CSK beat Delhi Daredevils by 33 Runs

Chennai Super Kings beat by Delhi Daredevils their 11th loss of IPL 2013, with a 33-run victory at theChennai M.A C stadium on Tuesday.

Chasing 169 for win, Delhi were never really in the hunt as they lost Sehwag for a second-ball duck, after the Nawab of Najafgarh edged a release from Mohit Sharma to Dhoni. Unmukt Chand and Johan Botha looked good, but were in a hurry to score, and rotting with Jason Holder holding the ball in his hands.

Delhi captain David Warner launched a counter attack, but was running out of partners as Chennai sure to stamp their authority on the match. As Rohrer and Jadhav walked away without making an extensive contribution, Warner tried his best, making 44, before being caught by Murali Vijay off Albie Morkel (3/32).They completed 33 runs short at 135/9.

Score Details

Chennai- 168/4 (20) 

Highest Score 

M Dhoni -58(35)
M Vijay -31(23)

Best Bowling
 
U Yadav-2(26)

Delhi- 135/9 (20)

 

Highest Score

D Warner (C)-44(37)

Best Bowling

A Morkel-3(32)
 

Chennai Won by 33 Runs

Player of the match M Dhoni

Gilchrist and Azhar Stunning Punjab win by RCB

Veterans Gilchrist and Azhar Mahmood roll back the years, leading Kings XI Punjab to a 7-wicket win over Royal Challengers Bangalore in a crucial Indian Premier League game here on Tuesday.

RCB were riding high after scoring 174 for 3, courtesy a 136-run partnership in 14.2 overs between Chris Gayle (77) and captain Virat Kohli (58), but 41-year old Gilchrist and Mahmood, 38, made light work of the target with a wonderful 118-run stand for the 2nd wicket as Kings XI coasted past the target in 18.1 overs.

Parvinder Awana was the pick of Kings XI bowlers with 3 for 39 while new ball bowler Azar Mahmood came away with 2 for 25 and leg-spinner Piyush Chawla conceded just 27 runs in his 4 overs.

Bangalore bowlers came in for some penalty while they were also unlucky that a few streaky lofted shots by Adam Gilchrist and Mahmood eluded the fielders by a whisker.

The result anchor RCB to 16 points from 15 games while Kings XI moved up to 12 with 2 more matches in hand. RCB, playing at home after 3 weeks and six away games, are slated to play favorites Chennai Super Kings here on May 18. Bangalore loss meant that Mumbai, Chennai and Rajasthan qualified for the play offs.

Score Details

Bangalore- 174/5 (20)
 

Highest Score
 
C Gayle -77(53)
V Kohli- 57(43)

Best Bowling
 
P Awana-3 for 39

Punjab- 176/3 (18.1)
 

Highest Score 

A Gilchrist -85(54)
A Mahmood -61(41)

Punjab Win by 7 Wickets
 

Player of the match-A Gilchrist

Mumbai Beat by Sunrises Hyderabad

Kieron Pollard remorseless hitting inflicted a crush injury upon the clueless Sunrises Hyderabad on Sunday, as Mumbai Indians set an almost-assured foot in the last-4 of this season IPL fight following an improbable 7-wicket wins.

Kieron Pollard bludgeoned 8 sixes in a surreal, unbeaten 27-ball 66 to pull his team out of the pits in the nick of time. Mumbai looked out for the count when they needed 62 off the last 4 overs, and that when the killing began. Thisara Perera went for 29, including 4 sixes, in the 17th, and then Amit Mishra was pasted for 21, with 3 more sailing over the ropes.

The end came unexpectedly on the back of 2 more maximums off Perera, as Mumbai romped home with 3 balls to spare and kept their winning home record whole. They also soared to the top of the points table with this win, and gave Kolkata Knight Riders another numerical possibility to hang their hopes on.

Score Details

Hyderabad- 178/3 (20)

Highest Score
S Dhawan -59(41)
C White -43(23)
H Vihari -41(37)

Mumbai- 184/3 (19.3)

Highest Score
K Pollard -66(27)
S Tendulkar -38(31)
D Karthik -30(23)

Player of the match-K Pollard

Rajasthan in top four Beat by CSK

A brutal assault by Watson and Binny at the Sawai Mansingh Stadium on Sunday enabled Rajasthan Royals to steal a win from Super Kings and confirm a place in the Top Four. The pair added a scarcely-believable 93 in 7.3 overs to grab win from a precarious position, as Watson ended with a 34-ball 70, and Binny remained unconquered on a 23-ball 41, in pursuit of superb kings rather reasonable 141.

The home team looked set to deflate to their 1st home defeat this season at 45/4 in the tenth over – with Ajinkya Rahane, James Faulkner, Sanju Samson and Rahul Dravid back to back in the pavilion. The required run-rate at that point had escalate to in excess of 9 per over and R. Ashwin, one of the most dangerous bowlers to get away in the format, had all four overs remaining.

Watson and Binny smote flat, in-your-face sixes off the tall bowler to check the asking rate, and then made that arithmetic figure a non-entity with a barrage of big strikes against Holder and Bravo.

After Ashwin went for 23 in the 11th, Bravo leaked 22 in 14th, inclusive of 3 more maximums; Chris Morris 15th was the icing on Rajasthan cake – 4 successive boundaries that took Watson to a blinding half-century in 25 balls and the home team to within 12 runs – to be attained in 5 overs – of a succeed.

Score Details

Chennai- 141/4 (20)

Highest Score

M Vijay -55(50)
M Hussey -40(40)

Best Bowler

K Cooper-2(321)

Rajasthan-144/5 (17.1)

Highest Score

S Watson -70(34)
S Binny -41(23)

Player of the Match

RR in play-offs beat by Punjab

Rajasthan Royals placed one foot in the play-offs on Thursday evening, thanks to their ninth - and second consecutive away - win that brought them up to 18 points in the ongoing IPL skirmish.

Royals put up a commanding show with the bat and ball as they outplayed a curiously-subdued Kings XI Punjab by eight wickets, backing a solid fielding show with another power-packed display with the bat.

Excellent Cooper

Kevon Cooper was instrumental in stalling what had until then appeared to be a runaway innings. Punjab had tided over the first-over loss of Mandeep Singh and were cruising on a 102-run union between Gilchrist and Shaun March when he dismissed the former with a slower ball.

Cooper took the pace off yet again to claim Marsh and the dangerous David Miller and conceded just 23 off his four as Punjab made a hash of a great start. It was a dark beginning for Gilchrist, who was left fuming when he was subjected to an under-hand run-out attempt in the third over.

Score Details

Punjab- 145/6 (20)

 

Highest Score

S Marsh -77(64)
A Gilchrist -42(32)

Best Bowler

K Cooper-3(23)

Rajasthan-147/2(19)

Highest Score

A Rahane -59(49)
S Samson -47(33)

Player of the match-K Cooper