RCB beat Lucknow by 18 runs

Aided by KL Rahul’s injury early in the match, Royal Challengers Bangalore eke out an 18-run win over Lucknow Super Giants in a low-scoring IPL match. LSG skipper Rahul pulled his right thigh muscle in the second over of RCB innings and came out to bat only towards the end, which acted in favour of the visitors. LSG dished out a fine bowling display to restrict RCB to a below-par 126 after being asked to bowl first. Later, it turned out to be a nightmarish start for LSG while chasing a modest 127-run target and lost their first three wickets for just 21 runs in 4.1 overs. An injured Rahul came out to bat last with LSG needing 24 off eight balls, but he looked in discomfort and failed to open his account.
Mumbai beat Rajasthan
Mumbai Indians defeated Rajasthan Royals by 6 wickets at the Wanhede Stadium. Suryakumar Yadav smashed 55 runs from just 29 balls and was aided by Camroon Green, who hit a 26-ball 44, and a 14-ball unbeaten 45 from Tim David, in their highest-ever chase at home. Sandeep Sharma gave the Royals the perfect start when he cleaned up Rohit (3), but the pair of Kishan and Green led the recovery, taking the hosts to 58/1 in the powerplay. Green added 62 runs for the second wicket with Kishan. With MI needing a Suryakumar special, the batter smacked an incredible six off Ashwin over fine leg off the first ball he faced, and got off the blocks quickly with three fours off Holder as MI reached 98 for 2 at the halfway mark.
Chennai fail to defend 200-plus score
Zimbabwe all rounder Sikandar Raza played an audacious chip shot over the head of square leg to get three runs of the last ball that helped Punjab Kings chase down a daunting 201. This was the biggest chase ever against Chennai Super Kings at Chepauk and with both teams on 10 points, the race for top-4 has suddenly turned topsy-turvy. After an afternoon where fortunes fluctuated wildly, it all boiled down to six balls of drama. Sri Lankan slinger Matheesha Pathirana had only nine runs to play with, but the youngster showed remarkable calm to stretch the game to the last ball. Shahrukh Khan and Raza, both seasoned players, just couldn’t get the big shot and one felt that CSK might just pull it off, yet again. But that was not to be as Raza showed great innovation of the last ball that got them home. Before Raza’s moment of magic, it was the 16th over which yielded 24 runs that started to turn things around for Punjab Kings.
Gujarat Titans top the table now
Gujarat Titans outplayed and out-witted Kolkata Knight Riders by 7 wickets at the Eden Gardens racing to the top of the table with 12 points from 8 matches and dealing a significant blow to the hosts’ playoff ambitions. In a match delayed by 45 minutes because of rain, KKR never looked to be in control of their destiny despite Rahmanullah Gurbaz’s power-packed 39-ball 81 and Russell’s late fireworks. Having restricted KKR to 179/7, the Titans completed the chase with consummate ease, with Shubman Gill (49) setting up the platform and Vijay Shankar (51 not out) and David Miller (32 not out) providing the coup d’etat with an unbeaten 87-run stand off 39 balls.
Hyderabad down Delhi
Sunrisers Hyderabad overcame an all-round performance by Mitchell Marsh to down Delhi Capitals by nine runs. South Africa's Heinrich Klaasen hit an unbeaten 53 to steer Hyderabad to 197-6, a total their bowlers defended by restricting Delhi to 188-6 at the Feroz Shah Kotla ground. Marsh returned bowling figures of 4-27 including a maiden over and then hit a 39-ball 63 but the effort was not enough for bottom-placed Delhi, who fell to their sixth loss in eight matches. Former champions Hyderabad, who won their only title in 2016 under current Delhi skipper David Warner, bounced back from their three losses to move up one spot to eighth.