Match 75 IPL 2013 Qualifier 2 – Rajasthan Royals vs Mumbai Indians
Date – Fri May 24
Time – 8:00 pm i.e 14:30 GMT | 20:00 IST
Venue – Eden Gardens, Kolkata

Today in the second qualifier of IPL 2013, it will be a do or die situation for both teams, Mumbai Indians and Rajasthan Royals as the winner will take onCchennai Super Kings in the finals of IPL 2013 on Sunday where as the loser’s dream will end today.

Mumbai who lost their first chance to qualify for the finals when they lost their match against Chennai would be hoping that they make the most of this second chance. Mumbai who have been in the top fours teams since last three seasons need to remove the tag of chokers as they fail to deliver in crunch matches. Even in the previous match against Chennai, Mumbai crumbled under pressure and lost the match by 57 runs.

On the other hand, Rajasthan Royals have impressed everybody with their performances, though they are demoralized by the spot fixing charges against three players, Darvid lead Royals know this is the chance to regain the lost glory. In the last match against Sunrisers, Royals looked down and out at one stage but they bounced back to win the match and move to this qualifier. This act of coming back from stages where other teams crumble under pressure is the strength of Royals and will cause headache to the Mumbai Indians.

Players to Watch out For
Mumbai Indians
Batsmen – Sachin Tendulkar, Rohit Sharma, Dinesh Karthik,Dwayne Smith and Kieron Pollard
Bowlers – Mitchell Johnson, Lasith Malinga Harbhajan Singh and Pragyan Ojha

Rajasthan Royals
Batsmen – Rahul Dravid, Ajinkya Rahane, Shane Watson, Stuart Binny and Brad Hodge.
Bowlers – James Faulkner, Siddharth Trivedi

Mumbai Indians Team IPL 2013
Abu Nechim Ahmed, Amitoze Singh, Yuzvendra Singh Chahal, Rishi Dhawan, Harbhajan Singh, Dinesh Karthik (wk), Dhawal Kulkarni, Sushant Marathe, Pragyan Ojha, Akshar Patel, Munaf Patel, Ambati Rayudu, Jalaj Saxena, Rohit Sharma, Pawan Suyal, Aditya Tare, Sachin Tendulkar, Suryakumar Yadav , Ricky Ponting (c), Aiden Blizzard, Nathan Coulter-Nile, James Franklin, Philip Hughes, Mitchell Johnson, Lasith Malinga, Glenn Maxwell, Jacob Oram, Kieron Pollard, Dwayne Smith

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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Match 73 Qualifier 1 IPL 2013 – Mumbai Indians vs Chennai Super Kings
Date – Tue May 21
Time – 14:30 GMT | 20:00 IST
Venue – Feroz Shah Kotla, Delhi
Toss – Chennai Super Kings elected to bat
Chennai Super Kings won by 48 runs

Today in the first qualifier of IPL 2013, Chennai Super Kings won the toss and elected to bat first. Michael Hussey and Murali Vijay gave Chennai a superb start as the duo added 52 runs for the first wicket stand before Murli Vijay got out after scoring 23 off 20 balls. Suresh Raina then joined M Hussey and the duo rip apart Mumbai bowling attack. Suresh Raina was particularly severe as he scored 82 off 42 balls which included 5 fours and 5 sixes. Michael Hussey scored 58 balls 86 which included 10 fours and 2 sixes to help CSK post a healthy total of 192/1 in 20 overs.

Chasing 193 to enter the finals of IPL 2013, Mumbai Indians opened with Dwayne Smith and Aditya Tare but the duo could not give Mumbai a good start. Aditya Tare became the victim of Morkel after scoring 7 leaving Mumbai at 12/1 in 1.4 overs. Dinesh Karthik was the next man and he played cautiously from one end but Dwayne Smith accelerated the innings and smashed Chennai bowlers to all corners of Feroz Shah Kolta. Eventually, Ravindra Jadeja got rid of Smith but Smith had done his job well as he score 68 off 28 balls which included 6 fours and 5 sixes. Captain Rohit Sharma and Dinesh Karthik had a huge responsibility as Mumbai needed 101 to win from 10 overs. But both of them failed as they got out after scoring 8 and 11 respectively leaving Mumbai at 101/4 in 12 overs. It was once again left on Pollard to take his team to victory but Ravindra Jadeja got his priced wicket just when he started to look dangerous. With his wicket, the curtains were brought down on Mumbai Indians and finally they were all out for 144 in 18.4 overs and thus lost the match by 48 runs.

With this win, Chennai has entered the final of IPL 2013 where as Mumbai will now have one more chance as they will take on the winner of the eliminator match to be played on 22nd May.

Match 73 Qualifier 1 IPL 2013 – Mumbai Indians vs Chennai Super Kings Scorecard

Match 73 Qualifier 1 IPL 2013 – Mumbai Indians vs Chennai Super Kings
Date – Tue May 21
Time – 14:30 GMT | 20:00 IST
Venue – Feroz Shah Kotla, Delhi

Today in the first qualifier of IPL 2013, Chennai Super Kings will take on the Mumbai Indians at the Feroz Shah Kotla Stadium. Both teams have played exceptional cricket barring few matches and have won 11 out of 16 matches so far. But today it will be a totally different ball game as the pressure of qualifier would be felt by both of them. Two times champions Chennai Super Kings who managed to win just 5 out of 13 matches played against Mumbai in IPL all seasons combined will be hoping that they continue their habit of performing well when it matters the most.

On the other hand, Mumbai Indians have never been so well placed and had a balanced team in past. Today its a golden chance for them to make it to the finals.

Whatever be the result of this game, the team loosing today will have one more chance to qualify for final when they take the winner of eliminator but both these teams will be looking to seize the opportunity today itself and not wait till that match.

Players to Watch Out For
Mumbai Indians – Dwayne Smith, Rohit Sharma and Dinesh Karthik.
Chennai Super Kings – Michael Hussey, Suresh Raina and MS Dhoni.

Mumbai Indians Team IPL 2013
Abu Nechim Ahmed, Amitoze Singh, Yuzvendra Singh Chahal, Rishi Dhawan, Harbhajan Singh, Dinesh Karthik (wk), Dhawal Kulkarni, Sushant Marathe, Pragyan Ojha, Akshar Patel, Munaf Patel, Ambati Rayudu, Jalaj Saxena, Rohit Sharma, Pawan Suyal, Aditya Tare, Sachin Tendulkar, Suryakumar Yadav , Ricky Ponting (c), Aiden Blizzard, Nathan Coulter-Nile, James Franklin, Philip Hughes, Mitchell Johnson, Lasith Malinga, Glenn Maxwell, Jacob Oram, Kieron Pollard, Dwayne Smith

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 69 IPL 2013 – Kings XI Punjab vs Mumbai Indians
Date – Sat May 18
Time – 4:00 pm i.e 10:30 GMT | 16:00 IST
Venue – Himachal Pradesh Cricket Association Stadium, Dharamsala
Toss – Mumbai Indians elected to field
Result – Kings XI Punjab won by 50 runs
Man of the match – Azhar Mahmood

Playing the last match in IPL, Adam Gilchrist signed off with a superb win and a maiden wicket of Harbhajan Singh.

Today in the 69th match of IPL 2013, Mumbai Indians won the toss and invited Kings XI Punjab to bat first. Openers Adam Gilchrist and Mandeep Singh failed to give KXIP a good start and both were back in the pavilion by the 3rd over. KXIP scorecard was reading at 6/2 in 2.2 overs and they needed someone to shoulder the responsibility to take their team to a respective total. Azhar Mahmood and Shaun Marsh then played superbly and steadied KXIP’s innings. They both completed half centuries and took the score past 150. Shaun Marsh got out after scoring a brilliant 47 ball 63 where as Azhar Mahmood scored 80 in 44 balls which included 8 fours and 4 sixes. Finally 20 in 8 balls by Manan Vohra helped KXIP post a good total of 183/8 in 20 overs.

Chasing 184 to win, Mumbai Indians lost Glenn Maxwell on the third ball of the innings for a duck. Aditya Tare and Ambati Rayudu then took the score to 27 before Tare got out after scoring 12 ball 22. Captain Rohit Sharma and Rayudu then took the team score past 50. Rayudu was the next to fall when the team score was 62 and with his wicket, Mumbai Indians lost the scoring momentum and were reduced to 78/5 in 12 overs. Again a magical innings was needed from Pollard to take his team to a sensational victory but he got out after scoring 22 off 21 balls and with his wicket, it was curtain down for Mumbai. Finally Mumbai managed to score 133/9 in 20 overs and thus lost the match by a huge margin of 50 runs.

Despite performing so well today, KXIP have already been shown the door from the league and Mumbai have already qualified for the playoffs. KXIP’s skipper Adam Gilchrist was playing his last match in IPL and to every one’s surprise, he bowled and got the wicket of Harbhajan Singh on the very first ball he bowled in IPL.

Match 69 IPL 2013 – Kings XI Punjab vs Mumbai Indians Scorecard

Match 69 IPL 2013 – Kings XI Punjab vs Mumbai Indians
Date – Sat May 18
Time – 4:00 pm i.e 10:30 GMT | 16:00 IST
Venue – Himachal Pradesh Cricket Association Stadium, Dharamsala

Today in the 69th match of IPL, Kings XI Punjab will take on Mumbai Indians at the Himachal Pradesh Cricket Association Stadium. With Sunrisers winning their last match against Rajasthan, KXIP have lost in the race of playoffs. Even if they win today, they will have 16 points which will not be sufficient for them to qualify. KXIP who have won their last two matches will be playing for some cheer for their fans. On the other hand, Mumbai will be hoping to continue their 5 match winning streak so that players are all boosted up for the qualifiers.

Players to Watch Out For
Kings XI Punjab – Adam Gilchrist, David Miller and Shaun Marsh.
Mumbai Indians – Dinesh Karthik, Rohit Sharma, Sachin Tendulkar, Kieron Pollard and Dwayne Smith

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

Mumbai Indians Team IPL 2013
Abu Nechim Ahmed, Amitoze Singh, Yuzvendra Singh Chahal, Rishi Dhawan, Harbhajan Singh, Dinesh Karthik (wk), Dhawal Kulkarni, Sushant Marathe, Pragyan Ojha, Akshar Patel, Munaf Patel, Ambati Rayudu, Jalaj Saxena, Rohit Sharma, Pawan Suyal, Aditya Tare, Sachin Tendulkar, Suryakumar Yadav , Ricky Ponting (c), Aiden Blizzard, Nathan Coulter-Nile, James Franklin, Philip Hughes, Mitchell Johnson, Lasith Malinga, Glenn Maxwell, Jacob Oram, Kieron Pollard, Dwayne Smith

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