Ruturaj Gaikwad of Chennai Super Kings reacts after scoring a half century during the IPL match against Mumbai Indians as IPL 2021 resumed on September 19. He went on to score an unbeaten 88 off 58 balls. Pic/ PTI

Virat Kohli, skipper of Royal Challengers Bangalore, became the first player to play 200 matches for a single franchise during the IPL 2021 match against Kolkata Knight Riders

Andre Russell of Kolkata Knight Riders celebrates the wicket of AB de Villiers of Royal Challengers Bangalore during match 31 of the Vivo Indian Premier League between the Kolkata Knight Riders and the Royal Challengers Bangalore. Pic/ PTI

Devdutt Padikkal of Royal Challengers plays a shot during match 35 of the Vivo Indian Premier League between the Royal Challengers Bangalore and the Chennai Super Kings. He went on to score 70 off 50 balls. Pic/ PTI

Shreyas Iyer of Delhi Capitals plays a shot during match 36 of the Indian Premier League between the Delhi Capitals and the Rajasthan Royals. Iyer scored a match-winning 43 off 32 balls to helps his team to victory as well as bag the man-of-the-match. Pic/PTI

Jason Holder of Sunrisers Hyderabad bats during match 37 of the Indian Premier League between the Sunrisers Hyderabad and Punjab Kings. Holder scored an unbeaten 47 off 29 balls and was adjudged man-of-the-match despite SRH's loss. Pic/ PTI

Rahul Tripathi of Kolkata Knight Riders plays a shot during match 38 of the Indian Premier League between the Chennai Super Kings and the Kolkata Knight Riders. Despite Tripathi's brilliant 45 runs, CSK went home with a win courtesy Ravindra Jadeja's 22 off 8 balls. Pic/ PTI

Virat Kohli captain of Royal Challengers Bangalore celebrating his half century during match 39 of the Indian Premier League between the Royal Challengers Bengaluru and Mumbai Indians. Kohli became the first Indian cricketer to score 10,000 runs in T20s. Pic/ PTI