Match 67 IPL 2013 – Kings XI Punjab vs Delhi Daredevils
Date – Thu May 16
Time – 8:00 pm i.e 14:30 GMT | 20:00 IST
Venue – Himachal Pradesh Cricket Association Stadium, Dharamsala
Toss – Delhi Daredevils elected to field
Result – Kings XI Punjab won by 7 runs

Today in the 67th match of IPL 2013, Delhi won the toss and invited KXIP to bat first. Openers Adam Gilchrist and Shaun Marsh gave them flying start as they added 60 in 7.3 overs before Gilchrist got out after scoring quick fire 42 off 26 balls. Azhar Mahmood then fell cheaply as he scored just 9 but man in form David Miller and Shaun Marsh then took the team score past 100. Shaun Marsh fell to Morkel after scoring 45 leaving KXIP at 120/3 in 16.2 overs. But a cameo of 44 in 25 balls which included 3 fours and 4 sixes by David Miller and 13 ball 22 by Rajagopal Sathish helped KXIP post a decent total of 171/4 in 20 overs.

Chasing 172 to win and knock of Kings XI Punjab from the league, Delhi changed the opening pair and opened with Mahela Jayawardene and Unmukt Chand. But the result remained same as they lost Chand in the 3rd over when the team score was just 11. Irfan Pathan was then sent to the center to increase the run rate but he failed as got out after scoring just 1. Man in form David Warner got out for a duck as this twin blow in the 4th over left Delhi reeling at 12/3 in 4 overs. Captain Mahela and Virender Sehwag then steadied the innings and took the score past 50. Just when the duo started to look dangerous, Awana striked and got the wicket of Sehwag who scored 30 in 22 balls. Mahela Jayawardene and Ben Rohrer then took the charge and kept Delhi’s hopes alive. The duo took the the team score past 100 and in the bid to increase the run rate, Mahela Jayawardene got out in the 17th over when the team score was 111. Needing 61 to win from last 4 overs, it was a Herculean task but Ben Rohrer played a cameo and hit few sixes to bring the equation back in Delhi’s favor. 19 runs came in the 19th over and Delhi needed 22 from the final over. Ben Rohrer got out on the very first ball of the over after playing superbly for his 29 ball 49 which included 4 fours and 3 sixes. Morne Morkel hit two sixes but Delhi finally fell short by 7 runs and thus KXIP kept the chances to advance into playoffs alive.

Match 67 IPL 2013 – Kings XI Punjab vs Delhi Daredevils Scorecard

Match 67 IPL 2013 – Kings XI Punjab vs Delhi Daredevils
Date – Thu May 16
Time – 8:00 pm i.e 14:30 GMT | 20:00 IST
Venue – Himachal Pradesh Cricket Association Stadium, Dharamsala

Today in the 67th match of IPL 2013, its a do or die situation for the Kings XI Punjab against Delhi Daredevils. KXIP who have won 6 matches from 14 played so far will be hoping that they win this match with good margin and Sunrisers loose their upcoming match. Still the chances for qualifying will be depending on how other teams preform.

On the other end Delhi who are already out of of the league will be hoping to end their loosing streak as they have won just 3 out of 14 matches so far.

Players to Watch Out For
Kings XI Punjab – Adam Gilchrist, Shaun Marsh, David Miller
Delhi Daredevils – David Warner, Virender Sehwag and Unmukt Chand

Kings XI Punjab Team IPL 2013
Parvinder Awana, Bhargav Bhatt, Bipul Sharma, Piyush Chawla, Siddharth Chitnis, Aniket Choudhary, Manpreet Gony,Gurkeerat Singh Mann, Harmeet Singh Bansal, Praveen Kumar, Mandeep Singh, Nitin Saini, Sandeep Sharma, Sunny Singh, Paul Valthaty,Manan Vohra,R Sathish ,Azhar Mahmood,Adam Gilchrist (c)(wk), Ryan Harris, David Hussey, Shaun Marsh, Dimitri Mascarenhas, David Miller, Luke Pomersbach

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 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 57 IPL 2013 –Delhi Daredevils vs Royal Challengers Bangalore
Date – Fri May 10
Time – 8:00 pm i.e 14:30 GMT | 20:00 IST
Venue – Feroz Shah Kotla, Delhi
Toss – Delhi Daredevils elected to field
Result – Royal Challengers Bangalore won by 4 runs

Today in the 57th match of IPL 2013, Delhi won the toss and elected to field first. Royal Challengers Bangalore opened with Cheteshwar Pujara and Chris Gayle but the openers failed to provide them a good start as Gayle got out in the 2nd over when the team score was just 6. Pujara too got out after scoring 17 off 17 balls but captain Virat Kohli and Moises Henriques then made sure RCB heads for a huge total. Captain Kohli played a superb innings of 99 off 58 balls which included 10 fours and 4 sixes but was unlucky to get run out on 99. But his innings and a cameo of 32 by AB de Villiers helped RCB post 183/4 in 20 overs.

Playing for pride, Delhi made a quick start as Mahela Jayawardene and Virender Sehwag added 25 in 3.1 overs before Mahela Jayawardene got out after scoring 13 ball 19. Sehwag also got out soon leaving Delhi at 49/2 in 5.2 overs. Captain David Warner and Unmukt Chand had a responsibility to share but Warner failed as he was bowled by Henriques for just 4. Unmukt Chand continued to anchor the innings and along with Ben Rohrer added 58 runs to keep Delhi alive in the hunt. But with the fall of Ben and Unmukt, RCB bounced back to reduce Delhi to 131/6 in 16.3 overs. Irfan Pathan and Morne Morkel then raised the fought back hard to make sure RCB sweat hard for the win as the duo took Delhi close to target and scored 14 runs in the last over but with the fall of Morkel, RCB snatched a 4 run victory to keep themselves alive in the league.

Match 57 IPL 2013 – Delhi Daredevils vs Royal Challengers Bangalore Scorecard