Match 7: Deccan Chargers vs Delhi dare Devils

The Deccan chargers led by VVS Laxman failed to perform in the second match also and it was a cake walk for Virender Sehwag’s team. The Hyderabad team which batted first was cheaply knocked off for 142 runs with some tight bowling spells from Mohammad Asif and Glen McGrath. Captain Virender Sehwag led the batting attack and had an amazing innings of 94 runs from 41 balls. The dare devils team reached the target in 13 overs itself and beat Hyderabad by 9 wickets. Right now they are in the second place in the points table behind Kolkata winning both the matches they played.

Match highlights:

Deccan chargers:

Delhi Daredevils

Full score card:
Hyderabad

Batsman	Status	Runs	Balls	4’s	6’s
Adam Gilchrist (W)	b Mohammad Asif	8	9	0	1
Venugopal Rao	c Shikhar Dhawan b Farveez Maharoof	14	22	2	0
VVS Laxman (C)	b Mohammad Asif	2	6	0	0
Andrew Symonds	c Dinesh Karthik b Farveez Maharoof	12	13	2	0
Rohit Sharma	c Glenn McGrath b Rajat Bhatia	66	36	6	4
Shahid Afridi	lbw b Rajat Bhatia	2	7	0	0
Sanjay Bangar	run out (Manoj Tiwary)	8	14	0	0
Arjun Yadav	c Gautam Gambhir b Yo Mahesh	12	7	2	0
Chaminda Vaas	not out	12	6	0	1
RP Singh	not out	1	1	0	0
Pragyan Ojha

Total: 142 for 8 in 20.0 overs Run Rate: 7.1 Extras : 5 (b - 0, w - 1, nb - 1, lb - 3, Penalty - 0)

Fall of wickets:1/9 (Adam Gilchrist 2 ov.), 2/23 (VVS Laxman 5.1 ov.), 3/36 (Venugopal Rao 8 ov.), 4/45 (Andrew Symonds 9.2 ov.), 5/60 (Shahid Afridi 12.1 ov.), 6/82 (Sanjay Bangar 16.1 ov.), 7/123 (Rohit Sharma 18.4 ov.), 8/129 (Arjun Yadav 19.2 ov.)

Bowlers	Overs	Maidens	Runs	Wickets	Wides	Noballs
Glenn McGrath	4	1	22	0	0	0
Mohammad Asif	4	0	19	2	0	0
Farveez Maharoof	4	0	36	2	1	0
Yo Mahesh	4	0	35	1	0	1
Rajat Bhatia	4	0	27	2	0	0

Delhi

Batsman	Status	Runs	Balls	4’s	6’s
Gautam Gambhir	c Adam Gilchrist b RP Singh	12	9	2	0
Virender Sehwag (C)	not out	94	41	10	6
Shikhar Dhawan	not out	25	28	3	0
Shoaib Malik
Dinesh Karthik (W)
Manoj Tiwary
Rajat Bhatia
Farveez Maharoof
Yo Mahesh
Mohammad Asif
Glenn McGrath

Total: 143 for 1 in 13.0 overs Run Rate: 11 Extras : 12 (b - 0, w - 7, nb - 0, lb - 0, Penalty - 5)

Fall of wickets:1/31 (Gautam Gambhir 3.3 ov.)

Bowlers	Overs	Maidens	Runs	Wickets	Wides	Noballs
Chaminda Vaas	3	0	22	0	1	0
RP Singh	3	0	27	1	1	0
Sanjay Bangar	2	0	30	0	1	0
Shahid Afridi	2	0	17	0	0	0
Andrew Symonds	2	0	35	0	0	0
Pragyan Ojha	1	0	7	0	2	0

Match 6: Rajasthan Royals vs Kings XI Punjab

It was an important match for both the team as both lost the opening match in the league. The overseas players of the Rajasthan team were still not present and looked like they were the under dogs in the tournament but they proved it wrong at the end! The Mohali team led by Yuvraj singh batted first and they were restricted to a total of 166 by the Jaipur bowlers with captain Shane Warne spearheading the attack. He picked up three wickets. Shane Watcon lead the batting attack and the Royals won without any big hassles. Watson was declared the man of the match for his knock of 76 from 49 balls.

Kings XI Punjab

Rajasthan Royals

Detailed Score Card:
Mohali

Batsman	Status	Runs	Balls	4’s	6’s
Karan Goel	b Munaf Patel	26	21	3	2
James Hopes	lbw b Shane Warne	16	16	2	0
Kumar Sangakkara (W)	c & b Shane Warne	20	8	3	1
Mahela Jayawardena	st Kamran Akmal b Dinesh Salunke	2	4	0	0
Yuvraj Singh (C)	lbw b Shane Warne	57	34	6	3
Irfan Pathan	b Siddharth Trivedi	12	19	0	1
Sunny Sohal	run out (Kamran Akmal)	4	4	0	0
Brett Lee	c Kamran Akmal b Siddharth Trivedi	0	2	0	0
Piyush Chawla	not out	24	11	4	0
Wilkin Mota	not out	1	1	0	0
Sreesanth

Total: 166 for 8 in 20.0 overs Run Rate: 8.3 Extras : 4 (b - 0, w - 2, nb - 1, lb - 1, Penalty - 0)

Fall of wickets:1/34 (Karan Goel 4.5 ov.), 2/56 (Kumar Sangakkara 6.3 ov.), 3/63 (Mahela Jayawardena 7.4 ov.), 4/73 (James Hopes 9 ov.), 5/136 (Yuvraj Singh 16.5 ov.), 6/136 (Irfan Pathan 17.2 ov.), 7/136 (Brett Lee 17.4 ov.), 8/149 (Sunny Sohal 19 ov.)

Bowlers	Overs	Maidens	Runs	Wickets	Wides	Noballs
Munaf Patel	4	0	36	1	0	0
Shane Watson	4	0	39	0	0	1
Siddharth Trivedi	4	0	25	2	0	0
Shane Warne	4	0	19	3	0	0
Dinesh Salunke	2	0	21	1	1	0
Pankaj Singh	1	0	12	0	0	0
Yusuf Pathan	1	0	13	0	0	0

Jaipur

Batsman	Status	Runs	Balls	4’s	6’s
Mohammad Kaif	c Kumar Sangakkara b Sreesanth	5	8	1	0
Kamran Akmal (W)	c Piyush Chawla b James Hopes	15	10	2	1
Yusuf Pathan	c & b Brett Lee	7	5	1	0
Shane Watson	not out	76	49	5	5
Darren Lehmann	lbw b Irfan Pathan	17	16	3	0
Ravindra Jadeja	not out	36	25	5	1
Pankaj Singh
Dinesh Salunke
Shane Warne (C)
Siddharth Trivedi
Munaf Patel

Total: 168 for 4 in 18.1 overs Run Rate: 9.25 Extras : 12 (b - 0, w - 6, nb - 4, lb - 2, Penalty - 0)

Fall of wickets:1/6 (Mohammad Kaif 1.1 ov.), 2/19 (Yusuf Pathan 2.3 ov.), 3/48 (Kamran Akmal 4.5 ov.), 4/99 (Darren Lehmann 11.2 ov.)

Bowlers	Overs	Maidens	Runs	Wickets	Wides	Noballs
Brett Lee	4	0	35	1	0	2
Sreesanth	3.1	0	38	1	3	2
James Hopes	4	0	33	1	1	0
Irfan Pathan	4	0	21	1	2	0
Piyush Chawla	2	0	27	0	0	0
Wilkin Mota	1	0	12	0	0	0

Match 5: Mumbai Indians vs Royal Challengers

The Mumbai Indians were all set to face their first match with out the master blaster Sachin Tendulkar and so Harbhajan Singh had to lead the team. They posed a good total of 165 runs in the alloted 20 overs and Robin Uthappa top scored with 48 runs. It was a close fight by the Royal Challengers and the runs were distributed some what equally among the batsmen. Finally Boucher came to the rescue and scored a wonderful 39 of just 19 balls and the Royal Challengers won by 5 wickets.

Mumbai Indians:

Royal Challengers:

Check out the score card :
MUMBAI
Mumbai

Batsman	Status	Runs	Balls	4’s	6’s
Luke Ronchi (W)	c Virat Kohli b Zaheer Khan	8	10	2	0
Sanath Jayasuriya	run out (Zaheer Khan)	29	16	5	1
Dominic Thornely	retired hurt	0	5	0	0
Robin Uthappa	st Mark Boucher b Balachandra Akhil	48	38	5	1
Pinal Shah	c Virat Kohli b Balachandra Akhil	19	23	2	0
Abhishek Nayar	c Zaheer Khan b Praveen Kumar	20	14	1	1
Shaun Pollock	b Zaheer Khan	28	12	3	2
Harbhajan Singh (C)	not out	2	2	0	0
Dhawal Kulkarni
Musavir Khote
Ashish Nehra

Total: 165 for 6 in 20.0 overs Run Rate: 8.25 Extras : 11 (b - 2, w - 3, nb - 0, lb - 6, Penalty - 0)

Fall of wickets:1/9 (Luke Ronchi 1.5 ov.), 2/46 (Sanath Jayasuriya 5.4 ov.), 3/97 (Pinal Shah 13.3 ov.), 4/125 (Robin Uthappa 16.5 ov.), 5/152 (Abhishek Nayar 18.5 ov.), 6/165 (Shaun Pollock 20 ov.)

Bowlers	Overs	Maidens	Runs	Wickets	Wides	Noballs
Praveen Kumar	4	0	29	1	1	0
Zaheer Khan	4	0	17	2	0	0
Jacques Kallis	3	0	43	0	2	0
Vinay Kumar	4	0	41	0	0	0
Balachandra Akhil	3	0	17	2	0	0
Sunil Joshi	2	0	10	0	0	0

Bangalore

Batsman	Status	Runs	Balls	4’s	6’s
Shivnarine Chanderpaul	c Abhishek Nayar b Dhawal Kulkarni	16	11	3	0
Rahul Dravid (C)	c & b Harbhajan Singh	32	33	4	0
Ross Taylor	c Abhishek Nayar b Sanath Jayasuriya	23	12	1	2
Jacques Kallis	c Abhishek Nayar b Harbhajan Singh	25	24	0	1
Virat Kohli	c Luke Ronchi b Ashish Nehra	23	14	3	1
Mark Boucher (W)	not out	39	19	4	2
Balachandra Akhil	not out	3	5	0	0
Praveen Kumar
Zaheer Khan
Sunil Joshi
Vinay Kumar

Total: 166 for 5 in 19.4 overs Run Rate: 8.44 Extras : 5 (b - 0, w - 5, nb - 0, lb - 0, Penalty - 0)

Fall of wickets:1/37 (Shivnarine Chanderpaul 5 ov.), 2/68 (Rahul Dravid 8.5 ov.), 3/76 (Ross Taylor 10 ov.), 4/106 (Virat Kohli 13.3 ov.), 5/161 (Jacques Kallis 18.4 ov.)

Bowlers	Overs	Maidens	Runs	Wickets	Wides	Noballs
Ashish Nehra	4	0	45	1	2	0
Shaun Pollock	4	0	17	0	0	0
Dhawal Kulkarni	2.4	0	19	1	2	0
Sanath Jayasuriya	4	0	39	1	0	0
Harbhajan Singh	4	0	36	2	1	0
Abhishek Nayar	1	0	10	0	0	0

Match 4 : Deccan Chargers vs Knight Riders

One of the expected matches and two of the stronger teams in the league locked horns. It turned out to be a very low profile encounter but it was a close finish. The Deccan chargers who batted first scored only 110 runs before they lost all the ten wickets in the nineteenth over. Murali Karthik had a wonderful spell of 3-17 and Ajit Agarkar picked up two wickets. The pitch at Eden gardens was badly prepared and Adam Gilchrist remarked that it was not fit for a Twenty 20 match. Andrew Symonds was the only batsman with a notable score of 32.

Despite the very low target it was not a cake walk for the Kolkata Knight Riders. They lost a few quick wickets initially but Dave Hussey stabilized the innings and remained unbeaten with a score of 37. The match was interrupted in between because of a power failure but resumed later. At the juncture if the match was stopped then it would have been a tied encounter according to Duckworth lewis Method. Finally the knight Riders won the match by 5 wickets and one over to spare.

Here are the highlights of both the innings.
Deccan chargers:

Kolkate Knight Riders (1/2)

BRIEF SCORES:

Deccan chargers:
Andrew Symonds c David Hussey b Ajit Agarkar 32(39)
Adam Gilchrist (W) c Mohammad Hafeez b Murali Kartik 22(23)

Murali Karthik 3-17
Ajit Agarkar 2-19

Kolkata Knight riders:
David Hussey not out 37 (43)
Sourav Ganguly b Pragyan Ojha 14(30)

Chaminda Vaas 2-9
Pragyan Ojha 2-18

RESULT: Kolkata Knight Riders won by 5 wickets

Indian Premier League – Day 3 Preview

Today, being the 3rd day of the IPL, it only promises to become bigger and better as the craze for this new form of cricket has caught the moods of all genre in India. Today is a Super Sunday for all cricket fans as the 2 matches that are going to be held today, promise to be fierce encounters.

Deccan Chargers vs Kolkata Knight Riders :

This match is going to be one hell of a match as both teams boast of having some really good hitters in their team. The Kolkata Knight Riders have already proven that they are one of the favorites in this IPL season when they thrashed the Bangalore Royal Challengers by a big margin. Brendon McCullum who broke many records in the first game is the man to watch out for in this match as far as the KKR are concerned. Shahrukh Khan will be hoping that McCullum comes up with another blistering knock against the Deccan Chargers too. In this match, the squad is expected to be an unchanged one because of the absence of Chris Gayle who is out for another fortnight. The KKR will look to repeat what they did against the BRC.

Whereas, the Deccan Chargers are going to play their first match and it is going to be a tough one as it is going to held in the Eden Gardens, Kolkata which is the home ground for the KKR. The Deccan Chargers have a good batting and bowling line up with the batting responsibility to be shouldered by Adam Gilchrist and Andrew Symonds. The skipper VVS Laxman will be hoping that he is out of his test mode and tunes in quickly to this new form of cricket. Scott Styris and Rohit Sharma add strength to the Deccan Chargers. Coming to the bowling department, it is going to be headed by RP Singh. There will be a toss up between Zoysa and Vaas for the other bowling spot. The one spinner is Pragyan Ojha.

So, this game which is going to attract over 100,000 spectators is going to be the showpiece event for the first week of IPL.

Bangalore Royal Challengers vs Mumbai Indians :

The 2nd match of the day is expected to be a low scoring encounter because of the squads that both teams are going to field. Both teams have shown importance to finesse and class rather than power. For the BRC, there are 2 changes expected which are that, Jaffer is going to be replaced by the wily West Indian Shivnarine Chanderpaul and Noffke will be out of this match because of the groin strain. We really hope that they come up with a better batting and bowling display today.

For the Mumbai Indians, the biggest doubt is whether Sachin Tendulkar, the captain, will able to lead the team today. Sources suggest that he is fit for the match but we have to just wait and watch because there may be a lots of surprises awaiting us. Sanath Jayasuriya is the trump card as far as the Mumbai Indians are concerned because he has the power and technique to decimate any bowling attack at will. Robin Uthappa adds some power to the side. The bowling will depend on Shaun Pollock and Dilhara Fernando and there is always the wiles of Harbhajan Singh who always mesmerizes the batsmen with his own bag of tricks. So, lets hope that this match is as good as any IPL encounter.

Watch both matches starting 4pm local time only on Set Max.