Match 2nd IPL – Delhi Daredevils vs Royal Challengers Bangalore
Date – Thu Apr 17
Venue – Sharjah Cricket Association Stadium, Sharjah
Time – 18:30 local | 14:30 GMT

Today in the 2nd match of IPL Season 7, new-look Delhi Daredevils will take on Royal Challengers Bangalore at Sharjah Cricket Association Stadium at 8 pm Indian Time.

In a setback to Delhi,captain Kevin Pietersen will not be playing today because of injury. Dinesh Karthik will replace Kevin as captain for today’s match and would like to open the team tally on a high and forget about the disastrous 2013 season in which they were placed last in points table.

On the other hand, RCB will be lead by Indian Superstar Virat Kohli who is in tremendous form. Apart from Kohli, the team is boosted by the presence of explosive Chris Gayle, AB de Villiers and Yuvraj Singh.

Royal Challengers Banglore Team For IPL 2014
Virat Kohli(captain), Varun Aaron, Abu Nechi, Yuzvendra Chahal, AB de Villiers, Ashok Dinda, Chris Gayle, Shadab Jakati, Nic Maddinson, Tanmay Mishra, Albie Morkel, Muttiah Muralitharan, Harshal Patel, Parthiv Patel, Ravi Rampaul, Sachin Rana, Sandeep Warrier , Mitchell Starc, Yogesh Takawale, Yuvraj Singh, Vijay Zol.

Delhi Daredevils Team For IPL 2014
Dinesh Karthik (captain/wk), Mayank Agarwal, Nathan Coulter-Nile, Quinton de Kock, Jean-Paul Duminy, Kedar Jadhav, Siddarth Kaul, Milind Kumar, Mohammed Shami, Shahbaz Nadeem, Jimmy Neesham ,Wayne Parnell, HS Sharath, Rahul Sharma , Laxmi Shukla, Rahul Shukla, Ross Taylor, Manoj Tiwary, Saurabh Tiwary, Jaydev Unadkat, Murali Vijay, Jayant Yadav.

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New Zealand star Daniel Vettori has got a new role in the Indian Premier League Season 7. He has been signed by RCR as the coach for 2014 season as a replacement of South African Ray Jenning.

This is not the first time that a New Zealand player has been appointed as an IPL coach. Earlier Stephen Fleming and John Wright have coached Chennai Super Kings and Mumbai Indians respectively.

Apart from the team coach, bowling and fielding coaches have also been appointed. Allan Donald will be the bowling coach where as Trent Woodhill will play his role as a fielding coach.

Match 70 IPL 2013 – Royal Challengers Bangalore vs Chennai Super Kings
Date – Sat May 18
Time – 8:00 pm i.e 14:30 GMT | 20:00 IST
Venue – M Chinnaswamy Stadium, Bangalore
Toss – Chennai elected to field – Match Reduced to 8 overs due to rain
Result – Royal Challengers Bangalore won by 24 Runs

Today in the 70th match of IPL 2013, rain played a spoilsport and at one stage nervous RCB players were seen roaming all over the park. Captain Kohli and his team knew, if the match is abandoned, they will be out from Season 6 of IPL as Sunrisers will qualify for the 4th spot.

The prayers of RCB players and fans were finally answered as rain stopped but the match was reduced to a 8 over game.

Chennai Super Kings won the toss and elected to field first. Captain Kohli and Chris Gayle opened the innings for RCB and the duo were in no mood to forgive Chennai bowlers. RCB players knew this was a do or die situation and thus the enthusiasm and eagerness to perform was seen. The openers added 67 runs in just 5.2 overs before Gayle got out after scoring 28 off 13 which included 4 sixes. Captain Virat Kohli lead from front and remained unbeaten on 56 off 29 balls which included 6 fours and 4 sixes. Finally three fours in three balls by Moises Henriques helped Royal Challengers Bangalore post a good total of 106/2 in 8 overs.

Chasing 107 in 8 overs, Chennai Super Kings opened with Michael Hussey and Murali Vijay. Two wickets on consecutive balls by Zaheer Khan reduced CSK to 11/2 in 1.4 overs. Michael Hussey got out after scoring just 6 where as Suresh Raina got out on the very first ball he faced on a duck. Dwayne Bravo and Murali Vijay then took the score to 29 before Bravo got out after scoring just 11. Needing 78 more to win from 4, Murali Vijay hit few sixes but fell eventually after scoring 32 off 18 balls. The pressure of increasing run rate was too much and despite brilliant 24 off 10 balls by MS Dhoni, CSK could manage to score 82/6 and thus lost the match by 24 runs. With this win, all eyes are now on Sunday’s Sunrisers encounter as if Hyderbad wins that match, RCB will be knocked out of IPL 2013.

Match 70 IPL 2013 – Royal Challengers Bangalore vs Chennai Super Kings Scorecard

Match 70 IPL 2013 – Royal Challengers Bangalore vs Chennai Super Kings
Date – Sat May 18
Time – 8:00 pm i.e 14:30 GMT | 20:00 IST
Venue – M Chinnaswamy Stadium, Bangalore

Today in the 70th match of IPL Season 6, Royal Challengers Bangalore will take on Chennai Super Kings at M Chinnaswamy Stadium. This match is a do or die situation for RCB as if they lose today doors will be shut for them for the playoffs. RCB will be hoping to win today’s match and also that Sunrisers loose their respective match other wise it will be on the net run rate to decide which team survives. RCB has an edge today as they have won 7 out of their 8 home matches.

On the other hand, the output of this match will have no effect on Chennai as they have already qualified for the playoffs. But still Dhoni led team will not allow RCB to cruise as they would like to move into the qualifiers with a victory at hand.

Players To Watch Out For
Royal Challengers Bangalore -Chris Gayle, Virat Kohli and AB De Villiers.
Chennai Super Kings – Michael Hussey, Dwayne Bravo, Suresh Raina, MS Dhoni

Royal Challengers Bangalore Team IPL 2013
Virat Kohli (c), Mayank Agarwal, K P Appanna, S Aravind, Arun Karthik, Murali Kartik, Zaheer Khan, Abhimanyu Mithun, Abhinav Mukund, Karun Nair, Pankaj Singh, Prasanth Parameswaran, Harshal Patel, Cheteshwar Pujara, Sandeep Warrier, Rudra Pratap Singh, Sunny Sohal, Syed Mohammad, Saurabh Tiwary, Jaidev Unadkat, Ranganath Vinay Kumar, Vijay Zol, Sheldon Jackson , Daniel Christian, Christopher Barnwell, AB De Villiers (wk), Tillakaratne Dilshan, Chris Gayle, Moises Henriques, Andrew McDonald, Muttiah Muralitharan, Ravi Rampaul, Daniel Vettori

Chennai Super Kings Team IPL 2013
MS Dhoni (c)(wk), Anirudha Srikkanth, B Aparajith, Ravichandran Ashwin, Subramaniam Badrinath, Imtiaz Ahmed, Ronit More, Suresh Raina, Ankit Singh Rajpoot, Wriddhiman Saha, Vijay Shankar, Mohit Sharma, Murali Vijay, R Karthikeyan, Ravindra Jadeja, Shadab Jakati,Dwayne Bravo, Francois Du Plessis, Akila Dananjaya, Ben Laughlin, Ben Hilfenhaus, Jason Holder, Michael Hussey, Nuwan Kulasekara, Albie Morkel, Dirk Nannes, Christopher Morris

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Match 63 IPL 2013 – Royal Challengers Bangalore vs Kings XI Punjab
Time – 4:00 pm i.e 10:30 GMT | 16:00 IST
Venue – M Chinnaswamy Stadium, Bangalore
Toss – Kings XI Punjab elected to field
Result – Kings XI Punjab won by 7 wickets
Man of the match: Adam Gilchrist

Today in the 63rd match of IPL 2013, Kings XI Punjab won the toss and elected to field first. Cheteshwar Pujara and Chris Gayle opened the innings and added 22 runs before Pujara got out which brought captain Kohli on the crease. Chris Gayle and Virat Kohli played superbly and smashed Kings XI Punjab bowlers to all corners of the ground. The duo added 136 runs in 14.2 overs. Gayle scored 53 ball 77 before getting bowled by Awana where as Kohli scored 43 ball 57 and helped RCB post a decent total of 174/5 in 20 overs.

Kings XI Punjab who had just 10 points from 13 games before the start of this game had a very miniscule chance of qualifying for the playoffs and thus they were playing without much pressure. Chasing 175 needed a special innings from one of the top order batsmen and captain Adam Gilchrist raised to the occasion. Adam Gilchrist and Shaun Marsh opened the innings but Marsh failed as he was bowled by Khan for just 8 which brough Azhar Mahmood on the crease. Gilchrist and Mahmood scored 118 runs in 77 balls and took the score to 142 before Mahmood got out after scoring 41 ball 61. Man in form David Miller was bowled by Muralitharan for just 2 but captain Gilchrist remained firm on other end. He remained unbeaten on 85 off 54 balls which included 10 fours and 3 sixes to take his team to a superb 7 wicket win over RCB.

With this loss, RCB’s chances of qualifying for playoffs have reduced as they are tied with Sunrisers who still have one more match in hand.

Match 63 IPL 2013 – Royal Challengers Bangalore vs Kings XI Punjab Scorecard