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Qualifier 1 will be held in Chennai on May 7, followed by the Eliminator on May 8 and Qualifier 2 on May 10 in Visakhapatnam. The final will be played on May 12 in Hyderabad Sports News : The four matches of the Indian Premier League (IPL) playoffs and final will commence at 7 The Committee of Administrators in a meeting held in the capital recently had discussed to revise the timings. Qualifier 1 will be held in Chennai on May 7, followed by the Eliminator on May 8 and Qualifier 2 on May 10 in Visakhapatnam. The final will be played on May 12 in Hyderabad. → Read our full coverage on  IPL 2019  ← Moreover, three Women's T20 Challenge games will start at 7:30 pm (IST). Only the second game, which clashes with the men's eliminator match, will commence at 3:30 pm (IST). All the games will be hosted at the Sawai Mansingh Stadium in Jaipur. Three teams -- Supernovas, Trailblazers and Velocity -- will play against each other once. Trailblazers will play Supernovas o...

Mumbai, currently in third spot with 12 points from 10 games, lost against Rajasthan Royals and will be keen to keep themselves in the hunt for the playoffs Sports News : In match 44 of VIVO Indian Premier League 2019 (IPL 2019), Chennai Super Kings will host Mumbai Indians at the M. A. Chidambaram Stadium in Chennai Friday. After MS Dhoni's team defeated Sunrisers Hyderabad on Shane Watson's unbeaten 96, they would be looking to continue the momentum as the top the IPL 2019 Points Table with 16 points. → Read our full coverage on  IPL 2019  ← The visitors, currently in third spot with 12 points from 10 games, lost against Rajasthan Royals and will be keen to keep themselves in the hunt for the playoffs. After Watson, CSK hope Suresh Raina, Ambati Rayudu and Kedar Jadhav find form before the playoffs. Mumbai would look to add two more points with a win and cement its place for the playoffs as the side has been inconsistent and a loss could cause them some worr...

Sunrisers Hyderabad bowled a nagging line and length to restrict Chennai Super Kings to 132 for five. Sports News : In Match 33 of VIVO Indian Premier League (IPL 2019), Sunrisers Hyderabad, led by Kane Williamson crushed Dhoni-less Chennai Super Kings (CSK) by six wickets at the Rajiv Gandhi International Stadium at Uppal, Hyderabad on Wednesday. Struggling with back spasm, Chennai Super Kings skipper Mahendra Singh Dhoni was rested and for the first time he is not leading the yellow brigade since 2010. Earlier, Sunrisers Hyderabad bowled a nagging line and length to restrict Chennai Super Kings to 132 for five. → Read our full coverage on  IPL 2019  ← Leading the side in the absence of Mahendra Singh Dhoni, who was rested for the game because of back spasm, Suresh Raina opted to bat after the coin landed in his favour. But the decision did not work wonders for the visitors as the Sunrisers bowlers produced a disciplined effort to pick up five wickets fo...

The MS Dhoni-led side is at the top of IPL 2019 points table while SRH tumbled to sixth place. Sports News : In match 33 of the VIVO Indian Premier League 2019 (IPL 2019), Sunrisers Hyderabad (SRH) will host Chennai Super Kings (CSK) at the Rajiv Gandhi International Cricket Stadium in Hyderabad on Wednesday. Leading the IPL points table 2019 initially, SRH tumbled with a hat-trick of losses and are now at the sixth spot, just ahead of the struggling Rajasthan Royals and Royal Challengers Bangalore. CSK have been the only consistent side so far in the IPL 2019 with seven wins and a loss from their eight matches. The MS Dhoni-led side also tops the IPL 2019 points table and is unlikely to be relegated to a lower position anytime soon. → Read our full coverage on  IPL 2019  ← Hyderabad have not been able to take advantage of home conditions and it was visible again in their last match as the side collapsed against Delhi Capitals, losing 8 wickets for just 16 ru...

Imran Tahir gatecrashed Chris Lynn's party with a figures of four for 27 as CSK bounced back to restrict KKR to a below-par 161 for 8.   Sports News : In match 29 of VIVO Indian Premier League (IPL 2019), Imran Tahir spun a web before Suresh Raina found his mojo back with a half-century as Chennai Super Kings (CSK) inched closer towards another playoff qualification with a five-wicket victory over Kolkata Knight Riders (KKR) at the Eden Garden in Kolkata on Sunday. After Tahir's career-best 4 for 27 restricted KKR to 161 for 8, CSK coasted to the target in 19.4 overs as Raina anchored the chase with an unbeaten 58 off 42 balls with seven fours and a six. Ravindra Jadeja also played an important cameo hitting 31 off 17 balls to pave the way for the team's seventh win in eight games. → Read our full coverage on  IPL 2019  ← Needing 24 runs off the last two overs, Jadeja smashed Harry Gurney for three successive fours to make it just a formality in the l...

Chennai Super Kings produced yet another disciplined bowling effort to restrict Rajasthan Royals to a modest 151 for seven. Sports News : In Match 25 of VIVO Indian Premier League (IPL 2019), bispectacled Mitchell Santner smashed Ben Stokes into the stands off the final delivery to guide Chennai Super Kings to a thrilling four wicket victory in an IPL game which saw a very public outburst from winning captain Mahendra Singh Dhoni.   CSK recorded their sixth win in seven games as they made a rough weather of a modest 152 run target before Santner's six sealed in a dramatic final over in which CSK needed 18 runs.    → Read our full coverage on  IPL 2019  ←   Dhoni on his part scored 58 off 43 and added 95 with Ambati Rayudu (57 off 47 balls) for the fifth wicket.   However Stokes got him with a yorker and a clear waist high no-ball to Santner was ruled out by umpire Ulhas Gandhe after trying to raise his arm. This prompted an...

With an emphatic win, CSK are back at the top of the IPL points table 2019 with five victories from six game Sports News : In Match 23 of VIVO Indian Premier League (IPL 2019), a clinical Chennai Super Kings (CSK) maintained their unbeaten run at home with a seven-wicket thrashing of Kolkata Knight Riders at MA Chidambaram Stadium in Chennai on Tuesday. The hosts put up a top-class bowling effort yet again after winning the toss, limiting KKR to 108 for nine despite an unbeaten 50 off 44 balls from the dangerous Andre Russell.  With the dew making batting easier in the second half of the match, CSK chased down a rather comfortable target in 17.2 overs. With an emphatic win, CSK are back at the top of the IPL points table 2019 with five victories from six games while KKR suffered their second loss in six matches and will be hoping that Tuesday's performance was just a blip in otherwise a promising campaign so far.    → Read our full coverage on  IPL...

Stokes said there was no point in looking back and focus on the upcoming games because if they lose the next two, bouncing back could be beyond Royals' reach CSK bowler Imran Tahir and RR batsman Ben Stokes during IPL match between Chennai Super Kings (CSK) and Rajasthan Royals (RR) at Chepauk Stadium in Chennai.   Sports News :  Rajasthan Royals all-rounder Ben Stokes has said that his team can't afford to lose another game after suffering three consecutive defeats in the IPL. Stokes said there was no point in looking back and focus on the upcoming games because if they lose the next two, bouncing back could be beyond Royals' reach. "Our first three games we got ourselves into a real good position to win All three, and we know it is just (about) winning those crucial moments. (This game) it was the last over and unfortunately we couldn't cross the line," Stokes said at the post-match press conference after the eight-run loss against Chennai Super...

Shikhar Dhawan scored a half-century to take DC to 147 for 6 on a lifeless Kotla track, for CSK, Watson and Raina replied with aggression and Dhoni took care of the rest with Jadhav DC player Shreyas Iyer and CSK batsman Shane Watson exchange words during the Indian Premier League match between CSK and DC at Feroz Shah Kotla Cricket Stadium in New Delhi.   Sports News : In Match 5 of VIVO Indian Premier League 2019 (IPL 2019), Chennai Super Kings (CSK) beat Delhi Capitals (DC) by 6 wickets in a last over thriller at Ferozshah Kotla ground in New Delhi on Tuesday. In the last over when CSK needed 2 runs, Kasigo Rabada bowled brilliantly as he took the wicket of Kedar Jadhav off the first ball while bowled two successive DOT balls to Dwayne Bravo before the batsman hit the winning run with two balls to spare.   Earlier, Shikhar Dhawan scored a painstaking half-century in Delhi Capitals' sub-par 147 for 6 against Chennai Super Kings on a lifeless Kotla track in an ...

After Rishabh Pant's 18-ball fifty against Mumbai Indians, the shrewd tactician in MS Dhoni will be plotting how to stop him early Sports News :  In Match 5 of Indian Premier League 2019 (IPL 2019), Chennai Super Kings will look to continue their winning momentum against new look Delhi Capitals at Ferozshah Kotla in New Delhi on Tuesday. After Rishabh Pant’s 18-ball fifty against Mumbai Indians, the shrewd tactician in MS Dhoni will be plotting how to stop him early. Pant has once again set the tone with a magnificent 78 off 27 balls in Delhi Capitals' 37-run win against Mumbai Indians. CSK, with their experience of winning important moments, will certainly make Capitals wary. However, Chennai Super Kings will be a different challenge for the Capitals, who don't have an enviable record against Dhoni's men at their home ground. Read our full coverage on IPL 2019  Rampaging Rishabh Pant biggest challenge for Dhoni at Kotla The nature of the Kotla track make...

Chennai Super Kings' Harbhajan Singh, center, celebrates with teammates the dismissal of Royal Challengers Bangalore's Moeen Ali during ipl T-20 match in Chennai. Sports News : In the opening match of VIVO Indian Premier League 2019 (IPL 2019), Mahendra Singh Dhoni's Chennai Super Kings (CSK) defeated Virat Kohli's Royal Challengers Bangalore by 7 wickets at MA Chidambaram Stadium in Chennai on Saturday. Chasing a below-par score of 71 runs, CSK lost opener Shane Watson early but never looked to control the game as Ambati Rayudu (28 off 42 runs) and Suresh Raina (19 off 21 balls) put 32 runs for the second wicket to consolidated their team position. Earlier, Harbhajan Singh rocked the top-order with a three-wicket burst as Chennai Super Kings bowled out Royal Challengers Bangalore for a paltry 70 in 17.1 overs in after winning the toss. On a slow Chepauk turner, the senior off-spinner opening the bowling, rolled back years with figures of 3/20 in his four-over sp...