The England white-ball captain managed scores of 11, 11 and 13 in his first three matches even though 2008 champions Rajasthan kept winning.

Kohli earlier had struck the first century of this IPL season.

Buttler was the IPL's Most Valuable Player in 2022 but had a forgettable outing in 2023.

Boult claimed three wickets including Rohit in the space of four deliveries.

Captain Samson hammered an unbeaten 82 off 52 balls to steer inaugural IPL champions Rajasthan to 193-4 after they elected to bat first in Jaipur.

Root made his IPL debut last season for Rajasthan

He once lived in tents and sold street food to pursue his cricketing dream. Now, sizzling talent Yashasvi Jaiswal is the toast of the Indian Premier League.

While Bangladesh, despite being a Test-playing nation for over two decades, are still struggling to grow a decent wrist spinner, superstar leggie Rashid Khan of Afghanistan made a bold claim that his country boasts ‘more than 1000’ wrist spinners.

Afghanistan spinners Rashid Khan and rookie Noor Ahmad ran through the Rajasthan Royals as Gujarat Titans sealed an easy nine-wicket win in the IPL on Friday.

"I used to sleep in a dairy and then stayed at my uncle's place but it wasn't big enough and he asked me to find a different place," Jaiswal told AFP in an interview

Maxwell led the way with 77 off 44 while du Plessis hit 62 off 39 balls before being run out for 62. Maxwell switch-hit Ravichandran Ashwin straight to Jason Holder at backward point for 77

Former Indian cricketers Virender Sehwag and Sunil Gavaskar both criticised David Warner’s performance for the Delhi Capitals against Rajasthan Royals on Saturday, where the Capitals were let down by a poor chase against the Royals’ total of 199.

"It's always my favourite shot. I'll try and play it as much as I can," the 32-year-old told team mate Yuzvendra Chahal in a post-match video after their 72-run victory

Buttler's 22-ball 54 led the team's batting onslaught as they posted 203-5, and then their bowlers restricted hosts Hyderabad to 131-8 in the first match of the day

As fireworks lit up the Ahmedabad night sky and confetti rained on Hardik Pandya and his triumphant Gujarat Titans team mates, another edition of the Indian Premier League (IPL) came to a glitzy end on Sunday after two months of breakneck action.

Debutants Gujarat Titans were crowned the Indian Premier League (IPL) champions on Sunday after they beat Rajasthan Royals by seven wickets in the final in Ahmedabad.

Yashasvi Jaiswal's 68 and an unbeaten 31 by Shimron Hetmyer guided Rajasthan Royals to a six-wicket victory over Punjab Kings in the Indian Premier League on Saturday.

The blueprint for the sale of two new franchises and 50-plus players in IPL 2015 - including those from Chennai and Rajasthan - is ready, waiting to receive the required ratification at the BCCI's Annual General Meeting (AGM) next month.

BCB will issue show-cause notices to Elias Sunny and Nadif Chowdhury after they participated in a private Twenty20 tournament last month in the USA.

The findings by the Honourable Supreme Court of the acts of betting have affected the image of the BCCI, IPL and the game of cricket and brought each one of them to disrepute.