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RESULT
Drama unfolded in Hyderabad as the Sunrisers Hyderabad clinched a thrilling one-run victory over the Rajasthan Royals on Thursday evening.
Chasing 202 to win, Bhuvneshwar Kumar starred for Hyderabad as he made an early impact, striking in the opening over as he dismissed Jos Buttler and Sanju Samson for a duck.
Then a stunning 133-run stand between opener Yashasvi Jaiswal and Riyan Parag formed before T Natarajan bowled Jaiswal out for 67 off 40 balls (hitting seven fours and two sixes).
Riyan Parag struck a splendid 77 off 49 balls (hitting eight fours and four sixes) before he was caught off the bowling of Pat Cummins.
The game looked to be in Rajasthan Royals hands but the wickets of Shimron Hetmyer (13) and Dhruv Jurel (1) caused some concern. Needing 13 off the final over, Rajasthan Royals were favourites to win with Rovman Powell in the middle but they had to overcome a fiery Kumar.
Requiring two runs with one ball remaining, Powell was trapped LBW in front of the pads off Kumar's final ball and departed for a 15-ball 27.
After deciding to bat first, Sunrisers Hyderabad got off to a shaky start as they lost too early wickets with Abhishek Sharma caught for 12 and Anmolpreet Singh out for five.
Travis Head, who brought up his third IPL fifty of the season, and Nitish Kumar Reddy shared a 96-run partnership before Avesh Khan bowled Head for 58 off 44 balls (hitting six fours and three sixes).
Heinrich Klaasen and Nitish then carried on the attack as they formed an unbeaten 70-run stand to propel Hyderabad to the 200-mark.
Nitish smashed eight sixes and three fours to remain unbeaten on 76 off 42 balls, while Proteas batter Klaasen smashed a 19-ball 42 not out.
Scores in brief:
Sunrisers 201-3 in 20 (Nitish 76*, Head 58, Avesh Khan 2/39, Sandeep 1/31)
Rajasthan Royals 200-7 in 20 (Parag 77, Jaiswal 67, Kumar 3/41, Cummins 2/34)
Result: Sunrisers Hyderabad win by one run
40m ago
5 overs left
The splendid 133-run stand between opener Yashasvi Jaiswal and Riyan Parag has been broken!
T Natarajan gets the breakthrough as Jaiswal goes across his wickets for a scoop but is bowled out for 67 off 40 balls (hitting seven fours and two sixes).
Half-centurion Parag has been the attacker as Rajasthan keep up with the required rate with wickets in hand.
RR 157-3 in 15
Parag 76*
Hetmyer 5*
Rajasthan Royals 45 need off 30 balls
1h ago
10 overs left
A splendid unbeaten 98-run stand between opener Yashasvi Jaiswal and Riyan Parag has formed. Sunrisers Hyderabad have dropped multiple chances...
Jaiswal is two runs away from a IPL half-century.
RR 100-2 in 10
Jaiswal 48*
Parag 46*
Rajasthan Royals need 102 runs off 60 balls
1h ago
5-over update:
Bhuvneshwar Kumar strikes twice in the opening over!
In the second ball of the innings, opener Jos Buttler edges to Marco Jansen at slip and has to depart for a golden duck.
Three balls later, captain Sanju Samson is completely deceived as Kumar demolishes his middle stump and walks back without scoring.
However, Yashasvi Jaiswal has kept up with the required run-rate at 10 as Royals go on the attack.
RR 50-2 in 5
Jaiswal 32*
Parag 16*
Rajasthan Royals need 152 runs off 90 balls
2h ago
INNINGS
Half-centuries by Travis Head and Nitish Kumar Reddy took the Sunrisers Hyderabad to 201-3 in their IPL encounter against the Rajasthan Royals.
After deciding to bat first, Sunrisers Hyderabad got off to a shaky start as they lost too early wickets with Abhishek Sharma caught for 12 and Anmolpreet Singh out for five.
Head, who brought up his third IPL fifty of the season, and Nitish shared a 96-run partnership before Avesh Khan bowled Head for 58 off 44 balls (hitting six fours and three sixes).
Heinrich Klaasen and Nitish then carried on the attack as they formed an unbeaten 70-run stand.
Nitish brought up his second IPL fifty as he smashed eight sixes and three fours to remain unbeaten on 76 off 42 balls.
Klaasen made a mark in the death overs as he powered his way to a 19-ball 42 not out.
Scores in brief:
Sunrisers 201-3 in 20 (Nitish 76*, Head 58, Avesh Khan 2/39, Sandeep 1/31)
Rajasthan Royals need 202 runs to win
2h ago
15-over update:
Opener Travis Head smashes his third IPL fifty of the season as he goes on the attack in Hyderabad.
After a controversial run out, Head is finally bowled by Avesh Khan as he walks across and misses the ball.
Head departs for 58 off 44 balls (hitting six fours and three sixes). Heinrich Klaasen has joined Nitish Kumar Reddy, who is a run away from a half-century.
SRH 131-3 in 15
Klaasen 0*
Ntish 49*
3h ago
10-over update:
Sandeep Sharma strikes in the sixth over as Anmolpreet Singh flicks it straight to midwicket and departs for a run-a-ball five.
However, Travis Head has started breaking the shackles with a couple of maximums, he moves into his forties.
SRH 75-2 in 10
3h ago
5-over update:
A surprisingly slow start from Hyderabad and the pressure has resulted in an early wicket falling.
Avesh Khan is introduced and strikes with his first ball as Abhishek Sharma swings and finds the fielder in the deep for 12 off 10.
SRH 35-1 in 5
Head 17*
Anmolpreet 5*
4h ago
Two South Africans in the IPL game as Marco Jansen returns and Heinrich Klaasen represent Sunrisers Hyderabad.
Aiden Markram is one of Hyderabad's five impact players.
Teams:
Sunrisers Hyderabad XI
Travis Head, Abhishek Sharma, Anmolpreet Singh, Heinrich Klaasen (wk), Nitish Kumar Reddy, Abdul Samad, Shahbaz Ahmed, Marco Jansen, Pat Cummins (c), Bhuvneshwar Kumar, T Natarajan
Rajasthan Royals XI
Yashasvi Jaiswal, Sanju Samson (c & wk), Riyan Parag, Dhruv Jurel, Rovman Powell, Shimron Hetmyer, R Ashwin, Trent Boult, Avesh Khan, Sandeep Sharma, Yuzvendra Chahal
4h ago
TOSS:
Sunrisers Hyderabad won the toss and chose to BAT first in their IPL encounter against Rajasthan Royals.
01 May 20:35
Bairstow, Rossouw help Punjab beat Chennai in IPL
Key knocks by Jonny Bairstow and Rilee Rossouw helped Punjab Kings to a comfortable seven-wicket victory over defending champions Chennai Super Kings in the IPL on Wednesday.
Chasing 163 for victory, Punjab depended on Bairstow's 46 and 43 by Rossouw to achieve victory with 13 balls to spare at Chennai's M. Chidambaram Stadium.
England's Bairstow kept up his form from the previous match when he hit an unbeaten 108 as Punjab chased down a record IPL target of 262 against Kolkata Knight Riders at Eden Gardens.
Bairstow and Rossouw, a left-handed South African batsman, put on 64 runs for the second wicket to set up the chase.
Shivam Dube had Bairstow caught behind and Shardul Thakur bowled Rossouw to have Punjab in trouble at 113-3 in 12 overs.
Shashank Singh, who made 25, and skipper Sam Curran, who hit 26, then put on an unbeaten stand of 50 to steer the team home for just their fourth win and keep their slim play-off hopes alive.
Five-time winners Chennai have won five and lost five and stay fourth in the 10-team table led by Rajasthan Royals.
The pitch in Chennai was not run-friendly as the hosts posted 162-7 riding on skipper Ruturaj Gaikwad's 62 and late evening dew added to the home team's misery.
But bowlers set up victory with spinners Harpreet Brar and Rahul Chahar taking two wickets each in their miserly spells -- both giving away 33 runs in eight overs combined.
Gaikwad put on an opening stand of 64 with Ajinkya Rahane and despite losing wickets the other end kept calm to push the total forward.
Gaikwad surpassed Royal Challengers Bengaluru star Virat Kohli (500) as the leading batsman in the T20 tournament with 509 runs in 10 innings.
Gaikwad built key partnerships in the middle-order with Sameer Rizvi, who hit 21, and Moeen Ali, who made 15, before being bowled by left-arm quick Arshdeep Singh.
Veteran M.S. Dhoni came out to a rousing reception from the home crowd in what is likely his last IPL as player and he hit 14 off 11 balls before being run out on the final ball.
- AFP
30 April 20:40
All-rounder Marcus Stoinis smashed 62 after he took a wicket on Tuesday to guide Lucknow Super Giants to an IPL win on the eve of Australia's T20 World Cup team announcement.
Stoinis top-scored in Lucknow's modest chase of 145 against Mumbai Indians as the home team achieved their target with four wickets and four balls to spare.
Lucknow moved to third spot in the 10-team table led by Rajasthan Royals. Five-time winners Mumbai remained ninth above wooden spooners Royal Challengers Bengaluru.
Lucknow skipper KL Rahul fell for 28 hours after being snubbed by India's selectors, who on Tuesday afternoon named the team for the T20 World Cup in June.
Mumbai skipper Hardik Pandya was named deputy to India captain Rohit Sharma for the World Cup in the West Indies and the U.S., but the star all-rounder fell for a duck and his team to their seventh loss in 10 matches.
"Sometimes you will be down, sometimes you will be up, just that you got to give it your all," Pandya said.
"Looks difficult but a lot of things that you can learn from this game."
Birthday boy Rohit, who turned 37, Japsrit Bumrah, Suryakumar Yadav are three of the four players from Mumbai to make the Indian team for the World Cup starting June 2.
Mumbai managed 144-7 courtesy Nehal Wadhera's 46 and an unbeaten 18-ball 35 by Tim David after being invited to bat first.
Pandya said Wadhera will "play a lot of IPL and (represent) India eventually".
Lucknow left-arm quick Mohsin Khan took two wickets after he struck first with the wicket of Rohit, who was caught out for four by Stoinis at extra cover.
Stoinis got the key wicket of Yadav for 10 and Mumbai were soon 27-4 when Naveen-ul-Haq got Pandya for a first-ball duck.
But Pandya returned to take two wickets with his pace bowling.
Stoinis turned up with the bat to raise his second fifty -- he has also hit a century -- of the season with hours left for the Australian selectors to announce the T20 team on Wednesday.
He fell to Afghanistan spinner Mohammad Nabi after his 42-ball knock laced with seven fours and two sixes.
Lucknow lost two more wickets to raise Mumbai's hopes of a turnaround, but Nicholas Pooran steered the team home in the final over.
- AFP
30 April 17:57
INNINGS:
A superb bowling effort from Lucknow Super Giants saw them restrict Mumbai Indians to 144-7 in their IPL encounter.
After being sent to bat first, Mumbai Indians found themselves in early trouble as they lost three wickets in the powerplay.
Reeling at 27-4, a 53-run stand between Ishan Kishan and Nehal Wadhera formed before Ravi Bishnoi got the breakthrough as Kishan top edged and was caught for 32 off 36 balls (hitting three fours).
Wadhera top-scored with 46 off 41 balls (hitting four fours and two sixes) before he was bowled by Mohsin Khan with a yorker.
Tim David smashed unbeaten 18-ball 35 as he took Mumbai Indians over the 140-mark.
Scores in brief:
Mumbai Indians 144-7 in 20 (Wadhera 46, David 35*, Mohsin 2/36, Naveen-ul-Haq 1/15)
Lucknow Super Giants need 145 runs to win
30 April 17:22
15-over update:
After a lovely and steady 53-run partnership between Ishan Kishan and Nehal Wadhera, Ravi Bishnoi gets the breakthrough for Lucknow.
Kishan goes down on one knee and tries to slog sweep Bishnoi but instead top edges it to the fielder at short third.
The opener departs for 32 off 36 balls (hitting three fours).
MI 96-5 in 15
David 0*
Wadhera 37*
30 April 17:01
10 overs left
Two more wickets fall in the sixth over as Tilak Varma is run out for seven and seamer Naveen-ul-Haq gets Hardik Pandya to edge behind to the keeper for a golden duck.
Meanwhile, opener Ishan Kishan watches on as he tries to shoulder Mumbai Indians' innings.
MI 57-4 in 10
Kishan 21*
Wadhera 9*
30 April 16:28
5-over update
Lucknow Super Giants have rattled Mumbai Indians!
Opener Rohit Sharma doesn't last long as he is caught at extra cover off Mohsin Khan for just four.
Marcus Stoinis gets his first scalp as he successfully reviews after Suryakumar Yadav gloves a delivery from the Australian. Suryakumar walks back for 10.
MI 27-2 in 5
Kishan 5*
Tilak 7*
30 April 15:42
TOSS
LSG won the toss and elected to field.
TEAMS
Lucknow Super Giants XI: KL Rahul (c & wk), Marcus Stoinis, Deepak Hooda, Nicholas Pooran, Ashton Turner, Ayush Badoni, Krunal Pandya, Ravi Bishnoi, Naveen-ul-Haq, Mohsin Khan, Mayank Yadav
Mumbai Indians XI: Rohit Sharma, Ishan Kishan (wk), Suryakumar Yadav, Tilak Varma, Hardik Pandya (c), Tim David, Nehal Wadhera, Mohammad Nabi, Gerald Coetzee, Piyush Chawla, Jasprit Bumrah
No Quinton de Kock today for LSG. Gerald Coetzee is back for Mumbai.
29 April 19:51
Phil Salt's attacking 68 and bowling figures of 3-16 by Varun Chakravarthy helped Kolkata Knight Riders hammer Delhi Capitals by seven wickets at a hot and humid Eden Gardens in the IPL on Monday.
Chakravarthy, a mystery spinner, led Kolkata's disciplined bowling to restrict Delhi to 153-9 as players, who remained drenched in sweat, and fans braved the intense heat in the colonial-era capital.
Players from all the 10 IPL teams are keen to impress their national selectors with just one day left for countries to name their teams for the T20 World Cup in June.
The in-form Salt, an England wicketkeeper-batsman, led the chase with an opening stand of 79 with Sunil Narine and the two-time champions reached their target with 3.3 overs to spare.
The mercury in the afternoon soared above 41 degrees Celsius (106 degrees Fahrenheit) for the third time this month, forcing the normally bustling streets to stay empty at noon.
But the sports-mad city witnessed a near-packed house at the 66,000 capacity stadium for the evening game and their home team did not disappoint with their sixth win in nine matches to move closer to booking a play-off spot.
Most of India's eastern states and southern peninsula have remained under government heatwave alerts since last week, with relief not expected for several more days.
Delhi elected to bat first but lost regular wickets including Prithvi Shaw for 13 and fellow opener Jake Fraser-McGurk, out for 12 off let-arm quick Mitchell Starc.
Skipper Rishabh Pant attempted to resist the slide in his unconvincing knock of 27 before he was dismissed.
Chakravarthy rattled the middle and lower-order to make Delhi slip to 111-8 before number nine Kuldeep Yadav claimed an unbeaten 35.
Salt, who moved into the top five batsmen this IPL season with 392 runs, put the chase on track along with fellow opener Narine as the two clobbered 23 runs off the first over from Lizaad Williams.
He reached his fourth half-century of the season in 26 balls with a six off Khaleel Ahmed but fell to spinner Axar Patel after his 33-ball knock laced with seven fours and five sixes.
Skipper Shreyas Iyer, who made 33, and Venkatesh Iyer, who hit the winning six in his 23, steered the team home in an unbeaten stand of 57.
The match was a complete contrast to the previous game at the venue when Punjab Kings chased down an IPL record of 262 on another hot day.
- AFP
29 April 17:54
INNINGS:
Varun Chakravarthy took three wickets as Kolkata Knight Riders restricted Delhi Capitals to 153-9 in their IPL encounter.
After deciding to bat first, the Delhi Capitals couldn't comprehend with a lightening Kolkata attack as their batting order collapsed.
Reeling at 68-4, captain Rishabh Pant tried to steady the innings but skied Chakravarthy for 27 off 20 balls (hitting two fours and a six). The in-form Tristan Stubbs didn't last as he was caught behind for four.
Kuldeep Yadav smashed five fours and a six to remain unbeaten 34 off 26 balls and push the Capitals to over 150.
Chakravarthy was the pick of the Kolkaa bowlers as he took three for 16, while Harshit Rana took two for 28 and Vaibhav Arora ended on two for 29.
Scores in brief:
Delhi Capitals 153-9 in 20 (Kuldeep 34*, Pant 27, Chakravarthy 3/16, Harshit Rana 2/27)
Kolkata Knight Riders need 154 runs to win
29 April 17:25
5 overs left
Capitals middle-order has collapsed! Kolkata are ecstatic!
Varun Chakravarthy takes three! Captain Rishabh Pant slices the ball high in the air and is caught for 27 off 20 balls. Tristan Stubbs walks in but doesn't last long as the South African cuts and edges behind for just four.
Sunil Narine then bowls out Axar Patel for 15, and Kumar Kushagra also edges behind for one.
DC 112-8 after 15
Kuldeep 10*
Rasikh 1*
29 April 17:02
10-over update:
Harshit Rana goes full and demolishes Abishek Porel's wickets to leave Delhi Capitals four-down. Porel departs for a 15-ball 18.
However, the Capitals are still going at 9.30 an over.
Still no Tristan Stubbs. The Capitals are hoping the in-form SA batter can do some damage in the death overs.
DC 93-4 in 10
Pant 27*
Axar 12*
29 April 16:32
5-over update:
Drama in Kolkata, Delhi Capitals are three down!
Vaibhav Arora strikes a double blow as he gets opener Prithvi Shaw caught behind for 13 and delivers a peach to bowl out Shai Hope for six.
Mitchell Starc gets his first scalp, as fellow countryman Jake Fraser-McGurk miscues and flaps the ball to deep square leg and departs for 12.
DC 58-3 in 5
Porel 17*
Pant 5*
29 April 15:38
TOSS
Delhi Chargers won the toss and they will bat first.
TEAMS
Kolkata Knight Riders: Philip Salt (w), Sunil Narine, Venkatesh Iyer, Shreyas Iyer (c), Andre Russell, Rinku Singh, Ramandeep Singh, Mitchell Starc, Vaibhav Arora, Harshit Rana, Varun Chakaravarthy
Delhi Capitals: Prithvi Shaw, Jake Fraser-McGurk, Abishek Porel, Shai Hope, Rishabh Pant (w/c), Tristan Stubbs, Axar Patel, Kuldeep Yadav, Rasikh Dar Salam, Lizaad Williams, Khaleel Ahmed
28 April 18:05
INNINGS
CSK end on 212/3
Gaikwad (98) top scored with Mitchell 52 and Dube 39* also contributing to a decent total.
Sunrisers need 213 to win off 120 balls.
28 April 15:42
TOSS
Sunrisers won the toss and they will field.
TEAMS
CSK XI: 1 Ajinkya Rahane, 2 Ruturaj Gaikwad (capt), 3 Daryl Mitchell, 4 Moeen Ali, 5 Shivam Dube, 6 Ravindra Jadeja, 7 MS Dhoni (wk), 8 Deepak Chahar, 9 Tushar Deshpande, 10 Mustafizur Rahman, 11 Matheesha Pathirana
SRH XI: 1 Abhishek Sharma, 2 Travis Head, 3 Aiden Markram, 4 Heinrich Klaasen (wk), 5 Nitish Kumar Reddy, 6 Abdul Samad, 7 Shahbaz Ahmed, 8 Pat Cummins (capt), 9 Bhuvneshwar Kumar, 10 Jaydev Unadkat, 11 T Natarajan
28 April 15:34
England batsman Will Jacks smashed an unbeaten 41-ball 100 as Royal Challengers Bengaluru hammered Gujarat Titans by nine wickets in the Indian Premier League on Sunday.
Jacks chalked up 10 sixes in his blitz as he put on an unbeaten stand of 166 with Virat Kohli, who hit 70 and remained in awe of his younger partner's hitting at the world's biggest cricket stadium in Ahmedabad.
Chasing 201, Benagluru achieved victory with four overs to spare when Jacks hit the winning six, which also made his century.
It was Bengaluru's third win -- and second in a row -- in 10 matches so far this season, keeping their slim hopes of reaching the play-offs alive.
Jacks was on 16 when the in-form Kohli reached his fifty in 32 balls with a four off Rashid Khan, but soon the 25-year-old Englishman exploded with three sixes and two fours in a 29-run 15th over from Mohit Sharma.
"Phenomenal. Initially when he came to bat, he was annoyed that he wasn't able to strike the ball as he wanted to," Kohli said after the win.
"The only talk was for him to stay calm; we know how explosive he can be when he gets going. The over from Mohit was the game changer, I was just happy to stay around and watch him go."
Jacks then took on Rashid with four sixes and a four in the winning over.
The 35-year-old Kohli, who hit the first ton of this edition, reached 500 runs and was quick to slam critics who said the veteran batsman has struggled to meet modern T20 standards of power hitting.
"There's a reason why you do it for 15 years. For me, it's only about doing the work. People can talk anything they want to, they can talk about me not able to push on, not playing spin well, but you yourself know the game better," Kohli said.
On Bengaluru's disappointing showing this season, he added: "We wanted to play more for our self-respect, we want to play for the fans who have backed us. We know we haven't played up to the standards required. We know we can do a lot more better and it's something which we'll try and do."
Kohli -- who played the spinners with aplomb, including by using the sweep shot to good effect -- and Bengaluru are still waiting for their first IPL title.
Bengaluru, who remain bottom of the 10-team table, elected to field first and Gujarat reached 200-3 in their 20 overs.
Sai Sudarshan hit an unbeaten 84 and put on key partnerships, including putting together 86 runs with Shahrukh Khan, who hit 58, and an unbeaten 69-run stand with David Miller, who made 26.
Glenn Maxwell returned to the Bengaluru XI after a short "mental and physical break" break of three matches, taking a wicket in his first over to return figures of 1-28 with his off-spin.
- AFP
RESULT
RCB beat Gujarat by 9 wickets.
Gujarat: 200/3 (Sudharsan 84*, Khan 58)
RCB: 206/1 in 16 overs (Jacks 100* off 41, Kohli 70*)
27 April 19:50
RESULT
Half-centuries by Sanju Samson and Dhruv Jurel saw Rajasthan Royals extend their lead on top of the IPL standings with a seven-wicket win against Lucknow Super Giants on Saturday.
Chasing 197 runs to win, a 60-run opening stand between Jos Buttler and Yashasvi Jaiswal got Rajasthan to a flyer start. However, Lucknow Super Giants fought back with three quick wickets in succession as Buttler (34), Jaiswal (24) and Riyan Parag (14) were dismissed.
But the Royals remained defiant as an unbeaten 121-run stand between skipper Samson and Jurel took the game away from Lucknow and saw them cross the line with six balls to spare.
Samson top-scored with an unbeaten 71 off 33 balls (hitting seven fours and four sixes), while Jurel made 52 not out off 34 balls (hitting five fours and two sixes).
Earlier on, KL Rahul led from the front as he shouldered the Giants' innings with a stunning 76 off 48 balls (hitting eight fours and two sixes) as they posted 196-5.
Proteas batter Quinton de Kock fell early and only managed eight before he was bowled out.
Scores in brief:
Lucknow Super Giants 196-5 in 20 overs (KL Rahul 76, Hooda 50, Sandeep 2/31, Ashwin 1/39)
Rajasthan Royals 199-3 in 19 overs (Samson 71*, Jurel 52*, Stoinis 1/3, Mishra 1/20)
Result: Rajasthan Royals won by 7 wickets
27 April 19:23
An unbeaten fifty-run stand between Dhruv Jurel and Sanju Samson has formed as they take on the Lucknow bowling attack.
Rajasthan have kept up with the required run-rate as we approach the death overs.
RR 144-3 after 15
Dhruv Jurel 39*
Sanju Samson 29*
Rajasthan need 53 runs from 30 balls
