IPL standings

Indian Premier League

Standings

#	IPL	M	W	L	T	NRR	Pts
1	KXIP	14	11	3	0	0.970	22
2	KKR	14	9	5	0	0.420	18
3	CSK	14	9	5	0	0.390	18
4	MI	14	7	7	0	0.100	14
5	RR	14	7	7	0	0.060	14
6	SRH	14	6	8	0	-0.400	12
7	RCB	14	5	9	0	-0.430	10
8	DD	14	2	12	0	-1.180	4

Lendl Simmons Slams First 100 of IPL 7 as Mumbai Indians beat Kings XI Punjab by 7 wickets

Lendl Simmons smashed a 61-ball 100 to set the platform for Mumbai Indians' crucial win over Kings XI Punjab.

Mumbai Indians' recent gamble of roping in a late addition in the form of the West Indian Lendl Simmons has worked wonders for them. In a must-win game against the Kings XI Punjab, the big-hitting opener slammed the first century of the tournament, eclipsing the 'Glenn Maxwell Show' that has produced three scores in the 90s. He raced to his hundred off 61 balls, including 14 fours and 2 sixes. Chasing a challenging total of 157 on a green-top Mohali wicket, Simmons remained unbeaten on 100 as Mumbai thrashed Punjab by seven wickets to stay in hunt for a place in the playoffs. 

Reputed for packing a punch, Simmons began the flurry in the very first over with three boundaries of Sandeep Sharma on either side of the wicket. He repeated that in Beuran Hendricks' second over with three more boundaries while his batting partner Michael Hussey silently enjoyed the onslaught from the best seat in the house.

IPL 7 : Orange Cap Holder - Most Runs

Player Name    Team         Runs       Match      HS          Ave.           SR      100      50  GJ Maxwell KXIP 529 11 95  52.90  195.92 0  4 RV Uthappa KKR 489 12 80 40.75 133.97 0 4 DR Smith CSK 454 12 79 37.83 133.52 0 5 DA Warner SRH 434 12 65 54.25 132.72 0 5 BB McCullum CSK 380 12 71* 34.54 124.18 0 3 AB de Villers RCB 372 12 89* 41.33 161.73 0 3 SK Raina CSK 360 12 65 36.00 130.43 0 3 JP Duminy DD 357 12 67* 51.00 133.20 0 2 Yuvraj Singh RCB 329 12 83 41.12 136.51 0 3 DA Miler KXIP 323 11 66 40.37 151.64 0 3 AM Rahane RR 316 11 72 28.72 119.24 0 3 AT Rayudu MI 310 11 68 31.00 120.62 0 2 RG Sharma MI 306 11 59* 34.00 130.76 0 2 KD Karthik DD 305 12 69 25.41 128.15 0 3 AJ Finch SRH 291 11 88* 29.10 115.93 0 2 Virender Sehwag KXIP 280 11 72 25.45 128.44 0 1 Gautam Gambhir KKR 279 12 69 25.36 111.15 0 3 MK Pandey KKR 271 12 64 30.11 107.96 0 1 KK Nair RR 269 9 73* 33.62 135.17 0 2 Virat Kohli RCB 248 12 67 22.54 115.88 0 1 S Dhawan SRH 234 11 45 21.27 117.00 0 0 SV Samson RR 235 11 52 23.50 119.89 0 1 KA Pollard MI 233 11 78 46.60 130.89 0 1 SR Watson RR 232 11 51 23.20 131.07 0 1 MS Dhoni CSK 223 12 32 44.60 148.66 0 0 PA Patel RCB 205 12 57* 20.50 110.81 0 1

IPL : KKR beat CSK by 8 wickets

Kolkata:  Kolkata Knight Riders took a giant stride towards ensuring a play-off berth as they defeated Chennai Super Kings by eight wickets to take their winning streak to five matches in the Indian Premier League 2014.
Robin Uthappa got his seventh successive 40 plus score in the championship as his 39-ball-67 enabled the home team to chase down a tricky target of 155 with ease as it turned out to be a worthwhile wait for the supporters present at the Eden Gardens.

Eden Hazard to PSG for £50m? : transfer rumours

Earlier this year, at a time when Manchester United were desperately trying to convince supporters that they were not run by people frazzled by the magnitude of their responsibilities, Wayne Rooney was presented with a monstrous new contract. It was shrewd work by the player’s agent. Reports at the time even claimed that the club agreed to give Rooney a say in all future transfer activity but the Mill does not believe that: for would Louis Van Gaal really have accepted the job of Manchester United manager if he was told that he had to run his recruitment policy past Rooney? And if Rooney really did have a significant input, would the Daily Mail be telling us this morning that United’s next signing is to be Mario Mandzukic, a striker currently serving an international ban for kicking an opponent in the knick-knacks? Ah.