Cricket is a game of fine lines, in every sense of the word. In the first week of the IPL, the run-ins with the lines have happened a few times - be it Jos Buttler's ill-timed crossing of the non-striker's line, the umpire failing to spot Lasith Malinga overstep the line, or R Ashwin's team's ignorance of the number of fielders required to...

On paper, there is still no evident loophole. But deliverance has been their nemesis for quite some time now. What looks like a good collection of players, have rarely come together and fired consistently. And there is bound to be very little room for the kind of lapses they made in the first two games to be replicated in Hyderabad. Sunrisers have...

Delhi  vs  Kolkata Dream 11 Team When Chennai Super Kings strangled them a few nights ago for just 29 runs in the last 30 balls, their fixation to bat first in a tournament historically in favour of the chasing was brought in to question. But, Ricky Ponting reckoned his team needed to take the three days break after the first home fixture...

Punjab vs Mumbai  Dream11 Team  It's symbolic that 'Sadda Punjab' is the official catchphrase for Kings XI Punjab this season. The slogan translates to 'Our Punjab' in English and is symptomatic of times when Mohali returns to become their only home venue. After years of drifting from Dharamsala to Pune to Indore, trying to make each...

Hyderabad vs Rajasthan Dream11 Team IPL doesn't really give you much of an option. Before you know, another match has come your way, another opportunity to cash in on, another reason to forget all that went wrong only a few days ago. And neither Rajasthan Royals nor Sunrisers Hyderabad would mind living in such a time. loading... (sc_adv_out...

Mumbai vs Bangalore Dream11 Team Let's get facts out of the way first - Jasprit Bumrah is a serious threat and teams often spend quite a bit of time decoding plans against him. So it didn't really come as a surprise that Royal Challengers Bangalore invited Mahesh Kumar to bowl at their nets. The fairly unknown entity, Kumar, who used to play Under-19...

Kolkata  vs  Punjab Dream 11 Team KXIP's phenomenal come-from-behind win, inspired by their two foreign bowlers, was completely overshadowed by the mankading incident R Ashwin was involved in. The Jos Buttler dismissal sparked the age old spirit-of-the-game vs it's-all-in-the-rules debate and, while the rest of the cricket fraternity...

Delhi  vs Chennai  Dream11 Team The erstwhile Delhi Daredevils have been an IPL enigma of sorts. They've had who's who of T20 stars at some point in the last decade but haven't quite had the fortune and the skill to translate all of that into success.AB de Villiers once wore the red-and-black of Delhi in 2008, Glenn Maxwell spent a season...

Rajasthan Royals After the two years in limbo owing to the team's suspension, a grand return was expected from Rajasthan Royals in 2018. But, again, they flattered to deceive. Will 2019 be the start of a new narrative? For starters, they have decided to go pink in a bid to embrace the traditional colour of the city they are based out of. But...