Chennai Super Kings emerged the champions of IPL yet again as they won the IPL 4 final by thrashing Bangalore Royal Challengers by 58 runs. Chennai Super Kings captain Mahendra Singh Dhoni won the toss and decided to bat. Murali Vijay played an awesome knock of 95 runs in 52 balls and was supported by Michael Hussey (63 runs off 45 balls) and Mahendra Singh Dhoni (22 runs in 13 balls) as CSK posted a massive 205/5 in 20 overs. Chris Gayle and S Aravind took 2 wickets each for RCB. In reply, Bangalore Royal Challengers kept on losing wickets ...
Paul Valthaty – journey from obscurity to national limelight
Paul Valthaty was an unknown name to the millions of cricket fans in India who follow the game very closely till a few days ago. He was included in the Kings XI Punjab team this year but many thought he got his chances in team as there were hardly any established stars in the Punjab team. His overall statistics were also not impressive without even a single first class match, only one List A match and a few T20 matches including a few appearances for Rajasthan Royals in the previous IPL seasons where he hardly scored anything noticeable. So, when ...
IPL announces final squads for IPL 2011 Season 4
All the 10 teams participating in IPL 2011 Season 4 including the two new entrants Sahara Pune Warriors and Kochi Tuskers Kerala have announced their final list of players in their respective teams. Out of the teams, Sahara Pune Warriors is the only team to have registered their full quota of 30 players in the squad. Delhi Daredevils were also close behind with 29 players while Kochi Tuskers Kerala, Deccan Chargers and Rajasthan Royals named 27 players each in their final squads. Royal Challengers Bangalore listed 25 players and Kings XI Punjab 23 players. Kolkata Knight Riders named the least ...
IPL 4 revised schedule
The schedule for IPL 4 has been revised taking into account the upcoming assembly elections in the five Indian states of West Bengal, Tamil Nadu, Kerala, Assam and Puducherry. Three out of the five states have an IPL team associated to one of their cities. Kolkata Knight Riders (KKR) has its base in the capital of West Bengal, Kolkata. Chennai Super King is based in the captal of Tamil Nadu, Chennai while Kochi Tuskers Kerala is based in Kochi in Kerala. The complete revised schedule of IPL 2011 season 4 is as follows:
April 8: 8pm – Chennai Super Kings vs ...
Players bought in IPL 4 auctions segregated by teams
We are listing the players bought in IPL 4 auctions segregated by IPL teams. This list also includes the players retained by their franchisees and is the total list of players bought by the respective teams till now. The list has been segregated both by teams as well as the prices of the players in descending order.
Delhi Daredevils
Irfan Pathan to Delhi Daredevils for $1.9 million.
Virender Sehwag retained by Delhi Daredevils for 1.8 million.
Umesh Yadav to Delhi for $750,000.
David Warner to Delhi Daredevils for $750,000.
Venugopal Rao to Delhi Daredevils for $700,000.
Morne Morkel to Delhi Daredevils for $475,000.
Ashok Dinda to Delhi Daredevils ...
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
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
Power Play
Power Play 1 Overs: 1-6
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
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
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
Power Play
Power Play 1 Overs: 1-6
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)
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
Power Play
Power Play 1 Overs: 1-6
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)
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
Power Play
Power Play 1 Overs: 1-6
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
