"Day one, Shreyas Iyer and Ricky Ponting both told us, that they will treat Yuzi Chahal - our most senior player - and our bus driver the same. And they have maintained it. They’ve given the same respect to both. This says a lot about our team.” livemint.com/sports/cricket…

Finish 3rd/4th, you essentially have to play QF, SF and final to win IPL. And vs the absolute best teams of that year. That is not all. You play these 3 games in five days, at 2 different venues. But if anyone can beat those odds, it's Mumbai Indians. livemint.com/sports/cricket…

The two best teams over the league phase have finished 1 and 2 in #IPL2025 Now just need both Punjab Kings and Royal Challengers Bangalore to be in the final!

The Jitesh Sharma Journey: "Wanted to raise my bat once, but never got the chance since I became a finisher!" "If DK tells me to sweep a 160 kmh ball, I’ll do it." "150 people get my autograph. I had played for India, and not even 2 people had come..." livemint.com/sports/cricket…

Looking at the journeys of Gujarat Titans and Mumbai Indians, and their Eliminator tomorrow, with Shayan Ahmed Khan for Good Areas. Short, sharp, and fun podcast. Which starts and ends with RCB naturally. #ipl2025 youtube.com/live/YPND52UK7…

On the 9th anniversary of their defeat in the 2016 IPL final, RCB enter an IPL final again with a commanding win. Nearly everything went right for RCB. Now they just need it to happen one more time. #RCBvPBKS

Virat Kohli - "one more to go". He's not worried about jinxes and whatnot. As he shouldn't be anyway, but especially when his team has had the season it has, he has had the season he has, and the demolishing of the joint best team in the league phase in Qualifier 1. #RCBvPBKS

How the IPL 2025 mega auction set up RCB's superb season. See their max bids for high-profile players: Pant 11 crore, Arshdeep 10.50, Rahul 10.50, Yuzi 14.25 Stopped when bidding went above. And got Hoff, Bhuvi, Salt, Jitesh in price bands they had set. livemint.com/sports/cricket…

This stigma around solid domestic performers not being up to the mark for international cricket and hence not making the cut to final squads needs to go. Well done Sarfu ✅🙌 #INDvENG

.Harsha Bhogle to hardik pandya: Q: How do you decide when to bowl Jasprit Bumrah? A: Oh it's very simple. Whenever you think the game is going far away! (laughs) He (Bumrah) is like Mumbai housing prices. #GTvMI

When you are in trouble, dial Jasprit Bumrah. Mumbai Indians did, and they're now in the #IPL2025 Qualifier. Look at Bumrah's bowling and stats - it's like he's simply shrugged off a very long injury layoff without it affecting anything. Special. livemint.com/sports/cricket…

Chris Gayle batted only 12 innings in 2011 because he came in midway as an injury replacement for Dirk Nannes. Absolutely wild that he ends up having a total impact that's almost equal to one of the great IPL batting performances - which Gill had in 2023.

A Jasprit Bumrah over has gone for 20 runs. It's the final proof that the world has gone mad. (Also Josh Inglis has) #MIvsPBKS

Is 4-0-40-0 the least amount of runs given in a full four over spell where one over has gone for 20 runs? #JaspritBumrah #PBKSvsMI

Mumbai Indians fail to defend a 200-plus total for the first time in IPL history. Needed an all-time great innings from Shreyas Iyer to break that fortress down. He's just been incredibly, magnificently awesome all through #IPL2025