Indian Premier League (IPL)

A masterful innings by Devdutt Padikkal, 101 from 51 balls, with 11 fours, & 6 sixes. Rajasthan did well to post 177 after they were 4-43 from 7.2 overs, but it soon became clear that it wasn't enough.

Match 17 Punjab Kings v Mumbai Indians Chennai (3pm UK)
MI 131-6 Rohit Sharma 63 Suryakumar 33 Shami 2-21 Bishnoi 2-21
PK 132-1 (17.4 overs) Rahul 60 no Gayle 43 no
Punjab Kings beat Mumbai Indians by 9 wickets

been reported today that the England players in the ipl will now miss the first 2 test matches against New Zealand due to them having to say in hotel for 10 days when they fly back,

Match 18 RR v KKR Mumbai (3pm UK)

Buttler and Morgan seriously struggling for runs in the IPL this time around.

Match 18
KKR 133-0 Tripathi 36 Morris 4-33
RR 134-4 (18.5 overs) Samson 42 Chakravarthy 2-32
RR beat KKR by 6 wickets

Post 204 - incorrect - should read as above !

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Match 19 CSK v RCB Mumbai (11am UK)
Match 20 SRH v DC Chennai (3pm UK)

RCB look a different proposition this year.
Better balanced and finding ways to win rather than lose.

Now I have said that they will go to pot .

It's about bloody time RCB pulled their weight, far too much talent to have not won multiple times.

Match 19 Mumbai
CSK won the toss & elected to bat
CSK 191-4 Jadeja 62 no du Plessis 50 Gaikwad 33 Patel 3-51
RCB 122-9 Padikal 34 Jadeja 3-13 Tahir 2-16
CSK beat RCB by 69 runs