Delhi Daredevils v Kings XI Punjab, IPL 2013, Delhi

Seamers set up comfortable win for Kings XI

The Report by Kanishkaa Balachandran

April 23, 2013

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Kings XI Punjab 121 for 5 (Miller 34*) beat Delhi Daredevils 120 for 7 (Warner 40, Harmeet 3-24) by five wickets
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	Harmeet Singh made an impact in his first game of 2013 © BCCI Enlarge
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Kings XI Punjab's campaign in IPL 2013 gathered pace with their second consecutive win, a stroll in the park compared to their adrenaline-charged chase against Pune Warriors. A fine bowling effort from the Kings XI's seamers, backed by some sharp fielding, restricted the bottom-placed Delhi Daredevils to a modest 120, which the Kings XI batsmen chased comfortably with three overs to spare.

Kings XI opted to bowl on a slow Kotla track and they didn't let partnerships to blossom, the highest being 39 between David Warner and Manprit Juneja. Mahela Jayawardene's promotion to the opening position clicked against Mumbai Indians, when he made 59, but today his innings ended on 4 when he edged Praveen Kumar to slip. Roelof van der Merwe's promotion to No.3 didn't work as he top-edged Parvinder Awana to cover. It set a pattern for the evening as several batsmen from both sides perished to top-edges.

Perhaps it was the slow nature of the Kotla track that prompted Kings XI to bring in the seamer Harmeet Singh, known for his back-of-the-hand slower balls. Playing his first game of IPL 2013, replacing Manpreet Gony, Harmeet was hammered for a four and a six by Virender Sehwag off consecutive balls in his first over. In his second, he frustrated Sehwag with his slower balls, forcing the batsman to improvise. Sehwag looked to open up, made room and ended up scooping the ball low to extra cover, where Mandeep Singh timed his dive well and took the catch.

Warner gave the innings some impetus with a flurry of boundaries in one over by Piyush Chawla, taking 16 off it. The stand between Warner and Juneja was the only period in which Daredevils had a semblance of control, until Harmeet steered the momentum Kings XI's way in his second spell. Juneja pulled a slower ball, bowled short, straight to fine leg, before Kedar Jadhav top-edged to extra cover in the same over.

The boundaries dried up with the procession of wickets and it only increased the pressure on Warner. The drought lasted four overs before Warner clipped Praveen behind square leg, before the bowler knocked the base of the base off stump with a swinging yorker. In the end, Daredevils limped to 120, in contrast to the record-shattering pyrotechnics earlier in the evening by Chris Gayle and Royal Challengers Bangalore.

Adam Gilchrist fell three balls into the chase, trying to smash his way into form and convince his franchise he can still hold his position in the team, seeing how certain franchises are grappling with the issue of non-performing overseas captains. Mandeep gave the chase momentum with scoops and cuts off the seamers, but a promising knock was cut short thanks to a direct hit by Warner. A top-edge sent back Manan Vohra and at 70 for 4 in the tenth over, Daredevils had narrowed the gap a bit. However, David Miller ensured no further jitters as he and David Hussey took Kings XI closer.

Franchises need better support from IPL - KKR chief

The IPL could carry out important changes next year with its auction conducted in rupees instead of dollars and for the first time including, in some manner, uncapped Indian players. These would be welcome changes, according to Venky Mysore, the Kolkata Knight Riders CEO, but he has voiced strong concerns about the conduct of the IPL and said the league's administrators need to be more open and responsive to the franchises and work hard closely with them.

Asked on ESPNcricinfo's daily video show The Huddle a wish he would like the IPL to fulfill, Mysore said it would be to make the franchises more profitable and help them stand on their legs. "The financial viability of the franchises has to be uppermost on the mind of the league. Sorry to be a bit blunt, but at times I have felt that is not necessarily the case," Mysore said. "The reason is stakeholders come into various businesses for passion. They have a vision and it fits into that, but you do not want them waking up one day and wondering what am I doing in this business. And that would happen if they are bleeding."

With player contracts expiring end of this season, franchises are getting ready for an overhaul with majority of the players - both capped and uncapped, including domestic Indian players - going to the auction. Mysore said the IPL would need to be transparent about the auction rules, especially on the point of retention. In 2011, the IPL had allowed every franchise to retain a maximum of four players with the rest returning to the auction. "Auction issue is big. While we really did not retain anyone in 2011, now we have an opportunity and we are certainly keen depending on what the rules are going to be. We are campaigning for saying retention is a must. If there is a precedence that says four, we are even happy to support more than four," he said.

With the salary cap increasing every year, Mysore warned the IPL needed to be more disciplined while deciding on the purse amount. At this year's auction, held in February, every franchise had a $12.5 million purse. Mysore also recommended the IPL to have the player salaries converted into Indian rupees instead of the prevalent dollar. "The reason for that is over the last two-and-a-half years the currency has depreciated almost 25-30%. So when you convert $12.5 million into rupees the salary cap has grown 500% (sic). No business can survive on that basis," Mysore said. According to him, the IPL has told him that 2014 auction would be rupee-based.

Another deterrent to an open auction has been the perception that the IPL rules are not set in stone and are flexible while favouring certain powerful franchises. Why then would they not operate as one while voicing their concerns? "That perception (of certain franchises taking advantage) does exist and as the saying goes, over a period of time perceptions do become reality. But there can be a spirit of co-operation. We are not a large league. We are nine teams. And everyone pretty much gets along with everybody from what I've seen. The recommendations that we make are certainly for the benefit of the entire league if not only the franchises. But somehow there is a certain sense of concern of quality or security on the part of the IPL," he said.

As an example, Mysore cited the case of asking the IPL permission to allow the franchise to play exhibition games overseas last year. "They got off the block a little bit and said yes, but what they also said was we go and play an Associate country," Mysore said. But according to him, playing in Ireland, Scotland, Canada was not economically feasible. As a solution he suggested to allow two franchises to play against each other in an Associate country, but the IPL showed reluctance once again. Mysore is still not losing hope. "I can see there is more openness, although not enough for our liking, but it is slowly coming in."

A grey area franchises have exploited in the past is signing an uncapped Indian domestic player, who has never been part of the auction unlike his overseas counterpart. Uncapped Indian players are paid a maximum of Rs 30 lakh ($55,300 approx) with the IPL reasoning that inflating the salary would corrupt the youngsters. However, according to Mysore it is another way of bending the rules. "There are ways in which you can control the value that is "thrown" at a player. Whenever you do price control, people always find ways to get around it and we are a very creative bunch," Mysore said.

Offering a solution, Mysore felt a good way out was to put the Indian uncapped domestic players as a group at the back-end of the auction. "Everyone who left the auction in 2011 had roughly between $400,000-500,000 (of the purse money) left to sign up Indian uncapped boys. Pretty much the same thing could happen next year. In the process there might be one or two players who might command a high fee. So be it. At least the market forces will be at work rather than the circuitous routes taken in 2011 (by franchises). There were allegations like someone paying someone's brother-in-law a car or a mother-in-law a house to overcome the rules. That is silly."

He remained confident though, having been assured by the IPL about plugging that loophole. "I am told that in the next auction Indian uncapped boys will also come into the auction."

Bangalore v Pune, IPL 2013, Bangalore

Gayle 175* (66b), RCB win by 130

The Report by Siddhartha Talya

April 23, 2013

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Royal Challengers Bangalore 263 for 5 (Gayle 175*) beat Pune Warriors 133 (Smith 41, Gayle 2-5) by 130 runs
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	Chris Gayle brought Pune Warriors to their knees with one of the most destructive innings ever played © BCCI Enlarge
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The big records broken Fastest hundred in T20s - 30 balls Highest individual score in T20s - 175* Highest team score in T20s - 263 for 5 Most sixes hit in an innings - 17 by Gayle, 21 by RCB

Chris Gayle can shatter dreams. Ask Ishwar Pandey, the highest wicket-taker in this year's Ranji Trophy, who got smashed for 21 in his first over this IPL. Ask Mitchell Marsh, whose decent run with the ball this tournament was blown out of his memory, with his first over going for 28. Ask Aaron Finch, the third captain for Pune Warriors this season, who bowled an over hoping to restrict Gayle but didn't bowl again after being blasted for 29. Ask Ali Murtaza, a specialist left-arm spinner thrown into the deep end in his first game this season, only to be hammered for 45 in two overs.

The fastest hundred in T20 history was built on the misery of others, most notably a struggling franchise whose owners - they spent US$370 million to buy it - watched shell-shocked at their team's bowlers being taken apart with a ruthlessness only a game of Cricket '97 powered with cheat codes could have matched. After Gayle's onslaught, there was only going to be one result, and further confirmation of that arrived when four wickets fell inside the first six overs of the Warriors chase. Their defeat was the second-biggest in terms of runs in the IPL's six seasons.

The destruction inflicted on the Warriors bowlers broke a series of records. Gayle smashed the fastest century in the format, brought off 30 balls; made the highest individual T20 score (175 not out); struck the most sixes by a batsman in a T20 innings (17); helped Royal Challengers Bangalore hit the most sixes for a team in a T20 innings (21) and reach the highest total in T20 cricket (263).

The helplessness of the Warriors players was writ large on their faces. Luke Wright smiled with trepidation when Virat Kohli took a single to give Gayle the strike off his bowling, Yuvraj just shook his head as he watched one ball after another sail over the boundary rope and pretended to snatch Gayle's bat at the end of the innings as he went over to congratulate him.

The only interruption to Gayle's effort was a 33-minute rain interval. He had warmed up before that with two boundaries off Pandey, and proceeded to smack him for three more in the same over after the rain relented. Unlike some of his innings this season where he was relatively restrained at the start, he came out prepared to attack from the outset today. His previous innings, against Rajasthan Royals, was an unbeaten 49 off 44 balls during which he batted 17.5 overs.

It helped Gayle that Warriors bowled to him on a length, allowing him to hit through the line and straight, with minimum effort that masked the immense power behind his strokes that cleared the boundary with ease. Only one boundary out of the 30 to his name qualified as a mis-hit, an outside edge past short third man. At least two shots cleared the roof, the shot that brought up his century hit it and rebounded back into the lower tiers.

That Gayle was not going to hold himself back, having taken 29 off the fifth over from Marsh, was evident in his approach to spin when Murtaza was brought on in the seventh over. Gayle decided to target the spinner with the turn, slog-sweeping and then smashing him flat for two sixes, then making Finch regret the move to bring himself on, hammering him for four sixes, all on the on-side. A rare yorker outside off from Ashok Dinda that Gayle missed was perhaps the only moral victory he afforded Warriors before reaching his century, a landmark he celebrated with a punch of the gloves then kneeling down and raising his arms.

Murtaza may just have felt he could slip in a relatively quiet over when Gayle had mellowed down, somewhat, after reaching his ton, but Gayle demolished those thoughts. He punished Murtaza for three more sixes in a 28-run over, as Royal Challengers began another phase of domination in their innings after a moment's breather - the last six overs produced 85 runs.

Gayle's innings was supported ably by opener Tillakaratne Dilshan, who was part of a 167-run opening stand, an IPL record, during which he only made 33. He quickly ceded floor to Gayle and played some attractive, text-book shots through point and down the ground. Unlike Dilshan at the start, AB de Villiers was the dominant partner in Warriors' ruin at the death, thrashing 31 in just eight balls in a stand worth 44.

Each played their role in helping Gayle guide the innings, which he did with a big smile, good-hearted banter with the Warriors fielders during the carnage, and an animated reaction when he reached his century. He signed off in the match with a gangnam style gig at picking up two wickets in the only over he bowled - all a contrast to the man who made his first international appearance against India in Toronto in 1999, when it seemed hard to imagine a debutant as shy as him would one day become one of the most colourful characters on a cricket field.

Bangalore v Pune, IPL 2013, Bangalore

'Everything went right for me today' - Gayle

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April 23, 2013

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	Chris Gayle could do no wrong © BCCI Enlarge
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Chris Gayle's 175 that demolished Pune Warriors took only 66 deliveries, and included 17 sixes. While that may seem like the very definition of sustained hitting, and makes it hard to imagine a period where the batsman took it easy, Gayle spoke about how he paced his innings.

"I didn't want to just get the hundred and continue blasting and blasting and get out, you know how quickly this game can change," Gayle said after delivering a 130-run victory for Royal Challengers Bangalore. He reached his hundred off 30 deliveries in the ninth over, before taking it slightly easy for the next few overs.

"I wanted to stay there till the end, make sure I bat at least 18 overs, if not all, which I did, I look on that as a point of view, where I try and bat as many overs as possible, get the hundred, and then actually let Dilly [Tillakaratne Dilshan] take charge while I get a break and pick it up back in the end."

Having broken the record for the fastest T20 hundred, the highest individual score in T20 and the most sixes in an innings, Gayle said it was too soon for him to gauge the magnitude of his achievement. "Words can't explain how I feel, I think later on tonight when I am by myself I can look back and reflect on what I've done today," he said. "I'm grateful, overall from a team point of view, I'm really happy with the win, that put us on top of the table, just one of those innings, one of these days when you come out and things go according to how you want it to."

Aaron Finch, the Warriors captain, watched helplessly as his bowlers, and his own bowling, was ruthlessly taken apart by Gayle. There were no qualifiers in his praise for Gayle. "That was simply the best innings I've ever seen," Finch said. He later joked: "Maybe we should ban him from the game. Maybe he's too good, he hits it too far."

Virat Kohli, Royal Challengers' captain, was left "speechless". "No words. I cannot ask for anything more as a captain," Kohli said after the game. "I'm privileged that I watched it here today live. All the people who came to the stadium today also should feel honoured that they got to see one of the best innings ever."

It wasn't just with the bat that Gayle did damage. Asked to bowl the final over of the match - his first chance with the ball this IPL season - he picked up two wickets, before celebrating with his famous Gangnam Style dance. "It was really good to finish off in that particular way, " he said. "Some people keep on asking, 'they have seen me do Gangnam Style in international cricket, why not in IPL?' I thought that was the perfect time to do it, you get a wicket, everything just worked for Chris Gayle today … I'm an entertainer, I try to entertain as much as possible."

With Warriors conceding a record 263 runs - the most in the history of Twenty20s - Gayle was asked whether he felt sorry for the bowler s. "Sometimes I get knocked over first ball, I would love to ask the bowler as well 'Do you feel sorry for me'. We're paid to be competitive out there, serious event the IPL, lot of money being spent, you want to put on your best performance at all times."

Indian Premier League 2013 / Fixtures

Date and Time	Match	Weather
Wed Apr 3           14:30 GMT | 20:00 local 1st match - Kolkata Knight Riders v Delhi Daredevils Eden Gardens, Kolkata N/A Thu Apr 4           14:30 GMT | 20:00 local 2nd match - Royal Challengers Bangalore v Mumbai Indians M Chinnaswamy Stadium, Bangalore N/A Fri Apr 5           14:30 GMT | 20:00 local 3rd match - Sunrisers Hyderabad v Pune Warriors Rajiv Gandhi International Stadium, Uppal, Hyderabad N/A Sat Apr 6           10:30 GMT | 16:00 local 4th match - Delhi Daredevils v Rajasthan Royals Feroz Shah Kotla, Delhi N/A Sat Apr 6           14:30 GMT | 20:00 local 5th match - Chennai Super Kings v Mumbai Indians MA Chidambaram Stadium, Chepauk, Chennai N/A Sun Apr 7           10:30 GMT | 16:00 local 6th match - Pune Warriors v Kings XI Punjab Subrata Roy Sahara Stadium, Pune N/A Sun Apr 7           14:30 GMT | 20:00 local 7th match - Sunrisers Hyderabad v Royal Challengers Bangalore Rajiv Gandhi International Stadium, Uppal, Hyderabad N/A Mon Apr 8           14:30 GMT | 20:00 local 8th match - Rajasthan Royals v Kolkata Knight Riders Sawai Mansingh Stadium, Jaipur N/A Tue Apr 9           10:30 GMT | 16:00 local 9th match - Royal Challengers Bangalore v Sunrisers Hyderabad M Chinnaswamy Stadium, Bangalore N/A Tue Apr 9           14:30 GMT | 20:00 local 10th match - Mumbai Indians v Delhi Daredevils Wankhede Stadium, Mumbai N/A Wed Apr 10           14:30 GMT | 20:00 local 11th match - Kings XI Punjab v Chennai Super Kings Punjab Cricket Association Stadium, Mohali, Chandigarh N/A Thu Apr 11           10:30 GMT | 16:00 local 12th match - Royal Challengers Bangalore v Kolkata Knight Riders M Chinnaswamy Stadium, Bangalore N/A Thu Apr 11           14:30 GMT | 20:00 local 13th match - Pune Warriors v Rajasthan Royals Subrata Roy Sahara Stadium, Pune N/A Fri Apr 12           14:30 GMT | 20:00 local 14th match - Delhi Daredevils v Sunrisers Hyderabad Feroz Shah Kotla, Delhi N/A Sat Apr 13           10:30 GMT | 16:00 local 15th match - Mumbai Indians v Pune Warriors Wankhede Stadium, Mumbai N/A Sat Apr 13           14:30 GMT | 20:00 local 16th match - Chennai Super Kings v Royal Challengers Bangalore MA Chidambaram Stadium, Chepauk, Chennai N/A Sun Apr 14           10:30 GMT | 16:00 local 17th match - Kolkata Knight Riders v Sunrisers Hyderabad Eden Gardens, Kolkata N/A Sun Apr 14           14:30 GMT | 20:00 local 18th match - Rajasthan Royals v Kings XI Punjab Sawai Mansingh Stadium, Jaipur N/A Mon Apr 15           14:30 GMT | 20:00 local 19th match - Chennai Super Kings v Pune Warriors MA Chidambaram Stadium, Chepauk, Chennai N/A Tue Apr 16           10:30 GMT | 16:00 local 20th match - Kings XI Punjab v Kolkata Knight Riders Punjab Cricket Association Stadium, Mohali, Chandigarh N/A Tue Apr 16           14:30 GMT | 20:00 local 21st match - Royal Challengers Bangalore v Delhi Daredevils M Chinnaswamy Stadium, Bangalore N/A Wed Apr 17           10:30 GMT | 16:00 local 22nd match - Pune Warriors v Sunrisers Hyderabad Subrata Roy Sahara Stadium, Pune N/A Wed Apr 17           14:30 GMT | 20:00 local 23rd match - Rajasthan Royals v Mumbai Indians Sawai Mansingh Stadium, Jaipur N/A Thu Apr 18           14:30 GMT | 20:00 local 24th match - Delhi Daredevils v Chennai Super Kings Feroz Shah Kotla, Delhi N/A Fri Apr 19           14:30 GMT | 20:00 local 25th match - Sunrisers Hyderabad v Kings XI Punjab Rajiv Gandhi International Stadium, Uppal, Hyderabad N/A Sat Apr 20           10:30 GMT | 16:00 local 26th match - Kolkata Knight Riders v Chennai Super Kings Eden Gardens, Kolkata N/A Sat Apr 20           14:30 GMT | 20:00 local 27th match - Royal Challengers Bangalore v Rajasthan Royals M Chinnaswamy Stadium, Bangalore N/A Sun Apr 21           10:30 GMT | 16:00 local 28th match - Delhi Daredevils v Mumbai Indians Feroz Shah Kotla, Delhi N/A Sun Apr 21           14:30 GMT | 20:00 local 29th match - Kings XI Punjab v Pune Warriors Punjab Cricket Association Stadium, Mohali, Chandigarh N/A Mon Apr 22           14:30 GMT | 20:00 local 30th match - Chennai Super Kings v Rajasthan Royals MA Chidambaram Stadium, Chepauk, Chennai N/A Tue Apr 23           10:30 GMT | 16:00 local 31st match - Royal Challengers Bangalore v Pune Warriors M Chinnaswamy Stadium, Bangalore N/A Tue Apr 23           14:30 GMT | 20:00 local 32nd match - Delhi Daredevils v Kings XI Punjab Feroz Shah Kotla, Delhi N/A Wed Apr 24           14:30 GMT | 20:00 local 33rd match - Kolkata Knight Riders v Mumbai Indians Eden Gardens, Kolkata 25 - 36° C Thu Apr 25           14:30 GMT | 20:00 local 34th match - Chennai Super Kings v Sunrisers Hyderabad MA Chidambaram Stadium, Chepauk, Chennai 27 - 34° C Fri Apr 26           14:30 GMT | 20:00 local 35th match - Kolkata Knight Riders v Kings XI Punjab Eden Gardens, Kolkata 27 - 37° C Sat Apr 27           10:30 GMT | 16:00 local 36th match - Rajasthan Royals v Sunrisers Hyderabad Sawai Mansingh Stadium, Jaipur 28 - 39° C Sat Apr 27           14:30 GMT | 20:00 local 37th match - Mumbai Indians v Royal Challengers Bangalore Wankhede Stadium, Mumbai 29 - 33° C Sun Apr 28           10:30 GMT | 16:00 local 38th match - Chennai Super Kings v Kolkata Knight Riders MA Chidambaram Stadium, Chepauk, Chennai 29 - 37° C Sun Apr 28           14:30 GMT | 20:00 local 39th match - Delhi Daredevils v Pune Warriors International Cricket Stadium, Raipur 26 - 41° C Mon Apr 29           10:30 GMT | 16:00 local 40th match - Rajasthan Royals v Royal Challengers Bangalore Sawai Mansingh Stadium, Jaipur 27 - 38° C Mon Apr 29           14:30 GMT | 20:00 local 41st match - Mumbai Indians v Kings XI Punjab Wankhede Stadium, Mumbai 28 - 32° C Tue Apr 30           14:30 GMT | 20:00 local 42nd match - Pune Warriors v Chennai Super Kings Subrata Roy Sahara Stadium, Pune N/A Wed May 1           10:30 GMT | 16:00 local 43rd match - Sunrisers Hyderabad v Mumbai Indians Rajiv Gandhi International Stadium, Uppal, Hyderabad N/A Wed May 1           14:30 GMT | 20:00 local 44th match - Delhi Daredevils v Kolkata Knight Riders International Cricket Stadium, Raipur N/A Thu May 2           10:30 GMT | 16:00 local 45th match - Chennai Super Kings v Kings XI Punjab MA Chidambaram Stadium, Chepauk, Chennai N/A Thu May 2           14:30 GMT | 20:00 local 46th match - Pune Warriors v Royal Challengers Bangalore Subrata Roy Sahara Stadium, Pune N/A Fri May 3           14:30 GMT | 20:00 local 47th match - Kolkata Knight Riders v Rajasthan Royals Eden Gardens, Kolkata N/A Sat May 4           14:30 GMT | 20:00 local 48th match - Sunrisers Hyderabad v Delhi Daredevils Rajiv Gandhi International Stadium, Uppal, Hyderabad N/A Sun May 5           10:30 GMT | 16:00 local 49th match - Mumbai Indians v Chennai Super Kings Wankhede Stadium, Mumbai N/A Sun May 5           14:30 GMT | 20:00 local 50th match - Rajasthan Royals v Pune Warriors Sawai Mansingh Stadium, Jaipur N/A Mon May 6           14:30 GMT | 20:00 local 51st match - Kings XI Punjab v Royal Challengers Bangalore Punjab Cricket Association Stadium, Mohali, Chandigarh N/A Tue May 7           10:30 GMT | 16:00 local 52nd match - Rajasthan Royals v Delhi Daredevils Sawai Mansingh Stadium, Jaipur N/A Tue May 7           14:30 GMT | 20:00 local 53rd match - Mumbai Indians v Kolkata Knight Riders Wankhede Stadium, Mumbai N/A Wed May 8           14:30 GMT | 20:00 local 54th match - Sunrisers Hyderabad v Chennai Super Kings Rajiv Gandhi International Stadium, Uppal, Hyderabad N/A Thu May 9           10:30 GMT | 16:00 local 55th match - Kings XI Punjab v Rajasthan Royals Punjab Cricket Association Stadium, Mohali, Chandigarh N/A Thu May 9           14:30 GMT | 20:00 local 56th match - Pune Warriors v Kolkata Knight Riders Subrata Roy Sahara Stadium, Pune N/A Fri May 10           14:30 GMT | 20:00 local 57th match - Delhi Daredevils v Royal Challengers Bangalore Feroz Shah Kotla, Delhi N/A Sat May 11           10:30 GMT | 16:00 local 58th match - Pune Warriors v Mumbai Indians Subrata Roy Sahara Stadium, Pune N/A Sat May 11           14:30 GMT | 20:00 local 59th match - Kings XI Punjab v Sunrisers Hyderabad Punjab Cricket Association Stadium, Mohali, Chandigarh N/A Sun May 12           10:30 GMT | 16:00 local 60th match - Kolkata Knight Riders v Royal Challengers Bangalore JSCA International Stadium Complex, Ranchi N/A Sun May 12           14:30 GMT | 20:00 local 61st match - Rajasthan Royals v Chennai Super Kings Sawai Mansingh Stadium, Jaipur N/A Mon May 13           14:30 GMT | 20:00 local 62nd match - Mumbai Indians v Sunrisers Hyderabad Wankhede Stadium, Mumbai N/A Tue May 14           10:30 GMT | 16:00 local 63rd match - Royal Challengers Bangalore v Kings XI Punjab M Chinnaswamy Stadium, Bangalore N/A Tue May 14           14:30 GMT | 20:00 local 64th match - Chennai Super Kings v Delhi Daredevils MA Chidambaram Stadium, Chepauk, Chennai N/A Wed May 15           10:30 GMT | 16:00 local 65th match - Kolkata Knight Riders v Pune Warriors JSCA International Stadium Complex, Ranchi N/A Wed May 15           14:30 GMT | 20:00 local 66th match - Mumbai Indians v Rajasthan Royals Wankhede Stadium, Mumbai N/A Thu May 16           14:30 GMT | 20:00 local 67th match - Kings XI Punjab v Delhi Daredevils Himachal Pradesh Cricket Association Stadium, Dharamsala N/A Fri May 17           14:30 GMT | 20:00 local 68th match - Sunrisers Hyderabad v Rajasthan Royals Rajiv Gandhi International Stadium, Uppal, Hyderabad N/A Sat May 18           10:30 GMT | 16:00 local 69th match - Kings XI Punjab v Mumbai Indians Himachal Pradesh Cricket Association Stadium, Dharamsala N/A Sat May 18           14:30 GMT | 20:00 local 70th match - Royal Challengers Bangalore v Chennai Super Kings M Chinnaswamy Stadium, Bangalore N/A Sun May 19           10:30 GMT | 16:00 local 71st match - Pune Warriors v Delhi Daredevils Subrata Roy Sahara Stadium, Pune N/A Sun May 19           14:30 GMT | 20:00 local 72nd match - Sunrisers Hyderabad v Kolkata Knight Riders Rajiv Gandhi International Stadium, Uppal, Hyderabad N/A Tue May 21           14:30 GMT | 20:00 local Qualifier 1 - TBC v TBC (1st v 2nd) MA Chidambaram Stadium, Chepauk, Chennai N/A Wed May 22           14:30 GMT | 20:00 local Eliminator - TBC v TBC (3rd v 4th) MA Chidambaram Stadium, Chepauk, Chennai N/A Fri May 24           14:30 GMT | 20:00 local Qualifier 2 - TBC v TBC (Winner Eliminator v Loser Qualifier 1) Eden Gardens, Kolkata N/A Sun May 26           14:30 GMT | 20:00 local Final - TBC v TBC Eden Gardens, Kolkata N/A