On Suday, excitement levels before the match were very high but a high scoring game has put it off for the Hyderabadi supporters. Sunrisers Hyderabad's lack of support with the willow was clearly evident once again in the game. On a fast track, they could do little to restrict the homeground players to score beyond 175. With a target of 181 runs, and entirely dependant of international players for runs, they had nothing but disappointment in store for them after losing with a large difference of 48 runs.

Kolkata vs Hyderabad, 17th Match, Kolkata
Hyderabad: 132/7 (20.0 Ovs)
Kolkata: 180/4 (20.0 Ovs)
Kolkata won by 48 runs and Gatam Gambhir was awarded MoM

While later that evening, the match at Jaipur between Rajasthan Royals and Punjab was nerve wracking as the hometeam won the game once again but only just with four balls in hand. They won with six wickets in hand though. James Faulkner was given the man of the march for instrumental wickets.

Rajasthan vs Punjab, 18th Match, Jaipur
Rajasthan: 126/4 (19.2 Ovs)
Punjab: 124 (18.5 Ovs)
Rajasthan won by 6 wkts

Today Chennai will fight Pune on their turf at Chepauk at 8:00 pm tonight. Tune into Set Max or go for IPL live streaming on YouTube for advertisement-free games.

(AW- Anil)