Royal Challengers Bangalore winoking

Mumbai Indians were better placed on the points table than Royal Challengers Bangalore before the start of this crucial clash at the Wankhede Stadium. And that might explain Bangalore's commitment and intent - in all three departments of the game - and Mumbai's lack of it. As a result of the difference in attitude as well as Bangalore exploiting the pitch better than the hosts, the tone was set early on. Despite a comprehensive Bangalore win by nine wickets, Mumbai stayed in third spot, while the visitors moved into fourth.

It was a strange pitch for Mumbai to have prepared for a home match, with appreciable bounce and carry from the start. And with Bangalore bowling first, Zaheer Khan, R Vinay Kumar and Harshal Patel were in business straightaway. James Franklin and Rohit Sharma fell early. Sachin Tendulkar played and missed a fair bit as Mumbai stuttered to just 12 after the first five overs, and then just 25 at the end of the six powerplay overs.

Tendulkar did find his bearings after that, but fell to a top-edged pull off Patel for a 27-ball 24. The task of consolidation was left to Dinesh Karthik and Ambati Rayudu. Scoring was tough, but the two fought hard, scoring at just over a run a ball to bring the innings back on track.

Despite that, it looked unlikely that Mumbai would cross 125 till Harbhajan Singh and Kieron Pollard got together. In the 19th over of the innings, Harbhajan struck two fours off Zaheer, and then in the last over, Pollard went over the square-leg boundary twice to take the hosts to 141 for six. Not big, but competitive. Or so it seemed.

As far as the Bangalore reply was concerned, it was always a matter of batting sensibly and staying abreast of the asking rate. Chris Gayle ensured that was the case, even though his opening partner Tillakaratne Dilshan fell in the ninth over for a rather sedate 25-ball 19. Virat Kohli came in and, like he has throughout this year's Indian Premier League, grafted for his runs.

Things remained relatively quiet till it came to the 11th over of the innings, bowled by Pragyan Ojha. The first four balls went well and then he dished out a leg-stump full toss. Six. The next one was another full toss - a no-ball above the waist - and was dispatched for another six. The extra delivery was over-pitched and easily dispatched over long-off. Pollard bowled his three overs at an economy rate of 11.00, and the die was clearly cast.

Kohli wrapped things up off the last delivery of the 18th over, a big straight six off Rohit Sharma. A huge win, and one that worked wonders for Bangalore's net run rate, while sending Mumbai back to the drawing board with two qualification spots still left to play for.

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Mumbai Indians vs Chennai super kings

IPL 5 2012

Match: Mumbai Indians vs Chennai super kings

Mumbai Indians  won the toss and Bowl first

Man of the match : DWAYNE SMITH

MUMBAI ROCKS AS CHENNAI FLOPS INA MUST WIN SITUATION

The sensational knock was a reminder of one of those matches where Tendulkar played a match- winning knock and brought his team in a winning position and as soon as he perished, the tide turned to the other side. But Dwayne Smith didn’t let the legend down. Mumbai needed 14 runs of the last three balls and Dwayne Smith produced magical figures of 6,4,4 off them to clinch a spectacular win for his side at the Wankhede Stadium.

Ben Hilfenhaus stood stunned after his follow through as jubilant Mumbai Indians players erupted with joy and came running to the field in front of a maddening Wankhede crowd.

Mumbai needed 16 runs from the last over and Dhoni threw the ball at experienced Hilfenhaus who bowled a maiden first over for the defending champions. Smith who struck a crucial six in the penultimate over smashed the first ball towards long-off for a single. Malinga was the man on strike and he was taken by Hilfenhaus’ pace as he perished for a first ball duck. The crowd went dead with that dismissal and faces drooped down in the Mumbai dugout.

RP Singh was the new batsman and he managed to get Smith back on strike with a single towards cover. Smith injected life into the crowd and his team-mates with a six over long on with extreme power. The next ball was bludgeoned over the bowlers head for another boundary. Smith had gained confidence and Hilfenhaus missed a yorker off the last ball as a bullet shot by Smith produced another boundary towards long-off that made the crowd go berserk.

After a mediocre performance in the tournament so far, Chennai Super Kings did well to score 173 runs. Murali Vijay who was back to some form in the previous outing, hit some brutal blows to get Chennai off to a flyer. He began the innings with a boundary and smashed Munaf Patel for three sixes and a boundary in the fifth over. CSK’s run-machine for this season Faf du Plessis could not continue his good form as he was run-out off a direct hit from RP Singh in the sixth over. RP Singh had dropped du Plessis when he was batting on 4 and compensated for that error by sending him back to the pavilion.

Vijay scored 41 runs from 29 balls before being bowled by Singh. Suresh Raina (36) continued his good form with the bat as he added crucial 62 runs with Dwayne Bravo who looked very impressive during his 33-ball 50. Dhoni too contributed with the bat as he scored 25 from 15 balls. With useful contributions from most of the batsmen, Dhoni’s men scored 173 runs at the end of 20 overs which was a very good score.

Apart from the dropped catch, RP Singh had a huge role to play for Mumbai Indians. He not only picked up three crucial wickets but also took a blinder at point to dismiss Raina who was looking very dangerous.

Mumbai Innings didn’t get off to a good start as Franklin played a maiden over and was dismissed in the third over for just 1 run. Tendulkar was joined by Rohit Sharma (60 from 46) and both of them hit fabulous shots all across the ground to match up with the required run-rate. Tendulkar (74 from 44) in particular led from the front as he regularly charged down the track to score boundaries on his home turf. He was dismissed in the 15th over when du Plessis took a blinder, but Mumbai looked in comfortable position that time needing 41 runs from 25 balls with 8 wickets in hand. 

Mumbai lost the next 6 wickets for just 25 runs as they slumped from 134/2 to 159/8. Such was their collapse that Rayudu, Harbhajan, Peterson and Malinga could not even open their accounts. It was all left to Smith who pulled off a miraculous victory for the home team.

As wickets fell at regular intervals and Mumbai needed 16 off the last over, Dhoni’s team might have thought that they have managed to end their losing streak. But it was Dwayne Smith’s incredible 9- ball 24 that that produced one of the most sensational chases we have seen in this year’s IPL.

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Chris Gayle and AB de Villiers butchered Kings XI Punjab

Chris Gayle struck a brilliant 87 as Royal Challengers Bangalore comfortably beat Kings XI Punjab by five wickets in their IPL match at the Punjab Cricket Association (PCA) Stadium here Friday.

Chris Gayle and AB de Villliers - Snatched the match

Gayle and A.B. de Villiers (52) added 131 runs for the fifth wicket as Royal Challengers Bangalore, set a target of 164, made 166 with three balls to spare. Gayle was also adjudged as Man of the Match for his brilliant 56-ball innings that was studded with eight fours and four sixes.

With their second consecutive win, Royal Challengers Bangalore got their campaign back on track after having suffered three losses on the trot.  They move up a place to the seventh spot with six points from six matches while Kings XI slipped a spot to the eighth with four points from six matches.

Asked to bat first, Kings XI Punjab, who were without their captain Adam Gilchrist, again made a poor start but crucial innings from stand-in skipper David Hussey (41) and former Pakistan all-rounder Azhar Mahmood (33 not out) helped them get a competitive score of 163 for six in 20 overs . Gilchrist missed the match nursing a hamstring injury.

Kings XI pacer Parvinder Awana (4-34) raised hopes for the hosts. He bowled a brilliant first spell in which he picked up the crucial wickets of opener Mayank Aggarwal (1), Virat Kohli (4) and Saurabh Tiwary (4) to reduce Royal Challengers to 25 for three inside six overs.

But Gayle played a patient knock and took his time to settle down before an onslaught. He took 28 balls to score 31 runs but once he took on, there was no stopping him. Gayle completely dominated the century-run stand between him and De Villiers. The duo always kept Royal Challengers along with the required run rate as the boundaries came regularly.

The match looked evenly balanced till the 17th over as Royal Challengers needed 24 runs off the last three overs. But Awana, who was the bet bowler for the Kings XI till then, bowled a pathetic 18th over that made things easy for the visitors.

Gayle smashed Awana for 17 runs in the eight-ball over before departing in the fourth ball but by then he had taken Royal Challengers to the threshold of a win. Hussey took a brilliant catch at extra cover to end Gayle's whirlwind knock.

Leggie Piyush Chawla gave Kings XI a glimmer of hope after he dismissed De Villiers, trapped leg-before in the penultimate over. The South African hit six fours in the 39-ball innings.  Andrew McDonald (8 not out) and skipper Daniel Vettori (2 not out) took the team home safely without further damage.

Earlier in the day, Kings XI again made a poor start losing openers Nitin Saini (14) and Paul Valthaty (6) inside five overs.  A 30-run stand between Australians Shaun Marsh (26) and Hussey got Kings XI innings back on track.

Mahmood, who registered himself as a British citizen, made a memorable debut in the IPL smashing 33 off 14 balls that helped Kings XI get a competitive total on board. Mahmood's arrival to India was delayed due to visa issues. The 37-year-old, who has played 21 Tests and 143 ODIs, had surprisingly applied for visa in his Pakistani passport that delayed his arrival.

KKR win easily

Riding on a disciplined bowling and fielding display, KKR first restricted Kings XI to 124 for seven after sent into bowl, and then skipper Gautam Gambhir led from the front with a fine unbeaten half century to overwhelm the target with 21 balls in hand.

Gambhir scored an unbeaten 66 off 44 balls with the help of seven fours and a six to hold the chase together and see his side home. Gambhir was ably supported by Jacques Kallis, who scored an unbetaen 30 off 23 balls. The duo stitched unconquered 53 runs for the third-wicket as KKR scored 127 for two in 16.3 overs. 

Earlier, Kings XI batsmen lost wickets at regular intervals to be restricted to the modest total after opting to bat at the PCA stadium.  Captain Adam Gilchrist, who retired hurt in the sixth over with a right hamstring problem only to return later to drag his side out of trouble, top-scored with an unbeaten 40, while Shaun Marsh made a 30-ball 33 with the help of four boundaries. Kings XI batsmen struggled from the onset against a determined KKR bowling line up and it could be gauged from the fact that only three of their batters could manage double figures.

Wily West Indian off-spinner Sunil Narine (2/24) and Brett Lee (2/26) starred with the ball for KKR, sharing four wickets between them. Laxmipathy Balaji (1/20) and Rajat Bhatia (1/23) also picked up a wicket each for the visitors. KKR's started their run chase on a blistering pace, racing on to their fifty inside the sixth over.

Brendon McCullum (15) was the initial aggressor as he clobbered Praveen Kumar for two boundaries in the first over.  KKR skipper Gautam Gambhir matched his partner stroke by stroke and welcomed Harmeet Singh with a huge six over mid-wicket and a four in the bowler's opening over.

After the initial burst, McCullum found boundaries hard to come by, which finally led to his dismissal. Struggling to score freely, the Kiwi hit a Piysuh Chawla's (2/19) short, way down the leg side delivery straight to Dimitri Mascarenhas at short fine-leg, but not before stitching a 53-run opening stand with Gambhir.

Chawla picked up his second wicket four overs later when Manvinder Bisla (11) dragged a delivery on to his stumps. Gambhir, on the other hand, played a calm and composed innings and notched up his half century in just 36 balls.

In Kallis, Gambhir found a perfect partner as they duo went about their business in style.  Kallis struck little-kwown Bhargav Bhatt for back-to-back four and a six to finish off the run chase in emphatic fashion.

Kings XI's last year's hero, Paul Valthaty once again disappointed as he fell early, outside edging a Lee delivery to Bisla behind the stumps in the third over. To make matters worse for Kings XI, Gilchrist had to retired hurt in the sixth over.

Kings XI failed to get a substantial partnership as Mandeep Singh (6), Marsh, David Hussey (10), Paras Dogra (6) and Mascarenhas (9) all departed in quick intervals. Marsh's dismissal in the 14th over, however, turned out to be a little controversial.

The left-hander underedged an attempted cut off a Lee delivery which just seemed to have carried to Bisla behind the wicket. But the batsmen was not satisfied and walked away only after checking with the keeper.

The dismissal also brought Kings XI owner Preity Zinta on to the ground as she was not satisfied with the decision. She, however, left the field only after Gilchrist intervened. Towards the end, Gilchrist and Chawla (9) tried their level best to shoot up the run rate but failed.

Gayle set up the game for RCB nail Pune in a thriller

IPL 2012

MATCH: RCB VS PUNE WARRIORS

TOSS: Pune won the toss, and elected to bat first

RESULT: Bangalore won by 6 wkts

MOM: Chris Gayle

Needing 21 off the last over, Tiwary took a single on the first delivery of Ashish Nehra to give strike to de Villiers.  The South African then smashed the second ball for a boundary and followed it by two consecutive sixes to make things easier for Bangalore.

With four required of last two balls, Villiers took a single off the fifth ball to bring Tiwary back on strike. The southpaw didn't let pressure mount on him and sailed the final delivery into the crowd over the rope to finish the game for Bangalore on style.

At halfway stage during their chase, RCB were 63 for two with Gayle at the crease. Although Gayle hit couple of huge sixes off Ashish Nehra, he wasn't at his dangerous best as he failed to find the gaps.

Virat Kohli too was taking time to get into the groove. Credit should be given to Bhuveneshwar Kumar who bowled three tight overs during the front 10. It was only after Kohli was dismissed by Angelo Mathews that Gayle decided to play his signature game.

Leg-spinner Rahul Sharma bore the brunt as Gayle launched into him hitting five consecutive sixes as 31 runs came off that over and RCB seemed to be back on track.

Gayle raced to 81 off 47 balls as he hit Ashish Nehra to notch up his eighth six but the veteran seamer bowled a perfect delivery in the blockhole that cleaned up Gayle. The Jamaican had scored 81 off 48 balls with four boundaries and eight sixes.

He smashed five sixes in an over from Rahul Sharma just after reaching his half-ton.

Ashok Dinda gave Pune first breakthrough by scalping Tilakaratne Dilshan (4) after Pune Warriors scored a massive 182/6 at the M Chinnaswamy stadium.  Dilshan was caught behind stumps while trying to flick Dinda on leg side. Marlon Samuels then dismissed Mayank Agarwal (9) to give Bangalore second blow at the score of 42 in six overs.

royal-challengers-bangalore win over PWI

royal-challengers-bangalore win over PWI

Earlier, local boy Robin Uthappa's belligerent knock of 69 along with useful contributions from Jesse Ryder and Marlon Samuels helped Pune Warriors India set a challenging 183 for Royal Challengers Bangalore.

Pune openers Jesse Ryders and Robin Uthappa got off to a cracking start adding 63 runs for the first wicket in only seven overs. The Royals introduced offie Tillekratne Dilshan in the second over where he was hammered for 13 runs which included a six and four.

Ryder started from where he left in the last match against CSK while Uthappa showed why he is so highly rated in this format.

Just when it looked that Ryder-Uthappa duo would murder the bowling, Harshal Patel provided RCB the breakthrough as Kiwi opener tried to pull him over lbackward square leg only to be caught by Mayank Agarwal at the boundary.

Uthappa had a reprieve when he tried to sweep left-arm spinner KP Appanna and TV replays showed that ball jumped off his gloves to be caught by AB de Villiers. The umpire however gave him not out and the next ball was dispatched into the deep mid-wicket stand.

The Karnataka lad quickly raced to his fourth IPL half century reverse sweeping Dilshan past short third-man for his second consecutive boundary. His 50 had seven fours and two sixes and came off only 34 balls. The Warriors reached 100 in the 11th over.

RCB responded with two quick wickets in two overs. R Vinay Kumar first picked up an woefully out-of-form Sourav Ganguly whose slash was easily caught at sweeper cover by Mayank Agarwal and in the next over Vettori sent back Uthappa 69 (45 balls 4x9 6x2).

Marlon Samuels (34, 20 balls, 1x4, 2x6) and Steven Smith (16) added 47 runs in only 4.5 overs before couple run-outs saw the back of both players. Especially Samuels who looked in fine touch and Warriors looked like having finished 15 runs short in the end.

RCB made three changes inducting Dilshan, KP Apanna and Harshal Patel in place of Muttiah Muralitharan, Mohammad Kaif and Sreenath Aravind, who all played last game against Rajasthan Royals. PWI brought in pacer Bhuvaneshwar Kumar replacing orthodox left-arm spinner Murali Kartik.

Rajasthan Royals beat Deccan Chargers by five wickets

Rajasthan required 11 runs in the last over. Dishant Yagnik (9 not out off 3 balls), who just joined dangerous Brad Hogg after Johan Botha’s departure, hit two consecutive fours to hand Rajasthan an unbelievable win.

Rajasthan-Royals-Squad-2012

But it was Hodge who revived Royals’ hopes after the fall of Rahane while chasing a mammoth 197 for a victory. When Hodge came on to bat, Rajasthan needed 76 runs off just 40 balls, an uphill task considering the fact that they just lost in-form Rahane, who again played a quickfire 31-ball 44.

The win looked more unlikely when another power-hitter Owais Shah departed for just 12. At that stage, they were struggling at 135/4 in 15.2 overs. 62 runs needed off just 28 balls, almost an impossible task. But the old Australian war-horse, took the onus of putting the Rajasthan team on top. He first, in the company of Johan Botha put on 37-run stand off only 17 balls, setting the tone of an unlikely win.

Hodge slammed 4 fours in the 17th over of the innings off premier fast bowler of the world, Dale Steyn to change the complexion of the match and turned the tide in their favour. From there on, everything went in their favour. He finally remained unbeaten on 48 which was decorated with 6 fours and 2 sixes.

Rajasthan’s batting again clicked as their openers-Dravid (42 off 24 balls) and Rahane-again gave them a rapid start. Dravid looked more dangerous than Rahane. He hit a six over extra-cover which would have made Sehwag a proud man. They reached 62 in just 5.5 overs before Christian bowled Dravid with a perfect yorker.

Apart from leg-spinner Amit Mishra (3/32), every Deccan bowlers went for a plenty of runs.

Earlier, a superb 94-run opening stand from Kumar Sangakkara and Shikhar Dhawan and blistering unbeaten 58 by J P Duminy at the end helped Deccan Chargers post a huge 196/2 in the allotted 20 overs after they won the toss and decided to bat first on a placid Jaipur track.

Duminy clobbered five sixes during his entertaining knock of 58, and along with Dan Christian (29 not out) put on an unbeaten 88-run 3rd wicket partnership to guide his struggling team to almost 200.

Coming on to bat at number 4 after Shikhar Dhawan’s departure, Duminy continued the good work put on by the openers. He initially contented with singles and doubles but once they crossed 15th over, he launched a blistering attack on the oppositions, hitting 5 mighty sixes, mostly on the leg side.

Batsmen

• Rahul Dravid (Captain)
• Brad Hodge
• Ajinkya Rahane
• Owais Shah
• Kevon Cooper
• Aakash Chopra
• Ankeet Chavan
• Faiz Fazal

Bowlers

• Shaun Tait
• Sreesanth
• Samad Fallah
• Siddharth Trivedi
• Deepak Chahar
• Aditya Dole
• Pankaj Singh
• Amit Singh

All-rounders

• Shane Watson
• Johan Botha
• Brad Hogg
• Paul Collingwood
• Sumit Narwal
• Abhishek Raut
• Stuart Binny
• Ashok Menaria

Wicketkeepers

• Dinesh Chandimal
• Shreevats Goswami
• Amit Paunikar
• Pinal Shah
• Dishant Yagnik

Duminy was also ably supported by Christian with a sensible 19-ball 29. Though he was overshadowed by Duminy during the most part of his stay, his innings was also important in the context of the match as he ensured that they did not lose any wicket, and Duminy, who was hitting all over the park, could stick to his attacking game.

Openers-Sangakkara (44) and Dhawan (52)-gave Deccan a flying start, hitting boundaries in every corner of the ground. They reached 50 in 5.2 overs.

It’s Sangakkara who took the attack to the oppositions first. But soon Dhawan came into his own and started hitting boundaries and outscored his partner. Dhawan got his fifty off just 37 balls with the help of 8 fours. Their 94-run opening stand laid the foundation for a huge score they finally posted.

DELHI DAREDEVILS won by 7 wickets

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DELHI DAREDEVILS won by 7 wickets

Maximum sixes award: Harbhajan Singh. 

Best catch of the match award: Ross Taylor.

By virtue of this victory, Delhi move to the top of the table with 6 points from 4 matches. Mumbai stay at 4th, with 6 points from 5 games.

A comprehensive win for Delhi. Thrashing Mumbai by 7 wickets and 31 balls to spare. Mumbai were never in the game. After being shot out for 92, the Mumbai bowlers came out with any fight and Delhi cruised through. Sehwag is showing signs of coming back to form and thet could be good for Delhi later on in the tournament. Surprisingly, Harbhajan did not bowl at all.

Everything fell in place perfectly for Delhi, right from winning the toss, as they bundled out the hosts for a paltry 92, the lowest team total of the current edition, and then overhauled the target by losing just three wickets with 5.1 overs to spare.

Chasing a meagre total, skipper Virender Sehwag top scored for Delhi with a patient 32 off 36 balls while Mahela Jayawardene remained unbeaten on 17 in company of Kiwi batsman Ross Taylor (11).

Taking full advantage of the MI batsmen's rash display with the bat, the Delhi bowlers attacked from the first over to reduce the hosts to a sorry-reading 44 for six by the 12th over to make it a virtual no-contest at Wankhede Stadium track, offering good bounce.

Host skipper Harbhajan Singh made a counter-attacking 33 off 22 balls, with five fours and a six, after Rohit Sharma prospered a bit while making a chancy 29 off 27 balls with five fours, but the rest of the batsmen self-destructed.

The below-par score was MI's second-lowest aggregate in five seasons of IPL, slightly better than the 87 they made against Kings XI Punjab last year, and the first sub-100 score by any team this season.

The wickets were shared by the five Delhi bowlers -- Shahbaz Nadeem taking two wickets in his first two overs to start the slump, which was later feasted on by Morne Morkel (2-22), Ajit Agarkar (2-27), Umesh Yadav (2-11) and Irfan Pathan (1-12).

Openers Sehwag and Naman Ojha started the run-chase on a sound note by putting on 34 before the latter became the first of two victims of left arm pacer Rudra Pratap Singh, also getting his first chance to play this season.

Singh sent back Ojha, after the batsman had struck two fours off Clint Mackay for two successive fours, as a mistimed pull ended his innings. He also got rid off Kevin Petersen to finish with 2 for 22.

Sehwag was lucky when on 16 in a team score of 45 for 1 to be let off by third man Levi off a slash that he played against Singh. He put his team well on path to victory though he was not there to score winning runs.

When MI batted, they got off to a shock start by losing both their South African openers with only five runs on the board. Jacobs tried a cross-batted heave against left-arm spinner Nadeem and was bowled comprehensively for a duck in the second over.

His compatriot Levi too did not prosper much and was also guilty of trying an audacious pull off Nadeem and under-edged the ball on to the stumps to leave MI reeling in the fourth over after being sent in to bat.

Rohit Sharma tried to attack from the first ball and played a couple of glorious lofted off drives but was also lucky that three other ambitious shots were top-edged to the boundary, two of those off Morne Morkel.

Even as Rohit was settling down he saw the backs of Ambati Rayudu (4), out to a very poorly judged and attempted single, and key batsman Kieron Pollard.

Rayudu scampered for a non-existent run after being struck on the pads by Ajit Agarkar who was given his first match of the season. Partner Rohit never budged from the non-striker's spot. The batsman was so far down the pitch that even a misdirected throw by fielder Yogesh Nagar could not help him regain the crease.

Tottering at 30 for 3, things became worse when Pollard was caught trying to cart Umesh Yadav out of the ground and getting a leading edge for the catch to drop into the waiting hands of Ross Taylor. The Kiwi then caught Rohit off Agarkar in the next over to leave MI at 41 for five.

Dinesh Karthik too played poorly as his attempted pull off Yadav resulted in a dolly catch to mid on fielder Kevin Petersen as the ball hurried on to the batsman and at 44 for 6 in the 11th over, MI's tail was exposed.  Skipper Harbhajan Singh used the long handle to good effect by slamming Agarkar for two fours and a six in the 12th over that yielded 17 runs to help MI pass the 50 mark.

But for the MI captain and his stand of 34 runs with McKay, who was playing his first game of IPL 5, the total would have been even more pathetic.

Delhi Daredevils

2nd Innings

Naman Ojha    c Harbhajan Singh b RP Singh    13

        5.1  OUT! Caught! The combination of Singhs gets rid of Ojha. Short ball outside off, 131.7 kph, Ojha goes for the pull but it climbs onto him and he gets a top edge. The ball goes high in the air and Harbhajan calls for it from mid-wicket and takes it easily. Ojha departs for 13, DD 34/1 in 5.1 overs!

Virender Sehwag   c Richard Levi b Pragyan Ojha    32

       12.1  OUT! Caught! A bit late in the game but a wicket nevertheless. Flighted outside off, 76.9 kph, Sehwag jumps out of his crease and lofts this miles in the air. Does not get the distance and Levi takes it with ease at long on. DD 74/3 in 12.1 overs!

Kevin Pietersen    c Davy Jacobs b RP Singh      9

         7.6  OUT! Straight to the man! Short ball outside off, 132.3 kph, Pietersen goes for the pull but mistimes it and hits it straight to Jacobs at mid-wicket. Pietersen departs for 9, DD 52/2 in 8 overs! RP finishes with figures of 4-0-24-2.

Mahela Jayawardena    not out    17

       

Ross Taylor     not out      11

Yogesh Nagar

Irfan Pathan

Ajit Agarkar

Morne Morkel

Umesh Yadav

Shahbaz Nadeem

Extras (b 0, lb 5, w 6, nb 0)    11

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Without Malinga-Tendulkar no magic For Mumbai Indians

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Team : Mumbai Indians V/s Delhi Daredevils

Delhi Daredevils bowl out Mumbai Indians for 92

Mumbai Indians

1st Innings

MI 92/10

19.2 Overs

RR:4.75

Richard Levi     b Shahbaz Nadeem     1

            3.1  OUT! Bowled! He has done it again! Poor shot from both the South African batsmen, Jacobs on the previous occasion and now Levi. Full and straight from Nadeem, 99.7 kph, Levi goes for the big slog sweep but the ball is too far from him and he only succeeds in dragging it back onto the stumps. Nadeem is up and running in celebration as Levi departs for 1, MI 5/2 in 3.1 overs!

Davy Jacobs   b Shahbaz Nadeem       0

           1.5  OUT! Bowled! Gone now. Nadeem persists with his line and length, full and straight, 92.7 kph, Jacobs, too, persists with his stroke-making, swinging wildly and misses. The ball crashes into the stumps. A 10-ball duck for Jacobs, MI 2/1 in 1.5 overs!

Rohit Sharma  c Ross Taylor b Ajit Agarkar    29

           9.3  OUT! Caught! And lady luck has finally deserted Rohit with the bat. Good length delivery on middle, 140.9 kph, Rohit looks to help it away to fine leg but is early into the shot and gets a leading edge. The ball flies in the air and Ross Taylor comes in quickly from deep mid-wicket to take the catch. Rohit Sharma departs for 29, MI 41/5 in 9.3 overs!

Ambati Rayudu  run out (Virender Sehwag)  4

         7.1  OUT! Mix-up and it results in Rayudu's run out. Poor stuff. Total miscommunication. Good length delivery outside off, 135.6 kph, Rayudu pushes it towards point and sets off for the single. Rohit says yes initially but then says no and Rayudu keeps on running. Nagar gets on to the ball and misses his shy at the striker's end. But Rayudu is so far down the track that it takes a long time to get back. The throw is backed up by Sehwag at mid-wicket who lobs it to the keeper and Ojha takes the bails off. Rayudu departs for 4, 30/3 in 7.1 overs!

  Kieron Pollard    c Ross Taylor b Umesh Yadav     1

        8.3  OUT! And Yadav gets Pollard! Poor choice of a shot, so early in the innings. Full outside off, 145.6 kph, Pollard gives himself room to the leg side and slogs wildly. Is nowhere near the pitch of the ball and gets a top edge. The ball is skied up in the air and Taylor settles under it at deep extra cover. Pollard departs for 1, MI 38/4 in 8.3 overs!

Dinesh Karthik   c Kevin Pietersen b Umesh Yadav   3

       10.2  OUT! Caught! The short ball gets the wicket again. Landed outside off, 142.3 kph, Karthik goes for the pull but the ball comes much quicker than his anticipation. Spoons a simple catch to mid on and Pietersen takes a dolly. Karthik departs for 3, MI 44/6 in 10.2 overs!

        

Harbhajan Singh   c Naman Ojha b Morne Morkel   33

        17.5  OUT! Caught behind! Morne gets the Mumbai skipper. Short outside off, 141.6 kph, Harbhajan goes for the pull but gets a top edge straight into the gloves of Ojha. Morne celebrates, Harbhajan doesn't move, the players appeal and umpire Bowden raises his finger. Harbhajan departs for a wonderful cameo of 33 from 22 balls, MI 89/9 in 17.5 overs!

Clint McKay  c Umesh Yadav b Irfan Pathan    8

       14.5  OUT! Caught! Poor shot, considering that he was playing so sensibly. Full outside off, 133.1 kph, McKay goes for the big hit down the ground but finds Yadav at long off who takes a good catch tumbling to his right. McKay hits his helmet with his bat in frustration, he departs for 8, MI 78/7 in 14.5 overs!

 RP Singh    b Morne Morkel     0

       15.5  OUT! The off stump is all over the place! RP backs away, looking to go inside out, Morkel bowls full and straight, 147.1 kph, RP misses and the off stump is dislodged. RP departs for 0, MI 80/8 in 15.5 overs!

 Pragyan Ojha   b Ajit Agarkar   3

        19.2  OUT! Full and straight, 135.3 kph, Ojha swings and misses. The ball hits the timber. MI all out for 92!

        

Munaf Patel   not out    1

    

Extras (b 0, lb 4, w 3, nb 2)       9

Can Mumbai make a match out of this? No Malinga tonight but if they manage to get a couple of quick wickets, who knows, we might have a game on our hands. Stay tuned for the run chase...

An excellent bowling display by Delhi, to restrict Mumbai to the lowest total in this year's IPL. Shahbaz Nadeem set the tone first up, with two wickets in his first two overs and Mumbai never recovered. Just two batsmen went into double figures, Rohit Sharma and Harbhajan Singh, without whom, this would have been a sorry total. Every bowler except Pathan picked up 2 wickets.  

DELHI DAREDEVILS won by 7 wickets

Kings XI Punjab won by 2 runs

IPL2012

MATCH: KOLKATA KNIGHT RIDERS VS KINGS XI PUNJAB

TOSS: Kolkata won the toss, and elected to field

MOM: Sunil Narine

RESULT: Punjab won by 2 runs

Chasing a target of 135 on a tricky Eden pitch, KKR needed nine runs off the final over but medium pacer Harmeet gave away only six runs. Debabrata Das, who played a lovely cameo (35, 23 balls, 3x4, 1x6), failed to hit a boundary off the final delivery as home team ended on 132 as Kings XI won their second match of the tourney.

Debabrata, who played for KKR in first edition of IPL before being dumped during three subsequent seasons almost took his team to victory with some lusty blows after they were down in the dumps at 88 for six.

Along with Harmeet, India seamer Praveen Kumar bowled a brilliant penultimate over where only four runs were scored. Also spinners Piyush Chawla (3/18) and Bhargav Bhatt (2/22) should be lauded for sharing five wickets for only 42 runs in the eight overs bowled by them.

It was pity that KKR offie Sunil Narine's brilliant figures of five for 19 were undone by some indiscreet shot making on the part of home team batsmen -- especially Manvinder Bisla and Yusuf Pathan.

On a track, where the spinners are getting fair amount of assistance, a target of 135 was always going to be difficult. While Jacques Kallis (1) was gone early -- thanks to a brilliant catch by Paras Dogra, skipper Gautam Gambhir hit a flurry of boundaries on his way 22 before he offered a tame return catch to Dimitri Mascarenhas.

At 30 for two, in-form Bisla (27, 25 balls, 1x4, 1x6) and Manoj Tiwary (20, 27 balls, 1x4) added 43 runs for the third wicket and it looked KKR will coast home easily. However left-arm spinner Bhargav Bhatt angled one into Tiwary who was caught plumb in-front as KKR were 73 for three. Within another six runs, it was Bisla who played all over a Piyush Chawla delivery to be bowled.

Pathan tried a paddle sweep but the ball jumped off his pad straps to clip the bails. KKR went further down in the dumps as Shakib Al Hasan lobbed an easy catch to Gilchrist off Chawla's bowling as home team stuttered at 88 for six.

Earlier, Narine foxed Kings XI Punjab with a brilliant five-for that helped KKR restrict the visitors to 134 for nine in stipulated 20 overs. Put into bat, Kings XI batsmen failed to read Narine's deliveries as the Trinidad spinner had figures of 4-0-19-5 to show for his efforts which also proved why KKR bought him for a handosme price of $700,000.

The Trinidad spinner after being introduced in the third over took two prized scalps of Adam Gilchrist (5) and an in-form Shaun Marsh (1) in two overs to dent the Kings XI progress.

Gilchrist along with his new opening partner Mandeep Singh started positively with the duo racing to 14 for no loss in two overs but Narine's spell (2-0-5-2) cost them dear as they were reduced to 21/2 in 4.2 overs.  Gilchrist tried to hit Narine across the line only to balloon it up as Manoj Tiwary at the short cover took an easy catch.

Narine then breached through Shaun Marsh's defence with a beauty that straightened after pitching. The two dismissals meant that the Kings XI progressed at snail's pace before Mandeep Singh launched into Jaidev Unadkat handing him some rough treatment.

Kallis did a fine job, rather quietly, at the other end, conceding 11 from his three overs to further unsettle the visitors plan.  In between, Rajat Bhatia did an excellent job with his slow medium pace returning with two for 14 in the slog overs as the Kings XI boys struggled to find a partnership going.

Kings XI Punjab held their nerve in the slog overs to restrict Kolkata Knight Riders to 132/7 and clinched a thrilling two runs victory in their match at Eden Gardens in Kolkata.

In another IPL match went down to the wire as Kolkata needed 9 runs to win in the last over but fell two runs short of their target.

Piyush Chawla bowled the magical spell as he dismissed Manvinder Bisla, Yusuf Pathan and Shakib Al Hasan in quick succession to dent Knight Riders chase.

Debabrata Das, who remained unbeaten on 35 off 23 balls, led the Knight Riders fight back after they lost their six wickets inside 90 runs side. But the batsman effort was not enough to take Kolkata to their consecutive victory.

Kings XI Punjab's Bhargav Bhatt and Dimitri Mascarenhas struck to remove Jacques Kallis and Gautam Gambhir respectively and give Kolkata early blows.

Earlier, Kolkata Knight Riders produced stunning bowling display, led by Sunil Narine's five-wicket haul, to restrict Kings XI Punjab to 134/9 in 20 overs. It was their tail-enders who gave the team a competitive total in their last overs.

Sunil Narine claimed five wickets for 19 runs to pile misery on Kings XI and outplayed the opposition's batting. Kings XI Punjab was never in match as they lost their wickets at regular intervals.

Mandeep and David Hussey revived Kings XI Punjab innings as they added 52 runs for the 3rd wicket after losing two early wickets.

Punjab suffered a big blow as they lost David Hussey when the batsman got run-out in the mix-up with Paras Dogra.

Mandeep Singh mistimed his slog-sweep off Shakib Al Hasan after playing useful knock of 38 runs.

Kolkata Knight Riders' spinner Sunil Narine gave Kings XI Punjab early jolts. Narine struck in his successive overs to remove Adam Gilchrist and Shaun Marsh cheaply as Kings XI Punjab were struggling at 21/2 4.2 overs.

Punjab skipper Adam Gilchrist continued his poor run in the tournament as he just managed to score 5 off 9 balls. Earlier, Knight Riders skipper Gautam Gambhir won the toss and decide to bowl against Kings XI.

Rajasthan royals team ride on Rahane's century to outclass Challengers

IPL2012

MATCH: ROYAL CHALLENGERS BANGLORE VS RAJASTHAN ROYALS

TOSS: Rajasthan won the toss, and elected to bat first

MOM: Ajinkya Rahane

RESULT: Rajasthan won by 59 runs

Ajinkya Rahane`s spectacular maiden IPL ton powered Rajasthan Royals to an emphatic 59-run win over Royal Challengers Bangalore on their home ground at M Chinnaswamy Stadium, Bangalore on Sunday. Rahane who opened the innings for Rajasthan remained unbeaten on 103 runs which came off just 60 balls.

By the end of 10 overs, Rajasthan had scored just 61 runs without any loss. At the end of 13th over they had scored 82 runs for the loss of two wickets and no one had a clue what was about to follow. It was the 14th over bowled by Sreenath Aravind that was the turning point for Rajasthan Royals.

Rahane scored six consecutive boundaries in that over as Rajasthan innings completely changed from there. And all of the six boundaries were well executed as Rahane seemed to be scoring boundaries at will after that over. His partner Owais Shah who was at the non-striker's end too changed gears from there on.

Vettori bowled the 15th over he tried to compensate for the damage done in the previous over as he gave away just 7 runs. For the 16th over he brought Gayle to control the massive run flow. Shah clobbered Gayle over long-on for a six which was followed by another one. Gayle’s over produced 21 runs and there was no looking back for Rajasthan.

Rahul Dravid and Rahane shared an opening stand of 62 runs which took over 10 overs and the run-rate wasn’t impressive at all though they had wickets in hand. Towards the end, it was raining sixes as none of the bowlers were able to control the run flow. Aravind was hit for 48 runs in just three overs. Vinay Kumar also proved to be very expensive as he gave away 51 runs in 4 overs without a wicket.

With the likes of Gayle, Kohli and de Villiers by their side, Bangalore would have fancied their chances to chase down the formidable total. Openers Mayank Agarwal and Gayle provided a brisk start as they scored 42 runs in just 4.2 overs.

Pankaj Singh who was playing his first match in IPL 2012 made a great comeback to the shorter format as he scalped both the openers in the fifth over. Bangalore who now depend a lot on Gayle were stunned as he was bowled by Pankaj for just 8 runs.

Another superb spell of seam bowling was yet to follow. Siddharth Trivedi came into the attack and the middle order collapsed trying to play him across the line of almost similar deliveries. The first to perish was de Villiers (6) followed by Kohli (22) and Saurabh Tiwary (17). None of the Bangalore batsmen looked like they were determined to make a match of it as the late onslaught of Rajasthan innings had created tremendous pressure.

Undoubtedly Rajasthan seamers bowled really well as they shared 8 wickets between themselves. Trivedi was the pick of the bowlers as he picked up 4 wickets for just 25 runs in 4 overs. But it was Pankaj Singh who derailed Bangalore innings as Gayle and Mayank collapsed in a matter of few deliveries. Pankaj and Amit Singh picked up two wickets each.

Needless to say, Ajinkya Rahane was declared the Man of the Man for his breathtaking innings which helped his team reach the top of the table with 6 points from 5 matches with a better run rate than Pune Warriors and Mumbai Indians who are also on 6 points. Rahane is now once again the orange cap holder with 260 runs. It was also the first century of IPL 2012.