IPL 2016: KXIP V SRH

Sorry for not writing for last match. Yesterday’s first match was an exciting match. The match was played at Punjab Cricket Association IS Bindra Stadium, Mohali. This was the Punjab’s last match to be played at this ground.

Kings XI Punjab won the toss and chose to bat first. Punjab start was average. The 33-run stand between Vijay and Hashim Amla in 26 balls started very well. They lost Vijay early in 5th over of the innings. Vijay was caught by David Warner off Mustafizur Rahman’s 1st over. Hashim Amla hit a boundary off Nehra’s 2nd ball. Nehra often too many balls in his first 2 overs. Hashim Amla hit a four and six off Karn Sharma’s 1st over. Punjab was comfortably placed at 87 for 1 in 11 overs. The 54-run stand between Hashim Amla and Wriddhiman Saha in 41 balls increased the run-rate. They lost Wriddhiman Saha in first ball of 12th over of the innings. Wriddhiman Saha was caught by Deepak Hooda off Henriques 2nd over. At one stage Punjab will cross the 200-run mark and Punjab was also comfortably placed at 152 for 2 in 17.1 overs. The 65-run stand between Hashim Amla and Gukeerat Singh Mann in 37 balls was the highest. They lost Gukeerat Singh Mann in 18th over of the innings. Gukeerat Singh Mann was bowled by Bhuvneshwar Kumar in his 3rd over. Nehra suffered a leg injury in his penultimate ball of 3rd over. Ben Cutting bowled the final ball of 19th over after Nehra’s injury. Hashim Amla scored a brilliant 96 off 56 balls and destroyed the Hyderabad bowlers. This was his 1st fifty in IPL career and overall 17th fifty on his T20 career. This was his highest IPL score against his previous highest off 21 runs vs Royal Challengers Bangalore at same ground few days ago. This was his second highest T20 score behind 97 runs for South Africa vs Australia at Cape Town earlier this year. This was the highest score by Punjab batsman in this season against the previous highest off 89 runs by Vijay against Royal Challengers Bangalore also at Mohali. This was the highest score by batsman in this match. They lost Hashim Amla in last over of the innings. Hashim Amla was caught by David Warner off Bhuvneshwar Kumar’s final over. Punjab posted a competitive total of 179 runs for the loss of 4 wickets. Bhuvneshwar Kumar was the most successful bowler for Hyderabad when he took 2 wickets.

Hyderabad start was good. The 68-run stand between David Warner and Shikhar Dhawan in 48 balls was the highest. This was the third highest 1st wicket partnership for Hyderabad in this season. They lost Shikhar Dhawan in last ball of 8th over of the innings. Shikhar Dhawan was run out by a direct throw by Mohit Sharma. David Warner hit 2 sixes off Mohit Sharma’s 2nd over. Hyderabad was comfortably placed at 97 for 1 in 12 overs. Warner scored a fine 52 off 41 balls and hammered the Punjab bowlers. This was his 6th fifty of the season and overall 29th fifty of his IPL career. This was the second most fifties by batsman in IPL history behind Gambhir with 30 fifties. This was the highest score by batsman in this innings. They lost David Warner in first ball of 13th over of the innings. David Warner was hit wicket by Axar Patel in his 2nd over. They hit a four and six off Axar Patel’s same over. Yuvraj Singh hit a six off Mohit Sharma’s 3rd over. They scored 10 runs apiece in next 3 overs. Hyderabad was also comfortably placed at 139 for 2 in 15.5 overs and it looked Hyderabad will win the match. Deepak Hooda scored a classy 34 off 22 balls and attacked the Punjab bowling. The 42-run stand between Deepak Hooda and Yuvraj Singh in 23 balls increased the run-rate. They lost Deepak Hooda in last ball of 16th over of the innings. Deepak Hooda was caught by David Miller off Sandeep Sharma’s 3rd over. Yuvraj Singh hit a  six and 2 consecutive fours off Axar Patel’s last over. Ben Cutting hit a six and equation was down to 20 off 12 balls. Maxwell conceded 11 runs in 19th over of the innings. Yuvraj Singh hit a six off Mohit Sharma’s final over. Yuvraj Singh scored a quickfire 42 off 24 balls and smashed the Punjab bowling. The 41-run stand between Yuvraj Singh and Ben Cutting in 22 balls remained unbeaten. Yuvraj Singh took a winning run and Hyderabad won comfortably. Axar Patel and Sandeep Sharma took 1 wicket each for Hyderabad. Hyderabad won the match by 7 wickets. This was Hyderabad’s 8th win in IPL 2016. This win meant Hyderabad became the first team to make it to playoffs. Punjab are the second team to knock out of the IPL 2016 after Pune.

Now, Sunrisers Hyderabad will face Delhi Daredevils on May 20. Kings XI Punjab will take on Royal Challengers Bangalore on May 18.

We will back with second match soon.

IPL 2016: RCB V GL

Yesterday’s first match was an one-sided match. The match was played at M Chinnaswamy Stadium, Bengaluru.

Gujarat Lions won the toss and chose to bowl first. Bangalore start was not good. Kohli hit  a first boundary off Praveen Kumar’s 2nd over. They lost Gayle early in penultimate ball of 4th over of the innings. Gayle was bowled by Dhawal Kulkarni in his 2nd over. Gayle continued their poor form since the century against England in World T20.  Kohli hit a four and de Villiers hit a six off Shivil Kaushik’s 1st over.  They hit a four and six off Tambe’s 1st over. Gujarat bowlers conceded 23 runs in 2 overs. Kohli hit a long-on six off Dhawal Kulkarni’s next over. de Villiers hit another six off Dhawal Kulkarni’s same over. Dhawal Kulkarni conceded 22 runs in 12th over of the innings.  He hit 2 consecutive fours in consecutive balls off Pravin Tambe’s 2nd over. Bangalore crossed 100-run mark in 12th over of the innings. de Villiers hit 2 sixes off Tambe’s 3rd over. He was dropped by Praveen Kumar in middle stages of the innings when he was on 67 runs. It was a costly miss as he went on to score 62 more runs. He hit 3 fours off Praveen Kumar’s 3rd over. Praveen Kumar gave 23 runs in 16th over of the innings. They hit a six off Dwayne Bravo’s final over. de Villiers hit 3 sixes off Shivil Kaushik’s final over. They conceded 30 runs apiece in 18th and 19th over of the innings. Bangalore was comfortably placed at 248 for 1 in 19.4 overs. Kohli scored a fine 109 off 55 balls and destroyed the Pune bowlers. This was his 3rd century of the season and also overall 3rd century in his IPL career. This was his highest score in his IPL career against his previous highest off 108 runs vs Rising Pune Supergiants at Bengaluru last week. This was the highest score by batsman in this season against the previous highest off 108 runs each by de Kock and Kohli vs Royal Challengers Bangalore and Rising Pune Supergiants at same ground respectively. He was the first batsman to score 3 centuries in an IPL season. The 229-run stand between Kohli and de Villiers in 96 balls was the highest. This was the highest 2nd wicket partnership by team in IPL history against their previous highest off 215 runs by same pair also for Royal Challengers Bangalore against Mumbai Indians at Mumbai last year. Kohli was caught by Dwayne Bravo off Praveen Kumar’s last over. At one stage Bangalore will cross 250-run mark as they lost 2 wickets in last 2 balls and Gujarat will make a comeback. de Villiers scored a brilliant 129 off 52 balls and hammered the Gujarat bowlers. This was his 1st century of the season and overall 3rd century in his IPL career. This was his second highest score in his IPL career behind 133 runs against Mumbai Indians at Mumbai last week. This was the highest score by batsman in this match. This was the second time a batsman scored 2 centuries in same innings in T20 matches and first in IPL history.  Bangalore posted a very competitive total of 248 runs for the loss of 3 wickets. This was second highest total in IPL matches behind 263 runs also for Royal Challengers Bangalore against Pune Warriors also at Bangalore in 2013. Praveen Kumar was the most successful bowler for Gujarat when he took 2 wickets including 2 wickets in last 2 balls.

Gujarat start was not good. They lost Dwayne Smith early in penultimate ball of 2nd over of the innings. Dwayne Smith was bowled by Aravind in his 1st over. Gujarat was comfortably placed at 37 for 1 in 4.5 overs. The 28-run stand between Brendon McCullum and Ravindra Jadeja in 19 balls paced the Gujarat innings. It was a turning point as they lost 6 more wickets for 37 runs in the span of 8 overs and Bangalore made a comeback. Gujarat was reduced to 74 for 8 in 12.5 overs and it looked Bangalore will win the match by huge margin. Chahal took 3 wickets for 19 runs in the quota of 4 overs. Gujarat was weakly placed at 104 for 8 in 18.2 overs. Aaron Finch scored a classy 37 off 38 balls and attacked the Bangalore bowling. This was the highest score by batsman in this innings. Finch was caught by Aravind off Stuart Binny’s only over. They lost last 2 wickets in 2 consecutive balls of the innings. Aravind took the winning catch and Bangalore won comfortably. Chris Jordan was the most successful bowler for Bangalore when he took 4 wickets. Bangalore won the match by 144 runs. This was the biggest win by runs by team in IPL matches against their previous biggest off 140 runs for Kolkata Knight Riders vs Royal Challengers Bangalore also at Bengaluru in very first IPL match in 2008. This was Bangalore’s 5th win in IPL 2016. Both teams are chance to make playoffs if they win remaining matches.

Now, Royal Challengers Bangalore will take on Kolkata Knight Riders on May 16. Gujarat Lions will also face Kolkata Knight Riders on May 19.

We will back with second match soon.

IPL 2016: MI V KXIP

Yesterday’s match was a low-scoring match. The match was played at Dr. Y.S. Rajasekhara Reddy ACA-VDCA Cricket Stadium, Visakhapatnam.

Mumbai Indians won the toss and chose to bat first. Mumbai start was not good. They lost 2 wickets for 8 runs in the span of 2.5 overs. Mumbai score 21 for 2 in powerplay. This was the lowest powerplay score by team in this season. Nitish Rana hit 3 sixes off Mohit Sharma’s 3rd over. Mumbai was weakly placed at 36 for 2 in 8.4 overs. The 28-run stand between Rohit Sharma and Nitish Rana in 36 balls paced the Mumbai innings. They lost Rohit Sharma in penultimate ball of 9th over of the innings. Rohit Sharma was bowled by Axar Patel in his 2nd over. Nitish Rana scored a classy 25 off 28 balls and also placed the Mumbai innings. Nitish Rana was caught by Wriddhiman Saha off Stoinis 2nd over. They lost 2 more wickets for 14 runs in the span of 3 overs and Punjab made a comeback. Mumbai was reduced to 61 for 5 in 13.3 overs. Pollard was caught by Stoinis off Cariappa’s 2nd over but umpire signaled as not out. They hit 4 sixes in 2 overs by both bowlers in this innings to hint a revival. Mumbai was also weakly placed at 103 for 5 in 16.3 overs. Pollard scored a quickfire 27 off 20 balls and smashed the Punjab bowling. This was the highest score by batsman in this innings. The 42-run stand between Pollard and Krunal Pandya in 19 balls was the highest and fought back. Pollard was bowled by Stoinis in his last over. They lost last 4 wickets for 11 runs in the span of 2 overs and Punjab also made a comeback. Mumbai was also reduced to 114 for 9 in 18.3 overs. Mumbai posted not a competitive total of 124 runs for the loss of 9 wickets. This was the second lowest total for Mumbai in this season behind 92 runs against Sunrisers Hyderabad also at Visakhapatnam last week. Stoinis was the most successful bowler for Punjab when he took 4 wickets including 2 wickets in 17th over of the innings. This was his best bowling performance in IPL against his previous best off 3 for 20 vs Delhi Daredevils at Mohali last week.

Punjab start was also not good. They lost Hashim Amla early in last ball of 1st over of the innings. Hashim Amla was out LBW by Southee in his first over. This was his first duck in his IPL career. Punjab hit 5 fours in the end of 6th over of the innings. Vijay hit an ample shot off McClenaghan’s 2nd over. Wriddhiman Saha hit a four in extra cover drive off Southee’s 3rd over. Vijay tried to leave the bounce off Harbhajan Singh’s 1st over. Jos Buttler beats a run off Harbhajan Singh’s same over but umpire signaled as 4 byes. They working them around and loose the ball of Krunal Pandya’s 2nd over. Punjab was comfortably placed at 117 for 1 in 15.3 overs and it looked Punjab will win the match. Wriddhiman Saha scored a brilliant 56 off 40 balls and destroyed the Mumbai bowlers. This was his 2nd fifty of the season and overall 5th fifty in his IPL career. This was his highest score of the season against his previous highest of 52 runs vs Delhi Daredevils at Mohali last week. This was the highest score by batsman in this match. The 116-run stand between Vijay and Wriddhiman Saha in 88 balls was the highest. This was the highest second-wicket partnership for Punjab in this season against their previous highest of 72 runs by same pair vs Gujarat Lions at Rajkot fortnight ago. Wriddhiman Saha was bowled by McClenaghan in his last over. They lost 2 more wickets for 1 run in the span of 2 balls and it look Mumbai will make a comeback. Vijay scored a fine 54 off 52 balls and hammered the Mumbai bowlers. This was his 4th fifty of the season and overall 10th fifty in his IPL career. Vijay hit the winning four and Punjab won comfortably. McClenaghan was the most successful bowler for Mumbai when he took 2 wickets including consecutive  wickets in 16th over of the innings. Punjab won the match by 7 wickets. This was Punjab’s 4th win in IPL 2016. Both teams are chance to make playoff spot if they win remaining matches.

Now, Kings XI Punjab will take on Sunrisers Hyderabad on May 15. Mumbai Indians will face Delhi Daredevils also on May 15.

We will back with 2 match updates tomorrow. Bye for now.

IPL 2016: SRH V DD

Yesterday’s match was an interesting match. The match was played at Rajiv Gandhi International Stadium, Hyderabad. This was Hyderabad’s last home match of the season followed by 3 back-to-back away games.

Delhi Daredevils won the toss and chose to bowl first. Hyderabad start was good. Jayant Yadav gave the ball plenty of air in 3 powerplay overs. Warner hit 2 fours off Jayant Yadav’s 2nd over. Warner scored a fine 46 off 30 balls and destroyed the Delhi bowling. This was the highest score by batsman in this match. The 67-run stand between Warner and Shikhar Dhawan in 53 balls was the highest. They lost Warner in penultimate ball of 19th over of the innings. Warner was bowled by Jayant Yadav in his 2nd over. Amit Mishra introduced the attack in 11th over of the innings. Hyderabad was comfortably placed at 98 for 1 in 12.5 overs and it looked Hyderabad will cross 150-run mark. Shikhar Dhawan scored a classy 34 off 37 balls and paced the Hyderabad innings. The 31-run stand between Shikhar Dhawan and Williamson in 25 balls increased the run-rate. Shikhar Dhawan was caught by Sanju Samson off Amit Mishra’s 2nd over. They lost 3 more wickets for 16 runs in the span of 2.3 overs and Delhi made a comeback. Hyderabad was reduced to 114 for 4 in 15.2 overs. Hyderabad was also comfortably placed at 135 for 4 in 17.4 overs and it also looked Hyderabad will also cross 150-run mark. Williamson was bowled by Chris Morris in his last over. It was a turning point as they lost last 4 wickets for 8 runs in the span of 2.1 overs including 2 wickets in 19th over of the innings and Delhi also made a comeback. Hyderabad was also reduced to 143 for 8 in 19.5 overs. Nehra was caught and bowled by Coulter-Nile in his final over but umpire signaled as no-ball. Hyderabad posted not a competitive total of 146 runs for the loss of 8 wickets. Hyderabad scored 48 runs in the last 7 overs. This was the third lowest total for Hyderabad at this ground in this season behind 118 runs against Rising Pune Supergiants and 142 runs against Kolkata Knight Riders. Amit Mishra and Coulter-Nile took 2 wickets each for Delhi.

Delhi start was not good. Mayank Agarwal began brightly with mid-on four. They lost Mayank Agarwal early in first ball of 4th over of the innings. Mayank Agarwal was caught by Yuvraj Singh off Nehra’s 2nd over. de Kock looked in deep control when he was out caught behind and umpire after a prolonged appeal but signaled as not out. de Kock’s helmet fell down the ground as he completed the stroke, the Ultra Edge no bat was allowed. de Kock hit 2 consecutive fours off Nehra’s same over. He cutting the four off Mustafizur Rahman’s 1st over. Delhi closed powerplay at 50 for 1 in 6 overs. Delhi was comfortably placed at 75 for 1 in 9.1 overs and it looked Delhi will win the match. The 55-run stand between de Kock and Karun Nair in 37 balls increased the run-rate. de Kock scored a brilliant 44 off 31 balls and hammered the Hyderabad bowling. This was his fourth highest score in chases in this season. Four of his five highest score in chases in IPL career but all of them are winning. de Kock was caught by Naman Ojha off Henriques’s 1st over. They lost 2 more wickets for 3 runs in the span of 4 balls and it looked Hyderabad will make a comeback. Delhi was reduced to 78 for 3 in 9.5 overs. Rishabh Pant hit a six and four off Mustafizur Rahman’s 2nd over.  Samson hit a boundary off Mustafizur Rahman’s next over. Rishabh Pant scored quickfire 39 off 26 balls and attacked the Hyderabad bowling. Samson scored a gutsy 34 off 26 balls and smashed the Hyderabad bowling. Rishabh Pant plundered 26 runs from Mustafizur Rahman in 13 balls. The 72-run stand between Samson and Rishabh Pant in 50 balls was the highest and remained unbeaten. This was the 4th wicket partnership for Delhi in this season. Samson hit the winning six and Delhi won comfortably. Henriques was the most successful bowler for Hyderabad when he took 2 wickets including in 10th over of the innings.  Delhi won the match by 7 wickets. This was Delhi’s 6th win in IPL 2016. This was Hyderabad’s 1st loss after 4 consecutive wins.

Now, Delhi Daredevils will face Mumbai Indians on May 15. Sunrisers Hyderabad will take on Kings XI Punjab also on May 15.

We will back with today’s match update tomorrow. Bye for now.

IPL 2016: RCB V MI

Sorry for not writing for 1 match. Yesterday’s match was a classic match. The match was played at M Chinnaswamy Stadium, Bengaluru.

Mumbai Indians won the toss and chose to bowl first. Bangalore start was not good. Kohli was caught by Harbhajan Singh off McClenaghan’s 1st over. Gayle was caught by Rohit Sharma off Southee’s 2nd over. They lost 2 wickets for 17 runs in the span of 3.4 overs and it looked Mumbai will make a comeback. Bangalore was comfortably placed at 60 for 2 in 10 overs. The 43-run stand between AB de Villiers and KL Rahul in 39 balls increased the run-rate. They lost AB de Villiers in first ball of 11th over of the innings. AB de Villiers was caught by Rayudu off Krunal Pandya’s 2nd over. KL Rahul twisted his left ankle on 23 runs ans was struck on the glove by McClenaghan’s bouncer on 34 runs. It was a great recovery as he went on to score 34 more runs. Shane Watson hit a six and a four off McClenaghan’s 3rd over. Bangalore was also comfortably placed 98 for 3 in 15.2 overs. The 38-run stand between KL Rahul and Shane Watson in 32 balls paced the Bangalore innings. They lost Shane Watson in 16th over of the innings. Shane Watson was run out by a direct throw by Rohit Sharma. Bangalore was reduced to 98 for 4 in 15.3 overs. KL Rahul scored 34 runs in the Vs between fine leg and square leg and square leg and midwicket. KL Rahul scored a fine 68 off 53 balls and destroyed the Mumbai bowlers. This was his 4th fifty of the season and overall also 4th fifty in his IPL career. This was his highest score of the season against his previous highest of 52 runs vs Kolkata Knight Riders at Bengaluru last week. This was the highest score by batsman in this match. The 53-run stand between KL Rahul and Sachin Baby in 27 balls was the highest and remained unbeaten. Bangalore posted a competitive total of 151 runs for the loss of 4 wickets. This was the lowest total for Bangalore in this season but previous lowest was 172 runs also against Mumbai Indians at Mumbai in their previous encounter. Krunal Pandya, Southee and McClenaghan took 1 wicket each for Mumbai.

Mumbai start was also not good. They lost Parthiv Patel early in first ball of 2nd over of the innings. Parthiv Patel was caught by Shane Watson off Sreenath Aarvind’s 1st over. Mumbai was comfortably placed at 60 for 1 in 9.2 overs. The 58-run stand between Rohit Sharma and Rayudu in 50 balls was the highest. They lost 2 wickets for 19 runs in the span of 3.4 overs and Bangalore will make a comeback. Rayudu scored a brilliant 44 off 47 balls and hammered the Bangalore bowling. This was his second highest score of the season behind 56 runs against Kings XI Punjab at Mohali. This was the highest score by batsman in this innings. They lost Rayudu in first ball of 16th over of the innings. Rayudu was caught by AB de Villiers off Varun Aaron’s 2nd over. Mumbai was reduced to 98 for 4 in 15.1 overs and it looked Bangalore will win the match. At the same stage Bangalore was also scored 98 for 4 in 15.3 overs. Pollard hit his 400th six and back-to-back fours off Shane Watson’s final overs and the equation down to 26 off 18. Jos Buttler hit 2 consecutive sixes off Chris Jordan’s final over. Chris Jordan conceded 16 runs in his final over and the equation down to 10 off 12 and Mumbai made a comeback. Pollard scored a brutal 35 off 19 balls and smashed the Bangalore bowling. This was his second highest score of the season behind 51 runs against Kolkata Knight Riders at Mumbai. Jos Buttler scored a quickfire 29 off 11 balls and attacked the Bangalore bowling. The 55-run stand between Pollard and Jos Buttler in 21 balls remained unbeaten and fought back. Jos Buttler hit the winning six and Mumbai won comfortably. Varun Aaron was the most successful bowler for Bangalore when he took 2 wickets. Mumbai won the match by 6 wickets. This was Mumbai’s 6th win in IPL 2016 and move up to top 4 again.

Now, Mumbai Indians will take on Kings XI Punjab on May 13. Royal Challengers Bangalore will face Gujarat Lions on May 14.

We will back with today’s match update tomorrow. Bye for now.

IPL 2016: KXIP V RCB

Sorry for not writing for last 3 matches. Yesterday’s match was an exciting match. The match was played at Punjab Cricket Association IS Bindra Stadium, Mohali.

Kings XI Punjab won the toss and chose to bowl first. Bangalore start was good. Kohli wafted 2 length deliveries off Mohit Sharma’s 1st over. He went straight to Stoinis backward point. KL Rahul dropped Stoinis in the early stages of the innings when he was on 19 runs. It was a costly miss as he went on to score 23 more runs.  He hit 4 consecutive boundaries and a six off Stoinis 1st over. KL Rahul scored a classy 42 off 25 balls and attacked the Punjab bowling. The 63-run stand between Kohli and KL Rahul in 45 balls started very well. This was the second 50+ first-wicket stand for Bangalore in this season. KL Rahul was bowled by Cariappa in his 1st over. They lost 3 wickets for 4 runs in the span of 1.2 overs and Punjab will make a comeback. Bangalore was reduced to 67 for 3 in 8.4 overs. The pair accumulated 46 runs with 2 fours. de Villiers hit a boundary off Axar Patel’s 2nd over. He hit 2 boundaries off Stoinis last over. He finding short third-man with a slice drive. He hit backward short leg boundary for a six off Cariappa’s last over. de Villiers ambled 25 off 21 balls at the end of the 15th over. Bangalore was comfortably placed at 155 for 3 in 17.4 overs. de Villiers scored a fine 64 off 35 balls and destroyed the Punjab bowlers. This was his 4th fifty of the season and overall 18th fifty of his IPL career. This was the highest score by batsman in this innings. The 88-run stand between de Villiers and Sachin Baby in 55 balls was the highest and fought back. This was the highest 4th wicket stand for Bangalore in this season. They lost de Villiers in penultimate ball of 18th over of the innings. de Villiers was caught by Cariappa off Sandeep Sharma’s 3rd over. Bangalore was also comfortably placed at 174 for 4 in 19.4 overs. Sachin Baby scored a brisk 33 off 29 balls and paced the Bangalore innings. Sachin Baby was run out by a direct throw by David Miller and Wriddhiman Saha. They lost last 2 wickets for 1 run in last 2 balls. Bangalore posted a competitive total of 175 runs for the loss of 6 wickets. Sandeep Sharma and Cariappa took 2 wickets each for Punjab.

Punjab start was smooth. They finding a boundary in every over in Powerplay. The 45-run stand between Hashim Amla and Vijay in 33 balls started strongly. They lost Hashim Amla in 6th over of the innings. Hashim Amla was caught by Stuart Binny off Shane Watson’s 1st over. Vijay pulled towards a short-leg off Chahal’s 3rd over. Punjab was comfortably placed at 88 for 1 in 10.4 overs. The 43-run stand between Vijay and Wriddhiman Saha in 32 balls increased the run-rate. They lost 2 more wickets for 0 runs in the span of 2 balls and Bangalore will make a comeback.  This was the David Miller’s 1st duck in his IPL career. Punjab was reduced to 88 for 3 in 11 overs. Vijay hit the long boundary off Shane Watson’s 3rd over. Punjab was comfortably placed at 139 for 3 in 16.5 overs and it looked Punjab will win the match. Vijay scored a brilliant 89 off 57 balls and hammered the Bangalore bowlers. This was his 4th fifty of the season and overall 9th fifty of his IPL career. This was his highest score of the season against his previous highest of 55 runs vs Gujarat Lions at Rajkot. This was the highest score for Punjab batsman in this season against previous highest of 64 runs by Maxwell vs Kolkata Knight Riders at Kolkata few days ago. This was the highest score by batsman in this match. The 51-run stand between Vijay and Stoinis in 36 balls was the highest. They lost Vijay in last ball of 17th over of the innings. Vijay was caught by Chahal off Shane Watson’s last over. Stoinis scored a quickfire 34 off 22 balls and smashed Bangalore bowling. The 35-run stand between Stoinis and Behardien in 18 balls remained unbeaten. Chris Jordan bowled the final over and Bangalore won in a nail-biter. Bangalore won the match by 1 run. This was the second 1 run win by team in this season. This was Bangalore’s 4th win in IPL 2016.

Now, Royal Challengers Bangalore will take on Mumbai Indians on May 11. Kings XI Punjab will also face Mumbai Indians on May 13.

We will back with today’s match update tomorrow. Bye for now.

IPL 2016: RCB V RPS

Yesterday’s first match was a high-scoring match. The match was played at M Chinnaswamy Stadium, Bengaluru.

Royal Challengers Bangalore won the toss and chose to bowl first. Pune start was not good. They lost Khawaja early in 3rd over of the innings. Khawaja was run out by a direct throw by Shane Watson and Stuart Binny. Bangalore fielding was poor. Saurabh Tiwary was dropped by Stuart Binny and Sachin Baby in early stages of the innings when he was on 15 runs. It was a costly miss as he went on to score 37 more runs. Rahane was dropped by Shane Watson in initial stages of the innings when he was on 29 runs. It was also a costly miss as he went on to score 45 more runs. Pune was comfortably placed at 132 for 1 in 13.5 overs. Saurabh Tiwary scored a brisk 52 off 39 balls and attacked the Bangalore bowlers. This was his 2nd fifty of the season and overall 6th fifty of his IPL career. The 106-run stand between Rahane and Saurabh Tiwary in 70 balls was the highest. This was the highest second wicket partnership for Pune in this season and previous highest was 75 runs by same pair against Mumbai Indians at Pune last week. They lost Saurabh Tiwary on the last ball of 14th over of the innings. Saurabh Tiwary was stumped by KL Rahul off Chahal’s 2nd over. They lost Dhoni in 16th over of the innings. Dhoni was caught by Parvez Rasool off Shane Watson’s 3rd over. Pune was also comfortably placed at 171 for 3 in 17.5 overs. They lost Thisara Perera on the last ball of 18th over of the innings. Thisara Perera was caught by Shane Watson off Chris Jordan’s 3rd over. Rahane scored a fine 74 off 48 balls and destroyed the Pune bowlers. This was his 6th fifty of the season and overall 14th fifty of his IPL career. This was his highest score of the season against his previous highest of 66 runs vs Mumbai Indians at Mumbai in opening game. This was the highest score by batsman in this innings. Rahane was bowled by Shane Watson. At one stage it looked that Pune will cross 200-run mark but they lost 2 more wickets for 3 runs in the span of 5 balls and Bangalore made a comeback. Pune was reduced to 174 for 6 in 18.5 overs. Pune scored 53 runs in last 5 overs. Pune posted a very competitive total of 191 runs for the loss of 6 wickets. This was the second highest total for Pune in this season behind 195 runs against Gujarat Lions at Pune last week. Shane Watson was the most successful bowler for Pune when he took 3 wickets including 2 wickets in his last over.

Bangalore start was good. Kohli narrowly escaped being  run-out by a direct throw by George Bailey in early stages of the innings when he was on 4 runs. It was a costly miss as he went on to score 104 more runs. Kohli started with a classy drives off RP Singh’s 2nd over. KL Rahul scored a gutsy 38 off 35 balls and paced the Bangalore innings. The 94-run stand between Kohli and KL Rahul in 67 balls was the highest. This was the highest first wicket partnership for Bangalore in this season and previous highest was 76 runs between Kohli and Shane Watson against Gujarat Lions at Rajkot. KL Rahul was caught by George Bailey off Zampa’s 2nd over. They lost 2 more wickets for 3 runs in the span of 6 balls and  it looked that Pune will make a comeback. But Shane Watson was having different design. He hit 5 fours off Thisara Perera’s 2nd over. He also hit 2 sixes off Rajat Bhatia’s 2nd over. Bangalore was comfortably placed at 143 for 2 in 15.2 overs and it looked Bangalore will win the match. Shane Watson scored a quickfire 36 off 13 balls and smashed the Pune bowling. The 46-run stand between Kohli and Shane Watson in 21 balls increased the run-rate. They lost Shane Watson in 16th over of the innings. Shane Watson was out LBW by RP Singh in his 3rd over. Ravichandran Ashwin conceded 7 runs in 17th over of the innings. Kohli hit 4 sixes and a four off Zampa’s last over. Kohli hit the winning four and Bangalore won comfortably. Kohli scored a brilliant 108 off 58 balls and hammered the Pune bowlers. This was his second century of the season and 4th century by batsman in this season. This was his joint top score of the season along with de Kock’s 108 runs for Delhi Daredevils against Royal Challengers Bangalore at same venue. This was his highest score in his IPL career against his previous highest of 100 runs vs Gujarat Lions at Rajkot earlier this season.  He became the quickest batsman to score 500 runs in an IPL season in just 8 innings. He was the second batsman to score 2 centuries in an IPL season after Chris Gayle did in 2011. This was the highest score by batsman in this match. The 52-run stand between Kohli and Travis Head in 24 balls remained unbeaten. Zampa was the most successful bowler for Pune when he took 2 wickets in 12th over of the innings. Bangalore won the match by 7 wickets. This was Bangalore’s 3rd win in IPL 2016. Both the teams still have to chance to make it to playoffs if they win all remaining matches.

Now, Royal Challengers Bangalore will take on Kings XI Punjab on May 9. Rising Pune Supergiants will face Sunrisers Hyderabad on May 10.

We will back with second match update soon.

IPL 2016: SRH V GL

Yesterday’s match was a low-scoring match. The match was played at Rajiv Gandhi International Stadium, Hyderabad.

Sunrisers Hyderabad won the toss and chose to bowl first. Lions start was not good. Hyderabad bowled consecutive maidens for the first time in IPL history. Lions lost Dwayne Smith early in 3rd over of the innings. Dwayne Smith was caught by Mustafizur Rahman off Bhuvneshwar Kumar’s 2nd over. Raina hit a flicked six off Nehra’s 2nd over. Raina scored a quickfire 20 off 10 balls and paced the Lions innings. Raina was caught and bowled by Bhuvneshwar Kumar’s in his 3rd over. Brendon McCullum was dropped by Dhawan’s juggling in early stages of the innings when he was on 4 runs. It was not a costly miss as he went on to score only 3 more runs. They lost 3 more wickets for 10 runs in the span of 2.5 overs and Hyderabad made a comeback. Lions was reduced to 34 for 4 in 7.4 overs. Lions was weakly placed at 79 for 4 in 14 overs. The 45-run stand between Aaron Finch and Dwayne Bravo in 39 was the highest and made some recovery. They lost Dwayne Bravo in first ball of 15th over of the innings. Dwayne Bravo was caught by substitute Vijay Shankar off Sran’s 2nd over. Warner dropped a sitter of Aaron Finch in middle stages of the innings when he was on 30 runs. It was a costly miss as he went on to score 21 more runs. He hit a six off Mustafizur Rahman’s 3rd over. The 27-run stand between Aaron Finch and Ravindra Jadeja in 24 balls was a fight back. They lost Ravindra Jadeja in first ball of 19th over of the innings. Ravindra Jadeja was caught by Buvneshwar Kumar off Mustafizur Rahman’s last over. Aaron Finch scored a fine 51 off 42 balls and destroyed the Hyderabad bowlers. This was his 4th fifty of the season and overall 8th fifty of his IPL career. This was the highest score by batsman in this match. Hyderabad bowlers conceded 35 runs in last 4 overs. Lions posted not a competitive total of 126 runs for the loss of 6 wickets. Mustafizur Rahman and Bhuvneshwar Kumar took 2 wickets each for Hyderabad.

Hyderabad start was also not good. Warner hit 2 sixes off Pradeep Sangwan’s 1st over. They lost Warner in first ball of 3rd over of the innings. Warner was caught by Praveen Kumar off Dhawal Kulkarni’s 1st over. They lost Williamson in next over. Williamson was caught by Dwayne Smith off Praveen Kumar’s 3rd over. They lost Henriques in second ball of 10th over of the innings. Henriques was caught by Dinesh Karthik off Dwayne Bravo’s 1st over. Hyderabad was reduced to 55 for 3 in 9.2 overs. Dhawan began on a half-volley on pads and hit a boundary off Pradeep Sangwan’s last over. Yuvraj Singh had a bad start in this season by scoring just 5 runs off 14 balls. The 26-run stand between Dhawan and Yuvraj Singh in 26 balls increased the run-rate. They lost Yuvraj Singh in last ball of 14th over of the innings. Yuvraj Singh was caught by Pradeep Sangwan off Dhawal Kulkarni’s 3rd over. Dhawal Kulkarni bowled a wicket maiden in 14th over of the innings. Hyderabad was also reduced to 81 for 4 in 14 overs. Hyderabad was weakly placed at 108 for 4 in 17.1 overs. The 27-run stand between Dhawan and Deepak Hooda in 20 balls was the highest. They lost Deepak Hooda in 18th over of the innings. Deepak Hooda was caught by Dinesh Karthik off Dwayne Bravo’s last over. Dhawan hit 2 consecutive boundaries off Praveen Kumar’s last over. He hit winning four and Hyderabad won comfortably. Dhawan scored a brilliant 47 off 40 balls and attacked the Lions bowlers. This was his second highest score of the season behind 53 runs also against Gujarat Lions at Rajkot in their previous encounter. This was the highest score by batsman in this innings. Hyderabad won the match by 5 wickets. This was Hyderabad’s 5th win in IPL 2016. This was Lions 3 consecutive losses for the first time.

Now, Sunrisers Hyderabad will take on Mumbai Indians on May 8. Gujarat Lions will face Kolkata Knight Riders also on May 8.

We will back with today’s 2 match updates tomorrow. Bye for now.

IPL 2016: DD V RPS

Yesterday’s match was an interesting match. The match was played at Feroz Shah Kotla, Delhi. This was the last match for Delhi at this ground before playoffs.

Rising Pune Supergiants won the toss and chose to bowl first. Delhi start was not good. They lost Rishabh Pant early in 3rd over of the innings. Rishabh Pant was bowled by Dinda. They started boundaries and run-rate is goes past 8 runs per over. The 35-run stand between Samson and Karun Nair in 20 balls increased the run-rate. They lost Samson in last ball of 6th over of the innings. Samson was caught by Ravichandran Ashwin off Boland’s 2nd over. Karun Nair scored a classy 32 off 23 balls and attacked the Pune bowling. They lost Karun Nair in 10th over of the innings. Karun Nair was caught by Thisara Perera off Rajat Bhatia’s 1st over. Delhi was reduced to 65 for 3 in 9.4 overs. Billings hit 2 consecutive sixes off Ravichandran Ashwin’s 3rd over. Delhi was comfortably placed at 110 for 3  in 14.3 overs. The 45-run stand between JP Duminy and Billings in 30 balls was the highest. They lost Billings in 15th over of the innings. Billings was caught by Rahane off Rajat Bhatia’s 2nd over. Carlos Brathwaite hit 2 more sixes off Murugan Ashwin’s 2nd over. Carlos Brathwaite scored a quickfire 20 off 8 balls. Delhi was comfortably placed at 137 for  4 in 16.4 overs.  JP Duminy scored a fine 34 off 32 balls and destroyed the Pune bowling. JP Duminy was run out by a direct throw by Rahane and Dhoni. This was the highest score by batsman in this innings. They lost 3 more wickets for 6 runs in the span of  1.1 overs and Pune made a comeback. Delhi posted a competitive total of 162 runs for the loss of 7 wickets. Rajat Bhatia and Boland took 2 wickets each for Pune.

Pune start was good. Usman Khawaja was dropped by Amit Mishra in early stages of the innings when he was on 8 runs. It was a costly miss as he went on to score 22 more runs. He survived run-out chances by a direct throw by Amit Mishra when he was on 9 and 22 runs. Usman Khawaja scored a brisk 30 off 27 balls and smashed Delhi bowling. This was his debut IPL match after the injury of du Plessis. They bowled Jayant Yadav’s 3 overs after reached 50 to end the powerplay. The 59-run stand between Rahane and Usman Khawaja in 50 balls was the highest. They lost Usman Khawaja in 9th over of the innings. Usman Khawaja was stumped by Sanju Samson off Amit Mishra’s 2nd over. Rahane continued the risk-free boundaries off  JP Duminy and Carlos Brathwaite.  Pune was comfortably placed at 104 for 1 in 13.1 overs and it looked Pune will win the match. The 45-run stand between Rahane and Saurabh Tiwary in 30 balls increased the run-rate. They lost Saurabh Tiwary in 14th over of the innings. Saurabh Tiwary was caught by Billings off Imran Tahir’s 2nd over. Dhoni was promoted to No.4 in batting order. He hit a four and straight six off Mohammad Shami’s 2nd over. The team took 13 runs in next 16 balls. Dhoni goes all over the bounday off Mohammad Shami’s 2nd ball of 3rd over but umpire signaled as 5 wides. Dhoni hit consecutive boundaries off Mohammad Shami’s this over. Pune was also comfortably placed at 146 for 2 in 18 overs. The 42-run stand between Rahane and Dhoni in 29 balls fought back. They lost Dhoni in first ball of 19th over of the innings. Dhoni was also caught by Billings off Imran Tahir’s final over. Thisara Perera hit 2 consecutive sixes off Imran Tahir’s last over. Rahane scored a brilliant 63 off 48 balls and hammered the Delhi bowlers. This was his 5th fifty of the season and overall 17th fifty of his IPL career. This was his second highest score of the season behind 66 runs against Mumbai Indians at Mumbai. This was the highest score by batsman in this match. Rahane hit the winning four and Pune won comfortably. Pune won the match by 7 wickets. This was Pune’s 3rd win in IPL 2016 all away from home. This was Delhi’s 2nd loss in last 3 matches at this ground.

Now, Rising Pune Supergiants will take on Royal Challengers Bangalore on May 7. Delhi  Daredevils will face Kings XI Punjab also on May 7.

We will back with today’s match update tomorrow. Bye for now.

IPL 2016: KKR V KXIP

Yesterday’s match was an interesting match. The match was played at Eden Gardens, Kolkata. This was the first match at this ground since April 13.

Kings XI Punjab won the toss and chose to bowl first. Kolkata start was good. Gambhir hit 2 fours off Stoinis 3rd over. Uthappa came forward on length of delivery off Mohit Sharma’s 4th over. They scored fifties each in 101-run opening stand. Gambhir scored a fine 54 off 45 balls and destroyed the Punjab bowlers. This was his 4th fifty of the season and overall 30th fifty in his IPL career most by any batsman. The 101-run stand between Uthappa and Gambhir in 81 balls was the highest. This was the second highest 1st wicket partnership for Kolkata in IPL matches behind 121 runs by same pair against Rajasthan Royals at Ahmedabad in 2014. This was the most runs by a pair in IPL history. This was the 2nd century stand between Gambhir and Uthappa in IPL matches and first since 2014. They lost Gambhir in 14th over of the innings. Gambhir was run out by a direct throw by Maxwell and Sandeep Sharma. Uthappa dropped Mohit Sharma 3 times in middle stages of the innings when he was on 52 runs. It was a costly miss as he went on to score 18 more runs. Kolkata was comfortably placed at 137 for 1 in 16.4 overs. Uthappa scored a brilliant 70 off 49 balls and hammered the Punjab bowlers. This was his 3rd fifty of the season and overall 19th fifty of his IPL career. This was his second highest score of the season behind 72 runs against Delhi Daredevils at Delhi 4 days ago. This was the highest score by batsman in this match. The 36-run stand between Uthappa and Yusuf Pathan in 20 balls increased the run-rate. They lost Uthappa in penultimate ball of 17th over of the innings. Uthappa was run out by a direct throw by Mohit Sharma. They lost Russell in last ball of the innings. Russell was run out by a direct throw by Wriddhiman Saha and Sandeep Sharma. Kolkata score only 26 runs in the last 18 balls. Kolkata posted a competitive total of 164 runs for the loss of 3 wickets. Mohit Sharma was the most expensive bowler for Punjab when he conceded 39 runs including a run out to Uthappa.

Punjab start was not good. They lost 3 wickets for 13 runs in the span of 3.1 overs and Kolkata made a comeback. Punjab was weakly placed at 53 for 3 in 8.5 overs. The 40-run stand between Wriddhiman Saha and Maxwell in 35 balls increased the run-rate. They lost Wriddhiman Saha in last ball of 9th over of the innings. Wriddhiman Saha was bowled by Piyush Chawla. Punjab was reduced to 53 for 4 in 9 overs. Maxwell flicks and cuts against Kolkata quickies. He hit a powerful six against Kolkata spinners. He hit a straight six and reserve boundary off Piyush Chawla’s  2nd over. He scored 14 runs in 3 balls off Brad Hogg’s 1st over. He hit a huge six off Shakib Al Hasan’s 2nd over. He hit a reverse sweep off Piyush Chawla’s 3rd over. Punjab was comfortably placed at 120 for 4 in 15.3 overs and it looked Punjab will win the match. Maxwell scored a quickfire 68 off 42 balls and attacked the Kolkata bowlers. This was his 2nd fifty of the season and overall 6th fifty in his IPL career. This was his highest score of the season but previous highest was 56 runs against Mumbai Indians at Mohali last week. This was the highest score by batsman in this innings. The 67-run stand between Maxwell and David Miller in 40 balls was the highest. They lost Maxwell in 16th over of the innings. Maxwell was out LBW by Piyush Chawla. It was the turning point as they lost 4 wickets for 26 runs in the span of 2.3 overs. Russell bowled the last ball and Kolkata won comfortably. Russell was the most successful bowler for Kolkata when he took 4 wickets. This was the second best bowling figures by pacer for Kolkata in IPL matches behind Balaji’s 4 wickets for 18 runs against Royal Challengers Bangalore at Bengaluru in 2012. Kolkata won the match by 7 runs. This was Kolkata’s 1st win by batting first in this season. This was Kolkata’s 6th win in IPL 2016.

Now, Kolkata Knight Riders will face Gujarat Lions on May 8. Kings XI Punjab will take on Delhi Daredevils on May 7.

We will back with today’s match update tomorrow. Bye for now.