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Kolkata Knight Riders defeated Rajasthan Royals convincingly at their home fortress Jaipur with 9 balls to spare. Kolkata Knight Riders captain Gautam Gambhir won the toss and put Rajasthan Royals into bat. Both the teams got more class coming into the team as Aussie pacer Brett Lee and Bangladesh captain and all rounder Shakib-Al-Hasan joined the KKR team while Aussie all rounder Shane Watson joined the Royals. However, Rajasthan Royals did not open with Watson which was quite amazing as he is a regular opener and was in current form recently including his 16 sixes in a match of the Aussie-Bangla ODI series. Rahul Dravid (35 runs off 34 balls), Ashok Menaria (27 runs off 21 balls), Ross Taylor (35 runs off 25 balls) and Shane Watson (22 runs off 13 balls) contributed as Rajasthan Royals reached a competitive total of 159/4 in their 20 overs. Shakib and Yusuf Pathan took two wickets each for KKR. Kolkata Knight Riders in reply cruised to 160 in just 18.3 overs losing just 1 wicket as Jacques Kallis (80 runs off 65 balls) and Gautam Gambhir (75 runs off 44 balls) thrashed the Rajasthan bowlers. Gambhir was also awarded the Man of the Match for his knock.

Deccan Chargers have never won a match at their home ground Hyderabad and the jinx seemed to continue. Rajasthan Royals seasoned skipper Shane Warne won the toss and opted to field. Shikhar Dhawan and Ishank Jaggi opened the batting for Deccan Chargers and scored 24 and 25 runs respectively. But they kept losing wickets at regular intervals though some last minute efforts by Daniel Christian and Ravi Teja with scores of 26 (19 balls) and 28 (20 balls) helped them to reach 137/8 in their 20 overs. Siddharth Trivedi and Amit Singh scalped 3 wikcets each for the Royals while Warne himself chipped in with a couple of wickets. In reply, Rajasthan Royals made a very stable start with Amit Paunikar (20 runs off 19 balls) and Rahul Dravid (28 runs for 35 balls) followed by some hitting from Johan Botha (67 runs off 47 balls) and Ross Taylor (21 runs from 14 balls) as they chased the target with 7 balls to spare. Siddharth Trivedi was adjudged the Man of the Match for his spell of 3/15 in his 4 overs.

Th GOD of cricket Sachin Tendulkar and former Indian captain Saurav Ganguly will lead their respective teams as they clash in a T20 match on Saturday, 6th March, 2010 at 4:30 PM Indian Time. The match named “Cricket Ka Mahayudh” will be played at the Andheri Sports Complex in Mumbai. It has also been termed as a SABM (Salil Ankola Benefit Match) and will be a T20 match. The gates will open at 2 PM and the toss would take place at 4:15 PM. The Match will be telecast on Star Cricket.

The teams look very strong and Dada’s team seem to a bit stronger than Sachin’s team at least on papers. But as you know in T20 nothing can be predicted. Here are the team lineups:

Ganguly XI
Saurav Ganguly (Captain)
Virender Sehwag
Rahul Dravid
Gautam Gambhir
Suresh Raina
Irfan Pathan
Ishant Sharma
Anil Kumble
VVS Laxman
Aashish Nehra
Amit Mishra
Pragyan Ojha
Ravindra Jadeja
Yogesh Takwale

Tendulkar XI
Sachin Tendulkar (Captain)
Yusuf Pathan
Harbhajan Singh
Rohit Sharma
Ajit Agarkar
Wasim Jaffer
Rishikesh Kanetkar
Abhishek Nair
Vinayak Samant
Avi Salvi
Murtuza Hussain
Iqbal Abdulla
Rohan Raje
Ajinkya Rahane
Karan Ankola
Jude Singh

The stadium tickets are also priced quite reasonably for this charity match with general tickets costing only Rs.250 and VIP tickets are Rs.1000. You can also book the tickets online at Mobstreet

In the second semi-final of IPL 2, Anil Kumble won the toss and put Chennai Super Kings to bat. Most of the Chennai Super Kings batsmen lost their wicket after making good starts. They struggled against a disciplined bowing performance by Bangalore bowlers and ended up at 146/5 in 20 overs. Bangalore Royal Challengers cruised to the target as they scored 149/4 in 18.5 overs with Rahul Dravid (44 off 39 balls) and Manish Pandey (48 off 35 balls) batting brilliantly. Manish Pandey displayed his awesome stroke-play in the innings as he hit the Chennai bowlers to every part of the stadium. Manish Pandey was awarded the Man of the Match for his brilliant innings.

Full Scorecard

Chennai Super Kings

Batsmen Status Runs Balls 4s 6s S.Rate
Parthiv Patel (W) lbw b Jacques Kallis 36 27 7 0 133.33
Matthew Hayden c Manish Pandey b Vinay Kumar 26 19 2 1 136.84
MS Dhoni (C) c Vinay Kumar b Roelof van der Merwe 28 30 0 0 93.33
Suresh Raina c Mark Boucher b Praveen Kumar 20 19 1 1 105.26
Albie Morkel not out 20 17 1 1 117.65
Jacob Oram c Robin Uthappa b Vinay Kumar 9 7 0 1 128.57
Subramaniam Badrinath not out 1 1 0 0 100
Manpreet Gony
Shadab Jakati
Lakshmipathy Balaji
Muttiah Muralidaran
Extras: b – 0, w – 3, nb – 0, lb – 3 6
Total: (146 for 5 wickets in 20.0 overs) 146 Run Rate: 7.3

Fall of Wickets1-61 (Matthew Hayden, 7), 2-69 (Parthiv Patel, 8.4), 3-104 (Suresh Raina, 14.1), 4-125 (MS Dhoni, 17.2), 5-140 (Jacob Oram, 19.2)

Bowling (Bangalore)Bowler O M R W nb wd R/O
Praveen Kumar 4 0 26 1 0 0 6.5
Jacques Kallis 4 0 26 1 0 1 6.5
Vinay Kumar 4 0 38 2 0 0 9.5
Anil Kumble 4 0 30 0 0 0 7.5
Roelof van der Merwe 4 0 23 1 0 2 5.75

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Bangalore Royal Challengers

Batsmen Status Runs Balls 4s 6s S.Rate
Jacques Kallis c Parthiv Patel b Manpreet Gony 9 7 2 0 128.57
Manish Pandey b Shadab Jakati 48 35 7 0 137.14
Roelof van der Merwe b Albie Morkel 2 5 0 0 40
Rahul Dravid lbw b Muttiah Muralidaran 44 39 6 0 112.82
Virat Kohli not out 24 17 1 2 141.18
Ross Taylor not out 17 12 0 2 141.67
Robin Uthappa
Mark Boucher (W)
Vinay Kumar
Praveen Kumar
Anil Kumble (C)
Extras: b – 0, w – 0, nb – 2, lb – 3 5
Total: (149 for 4 wickets in 18.5 overs) 149 Run Rate: 7.91

Fall of Wickets1-17 (Jacques Kallis, 1.4), 2-22 (Roelof van der Merwe, 2.5), 3-94 (Manish Pandey, 12.3), 4-110 (Rahul Dravid, 15.1)

Bowling (Chennai)Bowler O M R W nb wd R/O
Albie Morkel 3 0 26 1 0 0 8.67
Manpreet Gony 2 0 23 1 1 0 11.5
Shadab Jakati 4 0 29 1 0 0 7.25
Suresh Raina 3 0 23 0 0 0 7.67
Muttiah Muralidaran 4 0 15 1 0 0 3.75
Lakshmipathy Balaji 2 0 16 0 0 0 8
Jacob Oram 0.5 0 14 0 1 0 16.8

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