Indian Premier League (IPL)

^^ It wasn't the best pitch to bat on to be fair. RCB's innings took a similar shape, as it became harder to score as the innings progressed. They were 91-2 & lost 6-58, Maxwell struck 59 from 41 balls & was out off the penultimate ball of the innings. Rashid Khan took 2-18.
In reply, Hyderabad were 96-1 when Warner (54 from 37) was dismissed. They lost 8-47. RCB only won by 6 runs. The key over was the 17th, bowled by Shahbaz Ahmed, with 3 wickets, including the set batsman, Pandey, who should've taken control of the situation once Bairstow got out. Panic set in, & it was a combination of poor shots & good bowling.

Match 7
Delhi Capitals 147-8 Pant 51 Unadkat 3-15 Rahman 2-29
Rajasthan Royals 150-7 Miller 62 Morris 36 no Khan 3-32 Woakes 2-22 Rabada 2-30
RR win by 3 wickets

After 45 overs of the contest, neither side had managed to hit a six, then in 4.4 overs the Royals managed to clear the ropes 7 times, Morris hit 4 sixes, 2 off each of the last 2 overs, bowled by Rabada & Tom Curran.

Some consolation for Stokes, who is out of the IPL after breaking a finger in his first game. He has been named as Wisden's leading Cricketer in the World for the 2nd year running, prior to last year, Kohli had been given the Honor in previous 3 years.
Stokes scored the most Test runs in 2020 (641 AV 58.27) & 19 wickets at 18.73.

Match 8
Punjab Kings 106-8 Shahrukh Khan 47 Chahar 4-13
Chennai Super Kings 107-4(15.4 overs) Moeen Ali 46 du Plessis 36 no Shami 2-21
CSK beat PK by 6 wickets

Match 9
Mumbai Indians v
Sunrisers Hyderabad

Sunrisers are now 0-3. Again looked on course to chase down 151. Bairstow looked good for his 43 before he went back deep in his crease, & was out hit wicket. Warner needed to take control, but was run out by excellent fielding from Hardik Pandya. Bumrah & Boult closed the game out, & a 13 run win.
Mumbai were the first team to win the toss & bat, with the pattern of the previous matches of the wicket getting tougher to increase to the scoring rate after the power-play. Credit has to go to Kieron Pollard with 32 no from 22 at the back end of the Mumbai innings which proved to be crucial.

Super Sunday Double-Header

Match 10- Royal Challengers Bangalore v Kolkata Knight Riders (11 am UK)

Match 11 - Delhi Capitals v Punjab Kings (3pm UK)

Bangalore 204-4 Maxwell 78 de Villiers 76 no
Kolkata 166-8 Russell 31 Morgan 29 Jamieson 3-41 Patel 2-17 Chahal 2-34
RCB beat KKR by 38 runs

Two outstanding knocks from RCB contributed to an above par score. Maxwell came to the crease at 9-2 & scored 78 from 49 balls, any other day it would have been a Man of the Match performance, but AB took that honour, with 76 from 34 balls. The pair hit a combined 18 fours & six 6's.

Punjab Kings 195-4 Agarwal 69 Rahul 61
Delhi Capital 198-4 (18.2 overs) Dhawan 92 Shaw 32 Stoinis 27 no
Delhi beat Punjab Kings by 6 wickets

Man of the Match Shikhar Dharwan for his 92 from 49 balls. Always a heavy run scorer, but now striking at close to 150, with only de Villiers at 160 ahead of him as the top scorers since 2019.

Match 12 Chennai Super Kings v Rajasthan Royals (Mumbai)
CSK 188-9 du Plessis 36 Sakariya 3-36 Morris 2-33
RR 143-9 Buttler 49 Moeen Ali 3-7 S Curran 2-24 Jadeja 2-28
CSK beat RR by 45 runs