title for RCB. And he still has AB de Villiers of course

Can Knight Riders' overseas players stay fit through the season? Will the lack of a proper wicketkeeper hurt Kings XI? Who will Royal Challengers choose between McCullum and de Kock?

Will franchises retain the old core set of players or invest in a new group? How will the presence of uncapped players affect teams' auction strategies?

Only 18 players have been retained by the IPL franchises, a whopping 578 are up for sale. What might we expect from the 2018 player auction?

A look at which players the eight IPL franchises are likely to retain and which ones they are likely to use the right-to-match card for, for the IPL next year