ipl 2023

Delhi have picked up their second points of the season, beating Hyderabad by 7 runs in another last-ball finish, on Monday night in Hyderabad.

David Warner, returning to the ground he called home for many years, won the toss and elected to bat first but that wasn't the only big call he made. Prithvi Shaw was left out of the playing XI for the first time this season, with Sarfaraz Khan replacing him. Pushed up to open, Phil Salt didn't do much as he was out first ball. Mitch Marsh batted at 3 and made 25 as Warner ended up scoring 21 off 20 but by the fall of his wicket, the team was in trouble at 62/5 after 8 overs. Axar Patel and Manish Pandey through added 69  for the sixth wicket and scored 34 each to help the team post 144/9.

Hyderabad chase was slow with Harry Brook and Mayank Agarwal putting together 31 runs after 5 overs before Brook got out to Nortje on 7. Mayank went onto score 49 before his wicket started a bit of a trend for Hyderabad with a wicket falling in the 12th, 13th, 14th and 15th overs. In the end, 13 were needed off the last over and Mukesh Kumar conceded just 5 as Delhi won the match by 7 runs.

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Another last ball thriller in the Indian T20 League and this time Bangalore, finished on top, beating table-toppers Rajasthan by 7 runs for their fourth win of the season.

Rajasthan captain Sanju Samson won the toss and elected to bowl first, announcing that the team had dropped Riyan Parag for the first time this season. As Virat faced the first ball, Trent Boult trapped him lbw and one over later, he sent Shahbaz Ahmed packing as Bangalore were in trouble at 12/2 in 2.1 overs. However, after that it was a frustrating run of 12 overs where Faf du Plessis and Glenn Maxwell stitched together a solid partnership, adding 127 runs off 66 balls for the third wicket. Once they got out, Bangalore were at 156/4 after 15 and then Rajasthan's bowlers managed to pull things back, conceding just  33 runs in the final 5 overs.

In the chase, Rajasthan also lost a wicket in the first over with Jos Buttler getting out to Siraj on a duck. Paddikal and Jaiswal then added 98 for the second wicket before David Willey broke the partnership in the 12h over as Paddikal got out on 52. Harshal Patel got Jaiswal on 47 two overs later and then Rajasthan needed 108/3 after 14 overs- 82 from 36 balls. There was some late charge from Dhruv Jurel and R Ashwin but in the end Bangalore managed to finish on tope.

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Another last-over thriller but this game between Mumbai and Punjab lived true to that 'thriller' description with Sam Curran's Punjab collecting the two points from the win, with a 13 run victory.

Mumbai had Jofra Archer return as Rohit Sharma elected to field after winning the toss. Arjun Tendulkar started the innings by bowling a tight first over, conceding just 5, before Cameron Green sent back Matthew Short in the third over. Piyush Chawla bowled a double wicket 10th over, sending back Liam Livinstone and Atharv Taide as Punjab were in trouble at 83/4. Harpreet Singh and Sam Curran then collaborated for a 92 run stand that included a ruthless over of Arjun Tendulkar where the bowler was hit for four boundaries and two sixes - conceding 31 runs. Punjab posted a mammoth 214/8 at the Wankhede Stadium.

Mumbai's chase saw opener Rohit Sharma make a quick 44 and then Cameron Green added a handy 67. The star of the innings though was Suryakumar Yadav who was in vintage Surya form, smashing 57 from 26 but when he got to off a brilliant catch by Taide, the score was 184/4 with Mumbai needing 31 from 12.

It was Tim David and Tilak Verma then and the team needed 16 from the last 6 balls. Arshdeep Singh was handed the ball and he was all class taking out Tilak Verma and then Nehal Wadhera's mid stump.

Punjab went onto win the match by 13 runs. 

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Virat Kohli returned as Bangalore’s captain, just for the game, and the team marked the occasion with their third win of the season, beating Punjab in Mohali by 24 runs in Thursday’s evening fixture.

Bangalore were put in to bat first by Sam Curran and there was a mammoth 137-run opening stand by Faf du Plessis and Virat Kohli. Virat and then Maxwell though both fell in the 17th over but Faf continued on, eventually getting out on 84 off 56. Only 44 runs were made in the final 5 overs, despite the solid start and Bangalore were restricted to 174/4 by Punjab.

Punjab’s chase went way off course within the powerplay itself with Taide, Short, Liam and Harpreet getting out, and the the team was 43/4 in 5.3 overs. Opener Prabhsimran Singh though gave it some life with his 46 and Jitesh Sharma threatened to get the team close to the finish line with his 41. Punjab in fact did get quite close, needing 37 from 24 balls but in the end, a double wicket over from Siraj in the 18th reduced Punjab to 149/9 and Bangalore won the match by 24 runs.

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Mumbai have recorded their third straight victory of the season with a 14 run victory over Hyderabad in Match 23 on Tuesday night in Hyderabad.

Home skipper Aiden Markram won the toss and put Mumbai in to bat first. Rohit Sharma made 28, Ishan Kishan added another 38 but it was Cameron Green who came good for his team on the day - making 64 off 40 to help Mumbai post 192/5.

In the chase, Mayank Agarwal managed his highest score of this season so far, making 48 off 41 while Harry Brook got out on 9 after that century in the last game. The team was 133/6 after 15 overs but Behrendorff's 18th went for 19 runs and the equation was down to 24 needed from 12, with 2 wickets remaining. Cameron Green then bowled a super tight 19th over, giving away just 4 runs which meant it was Arjun Tendulkar left to bowl the final over, with Hyderabad needing 20.

Only four runs were conceded as Arjun picked a wicket off the penultimate ball to open his account in the tournament and also seal the 14 run win.

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Rajasthan picked up their fourth victory of the season, courtesy of a three-wicket win in what was a humdinger against Gujarat, in match 23 at the Narendra Modi Stadium. Batting first after losing the toss, Gujarat scored 177 runs. In response, Rajasthan chased the total down in the last over. Hetmyer was the star with a 56-run knock.

For Gujarat, Shubman Gill provided a good start with a 45-run knock, before it was time for David Miller and Abhinav Manohar to call the shots. The pair scored 23 runs in only 43 deliveries, taking Gujarat to a competitive total.

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David Warner's Delhi continue to remain winless as Bangalore have beaten them by 23 runs to hand them their fifth straight loss of the season.

After being put into bat first, Bangalore opener Virat Kohli scored his third half century in four matches this season. He and Faf du Plessis gave the team a strong start, scoring 42 in 4.3 overs, before Faf fell to Mitch March on 22. Virat smashed Mustafizur for 19 runs in the 10th over before losing his wicket to Lalit Yadav in the next over, on 50. Glenn Maxwell came out to bat at number four and made a 14-ball 24 as Delhi did well to restrict Bangalore to 174/6.

Delhi’s chase was dealt a big setback from the start with Prithvi Shaw and Mitch Marsh both getting out on ducks. Yash Dhull lost his wicket on 1 and this time, even skipper David Warner couldn’t put up a fight as he got out on 19 and the team was down to 30/4 in 5.4 overs. Manish Pandey saved the team from a big defeat, scoring fifty off 38 before he fell to Wanindu Hasaranga and Delhi was reduced to 98/7 in 13.6 overs.

Eventually, the team finished on 151/9, losing by 23 runs.

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We finally welcomed the arrival of Harry Brook to the Indian T20 League! So much was riding on the English 24-year-old with Hyderabad breaking the bank to add him to their line-up during December's auction, and it took him a few matches to get used to the Indian conditions. But on Friday, against Kolkata, at the Eden Gardens, Brook was absolute class as she scored an unbeaten 100 to help Hyderabad post the season's highest total - 228/4.

Kolkata's chase was dealt an early setback with Bhuvi picking the wicket of Rahmanullah in the first over and then Marco Jansen packing off Venkatesh Iyer and Sunil Narine to reduce the team to 22/3 in 4 overs. Skipper Nitish Rana and Rinku Singh both scored half centuries and added 69 for the 6th wicket but after Rana fell on 75 off 41, looking for some big shots, the team needed 70 runs from the last 4 overs. Rinku Singh hit some big sixes but there was no encore at the Eden Gardens as lost by 23 runs.

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Gujarat were involved in yet another last-over thriller, except this time, they were on the winning side. Hardik Pandya’s team defeated Punjab by 6 wickets in match 18, at the IS Bindra Stadium.

Punjab were asked to bat first and they could only score 153. Matthew Short top-scored with 36. In  response, Gujarat got over the line in only the penultimate delivery of the game. Shubman Gill scored another half-century.

Punjab had a difficult time with the bat, except Matthew Short, who scored 36 runs in 24 deliveries. At the opposite end of the spectrum were Bhanuka Rajapaksa and Jitesh Sharma. They did score runs, but very slowly – accumulating only 45 runs in 49 balls between the two.

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Kolkata opened their account this season in the most thrilling of turnarounds, in front of their home crowd at the Eden Gardens.

From 94/5 in 12 overs, the team posted 204 in their 20 overs before Varun Chakravarthy, Sunil Narine and Suyash Sharma got Bangalore bowled out for 123 in 17.4 overs.

Kolkata had lost Vekatesh Iyer, Mandeep Singh and captain Nitish Rana by the 8th over, with just 51/3 on the board. Afghan opener Rahmanullah though held fort at one end and scored a half century, but Karn Sharma then picked his and Kolkata star Andre Russell's wickets in the 12th over and the team looked in deep trouble. Shardul Thakur though walked in to bat next and played an innings to remember, smashing three sixes and nine boundaries during his 29-ball 68.  With Rinku Singh also scored 46 off 33 to help Kolkata post 204/7.

Bangalore's chase never really got off the mark as Faf du Plessis' team were 69/5 after 10 overs. Virat got out on 21, Faf on 23,  Maxwell made just 5 and Dinesh Karthik fell on 9.

Bangalore were bowled out for 123 in 17.4 overs, losing the match by 81 runs.

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Punjab have registered their second consecutive win, and Rajasthan have been handed their first defeat, in match number 8, that was played at the Barsapara Cricket Stadium in Guwahati.

Punjab were asked to bat first by Sanju Samson, and they scored 197 runs. Skipper Shikhar Dhawan top scored with a 56-ball 86, while his opening partner, Prabhsimran Singh scored 60 runs in 34 deliveries.

In response, Rajasthan could only score 192. Nathan Ellis was the pick of the bowlers from the Punjab team, recording a four-wicket haul. Sam Curran was a tad expensive, but under pressure, he bowled an immaculate last over, justifying why he is the most expensive player of the competition.

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Faf du Plessis's Bangalore and Rohit Sharma's Mumbai played out the most one-sided match of the season so far with Bangalore in complete control of the proceedings throughout the game on Sunday night at the M Chinnaswamy Stadium.

Things started going Bangalore's way from the toss itself where once again a winning captain chose to chase.

Mumbai were reduced to 20/3 by the 6th over after Rohit got out on 1, Ishan Kishan on 10 and Cameron Green on 5. Tilak Varma though single-handedly salvaged the innings and remained unbeaten on 84 to help the team get to 171/7.

The chase was smooth sailing for Bangalore with Virat and Faf scoring 148 for the first wicket, off 89 deliveries. Virat remained unbeaten on 82 while Faf got out on 73. Bangalore won with 22 balls to spare.

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Bhanuka Rajapaksa timed the ball well to slam a delightful half-century, while Arshdeep Singh picked three wickets as Punjab opened their 2023 campaign with a seven-run win over Kolkata via DLS method at the I.S. Bindra PCA Stadium on Saturday.

On a flat pitch and fast outfield, Punjab were threatening to score upwards of 200, as they reached 100 runs in the first 10 overs. But Kolkata, whose bowlers majorly struggled, picked four wickets in the second half as Punjab could make only 91 runs to end up at a score nine short of 200.

All of Punjab's batters got starts after being pushed into batting first, but only Rajapaksa could reach the half-century mark, with the help of five fours and two sixes at a strike rate of 156.25.

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Game one of season 16 of the Indian T20 League started with defending champions Gujarat announcing their intentions, with a 5 wicket victory over MS Dhoni’s Chennai at the Narendra Modi stadium in Ahmedabad on Friday night.

Gujarat elected to put Chennai into bat first and MS Dhoni’s team made 178/7 in their 20 overs. Opener Ruturaj Gaikwad smashed 92 from 50 but could not convert it into a century with not much support from the other end.

In reply, Gujarat’s chase was mostly anchored by Shubman Gill who made 63 and by the time he got out, in the 15th over, the team needed 41 runs from 30 deliveries. This was the one time Gujarat looked like they were in trouble, scoring just 18 from the next 3 overs and then ended up needing 23 runs from the last 12 balls. Rashid Khan then hit Chahar for 10 in 2 deliveries and got it down to 8 needed from 7.

Rahul Tewatia at the other end hit the winning runs as Gujarat got on the board in the season-opener.

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