IPL-V has seen a host of last-ball thrillers...

Royal Challengers Bangalore v Pune Warriors In yet another photo finish Bangalore trumped Pune Warriors to end their early season losing streak In pursuit of 183 Saurabh Tiwary hit a six off the last ball to give the hosts their first win in four matchesu00a0Opting to bat Sourav Gangulyrsquos Warriors posted 1826 thanks to solid contributions from toporder batsmen Robin Uthappa 69 and Jesse Ryder 34 Later Marlon Samuels hit a couple of sixes in a 20ball innings of 34u00a0RCB started slowly in reply losing Tillakaratne Dilshan 4 Mayank Agarwal and Virat Kohli 16 with the score only reaching 76 at the end of the first 12 oversu00a0 Victory lap AB de Villiers celebrates after hitting the winning runs against Pune Warriors on Apr 17 PicsAFP With 107 required off the last eight overs Chris Gayle 81 turned the match on its head as he bludgeoned Rahul Sharma for five consecutive sixes in the 13th over But with Gayle falling to Ashish Nehra in the 16th over the tide turned once again in Punersquos favouru00a0AB de Villiers and Tiwary came together to bring RCB to within 28 runs of the target with two overs left Then with Ashok Dinda conceding just seven runs in the 19th over de Villiers hit Nehra for a boundary and two sixes off consecutive deliveries before Tiwary clubbed the last ball over longon for a six to complete a fabulous runchase Man of the match Chris Gayle for his blazing 48ball 81 that included five consecutive sixes off Rahul Sharma in the 13th over of the runchaseu00a0 Brief Scores Pune Warriors 1826 R Uthappa 69 M Samuels 34 R Vinay Kumar 234 H Patel 129u00a0 Royal Challengers Bangalore 1864 C Gayle 81 S Tiwary 36 no AB de Villiers 33 no M Samuels 15 A Dinda 128u00a0 Deccan Chargers vs Mumbai Indians Rohit Sharma struck a majestic 73 not out to help Mumbai Indians clinch a nailbiter against the Deccan Chargers in Vizag With 18 runs required off the last over Kiwi allrounder James Franklin hit a boundary and Sharma smashed two sixes including one off the last ball to give MI a moraleboosting win so early in the season Way to go Rohit Sharma and James Franklin celebrate Mumbai Indiansrsquo win over Deccan Chargers on April 9 Chasing 139 Mumbai were rattled by Dale Steynrsquos pace and accuracy Opener Tirumalasetti Suman 5 was to depart A few balls later Richard Levi 3 was castled by an unplayable yorker At 10 for two MI were struggling to achieve their target Sharma and Ambati Rayudu instilled a sense of balance to proceedings with a 48run partnership Sharma was left with the mantle of guiding MI home He did so in fine style Man of the match Rohit Sharma for holding his nerve and seeing MI home with a 50ball 73 that included the matchwinning strike that went for six Brief Scores Deccan Chargers 1389 S Dhawan 41 D Christian 39 M Patel 420 S Malinga 327 Mumbai Indians 1425 R Sharma 73 not out K Pollard 24 D Steyn 312A Mishra 131u00a0 Chennai Super Kings v Royal Challengers Bangalore In a rematch of last yearrsquos IPL final Chennai Super Kings edged Royal Challengers Bangalore in a match that saw more than 400 runs scored Chasing 206 the CSK batsmen struck an incredible 45 runs off the last two overs including a boundary off the last ball to deliver a nervewracking win for the home team Opting to bat first RCB posted 205 for eight thanks to Mayank Agarwal 45 Chris Gayle 68 and Virat Kohli 57 RCB lost their last seven wickets for just 37 runsIn pursuit of 206 CSK were powered by opener Faf du Plessis who scored a 46ball 71 while skipper MS Dhoni batting at 4 hit 41 off 24 Told you so Chennai Super Kingsrsquo Ravindra Jadeja celebrates hitting the winning runs against Bangalore on April 12 Albie Morkel coming in to bat at the start of the 19th hit Kohli for 4 6 4 6 2 and 6 to leave CSK needing 15 off the final over And even though Morkel 28 off seven was out caught in the deep off the second ball of the last over Dwayne Bravo 25 off 15 hit a four and a six while Ravindra Jadeja hit a boundary off the last ball to help CSK record a memorable fivewicket win Man of the match Faf du Plessis for his sizzling 46ball 71 that gave CSK the perfect platform to chase down RCBrsquos score of 205 Brief Scores Royal Challengers Bangalore 2058 C Gayle 68 V Kohli 57 D Bollinger 324 R Jadeja 218 Chennai Super Kings 2085 F du Plessis 71 MS Dhoni 40 M Muralitharan 321 Z Khan 132 Kolkata Knight Riders v Kings XI Punjab A terrific team effort from Kings XI Punjabrsquos bowlers saw them pull off a stunning tworun win over the Kolkata Knight Riders at the Eden Gardens Riding on spin twins Piyush Chawla and Bhargav Bhatt Adam Gilchristrsquos men successfully defended a below par total of 134u00a0The Kings needed some inspiration if they were to defend their total and it came right at the outset Paras Dogra flung to his left to send Jacques Kallis 1 packing in the second over Just as KKR duo Manvinder Bisla 27 and Manoj Tiwary 20 put the runchase back on track Bhatt removed Tiwary while Chawla cleaned up Bisla The huddle Kings XI Punjab players celebrate after pulling off a miraculous win against Kolkata on April 15 Chawla then struck a double blow by dismissing Yusuf Pathan 0 and Shakib Al Hasan 4 in quick succession At 88 for six the Knights were pretty much out of it but Debabrata Das brought them back into the contest With nine required off the last over Harmeet Singh cleaned up Ryan ten Doeschateu00a0 Das couldnrsquot quite get the boundary off the last ball and the Kings pulled off a welldeserved tworun win Man of the match Though he finished on the losing side KKR mystery spinner Sunil Narine bagged the award for his brilliant fivewicket haul Brief Scores Kings XI Punjab 1349 Mandeep Singh 38 D Hussey 32 S Narine 519 R Bhatia 214 Kolkata Knight Riders 1327 D Das 35 M Bisla 27 P Chawla 318 B Bhatt 224u00a0 Chennai Super Kings v Rajasthan Royals Chennai Super Kings held their nerve to beat Rajasthan Royals by seven wickets at Chepauk With two required off the last ball skipper MS Dhoni saw the hosts through in a classic contestu00a0Chasing a modest 147 Chennai opener Faf du Plessis 73 continued his fine form with yet another halfcentury until Rahul Dravidrsquos Royals pulled things back late in the day du Plessis and Suresh Raina added 61 runs for the secondwicket as CSK began to dominate proceedings Too cool CSK skipper MS Dhoni left and Dwayne Bravo during their matchwinning partnership on April 21 But CSKrsquos grip on the match loosened after Kevon Cooper dismissed both batsmen in the 17th over At 117 for three the hosts were suddenly feeling the pressure With eight required off the last over Stuart Binny bowled well to restrict Dhoni and Dwayne Bravo But Dhoni got the job done for the umpteenth time For the Royals Owais Shah 52 and Ashok Menaria 36 starred with the bat Man of the match CSKrsquos Faf du Plessis for scoring a 52ball 73 at the top of the orderu00a0 Brief Scores Rajasthan Royals 1464 O Shah 52 A Menaria 36 S Jakati 112 N Kulasekara 117 Chennai Super Kings 1473 F du Plessis 73 SK Raina 26 K Cooper 223 B Hogg 118u00a0 u00a0 Delhi Daredevils v Rajasthan Royals When you consider how one team dominated the match for 38 overs and still lost this was arguably the best match of IPLV yet At 138 for one after 18 overs in a chase of 153 you would have expected Rajasthan Royals to win the match easily But Morne Morkel stepped up his game and turned the match on its head for tabletoppers Delhi Daredevils giving away just three runs and dismissing the dangerous Brad Hodge Amazed L to R Delhi players Irfan Pathan Naman Ojha and Umesh Yadav celebrate the win vs Royals on April 29 The Daredevils scored a modest 152 and didnrsquot have the Royals batsmen in any trouble for most part of the chase Rahul Dravid 40 and Ajinkya Rahane 84 not out added 99 runs for the firstwicket and the runchase appeared a mere formality But two last overs of thorough discipline from Morkel and Umesh Yadav got Delhi an unlikely win In the penultimate over Morkel unleashed an array of fast yorkers Yadav managed to defend the remaining 12 in the last over thereby helping DD continue their dominance in IPLVu00a0For Delhi skipper Virender Sehwag 63 off 39 balls struck a fourth consecutive halfcentury But the rest of his team added only 89 runs off 81 ballsu00a0 Man of the match Virender Sehwag for his matchwinning innings of 63 off 39 balls which was his fourth consecutive halfcentury of IPLV u00a0 Brief Scores Match 39 Delhi Daredevils 1526 V Sehwag 63 Y Nagar 27 Pankaj Singh 225 A Singh 141 Rajasthan Royals 1513 A Rahane 84 not out R Dravid 40 M Morkel 126 I Pathan 127