Match – 19th IPL 2014 – Kolkata Knight Riders vs Rajasthan Royals
Date – Tue Apr 29
Time – 18:30 local | 14:30 GMT
Venue – Sheikh Zayed Stadium, Abu Dhabi
Toss – Rajasthan Royals elected to bat
Result – Rajasthan Royals Beat Kolkata Knight Riders

In a sensational match which changed with every ball being bowled, Rajasthan Royals managed to sneak past to victory by defeating Kolkata Knight Riders on the basis of boundary count.

KKR played Super over with Pandey and Yadav where as Royals decided to go with Faulkner. On the very first ball, Yadav got run out. Pandey hit a six on the fourth ball but eventually KKR could post 11/2 in The Super Over.

Rajasthan Royals needed 12 to win and they chose Shane Watson and Steve Smith to play. KKR gave the ball to S Naraine. Royals could manage just 4 runs in first three balls and then Watson hit a four. Royals needed 3 to win on last ball. But as per other rule of IPL, if a match is tied in superover, then team hitting more boundaries will win. Steve Smith and Watson then showed presence of mind and scored 2 runs on last ball. Eventually they won the match on the basis of boundary count.

Needing 153 to win, Gambhir and Bisla added 21 runs in 3.4 overs before Bisla got out. Gambhir played sensibly today and scored 45 off 44 balls before getting out. Kallis also got a start and scored 13 before Tambe got his wicket. M Pandey then raised some hopes with a six and four but got out in that very over. S Yadav then played a superb cameo of 31 off 19 balls to bring KKR back in the hunt. KKR needed 16 off 12 balls but three wickets fell in the 19th over by Faulkner leaving KKR struggling at 141/7 in 18.5 overs. Shakib Al Hasan then came to the team rescue as he scored a brilliant 24 off 14 balls. KKR needed 3 to win off the last ball but Shakib managed to score a double and thus the match was tied.

Earlier Rajasthan Royals won the toss and elected to bat first. Openers A Rahane and KK Nair added 13 runs before Nair got out after scoring just 1. Rahane and Samson then steadied the Royals innings and took the team score past 100. Samson was the next to fall after scoring 20 off 19 balls. Rahane stood firm on one end and along with captain Shane Watson then took the team score past 100. Rahane scored a brilliant 59 balls 72 where as Shane Watson scored 33 in 24 balls before being run out. Finally Royals were able to post 152/5 in 20 overs.

Match – 19th IPL 2014 – Kolkata Knight Riders vs Rajasthan Royals
Date – Tue Apr 29
Time – 18:30 local | 14:30 GMT
Venue – Sheikh Zayed Stadium, Abu Dhabi

Today in the 19th match of IPL Season 7, Kolkata Knight Riders will take on Rajasthan Royals at 8 pm Indian Standard Time.

Rajasthan Royals who are coming into this match with a sky high morale as they thrashed Royal Challengers Bangalore in their last match would be hoping to repeat their performance again today. On the other hand, Kolkata Knight Riders who looked on winning track but lost the track in their last match against Kings XI Punjab will be looking for this match to get back to winning form.

As per IPL stats, both these teams have played 12 matches against each other and each of them have won 6 match apiece.

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

Rajasthan Royals Team For IPL 2014
Shane Watson(captain), Amit Mishra , Ankit Sharma, Ankush Bains, Rajat Bhatia, Stuart Binny,Unmukt Chand, Kevon Cooper, Ben Cutting, James Faulkner, Brad Hodge, Deepak Hooda, Iqbal Abdulla, Dhawal Kulkarni, Vikramjeet Malik, Karun Nair, Abhishek Nayar, Ajinkya Rahane, Kane Richardson, Sanju Samson, Steven Smith, Tim Southee,Pravin Tambe, Rahul Tewatia, Dishant Yagnik.

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Match – 18th IPL 2014 – Royal Challengers Bangalore vs Kings XI Punjab
Date – Mon Apr 28
Time – 18:30 local | 14:30 GMT
Venue – Dubai International Cricket Stadium, Dubai
Toss – Kings XI Punjab elected to field.
Result – Kings XI Punjab won by 5 wickets.
Man of the match – Sandeep Sharma

Kings XI Punjab continued their winning momentum and won their 5 match in a row today to keep their first position on points table intact.

Needing 125 to win, Pujara and Sehwag added 22 for the first wicket stand before Pujara got out after scoring just 10. Soon Saha and the highest run scorer in IPL Maxwell got out cheaply leaving KXIP struggling at 40/3 in 7.1 overs. Sehwag and Miller then steadied the innings and took their team closer to victory. But a twin strike by Chahal in the 13th over opened the match as both Miller and Sehwag got out with the team score reading 88/5 in 13 overs. Captain Bailey(16) and R Dhawan(23) then played sensibly and made sure KXIP register their 5 straight win by defeating RCB who have lost their 3 matches in a row now.

Earlier KXIP won the toss and elected to field first. Royal Challengers Banglore changed their playing eleven today and included Chris Gayle. Gayle and Parthiv Patel opened the innings and Gayle scored 21 runs in the very first over of the innings. Just when it looked that Gayle storm will wipe away KXIP, Sandeep Sharma bowled Gayle out. This wicket triggered the fall of wickets as RCB slipped from 21/1 to 26/4. They needed some one to play a big innings so that they can post a decent total. Yuvraj Singh played sensibly for his 35 and was supported by AB de Villers and Morkel who scored 17 and 15 respectively. Finally RCB were able to post 124/8 in 20 overs.

Match – 18th IPL 2014 – Royal Challengers Bangalore vs Kings XI Punjab
Date – Mon Apr 28
Time – 18:30 local | 14:30 GMT
Venue – Dubai International Cricket Stadium, Dubai

Today in the 18th match of IPL Season 7, 2014 the undefeated Kings XI Punjab will take on formidable Royal Challengers Bangalore at 8 pm Indian Standard Time.

KXIP who have a dream run so far thanks to the superb batting and bowling performance as they have crushed their opponents in each match will be hoping to continue the winning momentum today.

RCB who started with a bang in this season with two wins seem to have lost their stand as they lost their last two matches against KKR and Rajasthan Royals will be looking to come back into this game. With the likes of Virat, Yuvraj and AB de Villiers, RCB is a really strong team and would like to forget their dismal performance aginst Rajsthan in their previous match and stop the winning momentum of KXIP

As per IPL stats, Kings XI Punjab have won 7 where as RCB have won 5 out of the total 12 matches these teams have played so far.

Kings XI Punjab Team For IPL 2014
George Bailey (captain), Anureet Singh,Parvinder Awana, Lakshmipathy Balaji, Rishi Dhawan, Gurkeerat Singh Mann, Beuran Hendricks, Mitchell Johnson, Karanveer Singh, Murali Kartik, Mandeep Singh, Shaun Marsh, Glenn Maxwell, David Miller, Akshar Patel, Thisara Perera, Cheteshwar Pujara, Wriddhiman Saha, Sandeep Sharma, Virender Sehwag, Shivam Sharma, Shardul Thakur, Manan Vohra.

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 – 17th IPL 2014 – Sunrisers Hyderabad vs Chennai Super Kings
Date – Sun Apr 27
Time – 18:30 local | 14:30 GMT
Venue – Sharjah Cricket Association Stadium, Sharjah
Toss – Sunrisers won the toss and elected to bat first
Result – Chennai Super Kings Won by 5 wickets.

Chennai Super Kings  won by 5 wickets today against Sunrisers Hyderabad in a well fought match to add to their points tally. Earlier Sunrisers won the toss and elected to bat first. S Dhawan got out after scoring just 7 and in the same over, D Warner got out leaving Sunrisers struggling at 15/2 in 2.4 overs. Rahul and Finch then steadied the innings and took the score past 50. Just when the duo started to look dangerous, Smith got the wicket of Rahul. Finch continued to score run a ball and along with cameo from Sharma and Sammy, helped Sunrisers post a total of 145/5 in 20 overs.

Chasing 146 to win, CSK got off to a flying start with openers D Smith and B McCullum adding 85 runs for the first wicket stand. McCullum was the first to fall after scoring 33 ball 40 but he had done his job as a perfect platform was laid for the upcoming batsmen. Smith (66 off 46 balls 4×4, 5×6) on the other continued his scintillating batting and along with Raina took the team score past 100. Just when it looked that CSK will cruise to an easy win, Raina got out which brought Sunrisers back into the match. One after the another, wickets started to fell which increased the pressure on both the teams. CSK needed 6 off the last over with Dhoni and Manhas playing at the center. Captain Cool and Minhas played sensibly and took their team to a 5 wicket win.

Match – 17th IPL 2014 – Sunrisers Hyderabad vs Chennai Super Kings Scorecard