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24-Jun-2025•ESPNcricinfo staff

The IPL's first three-time champion, and Robin's record

Snapshot of a batting line-up of numbers from IPL 2014

02-Jun-2014•Bishen Jeswant

Run, batsman, run

Why do batsmen not attempt to run until they are run out off the final ball of an innings, when it might bring an extra run for their team?

27-May-2014•Bishen Jeswant

The last-minute substitution

Kevin Pietersen gave his consent for Pragyan Ojha's inclusion as a replacement for the injured Praveen Kumar after the toss and the game got underway after a five-minute delay

23-May-2014•Alagappan Muthu

Watching from the non-striker's end

A look at some one-sided partnerships in the IPL

23-May-2014•Shiva Jayaraman

Revamped Uthappa hits the high note

Uthappa's outstanding IPL season and the possibility of an India recall.

22-May-2014•Bishen Jeswant

Specialists in failure

The longest losing streaks in the IPL

19-May-2014•Anuj Vignesh

Target more than 200? No problem

A look at the biggest chases in the IPL

18-May-2014•Nikhil Kalro

Six & not out: the IPL's best finishers

How MS Dhoni and AB de Villiers' IPL numbers stack up to show they are the best in finishing business

17-May-2014•Bishen Jeswant

Holding back Duminy, Jadhav hurting Daredevils

Certain teams have been very conservative with their batting order, giving their biggest hitters little crease time. The approach has backfired on Delhi Daredevils the most

15-May-2014•Karthik Krishnaswamy

Sehwag finds runs but searching for swiftness

Virender Sehwag has his first fifty of IPL 2014, and while his numbers compare favourably with his Indian counterparts in the tournament, he has not scored as quickly as he has done previously

14-May-2014•Shiva Jayaraman

Adopted-home advantage for CSK and Royals?

A look at how Rajasthan Royals and Chennai Super Kings might be impacted by not having any games at their primary home venues

13-May-2014•Bishen Jeswant

Auction strategy to blame for Mumbai's decline?

The muddled thought process at the auction resulted in Mumbai Indians left with not enough cash to buy solid domestic players

12-May-2014•Gaurav Kalra

The all-round doubles

A look back on the players who have scored 40+ runs and taken four wickets or more in the same game, in the IPL

12-May-2014•Bishen Jeswant

No shaking off the albatross for Yuvraj

Yuvraj Singh, the 2014 IPL auction's most expensive buy, has made for terrible viewing so far in the tournament. Maybe it's time, for the sake of the player as well as his franchise, to bench him

11-May-2014•Karthik Krishnaswamy

Can Pollard do a Maxwell against Ashwin?

An analysis of R Ashwin's performances against big-hitting batsmen in the IPL

10-May-2014•Bishen Jeswant

Daredevils' blunt bowling

Daredevils' bowling average of 46.28 isn't just the worst for any team this season; it's the worst by any team in any IPL season, and by quite a distance

10-May-2014•S Rajesh

The unknowns

A list of Indian players who made their debut in the IPL before playing domestic cricket

09-May-2014•Alagappan Muthu and Rachna Shetty

Big names on the bench

The IPL's auction system leaves overseas players such as Shaun Marsh, Thisara Perera and Samuel Badree entirely at their franchises' mercy

09-May-2014•Karthik Krishnaswamy

Uncapped Indian bowlers finally make presence felt

Uncapped Indians have clearly outbowled their international counterparts, halfway into IPL 2014

08-May-2014•Shiva Jayaraman

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