Author: Rahul Giri













By Bharath Ramaraj On a Guwahati pitch where batsmen from both sides made big impressions, Nathan Ellis and Sam Curran employed cross-seam bowling to tilt the balance their team’s way. “Nothing is impossible, the word itself says ‘I’m possible’!” At first glance, that’s just a cliché. But on a very humid day in Barsapara, Punjab Kings made what seemed like a mission impossible, possible. With considerable dew around, their bowlers mixed steel with bowling smarts to trump Rajasthan Royals by a mere five runs. So how did Nathan Ellis wade through the dewy conditions and end up…

Lucknow Super Giants may have lost their previous outing, but they won’t be too despondent given how hard they pushed Chennai Super Kings while chasing a formidable target. Sunriers Hyderabad were beaten black and blue in their opener by Rajasthan Royals, with only some late flails from Abdul Samad and Umran Malik preventing their net run-rate from plunging to unsalvageable levels. On their home turf in Lucknow, the Super Giants will be tough opponents, but Sunrisers will undoubtedly be boosted by the South African duo of Aiden Markram and Henrik Klaasen. Markram, who led South Africa to the Under-19…