LIVE | IPL - Lucknow Super Giants v Rajasthan Royals

10-over update:

Momentum has shifted firmly to the Lucknow Super Giants as three wickets fall.

Yash Thakur gets the breakthrough as in-form Jos Buttler is bowled for 34 off 18.

Opener Yashasvi Jaiswal falls the following over as he looks to smack Marcus Stoinis over cover but finds the fielder in the deep and departs for an 18-ball 24.

Amit Mishra gets rid of Riyan Parag for 14 as he finds the field at deep cover.

RR 81-3 in 10

Rajasthan Royals need 116 runs from 60 balls

5-over update:

Decent start from the Rajasthan Royals opening batters Jos Buttler and Yashasvi Jaiswal as they go at 10 an over.

Reminder, Rajasthan are chasing 197.

RR 50-0 after 5

INNINGS:

Half-centuries by KL Rahul and Deepak Hooda saw Lucknow Super Giants post 196-5 in their IPL encounter against Rajasthan Royals.

After being sent to bat first, Royals got two early wickets of opener Quinton de Kock for eight and then Marcus Stoinis for a duck.

A 115-run stand between captain KL Rahul and Hooda rebuilt the Lucknow Super Giants innings as both batters brought up their IPL fifties.

Ravichandran Ashwin got the breakthrough as Hooda tries to clear long-on but is caught in the deep for 50 off 31 balls (hitting seven fours).

KL Rahul led from the front as he shouldered the Giants' innings with a stunning 76 off 48 balls (hitting eight fours and two sixes) before he was caught at backward point off Avesh Khan.

Scores in brief:

Lucknow Super Giants 196-5 in 20 overs (KL Rahul 76, Hooda 50, Sandeep 2/31, Ashwin 1/39)

Rajasthan Royals need 197 runs to win

15-over update:

The 115-run partnership between skipper KL Rahul and Deepak Hooda has broken.

Ravichandran Ashwin gets the breakthrough. Shortly after bringing up his IPL half-century, Hooda tries to clear long-on but is caught in the deep for 50 off 31 balls (hitting seven fours).

Captain KL Rahul continues to go strong for Lucknow with five overs left of their innings.

LSG 150-3 after 15

KL Rahul 71*

Pooran 11*

10-over update:

Lucknow Super Giants have lost two wickets early as Trent Boult bowled opener and Proteas batter Quinton de Kock for just eight.

Sandeep Sharma then bowled out Marcus Stoinis for a four-ball duck to send LSG reeling at 11-2.

However, an unbeaten fifty-run stand has formed between skipper KL Rahul and Deepak Hooda.

KL Rahul brings up his IPL half-century off just 34 balls as Lucknow shortly move into the 100-mark.

LSG 94-2 after 10

Hooda 32*

KL Rahul 52*

RESULT

Tristan Stubbs' unbeaten 48 helped steer the Delhi Capitals to a 10-run victory over the Mumbai Indians in their IPL encounter on Saturday.

Jake Fraser-McGurk's 84 and Stubbs 48 not out propelled Delhi Capitals to post a respectable total of 257-4.

In reply, Mumbai Indians lost wickets at regular intervals despite Tilak Varma's 63 off 32 balls as the visitors were restricted to 247-9.

South Africa's Lizaad Williams played his first IPL game of the season and went wicketless for 34 runs in three overs.

Scores in brief:

Delhi Capitals 257-4 in 20 overs (Fraser-McGurk 84, Stubbs 48*, Nabi 1/20, Chawla 1/36)

Mumbai Indians 247-9 in 20 overs (Tilak 63, Hardik 46, Salam 3/34, Mukesh 3/59)

Result: Delhi Capitals won by 10 runs

5 overs left!

Still some work for the Mumbai Indian batters as they lose two wickets in the 13th over courtesy of Rasikh Salam.

After a decent stand, Delhi get the breakthrough as captain Hardik Pandya skies it in the air and is caught for 46 off 24 balls (hitting four fours and three sixes).

Salam then gets Nehal Wadhera to edge behind for just 4.

It's all up to Tilak Varma, who brings up his IPL fifty off just 25 balls. But the required run-rate has crept up and it looks like it'll be a tough ask for Mumbai Indians.

MI 173-5 after 15

Mumbai Indians need 85 runs off 30 balls

10 overs left in the game:

Crunch time for Mumbai Indians as they chase 257 in Delhi.

After the loss of three wickets, Mumbai Indians have come back with a much-needed unbeaten fifty-run stand between Tilak Varma and Hardik Pandya.

MI 115-3 after 10

Tilak 20*

Hardik 31*

Mumbai Indians need 143 runs off 60 balls.

Jonny Bairstow smashed an unbeaten century as Punjab Kings recorded the highest successful run chase in T20 cricket with an eight-wicket thrashing of Kolkata Knight Riders in the Indian Premier League on Friday.

The England star clobbered nine sixes and eight fours in his 48-ball 108 to help Punjab overhaul Kolkata's 261-6 with eight balls to spare in hot and humid conditions at the Eden Gardens.

Shashank Singh also impressed with the bat, making 68 not out off 28 balls with eight sixes and two fours.

The previous highest run chase in T20 history was scripted by South Africa who overhauled 258 for 5 made by the West Indies in 2023.

"Both teams played tremendously. You have to go back to the drawing board and see where you went wrong," said Kolkata skipper Shreyas Iyer.

"Not defending hurts but it's a great lesson for the players."

Punjab registered only their third win from nine games and moved to eighth spot in the 10-team competition.

Kolkata, with five wins from eight games, remain in second place.

"From the dugout, I was watching the wicket. I felt the ball was coming on with good bounce,' said Shashank.

"This match, the way Jonny batted was a huge positive. It was a great learning for me, we still have five more matches to go."

Opening the Punjab innings, Bairstow put on 93 runs with impact sub Prabhsimran Singh (54) and another 85 runs with South Africa's Rilee Rossouw (26).

Prabhsimran was run out by a direct throw from Sunil Narine who also chipped in with the wicket of Rossouw in the 13th over.

Despite the two dismissals, Shashank continued to unleash big shots, making sure Punjab did not lose their nerve while chasing the big total.

Earlier, Kolkata got off to a blistering start with Phil Salt and Narine sharing 138 runs off just 69 balls for the first wicket after being put in to bat.

Narine, dropped on 16, hammered four sixes and nine fours in his 32-ball 71 before holing out to Bairstow off leg spinner Rahul Chahar.

England's Sam Curran dismissed Salt who hit a 37-ball 75 studded with six sixes and six fours after being dropped twice by sloppy Punjab fielders.

Venkatesh Iyer chipped in with a cameo 39-run knock as Kolkata posted the highest IPL total ever at the Eden Gardens.

 - AFP

UNBELIEVABLE!

Punjab Kings have just chased down the highest-ever T20 total!

Johnny Bairstow ends on 108* off 48 balls, while Singh blasted 68* off 28 as they end on 262/2 in 18.4 overs to win by 8 wickets.

More to follow...

15 over update

Punjab 201/2

Bairstow 97*

Shashank 19*

Need 61 off 30

10 over update

Punjab 133-1

Bairstow 57*

Rossouw 19*

Need 130 from 60

5 over update

Punjab 69/0

Singh 54*

Bairstow 12*

Need 193 from 90

INNINGS:

Openers Phil Salt and Sunil Narine got Kolkata Knight Riders off to a flyer with their half-centuries to guide the home side to 261-6 against the Punjab Kings at Eden Gardens.

After being sent to bat first, Narine and Salt put on a devastating 138-run opening stand thanks to sub-par fielding, poor bowling and multiple dropped catches from the Punjab Kings outfit.

Rahul Chahar got the breakthrough as Narine attempted to clear it long-on and was caught in the deep for a sparkling 71 off 32 balls (hitting nine fours and four sixes).

Stand-in skipper Sam Curran bowled his fellow countryman Salt for a stunning 75 off 37 balls (hitting six fours and six sixes).

Venkatesh Iyer contributed with a handy 39, captain Shreyas Iyer's 38 and Andre Russell's 24 got the Kolkata to their highest-ever T20 total at Eden Gardens.

Proteas speedster Kagiso Rabada's poor IPL form continues as he went wicketless for 52 runs in his three overs.

Scores in brief:

KKR 261-6 in 20 (Salt 75, Narine 71, Arshdeep 2/45, Chahar 1/33)

Punjab Kings need 262 runs to win

15-over update:

Both set-in Phil Salt and Sunil Narine fall in a space of two overs.

Rahul Chahar provides the breakthrough as Narine tries to clear it long-on but he can't get the distance and is caught in the deep and departs for a sparkling 71 off 32 balls (hitting nine fours and four sixes).

Stand-in skipper Sam Curran gets his first scalp as he bowls his fellow countryman Salt, who swings and misses and walks back for a stunning 75 off 37 balls (hitting six fours and six sixes).

However, Andre Russell and Venkatesh Iyer have kept the momentum going with boundaries of their own. Kolkata set for a big total with plenty of wickets in hand.

KKR 190-2 after 15

Russell 14*

Venkatesh 22*

10-over update:

Carnage in Kolkata as both openers bring up their half-centuries.

First up was Narine, who was previously dropped on 16, brought up his second IPL fifty of the season - excluding his 109 last week - off just 23 balls.

Then Salt, who was also dropped on 35, brought up his third IPL fifty of the season off just 25 balls.

Punjab Kings' are defeated in the field, which has led to sloppy fielding and bowlers leaking too many runs and conceding extras.

KKR 137-0 after 10

Salt 59*

Narine 71*

5-over update:

Kolkata Knight Riders are off to a flyer thanks to the equal exploits of openers Phil Salt and Sunil Narine.

Not even Proteas speedster Kagiso Rabada could tame this duo as he went for 21 runs in his opening over.

KKR 70-0 after 5

Salt 30*

Narine 37*

TOSS

Punjab Kings won the toss and decided to field.

TEAMS

Kolkata Knight Riders: Philip Salt (w), Sunil Narine, Angkrish Raghuvanshi, Shreyas Iyer (c), Venkatesh Iyer, Rinku Singh, Andre Russell, Ramandeep Singh, Dushmantha Chameera, Varun Chakaravarthy, Harshit Rana

Punjab Kings: Jonny Bairstow, Sam Curran (c), Rilee Rossouw, Jitesh Sharma (w), Shashank Singh, Ashutosh Sharma, Harpreet Brar, Harshal Patel, Kagiso Rabada, Rahul Chahar, Arshdeep Singh

Indian spinners Karn Sharma and Swapnil Singh took four key wickets to help IPL's lowest-ranked Royal Challengers Bengaluru defeat Sunrisers Hyderabad by 35 runs in Hyderabad on Thursday.

Earlier, Faf du Plessis-led RCB won the toss and scored a par 206-7, setting a 207 run target for Hyderabad's in-form batting unit which has already broken some IPL batting records this season.

Hyderabad could only score 171-8 as RCB registered only their second win in nine games and are still languishing at the bottom of the 10-team table.

Indian batting superstar Virat Kohli hit a slow 43-ball 51 and stitched a 48-run opening partnership with Plessis, who fell after hitting 12-ball 25.

England's Will Jacks (6) fell early before Rajat Patidar's explosive 20-ball 50 propelled Bengaluru to 130 in the 13th over, when the rookie batter fell to Indian veteran pacer Jaydev Unadkat.

Kohli fell in the 15th over leaving RCB reeling at 140-4 as their innings lost some momentum and wickets of Mahipal Lomror (7) and Dinesh Karthik (11) by the 19th over.

Australia's star all-rounder Cameron Green hit an unbeaten 20-ball 37 to provide a final flourish as Unadkat (3-30) and T Natarajan (2-39) finished with five wickets between them.

Hyderabad's explosive openers, Australia's Travis Head and Indian rookie Abhishek Sharma, failed to build a partnership Thursday.

Head (1) fell in the very first over of the chase to spinner Jacks and Sharma hit 13-ball 31 before he fell in the fourth over to leave Sunrisers at 2-37.

Bengaluru's Karn and Swapnil took three key middle-order wickets -- Aiden Markram (7), Nitish Kumar Reddy (13), and Heinrich Klaasen (7) -- to leave Hyderabad at 5-69 in the eighth over of the chase.

Hyderabad skipper Pat Cummins, who hit 15-ball 31 with three sixes, provided some lower-order flourish before dismissal to national teammate Green, who bowled two tight overs for 12 runs and two wickets.

Hyderabad is still comfortably placed on the third spot in the IPL table and Cummins said that he "won't dwell on this one too much".

Winning captain Plessis said that their team had "been close for a while but you need to win matches to get confidence in the group".

"Massive win for us. When you're not winning it does affect you mentally, it does affect your confidence," he added.

"You can't speak confidence into the group, you can't fake confidence into the group."

- AFP

15 over update

Sunrisers 137/7

Bhuvneshwar 5*

Shahbaz 21*

Need 75 from 30.

10 over update

Sunrisers 89/6 

Ahmed 13*

Cummins 3*

Need 118 from 60. 

5 over update

Sunrisers 56/4

Nitish 7*

Shabaz 0*

Need 151 off 90. 

INNINGS:

Half-centuries from Virat Kohli and Rajat Patidar propelled Royal Challengers Bengaluru to 206-7 in their IPL encounter on Thursday.

After deciding to bat first, RCB got off to a flyer thanks to skipper Faf du Plessis, but he soon perished for 12-ball 25.

A 65-run stand between Kohli and Patidar got RCB back in the game but the duo fell shortly at the hands of Jaydev Unadkat after bringing up their own half-centuries.

Patidar, who scored his second IPL fifty of the season, decided to flick Unadkat legside and finds the sole fielder at the deep square leg boundary for 50 off 20 balls (hitting two fours and five sixes).

Kohli pulled a slow delivery and found the fielder on the boundary to depart for 51 off 43 balls (hitting four fours and a six).

Cameron Green made a handy unbeaten 37 off 20 balls and got RCB over the 200-mark.

Unadkat was the pick of the Hyderabad bowling attack as he took three for 30 in his four overs.

Scores in brief:

RCB 206-7 in 20 (Kohli 51, Patidar 50, Unadkat 3/30, Unadkat 2/39)

Sunrisers Hyderabad need 207 runs to win

15-over update:

The two set batters have departed thanks to Jaydev Unadkat with five overs still to go for RCB.

Shortly after bringing up his second IPL fifty of the season, Rajat Patidar flicks the ball legside and finds the sole fielder at the deep square leg boundary.

Patidar walks back to the dugout for 50 off 20 balls (hitting two fours and five sixes).

Opener Virat Kohli fell in the 15th over after the Indian star brought up his 53rd IPL fifty.

Kohli tried to pick up a slower delivery, pulled and found the fielder on the boundary to depart for 51 off 43 balls (hitting four fours and a six).

RCB 142-4 after 15

Lomror 2*

Green 5*

10-over update:

Englishman Will Jacks doesn't last long as he sweeps too early and is bowled by Mayank Markande. Jacks walks back for six.

However, Virat Kohli on the other end continues to shoulder RCB's innings as he moves into the forties. 

RCB 94-2 after 10

Kohli 42*

Patidar 21*

5-over update:

RCB got off to a flying start but Bengaluru captain Faf du Plessis was the first scalp to fall.

Natarajan bowls a bouncer and Du Plessis follows the ball, swings and gets a top-edge to Aiden Markram at cover. Du Plessis walks for 25 off 12 (hitting three fours and a six).

RCB 51-1 after 5

Kohli 24*

Jacks 2*

TOSS:

Faf du Plessis has won the toss and Royal Challengers Bengaluru will BAT first in their IPL encounter against the Sunrisers Hyderabad.

Teams:

RCB

Faf du Plessis (c), Virat Kohli, Will Jacks, Rajat Patidar, Cameron Green, Dinesh Karthik, Mahipal Lomror, Karn Sharma, Lockie Ferguson, Yash Dayal, Mohammed Siraj

Sunrisers Hyderabad

Abhishek Sharma, Aiden Markram, Heinrich Klaasen (wk), Abdul Samad, Nitish Kumar Reddy, Shahbaz Ahmed, Pat Cummins, Bhuvneshwar Kumar, Jaydev Unadkat, Mayank Markande, T Natarajan

Rishabh Pant smashed an unbeaten 88 as he led Delhi Capitals to a tense IPL win over Gujarat Titans on Wednesday, boosting his chances of playing for India at the T20 World Cup.

Delhi posted 224-4 courtesy of a 113-run stand between Pant and fellow left-hander Axar Patel, who hit 66, after they slipped to 44-3 inside six overs at their home Arun Jaitley Stadium.

The hosts kept Gujarat down to 220-8 to win by four runs after David Miller's 23-ball 55 and an unbeaten 21 off 11 deliveries by Rashid Khan.

Mukesh Kumar kept his nerve in the final over for Delhi's fourth win in nine matches as they kept their playoff hopes alive in the T20 tournament.

Pant, 26, struck his third half-century of this season after 14 months away from top level cricket following a frightening car accident when his Mercedes rammed into a barrier, flipped and caught fire in December 2022.

Pant, a wicketkeeper-batsman, suffered multiple injuries and was rushed to hospital before being airlifted to Mumbai for further treatment and surgery.

He has not only fired with the bat in the IPL but his sharp work behind the stumps prompted Delhi's director of cricket Sourav Ganguly and coach Ricky Ponting to back the India star for making the national team for the World Cup in June.

Up and coming Australian batsman Jake Fraser-McGurk gave Delhi a strong start with his 14-ball 23 but medium-pace bowler Sandeep Warrier took three wickets including two in one over.

Patel, a bowling all-rounder promoted to number three in the batting, brought up his fifty with a boundary off Rashid before another Afghanistan spinner Noor Ahmad had him caught at long-on.

Pant reached his fifty in style with a six off Mohit Sharma and then hammered the medium-pace bowler in a 31-run 20th over when he finished with a six, four and three hits over the fence to raise the roof.

South African Tristan Stubbs watched the blitz from the other end after he smashed Sai Kishore in the 19th over, which went for 22 runs, for his unbeaten seven-ball 26.

In reply, Gujarat lost skipper Shubman Gill for six off Anrich Nortje before impact substitute Sai Sudarshan smashed 65 off 39 balls.

Gujarat lost regular wickets but the left-handed Miller smashed Nortje for three sixes and a four to give Delhi a scare before his departure in the 18th over.

Rashid kept up the fight till the end as Gujarat needed 19 off the final over and five on the last ball.

- AFP

15 over update

Gujarat Titans 147/5

Tewatia 2*

Miller 24*

Need 78 off 30

10 over update

Gujarat Titans 98/2 

Omarzai 1*

Sudharsan 50*

Need 127 off 60

5 over update

Gujarat Titans 60/1

Saha 31*

Sudarshan 22*

Need 165 off 90

INNINGS

A Tristan Stubbs cameo helped Delhi Capitals to 224/4in their IPL clash against the Gujarat Titans on Wednesday.

Stubbs ended on 26* off 7 balls (three fours, two sixes) as Rishbah Pant's 88* (including 31 off the last over) and Axar Patel's 66 drove Delhi's innings after they were asked to bat first. 

Scores in brief:

Delhi Capitals 224/4 (Pant 88*, Patel 66, Stubbs 26*)

Gujarat need 225 to win

15 over update

Delhi Capitals 127/3

Patel 50*

Pant 34*

10 over update

Delhi Capitals 80/3

Patel 26*

Pant 12*

TOSS

Gujarat Titans won the toss and will field first.

TEAMS

Delhi Capitals: 1 Prithvi Shaw, 2 Jake Fraser-McGurk, 3 Shai Hope, 4 Rishabh Pant (capt & wk), 5 Tristan Stubbs, 6 Abishek Porel, 7 Axar Patel, 8 Kuldeep Yadav, 9 Anrich Nortje, 10 Mukesh Kumar, 11 Khaleel Ahmed. 

Gujarat Titans: 1 Shubman Gill (capt), 2 Wriddhiman Saha, 3 Azmatullah Omarzai, 4 David Miller, 5 Shahrukh Khan, 6 Rahul Tewatia, 7 R Sai Kishore, 8 Rashid Khan, 9 Noor Ahmad, 10 Mohit Sharma, 11 Sandeep Warrier.  

Super Stoinis slams LSG to win over Chennai

Australia's Marcus Stoinis hit an unbeaten 124 as Lucknow Super Giants chased down a target of 211 with six wickets and three balls to spare against Chennai Super Kings on Tuesday.

It was Stoinis' first IPL century and his second in T20 cricket, trumping an unbeaten 108 by Chennai skipper Ruturaj Gaikwad at his home M.A. Chidambaram Stadium.

Lucknow looked in trouble at 88-3 after 11 overs but Stoinis put on 70 runs with Nicholas Pooran, who hit 34 off 15 balls, and an unbeaten 65-run stand with Deepak Hooda to achieve victory in 19.3 overs.

Stoinis reached his hundred in 56 balls as he and Hooda, who made 17 not out off six balls, secured Lucknow's second straight win over Chennai, replacing the five-time winners in fourth spot.

Needing 17 to win in the final over, Stoinis smashed Mustafizur Rahman for a six and three fours, including one off a no ball.

"Tough pill to swallow, but good game of cricket," said Gaikwad.

"LSG played really well in the back end. We had the game in control till 13-14 overs, but Stoinis played a great innings."

Stoinis walked in in the first over after Quinton de Kock's departure for a duck and paced his innings to perfection as he hit 13 fours and six sixes in his 63-ball knock.

It was the highest score by a batsman while chasing in the IPL.

Hooda said Stoinis "played like a warrior, he is a kind of motivation to us".

Sri Lanka pace bowler Matheesha Pathirana took two wickets including the dangerous Pooran.

Chennai posted 210-4 courtesy of Gaikwad's second IPL ton and a 104-run stand between the captain and Shivam Dube, who smashed 66, after the hosts were invited to bat first.

Gaikwad took on the opposition attack despite losing Ajinkya Rahane and Daryl Mitchell and raised his hundred from 56 balls with a six and four.

Gaikwad became only the third Chennai player after India's Murali Vijay and Australia's Shane Watson to hit two IPL tons and moved to second in this season's batting chart with 349 runs.

Royal Challengers Bengaluru star Virat Kohli tops the chart with 379 runs.

Dube got to his fifty with a four and a six before being run out in the final over, which saw veteran M.S. Dhoni walk out to a rousing reception and hit a four off the final ball.

- AFP