Jos Buttler professed his admiration for Virat Kohli and also revealed how the time he spent with Steve Smith during the IPL and learnt from him.

We take a look at the top 10 power hitters who could play crucial roles in the showpiece event and take centre-stage.

England's heavyweight hitter Jos Buttler reached his eighth ODI century in just 50 balls and finished on 110 not out after Pakistan chose to bowl.

Rahane refused to be too critical and said that it was just a matter of two big hits and things would have ended differently.

While Arshdeep finished with 2/43 from his four, Ashwin himself picked 2/24 from his four. 

KXIP have been a dominant side on their home ground and they would hope that the loss to RCB in the previous match here was an aberration.

Terming Buttler as a 'special player', Kulkarni said that the Englishman's consistency has been one of the positive aspects of the team.

MS Dhoni lost his cool and rushed into the field of play to confront Indian umpire Ulhas Gandhe after he flip-flopped on a no-ball on Thursday night, which led to a fine on the former Indian captain.

England batsman Jos Buttler was 'Mankaded' by Ravichandran Ashwin at a crucial moment in the match that Rajasthan went on to lose.

England batsman Buttler was 'Mankaded' by Kings XI Punjab captain R Ashwin at a crucial moment in the match that Rajasthan went on to lose. 

Gopal said that the pressure created in the powerplay helped the spinner as the RCB batsmen looked to attack him to get the scoreboard moving.

Shreyas Gopal picked up 3/12 while Jos Buttler smashed 59 off 43 balls as Rajasthan Royals beat Royal Challengers Bangalore by 7 wickets in Jaipur.

Root is confident that his side will not indulge in the tactic.

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While the bowling is an area that SRH will look to correct, the Royals will want to ensure that they get their batting right.

Ashwin had said that Buttler's dismissal was completely instinctive and he had not planned on doing it.

On the issue of 'spirit of cricket' being violated, Dravid was of the view that it is a player's 'personal choice' what constitutes the former.

Former England captain Kevin Pietersen said R Ashwin will be talked about for a long time for his controversial act.

Ashwin received support from former Australian players Mitchell Johnson and Dean Jones, Rajasthan Royals brand ambassador Shane Warne and England ODI captain Eoin Morgan lashed out at the Indian spinner.

Shane Warne wrote on his Twitter handle, "Ashwin's actions were simply disgraceful, and I hope the BCCI doesn’t condone this sort of behaviour in the IPL."