Parthiv Patel's attacking half-century and Moeen Ali's final flourish wasn't enough as Royal Challengers Bangalore put up a sub-par 161 for 7. Check RCB vs CSK LIVE score and Match commentary here
Chasing a target of 160, Warner struck 67 off 38 balls hitting 3 fours and five sixes while Bairstow punished KKR attack with seven boundaries and four Sixes in his unbeaten knock of 80 off 43 balls
Chennai Super Kings is at the top of IPL 2019 points table while Royal Challengers Bangalore is at the extreme bottom
Sunrisers Hyderabad are at the fifth spot in IPL 2019 points table while Dinesh Karthik's Kolkata Knight Riders is at sixth position
Chris Gayle smashed five gargantuan sixes into the night sky before Delhi Capitals put the brakes and restricted Kings XI Punjab to 163 for seven.
Smith, who replaced Ajinkya Rahane after the India vice-captain's disastrous run, hit five boundaries and a six while Assam lad Riyan also had identical number of hits to the fence
Delhi Capitals will look to make some changes in playing 11 and bring in leg spinner Sandeep Lamichhane in place of medium pacer Keemo Paul
Mumbai Indians will start as favourites but Rajasthan Royals can still pull a trick or two to stun the mighty opponents at Sawai Mansingh Stadium.
Needing 113 runs off the last six overs, Russell (65 off 25) and Rana (85 not out off 46) almost got KKR over the line but Moeen Ali managed to defend 24 in the final over
RCB is virtually out of play-off contention but KKR still is a strong contender, a win for Bangalore can deteriorate Kolkata's plans
MI posted 168-5 against DC as Pandya brothers -- Hardik (32) and Krunal (37) provided the late charge to put MI on a strong position.
Amla's inclusion meant that Reeza Hendricks had to be left out from the 15-man squad. Hendricks had established himself as a replacement for Amla after having a flourishing start to his ODI career
Sunrisers Hyderabad bowled a nagging line and length to restrict Chennai Super Kings to 132 for five.
There was no official update given on the extent of his injury
The all-rounder was left out of the 15-man preliminary World Cup squad also announced by tournament hosts England on Wednesday
Ponting had nothing but words of encouragement for the star Delhi Capitals player.
India will play their opening game of the tournament against South Africa on June 5.
The MS Dhoni-led side is at the top of IPL 2019 points table while SRH tumbled to sixth place.
hey (who missed out) shouldn't lose heart. It's a funny game. There could be injuries. So you never know when you could be called up, says India head coach Shastri
There will be no Yo-Yo Test for the World Cup-bound players as the IPL is going to end only on May 12, just a few days before India head to the UK.