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You've come to the right place if you're a clueless extraterrestrial wondering, 'Eyepeeyell, whut?'

The perennial underperformers must find a way to transfer on-paper potential to on-field performances

Where will Virat Kohli bat for RCB? Have KKR insured well against injuries this time around? Here's what we know - and wonder - about the teams post-auction

Vote for the player you think will get the top bid on December 18

Delhi Capitals will be on the lookout for an overseas allrounder. Kings XI, meanwhile, have the largest purse and will be dictating terms at the auction

A list of players who have moved franchises and those that have been released ahead of the 2019 IPL player auction

IPL 2018 showed there might no longer be a place for batsmen who build innings and that DRS might need some fine-tuning for it to truly work in T20s

A look back at six pieces of strategy that drastically improved their teams

Where did Delhi Daredevils' latest teenaged sensation come from?

They will need a whole lot of things to go in their favour, least of all winning their own remaining games, but they still have a (tiny) chance of going through on 12 points

Stats highlights from Rishabh Pant's outstanding hundred, on a pitch where the rest of his team-mates collectively scored at less than a run a ball

Social media was full of praise for Rishabh Pant's 128 off 63 balls against Sunrisers Hyderabad

Despite the pitch assisting spin, the legspinner came on only in the tenth over of Daredevils' innings

Depending on the pitch, outfield size and batsmen at the crease, spin could be a good alternative to the traditional death-over tricks by pace bowlers

Also featuring Avesh Khan's tendency to bowl short, Sunrisers' gameplan against specific bowlers, and a brief foray into alternate DRS universes

What's got everyone excited is that the 18-year-old has got his runs with stylish drives rather than slogs

Shivam Mavi got smashed for 29 runs when he went around the wicket in the 20th to Shreyas Iyer, and he's not the first bowler to suffer

The 23-year old has led India A a handful of times, but he is still very new to the job

Gautam Gambhir has been among the worst batsmen of this IPL season, according to ESPNcricinfo's Smart Stats

The round-up of smart stats from the first 22 matches of this IPL season also features D'Arcy Short and Gautam Gambhir's scoring troubles