Michael Hussey was the top scorer for Chennai Super Kings as he scored an unbeaten 86 off 58 balls with ten boundaries and two sixes. (BCCI Images) Suresh Raina scored a quick-fire 82 off just 42 balls, with five big sixes, to take Chennai to 192 for 1 in 20 overs. (BCCI Images) Murali Vijay was the first wicket to fall for Chennai; he was dismissed on 23 by Kieron Pollard. (BCCI Images)
11:01 PM, May 21, 2013

Gautam Gambhir and Cameron White during the toss. (BCCI Images)Thisara Perera of Sunrisers Hyderabad is congratulated by Shikhar Dhawan for taking Manvinder Bisla of Kolkata Knight Riders. (BCCI Images)Jacques Kallis glides the ball down to third man during his knock against Sunrisers Hyderabad. (BCCI Images)
09:28 PM, May 19, 2013

Aaron Finch provided his side a good start, making 52 off 34 balls. (BCCI)Umesh Yadav provided Delhi their first breakthrough when he had Robin Uthappa caught at backward point to David Warner for 24. (BCCI)Virender Sehwag, standing at short midwicket, dived forward to take a superb catch of Aaron Finch. (BCCI)
05:24 PM, May 19, 2013

After the match was reduced to eight-over a side due to rain, skipper Virat Kohli opened the innings and led from the front scoring a quick fire 56 off 29 balls. Kolhi's innings comprised of six fours and three sixes. (BCCI)Chris Gayle once again was at his brutal self and scored a 13-ball 28 to keep the run-rate flowing. (BCCI)Chennai Super Kings Bowler Jason Holder went for 20 runs off just one over in which Gayle smashed him for three sixes in a row. (BCCI)
01:03 PM, May 19, 2013

Azhar Mahmood was excellent with both bat and ball, scoring 80 off just 44 balls and picking up 2 for 24 in his four overs. (BCCI)Shaun Marsh too played his part, making 63 off 47 balls. (BCCI)Azhar Mahmood and Shaun Marsh came together when the team's score was 6 for 2 and shared 148 runs for the third wicket. (BCCI)
07:11 PM, May 18, 2013

Cameon White's decision to bat first backfired as James Faulkner picked up two wickets in the 2nd over before Watson dismissed White for 0. Hanuma Vihari and Biplab Samantray got together rebuilding the Hyderabad innings compiling a 44-run stand before Vihari got out for 19. Biplab Samantray scored 55 runs to lead Sunrisers to a respectable score of 136 for 9 with Darren Sammy (23) and Thisara Perera (17) contributing lower down the order.
09:18 PM, May 17, 2013

Adam Gilchrist started off from where he left in the last game, making a quick-fire 42 off 26 before being caught brilliantly by Irfan Pathan off his own bowling. (BCCI)Adam Gilchrist and Shaun Marsh shared 60 runs for the opening wicket. (BCCI)Irfan Pathan took a good running catch to dismiss Adam Gilchrist and finished with 1 for 28 in his four overs. (BCCI)
08:53 PM, May 16, 2013

Aditya Tare who played his first match this season was the top scorer for Mumbai Indians. He scored 59 off 37 balls. (BCCI Images)Glenn Maxwell was the first wicket to fall for Mumbai Indians; He scored 23, ad had a good partnership with Tare. (BCCI Images)Shane Watson was the pick of the bowlers from Rajasthan Royals as he took two wickets in four overs. (BCCI Images)
11:31 PM, May 15, 2013

After being put into bat by Kolkata, Aaron Finch (48) and Robin Uthappa started off well scoring 41 runs in 5.4 overs before Uthappa departed for 25. Manish Pandey (66) then joined Finch in the middle as the duo compiled 56-run stand setting up Pune for a late flourish. The late flourish was provided by Pandey with the help of Yuvraj Singh (30) as Pune finished at 170 for 4 in 20 overs.
05:11 PM, May 15, 2013

After opting to bat, CSK were off to a good start with Murali Vijay (31) and Michael Hussey (26) compiling a solid 61-run stand before Vijay was run-out against the run of play. After Vijay was run out by Ben Rohrer, one over later, Michael Hussey too departed as Virender Sehwag took a neat catch in the deep. Ravindra Jadeja (24) joined MS Dhoni in the middle as the duo compiled a 57-run stand in 32 balls.
09:15 PM, May 14, 2013

Chris Gayle was the top scorer for Royal Challengers Bangalore; he scored 77 off 53 balls with four boundaries and six maximums. (BCCI Images)Virat Kohli had a good partnership with Chris Gayle as he scored 57 runs off 43 balls. (BCCI Images)Parvinder Awana was the pick of the bowlers for Kings XI Punjab as he took three wickets in four overs. (BCCI Images)
07:31 PM, May 14, 2013

After opting to bat first winning the toss, Shikhar Dhawan propelled Sunrisers Hyderabad to a big total with a quickfire fifty against Mumbai. Parthiv Patel had got Hyderabad off to a terrific start clubbing four boundaries of the first over of the match bowled by Mitchell Johnson, but got out to Lasith Malinga after scoring 14-ball 26. Lasith Malinga took two wickets in his four-over spell. (BCCI)
08:47 PM, May 13, 2013

Parthiv Patel's 61 off 47 balls helped Hyderabad reach 150 for 7. (BCCI Images)Hyderabad opener Shikhar Dhawan fell early to Harmeet Singh for 15. (BCCI Images)Thisara Perera's 32 off not out off 19 balls towards the end to take the visitors to a competitive total. (BCCI Images)
09:40 PM, May 11, 2013

Mitchell Johnson once again gave Mumbai the first break through when he dismissed skipper Aaron Finch for 13. Johnson picked up two wickets giving away just eight runs in four overs. (BCCI Images)With the score reading 25 for two, Yuvraj Singh and Manish Pandey managed a 59-run partnership for the third wicket. (BCCI Images)Yuvraj top-scored for Pune with 33 runs which included a boundary and a couple of sixes. (BCCI Images)
07:16 PM, May 11, 2013

After winning the toss and electing to field first, Irfan Pathan dismissed Chris Gayle cheaply to give Delhi a good start. (BCCI Images)After losing Cheteshwara Pujara for 17, Moises Henriques and Virat Kohli combined to stitch together a 57-run stand , but Henriques departed for 26 off 22 balls. (BCCI Images)AB de Villers and Virat Kohli then compiled a more than handy 94-run stand in just 6.4 overs to take RCB total to 183 for 4. (BCCI Images)
10:44 PM, May 10, 2013

Adam Gilchrist, who returned to captain Kings XI Punjab after a few matches, made 42 off 32. (BCCI) Shaun Marsh gave Kings XI Punjab a good start, scoring 77 off 64, including six fours and two sixes. (BCCI)Adam Gilchrist and Shaun Marsh shared 102 runs for the second wicket. (BCCI)
05:46 PM, May 09, 2013

Murali Vijay made a quick-fire 29 off 20 balls, including two fours and three sixes. (BCCI)Mike Hussey once again grabbed the Orange Cap from Chris Gayle as he made 67 off just 42 deliveries. (BCCI)Suresh Raina was the chief destroyer, making an unbeaten 99 off 52 - including 11 fours and 3 sixes. (BCCI)
09:48 PM, May 08, 2013

After opting to bat first against Kolkata, Mumbai were off to a steady start with Sachin Tendulkar doing the bulk fo the scoring with Dwayne Smith looking uncomfortable in the middle early on. (BCCI Images)After Smith played out a maiden from Balaji in the first over, Tendulkar clobbered Ryan McLaren for five consecutive boundaries off in the fourth over to hand Mumbai some kind of momentum. (BCCI Images)The game had to halted for about 17 minutes with two out of the four floodlights at the Wankhede stadium going out for a while. (BCCI Images)
09:13 PM, May 07, 2013

Ben Rohrer was the top scorer for Delhi Daredevils, as he scored 64 off 40 balls with nine boundaries and a six to take Delhi to 154. (BCCI Images)Virender Sehwag was the first wicket to fall for Delhi; he was bowled by James Faulkner at the score of 11 runs. (BCCI Images) Delhi Daredevils' captain Mahela Jayawardene made 34 off 31 balls with four boundaries and a six. (BCCI Images)
06:55 PM, May 07, 2013

Think of finishes and the first name that comes to mind is the 'ice man' MS Dhoni. CSK's skipper has played some sublime cameos at the death when setting totals and chasing victories, with a best of 60 not out off 37 balls. (BCCI)Chris Gayle has finished off matches almost single-handedly in IPL 6. His unbeaten 85 off 50 balls hastened victory over KKR and a patient unbeaten 49 sealed victory over Rajasthan Royals. Both were vastly different innings with the same motive – victory. (BCCI)'Sir' Ravindra Jadeja's cool demeanor came in very handy. Jadeja remained not out on 38 off 20 balls to pull off a penultimate-ball heist over RCB in Chennai and later made 36 off 13 balls to beat KKR in another thriller. (BCCI)
11:32 PM, May 06, 2013