Chasing a modest target of 153, opener KL Rahul played a brilliant knock of unbeaten 84 to lead Kings XI Punjab to an easy victory against Rajasthan Royals in match 38 of Indian Premier League at Holkar Stadium in Indore.
SRH opener Alex Hales (45 off 31 balls) was dropped by Glenn Maxwell at deep mid-wicket boundary off Avesh Khan when the batsman was on 9, while, Yusuf Pathan's dropped catch by Vijay Shankar was one of the game-changing moments during the chase.
Courtesy their splendid bowling attack, SRH emerged as good defenders initially but by defeating Delhi Daredevils with a seven-wicket margin on Saturday, they proved that they can pull off tight chases as well.
Yusuf Pathan (27 no off 12 balls) and skipper Kane Williamson (32 no off 30 balls) kept their calm to help Sunrisers Hyderabad surpass the 164-run target against Delhi Daredevils on a tricky surface.
Sunrisers Hyderabad moved closer to the playoffs of the Indian Premier League (IPL) after they defeated Delhi Daredevils by seven wickets on Saturday for their fourth win on the trot, and a victory that drove them back to the top spot.
Captain Rohit (24* off 15) and Krunal (31* off 12) shared a match-winning 56-run stand off just 21 balls as Mumbai Indians reached the 175-run target in 19 overs against Kings XI Punjab in Indore on Friday.
Chasing a stiff target of 175 to win, opener Suryakumar Yadav (57) and all-rounder Krunal Pandya (31*) played crucial knocks to power Mumbai Indians to an easy six-wicket win against Kings XI Punjab in match 34 of IPL 2018.
The SRH have won six of the eight games they had played despite missing regular captain David Warner in the wake of the ball-tampering row.
The Governing Council has confirmed that Kolkata will host the Eliminator and Qualifier 2 on May 23 and 25 respectively, IPL GC chairman Rajeev Shukla told PTI.
The stylish India batsman, who has so far scored 268 runs from seven IPL games at a strike rate of 170.70, said he is used to Gayle's company as they have played together for a few years at Royal Challengers Bangalore previously.
U-19 batting star Shubman Gill cracked 57 not out while skipper Dinesh Karthik bludgeoned an unbeaten 45 to guide Kolkata Knight Riders (KKR) to a six-wicket win over Chennai Super Kings (CSK) at the Eden Gardens.
The 28-year old pacer missed the last couple of games for his franchise Sunrisers Hyderabad due to a back problem.
Young Rishabh Pant cracked a blistering 69 while captain Shreyas Iyer (50) hit his fourth half-century of the season as Delhi Daredevils kept themselves in the race for IPL playoffs with a nervy four-run win over Rajasthan Royals in match 32 of IPL 2018 on Wednesday.
Captain Shreyas Iyer and stumper Rishabh Pant struck rollicking half-centuries to keep Delhi Daredevils' playoff hopes alive in the Indian Premier League (IPL) after the hosts pipped Rajasthan Royals by four runs by D/L method in a rain-truncated clash at the Feroz Shah Kotla on Wednesday.
Former India batsman Aakash Chopra believes that Chennai Super Kings have the best batting unit in this year's Indian Premier League and the way their skipper Mahendra Singh Dhoni has rewound the clock is sensational.
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Written off at the start with critics branding it's dugout as an 'old-age home', CSK, on the field, never looked like a side which is making its comeback to the tournament after serving a two-year suspension.
With this win, RCB have now moved to the fifth place in the table with six points while Mumbai are now seventh with just four points from eight matches.
Shane Watson and MS Dhoni scored scintillating half-centuries to set up a 13-run win for Chennai Super Kings against Delhi Daredevils in match 30 of IPL 2018, taking the two-time IPL champions closer to a playoff berth.
In four matches of IPL 2018 so far, the Jamaican marauder has amassed 252 runs with a strike rate of 161.53 including two fifties and one century.
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