Match 74 Eliminator IPL 2013 – Rajasthan Royals vs Sunrisers Hyderabad
Date – Wed May 22 IPL 2013
Time – 14:30 GMT | 20:00 IST
Venue – Feroz Shah Kotla, Delhi
Toss – Sunrisers Hyderabad elected to bat
Result – Rajasthan Royals won by 4 wickets

Today in the eliminator match of IPL 2013, Sunrisers Hyderabad won the toss and elected to bat first. Openers Parthiv Patel and Shikhar Dhawan opened the innings for Sunrisers but could not give them a good start as Patel got out in the first over itself leaving Sunrisers at 2/1 in 1 over. Hanuma Vihari also got out cheaply leaving Hyderabad in trouble at 3/2 in 2.3 overs. Shikhar Dhawan and captain Cameron White then steadied the innings and took the score past 50. Just when the duo started to gain momentum, Trivedi got the wicket of White leaving Sunrisers at 55/3 in 11 overs. Shikhar Dhawan was the next to fall after scoring 33 off 39 balls and Sunrisers were placed at 83/4 in 15.4 overs. It was Darren Sammy’s 21 ball 29 along with Perera’s 6 ball 11 and Biplab Samantray’s 14 off 11 balls which helped Sunrisers post a total of 132/7 in 20 overs.

Chasing 133 to win and meet Mumbai in the second qualifier, Rajasthan Royals openers Rahul Dravid and Ajinkya Rahane added 13 runs for the first wicket stand. Dravid was the man to fall after scoring 12 off 10 balls. Shane Watson and Ajinkya Rahane then took the team score to 50 when Shane Watson was caught brilliantly by Sammy near the boundary to reduce Royals to 50/2 in 6.4 overs. Royals were placed well as they needed just 83 to win from 80 balls and had 8 wicket in hand but some superb bowling by Sunrisers helped them make a match out of it. Royals lost three quick wickets and were pegged back as they went from 50/2 to 57/5 in 10 overs. With half the team back in pavilion, Royals needed some one to anchor the innings. Brad Hodge played a superbly to keep Royals in the hunt for victory. Needing 42 to win from last 6 overs, the game was poised for an interesting finish. Brad Hodge first with Sanju Samson and then with James Faulkner kept the scorecard moving and scored occasional boundaries and sixes and made sure the match continues till the last over and has a nail biting finish. Finally it was a superb innings of 54 in 29 balls by Hodge will helped Rajasthan beat Sunrisers by 4 wickets.

Eliminator IPL 2013 – Rajasthan Royals vs Sunrisers Hyderabad Scorecard

Match 74 Eliminator IPL 2013 – Rajasthan Royals v Sunrisers Hyderabad
Date – Wed May 22 IPL 2013
Time – 14:30 GMT | 20:00 IST
Venue – Feroz Shah Kotla, Delhi

Today in a do or die match of IPL 2013 eliminator, Rajasthan Royals will take on Sunrisers Hyderabad at the Feroz Shah Kotla stadium. Both these teams have a wonderful home record but today’s neutral venue will be a challenge for both of them. Sunrisers who made in the playoffs with a win in their last match will be hoping to continue with the winning momentum and make it to the second qualifier.

On the other hand, Rajasthan Royals have been low on morale due to recent spot fixing charges and also as they suffered a humiliating defeat in their last match against Sunrisers. But this team is known for coming back when needed the most and thus fans will be hoping that Royals avenge the defeat at the hands of Hyderabad in style today and move to the second qualifier.

Players to watch out for
Sunrisers Hyderabad – Parthiv Patel, Thisara Perera, Darren Sammy and Shikar Dhawan
Rajasthan Royals – Ajinkya Rahane, Rahul Dravid, Shane Watson and Stuart Binny

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

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 73 Qualifier 1 IPL 2013 – Mumbai Indians vs Chennai Super Kings
Date – Tue May 21
Time – 14:30 GMT | 20:00 IST
Venue – Feroz Shah Kotla, Delhi
Toss – Chennai Super Kings elected to bat
Chennai Super Kings won by 48 runs

Today in the first qualifier of IPL 2013, Chennai Super Kings won the toss and elected to bat first. Michael Hussey and Murali Vijay gave Chennai a superb start as the duo added 52 runs for the first wicket stand before Murli Vijay got out after scoring 23 off 20 balls. Suresh Raina then joined M Hussey and the duo rip apart Mumbai bowling attack. Suresh Raina was particularly severe as he scored 82 off 42 balls which included 5 fours and 5 sixes. Michael Hussey scored 58 balls 86 which included 10 fours and 2 sixes to help CSK post a healthy total of 192/1 in 20 overs.

Chasing 193 to enter the finals of IPL 2013, Mumbai Indians opened with Dwayne Smith and Aditya Tare but the duo could not give Mumbai a good start. Aditya Tare became the victim of Morkel after scoring 7 leaving Mumbai at 12/1 in 1.4 overs. Dinesh Karthik was the next man and he played cautiously from one end but Dwayne Smith accelerated the innings and smashed Chennai bowlers to all corners of Feroz Shah Kolta. Eventually, Ravindra Jadeja got rid of Smith but Smith had done his job well as he score 68 off 28 balls which included 6 fours and 5 sixes. Captain Rohit Sharma and Dinesh Karthik had a huge responsibility as Mumbai needed 101 to win from 10 overs. But both of them failed as they got out after scoring 8 and 11 respectively leaving Mumbai at 101/4 in 12 overs. It was once again left on Pollard to take his team to victory but Ravindra Jadeja got his priced wicket just when he started to look dangerous. With his wicket, the curtains were brought down on Mumbai Indians and finally they were all out for 144 in 18.4 overs and thus lost the match by 48 runs.

With this win, Chennai has entered the final of IPL 2013 where as Mumbai will now have one more chance as they will take on the winner of the eliminator match to be played on 22nd May.

Match 73 Qualifier 1 IPL 2013 – Mumbai Indians vs Chennai Super Kings Scorecard

Match 73 Qualifier 1 IPL 2013 – Mumbai Indians vs Chennai Super Kings
Date – Tue May 21
Time – 14:30 GMT | 20:00 IST
Venue – Feroz Shah Kotla, Delhi

Today in the first qualifier of IPL 2013, Chennai Super Kings will take on the Mumbai Indians at the Feroz Shah Kotla Stadium. Both teams have played exceptional cricket barring few matches and have won 11 out of 16 matches so far. But today it will be a totally different ball game as the pressure of qualifier would be felt by both of them. Two times champions Chennai Super Kings who managed to win just 5 out of 13 matches played against Mumbai in IPL all seasons combined will be hoping that they continue their habit of performing well when it matters the most.

On the other hand, Mumbai Indians have never been so well placed and had a balanced team in past. Today its a golden chance for them to make it to the finals.

Whatever be the result of this game, the team loosing today will have one more chance to qualify for final when they take the winner of eliminator but both these teams will be looking to seize the opportunity today itself and not wait till that match.

Players to Watch Out For
Mumbai Indians – Dwayne Smith, Rohit Sharma and Dinesh Karthik.
Chennai Super Kings – Michael Hussey, Suresh Raina and MS Dhoni.

Mumbai Indians Team IPL 2013
Abu Nechim Ahmed, Amitoze Singh, Yuzvendra Singh Chahal, Rishi Dhawan, Harbhajan Singh, Dinesh Karthik (wk), Dhawal Kulkarni, Sushant Marathe, Pragyan Ojha, Akshar Patel, Munaf Patel, Ambati Rayudu, Jalaj Saxena, Rohit Sharma, Pawan Suyal, Aditya Tare, Sachin Tendulkar, Suryakumar Yadav , Ricky Ponting (c), Aiden Blizzard, Nathan Coulter-Nile, James Franklin, Philip Hughes, Mitchell Johnson, Lasith Malinga, Glenn Maxwell, Jacob Oram, Kieron Pollard, Dwayne Smith

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 72 IPL 2013 – Sunrisers Hyderabad vs Kolkata Knight Riders
Date – Sun May 19
Time –8:00 pm i.e 14:30 GMT | 20:00 IST
Venue – Rajiv Gandhi International Stadium, Uppal, Hyderabad

Today in the last league match of IPL 2013, defending champions Kolkata Knight Riders will take on spirited Sunrisers Hyderabad at the Rajiv Gandhi International Stadium.

This match is very important from Sunrisers point of view as if they win today, they will be the 4th team to qualify for the playoffs where as if they loose, the RCB will qualify depending on the net run rate as both teams will be tied at 18 points in the points tally. On the other hand, defending champions KKR will be hoping to end the season with a high and show SRH the door and keep the record against Sunrisers intact.

Players To Watch Out For
Sunrisers Hyderabad – Shikhar Dhawan, Hanuma Vihari, Thisara Perera, Darren Sammy and Kumar Sangakkara.
Kolkata Knight Riders – Gautam Gambhir, Yusuf Pathan, Jacques Kallis and Eoin Morgan.

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

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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