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Having gone for 104 in his previous eight overs, the legspinner worked out exactly where he had gone wrong, and set things right spectacularly in a match-winning spell against Mumbai Indians

Also, Siddarth Kaul effectively used distinct plans for different batsman. Did his performance improve his stock as an end-overs bowler?

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

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

They were sloppy on the field and with the bat, but got away with a last-ball win

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 two successful seasons and a good auction, Sunrisers would have counted themselves among the favourites. But how will they cope after losing captain Warner?

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

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

Bhuvneshwar Kumar talks swing, pace, knuckleballs, death bowling and how to counter MS Dhoni

A second title in a row proved beyond Sunrisers Hyderabad but, with a well-assembled squad, missing only an elite lower-order hitter, they ended their season with far more positives than negatives

Pick which players you think Sunrisers Hyderabad should keep, if they are given a limited choice ahead of next year's reshuffle