Newsfile: April 23

Albie Morkel returns: After flying to South Africa to attend the funeral of his friend and Namibia batsman Louis Vorster, who was killed in an armed robbery last week, Albie Morkel has returned to Chennai. He missed two matches for the Chennai Super Kings - the home victories over Pune Warriors and Rajasthan Royals.

Sreesanth at NCA: Rajasthan Royals fast bowler Sreesanth, who hasn't played top-flight cricket since November, has been undergoing rehabilitation at the National Cricket Academy in Bangalore since April 15 for a toe injury. "We have been travelling a lot and it made logistic sense to allow him to rehabilitate at the NCA," Royals' physio John Gloster told the Times of India. Sreesanth is expected to join the team later this week, after which Royals will assess his fitness.

Binny would love to beat Bangalore: Rajasthan Royals allrounder Stuart Binny is a Bangalorean, but he says he feels no connection with his city's IPL franchise, Royal Challengers Bangalore. "To me, Royal Challengers is not a home team, my home team is Karnataka," he said. "Royal Challengers is just a franchise and all I can say at this moment is I would love to beat them (on Monday)."