Lady Gaga replaces Keith Urban at the Indianapolis 500

<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhy-MDncJY5O_WHU7vGeNN4vN0kPveGCKzQfX3W5Zx1Zb4xjZwV3OdQ-7q-2JapBSEysz7xgSBlQCjMFfqywJBAJfBdMOcwYhoGi_VQ9K29kLQ95wyHaDgZ8y23Gs7UJoJHoZZ-XFTiV80/s1600/lady+gaga-geektrends.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img alt="lady gaga-geektrends" border="0" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhy-MDncJY5O_WHU7vGeNN4vN0kPveGCKzQfX3W5Zx1Zb4xjZwV3OdQ-7q-2JapBSEysz7xgSBlQCjMFfqywJBAJfBdMOcwYhoGi_VQ9K29kLQ95wyHaDgZ8y23Gs7UJoJHoZZ-XFTiV80/s640/lady+gaga-geektrends.jpg" title="lady gaga-geektrends" width="426" /></a></div><span style="background-color: white; color: #333333; font-family: Tinos, serif; font-size: 19px; line-height: 24.7px;"><br /></span><span style="background-color: white; color: #333333; font-family: Tinos, serif; font-size: 19px; line-height: 24.7px;"><br /></span><span style="background-color: white; color: #333333; font-family: Tinos, serif; font-size: 19px; line-height: 24.7px;">The Born This Way singer suited up to enjoy a ride around the famous track on Sunday with motor racing icon Mario Andretti.</span><br /><span style="background-color: white; color: #333333; font-family: Tinos, serif; font-size: 19px; line-height: 24.7px;"><br /></span><span style="background-color: white; color: #333333; font-family: arial, sans-serif; font-size: 15.5px; line-height: 23.25px;">Lady Gaga stepped in for Keith Urban as a special guest at the Indianapolis 500 race in Indiana on Sunday (29May16) after he injured his back.</span><br /><span style="background-color: white; color: #333333; font-family: arial, sans-serif; font-size: 15.5px; line-height: 23.25px;"><br /></span><span style="background-color: white; color: #333333; font-family: arial, sans-serif; font-size: 15.5px; line-height: 23.25px;">The former American Idol judge was supposed to ride in a two-seat IndyCar pace car alongside racing legend Mario Andretti on the Indianapolis Motor Speedway on Sunday, but Gaga suited up instead. </span><br style="background-color: white; box-sizing: border-box; color: #333333; font-family: arial, sans-serif; font-size: 15.5px; line-height: 23.25px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;" /><br style="background-color: white; box-sizing: border-box; color: #333333; font-family: arial, sans-serif; font-size: 15.5px; line-height: 23.25px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;" /><span style="background-color: white; color: #333333; font-family: arial, sans-serif; font-size: 15.5px; line-height: 23.25px;">"I have yet to meet her, personally," Andretti told </span><span class="skimlinks-unlinked" style="background-color: white; box-sizing: border-box; color: #333333; font-family: arial, sans-serif; font-size: 15.5px; line-height: 23.25px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;">USAToday.com</span><span style="background-color: white; color: #333333; font-family: arial, sans-serif; font-size: 15.5px; line-height: 23.25px;"> prior to the ride. "She decided to do it, and all of a sudden here we are."</span><br style="background-color: white; box-sizing: border-box; color: #333333; font-family: arial, sans-serif; font-size: 15.5px; line-height: 23.25px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;" /><br style="background-color: white; box-sizing: border-box; color: #333333; font-family: arial, sans-serif; font-size: 15.5px; line-height: 23.25px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;" /><span style="background-color: white; color: #333333; font-family: arial, sans-serif; font-size: 15.5px; line-height: 23.25px;">"She's going to distract me quite a bit, actually," he jokingly added. "I hope I can just look ahead while I'm driving."</span><br style="background-color: white; box-sizing: border-box; color: #333333; font-family: arial, sans-serif; font-size: 15.5px; line-height: 23.25px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;" /><br style="background-color: white; box-sizing: border-box; color: #333333; font-family: arial, sans-serif; font-size: 15.5px; line-height: 23.25px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;" /><span style="background-color: white; color: #333333; font-family: arial, sans-serif; font-size: 15.5px; line-height: 23.25px;">Gaga celebrated her speedy new gig with fans on social media ahead of the event, sharing a photo of herself standing on a podium with Andretti and his relatives, including grandson Marco Andretti, who was racing in Sunday's historic event.</span><br style="background-color: white; box-sizing: border-box; color: #333333; font-family: arial, sans-serif; font-size: 15.5px; line-height: 23.25px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;" /><br style="background-color: white; box-sizing: border-box; color: #333333; font-family: arial, sans-serif; font-size: 15.5px; line-height: 23.25px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;" /><span style="background-color: white; color: #333333; font-family: arial, sans-serif; font-size: 15.5px; line-height: 23.25px;">"Gentlemen start your engines!," she declared on Instagram. "I'm one of the family today".</span><br style="background-color: white; box-sizing: border-box; color: #333333; font-family: arial, sans-serif; font-size: 15.5px; line-height: 23.25px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;" /><br style="background-color: white; box-sizing: border-box; color: #333333; font-family: arial, sans-serif; font-size: 15.5px; line-height: 23.25px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;" /><span style="background-color: white; color: #333333; font-family: arial, sans-serif; font-size: 15.5px; line-height: 23.25px;">The pop superstar also posted pictures of herself modelling her blue and white race uniform, greeting Andretti with a hug, holding hands with the veteran driver as they made their way to the vehicle, and making the peace sign as she settled in to the back seat of the car.</span><br style="background-color: white; box-sizing: border-box; color: #333333; font-family: arial, sans-serif; font-size: 15.5px; line-height: 23.25px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;" /><br style="background-color: white; box-sizing: border-box; color: #333333; font-family: arial, sans-serif; font-size: 15.5px; line-height: 23.25px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;" /><span style="background-color: white; color: #333333; font-family: arial, sans-serif; font-size: 15.5px; line-height: 23.25px;">Andretti later took to Twitter to mark the occasion at the 100th Indy 500, writing, "I brought @ladygaga back safely to pit lane. Thanks @IRE2seater pit crew and @Honda for your support. Historic Indy!"</span><br style="background-color: white; box-sizing: border-box; color: #333333; font-family: arial, sans-serif; font-size: 15.5px; line-height: 23.25px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;" /><br style="background-color: white; box-sizing: border-box; color: #333333; font-family: arial, sans-serif; font-size: 15.5px; line-height: 23.25px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;" /><span style="background-color: white; color: #333333; font-family: arial, sans-serif; font-size: 15.5px; line-height: 23.25px;">Keith, who was not scheduled to perform, has yet to reveal the extent of his injuries, but he took to Twitter earlier in the day to alert fans to his absence.</span><br style="background-color: white; box-sizing: border-box; color: #333333; font-family: arial, sans-serif; font-size: 15.5px; line-height: 23.25px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;" /><br style="background-color: white; box-sizing: border-box; color: #333333; font-family: arial, sans-serif; font-size: 15.5px; line-height: 23.25px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;" /><span style="background-color: white; color: #333333; font-family: arial, sans-serif; font-size: 15.5px; line-height: 23.25px;">"Hugely disappointed I can't be in that pace car with Mario Andretti today to celebrate Indy's 100th," he wrote before the race. "But Nic and I are watching at home and cheering on Marco and the whole Andretti family !!!!"</span><br style="background-color: white; box-sizing: border-box; color: #333333; font-family: arial, sans-serif; font-size: 15.5px; line-height: 23.25px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;" /><br style="background-color: white; box-sizing: border-box; color: #333333; font-family: arial, sans-serif; font-size: 15.5px; line-height: 23.25px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;" /><span style="background-color: white; color: #333333; font-family: arial, sans-serif; font-size: 15.5px; line-height: 23.25px;">Unfortunately, the star support did little to help Marco secure pole position - he finished 13th, as 24-year-old Alexander Rossi became the first rookie to win the Indianapolis 500 since Helio Castroneves in 2001.</span></div>

Lady Gaga replaces Keith Urban at the Indianapolis 500

The Born This Way singer suited up to enjoy a ride around the famous track on Sunday with motor racing icon Mario Andretti. Lady Gaga steppe...

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Samsung Galaxy S7 new features

<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgOtb9s8H6edYNx-etnyP0mWObxDgj5EPxIU52c_C9H8JLpzwMOK2hp_DrCyWvFgNQ5MyO5tJG27phGmFI-mVahmsJQTbCqzXPtvduIWV-4eZWIirgGNFtQcaQ_CjmT1dIq4W2c1FLKlOQ/s1600/samsung-galaxy-s7-geektrends.png" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img alt="samsung-galaxy-s7-geektrends" border="0" height="372" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgOtb9s8H6edYNx-etnyP0mWObxDgj5EPxIU52c_C9H8JLpzwMOK2hp_DrCyWvFgNQ5MyO5tJG27phGmFI-mVahmsJQTbCqzXPtvduIWV-4eZWIirgGNFtQcaQ_CjmT1dIq4W2c1FLKlOQ/s640/samsung-galaxy-s7-geektrends.png" title="samsung-galaxy-s7-geektrends" width="640" /></a></div><span style="background-color: white; color: #333333; font-family: ns-regular, 'Helvetica Neue', Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 15.2px; line-height: 22.8px;"><i><b><br /></b></i></span><span style="background-color: white; color: #333333; font-family: ns-regular, 'Helvetica Neue', Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 15.2px; line-height: 22.8px;"><i><b><br /></b></i></span><span style="background-color: white; color: #333333; font-family: ns-regular, 'Helvetica Neue', Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 15.2px; line-height: 22.8px;"><i><b>While some consider the latest update to the Galaxy line of handsets to be minor, there are some very important changes to the latest in Samsung’s flagship brand mobile phones. </b></i></span><br /><span style="background-color: white; color: #333333; font-family: ns-regular, 'Helvetica Neue', Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 15.2px; line-height: 22.8px;"><i><b><br /></b></i></span><h4 style="background-color: white; font-family: ns-bold, 'Helvetica Neue'; line-height: 1.275; margin: 0px; text-rendering: optimizeLegibility;"><span style="color: #3d85c6; font-size: large;">Improved Battery</span></h4><div><span style="color: #3d85c6; font-size: large;"><br /></span></div><div><span style="background-color: white; color: #333333; font-family: ns-regular, 'Helvetica Neue', Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 15.2px; line-height: 22.8px;">First of all, while the device is ever so slightly thicker than the previous model, this is done to accommodate a larger battery – a welcome addition to any device. Battery life of the </span>Samsung Galaxy S7<span style="background-color: white; color: #333333; font-family: ns-regular, 'Helvetica Neue', Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 15.2px; line-height: 22.8px;"> is over 17% improved over </span>the S6,<span style="background-color: white; color: #333333; font-family: ns-regular, 'Helvetica Neue', Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 15.2px; line-height: 22.8px;"> and weighs in at 3,000 mAh – enough to go all day with heavy usage. The battery is capable of charging wirelessly, but unfortunately, is non-removable</span></div><div><span style="background-color: white; color: #333333; font-family: ns-regular, 'Helvetica Neue', Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 15.2px; line-height: 22.8px;"><br /></span></div><div><h4 style="background-color: white; font-family: ns-bold, 'Helvetica Neue'; line-height: 1.275; margin: 0px; text-rendering: optimizeLegibility;"><span style="color: #3d85c6; font-size: large;">Changes to the Display</span></h4></div><div><span style="color: #3d85c6; font-size: large;"><br /></span></div><div><span style="background-color: white; color: #333333; font-family: ns-regular, 'Helvetica Neue', Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 15.2px; line-height: 22.8px;">The display in this device hasn’t changed in terms of resolution from the S6, but this is not a bad thing. The Super AMOLED Display boasts a 1,440 X 2,560 resolution, or 577 pixels per inch of display. However, what is different is the “always on” display feature. This means a part of the display is active at all times, and can be used to show info from the calendar, the time and date or notifications. This does have a small effect on battery life though.</span></div><div><span style="background-color: white; color: #333333; font-family: ns-regular, 'Helvetica Neue', Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 15.2px; line-height: 22.8px;"><br /></span></div><div><h4 style="background-color: white; font-family: ns-bold, 'Helvetica Neue'; line-height: 1.275; margin: 0px; text-rendering: optimizeLegibility;"><span style="color: #3d85c6; font-size: large;">Water and Dust Resistance</span></h4></div><div><br /></div><div><span style="background-color: white; color: #333333; font-family: ns-regular, 'Helvetica Neue', Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 15.2px; line-height: 22.8px;">Another welcome return is the water and dust resistance abilities that were last seen on the Galaxy S5. Samsung have promised even greater levels of protection this time around, and the device should prove watertight to a depth of 1.5 metres for up to a half hour.</span></div><div><span style="background-color: white; color: #333333; font-family: ns-regular, 'Helvetica Neue', Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 15.2px; line-height: 22.8px;"><br /></span></div><div><h4 style="background-color: white; font-family: ns-bold, 'Helvetica Neue'; line-height: 1.275; margin: 0px; text-rendering: optimizeLegibility;"><span style="color: #3d85c6; font-size: large;">Camera Improvements</span></h4></div><div><br /></div><div><span style="background-color: white; color: #333333; font-family: ns-regular, 'Helvetica Neue', Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 15.2px; line-height: 22.8px;">The sensor in the camera has actually reduced in size from 16MP down to 12MP, but this is far from being a bad thing. This camera produces better results, as it uses a “dual pixel” technology, usually reserved for the likes of pricey SLR Cameras. Aperture has increased from f / 1.9 up to f / 1.7. This means that more light can get into the sensor, creating superior pictures. The front camera has the same aperture, and has 5MP capability.</span></div><div><span style="background-color: white; color: #333333; font-family: ns-regular, 'Helvetica Neue', Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 15.2px; line-height: 22.8px;"><br /></span></div><div><h4 style="background-color: white; font-family: ns-bold, 'Helvetica Neue'; line-height: 1.275; margin: 0px; text-rendering: optimizeLegibility;"><span style="color: #3d85c6; font-size: large;">Android Marshmallow</span></h4></div><div><br /></div><div><span style="background-color: white; color: #333333; font-family: ns-regular, 'Helvetica Neue', Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 15.2px; line-height: 22.8px;">The Galaxy S7 is running Android Marshmallow version 6.0.1 right out of the box, with Samsung’s own Touchwiz skin over it. There are many cool apps built in, several of which are Samsung specific, like the new Game Launcher, a hub for all your mobile games.</span></div><div><span style="background-color: white; color: #333333; font-family: ns-regular, 'Helvetica Neue', Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 15.2px; line-height: 22.8px;"><br /></span></div><div><h4 style="background-color: white; font-family: ns-bold, 'Helvetica Neue'; line-height: 1.275; margin: 0px; text-rendering: optimizeLegibility;"><span style="color: #3d85c6; font-size: large;">Expandable Memory</span></h4></div><div><br /></div><div><div style="background-color: white; clear: both; color: #333333; font-family: ns-regular, 'Helvetica Neue', Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 0.95em; line-height: 1.5; margin-bottom: 1.5em; margin-top: 1.5em;">Something missing from the last generation of handsets was the ability to expand the device’s storage. The inclusion of a Micro SD slot is something everybody wanted for the new generation, and Samsung obliged. The SIM tray now doubles up, so it can accept the SD card as well. Micro SDs of up to 200GB can be used to increase your device’s storage.</div><div style="background-color: white; clear: both; color: #333333; font-family: ns-regular, 'Helvetica Neue', Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 0.95em; line-height: 1.5; margin-bottom: 1.5em; margin-top: 1.5em;">There are many other design changes to the Galaxy S7 phone that make it more user-friendly. Things like the Gorilla Glass 4 used front and back ensure additional protection from scrapes, while the edges now slightly curve, ensuring that the phone now sits nicely in the hand, unlike the sharp corners of the previous S6. </div><div style="background-color: white; clear: both; color: #333333; font-family: ns-regular, 'Helvetica Neue', Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 0.95em; line-height: 1.5; margin-bottom: 1.5em; margin-top: 1.5em;">So while it may seem at first glance to be a minor update to the product line, it’s surely an important one.</div></div><span style="background-color: white; color: #333333; font-family: ns-regular, 'Helvetica Neue', Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 15.2px; line-height: 22.8px;"><br /></span></div>

Samsung Galaxy S7 new features

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IPL 2016 Final: SunRisers Hyderabad beat Royal Challengers Bangalore by 8 runs to win maiden title

<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiGK5qzI_-oaGQkaWVJT_fEgRoPFhI3jOGo8gC4LwanCNN-9lxL12TgwCJ_Z8_xfIziPSjlt-l42ojmWTIeJTa31h-Unm-__EVoOxOFCR6-7IGuHL56RRUkLxuzOUO-9en_IOmO66z71N4/s1600/sunrisers-hyderabad-title-geektrends.jpg" imageanchor="1"><img alt="sunrisers-hyderabad-title-geektrends" border="0" height="363" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiGK5qzI_-oaGQkaWVJT_fEgRoPFhI3jOGo8gC4LwanCNN-9lxL12TgwCJ_Z8_xfIziPSjlt-l42ojmWTIeJTa31h-Unm-__EVoOxOFCR6-7IGuHL56RRUkLxuzOUO-9en_IOmO66z71N4/s640/sunrisers-hyderabad-title-geektrends.jpg" title="sunrisers-hyderabad-title-geektrends" width="640" /></a></div><span style="font-size: large;"><b><br /></b></span><span style="font-size: large;"><b><br /></b></span><span style="font-size: large;"><b>Bangalore: Sunrisers bowlers performed an incredible tale season Virat Kohli top-octane clash Royal 8 races in their Indian Premier League Challengers Bangalore beat by walking away with the trophy girl to waste, put it on Sunday.</b></span><br /><span style="font-size: large;"><b><br /></b></span><div style="background-color: white; box-sizing: border-box; color: #464646; font-family: arial !important; font-size: 16px; line-height: 26px; margin-bottom: 10px; padding-bottom: 6px;">In a battle between IPL's best batting and bowling line-ups, the Orange Army came up trumps despite initial blitzkrieg from Chris Gayle and Kohli, defending their total of 208 for seven by restricting the home team to 200 for seven.</div><div style="background-color: white; box-sizing: border-box; color: #464646; font-family: arial !important; font-size: 16px; line-height: 26px; margin-bottom: 10px; padding-bottom: 6px;">It was David Warner's batting and astute captaincy complemented by some inspirational death overs bowling by Mustafizur Rahaman (1/37 in 4 overs) and Bhuvneshwar Kumar (0/25 in 4 overs) that clinched the issue.</div><div id="inarticle_wrapper_div" style="background-color: white; box-sizing: border-box; color: #333333; font-family: 'Roboto Condensed', sans-serif; font-size: 13px; line-height: 18.5714px;"></div><div style="background-color: white; box-sizing: border-box; color: #464646; font-family: arial !important; font-size: 16px; line-height: 26px; margin-bottom: 10px; padding-bottom: 6px;">Warner, who hit 68, finished second in run-getters' list with 848 runs.</div><div style="background-color: white; box-sizing: border-box; color: #464646; font-family: arial !important; font-size: 16px; line-height: 26px; margin-bottom: 10px; padding-bottom: 6px;">The turning point certainly would be the 24 runs that Ben Cutting (39 no and 2/35) got in the final over off Shane Watson's bowling during Sunrisers innings and then came back to dismiss a rampaging Gayle.</div><div style="background-color: white; box-sizing: border-box; color: #464646; font-family: arial !important; font-size: 16px; line-height: 26px; margin-bottom: 10px; padding-bottom: 6px;">With 18 needed off last over, Bhuvneshwar, who bowled 13 dot balls gave only 9 runs. As the last ball was delivered, skipper Warner's joy knew no bounds with the entire team and dug-out joining him in wild celebrations.</div><div style="background-color: white; box-sizing: border-box; color: #464646; font-family: arial !important; font-size: 16px; line-height: 26px; margin-bottom: 10px; padding-bottom: 6px;">Gayle (76 off 38 balls) and skipper Kohli (54 off 35 balls) had a scintillating opening stand of 114 in 10.3 overs as it looked like a cakewalk for the home team.</div><div style="background-color: white; box-sizing: border-box; color: #464646; font-family: arial !important; font-size: 16px; line-height: 26px; margin-bottom: 10px; padding-bottom: 6px;">But in the end, Kohli was the tragic hero once again after the WorldT20 in a tournament that will be remembered for his exploits.</div><div style="background-color: white; box-sizing: border-box; color: #464646; font-family: arial !important; font-size: 16px; line-height: 26px; margin-bottom: 10px; padding-bottom: 6px;">He finished the tournament with an astounding 973 runs at an average of 81.08 and and equally impressive strike-rate of 152.03. He hit an unbelievable four hundreds and seven half-centuries, not to forget 83 boundaries and a staggering 38 sixes.</div><div style="background-color: white; box-sizing: border-box; color: #464646; font-family: arial !important; font-size: 16px; line-height: 26px; margin-bottom: 10px; padding-bottom: 6px;">Once the duo were back in quick succession, it depended AB de Villiers (5), who had one of his rare failures as Sunrisers came back into the match.</div><div style="background-color: white; box-sizing: border-box; color: #464646; font-family: arial !important; font-size: 16px; line-height: 26px; margin-bottom: 10px; padding-bottom: 6px;">KL Rahul was done in by a slow off-cutter from Cutting and Shane Watson found it hard to get the big shots going as Mustafizur accounted for him.</div><div style="background-color: white; box-sizing: border-box; color: #464646; font-family: arial !important; font-size: 16px; line-height: 26px; margin-bottom: 10px; padding-bottom: 6px;">Stuart Binny hit Mustafizur down the ground for a six as the equation came down to 37 from 3 overs.</div><div style="background-color: white; box-sizing: border-box; color: #464646; font-family: arial !important; font-size: 16px; line-height: 26px; margin-bottom: 10px; padding-bottom: 6px;">But Bhuvneshwar bowled a brilliant 18th over keeping everything in the blockhole as only 7 came off the over.</div><div style="background-color: white; box-sizing: border-box; color: #464646; font-family: arial !important; font-size: 16px; line-height: 26px; margin-bottom: 10px; padding-bottom: 6px;">RCB 30 were needed off last two overs as Binny (9) was run-out off the first delivery of the 19th over bowled by Mustafizur. Sachin Baby hit six off the last ball as RCB's requirement of final over was 18 runs but Bhuvneshwar kept his cool to win the match for Sunrisers.</div><div style="background-color: white; box-sizing: border-box; color: #464646; font-family: arial !important; font-size: 16px; line-height: 26px; margin-bottom: 10px; padding-bottom: 6px;">In pursuit of 209, it was Gayle who started the carnage with two sixes and a boundary off the fourth over bowled by left-arm Barinder Sran.</div><div style="background-color: white; box-sizing: border-box; color: #464646; font-family: arial !important; font-size: 16px; line-height: 26px; margin-bottom: 10px; padding-bottom: 6px;">In the fifth over of the innings, Gayle hit Cutting for a six and a four off consecutive deliveries to bring up RCB's 50.</div><div style="background-color: white; box-sizing: border-box; color: #464646; font-family: arial !important; font-size: 16px; line-height: 26px; margin-bottom: 10px; padding-bottom: 6px;">Gayle was already in his 40's when Kohli finally reached double figures as RCB also managed an identical 59 for no loss after Powerplays.</div><div style="background-color: white; box-sizing: border-box; color: #464646; font-family: arial !important; font-size: 16px; line-height: 26px; margin-bottom: 10px; padding-bottom: 6px;">Gayle's 50 came off 25 balls with a six down the ground off Moises Henriques.</div><div style="background-color: white; box-sizing: border-box; color: #464646; font-family: arial !important; font-size: 16px; line-height: 26px; margin-bottom: 10px; padding-bottom: 6px;">The likes of Henriques and Cutting were guilty of bowling too many length balls to Gayle, who promptly dispatched them over the ropes.</div><div style="background-color: white; box-sizing: border-box; color: #464646; font-family: arial !important; font-size: 16px; line-height: 26px; margin-bottom: 10px; padding-bottom: 6px;">The mayhem continued as the 100 came off 9 overs with Gayle's contribution being 74 compared to Kohli's 20.</div><div style="background-color: white; box-sizing: border-box; color: #464646; font-family: arial !important; font-size: 16px; line-height: 26px; margin-bottom: 10px; padding-bottom: 6px;">Poor David Warner had no option but to bring Mustafizur for a second spell within the 10 overs but then the damage had been done as Kohli got into the act with a four and a six.</div><div style="background-color: white; box-sizing: border-box; color: #464646; font-family: arial !important; font-size: 16px; line-height: 26px; margin-bottom: 10px; padding-bottom: 6px;">The Gayle mayhem ended when he tried to hit Cutting for a ninth six but mistimed it with Bipul Sharma running in from his third man position to take the catch.</div><div style="background-color: white; box-sizing: border-box; color: #464646; font-family: arial !important; font-size: 16px; line-height: 26px; margin-bottom: 10px; padding-bottom: 6px;">Gayle's 76 off 38 balls had four boundaries and eight sixes. By the time he was out, Kohli was already in his zone picking up boundaries at will. The 50 came off 32 balls with a six off Sran. But immediately after that Sran hit one back of the length and Kohli gave him the charge only to get an inside edge that saw the leg-bail being clipped.</div><div style="background-color: white; box-sizing: border-box; color: #464646; font-family: arial !important; font-size: 16px; line-height: 26px; margin-bottom: 10px; padding-bottom: 6px;">The stadium was stunned into silence as Kohli's 35-ball-54 studded with five fours and two sixes came to an end.</div><div style="background-color: white; box-sizing: border-box; color: #464646; font-family: arial !important; font-size: 16px; line-height: 26px; margin-bottom: 10px; padding-bottom: 6px;">De Villiers and KL Rahul were two new men at the crease but the target was 68 off 42 balls, slomething well within their reach.</div><div style="background-color: white; box-sizing: border-box; color: #464646; font-family: arial !important; font-size: 16px; line-height: 26px; margin-bottom: 10px; padding-bottom: 6px;">But it was left-arm spinner Bipul Sharma, who came to the party as he got De Villiers to give him inside out charge but he skied to Henriques.</div><div style="background-color: white; box-sizing: border-box; color: #464646; font-family: arial !important; font-size: 16px; line-height: 26px; margin-bottom: 10px; padding-bottom: 6px;">Earlier, skipper David Warner blasted his way to a 38-ball-69 as unheralded Ben Cutting's incredible hitting enabled Sunrisers Hyderabad get to a competitive 208 for seven against Royal Challengers Bangalore in the final of the Indian Premier League cricket tournament, here tonight.</div><div style="background-color: white; box-sizing: border-box; color: #464646; font-family: arial !important; font-size: 16px; line-height: 26px; margin-bottom: 10px; padding-bottom: 6px;">This is the highest ever score by a team batting first in an IPL final.</div><div style="background-color: white; box-sizing: border-box; color: #464646; font-family: arial !important; font-size: 16px; line-height: 26px; margin-bottom: 10px; padding-bottom: 6px;">It was little-known Cutting who smashed 39 off 15 balls with three boundaries and four sixes to take the Sunrisers past 200-run mark. The last three overs produced 52 runs while Shane Watson (0/61 in 4 overs) went for 24 in his final over out of which Cutting scored 23.</div><div style="background-color: white; box-sizing: border-box; color: #464646; font-family: arial !important; font-size: 16px; line-height: 26px; margin-bottom: 10px; padding-bottom: 6px;">Warner once again led from the front with another sizzling knock but the likes of Yuvraj Singh (38, 23 balls), Shikhar Dhawan (28, 25 balls) frittered away promising starts before Ben provided the 'Cutting Edge' with some lusty late hitting</div><div style="background-color: white; box-sizing: border-box; color: #464646; font-family: arial !important; font-size: 16px; line-height: 26px; margin-bottom: 10px; padding-bottom: 6px;">For RCB, Sreenath Aravind (2/30 in 4 overs), Chris Jordan (3/45 in 4 overs) were the main wicket-takers.</div><div style="background-color: white; box-sizing: border-box; color: #464646; font-family: arial !important; font-size: 16px; line-height: 26px; margin-bottom: 10px; padding-bottom: 6px;">Sunrisers started the attack in the penultimate over of the Powerplay where skipper Virat Kohli introduced Shane Watson into the attack. As many as 19 runs came off that over.</div><div style="background-color: white; box-sizing: border-box; color: #464646; font-family: arial !important; font-size: 16px; line-height: 26px; margin-bottom: 10px; padding-bottom: 6px;">Both Watson and Dhawan helped themselves to a six each -- the skipper hitting it over cover and the India international over long-on.</div><div style="background-color: white; box-sizing: border-box; color: #464646; font-family: arial !important; font-size: 16px; line-height: 26px; margin-bottom: 10px; padding-bottom: 6px;">Chris Gayle, who shared the new ball with Sreenath Aravind had given 11 in his first two overs but went for 13 in the 6th over of the innings as the Powerplay yielded 59 runs.</div><div style="background-color: white; box-sizing: border-box; color: #464646; font-family: arial !important; font-size: 16px; line-height: 26px; margin-bottom: 10px; padding-bottom: 6px;">It was the introduction of Yuzvendra Chahal that saw the home team drawing the first blood when Dhawan mistimed a slog sweep to be caught at square leg boundary by Jordan. The opening stand produced 63 runs.</div><div style="background-color: white; box-sizing: border-box; color: #464646; font-family: arial !important; font-size: 16px; line-height: 26px; margin-bottom: 10px; padding-bottom: 6px;">Dhawan hit three fours and a six in his innings.</div><div style="background-color: white; box-sizing: border-box; color: #464646; font-family: arial !important; font-size: 16px; line-height: 26px; margin-bottom: 10px; padding-bottom: 6px;">But there was no stopping Warner as he blazed his way to a 24-ball half centiry with two punish cut shots off Chahal, who lost the length of his leg breaks.</div><div style="background-color: white; box-sizing: border-box; color: #464646; font-family: arial !important; font-size: 16px; line-height: 26px; margin-bottom: 10px; padding-bottom: 6px;">In the next over from Jordan, he first flicked and then cut the bowler for two boundaries.</div><div style="background-color: white; box-sizing: border-box; color: #464646; font-family: arial !important; font-size: 16px; line-height: 26px; margin-bottom: 10px; padding-bottom: 6px;">Moises Henriques (4) may have shared a 34-run stand but it was all due to his skipper's pyrotechnics as Jordan had something to cheer with the batsman giving skier to Chahal at mid-wicket.</div><div style="background-color: white; box-sizing: border-box; color: #464646; font-family: arial !important; font-size: 16px; line-height: 26px; margin-bottom: 10px; padding-bottom: 6px;">Yuvraj got into the groove with a couple of well-times boundaries -- a sweetly timed cover drive off Watson and then a whip off Jordan behind square. And he was not complete as the next was a six in the same region.</div><div style="background-color: white; box-sizing: border-box; color: #464646; font-family: arial !important; font-size: 16px; line-height: 26px; margin-bottom: 10px; padding-bottom: 6px;">The emergence of Yuvraj saw Warner take a bit of a back-seat from his power-hitting as Aravind back for his second spell got one to rise a bit more from the length as Warner went for a cut shot. Iqbal Abdullah stationed at short third man right at the edge of circle took easiest of catches.</div><div style="background-color: white; box-sizing: border-box; color: #464646; font-family: arial !important; font-size: 16px; line-height: 26px; margin-bottom: 10px; padding-bottom: 6px;">Warner's 39-ball-68 had eight boundaries and three sixes.</div><div style="background-color: white; box-sizing: border-box; color: #464646; font-family: arial !important; font-size: 16px; line-height: 26px; margin-bottom: 10px; padding-bottom: 6px;">Yuvraj hit one of the biggest sixes at the Chinnaswamy as he hoisted Chahal over long-off into top tier. The next was an effortless copybook cover drive and the elegant left-hander did not even bother to run.</div><div style="background-color: white; box-sizing: border-box; color: #464646; font-family: arial !important; font-size: 16px; line-height: 26px; margin-bottom: 10px; padding-bottom: 6px;"></div><div style="background-color: white; box-sizing: border-box; color: #464646; font-family: arial !important; font-size: 16px; line-height: 26px; margin-bottom: 10px; padding-bottom: 6px;">In Aravind's next over, he cut the bowler for a boundary but lost Deepak Hooda (3), who was holed in the deep.</div><div style="background-color: white; box-sizing: border-box; color: #464646; font-family: arial !important; font-size: 16px; line-height: 26px; margin-bottom: 10px; padding-bottom: 6px;">Just when he was looking ominous, Jordan bowled a slower to get Yuvraj caught by Watson at extra cover having made 38 off 23 balls with four boundaries and two sixes.</div><span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span><span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span></div>

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