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Kings XI Punjab defeated Delhi Daredevils at the picturesque stadium at Dharamsala. Delhi Daredvils captain James Hopes won the toss and put KXIP to bat. Paul Valthaty (62 runs off 50 balls) and Shaun Marsh (46 runs off 28 balls) capitalized on the terrible fielding and catching of Delhi Daredevils today as they got numerous lives and took KXIP to 170/6 in 20 overs. Irfan Pathan took 3 wickets for Delhi Daredevils while Aavishkar Salvi took 2 wickets. In reply, DD started slowly and then kept on losing wickets as they ended up with 141/8 in 20 overs. Piyush Chawla took 3 wickets for KXIP while Shalabh Srivastava took 2 wickets. Piyush Chawla was awarded the Man of the Match for his 3 wickets for 16 runs in 4 overs.

Chennai Super Kings defeated Delhi Daredevils by 18 runs at Chepauk, Chennai. CSK captain MS Dhoni won the toss and decided to bat. Mahendra Singh Dhoni played a blistering knock of 63 runs not out off 31 balls and he was supported by Subramanium Badrinath who scored 55 runs off 43 balls as CSK posted 176/4 in 20 overs. In reply, Delhi Daredevils kept on losing wickets and Irfan Pathan was the lone ranger as he scored 44 not out off 34 balls as DD ended up at 158/6 in 20 overs. R Ashwin and Dwayne Bravo scalped 2 wickets apiece for CSK. Chennai skipper Dhoni was awarded the Man of the Match for his blistering knock.

Mumbai Indians defeated Delhi Daredevils by 32 runs at the Wankhede Stadium, Mumbai. DD captain Sehwag won the toss and put Mumbai Indians to bat. Ambati Rayudu (59 runs off 39 balls), Rohit Sharma (49 runs off 32 balls) and Adrien Blizzard (37 runs off 23 balls) helped MI score a massive total of 178/4 in 20 overs. In reply, Delhi Daredevils lost their top 4 in just 7 runs but James Hopes (55 runs off 44 balls), Venugopal Rao (37 runs off 27 balls) and Irfan Pathan (23 runs off 18 balls) helped them somewhat recover though DD finally got all out for 146 runs in 19.5 overs. Lasith Malinga, Munaf Patel, Harbhajan Singh and Keiron Pollard took 2 wickets each for the Mumbai Indians. Ambati Rayudu was awarded the Man of the Match for his knock and agility behind the stumps as well.

Kolkata Knight Riders had been losing almost all matches and it has been engulfed by controversies too in IPL 2. This match was very crucial for them to make in the semi finals of IPL T20 season 2. Brendon McCullum won the toss and elected to bat. Kolkata Knight Riders reached a score of 153/3 in 20 overs due to a brilliant innings by Brad Hodge (70 off 43 balls). Kings XI Punjab chased down the score quiet easily helped by Mahela Jayawardena’s innings of 52 runs off 41 balls and a lot of dropped catches by the KKR fielders. It went down to the last ball of the match and Punjab reached 154/4 in 20 overs. Mahela Jayawardena was awarded the Man of the Match for his brilliant innings.

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Kolkata Knight Riders

Batsmen Status Runs Balls 4s 6s S.Rate
Brendon McCullum (C) c Vikramjeet Malik b Piyush Chawla 19 31 1 0 61.29
Chris Gayle c Yuvraj Singh b Yusuf Abdulla 17 17 3 0 100
Brad Hodge not out 70 43 10 1 162.79
Sourav Ganguly c Kumar Sangakkara b Piyush Chawla 22 17 1 1 129.41
Morne van Wyk (W) not out 18 12 1 1 150
Laxmi Shukla
Wriddhiman Saha
Ajit Agarkar
Murali Kartik
Ishant Sharma
Ashok Dinda
Extras: b – 0, w – 4, nb – 0, lb – 3 7
Total: (153 for 3 wickets in 20.0 overs) 153 Run Rate: 7.65

Fall of Wickets1-23 (Chris Gayle, 4.4), 2-54 (Brendon McCullum, 10.3), 3-105 (Sourav Ganguly, 16)

Bowling (Mohali)Bowler O M R W nb wd R/O
Ramesh Powar 2 0 8 0 0 1 4
Irfan Pathan 4 0 37 0 0 1 9.25
Yusuf Abdulla 4 0 33 1 0 0 8.25
Vikramjeet Malik 4 0 23 0 0 0 5.75
Piyush Chawla 4 0 27 2 0 1 6.75
Yuvraj Singh 2 0 22 0 0 0 11

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Kings XI Punjab

Batsmen Status Runs Balls 4s 6s S.Rate
Sunny Sohal c Sourav Ganguly b Ajit Agarkar 25 17 0 3 147.06
Kumar Sangakkara (W) c Morne van Wyk b Ishant Sharma 0 2 0 0 0
Simon Katich c Wriddhiman Saha b Brad Hodge 34 28 3 1 121.43
Mahela Jayawardena not out 52 41 7 0 126.83
Yuvraj Singh (C) c Brad Hodge b Ishant Sharma 14 16 1 0 87.5
Irfan Pathan not out 19 16 2 0 118.75
Piyush Chawla
Ramesh Powar
Tanmay Srivastava
Vikramjeet Malik
Yusuf Abdulla
Extras: b – 0, w – 8, nb – 0, lb – 2 10
Total: (154 for 4 wickets in 20.0 overs) 154 Run Rate: 7.7

Fall of Wickets1-1 (Kumar Sangakkara, 0.5), 2-44 (Sunny Sohal, 5.1), 3-77 (Simon Katich, 9.2), 4-109 (Yuvraj Singh, 14.1)

Bowling (Kolkata)Bowler O M R W nb wd R/O
Ishant Sharma 4 0 27 2 0 0 6.75
Ashok Dinda 2 0 26 0 0 2 13
Chris Gayle 3 0 20 0 0 0 6.67
Ajit Agarkar 4 0 29 1 0 0 7.25
Laxmi Shukla 1 0 8 0 0 1 8
Sourav Ganguly 1 0 9 0 0 0 9
Brad Hodge 2 0 13 1 0 1 6.5
Murali Kartik 3 0 20 0 0 2 6.67

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