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 64 IPL 2013 – Chennai Super Kings vs Delhi Daredevils
Date – Tue May 14
Time – 8:00 pm i.e 14:30 GMT | 20:00 IST
Venue – MA Chidambaram Stadium, Chepauk, Chennai
Toss – Chennai Super Kings elected to bat
Result – Chennai Super Kings won by 33 runs

Today in the 64th match of IPL 2013, Chennai Super Kings won the toss and elected to bat first. Michael Hussey and Murali Vijay added 61 runs for the first wicket stand before Vijay was run out for 31. With his fall, Delhi striked back in quick succession getting the wickets of Michael Hussey ( 26 off 26 balls) and Suresh Raina ( 7 off 11 balls). But captain cool MS Dhoni again raised to the occasion and scored a quickfire 58 off 35 balls which included 2 fours and 4 sixes. A cameo of 24 off 17 by Ravindra Jadeja helped CSK post a total of 168/4 in 20 overs.

Chasing 169 to upset CSK, Delhi Daredevils got off to the worst possible start as they lost Virender Sehwag for a duck on the second ball of the innings. Unmukt Chand and Johan Botha then added 34 runs and just when the duo looked set, M Sharma striked again to get the wicket of Unmukt Chand. Ashwin then took the wicket of Johan Botha to reduce Delhi to 49/3 in 6.3 overs. Captain David Warner then played sensibly and stood firm on one end where as wickets kept falling on the other end. Half the Delhi team was back in pavilion with the scorecard reading at 63/5 in 9.3 overs. David Warner was the only hope for Delhi but he never got any support from the other end and eventually he was out after scoring 37 ball 44 leaving Delhi at 115/7 in 16.3 overs. Finally Delhi could manage just 135/9 in 20 overs thereby loosing the match by 33 runs and thus Chennai regained their number 1 position in the points tally.

Match 64 IPL 2013 – Chennai Super Kings vs Delhi Daredevils Scorecard

Match 64 IPL 2013 –Chennai Super Kings vs Delhi Daredevils
Date – Tue May 14
Time – 8:00 pm i.e 14:30 GMT | 20:00 IST
Venue – MA Chidambaram Stadium, Chepauk, Chennai

Today in the match number 64 of Pepsi IPL 2013, Chennai Super Kings will take on the Delhi Daredevils at the MA Chidambaram Stadium.

Chennai who were comfortably sitting at top of the points table till yesterday when they were toppled by Mumbai Indians will be hoping to regain their number one slot again. Also the memory of defeat at the hands of Rajasthan Royals in their last match will be hurting them and they will be hoping to thrash Delhi today to get back the lost momentum.

Delhi on the other hand are out of the playoffs and are thus playing without any worries. All they are playing for is some cheer for their fans and thus it might prove to be fruitful and they can create an upset today. Even in their last match, Delhi were close to finish when they failed by just 4 runs against RCB.

Players to Watch Out For
Chennai Super Kings – Michael Hussey, Suresh Raina and MS Dhoni
Delhi Daredevils – Virender Sehwag and David Warner

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

Delhi Daredevils Team IPL 2013
Ajit Agarkar, Manpreet Juneja, Varun Aaron, Unmukt Chand, Kedar Jadhav, Siddarth Kaul, Shahbaz Nadeem, Yogesh Nagar, Sujit Nayak, Pawan Negi, Ashish Nehra, Naman Ojha(wk), Irfan Pathan, Virender Sehwag, Arisht Singhvi, Venugopal Rao, Umesh Yadav, CM Gautam, Royston Dias , Gulam Bodi, Johan Botha, Mahela Jayawardene(c), Jeevan Mendis, Kevin Pietersen, Andre Russell, Jesse Ryder, Roelof Van Der Merwe, David Warner, Morne Morkel

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Match 61 IPL 2013 – Rajasthan Royals vs Chennai Super Kings
Date – Sun May 12
Time –8:00 pm i.e 14:30 GMT | 20:00 IST
Venue – Sawai Mansingh Stadium, Jaipur
Toss – Rajasthan Royals elected to field
Result – Rajasthan Royals won by 5 wickets
Man of the match – Shane Watson

Today in the 61st match of IPL 2013, Rajasthan Royals won the toss and elected to field first. Michael Hussey and Murali Vijay opened the innings for Chennai and the duo gave a flying start as they added 83 runs in 11.3 overs before Hussey was bowled by Binny. This wicket triggered the wicket loss and stopped the momentum for CSK. Suresh Raina, and MS Dhoni fell for 1 and 2 respectively leaving CSK at 89/3 in 12.5 overs. M Vijay completed his half century and was run out after scoring 55. But the brakes on scoring runs was applied by Royal bowlers and finally CSK could post 141/4 in 20 overs.

Chasing 142 to guarantee a place in playoffs, Rajasthan Royals got off to a dismal start as they lost man in form Ajinkya Rahane when the team score was just 14. Soon James Faulkner and Sanju Samson also got out leaving Royals at 19/3 in 4.4 overs. Captain Rahul Dravid and Shane Watson then tried to stabilize the innings but Dravid got out after scoring 28. It was till the 10th over CSK was in total control of the game but in the 11th over, fortunes flipped as Shane Watson and Stuart Binny took charge and hammered CSK bowlers. Shane Watson was particularly severe as he played a match winning innings of 70 off 34 balls which included 6 fours and as many sixes. He was well supported by Stuart Binny and the duo ensured a 5 wicket win over CSK to move to second spot in points tally.

Match 61 IPL 2013 – Rajasthan Royals vs Chennai Super Kings Scorecard