Match 74 Eliminator IPL 2013 – Rajasthan Royals v Sunrisers Hyderabad
Date – Wed May 22 IPL 2013
Time – 14:30 GMT | 20:00 IST
Venue – Feroz Shah Kotla, Delhi

Today in a do or die match of IPL 2013 eliminator, Rajasthan Royals will take on Sunrisers Hyderabad at the Feroz Shah Kotla stadium. Both these teams have a wonderful home record but today’s neutral venue will be a challenge for both of them. Sunrisers who made in the playoffs with a win in their last match will be hoping to continue with the winning momentum and make it to the second qualifier.

On the other hand, Rajasthan Royals have been low on morale due to recent spot fixing charges and also as they suffered a humiliating defeat in their last match against Sunrisers. But this team is known for coming back when needed the most and thus fans will be hoping that Royals avenge the defeat at the hands of Hyderabad in style today and move to the second qualifier.

Players to watch out for
Sunrisers Hyderabad – Parthiv Patel, Thisara Perera, Darren Sammy and Shikar Dhawan
Rajasthan Royals – Ajinkya Rahane, Rahul Dravid, Shane Watson and Stuart Binny

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

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 68 IPL 2013 – Sunrisers Hyderabad vs Rajasthan Royals
Date – Fri May 17
Time – 8:00 pm i.e 14:30 GMT | 20:00 IST
Venue –Rajiv Gandhi International Stadium, Uppal, Hyderabad
Toss – Sunrisers Hyderabad elected to bat
Result – Sunrisers Hyderabad won by 23 runs

Today in the 68th match of IPL 2013, Sunrisers Hyderabad won the toss and elected to bat first. Faulkner claimed two wickets in the second over of the innings leaving Sunrisers at 4/2 in 2 overs. With both openers Parthiv Patel and Shikhar Dhawan back, captain Cameron White and Hanuma Vihari had a huge responsibility on their shoulders but captain White got our on a duck leaving Sunrisers in deep trouble at 5/3 in 2.4 overs. Hanuma Vihari and Biplab Samantray then tried to revive Sunrisers prospects and the duo added 44 runs before Hanuma got out after scoring 19 off 28 balls. With 49/4 in 10.3 overs, Sunrisers needed some one to raise the run rate. Biplab Samantray and Darren Sammy then took the team score past 100 with superb knocks of 55 and 23 respectively. 13 ball 17 by Thisara Perera finally helped Sunrisers post a total of 136/9 in 20 overs.

Chasing 137 to win and make qualifying for Sunrisers hard, Royals got off to a good start as captain Dravid and Rahane added 39 in 7.3 overs before Rahul Dravid was run out by White for 25. This was the one wicket which change the course of the match as wickets started to fell at regular intervals. Ajinkya Rahane was the next to fall followed by Sanju Samson. At 51/3 in 11.5 overs, Royals still looked in command as they had Watson and Stuart Binny but Perera accounted for both of them leaving Royals half down at 65/5 in 14 overs. The middle order and lower middle order collapsed within 3 overs and Royals were in tatters at 85/8 in 17.1 overs. Kevon Cooper’s 26, the highest individual score from Royals in this match finally helped Royals to reach 113/9 in 20 overs and thus lose the match by 23 runs.

With this win, Sunrisers have moved one step closer to the playoffs. Kings XI Punjab are now out of the playoff contention and now Sunrisers will be hoping that Chennai beats RCB otherwise it would go to the net run rate. The team with better run rate will be the 4th team to qualify.

Match 68 IPL 2013 – Sunrisers Hyderabad vs Rajasthan Royals Scorecard

Match 68 IPL 2013 – Sunrisers Hyderabad vs Rajasthan Royals
Date – Fri May 17
Time – 8:00 pm i.e 14:30 GMT | 20:00 IST
Venue –Rajiv Gandhi International Stadium, Uppal, Hyderabad

Today in the 68th match of IPL 2013, Sunrisers Hyderabad will take on Rajasthan Royals at the Rajiv Gandhi International Stadium. Rajasthan who have already qualified for the playoffs will be playing to boost the morale of the players who have been shattered due to the recent spot fixing scandal.

On the other hand, its a do or die situation for the Sunrisers Hyderabad as they need to win both of their remaining matches to stay alive in the league.

Players to watch out for
Sunrisers Hyderabad – Parthiv Patel, Thisara Perera, Darren Sammy and Shikar Dhawan
Rajasthan Royals – Ajinkya Rahane, Rahul Dravid, Shane Watson and Stuart Binny

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

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 66 IPL 2013 – Mumbai Indians vs Rajasthan Royals
Date – Wed May 15
Time – 8:00 pm i.e 14:30 GMT | 20:00 IST
Venue – Wankhede Stadium, Mumbai
Toss – Rajasthan Royals elected to field
Result – Mumbai Indians won by 14 runs

Today in the 66th match of IPL Season 6, Rajasthan Royals won the toss and invited Mumbai to bat first. Mumbai rested injured Tendulkar and opened with Glenn Maxwell and Aditya Tare and the duo added 25 in 3.1 overs before Maxwell got out after scoring 17 balls 23. Aditya Tare and Dinesh Karthik then continued the good run and took the team score to 101. Karthik was the next to fall as he got out after scoring 21 ball 21. Aditya Tare completed his half century before getting out for 37 ball 59 but had laid a solid platform for the upcoming batsmen. Rohit Sharma and last match hero Kieron Pollard scored quickfire 14 and 17 respectively and 7 ball 15 by Harbhajan Singh helped Mumbai post a total of 166/8 in 20 overs.

Chasing 169 to win, Royals got off to the worst possible start as they lost captain Dravid in the very first over when the team score was just 5. James Faulkner and Ajinkya Rahane then took the score to 22 and then James got out after scoring 12. With this fall, Mumbai bowlers tightened the grip and got the priced wicket of man in form Ajinkya Rahane and Sanju Samson in quick succession. Royals were struggling at 28/4 in 5.4 overs and needed the magic of Stuart Binny and Shane Watson. The duo raised some hopes as they took the score past 50 but a mistimed shot by Watson lead to his fall leaving Royals at 58/5 in 9.1 overs. The required run rate kept increasing and the pressure was clearly seen on Rajasthan batsmen. Stuart Binny remained unbeaten on 37 and the cameo of 39 in 27 by Brad Hodge raised hopes but with the wicket of Hodge, it was all over for Royals and finally they fell short of total by 14 runs.

With this win, Mumbai regained the top spot in points table which they lost to Chennai after Chennai registered a win in their last encounter.

Match 66 IPL 2013 – Mumbai Indians vs Rajasthan Royals Scorecard

Match 66 IPL 2013 –Mumbai Indians vs Rajasthan Royals
Date – Wed May 15
Time – 8:00 pm i.e 14:30 GMT | 20:00 IST
Venue – Wankhede Stadium, Mumbai

Today in the 66th match of IPL 2013, Mumbai Indians will take on Rajasthan Royals at the Wankhede Stadium. Both the teams are on a roll with 4 successive wins and thus will be looking to continue the record and thus the fans can expect a real cracker today.

Mumbai who had a superb win against Hyderabad in their last match thanks to the match winnings innings by Pollard will be looking forward for another win today to move to number one spot in points table. On the other hand, Royals too defeated the current number one Chennai in their last match and are thus beaming with confidence.

Players to Watch Out For
Mumbai Indians – Sachin Tendulkar, Dwayne Smith, Dinesh Karthik, Rohit Sharma and Kieron Pollard.
Rajasthan Royals – Rahul Dravid, Stuart Binny, Ajinkya Rahane and Shane Watson.

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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