RR vs RCB and KKR vs Kings XI - IPL Saturday Double Fun

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How much are you alive? I was almost dead when I saw Chris Lynn taking that blinder to clinch a win for KKR! Absolutely unbelievable catch. Could be easily rated as one of the best catches in cricket history. This is what cricket and IPL is all about. Enjoy the fun further with Rajasthan Royals facing Royal Challengers Bangalore and Kolkata Knight Riders facing Kings XI Punjab. Today's matches would certainly produce further shuffling in the points table. Enjoy IPL 2014 live streaming on Star Sports and Go Cricket. IPL live telecast is available on Sony Six in India.

Rajasthan Royals vs Royal Challengers Bangalore

Both these teams suffered a narrow loss in the previous matches. Rajasthan lost to Chennai by seven runs and RCB lost to similar such match against KKR. But things would be different this time as they would enjoy the leisure to play on best of the three venues in the UAE.

Shane Watson for Rajasthan is inconsistent. People also feel he should come up the order and open the innings. That would lay a quick and solid foundation to the Royals' innings. The Royal think tank can think of sneaking in Cooper or even Unmukt Chand up the batting order.

RCB has a strong batting line up and they would be hopeful of Gayle's return. Kohli, De Villiers and Yuvraj would always be the backbone of their middle order. Bowling wise they can turn tables on Rajasthan Royals. Both teams would strive for a win here to climb up few places in the points table.

Kolkata Knight Riders vs Kings XI Punjab

Kolkata pulled out an unbelievable victory while defending an average total against RCB. It seemed it would be an easy win for RCB, but some tight bowling in the end, sluggish batting by Yuvraj and spectacular catch by Lynn dropped the match in KKR's pockets. They would love to carry on with a winning streak from here on as they have the potential to do so. But this time they are up against the strongest performing team of IPL 2014.

Gautam Gambhir is at the lowest of his confidence level after three ducks on the trot. A win in the last match would have provided him great relief after he was plumbed LBW for a naught again. Sunil Narine is doing a great job as usual. Kallis looks in great touch this year with his bat. He doesn't seem to be stopping in any terms.

Kings XI is certainly riding high on success of Maxwell. He has hammered all the opposition bowlers across all parks. Big question is how long can continue his good form. The team looks too relied upon Maxwell. Miller has batted well in couple of matches. If the bowling and batting department can click in tandem again, this team looks unbeatable. 

Kings XI is receiving a lot of good support due to Sehwag's fans. Here is a snap from twitter for the fans of Sehwag!

Batting maestro @virendersehwag says 'Panga Na Lo' to #PepsiIPL teams after @lionsdenkxip's 3rd win #TwitterMirror pic.twitter.com/9BVYCG3yzo
— IndianPremierLeague (@IPL) April 23, 2014

With two good matches involving four tough teams, your Saturday is definitely going to be Cricketing! And don't forget - catches win matches! Here is what Gayle has to say to support this fact...

Tough Lost... They say catches win matches - that stunning catch did won it for KKR.. We @RCBTweets will bounce back.
— Chris Gayle (@henrygayle) April 24, 2014

Kings XI Punjab vs Sunrisers Hyderabad IPL Match 9 Preview

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After CSK's win over DD last night, there is another huge shuffle in the points table. CSK has climbed up to third position with two points and a net run rate of +2.082. Royal Challengers are current toppers of the points table followed by Kings XI Punjab. The second positioned team Kings XI Punjab will face the seventh positioned team Sunrisers Hyderabad today. Hyderabad is amongst the two winless teams so far in IPL 2014. Mumbai has played two and lost two meanwhile Hyderabad has played one and lost it. Watch Kings XI Punjab vs Sunrisers Hyderabad match live streamed on Star Sports and Go Cricket website in India. Sony Six channel will provide live TV telecast in India.

Punjab's team started off as underdogs and now are the team to beat. Only two names would come to your mind in this IPL if we talk about Kings XI Punjab and they would be Miller and Maxwell. This double 'M' have hammered opposition bowlers and easily chased mammoth targets in last two games. Although none of the matches in IPL are walk in the park, but today Kings XI would start as favourites against Sunrisers. Here is a tweet from Kings XI Punjab official twitter handle that supports our claim of double 'M'

— Kings XI Punjab (@lionsdenkxip) April 20, 2014

Glen Maxwell is at the primest of his forms with two sparkling innings of 95 and 89 in last two matches. Miller has provided him a great stand at the other end of the crease. If Maxwell goes on to score another half century, the team might win based on his previous records. Punjab has two more attractive players viz Sehwag and Johnson. They both looked rusty in last two matches but if these two get going with Maxwell and Miller, it would be almost impossible to beat Kings XI Punjab.

Suprising stat here would be the head to head record. Sunrisers Hyderabad has played two matches so far against Kings XI and won both. So certainly Kings XI would push hard in this match to open their winning account against the Sunrisers.

Shikhar Dhawan is a powerful batsman up the order for Sunrisers. Fans are eager to see his powerful hitting which has been missing from past few months. Another blaster in the team is David Warner. World knows what he can do when he is in golden touch. If Sunrisers can score big, they can content the opposition with a strong bowling line up consisting of Steyn, Ishant, Bhuvaneshwar, Amit Mishra and Karan Sharma. Not to forget they have a lovely allrounder named Darren Sammy in their line up as well. 

Chennai Super Kings vs Delhi Daredevils Preview - IPL Match 8

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As IPL moves forward each year, the most important and interesting part has to be the points table. Way every team moves up and down after the result of every match is really interesting. Before Chennai Super Kings face Delhi Daredevils in the only IPL match today, you can check the IPL points table and results so far by clicking here and here. Meanwhile as we keep you updated about the IPL 2014 live streaming and telecast information, Go Cricket and Star Sports will provide live streaming in India for today's match and Sony Six will provide live TV telecast.

It isn't too regular to see a team posting 200 plus runs and then losing it. The strongest team in the IPL history viz. Chennai Super Kings suffered that blow in their opening match against Kings XI Punjab. After a splendid start from McCullum and Dwayne Smith. They scored 123 runs in just 12.4 overs before McCullum departed on 67 off just 45 balls. Smith scored 66 off just 43 balls. Raina and Dhoni continued the hitting with 24 and 26 runs from 19 and 11 balls respectively. But they didn't receive an equal support from the bowling end. Magical innings from Maxwell (95 runs from 43 balls) and Miller (54 runs from 37 balls) snatched the match from CSK.

It would be interesting to see how Chennai's team can bounce back after that heart breaking loss. Although it isn't late at all for CSK as they have played just one match, still they need to pull up their socks at the earliest. By the way we all know, no one bounces back as well as the SuperKings do! Another funny tweet here for our readers. Sir Ravindra Jadeja follows the ball till the moon. We all know his fielding heroics. He may have something in store for his fans in today's match. You never know!

@imjadeja @ChennaiIPL #returnofthepride #whistlepodu pic.twitter.com/8rtgUfeBgs

— vineeth vs (@vinee_thegreat) April 20, 2014

On the other hand we have Delhi Daredevils that looked too depleted now in the absence of Sehwags and Pietersens. Skipper Pietersen didn't play first two matches due to an injury. Although the clouds of uncertainties are still very dark that whether he would play today or not, the good news flew in later when he indicated that he has almost recovered from the injury.

Delhi lost its first match against Royal Challengers Bangalore but they bounced back well against Kolkata to clinch a win. JP Dumminy is in a phenomenal form. He is just below the orange cap holder Maxwell. Duminy has scored 119 runs from 2 innings with a strike rate of 143. He also has six sixes to his name so far and e finds himself amongst the top few six hitters this year in the IPL's seventh edition.

On paper we still fill Chennai is a stronger team, but as you saw how they lost even after posting 200 plus on board, it is too hard to pick a favourite. Rather its always hard to do this in any IPL face off. 

Happy Easter and enjoy today's IPL match.