Australia batsman Aaron Finch will be sidelined for three months due to a hamstring injury he picked up while playing for the Mumbai Indians in the Indian Premier League.
The Kings XI Punjab did what no-one had been able to do yet this year, beating the Rajasthan Royals in a Super Over after both sides made 191, ending the Royals' winning streak on five.
West Indies spinner Sunil Narine has been cleared to continue bowling all his deliveries for the Kolkata Knight Riders in the Indian Premier League, but has picked up a final warning.
Royal Challengers Bangalore opener Chris Gayle is the leading T20 century-maker by more than double ahead of Brendon McCullum, and after his ton against King XI Punjab on Wednesday he is setting his sights on 14 more.
Chris Gayle produced another awesome batting display as he helped Royal Challengers Bangalore complete an emphatic 138-run victory over a hapless Kings XI Punjab.
Ambati Rayudu and Kieron Pollard provided some late-order batting heroics to secure a fourth consecutive win for the Mumbai Indians as they beat the Delhi Daredevils by five wickets in the IPL on Tuesday.
The Mumbai Indians are set to be without opening batsman Aaron Finch for the rest of this year's IPL campaign, after scans on Wednesday revealed a torn hamstring.
The Kolkata Knight Riders turned in an efficient performance when they convincingly beat the Sunrisers Hyderabad by 35 runs at a capacity Eden Gardens stadium in the IPL on Monday.
The Chennai Super Kings continued their march towards the IPL play-offs with a rather comfortable 24-run victory over the Royal Challengers Bangalore on Monday.
Shane Bond says that quick bowling is not always the best option in T20 cricket, and that while bowling well in vital in any format, variation with success is the hallmark of a good death bowler, especially in shorter formats.
Batsman Ajinkya Rahane was once again the star man for the Rajasthan Royals as they beat the Delhi Daredevils by 14 runs in the Indian Premier League on Sunday.
David Warner's blitzed half century ensured the Sunrisers Hyderabad had enough runs on the board as they beat the Chennai Super Kings by 22 runs in Deccan on Saturday night.
The Royal Challengers Bangalore needed to go at more than 11 to the over from the start to reach their target against the Kolkata Knight Riders, needing 112 in 10 overs, and they managed to win by seven wickets.
India batsman Ambhati Rayudu was delighted with his half century for the Mumbai Indians on Friday, as is was the basis of his side's narrow win over the Rajasthan Royals, and showed his value to the side.
It was a case of close but no cigar for the Rajasthan Royals on Friday, as their spirited chase of the Mumbai Indians' 187/5 collapsed in a heap over the closing overs.
The Delhi Daredevils made light work of the Kings XI Punjab on Friday, winning by nine wickets thanks to superb bowling from Nathan Coulter-Nile, and leaving the men in red at the bottom of the IPL table.
The Royal Challengers Bangalore may have lost to the Chennai Super Kings on Wednesday, but bowler Yuzvendra Chahal had a good day for the men in red, taking three key wickets and relishing the scalp of MS Dhoni.
The ICC have announced that all bowlers who get banned for illegal deliveries in domestic cricket will also be banned from playing in internationals, as long as they have been tested at an ICC centre.
The Rajasthan Royals doomed the Mumbai Indians to a third defeat at this year's Indian Premier League, beating them by seven wickets thanks to Steve Smith's fluid half century.
The Royal Challengers were looking odds-on for a first home victory of the IPL season before the heavens opened in Bangalore and brought a premature end to proceedings.
Kolkata Knight Riders and West Indies spinner Sunil Narine has been banned from bowling his regular off-spin deliveries, after testing showed his action still breached the 15 degrees of elbow flex rules.
The Chennai Super Kings will be without senior spinner Ravi Ashwin for their next two matches as he has injured his hand, splitting the webbing between his fingers.
