IPLT20CRICKET.NET

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.

Chennai Super Kings beat Kings XI Punjab by 24 run in Match 54 of IPL T20 season 2 virtually eliminating them from the semi finals. Mahendra Singh Dhoni won the toss and decided to bat. All the Chennai Super Kings batsmen struggled with the bat and could only score 116/9 in 20 overs. It looked like an easy target for Kings XI Punjab but they lost wickets at regular intervals as pressure was applied by Dhoni and ended at only 92/8 in 20 overs. Muttiah Muralidaran, Ravichandran Ashwin and Suresh Raina had the best bowling figures for the Chennai Super Kings with figures of 2/8, 2/13 and 2/17 respectively. Muttiah Muralidaran was awarded the Man of the Match for his brilliant bowling performance.

Full Scorecard

Chennai Super Kings

Batsmen Status Runs Balls 4s 6s S.Rate
George Bailey run out (Yuvraj Singh) 15 12 3 0 125
Parthiv Patel (W) b Ramesh Powar 32 23 4 1 139.13
Suresh Raina c Brett Lee b Wilkin Mota 20 21 2 0 95.24
Subramaniam Badrinath c Irfan Pathan b Sreesanth 4 9 0 0 44.44
MS Dhoni (C) b Sreesanth 2 2 0 0 100
Jacob Oram c & b Irfan Pathan 17 21 1 0 80.95
Manpreet Gony b Piyush Chawla 7 5 0 1 140
Ravichandran Ashwin c Luke Pomersbach b Irfan Pathan 8 15 1 0 53.33
Thilan Thushara run out (Simon Katich) 1 5 0 0 20
Lakshmipathy Balaji not out 2 6 0 0 33.33
Muttiah Muralidaran not out 1 1 0 0 100
Extras: b – 3, w – 2, nb – 0, lb – 2 7
Total: (116 for 9 wickets in 20.0 overs) 116 Run Rate: 5.8

Fall of Wickets1-40 (George Bailey, 4.5), 2-54 (Parthiv Patel, 6.5), 3-68 (Subramaniam Badrinath, 9.3), 4-70 (MS Dhoni, 9.5), 5-87 (Suresh Raina, 13.3), 6-96 (Manpreet Gony, 14.4), 7-105 (Jacob Oram, 17.4), 8-109 (Ravichandran Ashwin, 18), 9-114 (Thilan Thushara, 19.4)

Bowling (Mohali)Bowler O M R W nb wd R/O
Brett Lee 4 0 16 0 0 0 4
Irfan Pathan 4 0 32 2 0 1 8
Ramesh Powar 4 0 19 1 0 0 4.75
Sreesanth 4 0 23 2 0 1 5.75
Piyush Chawla 2 0 13 1 0 0 6.5
Wilkin Mota 2 0 8 1 0 0 4

Power Play
Power Play 1 Overs: 1-6

Kings XI Punjab

Batsmen Status Runs Balls 4s 6s S.Rate
Sunny Sohal c Parthiv Patel b Thilan Thushara 3 9 0 0 33.33
Simon Katich b Muttiah Muralidaran 8 13 1 0 61.54
Luke Pomersbach c Suresh Raina b Muttiah Muralidaran 26 32 1 1 81.25
Yuvraj Singh (C) b Suresh Raina 6 19 0 0 31.58
Kumar Sangakkara (W) c & b Ravichandran Ashwin 7 9 0 0 77.78
Wilkin Mota lbw b Ravichandran Ashwin 5 10 0 0 50
Irfan Pathan c Jacob Oram b Thilan Thushara 14 12 1 0 116.67
Brett Lee c Jacob Oram b Suresh Raina 6 7 1 0 85.71
Piyush Chawla not out 4 4 0 0 100
Ramesh Powar not out 7 5 1 0 140
Sreesanth
Extras: b – 0, w – 3, nb – 0, lb – 3 6
Total: (92 for 8 wickets in 20.0 overs) 92 Run Rate: 4.6

Fall of Wickets1-6 (Sunny Sohal, 1.5), 2-32 (Simon Katich, 6.5), 3-45 (Luke Pomersbach, 11.1), 4-49 (Yuvraj Singh, 12.4), 5-59 (Kumar Sangakkara, 15.1), 6-60 (Wilkin Mota, 15.3), 7-67 (Brett Lee, 16.5), 8-83 (Irfan Pathan, 18.5)

Bowling (Chennai)Bowler O M R W nb wd R/O
Manpreet Gony 2 0 9 0 0 0 4.5
Thilan Thushara 4 0 28 2 0 2 7
Muttiah Muralidaran 4 0 8 2 0 0 2
Ravichandran Ashwin 4 0 13 2 0 0 3.25
Suresh Raina 4 0 17 2 0 1 4.25
Lakshmipathy Balaji 2 0 14 0 0 0 7

Power Play
Power Play 1 Overs: 1-6