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Rajasthan Royals, Deccan Chargers, Chennai Super Kings, Kolkata Knight Riders, Mumbai Indians and Sunrisers Hyderabad) who have won the title. Since SRH won the title in 2016, as many as five titles have been shared between Mumbai Indians and Chennai Super Kings from 2017 to 2021. This season though, both Mumbai Indians and Chennai Super Kings have already been eliminated from the playoffs race.
Chasing a target of 194 against SunRisers Hyderabad, Mumbai Indians' hopes had all but ended as they reached only 149/5 in 17 overs. Then T Natarajan came on to bowl, and leaked 26 runs in the 18th over. Tim David (46 off 18 balls) hit him for four sixes before getting run out on the last ball of that over. SRH won the match by three runs but were given a major scare by David's big-hitting. Natarajan bowled four full tosses and the MI batter from Singapore hit all of them for maximums.
Kane Williamson had a poor season in the Indian Premier League (IPL) but New Zealand coach Gary Stead said a change in format from Twenty20s to Tests will help the 31-year-old rediscover form in next month's three-match series in England. Sunrisers Hyderabad captain Williamson has returned home from the IPL to attend the birth of his second child after managing 216 runs from 13 matches with a strike rate of 93.5, the worst among batsmen with a minimum of 100 runs. The New Zealand captain is set to return to Test cricket after overcoming a nagging elbow injury in the opening match against England at Lord's on June 2.
LONDON: Batsman Kane Williamson had a poor season in the Indian Premier League (IPL) but New Zealand coach Gary Stead said a change in format from Twenty20s to tests will help the 31-year-old rediscover form in next month's three-match series in England.
Three heavy losses to Sunrisers Hyderabad, Rajasthan Royals and Gujarat Titans, which saw their net run rate plummet, cost them dear. Losing the penultimate league encounter by 54 runs to Punjab Kings made things worse for the Faf du Plessis-led side. This has left RCB with a must-win final league contest against table-toppers Gujarat Titans in Mumbai on Thursday. To keep the playoffs door ajar, a win alone will not suffice. RCB will hope to ride on their good luck and misfortune of other teams.
Mayank Agarwal has had an interesting start to his captaincy at Punjab Kings.
Quinton de Kock and India's KL Rahul recorded the highest opening partnership in Indian Premier League history on Wednesday as their stand of 210 fired the Lucknow Super Giants to the playoffs with a two-run win over the Kolkata Knight Riders. De Kock scored an unbeaten 140 off 70 balls and captain Rahul scored 68 not out from 51 balls as they became the first pair to bat 20 overs in an IPL innings. Their opening stand surpassed the previous best of 185 by Jonny Bairstow and David Warner for Sunrisers Hyderabad against Royal Challengers Bangalore in 2019, while De Kock also set the highest individual score this season.
South African Quinton de Kock and India's KL Rahul recorded the highest opening partnership in Indian Premier League history on Wednesday as their stand of 210 fired the Lucknow Super Giants to the playoffs with a two-run win over the Kolkata Knight Riders.