Delhi Dardevils will play against Bangalore Royal Challengers at their home ground and would like to repeat the same kind of performance they did against Rajasthan Royals at their home ground. On the other hand Bangalore Royal Challangers look to register their win against Delhi Daredevils to gain the momentum.
They have loss their last league match against Chennai Super Kings from winning position and they don’t want to repeat any more. However if they would like win against Delhi then Ross Taylor who is playing his last match for Bangalore Royal Challengers has to continue the good form he is in.
The Royal Challengers will be counting on their top order to fire again. Their bowling already looks more lethal with the inclusion of Dale Steyn. And with Misbah-ul-Haq, Cameron White waiting in the wings, the coaching staff knows they aren't short of options but with three losses in four games, there are some problem areas.
Having lost their last game against Mohali, playing the Royal Challengers will be the perfect way for Sehwag's men to get back to the winning ways. However, having run the leaders of the tournament close in their last game, even the Royal Challengers would be hoping that their fortunes turn around from here on.
By the latest News Bangalore Royal Challengers have won the toss and elected to field first. Here is the final playing Xi for both the teams.
Final Playing XI for both the teams (Match will start from 20:00 PMIndia time)
Mumbai Indians perform brilliantly in front of huge crowd at EdenGarden, Kolkata both with bat and bowl to beat the home team Kolkata Knight Riders by 7 wickets. Chasing the target of 138 runs for victory they achieve the target in 18.4 overs with the loss of three wickets.
At one stage Mumbai Indians were in spot of bother at 25/3 in the 5th over however an unbroken 113 runs stand between D.Bravo and R.Uthappa guide their team to a comfortable win. D.Bravo remains unbeaten on 64 runs of just 58 balls and R.Uthappa made 37 runs of 38 balls.
Both batsman never allowed Kolkata Knight Riders (KKR) bowler to get on top of them especially D.Bravo played freely to check the required run rate in control. Whenever required he hit the fours and sixes with ease.
Earlier KKR Captain Saurav Ganguly won the toss and decided to bat first. However he is not able to gave his team a start which he were looking for and after hitting a beautiful cover drive of S.Pollock he throws away his wicket chasing a wide one from S.Pollock.
B.McCullum playing his last game of the tournament also didn’t last longer and out leg before on the bowling of S.Pollock. Thereafter wickets continue to fall at regular interval and KKR manage just 137/8 in their quota of 20 overs. From Mumbai Indians Sanath Jayasurya bowls a superb spell in the middle over and picked up three crucial wickets of D.Hussey, Md. Haffeez and A.Agarkar.
Laxmi Rattan Shukla then produced a brisk knock of 40 from 22 deliveries, sending the ball to all parts of the ground much to the delight of the home crowd. The former India all-rounder, who had scored a similar 42 against Chennai, struck four fours and two sixes during his crucial knock and made batting look easy on a slow but bouncy pitch.
Going into the match, Mumbai had yet to earn a point after four outings while Kolkata were third on the points table with two wins from three matches.
Sanath Jayasurya was declared Man of the Match.
Match Summary
Kolkata Knight Riders – 137/8 in 20 Overs
L.Sukla– 40* D.Das – 29
S.Jayasurya– 4-1-14-3S.Pollock – 4-0-27-2
Mumbai Indians – 138/3 in 18.4 Overs
D.Bravo – 64*R.Uthappa – 37*
A.Agarkar– 4-0-23-1A.Dinda – 4-0-12-1
Highlights IPL twenty20 – Mumbai Indians Vs Kolkata Knight Riders
Mumbai Indians who lost their last four league matches in the twenty20 IPL tournament so far will be looking to register their first win against the Kolkata Knight Riders. However the task of doing that seems to be very daunting for them since they have already lost their quality off spinner Harbhajan Singh due to eleven match ban impose by Match referee Farookh Engineer after the slapping incidence.
Sachin Tendulkar is yet to recover and they are really struggling without him in the tournament so far. Sachin who is one of the finest batsman India have ever produced is also hoping that his teams finally able to register their first win in his absence against the Kolkata Knight Riders.
Ricky Ponting who is playing his last IPL twenty20 match this year for KKR is hoping to score some runs to get his team a victory. Brandom McCullum who started the opening game of the tournament with blistering 158* runs of 73 balls with 13 sixes and 10 fours has not scored much in the last two matches. So he will be also looking to give a quick start to his team.
There has been only one match played at Eden garden so far and that too ended up with lots of controversy about the pitch and power cut of during matches. However this time curator of EdenGarden insured that the pitch this time will be full of runs with some helps for the bowlers.
From the Mumbai point of view they will be praying for Jayasurya to fire who has struggle to score the runs in the tournament. Mumbai Indians bowlers are really down after the hammering they have receives in the last game from A.Gilchrist. Mumbai Indians are also worried about their bowlers especially Ashish Nehra who looks wayward with the ball in all four matches he played so far.
Kolkata Knight Riders looks strong on paper in both department of the game and are favorite to beat Mumbai Indians.
Likely Playing XI for both the teams (Match will start from 20:00 PM India time)
M.S.Dhoni did exactly what his team were required from him first some quick runs and then a good captaincy by him earn his team an impossible looking win to maintained their winning streak in the tournament.
Needing just 51 runs for victory in the last six overs with seven wickets in hand Bangalore Royal Challengers managed just 34 runs with the loss of seven wickets. Dhoni kept rotating his bowler and shown faith in each bowler to restrict the opposition from winning a most likely victory.
Earlier M.S.Dhoni won the toss and decided to bat first. However his team struggle to play with the freedom as they have showed in the last three games. They were struggling at 83/3 at the end of 12th over. But M.S. Dhoni & Hussey shared a crucial 95-run stand for the fourth wicket.
The duo hammered the Bangalore Royal Challengers bowlers all around the park in the last four overs as they took 64 runs in these periods of overs. Especially M.S. Dhoni hit a fabulous 30-ball 65, with 9 fours and 3 sixes in the able company of Michael Hussey (47 off 38 balls) to take his team to a competitive 178-5 in their alloted 20 overs.
In reply, Bangalore got off to a flying start and at one stage it looked like the hosts would simply run away with the match but the Chennai bowlers, led by Manpreet Gony (3-34), suddenly turned the tide, triggering a well-scripted collapse.
From 127-2 in 14 overs, Bangalore could just manage to add another 34 runs in the next five overs, losing seven wickets in the process. Needing 17 to win in the last over, the local favorites got bundled out for 165 with 2 balls to spare.
Rahul Dravid team will be facing a tough battle when they take on an unbeaten team in the tournament so far, Chennai Super Kings. The Chennai side is the only team in the tournament to have emerged winners on all three ocassion they have taken the field.
All batsmans of Chennai Super Kings looks in great nick in the matches they have played so far. The Likes of M.Hayden and M.S. Dhoni have already showed in the last match what they can do with their opposition. SO Dravid's bowlers would have to be as accurate as possible to restrict them from scoring at will.
The Bangalore Royal Challengers, though, would have a strong batsman in Misbah-ul-Haq to replace Ross Taylor, who goes for the national duty.
The Dhoni led side would be without M.Hussey who is flying for Australia as he has been called by the home board to participate in the pre-Caribbean tour camp.
The chances of Bangalore Royal Challengers will depend on how their batsman performs in this match. Since their batsman struggle badly against Rajasthan Royals in their last league match.
If they would like to register the win against Chennai Super Kings then one or two batsman from their top orders need to make a big score like 70’s plus.
On the other hand Chennai Super Kings are very confident of beating the host with the kind of formidable batting and bowling line up they poses.
Likely Playing XI for both the teams (Match will start from 20:00 PMIndia time)
Chennai Super King: Matthew Hayden, Parthiv Patel, S.Fleming, Mahendra Singh Dhoni (Captain), Suresh Raina, Jacob Oram, S Badrinath, Joginder Sharma, P Amarnath, Manpreet Gony, Muttiah Muralitharan, Kepler Wessels (Coach).
Bangalore Royal Challengers: Rahul Dravid (Captain), Balachandra Akhil, Mark Boucher, S.Chanderpaul, Sunil Joshi, Jaques Kallis, Zaheer Khan, Virat Kohli, Praveen Kumar, Anil Kumble, Misbah-Ul-Haq, V.Prasad (Coach).
In the coming week many players who are performing well for his team have to leave their team in the midway stage of tournament due to their respective Countries Tour Programs. The Players who are supposed to leave are from New Zealand, Australia and West Indies. Since New Zealand have to play with England in England and Australia have to play against West Indians in West Indies.Following are the list of players who are leaving along with the one who are coming and joining the IPL twenty20 with their respective teams.
Chennai Super Kings M. Hayden and M.Hussey (From Australia) will leave on May 1st Jacob Oram (From New Zealand) the superb all-rounder will catch the Flight on 30th of April Makhaya Ntini has already joined the teamStephen Fleming will finally get a chance to play for his team Chennai Super kings
Bangalore Royal Challengers Ashley Noffke (From Australia) leave on May 1stRoss Taylor (From New Zealand) leave on April 30th Shivnarine Chanderpaul (West Indians) will leave on May 15th Misbah-ul-Haq has already joined the team Dale Steyn has already joined the team
Delhi Daredevils Daniel Vettori (New Zealnd Captain) will leave on April 30th AB de Villiers has already joined the team
Deccan Chargers Andrew Symonds (Australians) will leave on May 1st H.Gibbs will get into action replacing absent A.Symonds
Rajasthan Royals Australian southpaw Darren Lehmann will be flying back to his country on 29th April Graeme Smith, Younis Khan, Sohail Tanveer as well as Dimitri Mascarenhas has already arrived
Kolkata Knight Riders B.McCullum (New Zealnd Wickekeeper) will leave on April 30th R.Ponting (Australian Captain) will leave on May 1st Chris Gayle (West Indian Captain) will leave on May 15th Salman Butt, Tatenda Taibu and Umar Gul will join the squad
Kings XI Punjab Brett Lee, Simon Katich (Australians) and Kyle Mills (New Zealanders) will leave on April 28th No foreign replacements coming in for these Players
Mumbai Indians Dwayne Bravo (From West Indies) will leave on May 15th Loots Bosman has already arrived on April 27th Domnic Thormley will be fit to play from the Next game i.e. after Sunday’s match (27/04/08).
If we are losing some player then we will also get a chance to see the likes of H.Gibbs, A.B Devilliers and Dimitri Mascarenhas.
Adam Gilchrist played an outstanding or better to say a blistering knock of 109 runs of 49 balls to help his team registered their first win in IPL twenty20. The match is played in new stadium Dr DY Patil Sports Academy, Mumbai and A.Gilchrist knock stunned the Mumbai crowed with his super knock under pressure.
In the 109 runs knock A.Gilchrist hit 10 sixes and nine 4’s and for first wicket he and V.V.S. Laxman put on 155 runs to guide his team to 10 wicket victory which is the biggest victory by any team in the tournament so far. VVS Laxman kept Gilchrist company with a knock of 36 not out.
Earlier Deccan Chargers captain V.V.S Laxman won the toss and first time in series they decided to chase down the target which they did it comfortably. Mumbai Indians got of to disastrous start in their do die match and lost as many as four wickets for just 55 runs in 10.3 overs. Sri Lankan batsman Sanath Jayasurya once again failed to perform up to his reputation and able to make just 18 runs of 21 balls.
Abhishek Nayar and Dwayne Bravo got Mumbai Indians to something of a total as they carried their side to 154-7 in a game they need to win to get some points on the board.
A.Nayar scored a super 34 runs of 19 balls and D.Bravo 34 runs of 18 balls. Both put on 43 runs of just 18 balls to give their team some respectability.
A.Gilchrist was declared Man of the Match.
Match Summary
Mumbai Indians– 154/7 in 20 Overs
Dwayne Bravo– 34A.Nayar– 34
R.P.Singh– 4-1-15-2S.Afridi– 4-0-32-2
Deccan Chargers– 155/0 in 12.4 Overs
A.Gilchrist– 109* V.V.S Laxman – 36*
S.Jayasurya– 2-0-17-0A.Nehra– 2-0-19-0
Highlights IPL twenty20 – Mumbai Indians Vs Deccan Chargers
Kolkata Knight Riders face an uphill task when they take Chennai Super King team which is full of formidable batting lineup. Both teams will look to register a win at Chepauk which is again a pitch with full of runs.
This is match between a top-of the table clash between the Chennai Super Kings and the Kolkata Knight Riders. Both teams won their first two games and this will be a battle to gain an early lead.
Chennai will miss their start player Matthew Hayden and Mike Hussey, who would return home on national duties on May 1st, so they will be looking to get the win under their belt to improve their chance of making to the semifinal. On the other hand Kolkata has same problem they will also lost two good players Ricky Ponting and B.McCullum due to their tour programs. So Kolkata would also like to register a win here at Chepauk.
Chepauk pitch will be once again a highly productive day for the batsman Kolkata Knight Riders will be hoping that their Wicketkeeper batsman Brendon McCullum fire once again to regain his 'orange cap' - worn by the highest cumulative run-scorer in the tournament, from Kumar Sangakkara.
Ricky Ponting would also like to get going so far he was not able to fire in this tournament. Ishant Sharma is in prime form but face a real battle against the formidable batting lineup. Chennai's captain, Mahendra Singh Dhoni, will be keen to match the batting exploits of his peers. Matthew Hayden, after his masterly 81 against the Mumbai Indians, is another potential match-winner.
Likely Playing XI for both the teams (Match will start from 16:00 PMIndia time)
Chennai Super King: Matthew Hayden, Parthiv Patel, Michael Hussey, Mahendra Singh Dhoni (Captain), Suresh Raina, Jacob Oram, S Badrinath, Joginder Sharma, P Amarnath, Manpreet Gony, Muttiah Muralitharan, Kepler Wessels (Coach).
Kolkata Knight Riders: Sourav Ganguly (Captain), Brendon McCullum, Ricky Ponting, David Hussey, Mohammad Hafeez, Laxmi Ratan Shukla, Wriddhiman Saha (wk), Ajit Agarkar, Ashok Dinda, Murali Kartik, Ishant Sharma, John Buchanan (Coach).
King XI Punjab were finally able to put up an all round performance both with bat and ball to clinch a comfortable win of 66 runs against Mumbai Indians. Chasing a target of 183 runs for victory Mumbai were never in the hunt and they manage just 116/9 in their 20 overs.
Dwayne Bravo scored 23 for the Mumbai side and Shaun Pollock 22, but it was never going to be enough.
The start of the day were the Sri Lankan wicketkeeper batsman Kumar Sangkara who single handedly guide his team to put up a good score of 182 runs in their 20 overs. No one stayed long enough with K.Sangkara
Mumbai Indians once again went into the match without their start batsman Sachin Tendulkar. Harbhajan Singh once again able to won the toss and again like the previous match he opted to field first.
So after loosing this match Mumbai Indians is hoping that their start batsman Sachin Tendulkar will be fit for their next match against Deccan Chargers on Sunday.
Kumar Sangkara was declared Man of the Match.
Match Summary
King Xi Punjab– 182/10 in 20 Overs
K.Sangkara– 94 Y.Singh – 18
H.Singh– 3-0-32-3A.Nehra – 3-0-22-2
Mumbai Indians– 116/9 in 20 Overs
Dwayne Bravo– 23Shaun Pollock– 22
I.Pathan– 4-1-19-2P.Chawla – 4-0-16-2
Highlights IPL twenty20 – Mumbai Indians Vs King XI Punjab
The much awaited clash for many fans has finally arrived and will be played in the heart of Chandigarh. Both team looking to register their first win in IPL. However one will be the looser and other will be the winner.
Mumbai Indians have loss their both the matches very closely and have some positive to take from their last two encounters. On the other hand King XI Punjab has international bowlers but they yet struggle to restrict the opposition due to some poor captaincy as well as some wayward blowing by the likes of S.Sreesanth.
Sachin Tendulkar who celebrates his 35th birthday yesterday is likely to sit out again and if this is the case then Mumbai Indians may miss him badly in this match also. But if he play today then Vikrant Yeligati, the offspinner, could be dropped after going for 16 runs in his one over in Chennai. The rest of the team will probably remain largely unchanged, but Nayar may feel he deserves a promotion after taking Mumbai close to a win in the last game.
King XI Punjab is most likely to go with same playing XI as they played in last match against Rajasthan Royals.
The Pitch at Mohali will suit the batsman and we may witness other 200 plus score in 20 overs.
After losing the first two games, Kings XI Punjab and Mumbai Indians are feeling the heat at this moment. Both the sides are evenly matched and they will try their best to win their first match in this tournament. It will be a matter of who blinks first.
Likely Playing XI for both the teams (Match will start from 20:00 PMIndia time)
Deccan Charger after scoring 214/5 in their 20 overs thought they have posted enough to register their first win in IPL twenty20 but Shane Warne team have other ideas and they registered their second consecutive victory in the IPL.
Needing 19 runs for victory in the final over Shane Warne hit two crispy six and 4’s on the bowling of Andrew Symonds to shatter the dream of Deccan Chargers of registering first win in IPL twenty.
The match was in well favor of Rajasthan Royals after Yusuf Pathan (61 runs of 28 balls) and Greame Smith (71 runs of 45 balls), however Shahid Afridi has some other ideas when he took two wickets in the 18th over of inning both of Md. Kaif (34 runs of 16 balls) ad G.Smith to turn the tide in the favor of Deccan Chargers.
But Warne, with Pankaj Singh for company, pulled off a sensational win as VVS Laxman handed the ball to Symonds for the last over.
Earlier, Symonds scored a brilliant unbeaten 117 runs of 53 balls with seven sixes and 11 fours as Deccan Chargers were carried to a blinding 214-5 against Rajasthan Royals. Sent in to bat by by Shane Warne, Hyderabad were in some trouble initially before Symonds, initially with VVS Laxman, and then with Rohit Sharma, guided his side to a potentially winning situation.
Now Deccan Chargers are at the bottom of the points table after loosing their three consecutive matches on trot.
Yusuf Pathan was declared Man of the Match.
Match Summary
Deccan Chargers– 214/5 in 20 Overs
A.Symonds– 117* R.Sharma – 36
Y.Pathan– 2-0-20-2S.Warne – 4-0-47-2
Rajasthan Royals – 216/7 in 19.5 Overs
Y.Pathan – 61G.Smith – 71
S.Afridi– 4-0-27-3C.Vaas – 4-0-42-1
Highlights IPL twenty20 – Rajasthan Royals Vs Deccan Chargers
Chennai Super Kings who is flying high on confidence after beating King XI Punjab in their first game will now confident to repeat the same against Mumbai Indians in front of their home crowd.
Mumbai Indians on the other hand struggling to find proper combination due to Sachin Tendulkar and Dominic Thornely injury. Sachin Tendulkar who will turn 35 on Thursday is almost certain to miss out the encounter against solid looking Chennai Super Kings.
However Mumbai Indians is boosted by the inclusion of West Indian all rounder Dwayne Bravo and he is almost certain to get fit into final playing XI. Saurav Tiwary may also get a game here in place of Pinal Shah.
Mumbai Indians have certain start in their rank if they get going then they can post huge total on the board. Sanath Jayasurya who was unfortunately run out in the first match against Bangalore Royal Challengers is eying big inning at batting friendly wicket.
Robin Uthappa may not have pleased the purists during his 48 at home, but his innovative stroke play can hurt opponents. With this form of the game placing a premium on all-round abilities, Shaun Pollock may be the difference between the sides.
So all in all match eight of the DLF Indian Premier League between these two teams will provide a fascinating contest. MS Dhoni will aim to keep the winning run going for Chennai Super Kings in their first home match, and their opponents will be the Mumbai Indians who will have to make do once again without injured Captain Sachin Tendulkar.
Mike Hussey would also like to carry his good form and play in the same fashion as he played against King XI at Mohali.
Pitch Report
The pitch at chepauk is full of runs and we may witness another 200 runs plus score in 20 overs.
Likely Playing XI for both the teams (Match will start from 20:00 PMIndia time)
Chennai Super King: Matthew Hayden, Parthiv Patel, Michael Hussey, Mahendra Singh Dhoni (Captain), Suresh Raina, Jacob Oram, S Badrinath, Joginder Sharma, P Amarnath, Manpreet Gony, Muttiah Muralitharan, Kepler Wessels (Coach).
Virendra Sehwag played a sensetional inning of 94 runs in just 41 deliveries alongwith his teammates Shikhar Dhawan (25 runs of 28 balls) to guide his team to successive 9 wickets win over Deccan Chargers.
With this loss Deccan Chargers now have two losses into their account and Delhi Daredevils have 4 points from the two matches they have played so far.
Chasing Hyderabad's modest 142, Delhi never gave the hosts any chance to fight back as first Sehwag and Gautam Gambhir, then the captain and Dhawan, decimated the attack. In the 13th over of Delhi Daredevils inning which was bowled by Andrew Symonds, he went for 30 runs in that over with three huge sixes and three blistering fours (4, 6, 4, 6, 4, 6) hit by Virendra Sehwag.
Earlier Deccan Charger Captain V.V.SLaxman won the toss and decided to bat first but his teammates struggled to spend any time on the wicket and lost wickets at regular interval. At one stage they were 82/6 in at the end of 16th over. Young Rohit Sharma carried the Hyderabad Deccan
Chargers on his shoulders as bigger names like Adam Gilchrist, Andrew Symonds and Shahid Afridi failed. Rohit Sharma hit a sensational 66 runs of just 36 balls to guide his team to respectable 142/8 in 20 overs. From Delhi Daredevils Md. Asif was pickoff the bowler who picked up two crucial wickets of Laxman and A.Gilchrist by conceding just 19 runs in his four overs.
The Deccan Chargers whose strong batting line up not able to make any impact at Eden Garden due to un-friendly pitch is now all set to register their first win in IPL twenty20 tournaments. They are also very happy since there all players have joined the team. That means they now face a headache of picking the final playing XI since according to IPL rule a team can only be allowed to pick only four foreign players in the final XI.
On the other hand Delhi Daredevils is very confident after beating the Rajasthan Royals comfortably in their first league match at Delhi by 9 wickets. Delhi have bunch of talented local lads in their squad and that showed in their first match with Shikhar Dhawan getting 50's and likes of Rajat Bhatiya picking up two crucial wickets in the middle overs.
Hyderabad curator has said the wicket at Rajiv Gandhi International Stadium, Hyderabad will be batting friendly wickets and will support both batsman as well as bowlers. So all in all we can expect another high scoring game in this match.
Delhi Daredevils team is also boosted by the arrival of their teammates Shoiab Mallik and Md. Asif. It will be another headache for Delhi captain Virendra Sehwag when he sit to pick the final playing XI, however Brett Geeves who conceded 41 runs in his four overs without taking a wicket, is likely to make way for Shoiab Malik.
Delhi Dardevils teams have a good batting line-up with the likes of gautam gambhir and S.Dhawan in good nicks. But they will face the real challenge when they face likes of R.P Singh and Chaminda Vaas.
The Sri Lankan proved quite a handful for the Knight Riders and would be eager to carry on the good work. And with R.P. Singh proving his worth, Daredevils have a fight on hand.
Likely Playing XI for both the teams (Match will start from 20:00 PMIndia time)
Delhi Dare Devils: Virender Sehwag (Captain), Gautam Gambhir, Shikhar Dhawan, Manoj Tiwary, Dinesh Karthik (WK), Shoaib Malik, Mithun Manhas, Rajat Bhatia, Daniel Vettori,Glenn McGrath, F. Mehroof, Greg Shipperd (Coach).
Deccan Chargers: Adam Gilchrist (WK), Venugopal Rao, VVS Laxman (Captain), Andrew Symonds, Rohit Sharma, Scott Styris, Shahid Afridi, Arjun Yadav, Sanjay Bangar, RP Singh, Pragyan Ojha, Robin Singh (Coach).
Super inning from another Australians Shane Watson of 76 runs of 49 balls (6x5, 4x5) help his team to beat King XI Punjab by six wickets at the Sawai Man Singh stadium here on Monday.
Shane Watson in his inning of 76 runs hit as many as five clean sixes and five fours. Chasing a challenging total of 166 runs for victory Rojasthan Royals got of to disasterous start and lost 2 quick wickets for just 19 runs on the board. First to go was Md. Kaif (5 runs of 8 balls) and then Yusuf Pathan (7 runs of 5 balls) also not able to get going and in the process of clearing the field gave a simple catch to short extra cover.
But then Darren Lehman (17 runs of 16 balls) after struggling to put bat to the bowl manage to put a much needed 51 run partnership for his team alongwith Shane Watson. After Lehmann was nailed by Irfan Pathan, Ravnder Jadeja (36* runs of 25 balls) and Watson not only ensured there no further hiccups in the Jaipur innings but also took the erratic Mohali bowling to the cleaners.
Earlier King XI Punjab Captain Yuvraj won the toss and decided to bat first, however with some tight and accurate bowling from Jaipur team they only manage score of 166/8 in allotted 20 overs.
Shane Warne was more unplayble bowlers from Rajasthan who picks three most important wickets at regular interval to restrict the opponents including the wicket of dangerous Yuvraj Singh (57 runs of 34 balls).
Shane Watson was declared Man of the Match.
Match Summary
King XI Punjab – 166/8 in 20 Overs
Y.Singh– 57 K.Goel – 26
S.Warne– 4-0-19-3S.Trivedi – 4-0-25-2
Rajasthan Royal Challenger – 168/4 in 18.1 Overs
S.Watson – 76*R.Jadeja – 36*
I.Pathan– 4-0-21-1J.Hopes – 4-0-33-1
Highlights IPL twenty20 – King XI Vs Rajsthan Royals
After loosing the first match by 9 wickets against Delhi Daredevils now Rajasthan will try to upset the todays match favorite King XI Punjab at Sawai Mansingh Stadium, Jaipur.
Rajasthan Royals are very upset since there some of top international players are not with them due to domestic cricket commitments. With the likes of G.Smith, Younis Khan and D.Mascharanes are not with the team. However Captain cum Coach Shane Warne is hopeful for making comeback in the IPL twenty20 tournament.
Likely Playing XI for both the teams (Match will start from 20:00 PMIndia time)
King XI Punjab: James Hopes, Sahil Kukreja, Kumar Sangakara (WK), Y.Singh (Captain), M.Jayawardne, Irfan Pathan, Tanmay Srivastava, Karan Goel, Brett Lee,Piyush Chawla, S.Sreesanth, T.Moody (Coach)
Rajasthan Royals: Shane Watson, Taruwar Kohli, Mohammad Kaif, Darren Lehmann, Niraj Patel, Yusuf Pathan, Mahesh Rawat (WK), Ravindra Jadeja , Shane Warne (Captain & Coach), Dinesh Salunkhe, Munaf Patel.
On Sunday fourth match of IPL twenty20 were played between two most favorite teams of the tournament Deccan Chargers and Kolkata Knight Riders. With brilliance of David Hussey (37* runs of 43 balls) KKR able to beat the twenty20 specialist team Deccan Chargers by five wickets.
This was a match which went right down to the wire, however Kolkata Knight Riders able to snatch a victory in the 19th over with five wickets in hand.
Chasing a smallest target of 111 runs for victiry, which was smallest target of the tournament so far Kolkata teams were struggling 21/3 in the fifth over. Brandum McCullum not able to repeat the heroics of first match and he was first to go on 5 runs in the 2nd over. R.Ponting was also got out facing first ball of Chaminda Vaas.
Sourav Ganguly and David Hussey gutsed it out with the former taking a fierce blow on the rib as the duo ambled to their target. But Ganguly's dismissal not only spurred the visitors to stage an excellent fightback, but created a deafening silence at the packed Eden.
At one stage they were 89/5 in 16.4 overs before light cut-off at eden garden. After a short interval of time light came back and play resumes with same target. David Hussey manages to hit two huge sixes to guide his team home by 5 wickets.
Earlier V.V.S Laxman won the toss and decided to bat first on a wicket which was looking like more worst than 5th day pitch of a test match. Deccan Chargers lost wicket at regular interval right from the start and they manage just 110/10 in 18.4 overs. A. Symonds was highest scorer for his team with 32 runs from 39 balls.
David Hussey was declared Man of the Match.
Match Summary
Deccan Chargers – 110/10 in 18.4 Overs
A.Symonds– 32A.Gilchrist – 23
M.Kartk– 3.4-0-17-3A.Agarkar– 2-0-19-2
Kolkata Knight Riders – 112/5 in 19 Overs
D.Hussey – 38*S.Ganguly – 14
C.Vaas– 3-0-9-2P.Ojha– 4-0-18-2
Boucher brilliance snatch first victory for Royal Challangers Bangalore
Match5 were another heart beating encounter between Mumbai Indians and Royal Challenger Bangalore at Wankhede Stadium, Mumbai. Mark Boucher the South African wicketkeeper played a quick fire inning of 39 runs of 19 balls to take his team home by 5 wickets with two balls to spare.
After beaten very badly in their first match by Kolkata Knight Riders Royal Challenger Bangalore came back strongly to restrict the home team for 165/6 in 20 overs. Chasing the target they got of to steady start by their Captain Rahul Dravid (32 runs of 33 balls) and S.Chanderpaul (16 runs of 11 balls) before S.Chanderpaul got out in the 5th over to leave his team at 37/1 in 5 overs.
Even after a steady start, the Bangalore team it seemed was always facing an uphill task, remaining below the required run-rate through most of their run chase. But the equation changed completely with Jacques Kallis and Boucher suddenly launching a brilliant counter-attack at the death.
Needing 30 runs in the last three overs, M.Boucher and J.Kallis made full use of Ashish Nehra comeback match and hit as many as 19 runs in the 18th over to bring down the required run rate below six. With only 11 needed off two overs, Mumbai for the first time were facing the heat and even though they managed to get rid off Kallis for 25, Bangalore managed to reach home in the last over.
Earlier Mumbai Indians acting captain Harbhajan Singh won the toss and elected to bat first. Sanath Jayasurya gave his team a blistring start by hitting 29 runs of 16 balls hitting five 4's and one huge six. But Zaheer Khan, who was the best bowler in view, threw the wickets down at the non-striker’s end to send back the Sri Lankan southpaw.
With the help of steady inning from R.Uthappa (48 runs of 38 balls) and sparkling knock from Shaun Pollock of 12 ball 28 runs help his team to post 165/6 in allotted 20 overs.
The king of Sixer in twenty20 Yuvraj Singh team King XI Punjab will take on M.S.Dhoni team Chennai Super King in the second match of IPL twenty20. The game is all set to begin at 5’o clock Indian time at Punjab Cricket Assocation Stadium, Mohali, Chandigarh.
First time Indian crowd able to see Brett Lee bowling to big lad Mathew Hayden and Kumar Sangkara will face his team mates M. Muralitharan. Team mates’ for years now will play against each other in next 45 days and that’s what IPL twenty20 is all about.
Both teams look equal on paper in batting department. However King XI Punjab has upper hand in bowling department with the likes of Brett Lee, Irfan Pathan, S.Sreesanth in their team.
Chennai Super King also got some real twenty20 specialist in their bank likes of Jacob Oram, M.Hayden and captain himself can destroy any bowling attack on their day. So it’s all about who will take control of their nerves will be winner of today’s game.
This is a twenty20 IPL match between kings of same strength. Unlike Bangalore IPL match, this match will go to last over to decide winner. Chennai’s lack of world class fast bowlers will become its major Achilles heel.
The pitch at Mohali will suit the fast bowlers like Brett Lee, S.Sreesanth and Irfan Pathan also able to swing the bowl. So all in all home team is ready to take the advantage on their home soil by preparing the pitch to suit their pace attack.
Likely Playing XI for both the teams (Match will start from 17:00 PMIndia time)
King XI Punjab: James Hopes, Sahil Kukreja, Kumar Sangakkara (WK), Y.Singh (Captain), M.Jayawardne, Irfan Pathan, Tanmay Srivastava, Karan Goel, Brett Lee,Piyush Chawla, S.Sreesanth, T.Moody (Coach)
Chennai Super King: Matthew Hayden, S.Fleming, S.Raina, M.S.Dhoni (Captain), S.Badrinath, Jacob Oram, P.Patel (WK), S. Vidyut,Joginder Sharma, Manpreet Gony, Muttiah Muralitharan, Kepler Wessels (Coach).
IPL twenty20 – Delhi Dare Devils will face Rajasthan Royals at Feroz Shah Kotla, Delhi
IPL third match will be played against the Delhi Dare Devils and Rajasthan Royals. Delhi teams look to wrap up the match in a same way as what Kolkata Riders done against Bangalore Royal Challengers. However Captain cum Coach Shane Warne looking confident to beat the Delhi Dare devils in front of their home crowd.
Delhi start favorites for the clash, with a heady mix of aggressive batsmen, wily bowlers and athletic fielders, but it will be folly to underestimate the tactical acumen of Warne, the coach and captain.
Delhi teams have some big hitters in their team likes of Virendra Sehwag and Gautam Gambhir are two players who can take match away in few overs. On the other hand Rajasthan Royals have players like Shane Watson and Yusuf Pathan both are aggressive player and both have all round capability.
Delhi dare Devils are likely to open with Sehwag and Gambhir, with Tillakaratne Dilshan and wicketkeeper Dinesh Karthik occupying middle-order spots. On the other hand Shane Watson and Y.Pathan is likely to open the inning for Rajasthan Royals
Likely Playing XI for both the teams (Match will start from 20:30 PMIndia time)
It was match which many people remember for one man hitting that was New Zealand Wicket Keeper hard hitting Batsman Brandum McCullum who hit 158* runs of 73 balls with 13 sixes and 10 fours.
Earlier Bangalore Royal Challenger captain Rahul Dravid won the toss and elected to field first, however Ganguly teams looks positive from start specially Brandum McCullum who came into bat as an opener with his captain Saurav Ganguly. Both pair manages to put more than 60 runs in first five overs before Saurav Ganguly (10 runs of 12 balls) got out caught in the slip on the bowling of Zaheer Khan.
Dismissal of Saurav bring Australian Captain Ricky Ponting (20 runs of 20 balls) into the middle and he also manage to put solid 51 runs stand for the 2nd wicket. However the dismissal of partner from one end doesn’t affect the free flowing run flow from one end. Brandum McCullum continued his aggression till the end of the innings and hit a brisk 158 not out runs and with the help of his majestic knock his team able to put a huge 222/3 in allotted 20 overs.
It was the kind of innings that made the contest one-sided, lopsided. But it was a day when cricket celebrated batting savagery of the finest kind. Bangalore Royal Challengers were never in the reckoning. Chasing an improbable 222 after putting Kolkata in they were bundled out for 82.
Chasing a huge total Bangalore Royal Challengers open their inning with two solid batsman of test cricket Rahul Dravid and Wasim Jaffer. However their opening stand didn’t lasted longer. Ishant Sharma bowling second over of Royal Challengers inning bowled Rahul Dravid on just 2 runs.
Thereafter each and every batsman was coming and going back into the dressing room with the slogan “tu chal main aya”. In fact the score sheet looked like a local telephone number; not a single batsman in the top-order could manage double digits. Praveen Kumar struck a few lusty blows towards the end to stay unbeaten on 18.
The inaugural match of IPL twenty20 will be played between Sauav Ganguly lead Kolkata Knight Riders and Rahul Dravid lead Bangalore Royal Challengers in M.Chinnaswamy stadium. Of the two team Kolkara Knight Riders is strongest than Bangalore Royal Challangers in all department.
Kolkata Knight Riders is owned by Bollywood Badshah Shah Rukh Khan while Bangalore Royal Challangers is owned by Vijay malya. According to IPL rule any team can only play four foreign players in a match. So that means Kolkata Knight Riders will go with Ricky Ponting, Chris Gayle/Salman Butt, Umar Gull and Brandum Mccullum.
Bangalore IPL will miss some of their star player in the first match like Anil Kumble, Dayle Steyn and Nathan Bracken. Anil Kumble is suffering from injury while Dale Steyn is playing at domestic matches in South Africa. Kolkata Knight Riders will miss their fast bowler Shoiab Akhtar due to ban imposed on him by PCB.
Saurav Ganguly team looks more strong because of the presence of Australian Captain Ricky Ponting, the hard hitting New Zealand wicket keeper Brandum McCullum, Chris Gayle and professional coach like John Buchanan. In bowling department also they have quality bowling attack like Umar Gull, Ishant Sharma and Ajit Agarkar.
Many people expecting Kolkata Kight Riders to beat Bangalore Royal Challengers easily however in twenty20 format any team can beat any one.
With only four overseas player allowed in a team, its unlikely that Shivnarine Chanderpaul and Cameron White will both play and White's excellent Twenty20 record puts him ahead. With Anil Kumble ruled out through injury, White is also placed to take the lone spinner's slot ahead of local lad KP Appanna. Kallis and Mark Boucher were expected to leave for the South African domestic Twenty20 competition but will now stay back but with Dale Steyn absent, Noffke could easily fill in. Misbah-ul-Haq will miss the opening clash because of the ongoing series in Pakistan and Shivnarine Chanderpaul is reportedly carrying an injury so another of the local boys, B Akhil or Bharat Chipli, could come into the middle order.
Likely Playing XI for both the teams (Match will start from 20:00 PMIndia time)
Kolkata Knight Riders: David Hussey, Chris Gayle, Ricky Ponting, Saurav Ganguly (Captain), Brendon McCullum, Debabrata Das, Laxmi Ratan Shukla, Ajit Agarkar, Murali Karthik, Ishant Sharma, Ashok Dinda, John Buchanan (Coach)
Bangalore Royal Challengers: Wasim Jaffer, Jaques Kallis, Rahul Dravid (Captain), Virat Kohli, Cameron White, Mark Boucher, B Akhil, Zaheer Khan, Praveen Kumar, Ashley Noffke, R Vinay Kumar, V.Prasad (Coach).
On Sunday the Indian tail wag and taken a useful lead of 60 runs in the 1st inning then with the help of Harbhajan Singh (3/12 ) and Virendra Sehwag (4/44) India able to bundled out Souh Africans for 121 runs in their second Inning. Chasing an easy total of 62 runs for victory Indians able to achive the same 13.1 overs with the lost of two wickets.
With the help of win against South Africa Indians able to square the three match test series 1-1 and also manage to maintain their ICC test ranking at 2nd position. Chances of which looked slim before the Test began with India playing without Anil Kumble and having to bat last on the crumbling surface.
India acting Captain M.S.Dhoni couldn’t expected better match performance from their player than this. Firstly when India began with their overnight score of 288/9 their last pair Ishant Sharma (14 runs) and S.Sreesanth (29 runs) 46 runs for the 10th wicket to stretch the 1st inning lead upto 60 runs.
Chasing 62, the experienced pair of Sourav Ganguly (13 not out) and Rahul Dravid (18 not out) guided India home to win the third Test.
Both Indian openers Virendra Sehwag(22 runs for 12 balls) and Wasim Jaffer (10 runs from 11 balls) given their team a dream start by putting 32 runs in 3.3 overs before Sehwag in the process of hitting 3rd consecutive six of P. Harris gave simple catch to backward point to A.Prince. In the very next over W.Jaffer also got out with the beauty of delivery from M.Morkel.
It went all wrong for the visitors in their second innings. South Africa, who began steadily, started to collapse just before tea. From 65-2, the Proteas innings fell apart with Ashwell Prince left stranded on an unbeaten 22. They had South Africa by the scruff of the neck and were not willing to relent. After a double-strike by Virender Sehwag (3-12) in the second session, Ishant Sharma (2-18) and Harbhajan Singh (4-44) ripped through the visitors in the last session.
Sourav Ganguly was declared Man of the Match and Harbhajan Singh was declared Man of the Series.
Match Summary
South Africa 1st Inning (265/10)
G.Smith – 69H.Amla – 51
I.Sharma – 55/3Harbhajan Singh – 52/3
India 1st Inning (325/10)
S. Ganguly – 87V.V.S Laxman - 50
M.Morkel– 63/3D.Styen – 71/3
South Africa 2nd Inning (121/10)
G.Smith – 35 A.Prince – 22*
Harbhajan Singh – 44/4V.Sehwag – 12/3
India 2nd Inning (64/2)
V.Sehwag – 22R.Dravid- 18*
M.Morkel– 8/1P.Harris – 36/1
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