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Paul Valthaty rose to national prominence from streets of oblivion when he hit a blazing century at Mohali a couple of days ago. But nobody imagined that he would not only shine in the next match itself but also proved himself as an all rounder too as he took 4 wickets for 29 runs and scored 75 runs off 45 balls as Kings XI Punjab demolished Deccan Chargers by 8 wickets with more than 2 overs remaining. Kings XI Punjab captain Adam Gilchrist won the toss at his former home ground Hyderabad and put Deccan Chargers to bat. Shikhar Dhawan (45 runs off 36 balls), Kumar Sangakkara (35 runs off 28 balls) and Daniel Christian (30 runs off 14 balls) contributed as Deccan Chargers scored 165/8 in 20 overs. Ryan McLaren also scalped 2 wickets with Valthaty taking 4. Kings XI Punjab in reply went off to a flyer and the first wicket partnership between Adam Gilchrist (61 runs off 46 balls) and Paul Valthaty (75 runs off 47 balls) of 136 runs in just 14 overs already took the game away from Deccan Chargers. Abhishek Nayar hit a few blows as Kings XI Punjab reached 166/2 in 17.4 overs. Amit Mishra took both the wickets for Chargers but it was too late for any competition. Paul Valthaty was awarded the Man of the Match for his brilliant knock.

Paul Valthaty

Match 45 of IPL T20 season 2 was very important for both Rajasthan Royals and Mumbai Indians as a win would almost bring them near the semis while a defeat would virtually end their hope of securing a semi-final berth. Shane Warne won the toss and decided to bat. Rob Quiney (51 off 40 balls) and Ravindra Jadeja (42 off 32 balls) batted brilliantly but the rest of the batsmen could not capitalize after their departure and they ended at 145/7 in their 20 overs. Mumbai Indains did not get a good start in their first six overs as a result of a major shuffling of the batting order where domestic Indian players were sent instead of the seniors. The required run rate kept of increasing and Mumbai Indians kept on losing wickets steadily under the pressure of scoring big runs. Even some good hitting by Sachin Tendulkar (40 off 30 balls) and Abhishek Nayar (35 off 18 balls) could not save the Mumbai Indians as they lost out all wickets in 19.5 overs. It was a trilling match and the death overs were nerve-wrecking as Rajasthan Royals managed to pull out a win even when 5 runs were only required in the last over with 3 wickets left. Shane Warne was awarded the Man of the Match for his brilliant and crucial spell of 3 wickets for 24 runs.

Full Scorecard

Rajasthan Royals

Batsmen Status Runs Balls 4s 6s S.Rate
Rob Quiney b Lasith Malinga 51 40 5 2 127.5
Graeme Smith c JP Duminy b Harbhajan Singh 19 19 3 0 100
Yusuf Pathan c Lasith Malinga b Chetanya Nanda 17 14 3 0 121.43
Ravindra Jadeja c Dwayne Bravo b Sanath Jayasuriya 42 32 4 1 131.25
Siddharth Chitnis c Abhishek Nayar b Dwayne Bravo 6 8 1 0 75
Naman Ojha (W) c Ajinkya Rahane b Sanath Jayasuriya 1 4 0 0 25
Johan Botha not out 2 3 0 0 66.67
Shane Warne (C) run out (Harbhajan Singh) 0 0 0 0
Abhishek Raut
Siddharth Trivedi
Munaf Patel
Extras: b – 0, w – 4, nb – 0, lb – 3 7
Total: (145 for 7 wickets in 20.0 overs) 145 Run Rate: 7.25

Fall of Wickets1-43 (Graeme Smith, 6.3), 2-65 (Yusuf Pathan, 9.5), 3-126 (Rob Quiney, 15.5), 4-141 (Siddharth Chitnis, 18.3), 5-142 (Ravindra Jadeja, 19.1), 6-144 (Naman Ojha, 19.4), 7-145 (Shane Warne, 20)

Bowling (Mumbai)Bowler O M R W nb wd R/O
Dhawal Kulkarni 4 0 29 0 0 1 7.25
Lasith Malinga 4 0 28 1 0 1 7
Dwayne Bravo 3 0 30 1 0 2 10
JP Duminy 3 0 17 0 0 0 5.67
Harbhajan Singh 4 0 31 1 0 0 7.75
Chetanya Nanda 1 0 4 1 0 0 4
Sanath Jayasuriya 1 0 3 2 0 0 3

Power Play
Power Play 1 Overs: 1-6

Mumbai Indians

Batsmen Status Runs Balls 4s 6s S.Rate
Dwayne Bravo c & b Munaf Patel 1 3 0 0 33.33
Yogesh Vijay Takawale (W) c Naman Ojha b Siddharth Trivedi 18 22 2 0 81.82
Ajinkya Rahane c Abhishek Raut b Shane Warne 3 7 0 0 42.86
Sanath Jayasuriya c Yusuf Pathan b Shane Warne 16 21 0 0 76.19
Sachin Tendulkar (C) lbw b Shane Warne 40 30 4 1 133.33
JP Duminy b Siddharth Trivedi 4 5 0 0 80
Abhishek Nayar run out (Naman Ojha) 35 18 4 1 194.44
Harbhajan Singh not out 7 8 0 0 87.5
Dhawal Kulkarni lbw b Munaf Patel 1 4 0 0 25
Chetanya Nanda run out (Yusuf Pathan) 0 1 0 0 0
Lasith Malinga run out (Shane Warne) 0 1 0 0 0
Extras: b – 0, w – 14, nb – 1, lb – 3 18
Total: (143 for 10 wickets in 19.5 overs) 143 Run Rate: 7.21

Fall of Wickets1-9 (Dwayne Bravo, 1.3), 2-23 (Ajinkya Rahane, 5), 3-23 (Yogesh Vijay Takawale, 5.2), 4-56 (Sanath Jayasuriya, 11.1), 5-76 (JP Duminy, 13.1), 6-103 (Sachin Tendulkar, 15.3), 7-140 (Abhishek Nayar, 18.4), 8-142 (Dhawal Kulkarni, 19.2), 9-142 (Chetanya Nanda, 19.3), 10-143 (Lasith Malinga, 19.5)

Bowling (Jaipur)Bowler O M R W nb wd R/O
Yusuf Pathan 3 0 25 0 0 1 8.33
Munaf Patel 3.5 0 22 2 0 0 5.74
Siddharth Trivedi 4 0 19 2 1 0 4.75
Shane Warne 4 0 24 3 0 3 6
Johan Botha 4 0 32 0 0 2 8
Ravindra Jadeja 1 0 18 0 0 1 18

Power Play
Power Play 1 Overs: 1-6

Mumbai Indians had a lot of expectations running on them with a brilliant combination of batsmen and bowlers in their team. But Chennai Super Kings also have a deadly match and so the IPL T20 season 2 opener was bound to become an excellent clash. Mumbai Indians were put to bat by Dhoni after he won the toss. Jayasuriya and Sachin Tendulkar started the proceedings although they were finding it a bit tough initially. But they played consistently with Sachin Tendulkar (59 off 49 balls), Jayasuriya (26 off 20 balls), Shikhar Dhawan (22 off 21 balls) and Abhishek Nayar (35 off 14 balls) playing the major roles. Mumbai Indians closed at 165 for 7 wickets in their 20 overs. The highlight of the Mumbai Indians innings was three sixes off Flintoff’s over by Abhishek Nayyar. Chennai Super Kings had a terrible start with Parthiv Patel out in the second ball. Matthew Hayden (44 off 35 balls), Dhoni (36 off 26 balls) and Flintoff (24 off 23 balls) were the main contributions from the Chennai Super Kings side but those were not enough. Chennai Super Kings fell short of the target of 166 and closed their innings at 146/7 after 20 overs.

Sachin Tendulkar was declared the Man of the Match while Abhishek Nayar got the maximum sixes award. The match was the perfect start to the IPL T20 season 2. The fun begins

This is the full scorecard

Batsmen Status Runs Balls 4s 6s S.Rate
Sanath Jayasuriya c Matthew Hayden b Thilan Thushara 26 20 5 0 130
Sachin Tendulkar (C) not out 59 49 7 0 120.41
Shikhar Dhawan c MS Dhoni b Manpreet Gony 22 21 2 0 104.76
JP Duminy c & b Manpreet Gony 9 7 1 0 128.57
Dwayne Bravo c Matthew Hayden b Joginder Sharma 5 4 1 0 125
Abhishek Nayar c Thilan Thushara b Jacob Oram 35 14 2 3 250
Harbhajan Singh run out (Jacob Oram) 4 2 1 0 200
Zaheer Khan c Ravichandran Ashwin b Andrew Flintoff 2 3 0 0 66.67
Pinal Shah (W) not out 0 0 0 0
Lasith Malinga
Rohan Raje
Extras: b – 1, w – 1, nb – 0, lb – 1 3
Total: (165 for 7 wickets in 20.0 overs) 165 Run Rate: 8.25

Fall of Wickets1-39 (Sanath Jayasuriya, 5.5), 2-82 (Shikhar Dhawan, 11.4), 3-95 (JP Duminy, 13.3), 4-102 (Dwayne Bravo, 14.3), 5-148 (Abhishek Nayar, 18.1), 6-157 (Harbhajan Singh, 19), 7-161 (Zaheer Khan, 19.5)

Bowling (Chennai)Bowler O M R W nb wd R/O
Manpreet Gony 4 0 32 2 0 1 8
Thilan Thushara 4 0 32 1 0 0 8
Andrew Flintoff 4 0 44 1 0 0 11
Jacob Oram 4 0 30 1 0 0 7.5
Joginder Sharma 4 0 25 1 0 0 6.25

Power Play
Power Play 1 Overs: 1-6

Chennai
Batsmen Status Runs Balls 4s 6s S.Rate
Parthiv Patel (W) c Sachin Tendulkar b Lasith Malinga 0 2 0 0 0
Matthew Hayden c Zaheer Khan b Sanath Jayasuriya 44 35 6 1 125.71
Suresh Raina c Rohan Raje b Dwayne Bravo 8 9 1 0 88.89
Andrew Flintoff c & b Harbhajan Singh 24 23 3 1 104.35
MS Dhoni (C) b Lasith Malinga 36 26 1 2 138.46
Jacob Oram c Pinal Shah b Sanath Jayasuriya 8 6 0 1 133.33
Subramaniam Badrinath c Dwayne Bravo b Lasith Malinga 0 2 0 0 0
Joginder Sharma not out 16 15 0 1 106.67
Thilan Thushara not out 1 2 0 0 50
Manpreet Gony
Ravichandran Ashwin
Extras: b – 0, w – 3, nb – 0, lb – 6 9
Total: (146 for 7 wickets in 20.0 overs) 146 Run Rate: 7.3

Fall of Wickets1-0 (Parthiv Patel, 0.2), 2-18 (Suresh Raina, 2.5), 3-70 (Andrew Flintoff, 9.5), 4-89 (Matthew Hayden, 12.4), 5-101 (Jacob Oram, 14.3), 6-109 (Subramaniam Badrinath, 15.3), 7-144 (MS Dhoni, 19.4)

Bowling (Mumbai)Bowler O M R W nb wd R/O
Lasith Malinga 4 0 15 3 0 2 3.75
Zaheer Khan 4 0 34 0 0 0 8.5
Dwayne Bravo 4 0 27 1 0 1 6.75
Rohan Raje 1 0 15 0 0 0 15
Harbhajan Singh 3 0 15 1 0 0 5
Sanath Jayasuriya 4 0 34 2 0 0 8.5