IPL 2025 stats: RCB star Jitesh Sharma lights up the last stretch

  85 The unbeaten runs scored by Jitesh Sharma in RCB’s successful run chase against LSG in Lucknow on 27 May 2025.This is now the highest by any IPL batter batting at No. 6 or lower in a match-winning cause while chasing in the second innings. Highest scores from #6 or lower in successful IPL … Read more

IPL 2025 stats: Sai Sudharsan quickest to 1500 Indian Premier League runs

  35 The number of innings Sai Sudharsan needed to reach the 1500th run of his IPL career. It was during his knock of 48 against Sunrisers Hyderabad in Ahmedabad on 2 May 2025. Of the 73 batters who accomplished this milestone in the IPL, Sudharshan is the quickest to reach this tally in terms … Read more

IPL 2025 most wickets after LSG vs RCB: Purple Cap standings after last league match

Noor Ahmad continued to top the Purple Cap standings after the Indian Premier League (IPL) 2025 match between Lucknow Super Giants and Royal Challengers Bengaluru at the Ekana Cricket Stadium on Tuesday. Gujarat Titans pacer Prasidh Krishna was second, with 23 scalps in 14 games. Trent Boult, Josh Hazlewood and Arshdeep Singh complete the top-five … Read more

IPL 2025 most runs after LSG vs RCB: Virat Kohli fifth in Orange Cap race; Sudharsan continues to lead

Virat Kohli returned to the top five list of the leading run-scorers of the ongoing Indian Premier League (IPL) season following his half-century against Lucknow Super Giants on Tuesday. Kohli breached the 600-run mark during his innings and occupies the fifth spot in the standings. Meanwhile, LSG opener Mitchell Marsh consolidated his fourth spot with … Read more

Batting boom to bowling bounceback: IPL 2025’s subtle power shift explained

In the wake of a record-breaking 2024 season, where batters plundered runs at an unprecedented rate, the Indian Premier League (IPL) entered 2025 bracing for even more stratospheric standards. An ultra-aggressive brand of batting had become the norm, and the race for the league’s first-ever 300-plus total was well and truly on — it felt … Read more

IPL 2025 in numbers: Virat Kohli becomes first Indian to 13,000 T20 runs

  5The number of batters to aggregate 13000 runs or more during their T20 career. Virat Kohli, on 7 April 2025 at the Wankhede Stadium in Mumbai, during his 67 against Mumbai Indians, became the latest to join the list. In achieving this milestone in 386 innings, he became the second quickest after Chris Gayle, … Read more

IPL 2025: Punjab Kings defends lowest total in Indian Premier League

Punjab Kings successfully defended the lowest-ever total in the history of the Indian Premier League enroute a 16-run win against Kolkata Knight Riders in New Chandigarh on Tuesday. The Shreyas Iyer-led side held off the defending champion and defended 111 runs to enter the top four on the points table. Yuzvendra Chahal racked up his … Read more

IPL 2025 — Slower pitches, smarter plans: How bowlers are owning overs 11-20 in the first innings

Gujarat Titans was cruising at 120 without loss in 12 overs, with Shubman Gill and Sai Sudharsan looking set to take the score past 200 against Lucknow at the Ekana Cricket Stadium. However, on the first ball of the 13th over, Gill, on 60, miscued a slower delivery by Avesh Khan, which led to a complete change … Read more

Rohit Sharma’s IPL struggles: A strategic misfit or temporary slump?

Mumbai Indians (MI) would have hoped to benefit from Rohit Sharma’s batting reinvention at the T20 World Cup when it shelled out Rs. 16 crore to retain the 37-year-old ahead of the mega auction. In 11 T20s for India in 2024, Rohit struck 378 runs at an average of more than 42 and a strike … Read more

SRH vs RR, IPL 2025: Sunrisers Hyderabad look to stick to its explosive ways as new season beckons

The swashbuckling Sunrisers Hyderabad, last year’s runner-up, begins its quest to go one step further when it hosts Rajasthan Royals in its Indian Premier League (IPL) 2025 season opener at the Rajiv Gandhi International Stadium in Hyderabad on Sunday. Last year, the home side banked on its batting strengths to shock and awe its opponents. … Read more