April 16: IPL 2024 Evening News - Top updates on players, teams, stats, points table, and more

1. 'Can't see a single Indian staff member' - Virender Sehwag warns RCB's English-speaking staff of leaving Indian players disconnected

Former Indian cricketers Virender Sehwag and Manoj Tiwary provided a detailed assessment on the plight the Royal Challengers Bengaluru find themselves in at the halfway point of IPL 2024. (READ MORE)

2. Cricket is tough when your confidence is low, there’s no way to hide: Faf du Plessis

The Royal Challengers Bengaluru sit at the bottom of the table, with just a single victory in the seven matches they've played so far. (READ MORE)

3. IPL 2024: Dinesh Karthik responds to Rohit Sharma's 'World Cup' banter with 108-meter six

Dinesh Karthik was the highest-scorer for RCB against SRH in a match where several records were wiped out. (READ MORE)

4. Ricky Ponting addresses Glenn Maxwell’s decision to step aside from RCB amid poor form

Maxwell made 32 runs in six matches and picked up four wickets so far in IPL 2024. (READ MORE)

5. We will come back stronger, it's knockout time for us: RCB head coach Andy Flower

"I am really proud of the way we fought with the bat out there in the middle. We lost the game but I was really proud of the way we fought," said Andy Flower. (READ MORE)

6. Our total needs a three in front of it now' - Travis Head radiates confidence after explosive innings against RCB

"We’ve got guys like Klaasen, Abdul Samad, and Nitish (Kumar Reddy)... We’ve got some power through the middle," Head said. (READ MORE)

7. IPL 2024: Pat Cummins takes hilarious dig at Marnus Labuschagne following RCB vs SRH clash

SRH defeated RCB by 25 runs in a match which saw 549 runs being scored. (READ MORE)

8. ‘First time he hit a team that didn't have India in their name’ – Aakash Chopra's cheeky take on Travis Head’s explosive ton against RCB

"One was an Indian team on 19th November (ODI World Cup final) and the other were the Mumbai Indians. I thought he [Head] hated the Indian name but this time he hit Bengaluru," Chopra said. (READ MORE)

9. RCB vs SRH wasn't a game of batsmanship but who hit most sixes which made the difference: Aaron Finch

"SRH were getting lucky in the first powerplay and they needed those to be sixes and Travis Head was the difference there," said Finch. (READ MORE)

10. Current players shouldn't be sidelined for T20 WC because of Dinesh Karthik: Irfan Pathan

Dinesh Karthik is in marvellous form this season having scored 226 runs from six innings in the season so far. (READ MORE)