Match – 21st T20 2014 – Chennai Super Kings vs Kolkata Knight Riders
Date – Fri May 2
Time – 20:00 local | 14:30 GMT
Venue – JSCA International Cricket Stadium, Ranchi

Today in the 21st match of Pepsi IPL 2014, Chennai Super Kings will take on Kolkata Knight Riders at 8 pm Indian Standard Time. This is the first match to be played in India after the first 20 matches were shifted to UAE due to general elections.

Chennai who lost their first match against the undefeated KXIP have returned back with a roar as they have won their last 4 matches in a row and are placed at number two spot in points table. On the other hand, Kolkata Knight Riders who have managed to win just 2 out of 5 matches will be hoping that they don’t fall of in the end overs as they did in their previous match.

As per IPL stats, CSK has won 8 out of 12 matches played between these two teams and therefore Kolkata would go all guns blazing today to better this record.

Chennai Super Kings Team For IPL 2014
MS Dhoni (captain/wk), Baba Aparajith, Ravichandran Ashwin, Samuel Badree, Dwayne Bravo, Faf du Plessis, John Hastings, Matt Henry, Ben Hilfenhaus, Ravindra Jadeja, Brendon McCullum, Mithun Manhas, Ronit More, Pawan Negi, Ashish Nehra, Ishwar Pandey, Suresh Raina, Vijay Shankar, Mohit Sharma,Dwayne Smith.

Kolkata Knight Riders Team For IPL 2014
Gautam Gambhir (captain), Manvinder Bisla (wk), Piyush Chawla, Pat Cummins, Debabrata Das, Jacques Kallis, Kuldeep Yadav, Chris Lynn, Sayan Mondal, Morne Morkel, Sunil Narine, Manish Pandey, Yusuf Pathan, Veer Pratap Singh, Andre Russell, Shakib Al Hasan, Ryan ten Doeschate, Robin Uthappa (wk), Vinay Kumar, Suryakumar Yadav, Umesh Yadav

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Match – 19th IPL 2014 – Kolkata Knight Riders vs Rajasthan Royals
Date – Tue Apr 29
Time – 18:30 local | 14:30 GMT
Venue – Sheikh Zayed Stadium, Abu Dhabi
Toss – Rajasthan Royals elected to bat
Result – Rajasthan Royals Beat Kolkata Knight Riders

In a sensational match which changed with every ball being bowled, Rajasthan Royals managed to sneak past to victory by defeating Kolkata Knight Riders on the basis of boundary count.

KKR played Super over with Pandey and Yadav where as Royals decided to go with Faulkner. On the very first ball, Yadav got run out. Pandey hit a six on the fourth ball but eventually KKR could post 11/2 in The Super Over.

Rajasthan Royals needed 12 to win and they chose Shane Watson and Steve Smith to play. KKR gave the ball to S Naraine. Royals could manage just 4 runs in first three balls and then Watson hit a four. Royals needed 3 to win on last ball. But as per other rule of IPL, if a match is tied in superover, then team hitting more boundaries will win. Steve Smith and Watson then showed presence of mind and scored 2 runs on last ball. Eventually they won the match on the basis of boundary count.

Needing 153 to win, Gambhir and Bisla added 21 runs in 3.4 overs before Bisla got out. Gambhir played sensibly today and scored 45 off 44 balls before getting out. Kallis also got a start and scored 13 before Tambe got his wicket. M Pandey then raised some hopes with a six and four but got out in that very over. S Yadav then played a superb cameo of 31 off 19 balls to bring KKR back in the hunt. KKR needed 16 off 12 balls but three wickets fell in the 19th over by Faulkner leaving KKR struggling at 141/7 in 18.5 overs. Shakib Al Hasan then came to the team rescue as he scored a brilliant 24 off 14 balls. KKR needed 3 to win off the last ball but Shakib managed to score a double and thus the match was tied.

Earlier Rajasthan Royals won the toss and elected to bat first. Openers A Rahane and KK Nair added 13 runs before Nair got out after scoring just 1. Rahane and Samson then steadied the Royals innings and took the team score past 100. Samson was the next to fall after scoring 20 off 19 balls. Rahane stood firm on one end and along with captain Shane Watson then took the team score past 100. Rahane scored a brilliant 59 balls 72 where as Shane Watson scored 33 in 24 balls before being run out. Finally Royals were able to post 152/5 in 20 overs.

Match – 19th IPL 2014 – Kolkata Knight Riders vs Rajasthan Royals
Date – Tue Apr 29
Time – 18:30 local | 14:30 GMT
Venue – Sheikh Zayed Stadium, Abu Dhabi

Today in the 19th match of IPL Season 7, Kolkata Knight Riders will take on Rajasthan Royals at 8 pm Indian Standard Time.

Rajasthan Royals who are coming into this match with a sky high morale as they thrashed Royal Challengers Bangalore in their last match would be hoping to repeat their performance again today. On the other hand, Kolkata Knight Riders who looked on winning track but lost the track in their last match against Kings XI Punjab will be looking for this match to get back to winning form.

As per IPL stats, both these teams have played 12 matches against each other and each of them have won 6 match apiece.

Kolkata Knight Riders Team For IPL 2014
Gautam Gambhir (captain), Manvinder Bisla (wk), Piyush Chawla, Pat Cummins, Debabrata Das, Jacques Kallis, Kuldeep Yadav, Chris Lynn, Sayan Mondal, Morne Morkel, Sunil Narine, Manish Pandey, Yusuf Pathan, Veer Pratap Singh, Andre Russell, Shakib Al Hasan, Ryan ten Doeschate, Robin Uthappa (wk), Vinay Kumar, Suryakumar Yadav, Umesh Yadav

Rajasthan Royals Team For IPL 2014
Shane Watson(captain), Amit Mishra , Ankit Sharma, Ankush Bains, Rajat Bhatia, Stuart Binny,Unmukt Chand, Kevon Cooper, Ben Cutting, James Faulkner, Brad Hodge, Deepak Hooda, Iqbal Abdulla, Dhawal Kulkarni, Vikramjeet Malik, Karun Nair, Abhishek Nayar, Ajinkya Rahane, Kane Richardson, Sanju Samson, Steven Smith, Tim Southee,Pravin Tambe, Rahul Tewatia, Dishant Yagnik.

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Match – 15th IPL 2014 – Kings XI Punjab vs Kolkata Knight Riders
Date – Sat Apr 26
Time – 18:30 local | 14:30 GMT
Venue – Sheikh Zayed Stadium, Abu Dhabi
Toss – Kolkata Knight Riders chose to field
Result – Kings XI Punjab won by 23 runs
Man of the match – Sandeep Sharma

Kings XI Punjab continued their dominance and won their 4th match today after beating Kolkata Knight Riders by 23 runs. KXIP who have been unbeaten till now so far in IPL 7 is leading the points table with 8 points.

Earlier batting first, Punjab lost the wicket of Pujara when the team score was just 9. Soon Saha also got out leaving KXIP at 28/2 in 4.1 overs. Maxwell and Miller then took the team score past 50 and just when Maxwell started to look dangerous, Morkel bowled him out and brought KKR back into the match. Superb bowling by KKR spinners namely Chawla and Narine helped KKR restrict KXIP to 132/9 in 20 overs.

Chasing 133 to win, KKR got off to a poor start with three star batsmen, Pandey, Gambhir and Kallis back into the pavilion when the team score was just 19. Lynn and Uthappa then tried to steady the innings and took the score to 50 when Lynn got out. This wicket brought KXIP back into the match and wickets started to fell at regular intervals. With 8 down for 85, it was all over for KKR. But somehow the tail managed to move the scorecard to 109 before getting all out and thus loosing the match by 23 runs.

Match – 15th IPL 2014 – Kings XI Punjab vs Kolkata Knight Riders
Date – Sat Apr 26
Time – 18:30 local | 14:30 GMT
Venue – Sheikh Zayed Stadium, Abu Dhabi

Today in the 15th match of IPL and the second for the day, the number one team in points table Kings XI Punjab will take on the Kolkata Knight Riders at 8pm Indian Standard Time.

Kings XI Punjab who have been riding on Maxwell and Miller wave have been undefeated so far with all the three wins and those wins have been a real formidable ones. So today it might need a special effort from Kolkata Knight Riders to halt the winning wheel of Punjab.

On the other hand, Kolkata will be high with confidence after their stunning victory against RCB in the last match in which RCB dominated for almost the entire match except the last 2 overs. KKR would be hoping that they now continue the momentum and beat Kings to move higher on the points table.

As per IPL stats, KKR have won 6 where as KXIP have won 5 out of the 11 matches played between these two teams.

Kings XI Punjab Team For IPL 2014
George Bailey (captain), Anureet Singh,Parvinder Awana, Lakshmipathy Balaji, Rishi Dhawan, Gurkeerat Singh Mann, Beuran Hendricks, Mitchell Johnson, Karanveer Singh, Murali Kartik, Mandeep Singh, Shaun Marsh, Glenn Maxwell, David Miller, Akshar Patel, Thisara Perera, Cheteshwar Pujara, Wriddhiman Saha, Sandeep Sharma, Virender Sehwag, Shivam Sharma, Shardul Thakur, Manan Vohra.

Kolkata Knight Riders Team For IPL 2014
Gautam Gambhir (captain), Manvinder Bisla (wk), Piyush Chawla, Pat Cummins, Debabrata Das, Jacques Kallis, Kuldeep Yadav, Chris Lynn, Sayan Mondal, Morne Morkel, Sunil Narine, Manish Pandey, Yusuf Pathan, Veer Pratap Singh, Andre Russell, Shakib Al Hasan, Ryan ten Doeschate, Robin Uthappa (wk), Vinay Kumar, Suryakumar Yadav, Umesh Yadav

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