The second leg of the Indian Premier League is all set to get underway tomorrow, September 19, with defending champions Mumbai Indians and Chennai Super Kings crossing swords in a mouth-watering encounter. The India leg of the tournament saw Delhi Capitals, Chennai Super Kings and Royal Challengers Bangalore dominate the proceedings. Mumbai Indians too picked up the momentum after a slow start.
The aforementioned teams occupy the top four spots in the points table. With almost half the tournament completed, the bottom-placed teams need to pull up their socks from the first game itself. Having already lost a lot of matches, teams like Punjab Kings, Kolkata Knight Riders and Sunrisers Hyderabad cannot afford any more losses. They need to be right on the money from game one.
Having missed out on the title in 2020, table-toppers Delhi Capitals will be keen to go the distance this time around. Royal Challengers Bangalore look a very strong contender after some impressive signings while Chennai Super Kings enjoyed a smooth ride in the first leg and will be one of the teams to beat in UAE. Two times defending champions Mumbai Indians are always in the hunt for the title.
Coming to individual performances, Shikhar Dhawan (DC) leads the charts of most runs with 380 runs to his name in seven games, followed by KL Rahul (PBKS) and Faf du Plessis (CSK). With the ball, Harshal Patel (RCB) is the leading wicket-taker with 17 scalps while Avesh Khan and Chris Morris are placed second and third with 14 wickets to their names.
Here’s the schedule for the second phase of IPL 2021:
Match No. | Day | Date | Time (IST) | Match | Venue |
30 | Sunday | 19 Sep 2021 | 7:30 PM | CSK vs MI | Dubai |
31 | Monday | 20 Sep 2021 | 7:30 PM | KKR vs RCB | Abu Dhabi |
32 | Tuesday | 21 Sep 2021 | 7:30 PM | PBKS vs RR | Dubai |
33 | Wednesday | 22 Sep 2021 | 7:30 PM | DC vs SRH | Dubai |
34 | Thursday | 23 Sep 2021 | 7:30 PM | MI vs KKR | Abu Dhabi |
35 | Friday | 24 Sep 2021 | 7:30 PM | RCB vs CSK | Sharjah |
36 | Saturday | 25 Sep 2021 | 3:30 PM | DC vs RR | Abu Dhabi |
37 | Saturday | 25 Sep 2021 | 7:30 PM | SRH vs PBKS | Sharjah |
38 | Sunday | 26 Sep 2021 | 3:30 PM | CSK vs KKR | Abu Dhabi |
39 | Sunday | 26 Sep 2021 | 7:30 PM | RCB vs MI | Dubai |
40 | Monday | 27 Sep 2021 | 7:30 PM | SRH vs RR | Dubai |
41 | Tuesday | 28 Sep 2021 | 3:30 PM | KKR vs DC | Sharjah |
42 | Tuesday | 28 Sep 2021 | 7:30 PM | MI vs PBKS | Abu Dhabi |
43 | Wednesday | 29 Sep 2021 | 7:30 PM | RR vs RCB | Dubai |
44 | Thursday | 30 Sep 2021 | 7:30 PM | SRH vs CSK | Sharjah |
45 | Friday | 1 Oct 2021 | 7:30 PM | KKR vs PBKS | Dubai |
46 | Saturday | 2 Oct 2021 | 3:30 PM | MI vs DC | Sharjah |
47 | Saturday | 2 Oct 2021 | 7:30 PM | RR vs CSK | Abu Dhabi |
48 | Sunday | 3 Oct 2021 | 3:30 PM | RCB vs PBKS | Sharjah |
49 | Sunday | 3 Oct 2021 | 7:30 PM | KKR vs SRH | Dubai |
50 | Monday | 4 Oct 2021 | 7:30 PM | DC vs CSK | Dubai |
51 | Tuesday | 5 Oct 2021 | 7:30 PM | RR vs MI | Sharjah |
52 | Wednesday | 6 Oct 2021 | 7:30 PM | RCB vs SRH | Abu Dhabi |
53 | Thursday | 7 Oct 2021 | 3:30 PM | CSK vs PBKS | Dubai |
54 | Thursday | 7 Oct 2021 | 7:30 PM | KKR vs RR | Sharjah |
55 | Friday | 8 Oct 2021 | 3:30 PM | SRH vs MI | Abu Dhabi |
56 | Friday | 8 Oct 2021 | 7:30 PM | RCB vs DC | Dubai |
57 | Sunday | 10 Oct 2021 | 7:30 PM | Qualifier 1 | Dubai |
58 | Monday | 11 Oct 2021 | 7:30 PM | Eliminator | Sharjah |
59 | Wednesday | 13 Oct 2021 | 7:30 PM | Qualifier 2 | Sharjah |
60 | Friday | 15 Oct 2021 | 7:30 PM | Final | Dubai |
Points Table
TEAM | MATCHES | WON | LOST | PTS | NRR |
Capitals |
8 | 6 | 2 | 12 | +0.547 |
Super Kings |
7 | 5 | 2 | 10 | +1.263 |
Royal Challengers |
7 | 5 | 2 | 10 | -0.171 |
Indians |
7 | 4 | 3 | 8 | +0.062 |
Royals |
7 | 3 | 4 | 6 | -0.190 |
Kings |
8 | 3 | 5 | 6 | -0.368 |
Knight Riders |
7 | 2 | 5 | 4 | -0.494 |
Sunrisers |
7 | 1 | 6 | 2 | -0.623 |
Leading run scorer
PLAYER | INN | RUNS |
Shikhar Dhawan |
8 | 380 |
KL Rahul |
7 | 331 |
Faf du Plessis |
7 | 320 |
Prithvi Shaw |
8 | 308 |
Sanju Samson |
7 | 277 |
Leading wicket-taker
PLAYER | MAT | WKTS |
Harshal Patel |
7 | 17 |
Avesh Khan |
8 | 14 |
Chris Morris |
7 | 14 |
Rahul Chahar |
7 | 11 |
Rashid Khan |
7 | 10
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The updated squads for the second phase of IPL 2021 are as follows:
Chennai Super Kings (CSK) Squad:
MS Dhoni (C and WK), Suresh Raina Narayan Jagadeesabn, Ruturaj Gaikwad, KM Asif, Karn Sharma, Ambati Rayudu, Deepak Chahar, Faf du Plessis, Shardul Thakur, Mitchell Santner, Dwayne Bravo, Lungi Ngidi, Sam Curran, Ravindra Jadeja, Imran Tahir, Robin Uthappa, Moeen Ali, K Gowtham, Cheteshwar Pujara, M.Harisankar Reddy, K.Bhagath Varma, C Hari Nishaanth, R Sai Kishore, Josh Hazlewood
Mumbai Indians (MI) Squad:
Rohit Sharma (C), Aditya Tare, Anmolpreet Singh, Anukul Roy, Dhawal Kulkarni, Hardik Pandya, Ishan Kishan, Jasprit Bumrah, Jayant Yadav, Kieron Pollard, Krunal Pandya, Quinton de Kock, Rahul Chahar, Suryakumar Yadav, Chris Lynn, Mohsin Khan, Saurabh Tiwary, Trent Boult, Adam Milne, Nathan Coulter-Nile, Piyush Chawla, James Neeshan, Yudhvir Charak, Marco Jansen, Arjun Tendulkar
Royal Challengers Bangalore (RCB) Squad:
Virat Kohli, AB de Villiers, Yuzvendra Chahal, Devdutt Padikkal, Harshal Patel, Akash Deep, Mohammed Siraj, Navdeep Saini, Shahbaz Ahmed, Pavan Deshpande, Glenn Maxwell, Sachin Baby, Rajat Patidar, Mohammed Azharuddeen, Kyle Jamieson, Dan Christian, Suyesh Prabhudessai, KS Bharat, Tim David, Dushmantha Chameera, Wanindu Hasaranga
Delhi Capitals (DC) Squad:
Rishabh Pant (C and WK), Shreyas Iyer, Ajinkya Rahane, Amit Mishra, Avesh Khan, Axar Patel, Ishant Sharma, Kagiso Rabada, Prithvi Shaw, Ravichandran Ashwin, Shikhar Dhawan, Lalit Yadav, Marcus Stoinis, Shimron Hetmyer, Ben Dwarshuis, Anrich Nortje, Steve Smith, Umesh Yadav, Ripal Patel, Lukman Hussain Meriwala, M Siddharth, Tom Curran, Sam Billings, Pravin Dubey, Vishnu Vinod
Rajasthan Royals (RR) Squad:
Sanju Samson (C and WK), Riyan Parag, Shreyas Gopal, Rahul Tewatia, Mahipal Lomror, Kartik Tyagi, Tabraiz Shamsi, Oshane Thomas, Evin Lewis, Jaydev Unadkat, Mayank Markande, Yashasvi Jaiswal, Anuj Rawat, David Miller, Manan Vohra, Shivam Dube, Chris Morris, Mustafizur Rahim, Chetan Sakariya, K.C. Cariappa, Liam Livingstone, Kuldip Yadav, Akash Singh, Glenn Phillips
Punjab Kings (PBKS) Squad:
KL Rahul (c and WK), Chris Gayle, Mayank Agarwal, Nicholas Pooran, Mandeep Singh, Sarfaraz Khan, Deepak Hooda, Prabhsimran Singh, Mohammed Shami, Chris Jordan, Darshan Nalkande, Ravi Bishnoi, Murugan Ashwin, Arshdeep Singh, Harpreet Brar, Ishan Porel, Aiden Markram, Adil Rashid, Shahrukh Khan, Moises Henriques, Jalaj Saxena, Utkarsh Singh, Fabian Allen, Saurabh Kumar, Nathan Ellis
Kolkata Knight Riders (KKR) Squad:
Eoin Morgan (C), Dinesh Karthik, Andre Russell, Kamlesh Nagarkoti, Kuldeep Yadav, Lockie Ferguson, Nitish Rana, Prasidh Krishna, Gurkeerat Singh Mann, Sandeep Warrier, Shivam Mavi, Shubman Gill, Sunil Narine, Rahul Tripathi, Varun Chakravarthy, Pawan Negi, Tim Seifert, Shakib al Hasan, Sheldon Jackson, Vaibhav Arora, Karun Nair, Harbhajan Singh, Ben Cutting, Venkatesh Iyer, Tim Southee
Sunrisers Hyderabad (SRH) Squad:
Kane Williamson, David Warner, Manish Pandey, Virat Singh, Priyam Garg, Abdul Samad, Bhuvneshwar Kumar, Khaleel Ahmed, Sandeep Sharma, Siddharth Kaul, T Natarajan, Abhishek Sharma, Shahbaz Nadeem, Vijay Shankar, Mohammad Nabi, Rashid Khan, Sherfane Rutherford, Wriddhiman Saha, Shreevats Goswami, Basil Thampi, Jason Holder, Jagadeesha Suchith, Kedar Yadav, Mujeeb ur Rahman, Jason Roy