Of faith, and trust, and pixie dust: Pant, Chakravarthy and KXIP show the importance of belief

The one thing the IPL matches on Saturday showed the most was the importance of keeping the faith; of trusting the process and of trusting yourself.

Ashish Magotra

· Yesterday · 10:30 am

IPL 2020: With the right mindset, Manish Pandey finally found his best form for Sunrisers

With a splendid mix of aggression and sensible batting, Pandey moved the game forward and got SRH a vital win that kept them alive in the competition.

Ashish Magotra

· Oct 23, 2020 · 10:16 am

IPL 2020: How KXIP, powered by Gayle, Pooran and Maxwell, beat DC despite Dhawan’s century

T20 cricket is all about having players play their roles to perfection. The KXIP batsmen did that while the DC batsmen failed.

Ashish Magotra

· Oct 21, 2020 · 11:00 am

IPL 2020: Shikhar Dhawan’s ton against CSK showed that luck favours the brave

The DC opener was in ‘see ball, hit ball’ mode and despite the three lives, and that is when he is at his finest.

Ashish Magotra

· Oct 18, 2020 · 12:00 pm

From de Kock’s brilliance to Kolkata’s mess: Three things we learned from MI’s big win over KKR

On Friday, KKR’s challenge never took off as MI established themselves as the side to beat in IPL 2020.

Ashish Magotra

· Oct 17, 2020 · 11:30 am

Trusting talent, not just data: How KXIP allowed Gayle to do what RCB didn’t allow de Villiers to

Kings XI Punjab trusted in Gayle but Royal Challengers Bangalore captain Kohli decided to hold back de Villiers and that made all the difference.

Ashish Magotra

· Oct 16, 2020 · 10:30 am

IPL 2020: Rabada, Nortje and Ashwin showed that perhaps T20 can be a bowler’s game too

Delhi Capitals staged an incredible comeback to win by 13 runs and they did that on the back of some truly aggressive bowling.

Ashish Magotra

· Oct 15, 2020 · 11:00 am

On a different pitch: AB De Villiers produces an innings of rare quality to help RCB beat KKR

Everyone barring the South African batting great had a difficult time on a slow Sharjah wicket.

Ashish Magotra

· Oct 13, 2020 · 11:00 am

IPL 2020: Against CSK, we saw the Kohli that RCB need on a regular basis

On a difficult, two-paced track, the Bangalore skipper showed his true class as a batsman to score 90 off 52 balls and lead his side to victory.

Ashish Magotra

· Oct 11, 2020 · 10:27 am

A strange lethargy: Dhoni’s Chennai Super Kings are chasing themselves out of IPL 2020

CSK, led by Dhoni, one of the great chasers of all-time, is no longer able to finish games off. Rather, it is the chase that is finishing them off.

Ashish Magotra

· Oct 08, 2020 · 10:54 am

IPL 2020: Rashid Khan, Bhuvneshwar Kumar lead the charge as SRH put on a bowling masterclass

SRH’s bowlers made the most of the wicket and the conditions to bowl their team to its first win of IPL 2020.

Ashish Magotra

· Sep 30, 2020 · 10:59 am

IPL 2020: The Chennai Super Kings machinery is broken and Dhoni knows it

To paraphrase Martin Johnson, there are only three things wrong with this CSK team: they can’t bat, can’t bowl, and can’t field.

Ashish Magotra

· Sep 26, 2020 · 10:31 am