Axar pulls Shardul in hope of finding the boundary but he hasn't connected properly. Lungi Ngidi is on fire here. Royal Challengers Bangalore vs Kings XI Punjab - Match 31, Rajasthan Royals vs Royal Challengers Bangalore - Match 33, Dubai International Cricket Stadium, Dubai, Sunrisers Hyderabad vs Kolkata Knight Riders - Match 35, Mumbai Indians vs Kolkata Knight Riders - Match 32, Delhi Capitals vs Chennai Super Kings - Match 34, Mumbai Indians vs Kings XI Punjab - Match 36, Chennai Super Kings vs Rajasthan Royals - Match 37, 16 Oct, 2020 Bhajji is trapped plumb in the front. After losing Tiwary, they would have badly wanted Miller to bat through but Bravo castles the left-hander with a brilliant yorker. What do you think will win today’s match? Lungi Ngidi and Deepak Chahar took full toll of the conditions. Much like the batting unit, the bowling unit has seen a stand-alone performer in Andrew Tye. Not to forget KXIP need to win by a margin of 53 runs to qualify and the wicket ins’t helping for them. Aaron Finch dropped Harbhajan Singh in the slips and it cost them as Bhajji scored 19 runs. Tye starts with a short ball to Raina. Incredible slip catching from Suresh Raina has given Deepak Chahar a wicket and send Aaron Finch packing. 12 May 2019: MI vs CSK IPL Match Analysis, Preview and Prediction. This is the real test of KXIP’s middle order here. Manoj Tiwary and David Miller tried to stage a comeback with a partnership of 60 runs in 43 balls. CSK have gone past the 100-run mark, thereby ended KXIP's chances of going past RR's NRR. We have seen many in this year's IPL and this one joins the list. So sending in Bhajji and Chahar creates chaos. Today has been a day of classic catches. Why not Dhoni? Match Prediction: CSK Vs KXIP: Who Will Win? A lot depends on Karun Nair and David Miller now. TV channels: Star Sports, Willow TV, SuperSport, Sky Sports, Channel 9, Fox Sports, Geo Super, BeIN Sport. So loads of positives but we haven’t applied ourselves. CSK, meanwhile, can't take this game lightly. Match Number : 56. (Again, in the event of a MI defeat. Match 56, IPL 2018 took place between CSK and KXIP at Maharashtra Cricket Association Stadium. Very good day out. Looking at ten years, it has been very good for us. Well, that's the end of the flourishing partnership. As said before, CSK has a lot to polish out before their playoff match. Billings is cleaned up the first ball. Jadeja is introduced into the attack and Tiwary wants to take him on and fails to connect properly. Both the bowler and the wicketkeeper were interested, before Gayle just walked off. The main factor remains that he has been consistent almost throughout even when others have failed. To stop a dominating CSK batting, Ashwin needs to shore up his bowlers and restrict CSK. We are 5 mins from the start of the game here! 16 overs gone and KXIP have only four more overs left now to make an impact. There are quite a few finals where I still remember what went wrong. Even in the first half we were playing in Mohali. The 'magic number' for RR was achieved by CSK in the 21-run over off Ashwin that took Deepak Chahar (yes, you read that right!) That’s superb, right on the money and the well-set Miller looses his stumps. As usual, we will bring you the live updates and interesting tweets from the cyberspace. A big margin win will see KXIP through to the playoffs, only if Mumbai Indians (MI) do not chase down 175 against Delhi Daredevils in the ongoing Match 55. A drama filled last day indeed. Seven runs off Mohit’s first five balls and Dhoni pulls the final ball for a boundary. For them to qualify, they need to restrict CSK to 100 or fewer. Find out more in our, New Zealand Women tour of Australia, 2020, Don't think we need to worry about that 53 run win margin for. All over - Suresh Raina hits fifty, KXIP suffer their seventh defeat in eight games. Should’ve latched onto the catch, but that happens in cricket. Jadeja ends the Miller, Tiwary partnership. Rajpoot was infuriated and understandably so. by Sabyasachi Author. Punjab had 100 runs to defend in order to edge Rajasthan into the playoffs. Ankit did really well, and of course KL was amazing. The Australian is leading the purple cap chase with 24 wickets and has been in phenomenal form. © 2020 Zee Entertainment Enterprises Limited. CSK vs KXIP IPL 2018 Match 56 preview: Punjab face uphill task against Ngidi though seemed a convinced. [21 May IPL 2018] CSK Vs KXIP Match Prediction, Pre-Match Analysis, Playing 11 and Betting Tips. They can surely get on board and hope for it. Shane Watson, Ambati Rayudu, Suresh Raina, MS Dhoni, Sam Billings, Swayne Bravo, Ravindra Jadeja, Lungi Ngidi, Harbhajan Singh, Shardul Thakur, Deepak Chahar. The umpiring hasn’t been of top quality in this IPL. Prior to the match, it was paramount for Kings XI Punjab (KXIP) to win the contest if they wished to move into the playoffs. Can KXIP fans actually believe in a miracle here? Bravo gets his yorker right. It was the battle of off-spinners. As it turned out, there was big deviation on snicko when Ashwin tried to run the ball down to third man. This is big, this is massive. They obviously now move into pole position to qualify. KXIP have been bundled out for just 153 here. They had 10 points after the first 6 games. KXIP bowlers are testing du Plessis and Rayudu outside off-stump. What a turnaround of fortunes for Ravichandran Ashwin's KXIP. Chahar smacks Ashwin for back-to-back sixes and then a four. At this point, Rajasthan Royals are the happiest of the lot. Prior to the match, it was paramount for Kings XI Punjab (KXIP) to win the contest if they wished to move into the playoffs. We didn’t bat very well. After losing Gayle and Finch, they have now lost KL Rahul. There’s no stopping Nair though. Ambati Rayudu nicks an excellent ball from Mohit, and KL Rahul pouches a simple catch. Ankit Rajpoot is rewarded for some brilliant bowling. Check here CSK vs KXIP 56th match IPL 2018 highlights. Ngidi registers figures of 4-1-10-4. Miller joins Tiwary out in the middle. Where to Get IPL Match Tickets of this match? The knock lifted the hosts to 153. After that horror start, Miller and Tiwary are leading the recovery. CSK need 23 off final 2 overs. CSK’s bowling has taken some serious hit over hit course of the tournament. Faf du Plessis departs. CSK’s bowling has taken some serious hit over hit course of the tournament. Need to bring in stricter rules. Lungi Ngidi also gave some breathing room for the bowling unit with his performance against DD. Umpire Nitin Menon calls it a “no ball”. (Playing XI): Faf du Plessis, Ambati Rayudu, Suresh Raina, MS Dhoni(w/c), Sam Billings, Dwayne Bravo, Ravindra Jadeja, Harbhajan Singh, Shardul Thakur, Deepak Chahar, Lungi Ngidi, (Playing XI): Lokesh Rahul(w), Chris Gayle, Aaron Finch, David Miller, Karun Nair, Manoj Tiwary, Axar Patel, Ravichandran Ashwin(c), Andrew Tye, Mohit Sharma, Ankit Rajpoot, IPL 2018: Chennai Super Kings vs Kings XI Punjab, Match 56 at Pune: Preview, Predictions and Likely XIs. They have yet to assure themselves of a top-two slot. Save my name, email, and website in this browser for the next time I comment. Jadeja strikes with his first ball. 1 to win. That said in order for KXIP to qualify, KKR, MI, and RCB have to lose their matches. Having lost their top order early they are only left with Karun Nair, Axar Patel and Ashwin in the dugout. Faf du Plessis gets a game. However, Tiwary was nipped out by Ravindra Jadeja following which Dwayne Bravo castled Miller with a searing Yorker. The top two teams they get extra life. Here's how the match went down. [21 May IPL 2018] CSK Vs KXIP Match Prediction, Pre-Match Analysis, Playing 11 and Betting Tips. He has bowled 16 dot balls. position with 12 points. That's because they lost seven in the next eight games. KXIP are 80/5. He comes in at No.5. CSK vs KXIP, 56th Match Information Date: The match will be played on 20th May 2018 (Sunday). We had a decent April but a horrible May. Latest Sports News, Article & Live Updates | Sportstakis.com. This is an excellent spell with the new ball from Ngidi and Chahar and they have almost killed KXIP's hopes here. After a lot of swings and misses and a few powerful hits too, Harbhajan Singh has finally been dismissed. KXIP’s chances have sunk. This means RR becomes the fourth team to qualify for the playoffs. They literally toyed with KXIP, giving them hopes. We like to do the process right because that’s what gives you the result. All over - Suresh Raina hits fifty, KXIP suffer their seventh defeat in eight games after failing to close out that game against MI. Post was not sent - check your email addresses! Man of the Match :  Lungi Ngidi 19:30 IST | 14:00 GMT, 18 Oct, 2020 Another six from Raina. Harbhajan Singh walks out three down and KXIP have three slips in place for him. The middle order namely, Aaron Finch, Yuvraj Singh, Karun Nair have failed to deliver with the bat. You can read our that match analysis here. CSK 27 for 3 in 4.4 overs. Much-needed this is for KXIP. A win can take them to the top spot, a defeat may see them not change positions and a defeat by huge margin can also see them slip to the third spot and if that happens, instead of Qualifier 1 they will head to the Eliminator. A boundary now. Even MS Dhoni who was at his vintage best in the last few matches failed to create anything spectacular in the last match. Manoj looks to clear the deep midwicket, gets a faint edge to Dhoni’s gloves. In their thrilling last match, they, Much like CSK, their main batting backbone has been an extremely flamboyant, Much like the batting unit, the bowling unit has seen a stand-alone performer in, Accurate IPL Matches Prediction from PredictX. We were not really there in terms of performance on such a day, but CSK were better today. They have power-hitters in their ranks like Chris Gayle, KL Rahul, Aaron Finch, Yuvraj Singh, etc. Rajpoot finishes his spell with 4-0-19-2. 21 off Ashwin’s over. Deepak Chahar’s onslaught of 39 runs of 20 overs took the sting out of Punjab bowlers. Imagine having to win this contest at least by 53 runs after this start. They will now face SRH at Mumbai in Qualifier 1 on Tuesday. If KXIP thought that winning with a margin over 53 runs maybe easy then they may have to think twice here, especially with CSK as opposition. Your email address will not be published. Faf du Plessis and Suresh Raina threatened to take the match away from Punjab with a stand of 24 runs, but Ankit Rajpoot had other ideas and he dismissed Du Plessis and Sam Billings in successive deliveries. CSK have already qualified, Punjab is sitting on 12 points on IPL IPL points table with three other teams with hopes of qualifying. Let us get today’s match preview, playing 11, team news, key players, pre-match analysis and prediction to know which team has more chances of winning today’s match. Live streaming: Hotstar, Sky Go, Yupp TV, SuperSport. Akshar pulls but doesn’t get enough wood. #CSKvKXIP, — Umang Pabari (@UPStatsman) May 20, 2018. Karun Nair comes. 15:30 IST | 10:00 GMT, 17 Oct, 2020 Your email address will not be published. Here’s how the match went down. Hardik Pandya has just fallen to Amit Mishra immediately after Harshal Patel took out Rohit Sharma. Click here to know for ipl records and stats from today’s match and do visit for latest IPL updates at SportsTakis.