Punjab beat Mumbai Indian
Match date :- 29.04.2009
Yusuf Abdulla held his nerve in the last over to bowl Kings XI Punjab to a heart-stopping three-run victory over Mumbai Indians in their Indian Premier League (IPL) match at Kingsmead here Wednesday.
J.P Duminy's battling 59 went in vain as he fell in Abdulla's last over, from which Mumbai Indians need
ed 12 runs to chase down Kings XI's 119.The low-scoring contest was alive till the last ball, from which Mumbai Indians needed five runs. Saurabh Tiwary could manage only one and Kings XI broke out in celebration.
Nobody would have put their money on Kings XI when Mumbai Indians set out to chase the lowly total which was built around the solid contribution of Kumar Sangakkara (45 off 44 balls).
But Mumbai started badly, losing its last game heroes Sachin Tendulkar and Sanath Jayasuriya early.
Jayasuriya was out for a duck giving a thick outside edge to Yuvraj Singh off Irfan Pathan (2-20).
Tendulkar was caught at point by Mahela Jayawerdena off Vikramjeet Malik.
Abdulla struck with his very first ball to remove Shikhar Dhawan with a stinging yorker that hit him in line.
Mumbai were struggling at three for 12 before Duminy and Dwayne Bravo (15) looked to set the house in order.
Duminy broke the shackles with two successive fours off Malik in the last powerplay over. Kings XI bowlers hit the right length on the slow surface to concede only 23 runs in six overs.
Bravo smashed Piyush Chawla for a four and a six before holing out to Wilkin Mota at long-on off Romesh Powar.
Duminy scored in singles and twos with Abhishek Nayar (15) at the other end. The South African was lucky to survive a missed stumping and a run out chance.
Pathan rattled Nayar's timber in the 18th over for the crucial breakthrough.
With 19 required from two overs, Harbhajan Singh went for a wild heave off Chawla, only to be caught at the boundary.
Kolkata Vs Bangalore
Match date :- 29.04.2009
Bangalore beat Kolkata by five wickets
Bangalore Royal Challengers de
feated Kolkata Knight Riders by five wickets with one ball left here at Kingsmead on Wednesday.Chasing an easy 140-run target, Bangalore fought hard to win their second match in the tournament off the penultimate ball. Shreevats Goswami top scored with 43 while Mark Boucher remained not out on 25 and Jacques Kallis made 23. Opening the innings, Goswami and Kallis gave their team a solid start of 69 runs which made other batsmen’s task easy.For Kolkata, Brad Hodge took three wickets for 29 runs and Ishant Sharma claimed two wickets for only 15 runs from four overs.Earlier, Kolkata won the toss and batted first but their batsmen could not play the Bangalore spinners with confidence and were restricted to a mere 139-6 in the allotted 20 overs.Kevin Pietersen, playing his last IPL game, surprised everybody by taking the first over himself. More surprisingly, he sent down the first ball of the match and got Brendon McCullum first ball. Then, no other batsman could make any significant contribution except Morne van Wyk who remained unbeaten on 43 and Chris Gayle who scored 40.The spinners bowled 15 overs for 100 runs, and took out five wickets. Kumble was the best of the lot, bowling four overs for 16 and two wickets.
Match date :- 29.04.2009
Bangalore beat Kolkata by five wickets
Bangalore Royal Challengers de
feated Kolkata Knight Riders by five wickets with one ball left here at Kingsmead on Wednesday.Chasing an easy 140-run target, Bangalore fought hard to win their second match in the tournament off the penultimate ball. Shreevats Goswami top scored with 43 while Mark Boucher remained not out on 25 and Jacques Kallis made 23. Opening the innings, Goswami and Kallis gave their team a solid start of 69 runs which made other batsmen’s task easy.For Kolkata, Brad Hodge took three wickets for 29 runs and Ishant Sharma claimed two wickets for only 15 runs from four overs.Earlier, Kolkata won the toss and batted first but their batsmen could not play the Bangalore spinners with confidence and were restricted to a mere 139-6 in the allotted 20 overs.Kevin Pietersen, playing his last IPL game, surprised everybody by taking the first over himself. More surprisingly, he sent down the first ball of the match and got Brendon McCullum first ball. Then, no other batsman could make any significant contribution except Morne van Wyk who remained unbeaten on 43 and Chris Gayle who scored 40.The spinners bowled 15 overs for 100 runs, and took out five wickets. Kumble was the best of the lot, bowling four overs for 16 and two wickets.Delhi Vs Rajasthan
Match date – 28.04.2009
Rajasthan beat Delhi by 5 wicket
Yusuf Pathan struck a blistering half century while Graeme Smith muscled his way to a belligerent 44 to power Rajasthan Royals to a five wicket victory over Delhi Daredevils at the SuperSport Park.
Chasing a modest 144, Rajasthan Royals rode on Pathan's buccaneering 62 of 30 balls and Smith's sensible 44 off 46 balls to cruise to 147 for five in 18.3
overs to register their second victory of the tournament and end Daredevils winning run.
Elected to bat, earlier, a fighting half-century from AB de Villiers and some lusty hitting down the order from Daniel Vettori and Mithun Manhas helped Delhi Daredevils post 143 for seven after Rajasthan bowlers sent packing four Delhi top-order batsmen with the scoreboard reading 49.
The Royals started their run chase on a cautious note but were little unlucky as Rob Quiney (4) departed early lbw to Nehra, but TV replays clearly showed he hit the ball.
Match date – 28.04.2009
Rajasthan beat Delhi by 5 wicket
Yusuf Pathan struck a blistering half century while Graeme Smith muscled his way to a belligerent 44 to power Rajasthan Royals to a five wicket victory over Delhi Daredevils at the SuperSport Park.
Chasing a modest 144, Rajasthan Royals rode on Pathan's buccaneering 62 of 30 balls and Smith's sensible 44 off 46 balls to cruise to 147 for five in 18.3
overs to register their second victory of the tournament and end Daredevils winning run.Elected to bat, earlier, a fighting half-century from AB de Villiers and some lusty hitting down the order from Daniel Vettori and Mithun Manhas helped Delhi Daredevils post 143 for seven after Rajasthan bowlers sent packing four Delhi top-order batsmen with the scoreboard reading 49.
The Royals started their run chase on a cautious note but were little unlucky as Rob Quiney (4) departed early lbw to Nehra, but TV replays clearly showed he hit the ball.
