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Bigger than ever, with a dash of uncertainty

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?

26-Jan-2018•Nagraj Gollapudi

New leaders, new combinations, expensive leggies

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?

24-Jan-2018•Gaurav Sundararaman

Will CSK retain Dhoni and Raina on return?

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

07-Dec-2017•Gaurav Sundararaman and Nagraj Gollapudi

The big IPL reshuffle: Which players should each franchise retain?

Who should the six existing IPL franchises pick ahead of the big auction for the 2018 edition? Take your pick

06-Dec-2017•ESPNcricinfo staff

Four overs, three bowlers, one pulsating finish

With Rising Pune Supergiant needing only 33 from the last four overs, that too with eight wickets in hand, it took a special performance from Mumbai Indians' end-overs bowlers to steal a one-run win

22-May-2017•Arun Venugopal in Hyderabad

Mumbai's bench strength bosses the IPL

They had a whole host of World Cup and World T20 winners and finalists on their roster. Is it any wonder they won the IPL?

22-May-2017•Alagappan Muthu

Karn Sharma goes from replacement to main man

Harbhajan Singh was left out for Karn Sharma, and the legspinner rewarded Mumbai Indians with a spell that took them into the IPL 2017 final

19-May-2017•Deivarayan Muthu in Bengaluru

Knight Riders' tactics not good enough

Aakash Chopra looks at the team compositions, the bowling and batting opening combinations, and some of the important players from the second qualifier in Bengaluru

19-May-2017•Aakash Chopra

A test of McClenaghan's slog-overs smarts

On a tricky surface at the M Chinnaswamy Stadium, a change of pace may help Mitchell McClenaghan solve what has been a season-long problem of leaking runs in the end overs

18-May-2017•Deivarayan Muthu

How Pune filled a Stokes-sized hole

Aakash Chopra analyses tactics from the first qualifier between Mumbai Indians and Rising Pune Supergiant at the Wankhede

16-May-2017•Aakash Chopra

Mumbai Indians almost assured of top-two finish

With only four league matches left, we still do not know the final four yet. Since only Mumbai Indians have sealed a playoff berth, let's look at what the other teams need to do to make it to the qualifiers

13-May-2017•S Rajesh

Kings XI's bold, high-risk choice reaps reward

With their playoffs spot on the line, Kings XI Punjab's decision to take the the high-risk, high-reward path of batting Mumbai out of the game paid off on a true Wankhede surface

12-May-2017•Nikhil Kalro in Mumbai

Why Malinga has lost his sting, and a vintage big-hitting demo

Aakash Chopra analyses play from the run-fest in Mumbai, where Kings XI prevailed over the hosts

11-May-2017•Aakash Chopra

The next-gen India stars from the IPL

Which of these young players who have impressed in this IPL season will be playing for India by the 2019 World Cup?

09-May-2017•ESPNcricinfo staff

A crack in AB de Villiers' game

A once seemingly impervious T20 batting machine has encountered an increasingly common amount of difficulties at the hands of Krunal Pandya

01-May-2017•Nikhil Kalro in Mumbai

Injury no bar for Krunal Pandya, again

Twice in two years Krunal Pandya has put surgery and a lengthy recovery period behind him to be a key performer for Mumbai Indians at the IPL

01-May-2017•Arun Venugopal

Mid-season review: Rising Pune, soaring Mumbai, sinking RCB

ESPNcricinfo's review of where the teams stand at the halfway stage of the IPL season, and what they must do moving forward to clinch a spot in the playoffs

26-Apr-2017•Gaurav Sundararaman

Embarrassing hat-tricks and untouched bat bits

The best, the worst and everything in between from the past ten days of the IPL's tenth season

25-Apr-2017•Srinath Sripath

Rohit Sharma's legspinning conundrum

Mumbai's captain has reached double digits just twice in eight innings this year while batting in the middle order, which could prompt a rethink about moving him back to open

24-Apr-2017•Nikhil Kalro

How Harbhajan and dew hindered Sunrisers

Aakash Chopra analyses some of the major talking points from the match between Mumbai Indians and Sunrisers Hyderabad

12-Apr-2017•Aakash Chopra

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