Match 61 IPL 2013 – Rajasthan Royals vs Chennai Super Kings
Date – Sun May 12
Time –8:00 pm i.e 14:30 GMT | 20:00 IST
Venue – Sawai Mansingh Stadium, Jaipur
Toss – Rajasthan Royals elected to field
Result – Rajasthan Royals won by 5 wickets
Man of the match – Shane Watson

Today in the 61st match of IPL 2013, Rajasthan Royals won the toss and elected to field first. Michael Hussey and Murali Vijay opened the innings for Chennai and the duo gave a flying start as they added 83 runs in 11.3 overs before Hussey was bowled by Binny. This wicket triggered the wicket loss and stopped the momentum for CSK. Suresh Raina, and MS Dhoni fell for 1 and 2 respectively leaving CSK at 89/3 in 12.5 overs. M Vijay completed his half century and was run out after scoring 55. But the brakes on scoring runs was applied by Royal bowlers and finally CSK could post 141/4 in 20 overs.

Chasing 142 to guarantee a place in playoffs, Rajasthan Royals got off to a dismal start as they lost man in form Ajinkya Rahane when the team score was just 14. Soon James Faulkner and Sanju Samson also got out leaving Royals at 19/3 in 4.4 overs. Captain Rahul Dravid and Shane Watson then tried to stabilize the innings but Dravid got out after scoring 28. It was till the 10th over CSK was in total control of the game but in the 11th over, fortunes flipped as Shane Watson and Stuart Binny took charge and hammered CSK bowlers. Shane Watson was particularly severe as he played a match winning innings of 70 off 34 balls which included 6 fours and as many sixes. He was well supported by Stuart Binny and the duo ensured a 5 wicket win over CSK to move to second spot in points tally.

Match 61 IPL 2013 – Rajasthan Royals vs Chennai Super Kings Scorecard

Match 61 IPL 2013 – Rajasthan Royals vs Chennai Super Kings
Date – Sun May 12
Time –8:00 pm i.e 14:30 GMT | 20:00 IST
Venue – Sawai Mansingh Stadium, Jaipur

Today in the 61st match of IPL 2013, Rajasthan Royals will take on table-toppers Chennai Super Kings. While CSK has already confirmed their position in playoffs, a win for Royals will also cement their place in the playoffs.

Both the teams are coming into this match with a win on their back and thus would be looking to continue the winning momentum. Though victory is more important for Royals at this stage but Dhoni lead CSK has always shown the hunger for more and more wins. Thus this match is expected to be a real entertainer for the fans of IPL.

Players To Watch Out For
Rajasthan Royals – Shane Watson, Rahul Dravid, Stuart Binny and Ajinkya Rahane
Chennai Super Kings – Michael Hussey, MS Dhoni and Suresh Raina

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

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 55 IPL 2013 –Kings XI Punjab vs Rajasthan Royals
Date – Thu May 9
Time – 4:00 pm i.e 10:30 GMT | 16:00 IST
Venue – Punjab Cricket Association Stadium, Mohali, Chandigarh

Today in the 55th match of Pepsi IPL 2013, Kings XI Punjab will take on Rajasthan Royals at Punjab Cricket Association Stadium. KXIP who are beaming with confidence after chasing 190 to win against RCB will be hoping for another win today to keep alive in the league.

On the other hand Rajasthan Royals also are coming with back to back wins against Pune and Delhi and will be looking forward for a huge win today to boost the net run rate.

Players to Watch out for
Kings XI Punjab – David Miller, David Hussey and Shaun Marsh.
Rajasthan Royals – Rahul Dravid, Ajinkya Rahane and Stuart Binny.

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

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 52 IPL 2013 –Rajasthan Royals vs Delhi Daredevils
Date – Tue May 7
Time – 4:00 pm i.e 10:30 GMT | 16:00 IST
Venue – Sawai Mansingh Stadium, Jaipur

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

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 50 IPL 2013 – Rajasthan Royals vs Pune Warriors
Date – Sun May 5
Time – 8:00 pm i.e 14:30 GMT | 20:00 IST
Venue – Sawai Mansingh Stadium, Jaipur
Toss – Pune Warriors elected to bat
Result – Rajasthan Royals won by 5 wickets
Man of the match: Ajinkya Rahane

Today in the 50th match of Pepsi IPL 2013, Pune Warriors won the toss and elected to bat first. Robin Uthappa and Aaron Finch gave them flying start as they added 97 runs for the first wicket stand. Aaron Finch was the first who got out as he was bowled by Cooper after he scored 45 off 32 balls. Yuvraj Singh looked good but his innings ended after he scored just 15. Uthappa was run out by Samson and thus Pune were placed at 129/3 in 15.2 overs. Mitchell Marsh then played a cameo of 35 off 21 balls and along with Angelo Mathews helped Pune post a good total of 178/4 in 20 overs.

Chasing 179 to stay alive in the competition, captain Rahul Dravid and Ajinkya Rahane added 98 runs for the first wicket stand in 11.5 overs. Rahul Dravid scored a brilliant 40 ball 58 before getting out. The stage was set for a perfect chase but the fall of Watson, Rahane and Brad Hodge raised hopes for Pune. Needing 28 to win from 12 balls, the match was poised for an interesting finish but Stuart Binny once again bailed Royals out with his camoe of 32 off 13 bals which included 2 fours and 2 sixes. Finally Royals were able to reach the victory target with 1 ball to spare and 5 wickets in hand.

Match 50 IPL 2013 – Rajasthan Royals vs Pune Warriors Scorecard