Match – 54th IPL 2014 – Kolkata Knight Riders vs Sunrisers Hyderabad
Date – Sat May 24
Time – 20:00 local | 14:30 GMT
Venue – Eden Gardens, Kolkata
Toss – Kolkata Knight Riders elected to field
Result – Kolkata Knight Riders won by 4 wickets
Man of the match – Yusuf Pathan

In an exciting IPL game, Yusuf Pathan powered Kolkata Knight Riders to an emphatic 4 wicket win. They won within 15.2 overs and thus made sure they have two shots at the final as they have displaced CSK as number two team in IPL points table.

Chasing 161 to win, Kolkata Knight Riders got off to a flying start with Robin Uthappa and Gautam Gambhir adding43 runs in 4.4 overs for the first wicket stand. But with the fall of Gambhir, the scoring rate dipped but KKR slowly and steadily were getting close to their target. The real star for KKR was Yusuf Pathan who not only made sure his team won but won within those 15.2 overs to improve their net run rate and move ahead of Chennai in points table. When Yusuf came to the crease KKR needed 106 from 47 balls and it looked highly impossible for them. But Pathan was in full flow today and was supported by the poor fielding and drop catches by Hyderbad. Pathan was given more than 2 chances and he made the full use of it. He hammered the fastest IPL fifty in just 15 balls and his total of 72 of 22 balls ( 5 fours and 7 sixes) helped his team win by 4 wickets.

Earlier KKR won the toss and elected to field first. SRH lost opener David Warner on the second ball of the innings as he was bowled by Morkel. But Shikhar Dhawan and Naman Ojha took took charge and took the score to 69 in 8 overs when Ojha became the victim of Doeschate. Though wickets kept falling at regular intervals but runs kept coming. Every middle order batsmen contributed and helped Sunrisers Hyderabad post a total of 160/7 in 20 overs

Match – 54th IPL 2014 – Kolkata Knight Riders vs Sunrisers Hyderabad Scorecard

Match – 53rd IPL 2014 – Royal Challengers Bangalore vs Chennai Super Kings
Date – Sat May 24
Time – 16:00 local | 10:30 GMT
Venue – M.Chinnaswamy Stadium, Bangalore
Toss – Chennai Super Kings elected to field
Result – Chennai Super Kings won by 8 wickets
Man of the match – MS Dhoni

Chennai Super Kings ended their league stage on a positive note today as they defeated RCB by 8 wickets to finish second in points table.

Chasing 155 to win, Chennai Super Kings got off to a flying start with Dwayne Smith and Faf du Plessis adding 57 runs in 4.2 overs for the first wicket stand. Dwayne Smith was the first to fall after scoring 34 in 17 balls. Suresh Raina came to the center and scored 18 off 18 balls before MS Dhoni came to the center and smashed every bowler out of park. Dhoni’s cameo of 49 in 28 balls and Faf du Plessis unbeaten 54 off 42 helped CSK register an emphatic 8 wicket win over RCB.

Earlier Chennai won the toss and invited RCB to bat. Royal Challengers Bangalore got off to a poor start as they lost opener Rilee Rossouw on the fifth ball of the innings when the team score was just 2. Yogesh Takawale and Vijay Zol also fell cheaply and RCB were struggling at 33/3 in 5.4 overs. Captain Virat Kohli and Yuvraj Singh then steadied the innings and added 55 runs in 8.2 overs. Kohli played superbly for his 49 ball 73 and helped RCB post a total of 154/6 in 20 overs.

Match – 53rd IPL 2014 – Royal Challengers Bangalore vs Chennai Super Kings Scorecard

Match – 54th IPL 2014 – Kolkata Knight Riders vs Sunrisers Hyderabad
Date – Sat May 24
Time – 20:00 local | 14:30 GMT
Venue – Eden Gardens, Kolkata

Today in the second match of the day and the 54th match of Season 7, Kolkata Knight Riders will take on Sunrisers Hyderabad at 8 pm Indian Standard Time.

Kolkata Knight Riders who are on a roll with six consecutive wins will be hoping to make it seven today and move up to the second spot in points table. On the other hand, its a do or die match for Sunrisers Hyderabad. If SRH loses today, they will be out of this season but if they win, they will be tied on 14 points with Rajasthan Royals. If this happens, the Sunday match between Rajasthan Royals and Mumbai Indians will be an all important match as it will seal the fate of three teams – Rajsthan Royals, Sunrisers Hyderabad and Mumbai Indians as then the net run rate will decide the fourth team to qualify for the IPL 2014 playoffs.

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

Sunrisers Hyderabad Team For IPL 2014
Shikhar Dhawan(captain), Srikkanth Anirudha, Ashish Reddy, Ricky Bhui, Aaron Finch, Moises Henriques, Jason Holder, Manpreet Juneja, Bhuvneshwar Kumar, Chama Milind, Amit Mishra, Naman Ojha (wk), Prasanth Parameswaran, Parvez Rasool, Irfan Pathan, Amit Paunikar, Lokesh Rahul, Darren Sammy, Ishant Sharma,Karn Sharma, Dale Steyn, Brendan Taylor, Venugopal Rao, David Warner.

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Match – 53rd IPL 2014 – Royal Challengers Bangalore vs Chennai Super Kings
Date – Sat May 24
Time – 16:00 local | 10:30 GMT
Venue – M.Chinnaswamy Stadium, Bangalore

Today in the 53rd match of Pepsi IPL 2014 Royal Challengers Bangalore will take om Chennai Super Kings at 4 pm Indian Standard Time.

Royal Challengers Bangalore who are already out of this season’s playoff race as they lost 8 matches will playing for pride. RCB who started the season with a bang with back to back wins have failed to click together as a team. When their batting fires, bowlers fail to defend and when bowlers do well, they are not supported well by batsmen.

On the other hand, Chennai Super Kings who are sitting at number 2 spot in points table have already qualified for the playoffs but they have lost three matches in a row and would now be hoping to get back their winning momentum so that the team advances to the next stage with a much needed confidence

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.

Royal Challengers Banglore Team For IPL 2014
Virat Kohli(captain), Varun Aaron, Abu Nechi, Yuzvendra Chahal, AB de Villiers, Ashok Dinda, Chris Gayle, Shadab Jakati, Nic Maddinson, Tanmay Mishra, Albie Morkel, Muttiah Muralitharan, Harshal Patel, Parthiv Patel, Ravi Rampaul, Sachin Rana, Sandeep Warrier , Mitchell Starc, Yogesh Takawale, Yuvraj Singh, Vijay Zol.

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Match – 52nd IPL 2014 – Kings XI Punjab vs Rajasthan Royals
Date – Fri May 23
Time – 20:00 local | 14:30 GMT
Venue – Punjab C.A. Stadium, Mohali
Toss – Rajasthan Royals elected to field
Result – Kings XI Punjab won by 16 runs
Man of the match – Shaun Marsh

Rajasthan Royals lost to Kings XI Punjab today and thus lost their chance to assure a place in playoffs. Now they need to beat Mumbai Indians on Sunday to make it to the playoffs. On the other hand, KXIP have extended their lead and will be the table toppers.

Chasing 180 to win and make sure they qualify for playoffs, Rajasthan Royals openers Ajinkya Rahane and Karun Nair added 21 runs after which Nair became victim of Balaji. Rahane and Sanju Samson then took the score past 50 and just when the duo looked settled Rishi Dhawan came to bowl and got the priced wicket of Rahane and Shane Watson on consecutive balls. Royals were reduced to 56/3 in 8.2 overs. Sanju Samson and Stuart Binny had a huge responsibility on their shoulders but excellent bowling by KXIP never allowed them easy runs. Stuart Binny fell after scoring just 7 to Karanveer who also accounted for Sanju Samson (30 off 29 bals). Royals were struggling at 83/5 in 13.1 overs and needed some one to play a cameo. Brad Hodge and James Faulkner came to the team’s rescue and gave a scare to KXIP. Hodge scoed 31 in 18 balls before falling to Patel where as James Faulkner scored 35 off 13 balls and kept Royals in the hunt. But finally Royals needed 31 runs from the last over which proved to too much and they got down fighting and scored 163/8 and thus lost the match by 16 runs.

Earlier Rajasthan Royals won the toss and elected to field. Kings XI Punjab openers, Virender Sehwag and Manan Vohra added 24 runs in 2.2 overs for the first wicket stand. Sehwag was the first to go after scoring 18 off 8 balls. Vohra and Marsh then took the team score past 50. On the score of 54, Vohra got run out after scoring 25. Shaun Marsh and Wriddhiman Saha then added 59 runs in 6.4 overs to take the score to 113. Marsh was the next to fall after scoring 35 ball 40. Saha, Miller and Bailey chipped in with useful 27, 29 and 26 respectively to help KXIP post a total of 179/4 in 20 overs.

Match – 52nd IPL 2014 – Kings XI Punjab vs Rajasthan Royals Scorecard