Royal Challengers Bangalore have often been a bit over-reliant on Virat Kohli and AB de Villiers  8:48 PM IST Saurabh Somani Close Saurabh Somani is an assistant editor at ESPNcricinfo Big picture Every IPL season, the Royal Challengers Bangalore look like one of the teams to beat on paper. They invariably have plenty of superstars, their supporters are filled with hope and all eyes are fixed on them. So far,…

3:14 PM GMT A senior Bangladesh men’s player, who was among the 27 to participate in the skill-training camp ahead of the Sri Lanka tour, has been isolated after showing “classical Covid-like symptoms”, according to the BCB. Those who came in close contact with him have also been isolated, following the latest Covid-19 tests conducted by the board ahead of the camp that began in Dhaka on Sunday. Their next…

8:42 PM IST Matt Roller Close Matt Roller is an assistant editor at ESPNcricinfo. He tweets at @mroller98 Surrey 161 for 4 (Roy 72, Evans 73) beat Kent 159 for 8 (Billings 50, Plunkett 3-19) by six wickets Jason Roy‘s first half-century of the summer helped Surrey to confirm top spot in the South Group and lock in a home quarter-final in the Vitality Blast. Chasing 160 to win –…

2:22 PM GMT Hemant Brar Since his IPL debut in 2017, Rashid Khan, along with David Warner, has been the most valuable player for the Sunrisers Hyderabad. With IPL 2020 being held in the UAE, where the pitches are expected to be spin-friendly, Khan will once again be central to the Sunrisers’ bowling. Khan, who landed in Dubai straight from the CPL, interacted with the media on the eve of…

1:55 PM GMT Matt Roller Close Matt Roller is an assistant editor at ESPNcricinfo. He tweets at @mroller98 The Decision Review System (DRS) will be available in a women’s bilateral series for the first time during West Indies’ T20I tour of England, starting Monday. The technology was available throughout the last two T20 World Cups, and in the ten televised games in the 50-over World Cup in 2017, but has…

1:14 PM GMT ESPN Staff Welcome to ESPNcricinfo’s Rolling Report of the second IPL 2020 match, this one featuring Delhi Capitals and Kings XI Punjab – two of the three teams to have never won the tournament – in Dubai. On one side, we have the likes of Shreyas Iyer, R Ashwin, Shikhar Dhawan, Shimron Hetmyer, Sandeep Lamichhane, Rishabh Pant, Kagiso Rabada and others. On the other, KL Rahul, Mayank…

1:10 PM GMT Sreshth Shah There are four parallels that can be drawn between Pat Cummins and Kamlesh Nagarkoti. The first one is that they achieved fame as teenagers, the Australian as an 18-year-old Test debutant in 2011 and the Indian as an 18-year old at the 2018 Under-19 World Cup. The second one is that both are right-arm fast bowlers. Thirdly, they are part of the Kolkata Knight Riders,…

September 20, 2020 ESPNcricinfo staff All the buzz from the IPL 2020 game between Shreyas Iyer’s Delhi Capitals and KL Rahul’s Kings XI Punjab. If the blog doesn’t load for you straightaway, please refresh your page or click here. © ESPN Sports Media Ltd. Comments Source: ESPN Crickinfo

Wankhede Stadium is one of three venues owned by the Mumbai Cricket Association  12:34 PM GMT Press Trust of India Nadim Memon, the Mumbai Cricket Association Apex Council member, has suggested hosting the entire Syed Mushtaq Ali Trophy T20 tournament in Mumbai, saying in an email to BCCI president Sourav Ganguly that the city has enough grounds, hotels and other facilities to accommodate all the teams and matches. “Mumbai should…