Delhi Capitals made some intelligent purchases and a few quality buys with KL Rahul being their costliest pick at the IPL 2025 mega auction. With Faf du Plessis also in the squad, the Delhi Capitals have a few options for captaincy with Axar Patel being retained.

KL Rahul was roped in by Delhi Capitals for Rs 14 crore at the IPL 2025 mega auction. He is the top captaincy choice for the Capitals. However, they have picked another captaincy contender on Day 2 of the bidding war in Jeddah.

IPL Mega Auction 2025 Highlights: A lot of players were sold across two days at the auction. However, some of the best cricketers will not feature in the cash-rich league next year. Rishabh Pant was the most expensive player while Jos Buttler was on top among overseas buys.

Royal Challengers Bengaluru released their skipper Faf du Plessis who led the franchise in the last three years in the Indian Premier League (IPL). It remains to be seen if RCB will buy him back or will go for other players as they need a captain in case Virat Kohli is not ready to lead the side.

Barbados Royals are in the playoffs but the fight for the top two spots keeps the tournament interesting going into the final few games in the league stage of the few games in the Caribbean Premier League (CPL). The Royals take on Saint Lucia Kings in Guyana, a tricky surface for the batters.

Saint Lucia Kings returned to the winning ways after a couple of losses, against the St Kitts and Nevis Patriots and would want to keep the momentum as they take on the Antigua and Barbuda Falcons, another underperforming side in CPL 2024. Kings will be playing their final home game on Sunday.

Saint Lucia Kings and Trinbago Knight Riders would want to get on with their campaigns in the ongoing CPL having suffered defeats in their respective last games. The Kings have had a strange campaign so far having chased 200-plus from being 20/4 in a match while being folded for 100 in another.

So near, yet so far. Once again, RCB ended their journey in the eliminator in IPL 2024. After so much hype around the way they came back in the second half to make it to the playoffs, they bowed out, with a loss in the knockout clash. They could win 'hearts' but not trophy, yet again.

Royal Challengers Bengaluru spent the majority of the first half of the IPL 2024 season at the bottom of the points table with just one win in the first eight games but made an impossible comeback to secure the last playoff berth by knocking out defending champions CSK.

RR vs RCB IPL 2024 Eliminator Playing XIs: Captain Sanju Samson won the toss as Rajasthan Royals elected to bowl first against Royal Challengers Bengaluru at Narendra Modi Stadium. Royal Challengers Bengaluru made no change to their winning combination.

Faf du Plessis was adjudged the Player of the Match (POTM) for his impressive half-century and a jaw-dropping catch that he took to help RCB see the back of Mitchell Santner.

RCB vs CSK IPL 2024: Skipper Faf du Plessis scored a brilliant fifty and in-form Virat Kohli contributed with 47 runs to help Bengaluru post a challenging total of 218 against Chennai Super kings at M Chinnaswamy Stadium.

RCB qualification scenario: Faf du Plessis and his men finally snapped their losing streak of six matches to beat Sunrisers Hyderabad by 35 runs. They still have five matches left in the league stage but even if they win all five of those, will RCB be able to make it to top four?

Faf du Plessis was delighted as Royal Challengers Bengaluru (RCB) ended their six-match losing streak with a win on April 25 against Sunrisers Hyderabad (SRH) at the Rajiv Gandhi International Cricket Stadium.

It wasn't an auspicious outing on Sunday for the Punjab Kings and Royal Challengers Bengaluru as they suffered losses in their respective games. The losing captains had an even tougher day as both Sam Curran and Faf du Plessis were fined for breaching the IPL Code of Conduct.

Kolkata Knight Riders have prevailed in a thriller against the Royal Challengers Bengaluru by just one run as the game ebbed and flowed throughout 40 overs before Andre Russell, Sunil Narine and Harshit Rana's spells helped them get over the line. RCB have suffered their 7th loss of the tournament.

Royal Challengers Bengaluru languish at the bottom of the IPL 2024 points table with just one win in their seven matches. They have come halfway into the league phase but are staring down the barrel of an exit ahead of the playoffs.

Royal Challengers Bengaluru vs Sunrisers Hyderabad, IPL 2024 Live: Royal Challengers Bengaluru need a win, that's the universal truth, but they need a statement win, something that MI got against them a few days ago, that revitalises their campaign given the amount of desperation in the camp.

Faf du Plessis returned to form with the bat but RCB struggled dearly in the bowling department. RCB failed to defend 196 and conceded the match in just 15.3 overs as Mumbai Indians thrashed them. Skipper du Plessis has admitted the lack in the bowling unit costing them big in IPL 2024.

Virat Kohli recorded his 100th T20 fifty by smashing 77 off 49 balls against Punjab Kings to help RCB register their first win of the IPL 2024 at Bengaluru's M Chinnaswamy Stadium. However, they suffered a big defeat in their last game against KKR at the same venue in IPL 2023.