IPL 2018 Day 16 Live Action: Today’s Prediction, Current Points Table and Schedule for Upcoming Matches of IPL 11

It’s a super Sunday for IPL 2018. The day 16 of IPL 11 will witness a doubleheader as Kane Williamson’s Orange Amy Sunrisers Hyderabad will take on MS Dhoni’s men Chennai Super Kings at the Rajiv Gandhi Stadium which happens to be Match no 20. The second contest is between the Men in Blue, where Rajasthan Royals will host the Mumbai Indians in the match no 21, in Jaipur.

On the previous day, i.e. Saturday, also had two games. Match no 18 was the contest where the Kolkata Knight Riders played hosts for the Kings XI Punjab at the Eden Gardens. Kolkata witnessed a run feast as  Chris Gayle scored an unbeaten knock of 62 off 38 balls and KL Rahul made 60 (27).  As the result, KXIP tops the table and KKR is on number 3.

Match no 19, was between the Royal Challengers Bangalore and Delhi Daredevils at the Chinnaswamy Stadium. Over here AB de Villiers walked away with the limelight by scoring 90 runs from 39 balls thereby guiding the team to victory by 6 wickets. With this comprehensive win, RCB is at number 6 and DD remains at the bottom of the team. Let’s take a complete look at previous games (KKR vs KXIP & RCB vs DD) highlights, upcoming scheduled match CSK vs RR preview and our prediction along with a glance on current IPL 11 points table and team standings. IPL 2018 Points Table: Team Standings And Match Results Of Vivo India Premier League 11.

Talking about match no 18, the team Kings XI Punjab post winning the toss opted to bowl. The hosts, KKR posted a total of 191/7. Chris Gayle and KL Rahul, opened for KXIP and made the maximum use of the power play thereby scored 73 in 6 overs itself but somewhere at the middle of 8^th over, rain interrupted the play and the game was delayed by 90 minutes. The target was reduced to 125 in 13 overs seemed to be like a cakewalk for the team. KL Rahul got out, but Gayle remained unbeaten.  KXIP beat KKR by 9 wickets by D/L method. 

Brief Scores: Kings XI Punjab 126 for 1 (Gayle 62*, Rahul 60) beat Kolkata Knight Riders 191 for 7 (Lynn 74, Karthik 43, Tye 2-30) by 9 wickets (via DLS method)

On the other hand, in the match no 19, AB de Villiers went to become the talk of the town with 90 off 39 balls as Royal Challengers Bangalore (RCB) defeated Delhi Daredevils (DD).

Brief Scores: Royal Challengers Bangalore 176 for 4 (De Villiers 90*, Kohli 30) beat Delhi Daredevils 174 for 5 (Pant 85, Iyer 52, Chahal 2-22) by 6 wickets

Day 16 Schedule on April 22, 2018: SRH, CSK, RR & MI Look for Win

Game no 20 is expected to be a cracker of a contest as the Sunrisers Hyderabad will take on the Chennai Super Kings as both team have 6 points in their kitty. However, in the team standings their net run rate differs and as a result CSK is on number 2 with +0.878 and Sunrisers Hyderabad is on +0.414. Looking at the current form of both the team, SRH and CSK both will be looking to win this contest.

Whereas Rajasthan Royals and Mumbai Indians are at 6 and & spot respectively. One more loss and the teams topple lower at the IPL 2018 Points Table. So once again a tug of war could be seen.

IPL 2018 Match 20 & 21 Prediction: Sunrisers Hyderabad vs Chennai Super Kings; Rajasthan Royals vs Mumbai Indians

Sunrisers Hyderabad could remain favourites especially because of the fact that they have a home advantage. Also because team CSK has struggled against spin attack and for SRH, Rashid Khan and  Shakib al Hasan are the key plays. Shikhar Dhawan, Kane Williamson and Manish Pandey look in good form. Another aspect is that the Chennai Super Kings is marred by injuries and the doubt about Dhoni playing in the final XI still looms.

Talking about match 21, Mumbai will hold an extra edge over the hosts. Especially because of the fact that no batsmen apart from Sanju Samson has proven to be handy. Also, Jaydev Unadkat who leads the pace attack is yet to fire. Though Ben Laughlin performs in patches.

A Look at IPL 2018 Points Table

The IPL 2018 Points Table features MS Dhoni-led Chennai Super Kings and Sunrisers Hyderabad on number 2 and 4 respectively with three wins in their pocket. Whereas the Rajasthan Royals is seated on number 6 and Mumbai Indians on 7. There will be a lot of shuffling in the next few days in the points table.

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