At 42, Pravin Tambe is perhaps one of the oldest cricketers playing in the Indian Premier League. But his enthusiasm and attitude on the field has given that number a new definition.
AB de Villiers' incredible onslaught on the Sunrisers Hyderabad bowling at the Chinnaswamy Stadium on Sunday was the stuff cricketing legends are made of.
Chasing a tough target of 179, Chennai had to keep one eye on the D/L par score every over due to a drizzle from around the 12th over of their innings.
Three wickets in one over by Shane Watson followed by a hat-trick by Pravin Tambe in the next derailed Kolkata in their chase of 170 against Rajasthan.
Playing for Chennai Super Kings, left-arm orthodox Ravindra Jadeja is a confident man these days. And the same comes from the fact that his team, CSK, has been on a roll after they registered their fifth straight victory.
Dinesh Karthik led a collective batting effort with a fighting 51 as Delhi Daredevils scored a competitive 178/5 against Chennai Super Kings in an IPL clash.
Blessed with a superb temperament, the multi-talented South African AB de Villiers used his innovative strokes to slam a sizzling 89 off 41 deliveries.
Chennai Super Kings skipper MS Dhoni won the toss and elected to bowl against Delhi Daredevils in their IPL match at Feroz Shah Kotla Stadium in Delhi.
Rajasthan came from nowhere to register an improbable 10-run win against Kolkata in an encounter which saw fortunes fluctuating from one team to other.
Call it innovation or an act to unsettle the batsman but Andre Russell's antics baffled Rajasthan captain Shane Watson after KKR bowler delivered the ball after almost pulling out of his run up in an IPL match.
A collective effort by Rajasthan Royals batsmen saw them reach a respectable score of 170/6 against Kolkata Knight Riders in their first IPL encounter at home.
Delhi Daredevils had picked a 23-man squad to compete in IPL 7. But six games into this year's campaign, they have released three players -- Delhi's Milind Kumar and Karnataka's Jayant Yadav and HS Sharath -- from the team.