Match 9 IPL 2013 – Royal Challengers Bangalore vs Sunrisers Hyderabad
Date – Tue Apr 9
Time – 4:00 pm i.e 10:30 GMT | 16:00 IST
Venue – M Chinnaswamy Stadium, Bangalore

Once again it will be Royal Challengers Bangalore and Sunrisers Hyderabad taking on each other after a thrilling encounter last Sunday. Sunrisers who defeated RCB in a Superover will be beaming with confidence and would be looking to make 3 wins out of 3 matches today.

On the other hand RCB would be seeking revenge for their defeat in the last match and would go all out today to beat Sunrisers.

Royal Challengers Bangalore Team IPL 2013
Virat Kohli (c), Mayank Agarwal, K P Appanna, S Aravind, Arun Karthik, Murali Kartik, Zaheer Khan, Abhimanyu Mithun, Abhinav Mukund, Karun Nair, Pankaj Singh, Prasanth Parameswaran, Harshal Patel, Cheteshwar Pujara, Sandeep Warrier, Rudra Pratap Singh, Sunny Sohal, Syed Mohammad, Saurabh Tiwary, Jaidev Unadkat, Ranganath Vinay Kumar, Vijay Zol, Sheldon Jackson , Daniel Christian, Christopher Barnwell, AB De Villiers (wk), Tillakaratne Dilshan, Chris Gayle, Moises Henriques, Andrew McDonald, Muttiah Muralitharan, Ravi Rampaul, Daniel Vettori

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

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Match 8 IPL 2013 –Rajasthan Royals vs Kolkata Knight Riders
Date – Mon Apr 8
Time – 8:00 pm i.e 14:30 GMT | 20:00 IST
Venue – Sawai Mansingh Stadium, Jaipur
Toss – Kolkata Knight Riders elected to field
Result – Rajasthan Royals won by 19 runs

Today in the 8th match of IPL 2013, Knight Riders won the toss and elected to field first. The dangerous Shane Watson fell after scoring just 5 runs which brought last match hero captain Rahul Dravid on crease. He along with Ajinkya Rahane then steadied the innings. Just when to duo looked settled, Bhatia bowled Dravid leaving Royals at 46/2 in 7.5 overs. Stuart Binny also got a start but failed to utilize it. The real star for Royals was Brad Hodge whose cameo of 46 off 31 balls which included 7 fours helped Royal post a total of 144/6 in 20 overs.

Chasing 145 to win, Kolkata Knight riders opener Gautam Gambhir scored some quick runs but in th third over Rahul Shukla strike twice and got the wickets of Manvinder Bisla and Jacques Kallis leaving KKR at 20/2 in 2.3 overs. Gambhir and Manoj Tiwary then tried to steady the innings but in the seventh over, twin strike by Siddharth Trivedi left KKR in tatters. Yusuf Pathan also lost his wicket in the very next over leaving KKR struggling at 44/5 in 7.3 overs. With half team back in pavilion and still needing another 101 to win, it was a real daunting task. Eoin Morgan did tried his best as he scored 51 off 38 balls but Royal bowlers did a splendid job and took wickets at regular intervals and finally bowled out KKR for 125 in 19 overs.

Match 8 IPL 2013 – Rajasthan Royals vs Kolkata Knight Riders Scorecard

Match 8 IPL 2013 –Rajasthan Royals vs Kolkata Knight Riders
Date – Mon Apr 8
Time – 8:00 pm i.e 14:30 GMT | 20:00 IST
Venue – Sawai Mansingh Stadium, Jaipur

Defending champions Kolkata Knight Riders take on Rajasthan Royals today at the Sawai Mansingh Stadium at 8 pm in the 8th match of IPL 2013. Both the teams are riding on a win as they defeated Delhi Daredevils in their previous match.

Rajasthan Royals will be relying on all rounder Shane Watson as he has been the most consistent player for the Royals where as KKR will be hoping that captain Gautam Gambhir returns to his devastating best as soon as possible.

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

Kolkata Knight Riders Team IPL 2013
Gautam Gambhir (c), Sarabjit Singh Ladda, Lakshmipathy Balaji, Rajat Bhatia, Manvinder Bisla(wk), Debabrata Das, Iqbal Abdulla, Yusuf Pathan, Pradeep Sangwan, Mohammad Shami, Laxmi Ratan Shukla, Manoj Tiwary, Brad Haddin, Jacques Kallis, Brett Lee, Brendon McCullum, Ryan McLaren’ Eoin Morgan, Sunil Narine, James Pattinson, Sachithra Senanayake, Shakib Al Hasan, Ryan ten Doeschate

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Match 7 IPL 2013 –Sunrisers Hyderabad vs Royal Challengers Bangalore
Date – Sun Apr 7
Time – 8:00 pm i.e 14:30 GMT | 20:00 IST
Venue – Rajiv Gandhi International Stadium, Uppal, Hyderabad
Toss – Royal Challengers Bangalore elected to bat
Result – Match Tied (Sunrisers Hyderabad win one-over eliminator)

Today in the 7th match of IPL 2013, Royal Challengers Bangalore won the toss and elected to bat first. Sunrisers bowlers could not have given the team a better start as they got rid of the most dangerous IPL player Chris Gayle for just 1. Tillakaratne Dilshan also got out soon leaving RCB at 22/2 in 3.4 overs. Captain Virat Kohli along with Moises Henriques steadied the RCB innings but the duo could not excel the run rate. After the fall of Kohli, RCB could not gain momentum as wickets started to fell at regular intervals. Finally RCB managed to post 130/8 in allotted 20 overs.

Chasing 131 to register their second win in two matches, Sunrisers Hyderabad lost Parthiv Patel in the second over. Soon Cameron White also got out leaving Sunrisers at 20/2 in 3.3 overs. Akshath Reddy and Hanuma Vihari then took the score to 48 at which Reddy got out leaving Sunrisers at 48/3 8.2 overs. Kumar Sangakkara then came to the center and scored 16 off 17balls before getting out and leaving Sunrisers at 81/4 in 13.4 overs. Hyderabad needed another 50 to win from 38 balls and though wickets kept falling from other end but Hanuma Vihari was firm on one end and his knock of 44 runs off 46 balls ensured that the match ended in a tie.

Super over was played to get the result. Sunrisers batted first and posted a total of 20 thanks to Cameron White’s 2 sixes in the super over. RCB had Gayle and Kohli in the center and despite hitting one six and four, RCB felt short and were able to score just 15 runs.

Match 7 IPL 2013 – Sunrisers Hyderabad vs Royal Challengers Bangalore Scorecard

Match 6 IPL 2013 – Pune Warriors vs Kings XI Punjab
Date – Sunday Apr 7, 2013
Time – 4:00 pm i.e 10:30 GMT | 16:00 IST
Venue – Subrata Roy Sahara Stadium, Pune
Toss – Pune Warriors elected to bat
Result – Kings XI Punjab won by 8 Wickets

Today in the 6th match of IPL 2013, Pune Warriors won the toss and elected to bat first against Kings XI Punjab. Manish Pandey got out in the very first over reducing Pune to 1/1 in 1 over. Pune never ever recovered from this early jolt and wickets started to fell at regular intervals. Abhishek Nayar was the highest scorer with 25 off 26 balls and helped Pune post a small total of 99/9 in 20 overs. Every Kings XI Punjab bowler was successful today and they never allowed Pune batsmen to score easy runs.

Chasing 100 to register their first win in IPL 6, KXIP got off to a super fast start and scored 22 before Adam Gilchrist got out. But the tempo was maintained by Mandeep Singh and Manan Vohra as they raced past 50 in the 5th over. There was no looking back for Kings XI Punjab and Pune bowlers tried all variations but had little total to defend, they got the wicket of Mandeep but Manan Vohra and David Hussey then took KXIP to a comfortable 8 wickets win.

Match 6 IPL 2013 – Pune Warriors vs Kings XI Punjab Scorecard