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Winners of IPL T20 season 1 Rajasthan Royals are not looking the same side this year. Kings XI Punjab beat Warne’s boys by 27 runs to score their second consecutive win in IPL T20 season 2 while Rajasthan Royals suffered their second consecutive defeat. Yuvraj Singh won the toss and decided to bat. The Rajasthan Royals bowlers bowled exceptionally well in the initial overs and the Kings XI Punjab were reduced to just 48/4 in 8.2 overs. But then Kumar Sangakkara (60 off 51 balls) and Irfan Pathan (39 off 33 balls) batted brilliantly to guide the team to a competitive total of 139/6 in their 20 overs. Amongst the Rajasthan bowlers, Kamran Khan and Munaf Patel bowled very well and finished at 2/15 and 2/24 respectively in their 4 overs. The target of 140 seemed quite easy but Rajasthan Royals had a severe batting collapse and ended with only 112/7 in their 20 overs. Shane Warne and Ravindra Jadeja did considerably well for the Rajasthan Royals batting while Yusuf Abdulla, Irfan Pathan and Piyush Chawla excelled with the ball. Kumar Sangakkara was declared the Man of the Match for his 60 runs.

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Kings XI Punjab

Batsmen Status Runs Balls 4s 6s S.Rate
Ravi Bopara c Munaf Patel b Kamran Khan 11 15 2 0 73.33
Karan Goel run out (Ravindra Jadeja) 0 0 0 0
Kumar Sangakkara (W) run out (Mahesh Rawat) 60 51 7 1 117.65
Yuvraj Singh (C) c Mahesh Rawat b Munaf Patel 2 3 0 0 66.67
Mahela Jayawardena c Kamran Khan b Munaf Patel 7 10 0 0 70
Irfan Pathan b Kamran Khan 39 33 2 2 118.18
Piyush Chawla not out 6 6 1 0 100
Wilkin Mota not out 1 2 0 0 50
Ramesh Powar
VRV Singh
Yusuf Abdulla
Extras: b - 2, w - 9, nb - 0, lb - 2 13
Total: (139 for 6 wickets in 20.0 overs) 139 Run Rate: 6.95

Fall of Wickets1-0 (Karan Goel, 0.1), 2-21 (Ravi Bopara, 4.1), 3-38 (Yuvraj Singh, 6.1), 4-48 (Mahela Jayawardena, 8.2), 5-123 (Irfan Pathan, 18.1), 6-130 (Kumar Sangakkara, 19)

Bowling (Jaipur)Bowler O M R W nb wd R/O
Kamran Khan 4 0 15 2 0 3 3.75
Dimitri Mascarenhas 4 0 29 0 0 0 7.25
Munaf Patel 4 0 24 2 0 1 6
Yusuf Pathan 4 0 30 0 0 4 7.5
Shane Warne 4 0 37 0 0 0 9.25

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Rajasthan Royals

Batsmen Status Runs Balls 4s 6s S.Rate
Swapnil Asnodkar c Ramesh Powar b Irfan Pathan 3 4 0 0 75
Graeme Smith c Kumar Sangakkara b Irfan Pathan 2 6 0 0 33.33
Rob Quiney c Kumar Sangakkara b Yusuf Abdulla 7 8 1 0 87.5
Yusuf Pathan c Karan Goel b Piyush Chawla 10 13 2 0 76.92
Dimitri Mascarenhas b Yusuf Abdulla 4 2 1 0 200
Ravindra Jadeja b Yusuf Abdulla 37 44 2 0 84.09
Abhishek Raut c Ramesh Powar b Piyush Chawla 1 4 0 0 25
Shane Warne (C) not out 34 33 3 0 103.03
Mahesh Rawat (W) not out 4 6 0 0 66.67
Munaf Patel
Kamran Khan
Extras: b - 0, w - 5, nb - 0, lb - 5 10
Total: (112 for 7 wickets in 20.0 overs) 112 Run Rate: 5.6

Fall of Wickets1-7 (Swapnil Asnodkar, 1.1), 2-9 (Graeme Smith, 1.5), 3-23 (Rob Quiney, 4.1), 4-27 (Dimitri Mascarenhas, 4.3), 5-36 (Yusuf Pathan, 6.4), 6-42 (Abhishek Raut, 8.4), 7-102 (Ravindra Jadeja, 18.1)

Bowling (Mohali)Bowler O M R W nb wd R/O
Ramesh Powar 2 0 10 0 0 1 5
Irfan Pathan 4 0 26 2 0 3 6.5
Yusuf Abdulla 4 0 21 3 0 1 5.25
VRV Singh 4 0 19 0 0 0 4.75
Piyush Chawla 4 0 22 2 0 0 5.5
Yuvraj Singh 2 0 9 0 0 0 4.5

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Kings XI Punjab were the semi-finalists in IPL T20 season 1 but this year they failed to impress with two consecutive losses in their first two matches. Rain was also not favorable and Preity Zinta’s team had matches affected by rain too. Bangalore Royal Challengers was not very impressive too under new captain Kevin Pietersen with two consecutive losses although they won their first match against Rajasthan Royals. Today’s 11th Match of IPL T20 season 2 was important for both sides. Pietersen won the toss and decided to bat but he was himself unimpressive once again and went off for a duck. However, some good batting by Jacques Kallis (62 off 46 balls), Ross Taylor (35 off 22 balls) and Jesse Ryder (32 off 21 balls) helped the Challengers to reach a total of 168/9 in 20 overs. Yusuf Abdulla and Irfan Pathan had the best bowling statistics for the Kings with 4/31 and 3/35 respectively. The Kings started their batting without taking much risks and Ravi Bopara (84 off 59 balls) steered the Kings XI Punjab to victory with valuable contributions from Yuvraj Singh (30 off 17 balls) and Kumar Sangakkara (26 off 18 balls) with one over to spare. Ravi Bopara was awarded the Man of the Match for his 84 runs off 59 balls.

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Bangalore Royal Challengers

Batsmen Status Runs Balls 4s 6s S.Rate
Jesse Ryder b Yusuf Abdulla 32 21 6 0 152.38
Robin Uthappa (W) c Yuvraj Singh b Irfan Pathan 0 1 0 0 0
Jacques Kallis c Mahela Jayawardena b Yusuf Abdulla 62 46 5 2 134.78
Kevin Pietersen (C) c Karan Goel b Yusuf Abdulla 0 2 0 0 0
Rahul Dravid c VRV Singh b Piyush Chawla 10 13 0 0 76.92
Ross Taylor c Mahela Jayawardena b Yusuf Abdulla 35 22 4 2 159.09
Virat Kohli c Ravi Bopara b VRV Singh 2 3 0 0 66.67
Praveen Kumar lbw b Irfan Pathan 13 7 0 1 185.71
Vinay Kumar not out 1 1 0 0 100
Pankaj Singh b Irfan Pathan 0 1 0 0 0
Anil Kumble not out 5 3 1 0 166.67
Extras: b - 4, w - 3, nb - 0, lb - 1 8
Total: (168 for 9 wickets in 20.0 overs) 168 Run Rate: 8.4

Fall of Wickets1-6 (Robin Uthappa, 1.1), 2-48 (Jesse Ryder, 5.2), 3-48 (Kevin Pietersen, 5.4), 4-73 (Rahul Dravid, 10.3), 5-134 (Jacques Kallis, 16.3), 6-142 (Virat Kohli, 17.4), 7-159 (Ross Taylor, 18.4), 8-162 (Praveen Kumar, 19.1), 9-162 (Pankaj Singh, 19.2)

Bowling (Mohali)Bowler O M R W nb wd R/O
Ranadeb Bose 2 0 24 0 0 0 12
Irfan Pathan 4 0 35 3 0 0 8.75
Yusuf Abdulla 4 0 31 4 0 3 7.75
Piyush Chawla 4 0 19 1 0 0 4.75
Yuvraj Singh 3 0 28 0 0 0 9.33
Ravi Bopara 1 0 4 0 0 0 4
VRV Singh 2 0 22 1 0 0 11

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Kings XI Punjab

Batsmen Status Runs Balls 4s 6s S.Rate
Ravi Bopara c Jesse Ryder b Jacques Kallis 84 59 4 5 142.37
Karan Goel run out (Vinay Kumar) 19 19 1 0 100
Kumar Sangakkara (W) c Pankaj Singh b Anil Kumble 26 18 2 1 144.44
Yuvraj Singh (C) not out 30 17 3 1 176.47
Mahela Jayawardena not out 1 1 0 0 100
Irfan Pathan
Wilkin Mota
Piyush Chawla
VRV Singh
Ranadeb Bose
Yusuf Abdulla
Extras: b - 1, w - 9, nb - 0, lb - 3 13
Total: (173 for 3 wickets in 19.0 overs) 173 Run Rate: 9.11

Fall of Wickets1-52 (Karan Goel, 6.4), 2-92 (Kumar Sangakkara, 12.3), 3-158 (Ravi Bopara, 18.1)

Bowling (Bangalore)Bowler O M R W nb wd R/O
Praveen Kumar 4 0 36 0 0 1 9
Pankaj Singh 2 0 20 0 0 2 10
Jacques Kallis 4 0 51 1 0 2 12.75
Vinay Kumar 1 0 4 0 0 0 4
Kevin Pietersen 2 0 16 0 0 0 8
Anil Kumble 4 0 19 1 0 0 4.75
Jesse Ryder 2 0 23 0 0 0 11.5

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Kolkata Knight Riders and Kings XI Punjab had both loss their first match and both of them wanted to open their points tally with this match. Kolkata won the toss and put Kings XI Punjab to bat.  With good batting from Irfan Pathan (32 off 17 balls), Yuvraj Singh (38 off 28 balls), Mahela Jayawardena (31 off 19 balls) and Kumar Sangakarra (26 off 24 balls), Punjab reached a competitive total of 158/6 in their 2o overs.  Sourav Ganguly was the best bowling figures for the Knight Riders picking up 4/24 in his 4 overs.  But KKR went off to a flier with Chris Gayle (44 off 26 balls) and Brendon Mccullum (21 off 16 balls) smashing the weak King XI bowling lineup for fours and sixes. Rain then interrupted the match but the results were in favour of Kolkata Knight Riders who won the match by D/L method. Chris Gayle was awarded the Man of the Match for his fiery innings of 44 off 26 balls.

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Mohali
Batsmen Status Runs Balls 4s 6s S.Rate
Ravi Bopara c Brendon McCullum b Sourav Ganguly 15 15 2 0 100
Karan Goel c Chris Gayle b Ishant Sharma 0 7 0 0 0
Irfan Pathan c Murali Kartik b Sourav Ganguly 32 17 5 1 188.24
Kumar Sangakkara (W) run out (Aakash Chopra) 26 24 2 0 108.33
Yuvraj Singh (C) c Yashpal Singh b Moises Henriques 38 28 3 2 135.71
Mahela Jayawardena * not out 31 19 3 1 163.16
Taruwar Kohli c Brendon McCullum b Ashok Dinda 1 4 0 0 25
Piyush Chawla not out 3 6 0 0 50
Vikramjeet Malik
VRV Singh
Yusuf Abdulla
Extras: b - 1, w - 11, nb - 0, lb - 0 12
Total: (158 for 6 wickets in 20.0 overs) 158 Run Rate: 7.9

Fall of Wickets1-9 (Karan Goel, 2.2), 2-47 (Irfan Pathan, 6.2), 3-48 (Ravi Bopara, 6.4), 4-104 (Kumar Sangakkara, 14.1), 5-122 (Yuvraj Singh, 15.4), 6-131 (Taruwar Kohli, 17.2)

Bowling (Kolkata)Bowler O M R W nb wd R/O
Ishant Sharma 4 0 24 1 0 0 6
Ashok Dinda 4 0 34 1 0 1 8.5
Moises Henriques 4 0 32 1 0 1 8
Sourav Ganguly 4 0 24 2 0 0 6
Laxmi Shukla 2 0 22 0 0 2 11
Chris Gayle 1 0 14 0 0 3 14
Murali Kartik 1 0 7 0 0 0 7

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Kolkata
Batsmen Status Runs Balls 4s 6s S.Rate
Brendon McCullum (C) (W) c Kumar Sangakkara b Vikramjeet Malik 21 16 1 2 131.25
Chris Gayle not out 44 26 2 4 169.23
Brad Hodge not out 10 14 0 0 71.43
Sourav Ganguly
Aakash Chopra
Yashpal Singh
Laxmi Shukla
Moises Henriques
Murali Kartik
Ishant Sharma
Ashok Dinda
Extras: b - 0, w - 4, nb - 0, lb - 0 4
Total: (79 for 1 wicket in 9.2 overs) 79 Run Rate: 8.46

Fall of Wickets1-57 (Brendon McCullum, 5.3)

Bowling (Mohali)Bowler O M R W nb wd R/O
Irfan Pathan 3 0 27 0 0 2 9
Yusuf Abdulla 2 0 20 0 0 2 10
Vikramjeet Malik 2 0 23 1 0 0 11.5
Piyush Chawla 2 0 8 0 0 0 4
Ravi Bopara 0.2 0 1 0 0 0 3

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Bollywood and Hollywood stars will attend the opening ceremony of the second season of IPL T20 if reports are to be believed. Hollywood actors Clint Eastwood and Morgan Freeman are likely to grace the opening ceremony on April 18 at Newlands alongside IPL franchise owners and Bollywood stars Shahrukh Khan, Preity Zinta and Shilpa Shetty. Last year’s runner-up Chennai Super Kings will play the opening match against Mumbai Indians while IPL season 1 winner Rajasthan Royals will take the challenge of Bangalore Royal Challengers in the second match subsequently on the same venue.

The match tickets for the opening for the opening matches will go on sale from April 3 and it has been kept modest and in terms with the 2007 ICC T20 Cricket World Cup. The tickets will start from Rand 50 for children, Rand 100 for a grass ticket and upto Rand 200 for a seat (1 South African Rand ~ 5.5 Indian National Rupees). According to Stadium Authorities, there is major interest amongst the public for the matches and so the ticket prices have been kept affordable.

To increase the maximum occupancy of stadiums the IPL schedule has been organized in such a way that the maximum amount of matches are played in Durban, Pretoria and Johannesburg which are cities with the largest Indian population. Out of the 56 games to be played in IPL T20 season 2, 33 games has been staged in these three venues.

Let us wait for the next two weeks to see if the South African people likes the mix dose of cricket, Bollywood, Hollywood and cheerleaders. But going by the way the organizers are working on the event, it might become a success this year too.