Match 26 IPL 2013 –Kolkata Knight Riders vs Chennai Super Kings
Date – Sat Apr 20
Time – 4:00 pm i.e 10:30 GMT | 16:00 IST
Venue – Eden Gardens, Kolkata
Toss – Kolkata Knight Riders elected to bat
Result – Chennai Super Kings won by 4 wickets
Man of the match – Ravindra Jadeja

Today in the 26th match of Pepsi IPL Season 6, KKR won the toss and elected to bat first. Gautam Gambhir and Yusuf Pathan gave them flying start as the duo added 46 runs in just 5.5 overs. But with the wicket of Gautam Gambhir, KKR batting line up started to crumble. From 46/1 they were reduced to 55/4 in 8 overs. The duo of Jadeja and Ashwin proved too good for KKR batsmen as they both got 5 wickets and never allowed any batsmen to settle. Finally Kolkata could manage to post 119/9 n 20 overs.

Chasing 120 to win, CSK opened with Michael Hussey and Ravichandran Ashwin but this experiment didnt payed well as Ravichandran Ashwin got out when the team score was just 24. Murli Vijay( 2 off 5 balls) also fell cheaply followed by Suresh Raina (7 off 8 balls). CSK again looked to MS Dhoni to take them to victory but captain cool got run out after scoring just 9 off 7 balls. Michael Hussy also got out after scoring 40 off 51 balls leaving CSK struggling at 89/6 in 16.5 overs. Needing 31 to win off 19 balls, Chennai needed a heroic batting and Ravindra Jadeja didnt disappointed. He played a match winning cameo of 36 in just 14 balls which included 3 fours and 3 sixes and took his team to an excellent 4 wicket victory.

Match 26 IPL 2013 – Kolkata Knight Riders vs Chennai Super Kings Scorecard

Match 26 IPL 2013 –Kolkata Knight Riders vs Chennai Super Kings
Date – Sat Apr 20
Time – 4:00 pm i.e 10:30 GMT | 16:00 IST
Venue – Eden Gardens, Kolkata

Today in the 26th match of IPL season 6, defending champions Kolkata Knight Riders will take on Chennai Super Kings at the Eden Garden. KKR who lost their last match against Punjab by just 4 runs would be going all guns blazing against CSK who are coming in this match with a comprehensive win against Delhi Daredevils.

Kolkata Knight Riders biggest challenge would be the form of Chennai batsmen. CSK players like Michael Hussey, Suresh Raina, MS Dhoni and Ravindra Jadeja can change the game within a matter of few overs and thus KKR needs to devise a game plan to curtail them.

As per IPL stats, out of 10 matches played so far, Chennai has won 6 and thus with 60 % win percentage, they are considered favorites but the form of Kolkata captain Gambhir can change be the real game changer. He has single handily took his team to victories and is the highest run getter for KKR so far in this season. Also with the inclusion of Brendon McCullum, KKR batting line up has boosted and thus this match is expected to be a high scoring game.

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

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 24 IPL 2013 –IST Delhi Daredevils vs Chennai Super Kings
Date – Thu Apr 18
Time – 14:30 GMT | 20:00 IST
Venue – Feroz Shah Kotla, Delhi
Toss – Chennai Super Kings elected to bat
Result – Chennai Super Kings won by 86 runs

Today in the 24th match of Pepsi IPL 2013, Chennai Super Kings won the toss and elected to bat first. Michael Hussey and Murali Vijay scored 30 runs for the first wicket partnership before Murli Vijay got out after scoring 18 off 13 balls. Michael Hussey stood firm on one end and kept scoring runs and was ably supported by Suresh Raina(30 off 32 balls). MS Dhoni also played a 23 ball 44 runs cameo and along with Michael Hussey (65 off 50 balls not out) helped Chennai post a total of 169/4 in 20 overs.

Chasing 170 for a much needed victory, Delhi got off to a poor start as they lost opener David Warner and Manprit Juneja in the second over leaving the team struggling at 13/2 in 2 overs. The double loss of Captain Mahela Jayawardene and Virender Sehwag shattered the batting order of Delhi as they were reduced to 30/4 in 5.1 overs. The win looked a distant dream and wickets kept falling at regular interval. Finally Delhi were all out for 83 in 17.3 overs and thus Chennai registered a massive win by 86 runs.

Match 24 IPL 2013 Delhi Daredevils vs Chennai Super Kings Scorecard

Match 24 IPL 2013 –Delhi Daredevils vs Chennai Super Kings
Date – Thu Apr 18
Time – 14:30 GMT | 20:00 IST
Venue – Feroz Shah Kotla, Delhi

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

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 19 IPL 2013 – Chennai Super Kings vs Pune Warriors
Date – Mon Apr 15
Time – 8:00 pm i.e 14:30 GMT | 20:00 IST
Venue – MA Chidambaram Stadium, Chepauk, Chennai
Toss – Pune Warriors elected to bat
Result – Pune Warriors won by 24 runs

Today in the 19th match of IPL 2013, Pune Warriors won the toss and elected to bat first. Openers Robin Uthappa and Aaron Finch gave Pune a perfect start as they added 96 runs in just 12.3 overs before Finch got out after scoring 67 off 45 balls( 10×4,2×6). This wicket gave Chennai a chance to comeback into the match and the bowlers bounced CSK back and restricted Pune to 159/5 in 20 overs.

Chasing 160 to win, Chennai lost opener Srikkanth Anirudha on the second ball of the innings. Pune bowlers bowled an excellent line and got the priced wicket of Suresh Raina in the 5th over. With scorecard reading 23/2 in 4.2 overs, CSK needed a partnership but Nayar striked and got the wicket of Murli Vijay. With 40/3 in 6.4 overs, CSK needed a partnership, S Badrinath and Ravindra Jadeja then steadied Chennai Super Kings innings and just when the duo looked set, S Badrinath got out after scoring 34. Once again the responsibility fell on the shoulders of Captain Cool Dhoni and Ravindra Jadeja to rescue their team but Pune’s Marsh got better of Jadeja as he got out after scoring 27 off 22 balls. With 46 to win from last 3 overs, the pressure was too much for even captain cool as he lost his wicket and with his wicket, all hopes for Chennai also ended. Finally Pune registered a comprehensive win by 24 runs.

Match 19 IPL 2013 – Chennai Super Kings vs Pune Warriors Scorecard