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: 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: GL V DD

Yesterday’s match was an one-sided match. The match was played at Saurashtra Cricket Association Stadium, Rajkot. This was the last match to be played at this ground.

Delhi Daredevils won the toss and chose to bowl first. Lions start was not good. They lost 3 wickets for 24 runs in the span of 4 overs and Delhi made a comeback. Raina hit a uppercut six off Amit Mishra’s 1st over. Lions was weakly placed at 75 for 3 in 10.5 overs. The 51-run stand between Raina and Dinesh Karthik in 42 balls increased the run-rate. They lost Raina in last ball of 11th over of the innings. Raina was stumped by de Kock off Amit Mishra’s 1st over. Lions was reduced to 75 for 4 in 11 overs. Lions hit a atleast 1 boundary in 13th over of the innings. Lions was comfortably placed at 127 for 4 in 17.2 overs. Dinesh Karthik scored a fine 53 off 43 balls and destroyed the Delhi bowlers. This was his 2nd fifty of the season and overall 14th fifty of his IPL career. This was his highest score of the season but previous highest was 51 runs against Royal Challengers Bangalore at same venue. This was his highest score by batsman in this match. The 52-run stand between Dinesh Karthik and Ravindra Jadeja in 39 balls was the highest. They lost Dinesh Karthik in 18th over of the innings. Dinesh Karthik was bowled by Mohammad Shami. Ravindra Jadeja was dropped by Shahbaz Nadeem in the final stages of the innings when he was on 18 runs. It was a costly miss as he went on to score 18 more runs. They lost Faulkner in next over. Faulkner was bowled by Chris Morris. Ravindra Jadeja scored a quickfire 36 off 26 balls smashed Delhi bowling. This was his second highest score in his IPL career behind 48 runs for Chennai Super Kings against Deccan Chargers at Viskhapatnam in 2012. They lost Ishan Kishan in last ball of the innings. Ishan Kishan was run out by a direct throw by Billings and de Kock. Lions posted not a competitive total of 149 runs for the loss of 7 wickets. Shahbaz Nadeem was the most successful bowler for Delhi when he took 2 wickets also including 2 wickets in 4th over.

Delhi start was good. Rishabh Pant hit 3 successive boundaries off Dhawal Kulkarni’s 1st over. He hit 2 fours and a six off Dhawal Kulkarni’s last over. They plundered 9 boundaries in 61-run powerplay. He promoted to the top order of the batting. He hit a whip four off Dwayne Smith’s 1st over. Rishabh Pant scored a brilliant 69 off 40 balls and hammered the Lions bowling. This was his 1st fifty of his IPL career and also overall 1st fifty in his T20 career in his 3rd game. This was the second youngest batsman to score a half-century in IPL history at the age of 18 years and 212 days. This was his highest score in his IPL career but previous highest was 27 runs against Kolkata Knight Riders at Delhi in his previous match. This was the highest score by batsman in this match. The 115-run stand between de Kock and Rishabh Pant in 81 balls was the highest and it look Delhi will win the match. This was the second highest 1st wicket partnership by team in this season behind unbroken 137 runs between Warner and Dhawan for Sunrisers Hyderabad also against Gujarat Lions at same venue. This was also the second highest 1st wicket partnership for Delhi in IPL matches behind 132 runs between Warner and Sehwag against Kings XI Punjab at Delhi in 2011. They lost Rishabh Pant in 14th over of the innings. Rishabh Pant was caught by Dinesh Karthik off Ravindra Jadeja’s 1st over. de Kock scored a classy 46 off 45 balls attacked Lions bowling. They lost de Kock in next over. de Kock was caught by Dwayne Smith off Shivil Kaushik’s 3rd over. The 29-run stand between Samson and JP Duminy in 15 balls remained unbeaten. Samson hit the winning six and Delhi won comfortably. Ravindra Jadeja and Shivil Kaushik took 1 wicket each for Lions. Delhi won the match by 8 wickets. This was Delhi’s 5th win in IPL 2016.

Now, Delhi Daredevils will take on Rising Pune Supergiants on May 5. Gujarat Lions will face Sunrisers Hyderabad on May 6.

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

IPL 2016: RPS V GL

Yesterday’s match was a thrilling match. The match was played at Maharashtra Cricket Association Stadium, Pune.

Gujarat Lions won the toss and chose to bowl first. Pune start was not good. They lost Saurabh Tiwary in 3rd over of the innings. Saurabh Tiwary was run out by a direct throw by Raina. Steven Smith hit the six by Shivil Kaushik’s bowling when umpire signaled as no-ball in 10th over of the innings. Pune was comfortably placed at 124 for 1 in 13.3 overs. Rahane scored a fine 53 off 45 balls destroyed the Lions bowlers. This was his 4th fifty of the season and overall 14th fifty of his IPL career. The 111-run stand between Rahane and Steven Smith in 67 balls was the highest. They lost Rahane in 14th over of the innings. Rahane was run out by a direct throw by Dwayne Bravo. Pune was also comfortably placed at 188 for 2 in 19.2 overs. Steven Smith scored a brilliant 101 off 54 balls hammered the Lions bowlers. This was his 1st hundred of the season and overall first hundred of his IPL career. This was the 3rd century by batsman in this season. This was the 2nd highest score of the season by batsman in IPL 2016 behind de Kock 108 runs for Delhi Daredevils against Royal Challengers Bangalore at Bangalore 2 weeks ago. This was the highest score in his IPL career but his previous best was  79 runs for Rajasthan Royals against Mumbai Indians at Ahmedabad last year. This was the highest score by batsman in this innings. The 64-run stand between Steven Smith and Dhoni in 33 balls increased the run-rate. They lost Steven Smith in last over of the innings. Steven Smith was bowled by Dwayne Bravo. Dhoni scored a classy 30 off 18 against Lions bowling. Pune posted a competitive total of 195 runs for the loss of 3 wickets. This was the highest total by team at this ground in IPL matches but previous highest was 185 runs for Royal Challengers Bangalore against Rising Pune Supergiants last week. Dwayne Bravo was the most successful bowler for Lions when he took a wicket of Steven Smith.

Lions start was good. The 93-run stand between Dwayne Smith and Brendon McCullum in 49 balls was the highest. Brendon McCullum scored a quickfire 43 off 22 balls shattered against Pune bowling. They lost Brendon McCullum in first ball of 9th over of the innings. Brendon McCullum was caught by Albie Morkel of Rajat Bhatia’s bowling. Dwayne Smith scored a gigantic 63 off 37 balls attacked the Pune bowlers. This was his 2nd fifty of the season and overall 9th fifty of his IPL career. This was the highest score by any batsman in this innings.They lost Dwayne Smith in penultimate ball of 11th over of the innings. Dwayne Smith was bowled by Thisara Perera. Lions was comfortably placed at 166 for 2 in 16.1 overs and it looked Lions will win the match. Dinesh Karthik scored 33 off 20 balls paced against Pune bowling. The 51-run stand between Raina and Dinesh Karthik in 33 balls increased the run-rate. They lost Dinesh Karthik in 17th over of the innings. Dinesh Karthik was caught by Rahane of Dinda’s 3rd over. It was a turning point as they lost 13 runs for the loss of 4 wickets in the span of 1.3 overs and it looked Pune will win the match and made a comeback. They lost 2 consecutive wickets in 19th over of the innings. They also lost  2 consecutive wickets in next and last over. Raina scored 34 off 28 balls. Raina was bowled by Thisara Perera’s last over. Thisara Perera conceded 9 runs for 2 wickets in last over including a run-out. Birthday boy Faulkner hit the winning run and Lions won in a nail-biter. Dinda and Thisara Perera took 2 wickets each for Pune. Lions won the match by 3 wickets in last-ball finish. This was Lions 6th win in IPL 2016. This was the highest successful chase by team in IPL 2016 but previous highest was 192 runs for Delhi Daredevils against Royal Challengers Bangalore at Bangalore fortnight ago.

Now, Gujarat Lions will take on Kings XI Punjab on May 1. Rising Pune Supergiants will also face Mumbai Indians also on May 1.

We will back with 2 matches tomorrow. Bye for now.

 

IPL 2016: DD V GL

Yesterday’s match was an exciting match. The match was played at Feroz Shah Kotla, Delhi.

Delhi Daredevils won the toss and chose to bowl first. Lions start was a good. This was the fastest 50 by any team in IPL 2016 in 23 balls. This also was the fastest 100 by any team in IPL 2016 in 54 balls. Dwayne Smith scored a fine 53 off 30 balls destroyed the Delhi bowlers. This was his first fifty of the season and overall 6th fifty of his IPL career. The 112-run stand between Dwayne Smith and Brendon McCullum in 64 balls was the highest. This was the 2nd highest 1st wicket partnership for any team in IPL 2016. They lost Dwayne Smith in 11th over of the innings. Dwayne Smith was out for LBW Imran Tahir in this over. Brendon McCullum scored a brilliant 60 off 36 balls hammered the Delhi bowlers. This was his fastest fifty by Lions in 26 balls. This was his 1st fifty of the season and overall 14th fifty of his IPL career. This was the highest score by any batsman in this innings. They lost 2 more wickets in next over. Brendon McCullum was bowled by Chris Morris. Raina was caught by Karun Nair of Chris Morris bowling. Lions was comfortably placed at 130 for 3 in 14.2 overs. They lost 3 more wickets for 12 runs in the span of 2.3 overs and Delhi made a comeback. Lions was reduced to 142 for 6 in 16.5 overs. The 30-run stand between Dwayne Bravo and  Faulkner in 19 balls remained unbeaten. Lions posted a competitive total of 172 runs for the loss of 6 wickets. Imran Tahir was the most successful bowler for Delhi when he took 3 wickets including 2 consecutive wickets in 17th over. All South African players took wickets for Delhi in this innings.

Delhi start was not good. They lost 3 wickets for 16 runs in the span of 4 overs and it looked Lions will win with the huge margin. Delhi was weakly placed at 57 for 3 in 10.3 overs. The 41-run stand between JP Duminy and Rishab Pant in 40 balls increased the run-rate. They lost Rishab Pant in 11th over of the innings. Rishab Pant was caught by Praveen Kumar of Faulkner’s bowling. Delhi was also reduced to 57 for 4 in 10.4 overs. Chris Morris hit 2 sixes of Dwayne Bravo’s bowling when a team total of 86 for 4 in 13 overs.  He also hit 2 sixes of Tambe’s bowling when a team total of 114 for 4 in 15 overs.  It was a turning point when he hit hat-trick of sixes of Dwayne’s Smith bowling when a team total of 142 for 4 in 17 overs.  Delhi was also comfortably placed at 144 for 4 in 17 overs and it looked Delhi will win the match. JP Duminy scored a gutsy 48 off 43 balls against Lions bowling. The 87-run stand between JP Duminy and Chris Morris in 39 balls was the highest. They lost JP Duminy in first ball of 18th over of the innings. JP Duminy was caught and bowled by Dwayne Bravo. Chris Morris scored a quickfire 82 off 32 balls attacked the Lions bowlers. This was 3rd fastest fifty by any batsmen in IPL history in 17 balls. This was his 1st fifty of the season and also overall 1st fifty in his IPL career. This was the highest score by any batsman in this innings. Dwayne Bravo bowled the final ball and Lions won in a nail-biter. This was the 2nd nail-biter of the season. Dhawal Kulkarni was the most successful bowler for Lions when he took 3 wickets including 2 wickets in the 4th over. Lions won the match by 1 run. This was the 6th time the team won the match by 1 run in IPL history. This was Lions 5th win in IPL 2016 and go top of the table.

Now, Gujarat Lions will face Rising Pune Supergiants on April 29. Delhi Daredevils will take on Kolkata Knight Riders on April 30.

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

IPL 2016: GL V SRH

Yesterday’s match was an interesting match. The match was played at Saurashtra Cricket Association Stadium, Rajkot.

Sunrisers Hyderabad won the toss and chose to bowl first. Lions was not having a good note. They lost Finch early in 1st over of the innings. Bhuvenshwar Kumar was dismissed by Finch in 4th ball of Hyderabad innings. Lions was comfortably placed at 56 for 1 in 7.1 overs. The 56-run stand between Brendon McCullum & Raina in 40 balls was the highest. They lost 3 wickets for 35 runs in the span of 5 overs. Lions was also weakly placed at 117 for 4 in 16.4 overs. The 26-run stand between Raina and Ravindra Jadeja  in 28 balls. They lost last 4 wickets for 16 runs in the span of 3.2 overs & Hyderabad will make a comeback. Raina scored a fine 75 off 51 balls destroyed the Hyderabad bowlers. This was the highest score in this innings. This was his first fifty of the season & overall 27th fifty of his IPL career. He scored 26 fifties for Chennai & 1 for Lions. No other batsmen other than Raina made their highest score more than 18 runs. Lions was posted not a competitive total of 135 runs for the loss of 8 wickets. Bhuvneshwar Kumar was the most successful bowler for Hyderabad when he took 4 wickets & 3 in the final over of the innings. He conceded 3 wickets for 6 runs in the last over including 2 consecutive wickets in 2 balls. He earned his Purple Cap for taking 7 wickets was jointly held by McClenaghan.

Hyderabad was having a good note. Praveen Kumar was conceded as 5 wides it goes to the boundary line but umpired signaled given as wide. He was also conceded as another wide in this over. Dwayne Bravo was chance to take wicket or not when the umpire appealed as leg bye but not taking a wicket.  Tambe conceded as wide it goes past to the keeper  but umpired signaled given as wide.  The 137-run stand between Warner & Dhawan in 89 balls was the highest. The was the highest 1st wicket partnership of the season & first century 1st wicket partnership of the season. The previous best was 97 runs between Vijay & Vohra for Punjab against Pune at Mohali last weekend. Dhawan scored a brilliant 53 off 41 balls attacked the Lions bowling. This was his 1st fifty of the season & overall 19th fifty of his IPL career. Warner scored a huge 74 off 48 balls hammered the Lions bowlers. This was his 3rd fifty of the season & overall 26th fifty of his IPL career behind Gambhir & Raina who scored most fifties. This was the highest score in this innings. Warner hit the winning four & Hyderabad won comfortably. Warner earned his Orange Cap for scoring 235 runs. Praveen Kumar was the most expensive bowler for Lions when he conceded 31 runs in 2 overs. Hyderabad won the match by 10 wickets. This was the 8th 10-wicket win in IPL history & 1st for Sunrisers. This was Hyderabad’s 2nd win in IPL 2016.

Now, Sunrisers Hyderabad will take on Kings XI Punjab on April 23. Gujarat Lions will also face Royal Challengers Bangalore on April 24.

Now we will back with today match update tomorrow. Bye for now.

IPL 2016: MI V GL

Yesterday’s second match was a thrilling match. The match was played at Wankhede Stadium, Mumbai.

Gujarat Lions won the toss and chose to bowl first. Mumbai was not having a good note. They lost Rohit Sharma & Hardik Pandya early in 2nd & 4th over respectively. The 32-run stand between Parthiv Patel & Jos Buttler  in 32 balls. Parthiv Patel scored a fine 34 off 29 balls. This was the highest score in this innings. Mumbai was comfortably placed at 51 for 2 in 8.4 overs. They lost 5 wickets for 48 runs in the span of 8.2 overs. Mumbai was reduced to 99 for 7 in 17 overs. The 42-run stand between Krunal Pandya & Southee in 17 balls was the highest. Mumbai made a comeback and scored 61 runs in the last 5 overs.  Southee run out to Bravo in penultimate ball of the innings. Mumbai was not a respective total of 143 runs for 8 wickets.  Dhawal Kulkarni & Tambe took 2 wickets each in Mumbai innings.

Lions was also not having a good note. Finch dropped Buttler early in the Lions innings when he was on 5 runs. Finch went on to score 62 more runs.  They lost McCullum early in 2nd over of the innings. The 53-run stand between Finch and Raina in 42 balls was the highest. At that point, Lions was comfortably placed at 65 for 1 in 8.2 overs. Bravo reviewed decision by TV Umpire whether it is out or not but umpire raises his finger  whether the decision is out. Faulkner reviewed decision again by TV Umpire. whether it is out or not but umpire raises his finger again took the decision is out. They lost last 6 wickets for 66 runs in the span of 10.2 overs and Mumbai made a comeback. It might Mumbai will win the game. Finch scored a brilliant 67 off 54 balls destroyed the Mumbai bowlers. This was the highest score in this innings. This was third fifty of the season & overall 5th fifty of his IPL career. He was the first player to score 1 or more fifty in this season. Finch hit a winning last-ball four and Lions won in nail-biting finish. It was the first thriller of the season. McClenaghan was the most successful bowler in Lions innings when he took 4 wickets. He was the joint Purple Cap holder with 6 wickets. Lions won the match by 3 wickets. This was Lions 3rd consecutive win in IPL 2016.

Now, Gujarat Lions will take on Sunrisers Hyderbad on April 21. Mumbai Indians will also face Sunrisers Hyderabad on April 18.

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