Match 38: Punjab Kings VS. Chennai Super Kings

Date:  25.4.2022

Venue: Wankhede Stadium

Time:7:30 PM

RESULT: Punjab Kings won by 11 runs

Player of the Match: Shikhar Dhawan ( Punjab Kings)

Punjab Kings VS. Chennai Super Kings: It was a match played between Punjab Kings Captain  Mayank Agarwal and Chennai Super Kings captain Ravindra Jadeja.It was the 200th match for Shikhar Dhawan and he scored unbeaten 88 runs not out. which later on turned out to be a match winning innings. 

Shikhar Dhawan Innings

The start for Chennai Super Kings was not great but Ambati Rayudu 50 got some hope in the Chennai Super Kings camp.

Rayudu 50

 While MS dhoni  the finisher was batting anything could happen . He tried hard. But in the end it was Punjab Kings who won the match.

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Match 39: Royal Challengers Bangalore VS. Rajasthan Royals

Date:  26.4.2022

Venue: MCA Stadium, Pune

Time:7:30 PM

RESULT: Rajasthan Royals won by 29 runs

Player of the Match: Rian Parag ( Rajasthan Royals)

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Royal Challengers Bangalore VS. Rajasthan Royals: It was a match played between Royal Challengers Bangalore led by Captain Faf Du Plesis and Rajasthan Royals led by Captain Sanju Samson. Rajasthan Royals were put into bat by Royal Challengers Bangalore and it was a poor start by the bat and Jos Buttler who is scoring runs like a drop of a hat had a rare failure in this match. Even Captain Sanju Samson did not last long. But Riyan Parag innings at least helped Rajasthan Royals to put up a fighting total. 

Riyan Parag innings

When Royal Challengers Bangalore was batting all eyes were on Kohli. He got a lot of appreciation when he faced his first ball. But he could not last long. Then it was a wonderful partnership between Faf Du Plessis and Rajat Patidar. But Faf Du Plessis did not last long. Hard hitting batsman Gleen Maxwell was out for a golden duck. And it was a poor batting display by Royal Challengers Bangalore and their star finisher Dinesh Kartik was run out and Royal Challengers Bangalore lost this match.

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Match 40: Gujrat Titans VS. Sunrisers Hyderabad

Date: 27.4.2022

Venue: Wankhede Stadium

Time:7:30 PM

RESULT: Gujrat Titans won by 5 wickets

Player of the Match: Umran Malik ( Sunrisers Hyderabad)

Gujrat Titans VS. Sunrisers Hyderabad: It was a match played between Gujrat Titans led by Captain Hardik Pandya  and Sunrisers Hyderabad led by Captain Kane Willamson. Hardik Pandya opted to bowl. Mohammad Shami took the all important wicket of Sunrisers Hyderabad in the 3rd over of the innings. Even the inform batsman Rahul Tripati could not last long as Mohammad Shami dismissed him early too. Abhishekh Sharma was looking like a man with a mission and he got support from Aiden Makram at the other end. Last over Sunrisers Hyderabad Scored 25 runs thus helping in building a huge score of 195. Wridhiman Sahah and Captain Shubhman Gill had an excellent opening stand. 

Wridhiman Sahah innings

But Umran Malik was on fire dismissing Gujrat Titans batters and even took the wicket of  set batsman Wridhiman Sahah thereby raising the hope of Sunrisers Hyderabad win . But Rahul Tweatia and Rashid Khan changed the match momentum and helped Gujrat Titans to win the match. It was a great bowling performance by Umran Malik. He tried his heart out.

Umran Malik bowling

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Match 41: Delhi Capitals VS. Kolkata Knight Riders

Date: 28.4.2022

Venue: Wankhede Stadium

Time:7:30 PM

RESULT:  Delhi Capitals won by 4 wickets

Player of the Match: Kuldeep Yadav ( Delhi Capitals)

Delhi Capitals VS. Kolkata Knight Riders: It was a match played between Delhi Capitals Captain  Rishabh Pant and Kolkata Knight Riders Captain Shreyas Iyer. It was Kolkata Knight Riders batting. It was a very poor batting performance by Kolkata  Knight Riders with all batsmen going quickly to the pavilion. Kuldeep Yadav was on fire. Shreyas Iyer was just watching the match from the other end with wickets tumbling at the other end. Shreyas Iyer the lone fighter could manage to make only 42 runs. Nitish Rana and Rinku Singh were batting with such great composure and cool mind. With this effort they managed a respectable score of 149 runs.Nitish Rana even scored a half century.

Nitish Rana Innings

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Match 42: Punjab Kings VS. Lucknow Super Giants

DATE: 29.4.2022

Venue: MCA Stadium, Pune

Time:7:30 PM

RESULT:  Lucknow Super Giants won by 20 runs

Player of the Match: Krunal Pandya ( Lucknow Super Giants)

Punjab Kings VS. Lucknow Super Giants: It was a match played between Punjab Kings led by Captain Mayank Agarwal andLucknow Super Giants Captain KL Rahul. Expectations were all laid down under KL Rahul’s batting form. But Rassigo Rabbada had the final laugh. Rahul was out early. Quintin De Cock and Deepak Hooda played a perfect innings of calculated risks.

Quintion de cock innings

 First they stabilized the innings and then went for an all out attack. There were regular fall of wickets for Lucknow Super Giants with their star batsman Deepak Hooda back in Pavilion courtesy of a runout. Lucknow SuperGiants managed to score 153 runs. Punjab Openers were looking all set to chase the total. Mayank Agarwal and Shikhar Dhawan started well. Just when Mayank Agarwal was looking to take the game away from Lucknow SuperGiants he perished. After that there was a regular fall of wickets. Liam Livingstone and Jhony Baristow were looking dangerous at the field and connecting the ball well but Moshin Khan had the last laugh as he dismissed set Batsman Liam LivingStone. There was regular fall of wickets and in the end Lucknow Supergiants were on the winning side.

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Match 43: Gujrat Titans VS. Royal Challengers Bangalore

DATE: 30.4.2022

Venue: Brabourne – CCI

Time:3:30 PM

RESULT:  Gujrat Titans won by 6 wickets

Player of the Match: Rahul Tewatia ( Gujrat Titans)

Gujrat Titans VS. Royal Challengers Bangalore: It was a match played between Gujrat Titans led by Captain Haridk Pandy and Royal Challengers Bangalore led by Captain Faf Du Plesiss. Royal Challengers Bangalore won the toss and elected to bat first. Faf Du Plessis was out duck. Virat Kholi was looking in great touch. It was very satisfying to watch him bat . Because as they say class is permanent but form is temporary. Virat Kholi scored a half century. 

Virat Kohli 50

And even Rajat Patidar joined hands with Kholi and scored a half century. Then Patidar lost his wicket and even  Kholi  did not last long after Patidar’s wicket. The finisher Dinesh Kartik did not last long. Royal Challengers Bangalore set a target of  171 runs for Gujarat Titans.Wriddhiman Saha and Shubhman Gill both inform the batsman played a good  innings. Afterwards there was regular fall of wickets for Gujarat Titans and after their Captain Hardik Pandya was out the momentum was shifting in Gujrat Titans favor. But when Miller and Rahul Tewatia were batting the momentum shifted in Gujarat Titan’s favor, both known for finishing the matches in style. They batted with responsibility and ensured Gujarat Titans were on the winning side.

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Match 44: Rajasthan Royals VS. Mumbai Indians

DATE: 30.4.2022

Venue: DY Patil Stadium

Time:7:30 PM

RESULT:  Mumbai Indians won by 5 wickets

Player of the Match: Suryakumar Yadav ( Mumbai Indians)

Rajasthan Royals VS. Mumbai Indians: It was a match played between Rajasthan Royals Captain Sanju Samson and Mumbai Indians Captain Rohit Sharma. It was the Rajasthan Royals batting. Sanju Samson and Jos Buttler were looking dangerous . but Sanju Samson in his attempt to hit a big shot got out. Mumbai Indian Bowlers were bowling line and length bowling and thus cramping the batsmen for runs. Jos Buttler was hitting sixes for fun but he perished. He scored a half century again. Due to Ashwin’s hard hitting at the end Rajasthan Royals managed to score 158 runs. Rohit Sharma perished early. Ishan Kishan was timing the ball well. Surya Kumar Yadav and Tilak Verma were having fun at the crease. Tilak Verma scored a half century. Chahhal took back to back wickets of Tilak Verma and Surya Kumar Yadav and brought Rajasthan Royals back into the game. 

Surya Kumar Yadav Innings

Tim David hit some magnificent shots and Danniel Sam finished the match in style by hitting a six and thereby helping Mumbai Indians to register their first win in this 15th edition of Tata Ipl 2022.

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Match 45: Delhi Capitals VS. Lucknow Super Giants

DATE: 1.5.2022

Venue: Wankhede Stadium

Time:3:30 PM

RESULT:  Lucknow Super Giants won by 6 runs

Player of the Match: Mohsin Khan ( Lucknow Super Giants)

Delhi Capitals VS. Lucknow Super Giants: It was a match played between Delhi Capitals led by Captain Rishabh Pant and Lucknow Super Giants led by Captain KL Rahul. KL Rahul won the toss and elected to bat. Quinton De Cock and KL Rahul started the innings well. When Quinton De Cock perished, Captain KL Rahul and Deepak Hooda did not let the momentum go in favor of Delhi Capitals. KL Rahul scored a half century.

KL Rahul 50

 Deepak Hooda too scored a half century. 

Deepak Hooda 50

The only baller Shardul Thakur was taking wickets with no support from the other end. KL Rahul was looking to play a captain’s knock. When KL Rahul got out the platform was already set for  Lucknow Super Giants. Lucknow supergiants with some hard hitting at the end managed to score 195 runs. Delhi needed a good start but Dusmanta Chamera took the wicket of inform batsman Prithvi Shaw. even David Warner did not trouble the scorers. Lucknow Super Giants were bowling with great intent. However, when Rishabh Pant is around anything can happen. He came to bat and started to build a partnership with Micheel Marsh. Then there was a flurry of wickets with Rishabh Pant watching at the other end. Rovman Powell  and   Rishabh Pant tried to get Delhi Capitals out of trouble. But an excellent bowl by Moshin Khan and Rishabh Pant was out.  Rovman Powell was connecting the ball well and it was a nail biter match. But as Rovman Powell  looked to take the game away from Lucknow SuperGiants, Moshin Khan provided the breakthrough to Lucknow Supergiants by taking   Rovman Powell’s wicket. In the 19th over Dushmenta Chameera was hit for 15 runs. It could be anybody’s game. The end over Kuldeep Yadav hit the first ball for six thereby needing 15 runs in 5 balls. Making it anybody’s game. Then Marcus Stoinis didn’t give any room to the batsman and eventually Lucknow SuperGiants landed on the winning side.

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Match 46: Sunrisers Hyderabad VS. Chennai Super Kings

DATE: 1.5.2022

Venue: MCA Stadium, Pune

Time:7:30 PM

RESULT:  Chennai Super Kings won by 13 runs

Player of the Match: Rituraj Gaikwad ( Chennai Super Kings)

Sunrisers Hyderabad VS. Chennai Super Kings: It was a match played between Chennai Super Kings led by Captain MS Dhoni and Sunrisers Hyderabad led by Captain Kane Williamson. Kane Williamson opted to bowl. MS dhoni was back as captain. Both openers Rituraj Gaikwad and  Devon Conway were looking to smash the ball and had a fiery start.Ruturaj Gaikwad scored a half century. Dewon Convoy too completed his half century. As a result of it they made a 100 runs partnership. 

Rituraj Gaikwad and Dewon Convoy Partnership

Rituraj Gaikwad got a heart break when he got out to T Natrajan on playing a bad shot. He missed a century by a whisker. Then MS Dhoni and Devon Convoy played some smashing shots thereby helping Chennai Super Kings to reach a mammoth total of 202 runs. Sunrisers Hyderabad needed a good start and Captain Kane Williamson and Abhishekh sharma did not disappoint.Abhishek Sharma was looking dangerous MS Dhoni called Mukesh Chaudry and he obliged by taking the wicket of Abhishek Sharma. Rahul Tripathi got out for a duck. Then wickets were falling at regular intervals. The manner in which MS Dhoni handled his bowlers was simply a reflection of how great a Captain MS Dhoni is. 

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