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The 17th edition of the Indian Premier League has reached halfway as match number 35 will take place on Saturday between the Delhi Capitals and the SunRisers Hyderabad. In the IPL 2024 points table, the Rajasthan Royals are sitting comfortably at the top with six wins in seven matches followed by Kolkata Knight Riders, Chennai Super Kings, and SunRisers Hyderabad respectively, who won four of their six games while CSK played seven games.
Here in this article, we will look at the big updates around the IPL 2024 that took place on Friday, April 19, but before that, let’s check the matches scheduled for the day.
Today's match preview
Delhi Capitals vs SunRisers Hyderabad
The Delhi Capitals, with Rishabh Pant at their helm, are all set to host SunRisers Hyderabad in the next fixture of the IPL 2024. The match is scheduled for April 20, Saturday, at the Arun Jaitley Stadium in New Delhi. Hyderabad has emerged as one of the strongest franchises in the current season of the Indian Premier League. The team under Pat Cummins’ captaincy, recorded the highest score in the history of the tournament, twice in the 17th edition. The Delhi Capitals, on the other hand, were hanging at the bottom spots of the tournament and clinched a much-needed well-deserved win in their last fixture against GT.
Major events around IPL that happened on April 17
Quinton De Kock & KL Rahul’s opening stand help LSG beat CSK by 8 wickets
On Friday, April 19, Lucknow Super Giants (LSG) registered a comfortable eight-wicket win over the reigning champions, Chennai Super Kings (CSK), in the 34th match of the Indian Premier League (IPL) 2024 in Lucknow. With this win, the KL Rahul-led side, LSG consolidated their position in the first half of the IPL points table. Despite Ravindra Jadeja's unbeaten half-century and MS Dhoni 's quick cameo and finishing the inning with a nine-ball 28*, CSK lost their third match of the season.
Rohit Sharma reveals reason for not staying with MI team in home matches
On his latest appearance at the Club Prairie Fire podcast, Rohit Sharma, the former Mumbai Indians captain, spoke about his routine in detail during the home games in the IPL 2024. The 36-year-old revealed that he is not staying at the MI team hotel for matches at the Wankhede Stadium, instead spending time with his family at home in Mumbai.
MI skipper Hardik Pandya fined for maintaining slow over-rate against PBKS
Mumbai Indians captain Hardik Pandya has been fined after his team maintained a slow over-rate during their IPL 2024 match against Punjab Kings at the PCA Cricket Stadium, Mullanpur on April 18. As it was his team's first offence of the season under the IPL's Code of Conduct relating to minimum over-rate offences, Pandya was fined INR 12 lakhs.
Since I am from Bengaluru: KL Rahul expresses desire to play for RCB in IPL
Former RCB player KL Rahul admitted on Ravichandran Ashwin's YouTube channel that being a Karnataka player, it would have been ideal for him to represent RCB in the cash-rich league. Rahul started his IPL journey with Bengaluru in 2013 before returning to the franchise for a 2016-17 stint. Since then, he has represented and captained Punjab Kings and LSG.
MI accused of 'DRS Cheating' after visuals from PBKS game go viral
Mumbai Indians have been accused of 'DRS Cheating' against Punjab Kings in their last match. In visuals, Tim David could be seen allegedly signaling Suryakumar Yadav to take DRS for reviewing a wide ball. However, he didn’t realise that he was on camera all the time. Not only this but Punjab Kings’ stand-in captain Sam Curran was also seen opposing the on-field umpire; however, no action was taken.