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Mumbai play three of their four remaining games at home, while RCB only play one at home

A safety-first template had served them fairly well in earlier games, but its limitations were on view on a dewy night in Delhi

He has tweaked his role according to his team's needs, even at 38, even at the fag end of a successful career

RCB's team director talks about the side's performance in the first half of the 2023 IPL, Faf du Plessis' captaincy, and how Maxwell and Siraj have dealt with additional responsibility

He will always be associated with this team, a team that has created its brand and its identity around him

With several teams stacked together on eight points, it's anyone's guess as to who will make the playoffs

Also, there may be a reason why spinners are seeing more success this season

Halfway into IPL 2023, ESPNcricinfo Identifies the best performers after factoring in the context and match situation

Both players were carrying injuries that might have ruled them out in normal circumstances

The conditions mean RCB don't have any discernible advantage at home, where their 50% win record is the second lowest in IPL history

He explained he had to against Punjab Kings, because the conditions were difficult, but caution doesn't always work out in T20 cricket

While the rule has given local players more chances to shine, high-impact batting innings from subs have been few. Could some suffer from coming into the game cold?

A wave of yellow washed over the Chinnaswamy Stadium, and CSK and RCB treated their fans to another high-scoring thriller

The numbers that mattered as a high-scoring thriller between RCB and CSK went down to the last over

After impressing du Plessis at the nets, he went on to dismiss Warner with a knuckle ball in his first over

The recent Harshal Patel example tells us why players need to train for these dismissals

Royal Challengers scored only 61 runs in the overs between 7 and 14; Super Giants amassed 117 in the same phase

The RCB vs LSG game went down to the last ball, and amid all the excitement, a lot of interesting numbers emerged

With the Impact Player rule and flat pitches at the start of the season, batters are attacking more than ever, and it's showing in the numbers

Chasing teams have not yet had a distinct advantage this season, and there have been a lot of no-balls bowled