Match 38 IPL 2013 –Chennai Super Kings vs Kolkata Knight Riders
Date – Sun Apr 28
Time – 4:00 pm i.e 10:30 GMT | 16:00 IST
Venue – MA Chidambaram Stadium, Chepauk, Chennai

Today in the match number 38 of IPL Season 6, defending champions Kolkata Knight Riders will take on Chennai Super Kings. CSK who have registered 6 wins ou of 8 matches sit at second place in th points table where as KKR have won just 3 out of 8 matches and thus need to get their act together.

Chennai who rely heavily on their batting line up have won four matches in a row and would like to keep the momentum going. On the other hand KKR who defeated Kings XI Punjab in their last encounter would be hoping to get back to winning ways as soon as possible.

Both team’s strength is batting, Chennai Super Kings rely on Michael Hussey, MS Dhoni, S Raina and Ravindra Jadeja out of which Hussey and Dhoni are showing good form so far On the other hand, Kolkata’s lone warrior has been captain Gambhir. Manvinder Bisla too showed his form in the last match but whether he can bring it into this match is yet to be seen.

The bottom line is that today’s match is expected to be a cracker as hard hitters from both sides will be looking to pile up a huge total on board.

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

Kolkata Knight Riders Team IPL 2013
Gautam Gambhir (c), Sarabjit Singh Ladda, Lakshmipathy Balaji, Rajat Bhatia, Manvinder Bisla(wk), Debabrata Das, Iqbal Abdulla, Yusuf Pathan, Pradeep Sangwan, Mohammad Shami, Laxmi Ratan Shukla, Manoj Tiwary, Brad Haddin, Jacques Kallis, Brett Lee, Brendon McCullum, Ryan McLaren’ Eoin Morgan, Sunil Narine, James Pattinson, Sachithra Senanayake, Shakib Al Hasan, Ryan ten Doeschate

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Match 34 IPL 2013 – Chennai Super Kings vs Sunrisers Hyderabad
Date – Thu Apr 25
Time – 8:00 pm i.e 14:30 GMT | 20:00 IST
Venue – MA Chidambaram Stadium, Chepauk, Chennai
Toss – Sunrisers Hyderabad elected to bat
Result – Chennai Super Kingswon by 5 wickets
Man of the match – MS Dhoni

In the 34th match of Pepsi IPL,Chennai Super Kings for the very first time took on Sunrisers Hyderabad at the MA Chidambaram Stadium. Sunrisers Hyderabad won the toss and elected to bat first. Shikhar Dhawan and Quinton de Kock opened the innings but Quinton de Kock got out on the third ball of the innings leaving Sunrisers at 4/1 in 0.3 overs. Hanuma Vihari also failed as was run out by Raina and Sunrisers looked in trouble at 12/2 in 2 overs. Coming back from injury, Shikhar Dhawan stood firm on one end and placed the ball well. Wickets kept falling on other end but Dhawan continued where he left in the test match against Australia. At one stage, Sunrisers were struggling at 61/4 in 9.5 overs. But some good shots by the lower middle order and 45 ball 63 runs by Dhawan helped them post a total of 159/6 in 20 overs.

Chasing 160 to win, Chennai got off to a flying start as openers Michael Hussey and Murali Vijay scored 65 runs in just 7.2 overs for the first wicket stand. Murli Vijay was the first wicket to fall as he got out after scoring 18 off 22 balls. M Hussey also got out soon leaving CSK at 76/2 in 9.2 overs. Suresh Raina and MS Dhoni were again left with the responsibility to take CSK to a win and captain cool shouldered this responsibility well. He demolished Sunrisers bowling attack with a 37 ball 67 (7 fours and 4 sixes) to take his team to a 5 wicket win.

Match 34 IPL 2013 – Chennai Super Kings vs Sunrisers Hyderabad Scorecard

Match 34 IPL 2013 –Chennai Super Kings vs Sunrisers Hyderabad
Date – Thu Apr 25
Time – 8:00 pm i.e 14:30 GMT | 20:00 IST
Venue – MA Chidambaram Stadium, Chepauk, Chennai

Today in the 34th match of IPL 2013, Chennai Super Kings will take on Sunrisers Hyderabad at the MA Chidambaram Stadium.

Chennai who have won last three matches would be hoping to keep the momentum going and be the points table leader with a good win today where as Sunrisers who have won 5 out of 7 matches played so far have impressed one and all with their performance so far. So CSK can not afford to take them lightly

Chennai Super Kings batting mainstay Michael Hussey will be the key man for them. Suresh Raina, MS Dhoni and Ravindra Jadeja have played some good innings so far in the league but they have failed to do it consistently. This is the main concern for CSK as the batting has not been upto the standards expected from them. They will be hoping to recoup it as soon as possible.

On the other hand, Sunrisers Hyderabad will be boosted with the return of Shikhar Dhawan. His return will surely help Sunrisrers as he lends a good hand at top of the order and will take of the pressure from the middle order.

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

Sunrisers Hyderabad Team IPL 2013
Anand Rajan, Ankit Sharma, Ashish Reddy, Shikhar Dhawan, Amit Mishra, Parthiv Patel (wk), Veer Pratap Singh, Sachin Rana, Dwaraka Ravi Teja, Akshath Reddy, Biplab Samantray, Ishant Sharma, Karan Sharma, Thalaivan Sargunam, Sudeep Tyagi, Hanuma Vihari , Quinton de Kock, Jean-Paul Duminy, Chris Lynn, Nathan McCullum, Clint McKay, Thisara Perera, Darren Sammy, Kumar Sangakkara, Dale Steyn, Cameron White

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Today’s Match – Match 30 IPL 2013 –Chennai Super Kings vs Rajasthan Royals
Date – Mon Apr 22
Time – 8:00 pm i.e 14:30 GMT | 20:00 IST
Venue – MA Chidambaram Stadium, Chepauk, Chennai
Toss – Rajasthan Royals elected to bat first
Result – Chennai Super Kings won by 5 wickets

Today in the 30th match of Pepsi IPL 2013, Rajasthan Royals won the toss and elected to bat first. Opener Shane Watson and Ajinkya Rahane gave them flying start as the duo added 71 runs in 7.1 over before Rahane got out afte scoring just 16 of those. Shane Watson was at his devastating best as he smashed every Chennai bowler. He scored a brilliant 101 off 61 balls which included 6 fours and 6 sixes. It was his century and a 22 ball 36 by Stuart Binny which helped Rajasthan Royals post a good total of 185/4 in 20 overs.

Chasing 186 to win, Chennai lost Murali Vijay when the team score was just 22 but Michael Hussey and Suresh Raina then steadied the innings. Suresh Raina scored a brilliant 35 ball 51 before getting out where as M Hussey continued his good run and scored a brilliant 88 off 51 balls which included 13 fours and 1 six. Needing 46 to win from 5 overs, the game was poised for an interesting finish as Hussey got run out by Dravid followed by Ravindra Jadeja’s wicket for a duck giving some hope to the Royals. But Dhoni’s 16 ball 21 took CSK closed to victory. Needing 11 of last over, Dwayne Bravo hit a six followed by doubles to take Chennai to a well fought 5 wicket win.

Match 30 IPL 2013 – Chennai Super Kings vs Rajasthan Royals Scorecard

Match 30 IPL 2013 –Chennai Super Kings vs Rajasthan Royals
Date – Mon Apr 22
Time – 8:00 pm i.e 14:30 GMT | 20:00 IST
Venue – MA Chidambaram Stadium, Chepauk, Chennai

Today in the 30th match of Pepsi IPL 2013, Chennai Super Kings will take on Rajasthan Royals at MA Chidambaram Stadium. Both teams have 8 points with 4 wins out of 6 matches played so far but Chennai has a better run rate and are thus placed above Royals in the points table.

Dhoni lead CSK have lost two matches played at home and thus will be looking forward to this match for a comprehensive win to move on top of points table. The biggest challenge for Royals will be the batting line up of Chennai. Chennai batsmen have shared responsibility be it M Hussey, Dhoni, Raina or Jadeja and thus each one has started to contribute towards team’s success.

On the other hand Rajasthan Royals are over depending on Rahane and Dravid. Once these two fail, the middle order looks a bit shaky but its just the matter of time when the talented players start to perform.

If rivalry between these two teams is seen, Chennai has an upper hand as as they have a record of 5 straight wins against Royals in the last 5 matches.

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

Rajasthan Royals Team IPL 2013
Rahul Dravid (c), Stuart Binny, Ajit Chandila, Ankeet Chavan, Shreevats Goswami, Harmeet Singh, Ashok Menaria, Ajinkya Rahane, Sachin Baby, Sanju Samson, Rahul Shukla, Amit Singh, S Sreesanth, Siddharth Trivedi, Dishant Yagnik, Pravin Tambe , Samuel Badree,Kevon Cooper, Fidel Edwards, James Faulkner, Brad Hodge, Brad Hogg,Kusal Janith Perera, Owais Shah, Shaun Tait, Shane Watson

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