So the Indian Premier League trundles on, providing people with their staple cricket fare each evening, sometimes twice in the evening. Until a few days ago, Delhi Capitals was at the top of the table but is now dislodged by Chennai Super Kings in terms of run-rate though both teams are equal in terms of points. Here’s what happened: IPL matches 34, 35, 36, 37, 38 and 39
Kolkata Knight Riders won the toss and decided to field first. Skipper Rohit Sharma made 33 and Quinton de Kock made 55 but few of the other batsmen really got going. It was a competent score of 155, but not enough in the end.
KKR achieved the total in just 15.1 overs.
Venkatesh Iyer with his 53 off 30 and Rahul Tripathi with his 74 off just 42 dominated the innings. Sunil Narine was the man of the match for his spell of 1/20.
CSK won the toss and decided to bowl first. Openers Virat Kohli (53 off 41) and Devdutt Padikkal (70 off 50) were the ones who made the most runs to get RCB up to 156/6. Shardul Thakur picked up vital wickets of Padikkal and A B De Villiers.
Ruturaj Gaikwad with 38 off 26, Ambati Raydu with 32 off 22 and Faf du Plessis with 31 off 26 did well for CSK.
Dwayne Bravo with his three-wicket haul and most economical bowling was man of the match.
CSK won with 11 balls to spare.
Rajasthan Royals won the toss and put DC in to bat first. Shreyas Iyer top scored with 43 and DC put up a 154 run total.
The wicket-keeper captain made 70 off 53 but it was never going to be enough.
RR could only manage 121/6 and Shreyas Iyer was named man of the match.
Sun Risers Hyderabad won the toss, putting Punjab Kings in to bat. PBSK managed just 125 runs while losing 7 wickets.
No 7 batsman Jason Holder top-scored for this team with 47 off 29 and remained not out and was declared MoM in spite of being from the losing team.
Punjab Kings won by just five runs when SRH were restricted to 120/7. This puts SRH firmly at the bottom of the table right now.
KKR won the toss and decided to bat first. Rahul Tripathi top-scored with 45 off 33 to take KKR to a fighting total of 171 for 6.
Openers Rituraj Gaikwad and Faf du Plessis made 40 and 43 respectively. Dhoni made just one run.
Ravindra Jadeja was man of the match for his all-round performance: 1/21 in four overs and a quick-fire 22 off just 8 balls.
Mumbai Indians won the toss and put Royal Challengers Bangalore in to bat. RCB made 165/6 with Glenn Maxwell making 56 (37) and Kohli making 51 (42).
Harshal Patel claimed four wickets including a hat-trick; taking the wickets of Kieron Pollard, Hardik Pandya, Adam Milne and Raul Chahar.
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Rohit Sharma’s team was all out for just 111 runs in 18.1 overs.
So right now CSK and DC are at the top with 16 points each, RCB is next with 12 and then KKR and PBKS have 8 each. RR with 8, MI with 8 and SRH with just 2 bring up the rear.
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