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Match 24 (11 am UK) Rajasthan Royals v Mumbai Indians - Delhi
MI won the toss & elected to field
RR 91-2 (10 overs) Buttler 41 Dube 35 Jaiswal 32 Chahar 2-33
MI 172-3 (18.3 overs) de Kock 70 no K Pandya 39 Morris 2-33
MI beat RR by 7 wickets

Match 25 (3pm UK) Delhi Capitals v Kolkata Knight Riders - Ahmedabad
DC won the toss & elected to field
KKR 154-6 Russell 45 no Gill 43 Yadav 2-13 Axar Patel 2-32
DC 156-3 Shaw 82 Dharwan 46 Cummins 3-24
DC beat KKR by 7 wickets

Match 26 Ahmedabad - Punjab Kings v RCB (3pm UK)
RCB won the toss & elected to field
PK 179-5 Rahul 91 no Gayle 46 Jamieson 2-32
RCB 145-8 Kohli 35 Harshal 31 Patidar 31 Brar 3-19 Bishnoi 2-17
Punjab Kings beat RCB by 34 runs

Match 27 - Delhi - Mumbai Indians v Chennai Super Kings (3pm UK)
MI won the toss & elected to bowl
CSK 218-4 Rayudu 72 no Moeen 58 du Plessis 50 Pollard 2-12
MI 219 6 Pollard 87 no de Kock 38Rohit 35 Krunal 32 S Curran 3-34
MI beat CSK by 1 run

Sunriser Hyderabad have replaced Warner as captain, with Williamson taking over. He openly admitted that his slow-paced batting in their last defeat against CSK contributed to the defeat. He has been critical off the selectors omission of Manish Panday, & was proved right when he returned to the side with a fine half-century. It is possible that Warner may even be left out of the side for Sundays clash with Rajasthan Royals.

(01-05-2021 06:14 )Boomerangutangangbang Wrote:  Match 27 - Delhi - Mumbai Indians v Chennai Super Kings (3pm UK)
MI won the toss & elected to bowl
CSK 218-4 Rayudu 72 no Moeen 58 du Plessis 50 Pollard 2-12
MI 219 6 Pollard 87 no de Kock 35 Krunal 32 S Curran 3-34
MI beat CSK by 1 run

This was the 2nd highest successful run chase in IPL history. (Rajasthan Royals 226-6)
The 138 runs scored in the last 10 overs is the 3rd highest ever (1st Trinbago Knight Riders 144)
Pollard's 50 of 17 balls is his equal best & the equal highest for Mumbai ( Ishan Kishan & Hardik Pandya)
All against KKR, & the fastest fifty against them

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Match 28 - Delhi -RR v SRH (11am UK)

Match 29 Ahmadabad - Punjab Kings v Delhi Capitals (3pm UK)

After being put in to bat by Sunriser Hyderabad, Rajasthan Royals made 220-3 with an outstanding 124 from Jos Buttler. Sanju Samson made 48.

Rajasthan Royals beat Sunriser Hyderabad by 55 runs.
SRH 165-8 M Pandey 31 Bairstow 30 Morris 3-29 Mustafizur 3-30

Match 29
DC won the toss & elected to bowl
RR 166-6 Mayank Agarwal 99 no Malan 26 Rabada 3-36
DC 167-3 (17.4 overs) Dharwan 69 no Shaw 39
Delhi Capitals beat Rajasthan Royals by 7 wickets

Almost the 2nd IPL century of the day, Agarwal could only manage to hit the last ball of the innings for 4. Deserved to finish on the winning side, but got very little support. A professional run-chase by Delhi, which made Rajasthan look to be maybe 30 runs light.

Match 30 - Ahmedabad - KKR v RCB

Match to be rescheduled, after KKR squad members, Varum Chakravarthy, & Sandeep Warrier have tested positive for covid.