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Road to playoffs is paved by the bowlers

The four playoff teams - Mumbai, Super Kings, Capitals, Sunrisers - have the best bowling record in the middle and the death overs

06-May-2019•Gaurav Sundararaman

Mumbai Indians, Chennai Super Kings fight for top-two finish; KKR for playoffs

If Knight Riders lose on Sunday, then Sunrisers will sneak through to the playoffs despite finishing on only 12 points

04-May-2019•S Rajesh

Talking points - Riyan Parag, the youngest to hit an IPL fifty

The 17-year old made the best of a bad situation and also lived up to Steven Smith's high praise earlier in the tournament

04-May-2019•Alagappan Muthu

Race to the playoffs: Royals and Sunrisers eye fourth spot, Capitals seek top-two finish

A look ahead to what's at stake in Saturday's double-header

04-May-2019•S Rajesh

Where is Delhi Capitals' foreign batting reserves?

They have a strong Indian top order, but the absence of a proven finisher in Indian conditions continues to be a concern

02-May-2019•Sruthi Ravindranath in Chennai

Talking Points - Is Dhoni papering over CSK's middle-order cracks?

Some smart pacing, a few cool tweaks to the batting order, brutal hitting at the close, and Super Kings had gone from 53 for 1 after 10 overs to 179 for 4 by the end

01-May-2019•Srinath Sripath

Does winning the toss make a big difference in the IPL?

The answer is a resounding yes, if you analyse what sides look to do and the advantage they gain after winning the toss

01-May-2019•Sidharth Monga

The race for the last two playoff spots

Two teams are already there, five others have a good chance of making the cut, while the eighth side is also not out of the fray completely

29-Apr-2019•S Rajesh

Talking Points - Capitals go where Daredevils had failed to since 2012

The senior opener's good form has coincided with Delhi Capitals' upward move on the points table

28-Apr-2019•Srinath Sripath

Talking points: Rahane's dream T20 innings

In the last month, he's missed a World Cup spot and lost the Royals captaincy but he went out there a player freed of all burden

22-Apr-2019•Alagappan Muthu

Smart stats - Who has been the best fielding side in IPL 2019?

An in-depth look at who are the best and worst fielding teams and who are the key game changers - positively and negatively

22-Apr-2019•Gaurav Sundararaman

Talking Points - Why Kings XI were unusually aggressive in the Powerplay

Not for the first time this season, a visiting team came to the Feroz Shah Kotla with a ground-specific batting strategy

20-Apr-2019•Sidharth Monga

Talking points - Whose home ground is the Feroz Shah Kotla?

Delhi Capitals have lost three out of their four games so far at the Feroz Shah Kotla, only managing to tie the fourth and win in the Super Over

18-Apr-2019•Srinath Sripath

IPL 2019 mid-season review: where the teams stand and what they need to do

Halfway through IPL 2019, what are the teams' biggest strengths, and what potential strategy changes can they employ to make up for their weaknesses?

16-Apr-2019•Gaurav Sundararaman

Talking Points - Abhishek Sharma's backspinning legcutter

Just when Colin Munro was threatening a big, game-defining innings, the 18-year-old Sunrisers debutant unveiled a nifty little variation

14-Apr-2019•Karthik Krishnaswamy

An away win in Kolkata marks Sourav Ganguly's perfect homecoming

He emerged from the away dressing room at Eden Gardens, addressed the media clad in Delhi Capitals' red and blue, and later headed for his office as the president of the Cricket Association of Bengal

13-Apr-2019•Sreshth Shah in Kolkata

Round Two: Andre Russell bosses the Kagiso Rabada tussle

The fast bowler had won last week's meeting with an inch-perfect Super Over yorker. How would it go this time?

12-Apr-2019•Sreshth Shah in Kolkata

Talking Points - Is it the familiar mid-season Nitish Rana struggle again?

And has Prithvi Shaw failed to address an old technical flaw?

12-Apr-2019•Srinath Sripath and Karthik Krishnaswamy

Kagiso Rabada comes of age as an IPL enforcer

Bowling yorkers may be 'simple' for Delhi Capitals' main weapon, but Rabada has also shown the adaptability that is the hallmark of the best

08-Apr-2019•Sruthi Ravindranath in Bengaluru

How Parthiv Patel's dropped catch changed the game's course

According to Luck Index, the dropped catch of Shreyas Iyer in the first over of the chase cost Royal Challengers Bangalore 16 runs

07-Apr-2019•ESPNcricinfo stats team

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