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Kochi Tuskers Kerala thrashed Delhi Daredevils by 7 runs with 5 overs remaining. Kochi captain Jayawardene won the toss and put Delhi Daredevils to bat. Venugopal Rao scored 40 runs off 36 balls and Trevis Birt scored 27 off 15 but none of the others clicked as Delhi ended up with a less than average total of 140/6 in 20 overs. Local Kerala boy and IPL debutant Prasanth Parameswaran took 2 wickets and Vinay Kumar also contributed with another couple. In reply, Kochi Tuskers Kerala cruised to 141/3 in just 15 overs with contributions from Brendon McCullum (37 runs off 19 balls), Parthiv Patel (37 runs n.o. off 31 balls) and Brad Hodge (24 n.o. off 13 balls). Debutant Prasanth Parameswaran was awarded the Man of the Match for 2 wickets for 29 runs in 4 overs.

Sachin Tendulkar scored his maiden IPL century today as he played a captain’s knock to guide the team to 182/2 in 20 overs. But Kochi Tuskers Kerala did the unbelievable and pulled up a huge upset against the Mumbai Indians on their home ground as they won with 6 balls to spare. KTK captain Mahela Jayawardena won the toss and put Mumbai Indians to bat. Sachin scored 100 runs off only 66 balls and Ambati Rayudu scored 53 off merely 33 balls as they set KTK a target of 183 runs to win. But the two experienced campaigners Brendon McCullum (81 runs off 60 balls) and Mahela Jayawardena (56 runs off 36 balls) gave the team a brilliant start as they put on a partnership of 128 runs for the first wicket. After their fall, Ravindra Jadeja (25 runs off 11 balls) and Brad Hodge (11 runs off 7 balls) also contributed as Kochi Tuskers Kerala reached 184/2 in just 19 overs. Lasith Malinga took both the KTK wickets but was extremely expensive as he got hammered 42 runs off his 4 overs. Brendon McCullum was awarded the Man of the Match for his blazing innings.

Royal Challengers Bangalore defeated debutant IPL team Kochi Tuskers Kerala on their home ground by 6 wickets with 8 balls to spare in a high scoring game. Kochi Tuskers Kerala skipper Mahela Jayawardena won the toss and decided to bat. Royal Challengers Bangalore were headed by their new captain Daniel Vettori at the toss. Brendon McCullum (45 runs off 32 balls) and VVS Laxman (36 runs off 29 balls) provided a blazing start as they scored 80 runs in merely 9 overs for the opening stand before VVS departed. They then lost the momentum and Jayawardena (18 runs off 18 balls), Brad Hodge (27 runs off 21 balls) and Ravindra Jadeja (23 not out off 16 balls) contributed as they scored 161/5 in 20 overs. In reply, Royal Challengers Bangalore managed to keep the required run rate under control though they lost wickets at regular intervals. India’s recent U-19 sensation Mayank Agarwal scored a brisk 33 runs off 24 balls including a first ball 6 off Muralitharan while Virat Kohli and Saurabh Tiwary scored 23 runs off 18 balls and 26 runs off 24 balls respectively. But it was AB de Villiers who steadied the innings and scored a match winning 54 runs off 40 balls though debutant Asad Pathan also came to the party too as he scored 3 fours in his short innings of 4 balls as he hit the winning runs. AB De Villiers was adjudged the Man of the Match for his brilliant.

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.

Full Scorecard

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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