Vivo IPL 2017: Match 31: Royal Challengers Bangalore vs Gujarat Lions Chinnaswamy Stadium, Bangalore (Capacity: 40,000) Thursday, 27th April 2017 8:00pm IST Watching two teams at the bottom of the table struggle to make the playoffs is like watching two tailenders trying to bat out a session of test cricket. It’s as amusing as… Read More »Bangalore face Gujarat in must-win game
Tournament Name: Match 30: Rising Pune Supergiants vs Kolkata Knight Riders MCA Stadium, Pune (Capacity: 37,000) Wednesday, 26th April 2017 8:00pm IST As a stockbroker in nearby Mumbai would claim, trying to impress his friends and family, Pune’s stocks are maturing nicely. The Kolkata Knight Riders are strong, they always have been. Every… Read More »In-form Supergiant face strong Knight Riders
Match 27: Kolkata Knight Riders vs Royal Challengers Bangalore Eden Gardens, Kolkata (Capacity: 33,000) Sunday, April 23rd 20:00 hours IST Team Form: KKR: LWWWLW RCB: WLLLWL Kolkata are coming off their defeat to the Gujarat Lions while RCB will be riding high on confidence after they defeated the Lions in their own den. Team News: Kolkata… Read More »IPL Match 27 preview: RCB seek to seize winning momentum; KKR look to return to winning ways
Match 25: Mumbai Indians vs Delhi Daredevils Wankhede Stadium, Mumbai (Capacity: 33,000) Saturday, April 22th 20:00 hours IST Team Form: MI: L (RPS) W (KKR) W (SRH) W (RCB) W (GL) W (KXIP) DD: L (RCB) W (RPS) W (KXIP) L (KKR) L (SRH) Team News: Mumbai could not have asked for a better start to… Read More »IPL 2017 Match 25 preview: Delhi bid to break Mumbai’s winning streak
Match 24: Rising Pune Supergiant vs Sunrisers Hyderabad Maharashtra Cricket Association Stadium, Pune (Capacity: 37,000) Thursday, April 20th 16:00 hours IST After giving their 2017 campaign a winning start, Pune lost its way and are languishing at the seventh position in the league table. However, after three consecutive losses, the win against RCB in their previous… Read More »IPL 2017 Match 24 preview: Its Smith vs Warner as both Supergiant and Sunrisers look to build on winning momentum
In a nutshell Sometimes the best way to win against a tough opponent is to simply play to your strengths, and the Gujarat Lions did precisely to secure a much needed victory against the Knight Riders. The Lions bowlers did their best to restrict the mighty Kolkata’s batting line-up to 187 runs, and the 58… Read More »IPL 2017 Match 23 report: Gujarat Lions win in Knight’s den
Vivo IPL 2017 Match 23: Kolkata Knight Riders vs Gujarat Lions Eden Gardens (Capacity 66,349) Friday, April 21st, 2017 8:00pm IST The Knight Riders, collectively as a team, have a batting average of 39.16 and a strike rate of 150.27 this season, both the highest in IPL so far. The Gujarat Lions are not far… Read More »IPL 2017 Match 23 preview: Knight Riders seek to continue winning streak at home
IPL 2017 Match #22 report: Kings XI Punjab vs Mumbai Indians at Indore In a nutshell: The Kings XI Punjab put up 198 after a sublime Hashim Amla 100. The Mumbai Indians chased it down in 15.3 overs, with a match winning 77 from Jos Buttler. Scoreboard and CricMetric Analysis How it unfolded: The… Read More »IPL 2017 Match 22 Report: Mumbai demolish Punjab in high scoring game
Vivo IPL 2017: Match 21: Kings XI Punjab vs Mumbai Indians Holkar Stadium, Indore (Capacity: 30,000) Thursday, 20th April 8:00pm IST What can you say about the Kings XI Punjab? Perennial underdogs, check. Resigned to be 8th forever, perhaps. Full of surprises. Maybe. It’s that maybe that their supporters will be clinging onto, to… Read More »IPL 2017 Match 22 preview: Mumbai look to extend dominance away from home
IPL 2017 Match #21 report: Sunrisers Hyderabad vs Delhi Daredevils at Hyderabad In a nutshell: The Sunrisers put up 191 on a fresh Hyderabad wicket via an 89 from Kane Williamson and a 70 from Shikhar Dhawan. The Daredevils could not chase it down and fell 15 runs short, failing to score the 24… Read More »IPL 2017 Match 21 report: Daredevils fall 15 short of Sunrisers’ 191