Match date – 27.04.2009
Deccan beat Chennai by six wickets
The Deccan Chargers beat the Chennai Super Kings by six wickets in their Indian Premier League (IPL) match at Kingsmead in Durban on Monday.Gilchrist and Gibbs scored 67 off 34 balls in a spectacular opening stand as the Chargers surpassed Chennai's competitive 165-6 with six wickets and three balls to spare in the Twenty20 clash at the Kingsmead here.The 37-year-old Gilchrist hammered 44 off 19 balls with five
boundaries and three sixes. Gibbs remained unbeaten on 69 with six fours and two sixes to continue his side's impressive run this year. The Chargers had finished at the bottom of the table in last year's inaugural tournament.Chennai, finalists last year, now have just one win from five matches with three defeats and one rained-off game.Chennai's innings revolved around two whirlwind knocks from left-handed veterans Matthew Hayden of Australia and Jacob Oram of New Zealand.Hayden, who quit official cricket in January, hit 49 off 35 balls to remain the tournament's leading scorer with 215 runs in five innings.Hayden put on 64 in 39 balls for the second wicket with Suresh Raina (25) and 38 for the third with skipper Mahendra Singh Dhoni (22) after Parthiv Patel had fallen in the first over.Oram, who replaced England's injured all-rounder Andrew Flintoff, smashed an unbeaten 41 off 29 balls with four boundariesMumbai Vs Kolkata
Match date – 27.04.2009
Mumbai Indians beat Kolkata Knight Riders by 92 runs
Mumbai Indians beat Kolkata Knight Riders by 92 runs in their Indian Premier League match at St. George's Park in Port Elizabeth on Monday.
Scores: Mum
bai Indians: 187-6 (S. Tendulkar 68, S. Jayasuriya 52); Kolkata Knight Riders: 95 (15.2 overs) (Reporting by Jason Humphries; Editing by Patrick Johnston; To query or comment on this story email sportsfeedback@thomsonreuters.com)Mumbai Indians beat Kolkata Knight Riders by 92 runs to win the 17th match of the second edition of the Indian Premier League at St. George's Park in Port Elizabeth on Monday. Chasing a victory target of 188 runs, Kolkata were bundled out for 95 runs in 15.2 overs. Last man Anureet Singh did not bat as he was injured during fielding in first over at boundary.Mumbai Indians captain Sachin Tendulkar was adjudged the Man of the Match for his swashbuckling knock. Sourav Ganguly as their top scorer with 34, with Brad Hodge chipping in with 24. Apart from Ganguly, Hodge and Chris Gayle, none of the other Kolkata batsmen reached double figures, as Abhishek Nayar and Lasith Malinga took 3 wickets each. Malinga was awarded the purple cap after the match for becoming the leading wicket-taker in the tournament. Earlier, Captain Sachin Tendulkar and his opening partner Sanath Jayasuriya put the Kolkata Knight Riders attack to the sword with a blazing partnership of 127 runs in just 12.1 overs as Mumbai Indians notched up the highest total at St. George's Park in any form of Twenty20 cricket. Winning the toss and batting first, Tendulkar led the brutal assault with a knock of 68 runs off 45 balls that was studded with 4 sixes and 6 fours, slamming his third IPL fifty in the process. Jayasuriya also hit his third IPL fifty with the help of 4 sixes and 2 fours and was dismissed for 52 that came off 32 deliveries.
Delhi Vs Bangalore
Match date – 26.04.2009
Delhi Daredevils beat Bangalore RC by six wickets
Delhi Daredevils beat Bangalore Royal Challengers by six wickets in their Indian Premier League match at St George's Park in Port Elizabeth on Sunday.
Scores: Bangalore Royals Challen
gers 149-7; Delhi Daredevils 150-4 (T. Dilshan 67 not out)
Tillakaratne Dilshan's unbeaten 67 guided Delhi to a six-wicket win over the Bangalore Royal Challengers on Sunday, giving the unbeaten Daredevils a third Indian Premier League victory. The Sri Lankan hit five boundaries and two sixes in 47 balls with some clean hitting mostly square of the pitch as Delhi eclipsed Bangalore's 149 for seven with four balls to spare at St. George's Park. Delhi and the Deccan Chargers are the only unbeaten teams left having each played three games, with the Daredevils second on net run rate. Bangalore are last with one win in five matches. Dilshan and AB de Villiers (21) put on 42 as Delhi recovered from 42 for two after pace bowler Pankaj Singh had removed openers Virender Sehwag for 16 and Gautam Gambhir for 7. “It's not easy when people expect things from you,” Sehwag said of his poor form in the tournament. When De Villiers fell in the 14th over, bowled by left-arm spinner KP Appanna after giving himself room outside off stump, the advantage appeared to drift to Bangalore. But Mithun Manhas hit 23 not out to steer Delhi home along with Dilshan. Bangalore captain Kevin Pietersen was generally happy with his team's performance. “It's sad to lose. I'm upset, but when you lose the way we did it's encouraging,” he said. “The guys can raise their heads high.” Pietersen scored 37 for Bangalore.
Match date – 26.04.2009
Delhi Daredevils beat Bangalore RC by six wickets
Delhi Daredevils beat Bangalore Royal Challengers by six wickets in their Indian Premier League match at St George's Park in Port Elizabeth on Sunday.
Scores: Bangalore Royals Challen
gers 149-7; Delhi Daredevils 150-4 (T. Dilshan 67 not out)Tillakaratne Dilshan's unbeaten 67 guided Delhi to a six-wicket win over the Bangalore Royal Challengers on Sunday, giving the unbeaten Daredevils a third Indian Premier League victory. The Sri Lankan hit five boundaries and two sixes in 47 balls with some clean hitting mostly square of the pitch as Delhi eclipsed Bangalore's 149 for seven with four balls to spare at St. George's Park. Delhi and the Deccan Chargers are the only unbeaten teams left having each played three games, with the Daredevils second on net run rate. Bangalore are last with one win in five matches. Dilshan and AB de Villiers (21) put on 42 as Delhi recovered from 42 for two after pace bowler Pankaj Singh had removed openers Virender Sehwag for 16 and Gautam Gambhir for 7. “It's not easy when people expect things from you,” Sehwag said of his poor form in the tournament. When De Villiers fell in the 14th over, bowled by left-arm spinner KP Appanna after giving himself room outside off stump, the advantage appeared to drift to Bangalore. But Mithun Manhas hit 23 not out to steer Delhi home along with Dilshan. Bangalore captain Kevin Pietersen was generally happy with his team's performance. “It's sad to lose. I'm upset, but when you lose the way we did it's encouraging,” he said. “The guys can raise their heads high.” Pietersen scored 37 for Bangalore.
Punjab Vs Rajasthan
Match date :- 26.04.2009
Kings XI Punjab beat Rajasthan Royals by 27 runs
Irfan Pathan led the battle of the brothers on the field and with it Preity Zinta was able to lord it over rival team-owner Shilpa Shetty. The Kings XI Punjab began as though they had lost the plot in their match against the Rajasthan Royals but a gritty, fighting effort gave them victor
y by 27 runs.
After choosing to bat Punjab slumped badly, with four of their top five falling before there was fifty on the board. Kumar Sangakkara (60) resurrected the innings with Irfan Pathan (39) providing a late rally. Irfan (2/26) and Yusuf Abdulla (3/21) then blew Rajasthan away.
Score card
Kings XI Punjab: Bopara c Munaf b Kamran 11 (15 balls, 2x4), Goel run out 0 (0b), Sangakkara run out 60 (51b, 7x4, 1x6), Yuvraj c Rawat b Munaf 2 (3b), Jayawardene c Kamran b Munaf 7 (10b), I Pathan b Kamran 39 (33b, 2x4, 2x6), Chawla not out 6 (6b, 1x4), Mota not out 1 (2b)
Extras (b 2, lb 2, w 9) 13
Match date :- 26.04.2009
Kings XI Punjab beat Rajasthan Royals by 27 runs
Irfan Pathan led the battle of the brothers on the field and with it Preity Zinta was able to lord it over rival team-owner Shilpa Shetty. The Kings XI Punjab began as though they had lost the plot in their match against the Rajasthan Royals but a gritty, fighting effort gave them victor
y by 27 runs.After choosing to bat Punjab slumped badly, with four of their top five falling before there was fifty on the board. Kumar Sangakkara (60) resurrected the innings with Irfan Pathan (39) providing a late rally. Irfan (2/26) and Yusuf Abdulla (3/21) then blew Rajasthan away.
Score card
Kings XI Punjab: Bopara c Munaf b Kamran 11 (15 balls, 2x4), Goel run out 0 (0b), Sangakkara run out 60 (51b, 7x4, 1x6), Yuvraj c Rawat b Munaf 2 (3b), Jayawardene c Kamran b Munaf 7 (10b), I Pathan b Kamran 39 (33b, 2x4, 2x6), Chawla not out 6 (6b, 1x4), Mota not out 1 (2b)
Extras (b 2, lb 2, w 9) 13
Total (6 wkts; 20 overs) 139
Fall of wkts: 1-0, 2-21, 3-38, 4-48, 5-123, 6-130.
Bowling: Kamran 4-0-15-2, Mascarenhas 4-0-29-0, Munaf 4-0-24-2, Y Pathan 4-0-30-0, Warne 4-0-37-0.
Rajasthan Royals: Asnodkar c Powar b Pathan 3 (4b), Smith c Sangakkara b Pathan 2 (6b), Quiney c Sangakkara b Abdulla 7 (8b, 1x4), Y Pathan c Goel b Chawla 10 (13b, 2x4), Mascarenhas b Abdulla 4 (2b, 1x4), Jadeja b Abdulla 37 (44b, 2x4), Raut c Powar b Chawla 1 (4b), Warne not out 34 (33b, 3x4), Rawat not out 4 (6b);
Extras (lb 5, w 5) 10;
Total (7 wickets; 20 overs) 112 Fall of wkts: 1-7, 2-9, 3-23, 4-27, 5-36, 6-42, 7-102 Bowling: Powar 2-0-10-0; I Pathan 4-0-26-2; Abdulla 4-0-21-3; VRV 4-0-19-0; Chawla 4-0-22-2; Yuvraj 2-0-9-0.
Chennai Vs Delhi
Match date :- 25.04.2009
Delhi beat Chennai by 9 runs
Welcome to empty stand
s in the Indian Premier League. And welcome to the real fun of T20 cricket. The two don’t go hand in hand, but that was precisely the case when AB De Villiers decided to tee off at a virtually empty Kingsmead on a weekday in Durban. But the handful of fans present at the ground in the day game were witness to some super hitting by AB as Delhi notched up their second successive win of the tournament. The game could have gone much tighter had Hayden (57 off 27 balls) hung on for a little longer. When Hayden got out, Chennai needed 100 off 72 balls, but Daniel Vettori had his full quota of four overs up his sleeve. The crafty Kiwi again made the difference, with his nice teasing flight, as Chennai kept losing wickets at regular intervals to go down by nine runs. While Vettori pushed in a few, he flighted some up nicely, and the likes of MS Dhoni and Andrew Flintoff struggled to find the big shots. While Dhoni fell to Vettori, Flintoff was dislodged by Ashish Nehra, and the pressure was right on Chennai. But they kept themselves in the game till the 19th over, but Vettori again bowled a brilliant over, dismissing Badrinath, which virtually sealed the game for Delhi. If Vettori starred with the ball, it was AB’s outstanding hitting that put Delhi in pole position. The trusted opening duo of Gautam Gambhir and Virender Sehwag had been removed early and the Chennai team was smelling blood. But De Villiers (105 off 54 balls), and his partnerships with Tillakaratne Dilshan (50) and Manoj Tiwary, helped Delhi put up the highest total of the tournament so far. The destructive AB was brilliant both off the front and backfoot and the Chennai bowlers just didn’t know where to bowl to him. The the man to suffer most was Chennai’s star all-rounder Flintoff, who was plundered for 20 off the penultimate over by AB. The 6-4-4-6 combo pushed the total to 189, which was probably 20 more than the par-score on this pitch. Even Dhoni wasMumbai Indian Vs Deccan Chargers
Match date :- 25.04.2009
Deccan Chargers beat Mumbai by 12 runs
Herschelle Gibbs hit a brisk 44-ball 58, while Pragyan Ojha returned with a crucial three wicket haul to help Deccan Chargers beat Mumbai Indians by 12 runs in the Indian Premier League.
Gibbs slammed six fours and a couple of sixes to help Deccan Chargers post a competitive total of 168 for
nine, before Ojha weaved his magic to restrict the Mumbai Indians just 12 runs short of the target.
Chasing 169, Mumbai made a watchful start after losing Sanath Jayasuriya cheaply in the second over but Tendulkar (36) consolidated the loss well and combined with South African JP Duminy (47) to score the first fifty in six overs en route a first wicket stand of 82 runs in 55 balls.
In the fifth over, Tendulkar welcomed new bowler Harmeet Singh with consecutive fours and followed it up with a mighty six over long off before Duminy sealed it with a flashing four over cover.
Tendulkar and Duminy played sensibly to post 84 runs in 10 overs but after the strategy break the match oscillated in Deccan's favour as spinner Pragyan Ojha struck thrice removing Tendulkar, Shikar Dhawan (3) and Duminy in his fours overs.
Part-time spinner Venugopal Rao also tightened the screw on the other end and although Harbhajan Singh kept the hope alive with some lusty blows, it was too little too late at the end
Match date :- 25.04.2009
Deccan Chargers beat Mumbai by 12 runs
Herschelle Gibbs hit a brisk 44-ball 58, while Pragyan Ojha returned with a crucial three wicket haul to help Deccan Chargers beat Mumbai Indians by 12 runs in the Indian Premier League.
Gibbs slammed six fours and a couple of sixes to help Deccan Chargers post a competitive total of 168 for
nine, before Ojha weaved his magic to restrict the Mumbai Indians just 12 runs short of the target.Chasing 169, Mumbai made a watchful start after losing Sanath Jayasuriya cheaply in the second over but Tendulkar (36) consolidated the loss well and combined with South African JP Duminy (47) to score the first fifty in six overs en route a first wicket stand of 82 runs in 55 balls.
In the fifth over, Tendulkar welcomed new bowler Harmeet Singh with consecutive fours and followed it up with a mighty six over long off before Duminy sealed it with a flashing four over cover.
Tendulkar and Duminy played sensibly to post 84 runs in 10 overs but after the strategy break the match oscillated in Deccan's favour as spinner Pragyan Ojha struck thrice removing Tendulkar, Shikar Dhawan (3) and Duminy in his fours overs.
Part-time spinner Venugopal Rao also tightened the screw on the other end and although Harbhajan Singh kept the hope alive with some lusty blows, it was too little too late at the end
