Speaking after the victory, leg-spinner Murugan Ashwin, who picked up two wickets for 23 runs in his four overs, said they were delighted to win a game finally.
Chasing 172 in a must-win game, the in-form opening pair of Rahul (61 not off 49) and Mayank Agarwal (45 off 25) got off to a flying start before Gayle (53 off 45) joined his skipper
The IPL release said: "The report was made by the on-field umpires according to the IPL's Suspected Illegal Bowling Action Policy. Narine will be placed on the warning list and is permitted to continue to bowl in the tournament.
Maxwell has so far scored 1, 5, 13, 11, 11 not out and 7 in six matches drawing criticism. KXIP will have to get something out of Maxwell. You cannot keep an overseas player’s spot like this.
SRH defeated KXIP by 69 runs on the back of some fine bowling performance. Chasing a massive target of 202 runs, KXIP got off to a poor start as Mayank Agarwal was run out in the second over of the innings.
On promoting Kedar Jadhav, he said, “At the time, we thought that Kedar could play the spinner well and dominate, while Jadeja was there to come and finish. But in the end there was too much work to do and we fell short."
Shane Watson scored an unbeaten 83 off 53 and along with Faf du Plessis (87 not out) guided CSK to their second victory chasing 179 runs for victory. CSK coach Stephen Fleming, who always batted for giving long rope to players
Royals, however, lost their match against Royal Challengers Bangalore on Saturday. But Tewatia, the leg-spinner was in for a pleasant surprise. RCB and Indian team captain Virat Kohli presented him a jersey with his autograph on it.
