Match 4th match – Sunrisers Hyderabad vs Rajasthan Royals
Date – Fri Apr 18
Time – 14:30 GMT | 20:00 IST
Venue – Sheikh Zayed Stadium, Abu Dhabi
Toss – Rajasthan Royals elected to field
Result – Rajasthan Royals won by 4 wickets

Chasing 134 to win, Rajasthan Royals lost opener Abhishek Nayar in the very first over when the team score was just 4. Soon Sanju Samson and captain Shane Watson also got out leaving Rajasthan struggling at 31/3 in 6.2 overs. Ajinkya Rahane and Stuart Binny then came to the team’s rescue as the duo added 77 runs in 9.2 overs and took the score past 100. When it looked that Royals are heading towards an easy win, Mishra striked and got the wicket of Rahane. At this stage the match was equally poised as Royals needed 26 off last 4 overs but some excellent bowling by Sunrisers helped them get some quick wickets and make the chase difficult. Royals needed 8 to win from the last over and it ws Stuart Binny who held the nerves and made sure Royals register their first win in the 2014 season of IPL.

Earlier Rajasthan Royals won the toss and invited Sunrisers to bat first. Sunrisers Hyderabad lost opener Aaron Finch on the fifth ball of the innings when the team score was just 2. But captain Shikhar Dhawan and David Warner then had a partnership of 75 which laid a platform for a good total. But two quick wickets peg them back and then some good bowling by Royals finally restricted Sunrisers to 133/6 in 20 overs

Match 4th match – Sunrisers Hyderabad vs Rajasthan Royals Scorecard

Match 3rd match – Chennai Super Kings vs Kings XI Punjab
Date – Fri Apr 18
Time – 10:30 GMT | 16:00 IST
Venue – Sheikh Zayed Stadium, Abu Dhabi
Toss – Chennai Super Kings elected to bat
Result – Kings XI Punjab won by 6 wickets
Man of the match – Glenn Maxwell

In a thriller today, it was Glenn Maxwell who single handidly took the match away from Chennai Super Kings. Kings XI Punjab who were chasing a total of 206 to win, got off to a fast start but lost both Sehwag and Pujara when the team score was just 38. Glenn Maxwell and David Miller then came to the center stage and changed the whole complexion of the game as the duo had a partnership of 115 runs in just 10.3 overs. Glenn Maxwell scored 95 off 43 balls (15×4, 2×6) where as David Miller remained unbeaten on 37 ball 54(3×4,3×6) in the thrilling chase and helped the team win by 6 wickets.

Earlier Chennai Super Kings won the toss and elected to bat first. They got off to a flying start as both the openers Dwayne Smith and Brendon McCullum added 123 runs in 12.4 overs for the first wicket partnership. Smith scored a brilliant 43 ball 66 with 6 fours and 3 sixes where as McCullum posted 67 off 45 balls with 4 fours and 5 sixes. The duo laid a solid platform for a high target and the middle order executed it well with all having more than 100 strike rate as they posted a huge 205/4 in 20 overs.

Match 3rd match – Chennai Super Kings vs Kings XI Punjab Scorecard

Match 4th match – Sunrisers Hyderabad vs Rajasthan Royals
Date – Fri Apr 18
Time – 14:30 GMT | 20:00 IST
Venue – Sheikh Zayed Stadium, Abu Dhabi

Today in the second match of the day and the 4th of IPL season 7, Sunrisers Hyderabad will take on Rajasthan Royals at 8 pm Indian Standard Time.

Both of these teams finished in top 4 teams in the last season. Despite lacking big names, these teams have played superbly and have impressed one and all. RR look to be slighly above Hyderabad due to the recent form of Amit Mishra but if Hyderabad’s Dale Steyn gets rolling, it would be a real tough battle today.

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.

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 3rd match – Chennai Super Kings vs Kings XI Punjab
Date – Fri Apr 18
Time – 10:30 GMT | 16:00 IST
Venue – Sheikh Zayed Stadium, Abu Dhabi

Today in the 3rd match of IPL 2014, two-time champions Chennai Super Kings will take on Kings XI Punjab at 4 pm Indian Time at Sheikh Zayed Stadium, Abu Dhabi

CSK is one of the top performing team in IPL where as Kings XI have much to prove. As per IPL stats, CSK have won 8 out of total 12 games played so far between these teams.

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.

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.

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Match 2nd IPL – Delhi Daredevils vs Royal Challengers Bangalore
Date – Thu Apr 17
Venue – Sharjah Cricket Association Stadium, Sharjah
Time – 18:30 local | 14:30 GMT
Toss – Royal Challengers Bangalore elected to field
Result -Royal Challengers Bangalore won by 8 wickets
Man of the match – Yuzvendra Chahal

Today in the second match of IPL 2014, Royal Challengers Bangalore won the toss and elected to field first againt Delhi Daredevils. Delhi who were playing without their captain Pieterson were off to a disastrous start as they lost three quick wickets and were reduced to 17/3 in 4.1 overs. Murli Vijay and Jean-Paul Duminy then took the score to 35 when Vijay also got out leaving DD struggling at 35/4 in 7.1 overs. But this brought Ross Taylor who then with Duminy helped in reviving Delhi Daredevils The duo played superbly and remained unbeaten till end. It was due to Duminy’s 48 ball 67 (4×4, 3×6) and Taylor’s 39 ball 43 (4×4) that Delhi managed to post a decent total of 145/4 in 20 overs.

Chasing 146 to win, Royal Challengers Bangalore lost Nic Maddinson in the second over when the team score was just 6 but Parthiv Patel and captain Virat Kohli then played superbly to take the team score past 50. Patel was the next to fall after scoring 28 ball 37 (5×4, 1×6)as he was bowled by Rahul Sharma when the team score was 62. But Captain Kohli and Yuvraj Singh then played superbly and hammered every bowler. Yuvraj was at its devastating best as he scored 52 off 29 balls which included 3 fours and 5 sixes to take RCB to a comfortable 8 wicket win.

Match 2nd IPL – Delhi Daredevils vs Royal Challengers Bangalore Scorecard