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.

Sunrisers Hyderabad beat Royal Challengers Bangalore by 7 wickets

A clinical performance by the Sunrisers Hyderabad top-order ensured a seven- wicket victory against Royal Challengers Bangalore which kept them in the hunt for the Play-offs in the seventh edition of the Indian Premier League in Hyderabad on Tuesday.
Chasing a target of 161 riding on Virat Kohli’s (67) first half-century of the tournament, Sunrisers knocked off the runs in 19.4 overs as Shikhar Dhawan returned to form with a stroke-filled 50.

Luis Suárez to Real Madrid for £70m? : Football transfer rumours

It turns out that Luis Suárez wasn't crying when he pulled his shirt over his head during that match against Crystal Palace, he was secretly communicating with Real Madrid. That blighter! After all that redemption. Liverpool fans won't be so fond of him now that he's off to sunny Spain for a cool £70m and they'll be even more worried if Luis Alberto and Iago Aspas are also allowed to leave Anfield. It's all falling apart! It's all starting to slip!
 Madrid plan to fund a move for Suárez, who famously made everyone forget his previous bad behaviour by doing some goals, by selling Karim Benzema. Having worked out that Olivier Giroud, Yaya Sanogo and Nicklas Bendtner aren't quite the standard required at the highest level, Arsenal are interested and while they're at it in Spain, they'll also look to bring Real Sociedad's Carlos Vela back with them.

UEFA fine Manchester City 60m euros

The club owned by Sheikh Mansour snatched the Premier League title last weekend but will have to curb their spending in the transfer market for the next two seasons and freeze their wage structure in order to escape further punishment.
French champions Paris St Germain, who were charged with similar breaches, have been hit with the same punishment.
Should the clubs successfully fulfil the operational and financial measures agreed with the UEFA Club Financial Control Body, they will be able to reclaim 40m euros of the fine and have the squad restriction lifted in time for the 2015/2016 Champions League.

IPL 7: RCB emerge victorious in low-scoring thriller against CSK

Royal Challengers Bangalore made a stunning late flourish after initial struggle with AB de Villiers playing a cameo of 14-ball 28 to pull off a five-wicket victory over Chennai Super Kings in a thrilling IPL match in Ranchi on Sunday.
Chasing 139 for a win, Bangalore found the going tough with the Chennai slow bowlers seemingly tying them into knots in the first half of their innings before exploding towards the end to overhaul the target with one ball to spare in a low-scoring match that went down the wire.

IPL Schedule

Date	Match	Venue	Time (IST)
April 16	Mumbai Indians vs Kolkata Knight Riders	Abu Dhabi	8pm
April 17	Delhi Daredevils vs Royal Challengers Bangalore	Sharjah	8pm
April 18	Chennai Super Kings vs Kings XI Punjab	Abu Dhabi	4pm
April 18	Sunrisers Hyderabad vs Rajasthan Royals	Abu Dhabi	8pm
April 19	Royal Challengers Bangalore vs Mumbai Indians	Dubai	4pm
April 19	Kolkata Knight Riders vs Delhi Daredevils	Dubai	8pm
April 20	Rajasthan Royals vs Kings XI Punjab	Sharjah	8pm
April 21	Chennai Super Kings vs Delhi Daredevils	Abu Dhabi	8pm
April 22	Kings XI Punjab vs Sunrisers Hyderabad	Sharjah	8pm
April 23	Rajasthan Royals vs Chennai Super Kings	Dubai	8pm
April 24	Royal Challengers Bangalore vs Kolkata Knight Riders	Sharjah	8pm
April 25	Sunrisers Hyderabad vs Delhi Daredevils	Dubai	4pm
April 25	Chennai Super Kings vs Mumbai Indians	Dubai	8pm
April 26	Rajasthan Royals vs Royal Challengers Bangalore	Abu Dhabi	4pm
April 26	Kolkata Knight Riders vs Kings XI Punjab	Abu Dhabi	8pm
April 27	Delhi Daredevils vs Mumbai Indians	Sharjah	4pm
April 27	Sunrisers Hyderabad vs Chennai Super Kings	Sharjah	8pm
April 28	Kings XI Punjab vs Royal Challengers Bangalore	Dubai	8pm
April 29	Kolkata Knight Riders vs Rajasthan Royals	Abu Dhabi	8pm
April 30	Mumbai Indians vs Sunrisers Hyderabad	Dubai	8pm
May 2	Chennai Super Kings vs Kolkata Knight Riders	Ranchi	8pm
May 3	Mumbai Indians vs Kings XI Punjab	Mumbai	4pm
May 3	Delhi Daredevils vs Rajasthan Royals	Delhi	8pm
May 4	Royal Challengers Bangalore vs Sunrisers Hyderabad	Bangalore	8pm
May 5	Rajasthan Royals vs Kolkata Knight Riders	Ahmedabad	4pm
May 5	Delhi Daredevils vs Chennai Super Kings	Chennai	8pm
May 6	Mumbai Indians vs Royal Challengers Bangalore	Mumbai	8pm
May 7	Delhi Daredevils vs Kolkata Knight Riders	Delhi	4pm
May 7	Kings XI Punjab vs Chennai Super Kings	Cuttack	8pm
May 8	Rajasthan Royals vs Sunrisers Hyderabad	Ahmedabad	8pm
May 9	Royals Challengers Bangalore vs Kings XI Punjab	Bangalore	8pm
May 10	Delhi Daredevils vs Sunrisers Hyderabad	Delhi	4pm
May 10	Mumbai Indians vs Chennai Super Kings	Mumbai	8pm
May 11	Kings XI Punjab vs Kolkata Knight Riders	Cuttack	4pm
May 11	Royal Challengers Bangalore vs Rajasthan Royals	Bangalore	8pm
May 12	Sunrisers Hyderabad vs Mumbai Indians	Hyderabad	8pm
May 13	Chennai Super Kings vs Rajasthan Royals	Ranchi	4pm
May 13	Royals Challengers Bangalore vs Delhi Daredevils	Bangalore	8pm
May 14	Sunrisers Hyderabad vs Kings XI Punjab	Hyderabad	4pm
May 14	Kolkata Knight Riders vs Mumbai Indians	Cuttack	8pm
May 15	Rajasthan Royals vs Delhi Daredevils	Ahmedabad	8pm
May 18	Chennai Super Kings vs Royal Challengers Bangalore	Ranchi	4pm
May 18	Sunrisers Hyderabad vs Kolkata Knight Riders	Hyderabad	8pm
May 19	Rajasthan Royals vs Mumbai Indians	Ahmedabad	4pm
May 19	Delhi Daredevils vs Kings XI Punjab	Delhi	8pm
May 20	Sunrisers Hyderabad vs Royal Challengers Bangalore	Hyderabad	4pm
May 20	Kolkata Knight Riders vs Chennai Super Kings	Kolkata	8pm
May 21	Kings XI Punjab vs Mumbai Indians	Mohali	8pm
May 22	Kolkata Knight Riders vs Royal Challengers Bangalore	Kolkata	4pm
May 22	Chennai Super Kings vs Sunrisers Hyderabad	Ranchi	8pm
May 23	Mumbai Indians vs Delhi Daredevils	Mumbai	4pm
May 23	Kings XI Punjab vs Rajasthan Royals	Mohali	8pm
May 24	Royal Challengers Bangalore vs Chennai Super Kings	Bangalore	4pm
May 24	Kolkata Knight Riders vs Sunrisers Hyderabad	Kolkata	8pm
May 25	Kings XI Punjab vs Delhi Daredevils	Mohali	4pm
May 25	Mumbai Indians vs Rajasthan Royals	Mumbai	8pm
May 27	Qualifier 1	Kolkata	8pm
May 28	Eliminator	Mumbai (Brabourne)	8pm
May 30	Qualifier 2	Mumbai	8pm
June 1	FINAL	Bangalore	8pm

Mario Mandzukic to Chelsea?:Transfer rumours

Various clubs are eager to relieve apparent football club MK Dons of their best player – though unlike the manner in which they relieved Wimbledon of its actual football club, any deal is likely to be consensual. Dele Alli is 18, and as well as being a sonically delicious half-rhyme, is also a midfielder. His style of play has been compared with that of Steven Gerrard – though whether or not this represents a compliment is unclear, his proficiency in ostentatious nonsense-barking, going again and not letting things slip still to be determined. Interested in signing him are Arsenal, Chelsea, and Liverpool.

Indian Premier League Standings

Indian Premier League

Standings

#	IPL	M	W	L	T	NRR	Pts
1	KXIP	10	8	2	0	1.020	16
2	CSK	10	8	2	0	0.570	16
3	RR	11	7	4	0	0.480	14
4	KKR	10	5	5	0	0.060	10
5	SRH	10	4	6	0	-0.330	8
6	RCB	10	4	6	0	-0.330	8
7	MI	10	3	7	0	-0.370	6
8	DD	11	2	9	0	-1.160	4

CSK sign David Hussey as replacement

Australia batsman David Hussey will replace Dwayne Bravo in the Chennai Super Kings' squad for the rest of the 2014 IPL season. Super Kings announced it on their official Twitter account. They also retweeted Hussey saying, "Just recd some amazing news!!!!! Can't wait until tomorrow.... Get in there!!!!"
Incidentally, Hussey had been involved with the IPL as a television commentator for the host broadcaster. The 36-year-old, who has played 69 ODIs and 39 T20s for Australia, has plenty of IPL experience, having featured in 23 matches for Kolkata Knight Riders and 36 matches for Kings XI Punjab in previous seasons.

RCB vs RR: Yuvraj’s 38-ball 83 powers RCB to 190 against RR

Yuvraj Singh came back into form in some style! He along with de Villiers have powered Bangalore to a strong total on the board. Jaipur bowlers were taken for plenty as Yuvraj and de Villiers scored quick-fire fifties. Bangalore lost early wickets but these two stylish batsmen played some brilliant shots!

Suarez not worthy : Mourinho

Chelsea boss Jose Mourinho believes Edin Dzeko, and not Luis Suarez, should have been the Premier League's player of the season.

Mourinho has been a regular critic of the Liverpool striker, who won the PFA and Football Writers' Association awards, dubbing him as the king of penalties and describing him as an "acrobatic swimming pool" diver.
And now Mourinho has stated his belief that the player of the year should be either Suarez's Anfield team-mate Steven Gerrard or Manchester City striker Dzeko, who has scored some vital goals in his side's end-of-season run.