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                                                Manvinder Bisla after Completing his Half - Century

Statistical highlights: Manvinder Bisla records third fifty in IPL history

Kolkata Knight Riders' six-wicket win on Friday is their sixth in eleven games against Kings XI Punjab at the IPL - winning % 54.54. Here are some of the other statistical highs from the game played at the Eden Gardens.
           

The sequence of losses might have something to do with Eden Gardens being nowhere near as full as it usually is for a Kolkata Knight Riders match, but the still-sizeable crowd was treated to a long overdue Kolkata win on Friday (April 26) over Kings XI Punjab. Playing the lead in Kolkata's successful run chase was Manvinder Bisla, who carried his bat, scoring an unbeaten 51 from 44 balls, to seal victory by six wickets after Punjab had been restricted to 149 for 6.

 

Watson, Faulkner Give Royals Big Win over Sunrisers

 

 

 

Australian duo James Faulkner and Shane Watson combined brilliantly to take the Rajasthan Royals to a comfortable eight-wicket victory over the Sunrisers Hyderabad in IPL 2013.In a match which looked like it could be over in a couple of hours, the Sunrisers fought back brilliantly from 29 for six to post 144 for nine from their 20 overs, thanks to an outstanding half-century from Darren Sammy, with James Faulkner picking up a five-for for the Royals.
Watson was unstoppable in the chase, ending on an unbeaten 98 from just 53 balls, to guide the Royals to 146 for two in just 17.5 overs.
The Royals built a solid base for the chase courtesy Rahul Dravid and Shane Watson, despite losing Ajinkya Rahane in the third over.
Dale Steyn dismissed Rahane, after the opener only found the toe end of the bat while trying to go for an almighty heave, with Kumar Sangakkara taking the catch behind the wicket.

MUMBAI: Mumbai Indians produced a brilliant all-round display as they romped to a crushing 58-run win over table-toppers Royal Challengers Bangalore in the Pepsi Indian Premier League (IPL).

Pepsi IPL 6

The 2013 season of the Indian Premier League, abbreviated as IPL 6 or IPL 2013, is the sixth season of the Indian Premier League, established by the Board of Control for Cricket in India (BCCI) in 2007. The tournament features nine teams and is held from 3 April to 26 May 2013. The opening ceremony was held at the Salt Lake Stadium in Kolkata on 2 April 2013. This is the first season with PepsiCo as the title sponsor. The Kolkata Knight Riders are the defending champions, having won the 2012 season.

Dates	3 April 2013 – 26 May 2013
Administrator(s)	BCCI
Cricket format	Twenty20
Tournament format(s)	Double round robin and playoffs
Host(s)	India
Champions	TBD
Participants	9
Matches played	76
Official website	www.iplt20.com

Teams And Owners

1. Mumbai Indians 
2. Hyderabad Sunrisers
3. Chennai Super Kings
4. Delhi Daredevils
5. Kolkata Knight Riders
6. Pune Warriors India
7. Kings XI Punjab
8. Rajasthan Royals
9. Royal Challengers Bangalore

This year IPL teams owners have spent around $11.89 million for buying 37 player.

No	Team	Owners Name	Captain
1	Bangalore Royal Challengers	Vijay Mallya	Virat Kohli
2	Chennai Super Kings	N. Srinivasan, India Cements	Mahendra Singh Dhoni
3	Delhi Daredevils	GMR Group	Mahela Jayawardene
4	Kings XI Punjab	Ness Wadia, Preity Zinta	Adam Gilchrist
5	Kolkata Knight Riders	Juhi Chawla, Shahrukh Khan, Jay Mehta	Gautam Gambhir
6	Mumbai Indians	Reliance Industries, Mukesh Ambani	Ricky Ponting
7	Pune Warriors India	Sahara India Pariwar	Angelo Mathews
8	Rajasthan Royals	Shilpa Shetty, Raj Kundra, Lachlan Murdoch	Rahul Dravid
9	Sunrisers Hyderabad	Kalanidhi (SUN TV Network)	Kumar Sangakkara

Gayle's Storm

Gayle's innings left bowlers 'scared', says Donald

Allan Donald, the Pune Warriors coach, has said that his players were "scared" after the thunderous assault from Chris Gayle, which set up an enormous 130-run victory for Royal Challengers Bangalore. A day after the demoralising defeat, Donald admitted that he feared the "mental damage" the innings might have caused his players and said his biggest challenge was to keep them positive for the remaining eight matches.

"We came across a bloke yesterday who was just devastating," Donald told ESPNcricinfo in Bangalore. "I have never seen hitting like that in all my life. To see our guys getting pummeled like that was unbelievable. When I walked out for the first strategy break, I just saw people scared, really scared. I just mentioned to the players that if we don't pull this back here, he is going to take us down big time, which he did."

Donald realised that the bowlers were clueless and if he did not deliver a stern message, Gayle could play havoc, which he eventually did with ease. "When I looked at their faces and no one said a word, the only way for me was to be very firm in my message; we had to find a way," he said. "We also discussed in the meeting on the morning of the match that we had to bowl out batsmen who were not going to give up their wicket. We needed someone to stand up and do something special and stop the flow of runs."

As a response Donald observed blank faces. By the second timeout, in the 16th over, Gayle had doubled the team score, taking it past 200 and Donald was frustrated. "To me that plan was about how we were going to limit the damage in the next four overs. The plan was to go full into his pads and also vary the pace," Donald said

The mental scarring Gayle has inflicted on his players has left the coach worried. "How much damage has this done to us mentally? My job becomes even harder now and I have to make sure these guys are ready against another team that is struggling (Delhi Daredevils) on a ground we have never played (Raipur)," he said. "This group now needs to rally together."

Barring the pair of Bhuvneshwar Kumar (4-0-23-0) and Luke Wright (4-0-26-1), at the start and end of the Royal Challengers' innings, Gayle attacked the rest mercilessly. Donald was not shy to take the blame. He said the bowlers lacked consistency and the team was one experienced strike bowler short.

"We haven't been brilliant," he said. "We have been okay in certain games and really off the boil in the others. And that is one area where we have let ourselves down. We do not have an attack that is express pace; we don't have a Dale Styen or a Shuan Tait, though, we have fair bit of class in Kumar and Ashok Dinda."

At the same time, Donald pointed out, Gayle was unstoppable and intimidated the bowlers. "There were times during that knock where he just went ballistic, and then he took a little timeout and then he went again," Donald said with a chuckle.

After the match, he asked Gayle, "Why us?" Gayle said he was in the mood. "He has just said that is the best he has ever hit the ball in his life," Donald said.

	I can't find a solution as to why we are not responding. I cannot fault the squad that we have got this year. Is it the failures of the last two years that is playing on everyone's minds or the losing streak that we are on at the moment? Is it affecting everybody? Allan Donald

After their confident victory against Chennai Super Kings, Warriors let the following two matches slip out of their hands against Sunrisers Hyderabad at home and then in Mohali against Kings XI Punjab. The erratic form has left even Donald confused.

"I can't find a solution as to why we are not responding," he said. "I cannot fault the squad that we have got this year. Is it the failures of the last two years that is playing on everyone's minds or the losing streak that we are on at the moment? Is it affecting everybody?"

The failure of marquee players has made matters worse for Donald. Yuvraj Singh, Ross Taylor, Angelo Matthews and Robin Uthappa have not played any innings of impact. Acting captain Aaron Finch has been the only batsman to score a half-century, striking up three fifties in six games.

"The whole team has been hot and cold," Donald said, expressing his frustration. "If you look at Chris Gayle, Virat Kohli and AB de Villiers, they win the RCB games. The same goes for teams like Super Kings."

The absence of a stable captain at Warriors has been a point of fierce debate. The first-choice captains - Mathews and Ross Taylor - have been battling for form, forcing the team management to appoint Finch, who has led in the Big Bash, as a stand-in leader. "We never had a captain in three years leading us solidly," Donald said.

In their debut season in 2011, Warriors finished eighth out of nine teams in the season. Last year, they slid to the last position. This season they are ahead of last-placed Daredevils. According to Donald, there is no place to hide for Warriors. "We can't fault our preparations or our planning and strategies, we have been on the money," he said. "We just haven't been unable to put it together on the field. There are no excuses, there are no explanations and we have got to turn it around."

IPL 6 BIGGEST FLOPS

IPL 6: The biggest flops of the tournament so far

Here's a look at how some of the costliest players have performed in the tournament so far.

Irfan Pathan 
After an underwhelming 2012 IPL season in which he managed just eight wickets (average 58.12, economy 7.75) and 176 runs from 17 matches, Irfan has made a lukewarm start to IPL 6. Like in 2012, the situation is much the same: Irfan's swing has been missing and his bowling at the death has been particularly flat. In the season opener against KKR, Irfan started off with a maiden over to Manvinder Bisla but his second produced 15 runs as Gautam Gambhir hit him for a four and six before Jacques Kallis ended the over with a lofted drive to the boundary. Irfan did not bowl again in the match. 

A look at how some of the costliest players have performed in the first ten days of season six of the Indian Premier League.
In the loss to Rajasthan Royals, Irfan went wicketless in his four overs while conceding 31 runs. He gave up four runs in the first over, five in the seventh, 12 in the 11th and 10 in the 18th. When Delhi lost their third match in a row, to Mumbai Indians, Irfan started with a wicket-maiden opening over and bowled a top first spell of 2-14-1, but when he came back he bled 33 in two overs. The 14th over cost 11 with Dinesh Karthik hitting two fours through midwicket; in the 19th, Ambati Rayudu smacked 4, 6, 4, 6 in successive deliveries.
In the low-scoring loss to Sunrisers Hyderabad, Irfan bowled two tidy over for seven runs. When he came back to bowl the 18th he collected the big wicket of Thisara Perera and gave up just six runs. That prompted his captain to give Irfan the final over, with six to defend. But Dale Steyn hit six in two balls to hand Delhi their fourth consecutive loss. Again, bowling length proved fatal.

Jacques Kallis - three matches, 39 runs, average 13
The veteran South Africa has been an infrequent player in the Twenty20 format, playing just six matches - all for Royal Challengers Bangalore - in the last six months. In that time, his scores read: 16, 23, 0, 18, 0 and 0 (three in IPL 6 and three in last year's CLT20). In KKR's season opener, Kallis made 23 off 20 balls before pulling a half-tracker straight to midwicket; in the second match he was out for golden duck when wafting outside off stump; and in the next match Kallis charged Vinay Kumar and picked out the fielder at deep cover for 16. He has also gone wicketless in three matches, while conceding runs at 7.36 an over. 

Ricky Ponting - 5 matches, 52 runs, average 10.05
Opening the batting, Ponting and Tendulkar have just managed two half-century stands together out of five games. As a matter of fact, on three occasions Mumbai lost its first wicket in the opening over. And chasing a formidable 179 for three, the openers failed yet again as Mumbai suffered a humiliating 87-run loss at the hands of Rajasthan Royals at the Sawai Man Singh Stadium last night. 
So far in IPL 6 Ponting has impressed with his captaincy and one awesome one-handed catch at extra cover, but as a batsman he has been a flop. Paired with Tendulkar in an opening stand that brings together two batsmen with a jaw-dropping 61,756 international runs between them , Ponting has also fallen flat. He has so far made 28 off 33 balls (stumped); 6 off 10 (caught at slip); and 0 off 6 (caught at mid-off). Those are poor returns from an international superstar purchased for $400,000 by a franchise looking for a winning formula.
Kumar Sangakkara - four matches, 82 runs, average 20.50
Having been given a stamp of faith from the owners of the Hyderabad-based franchise, the former Sri Lanka captain has come a cropper so far in IPL 6. Though Sunrisers Hyderabad won their first two matches their batting has been exposed as rather thin - especially with Shikhar Dhawan injured - and Sangakkara's failures have not helped. Against Pune Warriors he made 15 off 16 balls before charging and missing a legbreak; in the match with RCB Sangakkara got 16 off 17 balls and again dashed out of his crease only to perish; and in the loss to RCB in the return match he got a leading edge after making 23 off 24 balls. In the win over Delhi, Sangakkara made a run-a-ball 28.
A season strike-rate of 96.47 is just too low for the team's leader and most experienced batsman. Sangakkara has scored just nine boundaries in 85 balls faced.
Ross Taylor - three matches, 51 runs, average 17
The New Zealand batsman was swapped from Delhi to Pune during the off-season in a move directed at boosting a stagnating batting line-up but the results have been very average. Taylor has failed to cross 20 in any innings so far in IPL 6 and his strike-rate 87.93 is a major downer. He made a run-a-ball 19 in the loss to Hyderabad, 15 off 19 against Kings XI Punjab and 17 off 20 balls against Rajasthan Royals. At his fourth franchise in five IPL seasons, Taylor has not been of any help with the bat to a franchise that was a massive flop in their first two seasons.

Schedule

IPL 6 Results So Far

2013 IPL 6 Matches Results Match Date & Time Teams Scorecard Match 1 Wednesday 3rd April, 2013 D/N 14:30 GMT | 20:00 local Vs Eden Gardens, Kolkata KKR won by 6 Wkts Match 2 Thursday 4th April, 2013 D/N 14:30 GMT | 20:00 local Vs M Chinnaswamy Stadium, Bangalore RCB won by 2 Runs Match 3 Friday 5th April, 2013 D/N 14:30 GMT | 20:00 local Vs Rajiv Gandhi International Stadium, Hyderabad SRH won by 22 Runs Match 4 Saturday 6th Arpil, 2013 10:30 GMT | 16:00 local Vs Feroz Shah Kotla, Delhi RR won by 5 Runs Match 5 Saturday 6th April, 2013 D/N 14:30 GMT | 20:00 local Vs MA Chidambaram Stadium, Chennai MI won by 9 Runs Match 6 Sunday 7th April, 2013 10:30 GMT | 16:00 local Vs Subrata Roy Sahara Stadium, Pune KXIP won by 8 Wkts Match 7 Sunday 7th April, 2013 D/N 14:30 GMT | 20:00 local Vs Rajiv Gandhi International Stadium, Hyderabad SRH won in Super Over Match 8 Monday 8th April, 2013 D/N 14:30 GMT | 20:00 local Vs Sawai Mansingh Stadium, Jaipur RR won by 19 Runs Match 9 Tuesday 9th April, 2013 10:30 GMT | 16:00 local Vs M Chinnaswamy Stadium, Bangalore RCB won by 7 Wkts Match 10 Tuesday 9th April, 2013 D/N 14:30 GMT | 20:00 local Vs Wankhede Stadium, Mumbai MI won by 44 Runs Match 11 Wednesday 10th April, 2013 D/N 14:30 GMT | 20:00 local Vs Punjab Cricket Association Stadium, Mohali CSK won by 10 Wkts Match 12 Thursday 11th April, 2013 10:30 GMT | 16:00 local Vs M Chinnaswamy Stadium, Bangalore RCB won by 8 Wkts Match 13 Thursday 11th April, 2013 D/N 14:30 GMT | 20:00 local Vs Subrata Roy Sahara Stadium, Pune PWI won by 7 Wkts Match 14 Friday 12th April, 2013 D/N 14:30 GMT | 20:00 local Vs Feroz Shah Kotla, Delhi SRH won by 3 Wkts Match 15 Satruday 13th April, 2013 10:30 GMT | 16:00 local Vs Wankhede Stadium, Mumbai MI won by 41 Runs Match 16 Saturday 13th April, 2013 D/N 14:30 GMT | 20:00 local Vs MA Chidambaram Stadium, Chennai CSK won by 4 Wkts Match 17 Sunday 14th April, 2013 10:30 GMT | 16:00 local Vs Eden Gardens, Kolkata KKR won by 48 Runs Match 18 Sunday 14th April, 2013 D/N 14:30 GMT | 20:00 local Vs Sawai Mansingh Stadium, Jaipur RR won by 6 Wkts Match 19 Monday 15th April, 2013 D/N 14:30 GMT | 20:00 local Vs MA Chidambaram Stadium, Chennai PWI won by 24 Runs Match 20 Tuesday 16th April, 2013 10:30 GMT | 16:00 local Vs Punjab Cricket Association Stadium, Mohali KXIP won by 4 Runs Match 21 Tuesday 16th April, 2013 D/N 14:30 GMT | 20:00 local Vs M Chinnaswamy Stadium, Bangalore RCB won in Super Over Match 22 Wednesday 17th April, 2013 10:30 GMT | 16:00 local Vs Subrata Roy Sahara Stadium, Pune SRH won by 11 Runs Match 23 Wednesday 17th April, 2013 D/N 14:30 GMT | 20:00 local Vs Sawai Mansingh Stadium, Jaipur RR win by 87 Runs Match 24 Thursday 18th April, 2013 D/N 14:30 GMT | 20:00 local Vs Feroz Shah Kotla, Delhi CSK won by 86 Runs Match 25 Friday 19th April, 2013 D/N 14:30 GMT | 20:00 local Vs Rajiv Gandhi International Stadium, Hyderabad SRH won by 5 Wkts Match 26 Saturday 20th April, 2013 10:30 GMT | 16:00 local Vs Eden Gardens, Kolkata CSK won by 4 wkts Match 27 Saturday 20th April, 2013 D/N 14:30 GMT | 20:00 local Vs M Chinnaswamy Stadium, Bangalore RCB won by 7 Wkts Match 28 Sunday 21st April, 2013 10:30 GMT | 16:00 local Vs Feroz Shah Kotla, Delhi DD won by 9 wkts Match 29 Sunday 21st April, 2013 D/N 14:30 GMT | 20:00 local Vs Punjab Cricket Association Stadium, Mohali KXIP won by 7 wkts Match 30 Monday 22nd April, 2013 D/N 14:30 GMT | 20:00 local Vs MA Chidambaram Stadium, Chennai CSK won by 5 Wkts Match 31 Tuesday 23rd April, 2013 10:30 GMT | 16:00 local Vs M Chinnaswamy Stadium, Bangalore RCB won by 130 Runs Match 32 Tuesday 23rd April, 2013 D/N 14:30 GMT | 20:00 local Vs Feroz Shah Kotla, Delhi KXIP won by 5 Wkts Match 33 Wednesday 24th April, 2013 D/N 14:30 GMT | 20:00 local Vs Eden Gardens, Kolkata MI won by 5 Wkts Match 34 Thursday 25th April, 2013 D/N 14:30 GMT | 20:00 local Vs MA Chidambaram Stadium, Chennai CSK won by 5 wickets Match 35 Friday 26th April, 2013 D/N 14:30 GMT | 20:00 local Vs Eden Gardens KKR won by 6 wickets Match 36 Saturday 27th April, 2013 10:30 GMT | 16:00 local Vs RR won by 8 wickets Sawai Mansingh Stadium, Jaipur Match 37 Saturday 27th April, 2013 D/N 14:30 GMT | 20:00 local Vs MI won by 58 Runs ;)Wankhede Stadium, Mumbai Match 38 Sunday 28th April, 2013 10:30 GMT | 16:00 local Vs MA Chidambaram Stadium, Chennai To be played Match 39 Sunday 28th April, 2013 D/N 14:30 GMT | 20:00 local Vs International Cricket Stadium, Raipur To be played Match 40 Monday 29th April, 2013 10:30 GMT | 16:00 local Vs Sawai Mansingh Stadium, Jaipur To be played Match 41 Monday 29th April, 2013 D/N 14:30 GMT | 20:00 local Vs Wankhede Stadium, Mumbai To be played Match 42 Tuesday 30th April, 2013 D/N 14:30 GMT | 20:00 local Vs Subrata Roy Sahara Stadium, Pune To be played Match 43 Wednesday 1st May, 2013 10:30 GMT | 16:00 local Vs Rajiv Gandhi International Stadium, Hyderabad To be played Match 44 Wednesday 1st May, 2013 D/N 14:30 GMT | 20:00 local Vs International Cricket Stadium, Raipur To be played Match 45 Thursday 2nd May, 2013 10:30 GMT | 16:00 local Vs MA Chidambaram Stadium, Chennai To be played Match 46 Thursday 2nd May, 2013 D/N 14:30 GMT | 20:00 local Vs Subrata Roy Sahara Stadium, Pune To be played Match 47 Friday 3rd May, 2013 D/N 14:30 GMT | 20:00 local Vs Eden Gardens, Kolkata To be played Match 48 Saturday 4th May, 2013 D/N 14:30 GMT | 20:00 local Vs Rajiv Gandhi International Stadium, Hyderabad To be played Match 49 Sunday 5th May, 2013 10:30 GMT | 16:00 local Vs Wankhede Stadium, Mumbai To be played Match 50 Sunday 5th May, 2013 D/N 14:30 GMT | 20:00 local Vs Sawai Mansingh Stadium, Jaipur To be played Match 51 Monday 6th May, 2013 D/N 14:30 GMT | 20:00 local Punjab Cricket Association Stadium, Mohali To be played Match 52 Tuesday 7th May, 2013 10:30 GMT | 16:00 local Vs Sawai Mansingh Stadium, Jaipur To be played Match 53 Tuesday 7th May 2013 D/N 14:30 GMT | 20:00 local Vs Wankhede Stadium, Mumbai To be played Match 54 Wednesday 8th May, 2013 D/N 14:30 GMT | 20:00 local Vs Rajiv Gandhi International Stadium, Hyderabad To be played Match 55 Thursday 9th May, 2013 10:30 GMT | 16:00 local Vs Punjab Cricket Association Stadium, Mohali To be played Match 56 Thursday 9th May, 2013 D/N 14:30 GMT | 20:00 local Vs Subrata Roy Sahara Stadium, Pune To be played Match 57 Friday 10th May, 2013 D/N 14:30 GMT | 20:00 local Vs Feroz Shah Kotla, Delhi To be played Match 58 Saturday 11th May, 2013 10:30 GMT | 16:00 local Vs Subrata Roy Sahara Stadium, Pune To be played Match 59 Saturday 11th May, 2013 D/N 14:30 GMT | 20:00 local Vs Punjab Cricket Association Stadium, Mohali To be played Match 60 Sunday 12th May, 2013 10:30 GMT | 16:00 local Vs HEC International Cricket Stadium Complex, Ranchi To be played Match 61 Sunday 12th May, 2013 D/N 14:30 GMT | 20:00 local Vs Sawai Mansingh Stadium, Jaipur To be played Match 62 Monday 13th May, 2013 D/N 14:30 GMT | 20:00 local Vs Wankhede Stadium, Mumbai To be played Match 63 Tuesday 14th May, 2013 10:30 GMT | 16:00 local Vs M Chinnaswamy Stadium, Bangalore To be played Match 64 Tuesday 14th May, 2013 D/N 14:30 GMT | 20:00 local Vs MA Chidambaram Stadium, Chennai To be played Match 65 Tuesday 15th May, 2013 10:30 GMT | 16:00 local HEC International Cricket Stadium Complex, Ranchi To be played Match 66 Wednesday 15th May, 2013 D/N 14:30 GMT | 20:00 local Vs Wankhede Stadium, Mumbai To be played Match 67 Thursday 16th May, 2013 D/N 14:30 GMT | 20:00 local Vs HPCA Stadium, Dharamsala To be played Match 68 Friday 17th May, 2013 D/N 14:30 GMT | 20:00 local Vs Rajiv Gandhi International Stadium, Hyderabad To be played Match 69 Saturday 18th May, 2013 10:30 GMT | 16:00 local Vs HPCA Stadium, Dharamsala To be played Match 70 Sunday 18th May, 2013 D/N 14:30 GMT | 20:00 local Vs M Chinnaswamy Stadium, Bangalore To be played Match 71 Saturday 19th May, 2013 10:30 GMT | 16:00 local Vs Subrata Roy Sahara Stadium, Pune To be played Match 72 Sunday 19th May, 2013 D/N 14:30 GMT | 20:00 local Vs Rajiv Gandhi International Stadium, Hyderabad To be played Playoff Round Qualifier 1 Tuesday 21st May, 2013 D/N 14:30 GMT | 20:00 local Vs MA Chidambaram Stadium, Chennai To be played (1st Vs 2nd) Eliminator Wednesday 22nd May, 2013 D/N 14:30 GMT | 20:00 local Vs MA Chidambaram Stadium, Chennai To be played (3rd Vs 4th) Qualifier 2 Friday 24th May, 2013 D/N 14:30 GMT | 20:00 local Vs Eden Gardens, Kolkata To be played (Winner Eliminator Vs Loser Qualifier 1) Final Match Match 76 Sunday 26th May, 2013 D/N 14:30 GMT | 20:00 local Vs Eden Gardens, Kolkata To be played