Sunrisers Hyderabad thronged into the Indian Premier League (IPL) 2013 playoffs in their first season with a five-wicket win over Kolkata Knight Riders thanks to an 89-run first-wicket partnership between Shikhar Dhawan (42 off 35 balls) and Parthiv Patel (47 off 37 balls).
The Sunrisers thus ended the league stage of the tournament on 20 points, two ahead of fifth-placed Royal Challengers Bangalore, who were hoping for a Kolkata victory to sneak their way in.
Chasing a lowly 131 for victory was never going to be a daunting task, especially the way the two openers played. But a flurry of wickets in the latter half of the innings ensured a nail-biting finish, which was culminated with back-to-back sixes from the blade of
Bouyed by skipper Virat Kohli's quickfire half-century (56 not out off 29 balls) and a four-wicket haul by Zaheer Khan later on, Royal Challengers Bangalore kept their chances to make the Indian Premier League (IPL) playoffs alive as they cruised to a 24-run win in a rain-curtailed eight-over match against the Chennai Super Kings.
However, CSK did enough to ensure top spot in the points table on net run-rate, while RCB will have to wait for the result of Sunday's match between Sunrisers Hyderabad and Kolkata Knight Riders to see if they have made it to the top four.
The match began a drenching three hours after the scheduled start, at 11 pm local time, after incessant rains. But the RCB batsmen rewarded the thousands who
Royal Challengers Bangalore host Chennai Super Kings in their last group stage game in the Indian Premier League 2013.
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A video of the controversial run-out of Kolkata Knight Riders' Yusuf Pathan against Pune Warriors India in the Indian Premier League match on Wednesday.
Pathan became the first batsman in the Indian T20 league, and eighth overall, to be ruled out for obstructing the field.
Test cricket has seen only one batsman, Len Hutton, getting out in that fashion while four have so far have been ruled out in the ODIs - Pakistan's Mohammed Hafeez, Rameez Raja and Inzamam ul Haq and while India's Mohinder Amarnath. Ahmed Hayat, Chinthaka Perera and Adrian Barath are the other batsmen in domestic T20 to be ruled out in this fashion.
A video of Kieron Pollard’s 66 of 27-deliveries for Mumbai Indians against Sunrisers Hyderabad. Upto 16 overs, Sunrisers were the favourites to win. Mumbai needed 62 off the final four overs.
It was here Pollard took over. He smashed the last three balls of Thisara Perera for sixes. Perera conceded 29 off the 17th over. In the next over, Mishra was hit for three maximum hits by Pollard.
Pollard intelligently played out Dale Steyn’s penultimate over. When Mumbai needed seven to win off the last over, it took only three deliveries and two sixes for Pollard to finish off the game.
Free live streaming of the contest between Mumbai Indians and Sunrisers Hyderabad in the 62nd encounter of the Indian Premier League (IPL) at the Wankhede stadium in Mumbai.
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The rights to broadcast live cricket matches of the Indian Premier League 2013
Chris Gayle struck the highest number of runs from an over of 32 in the brief history of the competition on his way to 61 from 30 balls, as WA, choosing to bat, amassed 205 for five from their allocation of 20 overs in the rain-affected match at Stadium Australia.
The left-handed opener gave a powerful reminder to the IPL franchise owners that have snubbed him at the players' auction in Bangalore, India, when he and Shaun Marsh marauded the NSW bowling in a rapid opening stand of 101.
Gayle failed to attract any interest from IPL bidders for a second straight day yesterday and is now unlikely to feature in the competition later this year.
He however, reserved special treatment for Scott Coyte, striking sixes over deep
Video highlights of the 58th match between Pune Warriors India and the Mumbai Indians at the Subrata Roy Sahara Stadium in the ongoing Indian Premier League (IPL) 2013.
Mumbai Indians consolidated their place in the play-offs of the IPL 2013 with a five-wicket win over the whipping boys Pune Warriors India.
Mumbai thus skipped over the Rajasthan Royals to second place in the points table, while Pune glued themselves to the bottom.
Chasing a lowly 113 for victory, Mumbai lost five wickets before eventually getting there. It wasn't the most convincing of wins, but good enough for the superstars of the IPL to tell the table-toppers, the Chennai Super Kings, that they aren't runaway favourites for the title.
Rahul Dravid-led Rajasthan Royals travel to Mohali to take on the Kings XI Punjab in the 55th match of the Indian Premier League 2013.
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A video of the 53rd Indian Premier League match between Mumbai Indians and Kolkata Knight Riders played at the Wankhede Stadium, Mumbai.
Mumbai Indians clinched the match by 65 runs. Sachin Tendulkar (48), Dwayne Smith (47) put up 93 for the first wicket. Dinesh Karthik scored an unbeaten 34 to put up 170 on the board.
Chasing an imposing total of 171, Kolkata lost their way and kept losing wickets at regular intervals. They were all out for 105 and thus their bid for the playoffs weakens considerably. After 12 games Kolkata has only eight points.
The triumph puts the Mumbai in the second position in the team standings with 16 points thus displacing Rajasthan Royals, who courtesy their earlier win were places at the
Waqar Younis bowls a firey spell against West Indies in the Total International Series at the Wanderers, Johannesburg.
He traps Phil Simmons, who was visibly upset with the decision. Cyril Mitchley took a long time before declaring Simmons out leg before. Off the very next ball Waqar traps Brian Lara for a golden duck. Lara failed to gauge the bounce on that ball and ended up meekly prodding at it. The ball took the inside edge and cartwheeled the stumps.
Watch these two dismissals from one of the fastest bowlers of the ninties: Waqar Younis.
