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Adam Gilchrist awarded the Man of the Series in IPL T20 season 2

admin — Mon, 25 May 2009 02:59:04 +0000

Adam Gilchrist was awarded the Man of the Series of the second edition of the Indian Premier League. Gilchrist scored the second highest runs in the tournament after Matthew Hayden scoring 495 runs in his 16 innings with 54 fours and 29 sixes. He also led the Deccan Chargers team to victory in IPL T20 season 2 under his captaincy.

Matthew Hayden was awarded the Orange Cap for the highest runs in IPL 2 as he amassed 572 runs in 12 innings at an average of 52.00 with 60 fours and 22 sixes. RP Singh was awarded the Purple Cap for being the leading wicket taker in IPL 2 scalping 23 wickets in 16 matches at an average of 18.13

Deccan Chargers beat Bangalore Royal Challengers to win IPL T20 season 2 final

admin — Mon, 25 May 2009 01:46:07 +0000

Deccan Chargers and Bangalore Royal Challengers were the last two teams in the first season of IPL T20 season 2 and were facing each other in IPL T20 season 2 final in this match. Anil Kumble won the toss and put Deccan Chargers to bat. Anil Kumble took the ball himself and dismissed danger man Gilly and several other important wickets to finish his bowling figures at 4/16. Herschelle Gibbs (53 off 48 balls) and Andrew Symonds (33 off 21 balls) shone with the bat for the Deccan Chargers as they reached 143/6 in 20 overs. Bangalore Royal Challengers long wickets at regular intervals when they came to bat and could only score 137/9 in a thrilling final. Anil Kumble was awarded the Man of the Match for his brilliant bowling.

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Deccan Chargers

Batsmen Status Runs Balls 4s 6s S.Rate
Adam Gilchrist (C) (W) b Anil Kumble 0 3 0 0 0
Herschelle Gibbs not out 53 48 3 2 110.42
Tirumalsetti Suman c Manish Pandey b Vinay Kumar 10 11 1 0 90.91
Andrew Symonds b Anil Kumble 33 21 4 1 157.14
Rohit Sharma c Manish Pandey b Anil Kumble 24 23 1 1 104.35
Venugopal Rao c Ross Taylor b Anil Kumble 0 2 0 0 0
Azharuddin Bilakhia lbw b Vinay Kumar 6 7 0 0 85.71
Ryan Harris * not out 9 5 0 0 180
Pragyan Ojha
Harmeet Singh
RP Singh
Extras: b – 0, w – 6, nb – 0, lb – 2 8
Total: (143 for 6 wickets in 20.0 overs) 143 Run Rate: 7.15

Fall of Wickets1-0 (Adam Gilchrist, 0.3), 2-18 (Tirumalsetti Suman, 3.3), 3-58 (Andrew Symonds, 8.5), 4-110 (Rohit Sharma, 16.2), 5-115 (Venugopal Rao, 17), 6-134 (Azharuddin Bilakhia, 19.1)

Bowling (Bangalore)Bowler O M R W nb wd R/O
Anil Kumble 4 0 16 4 0 0 4
Praveen Kumar 4 0 43 0 0 5 10.75
Jacques Kallis 4 0 24 0 0 0 6
Vinay Kumar 4 0 30 2 0 1 7.5
Roelof van der Merwe 4 0 28 0 0 0 7

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Bangalore Royal Challengers

Batsmen Status Runs Balls 4s 6s S.Rate
Jacques Kallis b RP Singh 16 17 3 0 94.12
Manish Pandey c Adam Gilchrist b Pragyan Ojha 4 8 0 0 50
Roelof van der Merwe st Adam Gilchrist b Pragyan Ojha 32 21 1 3 152.38
Rahul Dravid b Harmeet Singh 9 13 0 0 69.23
Ross Taylor c Venugopal Rao b Andrew Symonds 27 20 3 1 135
Virat Kohli st Adam Gilchrist b Andrew Symonds 7 8 1 0 87.5
Mark Boucher (W) c Herschelle Gibbs b Harmeet Singh 5 6 1 0 83.33
Robin Uthappa * not out 17 15 0 1 113.33
Praveen Kumar c RP Singh b Pragyan Ojha 2 3 0 0 66.67
Vinay Kumar c Harmeet Singh b Ryan Harris 8 8 1 0 100
Anil Kumble (C) not out 1 1 0 0 100
Extras: b – 0, w – 1, nb – 0, lb – 8 9
Total: (137 for 9 wickets in 20.0 overs) 137 Run Rate: 6.85

Fall of Wickets1-20 (Jacques Kallis, 3.3), 2-36 (Manish Pandey, 6.1), 3-57 (Roelof van der Merwe, 8.3), 4-79 (Rahul Dravid, 11.4), 5-99 (Ross Taylor, 14.2), 6-99 (Virat Kohli, 14.3), 7-107 (Mark Boucher, 15.5), 8-110 (Praveen Kumar, 16.4), 9-129 (Vinay Kumar, 19)

Bowling (Hyderabad)Bowler O M R W nb wd R/O
Ryan Harris 4 1 35 1 0 1 8.75
RP Singh 4 0 16 1 0 0 4
Andrew Symonds 3 0 18 2 0 0 6
Pragyan Ojha 4 0 28 3 0 0 7
Harmeet Singh 4 0 23 2 0 0 5.75
Rohit Sharma 1 0 9 0 0 0 9

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Bangalore Royal Challengers beat Chennai Super Kings to reach IPL 2 finals

admin — Sun, 24 May 2009 09:59:09 +0000

In the second semi-final of IPL 2, Anil Kumble won the toss and put Chennai Super Kings to bat. Most of the Chennai Super Kings batsmen lost their wicket after making good starts. They struggled against a disciplined bowing performance by Bangalore bowlers and ended up at 146/5 in 20 overs. Bangalore Royal Challengers cruised to the target as they scored 149/4 in 18.5 overs with Rahul Dravid (44 off 39 balls) and Manish Pandey (48 off 35 balls) batting brilliantly. Manish Pandey displayed his awesome stroke-play in the innings as he hit the Chennai bowlers to every part of the stadium. Manish Pandey was awarded the Man of the Match for his brilliant innings.

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Chennai Super Kings

Batsmen Status Runs Balls 4s 6s S.Rate
Parthiv Patel (W) lbw b Jacques Kallis 36 27 7 0 133.33
Matthew Hayden c Manish Pandey b Vinay Kumar 26 19 2 1 136.84
MS Dhoni (C) c Vinay Kumar b Roelof van der Merwe 28 30 0 0 93.33
Suresh Raina c Mark Boucher b Praveen Kumar 20 19 1 1 105.26
Albie Morkel not out 20 17 1 1 117.65
Jacob Oram c Robin Uthappa b Vinay Kumar 9 7 0 1 128.57
Subramaniam Badrinath not out 1 1 0 0 100
Manpreet Gony
Shadab Jakati
Lakshmipathy Balaji
Muttiah Muralidaran
Extras: b – 0, w – 3, nb – 0, lb – 3 6
Total: (146 for 5 wickets in 20.0 overs) 146 Run Rate: 7.3

Fall of Wickets1-61 (Matthew Hayden, 7), 2-69 (Parthiv Patel, 8.4), 3-104 (Suresh Raina, 14.1), 4-125 (MS Dhoni, 17.2), 5-140 (Jacob Oram, 19.2)

Bowling (Bangalore)Bowler O M R W nb wd R/O
Praveen Kumar 4 0 26 1 0 0 6.5
Jacques Kallis 4 0 26 1 0 1 6.5
Vinay Kumar 4 0 38 2 0 0 9.5
Anil Kumble 4 0 30 0 0 0 7.5
Roelof van der Merwe 4 0 23 1 0 2 5.75

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Bangalore Royal Challengers

Batsmen Status Runs Balls 4s 6s S.Rate
Jacques Kallis c Parthiv Patel b Manpreet Gony 9 7 2 0 128.57
Manish Pandey b Shadab Jakati 48 35 7 0 137.14
Roelof van der Merwe b Albie Morkel 2 5 0 0 40
Rahul Dravid lbw b Muttiah Muralidaran 44 39 6 0 112.82
Virat Kohli not out 24 17 1 2 141.18
Ross Taylor not out 17 12 0 2 141.67
Robin Uthappa
Mark Boucher (W)
Vinay Kumar
Praveen Kumar
Anil Kumble (C)
Extras: b – 0, w – 0, nb – 2, lb – 3 5
Total: (149 for 4 wickets in 18.5 overs) 149 Run Rate: 7.91

Fall of Wickets1-17 (Jacques Kallis, 1.4), 2-22 (Roelof van der Merwe, 2.5), 3-94 (Manish Pandey, 12.3), 4-110 (Rahul Dravid, 15.1)

Bowling (Chennai)Bowler O M R W nb wd R/O
Albie Morkel 3 0 26 1 0 0 8.67
Manpreet Gony 2 0 23 1 1 0 11.5
Shadab Jakati 4 0 29 1 0 0 7.25
Suresh Raina 3 0 23 0 0 0 7.67
Muttiah Muralidaran 4 0 15 1 0 0 3.75
Lakshmipathy Balaji 2 0 16 0 0 0 8
Jacob Oram 0.5 0 14 0 1 0 16.8

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Deccan Charges thrash Delhi Daredevils by 6 wickets to reach IPL 2 finals

admin — Sat, 23 May 2009 08:54:51 +0000

In the first semi-final of IPL T20 season 2, Delhi Daredevils were the favorites to win the match against Deccan Chargers. However, Deccan Chargers captain had something else in mind. Adam Gilchrist won the toss and put Delhi Daredevils to bat. Most of the Delhi Daredevils batsmen struggled with the bat and the team reached 153/8 in 20 overs guided by a valuable innings from Tillakaratne Dilshan (65 off 51 balls) and Virender Sehwag (39 off 31 balls). Ryan Harris and R P Singh were the pick of the Deccan Chargers bowlers with bowling figures of 3/27 and 2/33 respectively. Adam Gilchrist came to the crease and hit the bowlers for fours and sixes as he took the game away from the Delhi Dardevils. Adam Gilchrist scored the fastest ever 50 in IPL by hitting a 17 balls 50 on way to score a brilliant 85 runs off 35 balls. Deccan Chargers reached 154/4 in merely 17.4 overs. Adam Gilchrist was awarded the Man of the Match for his blazing knock.

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Delhi Daredevils

Batsmen Status Runs Balls 4s 6s S.Rate
Gautam Gambhir c RP Singh b Ryan Harris 0 5 0 0 0
David Warner c Herschelle Gibbs b Ryan Harris 0 1 0 0 0
Virender Sehwag (C) lbw b Andrew Symonds 39 31 5 0 125.81
Tillakaratne Dilshan run out (Tirumalsetti Suman) 65 51 7 1 127.45
AB de Villiers c Adam Gilchrist b RP Singh 26 21 0 2 123.81
Dinesh Karthik (W) b Ryan Harris 9 8 0 1 112.5
Rajat Bhatia c Venugopal Rao b RP Singh 4 2 1 0 200
Amit Mishra run out (Adam Gilchrist) 0 1 0 0 0
Pradeep Sangwan not out 0 1 0 0 0
Dirk Nannes
Ashish Nehra
Extras: b – 5, w – 4, nb – 1, lb – 0 10
Total: (153 for 8 wickets in 20.0 overs) 153 Run Rate: 7.65

Fall of Wickets1-0 (Gautam Gambhir, 0.5), 2-0 (David Warner, 1), 3-85 (Virender Sehwag, 10.4), 4-133 (AB de Villiers, 17.1), 5-145 (Dinesh Karthik, 19), 6-151 (Rajat Bhatia, 19.3), 7-153 (Tillakaratne Dilshan, 19.5), 8-153 (Amit Mishra, 20)

Bowling (Hyderabad)Bowler O M R W nb wd R/O
Ryan Harris 4 1 27 3 1 1 6.75
RP Singh 4 0 33 2 0 2 8.25
Pragyan Ojha 3 0 27 0 0 0 9
Andrew Symonds 3 0 20 1 0 0 6.67
Harmeet Singh 3 0 15 0 0 0 5
Rohit Sharma 3 0 26 0 0 1 8.67

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Deccan Chargers

Batsmen Status Runs Balls 4s 6s S.Rate
Adam Gilchrist (C) (W) c Dirk Nannes b Amit Mishra 85 35 10 5 242.86
Herschelle Gibbs b Ashish Nehra 0 2 0 0 0
Azharuddin Bilakhia st Dinesh Karthik b Amit Mishra 10 20 0 0 50
Tirumalsetti Suman not out 24 25 3 0 96
Andrew Symonds c David Warner b Amit Mishra 24 15 2 1 160
Rohit Sharma not out 5 11 0 0 45.45
Venugopal Rao
Ryan Harris
Harmeet Singh
RP Singh
Pragyan Ojha
Extras: b – 0, w – 4, nb – 2, lb – 0 6
Total: (154 for 4 wickets in 17.4 overs) 154 Run Rate: 8.72

Fall of Wickets1-22 (Herschelle Gibbs, 1.2), 2-91 (Azharuddin Bilakhia, 8), 3-102 (Adam Gilchrist, 10), 4-137 (Andrew Symonds, 13.4)

Bowling (Delhi)Bowler O M R W nb wd R/O
Dirk Nannes 3 0 38 0 0 2 12.67
Ashish Nehra 4 0 38 1 1 1 9.5
Pradeep Sangwan 2.4 0 21 0 0 1 7.88
Tillakaratne Dilshan 3 0 13 0 0 0 4.33
Virender Sehwag 1 0 25 0 1 0 25
Amit Mishra 4 0 19 3 0 0 4.75

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Bangalore Royal Challengers beat Deccan Chargers by 12 runs

admin — Thu, 21 May 2009 18:47:23 +0000

Bangalore Royal Challengers and Deccan Chargers were both almost sure of semi-final berth unless this last league match of IPL T20 season 2 was a completely one-sided match making significant changes to their net run rate. And as it was expected the match was close enough like any other match for both of them to qualify into the semi finals. Anil Kumble won the toss and decided to bat. A new opening combination was tried in the form of Manish Pandey with Jacques Kallis where the young Manish Pandey became the first Indian every to score a century in the Indian Premier League and the second player to score a century in IPL 2 after AB De Villiers. Manish Pandey scored 114 runs from merely 73 balls to guide his team to 170/4 in 20 overs. Deccan Chargers lost their wickets frequently and except Hershelle Gibbs (60 off 43 balls) none of the Deccan batsmen looked good and they ended at 158/6 in 20 overs. Manish Pandey was awarded the Man of the Match for his brilliant century.

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Bangalore Royal Challengers

Batsmen Status Runs Balls 4s 6s S.Rate
Jacques Kallis c Tirumalsetti Suman b RP Singh 5 7 0 0 71.43
Manish Pandey * not out 114 73 10 4 156.16
Roelof van der Merwe st Adam Gilchrist b Andrew Symonds 23 18 3 1 127.78
Rahul Dravid c Herschelle Gibbs b Pragyan Ojha 6 9 0 0 66.67
Ross Taylor c RP Singh b Pragyan Ojha 1 4 0 0 25
Virat Kohli not out 19 9 0 2 211.11
Robin Uthappa
Mark Boucher (W)
Praveen Kumar
Balachandra Akhil
Anil Kumble (C)
Extras: b – 0, w – 1, nb – 0, lb – 1 2
Total: (170 for 4 wickets in 20.0 overs) 170 Run Rate: 8.5

Fall of Wickets1-7 (Jacques Kallis, 2), 2-62 (Roelof van der Merwe, 9.2), 3-107 (Rahul Dravid, 14.2), 4-134 (Ross Taylor, 17)

Bowling (Hyderabad)Bowler O M R W nb wd R/O
Ryan Harris 4 0 25 0 0 0 6.25
RP Singh 4 0 47 1 0 0 11.75
Andrew Symonds 4 0 15 1 0 0 3.75
Jaskaran Singh 3 0 32 0 0 1 10.67
Pragyan Ojha 4 0 32 2 0 0 8
Tirumalsetti Suman 1 0 18 0 0 0 18

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Deccan Chargers

Batsmen Status Runs Balls 4s 6s S.Rate
Adam Gilchrist (C) (W) c Roelof van der Merwe b Balachandra Akhil 15 18 2 0 83.33
Herschelle Gibbs c Manish Pandey b Balachandra Akhil 60 43 3 4 139.53
Tirumalsetti Suman c Roelof van der Merwe b Anil Kumble 12 12 1 0 100
Andrew Symonds b Roelof van der Merwe 18 15 1 1 120
Rohit Sharma c Virat Kohli b Anil Kumble 12 12 1 0 100
Venugopal Rao run out (Mark Boucher) 8 9 0 0 88.89
Azharuddin Bilakhia not out 16 8 2 0 200
Ryan Harris not out 4 3 0 0 133.33
Jaskaran Singh
RP Singh
Pragyan Ojha
Extras: b – 4, w – 6, nb – 0, lb – 3 13
Total: (158 for 6 wickets in 20.0 overs) 158 Run Rate: 7.9

Fall of Wickets1-68 (Adam Gilchrist, 6.5), 2-91 (Tirumalsetti Suman, 11), 3-116 (Herschelle Gibbs, 14.1), 4-119 (Andrew Symonds, 15.1), 5-137 (Venugopal Rao, 17.5), 6-138 (Rohit Sharma, 18.1)

Bowling (Bangalore)Bowler O M R W nb wd R/O
Anil Kumble 4 0 23 2 0 0 5.75
Jacques Kallis 1 0 8 0 0 0 8
Praveen Kumar 4 0 45 0 0 1 11.25
Roelof van der Merwe 4 0 32 1 0 2 8
Balachandra Akhil 4 0 18 2 0 1 4.5
Virat Kohli 3 0 25 0 0 2 8.33

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Delhi Daredevils thrash Mumbai Indians by 4 wickets

admin — Thu, 21 May 2009 18:32:57 +0000

In Match 55 of IPL T20 season 2, Virender Sehwag won the toss and put Mumbai Indians to bat. Mumbai Indians reached a score of 165/8 in 20 overs with Sachin Tendulkar (46 off 41 balls) and Ajinkya Rahane (56 off 41 balls) playing great knocks. Dirk Nannes and Pradeep Sangwan were the pick of the Delhi Daredevils bowlers with bowling figures of 3/27 and 2/28 respectively. Delhi Daredevils cruised to 166/6 in 17.3 overs with both the normal openers Virender Sehwag (50 off 27 balls) and Gautam Gambhir (47 off 38 balls) regaining their form. Harbhajan Singh was the pick of the Mumbai Indian bowlers and picked up 4 wickets for 17 runs. Virender Sehwag was awarded the Man of the Match for his knock.

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Mumbai Indians

Batsmen Status Runs Balls 4s 6s S.Rate
Sanath Jayasuriya lbw b Dirk Nannes 0 1 0 0 0
Sachin Tendulkar (C) b Rajat Bhatia 46 41 8 0 112.2
JP Duminy c Dinesh Karthik b Dirk Nannes 9 6 2 0 150
Mohammad Ashraful c Dinesh Karthik b Pradeep Sangwan 2 10 0 0 20
Ajinkya Rahane c AB de Villiers b Pradeep Sangwan 56 41 5 2 136.59
Abhishek Nayar lbw b Avishkar Salvi 4 4 0 0 100
Pinal Shah (W) c & b Dirk Nannes 12 11 1 0 109.09
Harbhajan Singh not out 12 7 2 0 171.43
Lasith Malinga run out (Tillakaratne Dilshan) 0 0 0 0
Dhawal Kulkarni * not out 0 0 0 0
Rahil Shaikh
Extras: b – 6, w – 11, nb – 1, lb – 6 24
Total: (165 for 8 wickets in 20.0 overs) 165 Run Rate: 8.25

Fall of Wickets1-2 (Sanath Jayasuriya, 0.1), 2-21 (JP Duminy, 2.3), 3-28 (Mohammad Ashraful, 4.3), 4-101 (Sachin Tendulkar, 13.3), 5-106 (Abhishek Nayar, 14.2), 6-149 (Pinal Shah, 18.3), 7-155 (Ajinkya Rahane, 19.1), 8-159 (Lasith Malinga, 19.4)

Bowling (Delhi)Bowler O M R W nb wd R/O
Dirk Nannes 4 0 27 3 0 4 6.75
Avishkar Salvi 4 0 27 1 0 2 6.75
Pradeep Sangwan 4 0 28 2 0 3 7
Amit Mishra 4 0 42 0 1 0 10.5
Rajat Bhatia 4 0 29 1 0 1 7.25

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Delhi Daredevils

Batsmen Status Runs Balls 4s 6s S.Rate
Gautam Gambhir c Mohammad Ashraful b Lasith Malinga 47 38 7 0 123.68
David Warner c Mohammad Ashraful b Dhawal Kulkarni 15 9 1 1 166.67
Virender Sehwag (C) b Harbhajan Singh 50 27 5 2 185.19
Tillakaratne Dilshan c Pinal Shah b Harbhajan Singh 24 14 2 2 171.43
Rajat Bhatia b Harbhajan Singh 2 7 0 0 28.57
AB de Villiers c Abhishek Nayar b Harbhajan Singh 6 6 1 0 100
Dinesh Karthik (W) not out 0 1 0 0 0
Amit Mishra not out 13 4 1 1 325
Avishkar Salvi
Dirk Nannes
Pradeep Sangwan
Extras: b – 0, w – 8, nb – 1, lb – 0 9
Total: (166 for 6 wickets in 17.3 overs) 166 Run Rate: 9.49

Fall of Wickets1-36 (David Warner, 3.3), 2-104 (Gautam Gambhir, 11.1), 3-144 (Tillakaratne Dilshan, 14.2), 4-144 (Virender Sehwag, 14.3), 5-153 (AB de Villiers, 16.3), 6-153 (Rajat Bhatia, 16.4)

Bowling (Mumbai)Bowler O M R W nb wd R/O
Lasith Malinga 4 0 38 1 1 1 9.5
Dhawal Kulkarni 3 0 36 1 0 0 12
Rahil Shaikh 1 0 11 0 0 0 11
Harbhajan Singh 4 0 17 4 0 1 4.25
Abhishek Nayar 2 0 25 0 0 0 12.5
Sanath Jayasuriya 2 0 25 0 0 2 12.5
JP Duminy 1.3 0 14 0 0 0 9.33

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Chennai Super Kings beat Kings XI Punjab by 24 runs

admin — Wed, 20 May 2009 19:03:37 +0000

Chennai Super Kings beat Kings XI Punjab by 24 run in Match 54 of IPL T20 season 2 virtually eliminating them from the semi finals. Mahendra Singh Dhoni won the toss and decided to bat. All the Chennai Super Kings batsmen struggled with the bat and could only score 116/9 in 20 overs. It looked like an easy target for Kings XI Punjab but they lost wickets at regular intervals as pressure was applied by Dhoni and ended at only 92/8 in 20 overs. Muttiah Muralidaran, Ravichandran Ashwin and Suresh Raina had the best bowling figures for the Chennai Super Kings with figures of 2/8, 2/13 and 2/17 respectively. Muttiah Muralidaran was awarded the Man of the Match for his brilliant bowling performance.

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Chennai Super Kings

Batsmen Status Runs Balls 4s 6s S.Rate
George Bailey run out (Yuvraj Singh) 15 12 3 0 125
Parthiv Patel (W) b Ramesh Powar 32 23 4 1 139.13
Suresh Raina c Brett Lee b Wilkin Mota 20 21 2 0 95.24
Subramaniam Badrinath c Irfan Pathan b Sreesanth 4 9 0 0 44.44
MS Dhoni (C) b Sreesanth 2 2 0 0 100
Jacob Oram c & b Irfan Pathan 17 21 1 0 80.95
Manpreet Gony b Piyush Chawla 7 5 0 1 140
Ravichandran Ashwin c Luke Pomersbach b Irfan Pathan 8 15 1 0 53.33
Thilan Thushara run out (Simon Katich) 1 5 0 0 20
Lakshmipathy Balaji not out 2 6 0 0 33.33
Muttiah Muralidaran not out 1 1 0 0 100
Extras: b – 3, w – 2, nb – 0, lb – 2 7
Total: (116 for 9 wickets in 20.0 overs) 116 Run Rate: 5.8

Fall of Wickets1-40 (George Bailey, 4.5), 2-54 (Parthiv Patel, 6.5), 3-68 (Subramaniam Badrinath, 9.3), 4-70 (MS Dhoni, 9.5), 5-87 (Suresh Raina, 13.3), 6-96 (Manpreet Gony, 14.4), 7-105 (Jacob Oram, 17.4), 8-109 (Ravichandran Ashwin, 18), 9-114 (Thilan Thushara, 19.4)

Bowling (Mohali)Bowler O M R W nb wd R/O
Brett Lee 4 0 16 0 0 0 4
Irfan Pathan 4 0 32 2 0 1 8
Ramesh Powar 4 0 19 1 0 0 4.75
Sreesanth 4 0 23 2 0 1 5.75
Piyush Chawla 2 0 13 1 0 0 6.5
Wilkin Mota 2 0 8 1 0 0 4

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Kings XI Punjab

Batsmen Status Runs Balls 4s 6s S.Rate
Sunny Sohal c Parthiv Patel b Thilan Thushara 3 9 0 0 33.33
Simon Katich b Muttiah Muralidaran 8 13 1 0 61.54
Luke Pomersbach c Suresh Raina b Muttiah Muralidaran 26 32 1 1 81.25
Yuvraj Singh (C) b Suresh Raina 6 19 0 0 31.58
Kumar Sangakkara (W) c & b Ravichandran Ashwin 7 9 0 0 77.78
Wilkin Mota lbw b Ravichandran Ashwin 5 10 0 0 50
Irfan Pathan c Jacob Oram b Thilan Thushara 14 12 1 0 116.67
Brett Lee c Jacob Oram b Suresh Raina 6 7 1 0 85.71
Piyush Chawla not out 4 4 0 0 100
Ramesh Powar not out 7 5 1 0 140
Sreesanth
Extras: b – 0, w – 3, nb – 0, lb – 3 6
Total: (92 for 8 wickets in 20.0 overs) 92 Run Rate: 4.6

Fall of Wickets1-6 (Sunny Sohal, 1.5), 2-32 (Simon Katich, 6.5), 3-45 (Luke Pomersbach, 11.1), 4-49 (Yuvraj Singh, 12.4), 5-59 (Kumar Sangakkara, 15.1), 6-60 (Wilkin Mota, 15.3), 7-67 (Brett Lee, 16.5), 8-83 (Irfan Pathan, 18.5)

Bowling (Chennai)Bowler O M R W nb wd R/O
Manpreet Gony 2 0 9 0 0 0 4.5
Thilan Thushara 4 0 28 2 0 2 7
Muttiah Muralidaran 4 0 8 2 0 0 2
Ravichandran Ashwin 4 0 13 2 0 0 3.25
Suresh Raina 4 0 17 2 0 1 4.25
Lakshmipathy Balaji 2 0 14 0 0 0 7

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Kolkata Knight Riders end Rajasthan Royals semi final hopes

admin — Wed, 20 May 2009 18:54:32 +0000

Rajasthan Royals had to win this match in order to reach the semi finals of IPL T20 season 2 while Kolkata Knight Riders were playing for their pride as they were already out of the semis. Brendon McCullum won the toss and put Rajasthan Royals to bat. The Rajasthan Royals batsmen struggled once again with the bat and the Royals ended up at 101/9 in 20 overs. Charl Langeveldt was the pick of the bowlers for Kolkata Knight Riders with bowling figures of 3/15 in his 4 overs while playing his first match. Kolkata Knight Riders also kept on losing wickets when they came to bat but a valuable innings by Laxmi Shukla (48 off 46 balls) helped them reach 102/6 in 19.3 overs. Laxmi Shukla was awarded the Man of the Match for his useful knock and his bowling figures of 20 runs in 4 overs.

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Rajasthan Royals

Batsmen Status Runs Balls 4s 6s S.Rate
Naman Ojha (W) c Shoaib Shaikh b Charl Langeveldt 22 12 0 3 183.33
Rob Quiney c Shoaib Shaikh b Charl Langeveldt 1 2 0 0 50
Swapnil Asnodkar run out (Ashok Dinda) 4 6 1 0 66.67
Niraj Patel c Sourav Ganguly b Charl Langeveldt 14 22 1 0 63.64
Johan Botha b Ajit Agarkar 8 6 2 0 133.33
Yusuf Pathan run out (Laxmi Shukla) 9 15 1 0 60
Ravindra Jadeja b Sourav Sarkar 14 19 1 0 73.68
Tyron Henderson run out (David Hussey) 0 1 0 0 0
Shane Warne (C) b Ajit Agarkar 18 29 1 0 62.07
Munaf Patel not out 5 6 0 0 83.33
Amit Singh not out 1 2 0 0 50
Extras: b – 0, w – 3, nb – 0, lb – 2 5
Total: (101 for 9 wickets in 20.0 overs) 101 Run Rate: 5.05

Fall of Wickets1-22 (Rob Quiney, 1.1), 2-28 (Swapnil Asnodkar, 2.5), 3-28 (Naman Ojha, 3.3), 4-42 (Johan Botha, 5.3), 5-59 (Niraj Patel, 9.2), 6-62 (Yusuf Pathan, 10.5), 7-62 (Tyron Henderson, 11.2), 8-92 (Ravindra Jadeja, 17.2), 9-99 (Shane Warne, 19.3)

Bowling (Kolkata)Bowler O M R W nb wd R/O
Brad Hodge 1 0 22 0 0 0 22
Charl Langeveldt 4 0 15 3 0 1 3.75
Ashok Dinda 4 0 12 0 0 1 3
Ajit Agarkar 4 0 15 2 0 0 3.75
Sourav Sarkar 3 0 15 1 0 0 5
Laxmi Shukla 4 0 20 0 0 1 5

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Kolkata Knight Riders

Batsmen Status Runs Balls 4s 6s S.Rate
Brendon McCullum (C) lbw b Amit Singh 9 4 2 0 225
Sourav Ganguly c Ravindra Jadeja b Munaf Patel 0 3 0 0 0
Brad Hodge st Naman Ojha b Johan Botha 6 8 1 0 75
Yashpal Singh c Rob Quiney b Munaf Patel 6 20 0 0 30
David Hussey c Niraj Patel b Johan Botha 9 13 2 0 69.23
Laxmi Shukla not out 48 46 3 2 104.35
Shoaib Shaikh (W) run out (Yusuf Pathan) 6 7 1 0 85.71
Ajit Agarkar not out 13 17 0 0 76.47
Charl Langeveldt
Sourav Sarkar
Ashok Dinda
Extras: b – 2, w – 1, nb – 1, lb – 1 5
Total: (102 for 6 wickets in 19.3 overs) 102 Run Rate: 5.23

Fall of Wickets1-9 (Sourav Ganguly, 1), 2-9 (Brendon McCullum, 1.1), 3-21 (Yashpal Singh, 5), 4-30 (Brad Hodge, 7.1), 5-37 (David Hussey, 9.1), 6-45 (Shoaib Shaikh, 11.3)

Bowling (Jaipur)Bowler O M R W nb wd R/O
Munaf Patel 4 0 14 2 1 0 3.5
Amit Singh 3.3 0 19 1 0 0 5.43
Johan Botha 4 0 19 2 0 0 4.75
Shane Warne 4 0 24 0 0 1 6
Ravindra Jadeja 2 0 13 0 0 0 6.5
Tyron Henderson 2 0 10 0 0 0 5

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Bangalore Royal Challengers beat Delhi Daredevils by 7 wickets

admin — Tue, 19 May 2009 19:35:02 +0000

Match 52 of IPL T20 season 2 was a must win situation for Bangalore Royal Challengers to reach the semis while Delhi Daredevils were comfortably placed in the semi finals of IPL T20 season 2. Virender Sehwag won the toss and decided to bat. Delhi Daredevils batsmen struggled and the team only scored 134/7 in 20 overs. Bangalore Royal Challengers cruised to the target in 19 overs with valuable innings by Jacques Kallis (58 off 56 balls). Jacques Kallis was awarded the Man of the Match for his brilliant knock and for his bowling figures of 1/17 in 4 overs.

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Delhi Daredevils

Batsmen Status Runs Balls 4s 6s S.Rate
Gautam Gambhir c Ross Taylor b Jacques Kallis 27 19 3 1 142.11
Virender Sehwag (C) c Ross Taylor b Praveen Kumar 0 2 0 0 0
Mithun Manhas c Jacques Kallis b Praveen Kumar 0 2 0 0 0
AB de Villiers b Roelof van der Merwe 28 29 3 0 96.55
Dinesh Karthik (W) c Robin Uthappa b Praveen Kumar 31 29 1 0 106.9
Andrew McDonald b Anil Kumble 3 4 0 0 75
Yogesh Nagar c Robin Uthappa b Anil Kumble 20 20 1 0 100
Farveez Maharoof not out 18 13 0 0 138.46
Daniel Vettori * not out 4 2 0 0 200
Avishkar Salvi
Ashish Nehra
Extras: b – 0, w – 3, nb – 0, lb – 0 3
Total: (134 for 7 wickets in 20.0 overs) 134 Run Rate: 6.7

Fall of Wickets1-1 (Virender Sehwag, 0.3), 2-1 (Mithun Manhas, 0.5), 3-37 (Gautam Gambhir, 6), 4-65 (AB de Villiers, 10.3), 5-70 (Andrew McDonald, 11.3), 6-109 (Yogesh Nagar, 16.5), 7-114 (Dinesh Karthik, 17.5)

Bowling (Bangalore)Bowler O M R W nb wd R/O
Praveen Kumar 4 0 30 3 0 0 7.5
Jacques Kallis 4 0 17 1 0 0 4.25
Balachandra Akhil 2 0 20 0 0 0 10
Roelof van der Merwe 4 0 31 1 0 0 7.75
Anil Kumble 4 0 24 2 0 2 6
Virat Kohli 2 0 12 0 0 1 6

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Bangalore Royal Challengers

Batsmen Status Runs Balls 4s 6s S.Rate
Robin Uthappa c Dinesh Karthik b Ashish Nehra 1 5 0 0 20
Jacques Kallis not out 58 56 2 2 103.57
Rahul Dravid c & b Yogesh Nagar 38 34 4 0 111.76
Ross Taylor c Daniel Vettori b Yogesh Nagar 25 12 1 3 208.33
Mark Boucher (W) not out 10 9 1 0 111.11
Virat Kohli
Roelof van der Merwe
Praveen Kumar
Balachandra Akhil
Manish Pandey
Anil Kumble (C)
Extras: b – 0, w – 0, nb – 2, lb – 1 3
Total: (135 for 3 wickets in 19.0 overs) 135 Run Rate: 7.11

Fall of Wickets1-2 (Robin Uthappa, 1), 2-72 (Rahul Dravid, 12.3), 3-101 (Ross Taylor, 14.5)

Bowling (Delhi)Bowler O M R W nb wd R/O
Ashish Nehra 4 0 21 1 1 0 5.25
Avishkar Salvi 4 0 30 0 0 0 7.5
Farveez Maharoof 2 0 9 0 0 0 4.5
Andrew McDonald 3 0 22 0 0 0 7.33
Daniel Vettori 4 0 32 0 0 0 8
Yogesh Nagar 2 0 20 2 1 0 10

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Kolkata Knight Riders beat Chennai Super Kings in a thriller

admin — Tue, 19 May 2009 19:26:17 +0000

Kolkata Knight Riders had won only 1 match in IPL T20 season 2 and they were playing for their pride while Chennai Super Kings were well placed in the semi finals of IPL T20 season 2. Mahendra Singh Dhoni won the toss and decided to bat. Chennai Super Kings scored a huge total of 188/3 in 20 overs with the help of a good batting display by Suresh Raina (52 off 36 balls) and MS Dhoni (40 off 28 balls). Kolkata Knight Riders cruised to 189/3 in 20 overs as Brendon McCullum (81 off 48 balls) and Brad Hodge (71 of 44 balls) played blazing knocks guiding the Knight Riders to the victory. Brad Hodge was awarded the Man of the Match for his brilliant knock and his spell of 12 runs from 2 overs.

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Chennai Super Kings

Batsmen Status Runs Balls 4s 6s S.Rate
Parthiv Patel run out (Laxmi Shukla) 25 19 4 0 131.58
George Bailey run out (Brad Hodge) 30 27 4 0 111.11
Suresh Raina c Laxmi Shukla b Ashok Dinda 52 36 3 3 144.44
MS Dhoni (C) (W) not out 40 28 4 1 142.86
Albie Morkel not out 21 10 1 2 210
Subramaniam Badrinath
Jacob Oram
Shadab Jakati
Lakshmipathy Balaji
Muttiah Muralidaran
Sudeep Tyagi
Extras: b – 4, w – 13, nb – 0, lb – 3 20
Total: (188 for 3 wickets in 20.0 overs) 188 Run Rate: 9.4

Fall of Wickets1-59 (Parthiv Patel, 6.1), 2-78 (George Bailey, 9.1), 3-152 (Suresh Raina, 17)

Bowling (Kolkata)Bowler O M R W nb wd R/O
Ashok Dinda 4 0 29 1 0 0 7.25
Anureet Singh 1 0 12 0 0 2 12
Ajit Agarkar 4 0 45 0 0 5 11.25
Murali Kartik 3 0 27 0 0 1 9
Brad Hodge 2 0 12 0 0 0 6
Ajantha Mendis 4 0 38 0 0 0 9.5
David Hussey 2 0 18 0 0 1 9

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Kokata Knight Riders

Batsmen Status Runs Balls 4s 6s S.Rate
Brendon McCullum (C) b Shadab Jakati 81 48 11 3 168.75
Sourav Ganguly b Muttiah Muralidaran 4 14 0 0 28.57
Brad Hodge not out 71 44 4 4 161.36
David Hussey run out (MS Dhoni) 3 2 0 0 150
Wriddhiman Saha (W) not out 25 13 2 1 192.31
Laxmi Shukla
Ajit Agarkar
Murali Kartik
Ashok Dinda
Ajantha Mendis
Anureet Singh
Extras: b – 0, w – 0, nb – 1, lb – 4 5
Total: (189 for 3 wickets in 20.0 overs) 189 Run Rate: 9.45

Fall of Wickets1-34 (Sourav Ganguly, 4.4), 2-124 (Brendon McCullum, 14), 3-133 (David Hussey, 15.2)

Bowling (Chennai)Bowler O M R W nb wd R/O
Albie Morkel 3 0 39 0 1 0 13
Sudeep Tyagi 3 0 29 0 0 0 9.67
Muttiah Muralidaran 4 1 16 1 0 0 4
Shadab Jakati 4 0 36 1 0 0 9
Suresh Raina 3 0 25 0 0 0 8.33
Lakshmipathy Balaji 3 0 40 0 0 0 13.33

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