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IMAGE: Mahendra Singh Dhoni captain of Chennai Super Kings and Virat Kohli captain of Royal Challengers Bangalore.

Can't give excuses: Rahane on batting failure in IPL Eliminator IMAGE: Ajinkya Rahane was critical of his team's batting performance.

IMAGE: RCB captain Virat Kohli said his team 'deserved to lose'.

Rajneesh Gupta presents the numbers from the T20 series against England.

With two wins and two defeats, Rajasthan Royals are fifth with four points, while Chennai have also gathered an equal number of points with two victories from three matches Rajasthan Royals and Chennai Super Kings, the two franchises that returned to the IPL after serving bans in the aftermath of the 2013 spot-fixing scandal, will come face to face for the first time in the ongoing edition, keen to regain lost momentum in Pune, on Friday.

Tendulkar wants more opportunities for minnows after Scotland win Scotland's historic win over England has led to praise from Indian batting great Sachin Tendulkar, who has called for the sport's second-tier teams to get more opportunities to prove themselves against top sides.

IMAGE: Kings XI Punjab will be counting on Andrew Tye, the IPL's leading bowler with 24 wickets, to deliver when they take on Chennai Super Kings in Sunday’s crucial match in Pune.

'Till now it's one of my best' IMAGE: Rishab Pant of the Delhi Daredevils sports his orange cap.

She hit 31 boundaries and two sixes in her 145-ball knock, then after a 10-minute nap on the physio's table between innings, took 5-17 as Ireland were bowled out for 135 to give the White Ferns a 305-run win and 3-0 series victory.

IMAGE: Prithvi Shaw of India ‘A’, left, celebrates his half century against England Lions.