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IPL 2019 highlights: CSK beat KKR by 5 wickets; Suresh Raina hits fifty

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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...

IPL 2019, KKR vs DC preview: Russell-Rabada battle on cards at Eden Gardens

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Kolkata Knight Riders are placed at the second position in IPL points table 2019 with eight points from six matches while Delhi capitals are at sixth spot with six points Sports News : In Match 26 of VIVO Indian Premier League (IPL 2019), Kolkata Knight Riders (KKR) will host Delhi Capitals (DC) at the Eden Gardens in Kolkata Friday. Andre Russell's big-hitting prowess will challenge Kagiso Rabada's inch-perfect yorkers for the second time in IPL 2019 as DC will look shed away their inconsistent run. Kolkata Knight Riders are placed at the second position in IPL points table 2019 with eight points from six matches. → Read our full coverage on  IPL 2019  ← On the other hand, Delhi Capitals had an inconsistent run in IPL 2019 and they are at sixth position in IPL 2019 points table with six points. It was a thrilling Super Over that decided the tie in their first meeting in IPL 2019, with Delhi riding another Rabada special in that one over to victory. Russel...

Match 21, KKR vs RR: KKR demolish RR by 8 wickets, top points table (Match highlights)

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Australian batsman Steve Smith scored 73 not out to anchor Rajasthan Royals to 139 for 3. Sports News :  In Match 21 of VIVO Indian Premier League (IPL 2019), openers Sunil Narine and Chris Lynn tore the Rajasthan Royals bowling attack to shreds to help Kolkata Knight Riders notch up an easy eight-wicket win at Sawai Mansingh Stadium in Jaipur on Sunday. Chasing 140 for a win, Narine (47) and Lynn (50) shared 91 runs for the opening stand in 8.3 overs to take the game away from Rajasthan Royals as KKR reached the target with 6.1 overs to spare.   The win, which took KKR to the top of the table with eight points from five matches (4 wins and 1 loss), was the best of this season in terms of number of balls to spare. Narine contributed 47, his best of this IPL season, from 25 balls from which he hit six fours and three sixes while Lynn made an exact 50 from 32 deliveries, with the help of six boundaries and three sixes. → Read our full coverage on  IPL 2019 ...

Match 17, RCB vs KKR: Virat Kohli's RCB look to end drought of win (Match Preview)

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Royal Challengers Bangalore are now 0-4 down and considering their form, it would be a huge task for Virat Kohli to bring his team out of the menace Sports News :  In Match 17 of VIVO Indian Premier League 2019 (IPL 2019), Royal Challengers Bangalore (RCB) will face Kolkata Knight Riders (KKR) at the M. Chinnaswamy Stadium in Bengaluru on Friday. Virat Kohli faces a herculean task of taking his team to first win of this edition of IPL as the team has suffered back-to-back defeats in first four matches and are now seated at the eighth and the last spot at 2019 IPL points table. On the other hand, Dinesh Karthik-led Kolkata Knight Riders won their first two matches comfortably but Delhi denied them a hat-trick of wins as they snatched victory in the super over. Andre Russell has been in supreme form RCB bowlers would be busy preparing for a way to get rid of him before he starts demolishing. → Read our full coverage on  IPL 2019  ← Royal Challengers Bangalore have ...

IPL 2019 Match 6, KKRvsKXIP: Kolkata Knight Riders beat Kings XI by 28 runs (Match highlights)

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Half-centuries from Nitish Rana and Robin Uthappa, and yet another blistering knock from Andre Russell helped Kolkata Knight Riders post a massive 218 for 4 KKR batsmen Nitish Rana and Robin Uthappa during the Indian Premier League 2019 match between Kolkata Knight Riders (KKR) and Kings XI Punjab (KXIP), at Eden Gardens in Kolkata. Sports News : In the match 6 of VIVO Indian Premier League 2019 (IPL 2019), Kolkata Knight Riders (KKR) beat Kings XI Punjab (KXIP) by 28 runs at The Eden Gardens in Kolkata on Wednesday. Earlier, half-centuries from Nitish Rana and Robin Uthappa, and yet another blistering knock from Andre Russell helped Kolkata Knight Riders post a massive 218 for 4 against Kings XI Punjab. Russell made full use of a reprieve when he was on three to hammer five sixes and three fours in his 17-ball 48 to play a major role in KKR posting a big total. → Read our full coverage on  IPL 2019  ← Russell, who hit a sensational 19-ball 49 against Sunrisers Hyde...

Match 2, KKR vs SRH: Russell cameo help KKR beat SRH by 6 wickets

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Warner made a stupendous comeback with a scintillating 85, helping his side reach a challenging 181/3.   Sports News : In the Match 2 of VIVO Indian Premier League 2019 (IPL 2019), Andre Russell smashed an explosive 49 to spoil David Warner's scintillating IPL comeback as Kolkata Knight Riders pulled off a dramatic six-wicket win over Sunrisers Hyderabad at The Eden Gardens on Sunday. Needing 53 runs from last three overs, the powerful Jamaican changed the course of the match with his big-hitting against Siddharth Kaul, creaming off 19 runs from that over. He retained the strike by taking a smart single and continued his assault on Bhuvneshwar Kumar, who too bled 19 runs in the penultimate over as KKR sealed the 182-run chase with two balls to spare. Russell hammered four sixes and an equal number of boundaries in run sequence that read 6-6-1-4-1-4-6-4-0-6-1. Youngster Shubman Gill (18 not out) completed the formalities with two sixes off Shakib-Al-Hasan. Promoted t...