Glenn Maxwell's 38-ball 90 led Kings XI Punjab to 231, the season's best total, and set up a rout of the Super Kings

It's with a touch of irony that Chennai Super Kings find themselves on top of the table before the halfway stage, for the two-time winners and regular finalists are known to be slow starters

Plays of the day for the match between Royal Challengers Bangalore and Kings XI Punjab in Dubai

Royal Challengers Bangalore limped to 124 and Kings XI Punjab were in danger of failing to chase that middling total, before they hung on to win by five wickets

Both teams are coming off defeats from their previous games. Royal Challengers took their eye off the ball, while Royals might need their captain to move up the order

Mumbai Indians were let down by their batting in both defeats. They will need to click, but against a team on the upswing

Super Kings need their bowlers to stage a comeback after getting hammered in their opening game. Daredevils will wait on Kevin Pietersen's fitness

Plays of the day for the IPL match between Delhi Daredevils and Royal Challengers Bangalore in Sharjah

The Yuvraj Singh-Virat Kohli partnership didn't have a happy ending in the World T20 final, but less than two weeks after that night in Mirpur, their association in Sharjah followed a different script

Batting was Punjab's weakness last season. They have sought to rectify that by recruiting overseas power hitters

ESPNcricinfo picks five players for whom this IPL is of bigger significance

ESPNcricinfo revisits the best spells of the World T20 2014

Netherlands pulled off one of the best chases in Twenty20 cricket, chasing 190 in 13.5 overs to break the hearts of their opponents Ireland and Group B rivals Zimbabwe and progress to the Super 10 of the World T20

The Under-19 World Cup was a test for young players in conditions which challenged them, particularly the batsmen. ESPNcricinfo lists some of the things to take away from the tournament

Our correspondent catches some tennis, comes to grips with oversize parathas, and watches a "milkshake challenge"

ESPNcricinfo presents the team of the tournament for the 2014 Under-19 World Cup

Growing up in the shadow of a tragedy has not been easy, but that has made South Africa's Corbin Bosch tougher and hungrier for success

A pre-match hard talk by coach Ray Jennings proved to be the catalyst that spurred on the South Africa Under-19 side to produce the perfect final leap

Sami Aslam, Pakistan Under-19s' captain, acknowledged the good work put by his team in the tournament and credited South Africa for their win

South Africa finally broke their Under-19 World Cup jinx by beating crowd favourites Pakistan by six wickets in a predominantly one-sided final in Dubai