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 ...
Gautam Gambhir, the Delhi Daredevils’ captain for the match won the toss and put Kolkata Knight Riders to bat. Sourav Ganguly (44 off 45 balls) and Ajit Agarkar (39 off 29 balls) top scored as Kolkata could only reach 123/8 in 20 overs. Amit Mishra (3/14), Ashish Nehra (2/29) and Dirk Nannes (2/15) were good for the Delhi Daredevils with the ball. Delhi Daredevils cruised to 125/3 in 17.1 overs guided by useful knocks from AB de Villiers (40 off 32 balls) and David Warner (36 off 23 balls). Amit Mishra was awarded the Man of the Match for his brilliant bowling.
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Kolkata Knight Riders
Batsmen Status Runs Balls 4s 6s S.Rate
Brendon McCullum (C) lbw b Ashish Nehra 6 3 0 1 200
Sourav Ganguly c David Warner b Dirk Nannes 44 45 1 2 97.78
Brad Hodge c AB de Villiers b Ashish Nehra 0 3 0 0 0
Morne van Wyk (W) c Rajat Bhatia b Dirk Nannes 0 2 0 0 0
Yashpal Singh c Rajat Bhatia b Amit Mishra 13 20 2 0 65
Wriddhiman Saha c Dinesh Karthik b Amit Mishra 0 1 0 0 0
Moises Henriques st Dinesh Karthik b Amit Mishra 2 8 0 0 25
Ajit Agarkar c Mithun Manhas b Pradeep Sangwan 39 29 3 2 134.48
Murali Kartik * not out 11 10 0 0 110
Ishant Sharma
Sourav Sarkar
Extras: b – 0, w – 5, nb – 1, lb – 2 8
Total: (123 for 8 wickets in 20.0 overs) 123 Run Rate: 6.15
Bowling (Delhi)Bowler O M R W nb wd R/O
Ashish Nehra 4 0 29 2 0 2 7.25
Dirk Nannes 4 0 15 2 0 2 3.75
Pradeep Sangwan 3 0 32 1 0 1 10.67
Tillakaratne Dilshan 4 0 18 0 0 0 4.5
Amit Mishra 4 0 14 3 1 0 3.5
Rajat Bhatia 1 0 13 0 0 0 13
Power Play
Power Play 1 Overs: 1-6
Delhi Daredevils
Batsmen Status Runs Balls 4s 6s S.Rate
Gautam Gambhir (C) c Brad Hodge b Moises Henriques 18 24 3 0 75
David Warner c Morne van Wyk b Ishant Sharma 36 23 5 1 156.52
AB de Villiers not out 40 32 5 0 125
Tillakaratne Dilshan c Moises Henriques b Ishant Sharma 1 2 0 0 50
Dinesh Karthik (W) not out 17 22 0 0 77.27
Mithun Manhas
Rajat Bhatia
Amit Mishra
Pradeep Sangwan
Ashish Nehra
Dirk Nannes
Extras: b – 2, w – 6, nb – 0, lb – 5 13
Total: (125 for 3 wickets in 17.1 overs) 125 Run Rate: 7.28
Fall of Wickets1-53 (Gautam Gambhir, 6.4), 2-66 (David Warner, 8.3), 3-69 (Tillakaratne Dilshan, 9)
In Match 38 of IPL T20 season 2, Sachin Tendulkar won the toss and elected to bat. J P Duminy (59 off 41 balls) and Ajinkya Rahane (62 off 49 balls) guided Mumbai Indians to 157/2 in 20 overs. Bangalore Royal Challengers lost too many wickets early on and even a 48 runs off 33 balls by Mark Boucher could not save them from defeat as they scored only 141/7 in 20 overs. J P Duminy was awarded the Man of the Match for his brilliant knock.
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Mumbai Indians
Batsmen Status Runs Balls 4s 6s S.Rate
Sanath Jayasuriya lbw b Roelof van der Merwe 29 27 4 0 107.41
Sachin Tendulkar (C) c Mark Boucher b Vinay Kumar 0 3 0 0 0
Ajinkya Rahane not out 62 49 4 1 126.53
JP Duminy * not out 59 41 2 3 143.9
Abhishek Nayar
Dwayne Bravo
Harbhajan Singh
Yogesh Vijay Takawale (W)
Chetanya Nanda
Dhawal Kulkarni
Lasith Malinga
Extras: b – 0, w – 7, nb – 0, lb – 0 7
Total: (157 for 2 wickets in 20.0 overs) 157 Run Rate: 7.85
Fall of Wickets1-5 (Sachin Tendulkar, 1.3), 2-53 (Sanath Jayasuriya,
Bowling (Bangalore)Bowler O M R W nb wd R/O
Jacques Kallis 3 0 23 0 0 3 7.67
Vinay Kumar 4 0 30 1 0 1 7.5
Abhmanyu Mithun 4 0 42 0 0 3 10.5
Anil Kumble 4 0 32 0 0 0 8
Roelof van der Merwe 3 0 17 1 0 0 5.67
Kotarangada Appanna 2 0 13 0 0 0 6.5
Power Play
Power Play 1 Overs: 1-6
Bangalore Royal Challengers
Batsmen Status Runs Balls 4s 6s S.Rate
Jacques Kallis c Dhawal Kulkarni b Dwayne Bravo 12 10 2 0 120
Virat Kohli c JP Duminy b Chetanya Nanda 20 22 4 0 90.91
Robin Uthappa c Sachin Tendulkar b Dhawal Kulkarni 4 5 1 0 80
Ross Taylor b Lasith Malinga 16 16 0 1 100
Rahul Dravid run out (Lasith Malinga) 10 12 0 0 83.33
Mark Boucher (W) not out 48 33 1 2 145.45
Roelof van der Merwe st Yogesh Vijay Takawale b Harbhajan Singh 3 4 0 0 75
Vinay Kumar st Yogesh Vijay Takawale b Harbhajan Singh 7 12 0 0 58.33
Anil Kumble (C) not out 7 6 1 0 116.67
Kotarangada Appanna
Abhmanyu Mithun
Extras: b – 0, w – 8, nb – 0, lb – 6 14
Total: (141 for 7 wickets in 20.0 overs) 141 Run Rate: 7.05
Fall of Wickets1-23 (Jacques Kallis, 3.5), 2-31 (Robin Uthappa, 4.5), 3-40 (Virat Kohli, 6.3), 4-58 (Rahul Dravid, 9.5), 5-73 (Ross Taylor, 11.5), 6-90 (Roelof van der Merwe, 13.1), 7-114 (Vinay Kumar, 17.2)
In Match 37 of IPL 2, Shane Warne won the toss and decided to bat. Rajasthan Royals lost wickets are regular intervals and could only score 140/7 in 20 overs. Chennai Super Kings won the match easily as Matthew Hayden (48 off 44 balls) and Subramaniam Badrinath (59 off 41 bals) topped the batting charts for them. Subramaniam Badrinath was awarded the Man of the Match for his knock.
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Rajasthan Royals
Batsmen Status Runs Balls 4s 6s S.Rate
Graeme Smith st MS Dhoni b Muttiah Muralidaran 30 33 2 0 90.91
Naman Ojha (W) b Albie Morkel 0 2 0 0 0
Swapnil Asnodkar lbw b Muttiah Muralidaran 26 25 3 1 104
Ravindra Jadeja c Suresh Raina b Lakshmipathy Balaji 27 19 3 1 142.11
Yusuf Pathan c Jacob Oram b Shadab Jakati 7 11 0 1 63.64
Lee Carseldine run out (Lakshmipathy Balaji) 9 8 1 0 112.5
Abhishek Raut st MS Dhoni b Shadab Jakati 7 5 0 1 140
Shane Warne (C) * not out 21 11 2 1 190.91
Shane Harwood not out 6 7 0 0 85.71
Siddharth Trivedi
Amit Singh
Extras: b – 0, w – 1, nb – 1, lb – 5 7
Total: (140 for 7 wickets in 20.0 overs) 140 Run Rate: 7
Batsmen Status Runs Balls 4s 6s S.Rate
Murali Vijay lbw b Siddharth Trivedi 10 12 0 1 83.33
Matthew Hayden st Naman Ojha b Shane Warne 48 44 4 1 109.09
Suresh Raina c Lee Carseldine b Amit Singh 13 11 1 1 118.18
Subramaniam Badrinath not out 59 41 9 1 143.9
Jacob Oram not out 1 2 0 0 50
MS Dhoni (C) (W)
Albie Morkel
Lakshmipathy Balaji
Shadab Jakati
Muttiah Muralidaran
Sudeep Tyagi
Extras: b – 0, w – 8, nb – 0, lb – 2 10
Total: (141 for 3 wickets in 18.2 overs) 141 Run Rate: 7.69
Fall of Wickets1-19 (Murali Vijay, 3), 2-37 (Suresh Raina, 6), 3-126 (Matthew Hayden, 16.5)
Bowling (Jaipur)Bowler O M R W nb wd R/O
Yusuf Pathan 4 0 28 0 0 1 7
Amit Singh 3 0 25 1 0 0 8.33
Siddharth Trivedi 3 0 23 1 0 1 7.67
Shane Harwood 2 0 22 0 0 1 11
Shane Warne 4 0 27 1 0 3 6.75
Ravindra Jadeja 2.2 0 14 0 0 0 6
Kings XI Punjab beat Deccan Chargers by 3 wickets in 36th Match of IPL 2. Yuvraj Singh won the toss and decided to bowl. Andrew Symonds (60 off 36 balls) making his first appearance in IPL 2 helped Deccan Chargers reach 168/5 in 20 overs. Kings XI Punjab lost wickets at regular intervals but they did not let the required run rate to go up and they ended up winning in the second last ball of the match. Mahela Jayawardena scored 43 off 28 balls leading the batting charts for KXIP as they reached 169/7 in 19.5 overs. Mahela Jaywardena was also awarded the Man of the Match.
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Deccan Chargers
Batsmen Status Runs Balls 4s 6s S.Rate
Adam Gilchrist (C) (W) c Ramesh Powar b Sreesanth 20 16 3 1 125
Herschelle Gibbs c Mahela Jayawardena b Piyush Chawla 13 13 1 0 100
Tirumalsetti Suman c Mahela Jayawardena b Wilkin Mota 27 17 1 2 158.82
Rohit Sharma c Kumar Sangakkara b Brett Lee 9 15 1 0 60
Andrew Symonds * not out 60 36 2 4 166.67
Venugopal Rao run out (Simon Katich) 32 25 1 2 128
Dwaraka Ravi Teja
Ryan Harris
Pragyan Ojha
RP Singh
Shoaib Ahmed
Extras: b – 0, w – 3, nb – 2, lb – 2 7
Total: (168 for 5 wickets in 20.0 overs) 168 Run Rate: 8.4
Bowling (Mohali)Bowler O M R W nb wd R/O
Brett Lee 4 0 24 1 1 2 6
Irfan Pathan 4 0 42 0 0 1 10.5
Sreesanth 4 0 37 1 0 0 9.25
Piyush Chawla 3 0 26 1 0 0 8.67
Wilkin Mota 4 0 26 1 1 0 6.5
Yuvraj Singh 1 0 11 0 0 0 11
Power Play
Power Play 1 Overs: 1-6
Kings XI Punjab
Batsmen Status Runs Balls 4s 6s S.Rate
Sunny Sohal c Venugopal Rao b Rohit Sharma 30 17 4 1 176.47
Simon Katich c Venugopal Rao b Rohit Sharma 9 11 1 0 81.82
Kumar Sangakkara (W) b Shoaib Ahmed 25 18 1 1 138.89
Yuvraj Singh (C) c Adam Gilchrist b Shoaib Ahmed 18 14 1 1 128.57
Mahela Jayawardena run out (Dwaraka Ravi Teja) 43 28 1 3 153.57
Irfan Pathan c Shoaib Ahmed b Tirumalsetti Suman 10 12 1 0 83.33
Wilkin Mota run out (Herschelle Gibbs) 3 4 0 0 75
Brett Lee not out 14 10 0 1 140
Piyush Chawla not out 8 6 1 0 133.33
Ramesh Powar
Sreesanth
Extras: b – 0, w – 3, nb – 0, lb – 6 9
Total: (169 for 7 wickets in 19.5 overs) 169 Run Rate: 8.52
