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The IPL 3 Auction took place on January 19, 2010 and it was a comparatively low profile auction compared to the two previous years. It was also due to the fact that the IPL franchisees had just 750,000 dollars each as the maximum limit to spend on the auction. However, there was a also a new rule this year where the franchisees could make secret ‘silent tiebreaker bids’ in case there was a tie. But the excess money from the secret bid went to IPL instead of the players who could receive only the maximum bid at 750,000 dollars. There were secret bids for two players who were Keiron Pollard and Shane Bond. They were officially sold at 750,000 dollars each but as per sources, Mumbai Indians had supposedly made secret bid of more than 2 million dollars to bag Keiron Pollard while Kolkata Knight Riders had supposedly made secret bid of more than a millon dollars for Shane Bond. The other two high priced puchases and hot bids in IPL season 3 auctions were Kemar Roach and Wayne Parnell who were bagged by Delhi Daredevils for 720,000 dollars and 610,000 dollars respectively. Others won in the auction included Mohammad Kaif (Punjab, 250,000), Eoin Morgan (Bangalore, 220,000), Damien Martyn (Rajasthan, 100,000), Justin Kemp (Chennai, 100,000), Thissara Perera (Chennai, 50,000), Adam Voges (Rajasthan, 50,000) and Yusuf Abdulla (Punjab, 50,000).

There were 66 overseas players in the final IPL 3 auction list and only 10 overseas player and one Indian player were sold. The players who were sold are as follows:

Kieron Pollard (Mumbai Indians, $750,000)
Shane Bond (Kolkata Knight Riders, $750,000)
Kemar Roach (Deccan Chargers, $720,000)
Wayne Parnell (Delhi Dardevils, $610,000)
Mohammad Kaif (Kings XI Punjab, $250,000)
Eoin Morgan (Royal Challengers Bangalore, $220,000)
Damien Martyn (Rajasthan Royals, $100,000)
Justin Kemp (Chennai Super Kings, $100,000)
Thissara Perera (Chennai Super Kings, $50,000)
Adam Voges (Rajasthan Royals, $50,000)
Yusuf Abdulla (Kings XI Punjab, $50,000)

Bangalore Royal Challengers were looking a very weak side in IPL T20 season 2 especially under the captaincy of Kevin Pietersen. However, today was a new day as the captaincy was handed to previous test captain of India and legendary spinner Anil Kumble. Anil Kumble won the toss and decided to bat. Most the Bangalore Royal Challengers batsmen failed to score much but a useful 35 runs off 19 balls by Roelof van der Merwe helped them reach a competitive total of 148/9 in 20 overs. For the Kings XI Punjab, Yusuf Abdulla took 4 wickets for 36 runs while Irfan Pathan took 2 wickets for 19 runs. However, the highlight of the first innings was a hat-trick by Kings XI Punjab captain as he took Robin Uthappa, Jacques Kallis and Mark Boucher of consecutive deliveries as he finished his bowling figures at 3 wickets for 22 runs. Kings XI Punjab started brilliantly as Yuvraj Singh scored a brilliant 50 off 34 balls but none of the other batsmen could hold long after his departure. Kings XI Punjab could only finish at 137/7 in their 20 overs and lost by 8 runs. Yuvraj Singh was awarded the Man of the Match for his hat-trick and blazing knock of 50 runs.

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Bangalore Royal Challengers

Batsmen Status Runs Balls 4s 6s S.Rate
Jesse Ryder c Mahela Jayawardena b Irfan Pathan 2 5 0 0 40
Shreevats Goswami c Piyush Chawla b Yusuf Abdulla 10 14 0 0 71.43
Rajesh Bishnoi c Piyush Chawla b Yusuf Abdulla 18 14 1 2 128.57
Jacques Kallis b Yuvraj Singh 27 22 4 0 122.73
Robin Uthappa c Simon Katich b Yuvraj Singh 19 17 2 0 111.76
Virat Kohli c Piyush Chawla b Irfan Pathan 16 14 2 0 114.29
Mark Boucher (W) lbw b Yuvraj Singh 2 4 0 0 50
Roelof van der Merwe c Irfan Pathan b Yusuf Abdulla 35 19 3 3 184.21
Praveen Kumar not out 9 7 1 0 128.57
Anil Kumble (C) b Yusuf Abdulla 1 3 0 0 33.33
Kotarangada Appanna not out 0 1 0 0 0
Extras: b – 1, w – 4, nb – 0, lb – 1 6
Total: (145 for 9 wickets in 20.0 overs) 145 Run Rate: 7.25

Fall of Wickets1-2 (Jesse Ryder, 0.5), 2-27 (Rajesh Bishnoi, 4.4), 3-38 (Shreevats Goswami, 6.1), 4-80 (Robin Uthappa, 11.5), 5-80 (Jacques Kallis, 12), 6-84 (Mark Boucher, 13.1), 7-128 (Roelof van der Merwe, 17.4), 8-133 (Virat Kohli, 18.1), 9-136 (Anil Kumble, 19.1)

Bowling (Mohali)Bowler O M R W nb wd R/O
Irfan Pathan 4 0 19 2 0 0 4.75
Vikramjeet Malik 3 0 29 0 0 1 9.67
Yusuf Abdulla 4 1 36 4 0 1 9
Ramesh Powar 1 0 8 0 0 0 8
Piyush Chawla 4 0 29 0 0 1 7.25
Yuvraj Singh 4 0 22 3 0 1 5.5

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Kings XI Punjab

Batsmen Status Runs Balls 4s 6s S.Rate
Yuvraj Singh (C) c Jacques Kallis b Anil Kumble 50 34 3 4 147.06
Karan Goel c Virat Kohli b Roelof van der Merwe 20 29 2 0 68.97
Simon Katich run out (Roelof van der Merwe) 3 5 0 0 60
Kumar Sangakkara (W) b Anil Kumble 17 23 2 0 73.91
Mahela Jayawardena c Jacques Kallis b Roelof van der Merwe 19 15 2 0 126.67
Irfan Pathan c Virat Kohli b Praveen Kumar 12 9 2 0 133.33
Piyush Chawla b Praveen Kumar 3 4 0 0 75
Ramesh Powar not out 0 0 0 0
Tanmay Srivastava not out 0 1 0 0 0
Vikramjeet Malik
Yusuf Abdulla
Extras: b – 4, w – 3, nb – 0, lb – 6 13
Total: (137 for 7 wickets in 20.0 overs) 137 Run Rate: 6.85

Fall of Wickets1-70 (Yuvraj Singh, 9.5), 2-73 (Karan Goel, 11), 3-84 (Simon Katich, 12.4), 4-116 (Mahela Jayawardena, 17.1), 5-129 (Kumar Sangakkara, 18.2), 6-137 (Irfan Pathan, 19.4), 7-137 (Piyush Chawla, 19.5)

Bowling (Bangalore)Bowler O M R W nb wd R/O
Praveen Kumar 4 0 27 2 0 2 6.75
Jacques Kallis 3 0 19 0 0 0 6.33
Jesse Ryder 4 0 24 0 0 0 6
Roelof van der Merwe 3 0 22 2 0 1 7.33
Anil Kumble 4 0 25 2 0 0 6.25
Kotarangada Appanna 2 0 10 0 0 0 5

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Kings XI Punjab seems to be making a comeback again as they beat Mumbai Indians by 3 runs in the 20th Match of IPL T20 season 2. Yuvraj Singh won the toss and decided to bat. The Kings XI Punjab batsmen struggled with the bat and they managed to score only 119/8 in their 20 overs with the help of an useful 45 runs off 44 deliveries by Kumar Sangakkara. It seemed like Mumbai will achieve this easily but they also struggled with the bat and even a valiant innings by J P Duminy (59 off 63 balls) could not help them win the match. Mumbai Indians could score only 116/7 in their 20 overs while Irfan Pathan (2 wickets for 20 runs) and Yusuf Abdulla (2 wickets off 19 runs) excelled with the ball for the Kings. Kumar Sangakarra was awarded the Man of the Match for his 45 runs off 44 deliveries.

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Mohali
Batsmen Status Runs Balls 4s 6s S.Rate
Ravi Bopara c Sachin Tendulkar b Dwayne Bravo 6 14 0 0 42.86
Karan Goel st Pinal Shah b Harbhajan Singh 12 12 0 1 100
Kumar Sangakkara (W) not out 45 44 2 1 102.27
Yuvraj Singh (C) c Zaheer Khan b JP Duminy 10 13 1 0 76.92
Mahela Jayawardena c Shikhar Dhawan b Sanath Jayasuriya 7 9 0 0 77.78
Irfan Pathan c Dwayne Bravo b Zaheer Khan 7 10 0 0 70
Wilkin Mota b Lasith Malinga 5 6 0 0 83.33
Piyush Chawla b Lasith Malinga 0 2 0 0 0
Ramesh Powar run out (Pinal Shah) 10 10 1 0 100
Vikramjeet Malik
Yusuf Abdulla
Extras: b – 4, w – 11, nb – 0, lb – 2 17
Total: (119 for 8 wickets in 20.0 overs) 119 Run Rate: 5.95

Fall of Wickets1-18 (Karan Goel, 3.5), 2-18 (Ravi Bopara, 4.3), 3-41 (Yuvraj Singh, 8.3), 4-52 (Mahela Jayawardena, 10.3), 5-84 (Irfan Pathan, 14.3), 6-97 (Wilkin Mota, 16.2), 7-97 (Piyush Chawla, 16.4), 8-119 (Ramesh Powar, 20)

Bowling (Mumbai)Bowler O M R W nb wd R/O
Zaheer Khan 4 0 19 1 0 1 4.75
Lasith Malinga 4 0 12 2 0 1 3
Harbhajan Singh 4 0 23 1 0 0 5.75
Dwayne Bravo 3 0 24 1 0 2 8
JP Duminy 3 0 23 1 0 1 7.67
Sachin Tendulkar 1 0 7 0 0 1 7
Sanath Jayasuriya 1 0 5 1 0 0 5

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Mumbai
Batsmen Status Runs Balls 4s 6s S.Rate
Sanath Jayasuriya c Yuvraj Singh b Irfan Pathan 0 1 0 0 0
Sachin Tendulkar (C) c Mahela Jayawardena b Vikramjeet Malik 1 6 0 0 16.67
Shikhar Dhawan lbw b Yusuf Abdulla 3 7 0 0 42.86
JP Duminy c sub b Yusuf Abdulla 59 63 4 0 93.65
Dwayne Bravo c Wilkin Mota b Ramesh Powar 15 20 1 1 75
Abhishek Nayar b Irfan Pathan 15 15 1 0 100
Harbhajan Singh c Karan Goel b Piyush Chawla 6 5 1 0 120
Saurabh Tiwary not out 6 4 0 0 150
Zaheer Khan not out 0 0 0 0
Pinal Shah (W)
Lasith Malinga
Extras: b – 1, w – 8, nb – 1, lb – 1 11
Total: (116 for 7 wickets in 20.0 overs) 116 Run Rate: 5.8

Fall of Wickets1-1 (Sanath Jayasuriya, 0.1), 2-4 (Sachin Tendulkar, 1.2), 3-12 (Shikhar Dhawan, 4.1), 4-45 (Dwayne Bravo, 9.2), 5-94 (Abhishek Nayar, 17.1), 6-101 (Harbhajan Singh, 18.1), 7-113 (JP Duminy, 19.4)

Bowling (Mohali)Bowler O M R W nb wd R/O
Irfan Pathan 4 0 20 2 0 2 5
Vikramjeet Malik 2 0 12 1 1 0 6
Ramesh Powar 4 0 23 1 0 1 5.75
Yusuf Abdulla 4 0 19 2 0 3 4.75
Piyush Chawla 3 0 26 1 0 0 8.67
Karan Goel 2 0 11 0 0 1 5.5
Wilkin Mota 1 0 3 0 0 0 3

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Winners of IPL T20 season 1 Rajasthan Royals are not looking the same side this year. Kings XI Punjab beat Warne’s boys by 27 runs to score their second consecutive win in IPL T20 season 2 while Rajasthan Royals suffered their second consecutive defeat. Yuvraj Singh won the toss and decided to bat. The Rajasthan Royals bowlers bowled exceptionally well in the initial overs and the Kings XI Punjab were reduced to just 48/4 in 8.2 overs. But then Kumar Sangakkara (60 off 51 balls) and Irfan Pathan (39 off 33 balls) batted brilliantly to guide the team to a competitive total of 139/6 in their 20 overs. Amongst the Rajasthan bowlers, Kamran Khan and Munaf Patel bowled very well and finished at 2/15 and 2/24 respectively in their 4 overs. The target of 140 seemed quite easy but Rajasthan Royals had a severe batting collapse and ended with only 112/7 in their 20 overs. Shane Warne and Ravindra Jadeja did considerably well for the Rajasthan Royals batting while Yusuf Abdulla, Irfan Pathan and Piyush Chawla excelled with the ball. Kumar Sangakkara was declared the Man of the Match for his 60 runs.

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Kings XI Punjab

Batsmen Status Runs Balls 4s 6s S.Rate
Ravi Bopara c Munaf Patel b Kamran Khan 11 15 2 0 73.33
Karan Goel run out (Ravindra Jadeja) 0 0 0 0
Kumar Sangakkara (W) run out (Mahesh Rawat) 60 51 7 1 117.65
Yuvraj Singh (C) c Mahesh Rawat b Munaf Patel 2 3 0 0 66.67
Mahela Jayawardena c Kamran Khan b Munaf Patel 7 10 0 0 70
Irfan Pathan b Kamran Khan 39 33 2 2 118.18
Piyush Chawla not out 6 6 1 0 100
Wilkin Mota not out 1 2 0 0 50
Ramesh Powar
VRV Singh
Yusuf Abdulla
Extras: b – 2, w – 9, nb – 0, lb – 2 13
Total: (139 for 6 wickets in 20.0 overs) 139 Run Rate: 6.95

Fall of Wickets1-0 (Karan Goel, 0.1), 2-21 (Ravi Bopara, 4.1), 3-38 (Yuvraj Singh, 6.1), 4-48 (Mahela Jayawardena, 8.2), 5-123 (Irfan Pathan, 18.1), 6-130 (Kumar Sangakkara, 19)

Bowling (Jaipur)Bowler O M R W nb wd R/O
Kamran Khan 4 0 15 2 0 3 3.75
Dimitri Mascarenhas 4 0 29 0 0 0 7.25
Munaf Patel 4 0 24 2 0 1 6
Yusuf Pathan 4 0 30 0 0 4 7.5
Shane Warne 4 0 37 0 0 0 9.25

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Rajasthan Royals

Batsmen Status Runs Balls 4s 6s S.Rate
Swapnil Asnodkar c Ramesh Powar b Irfan Pathan 3 4 0 0 75
Graeme Smith c Kumar Sangakkara b Irfan Pathan 2 6 0 0 33.33
Rob Quiney c Kumar Sangakkara b Yusuf Abdulla 7 8 1 0 87.5
Yusuf Pathan c Karan Goel b Piyush Chawla 10 13 2 0 76.92
Dimitri Mascarenhas b Yusuf Abdulla 4 2 1 0 200
Ravindra Jadeja b Yusuf Abdulla 37 44 2 0 84.09
Abhishek Raut c Ramesh Powar b Piyush Chawla 1 4 0 0 25
Shane Warne (C) not out 34 33 3 0 103.03
Mahesh Rawat (W) not out 4 6 0 0 66.67
Munaf Patel
Kamran Khan
Extras: b – 0, w – 5, nb – 0, lb – 5 10
Total: (112 for 7 wickets in 20.0 overs) 112 Run Rate: 5.6

Fall of Wickets1-7 (Swapnil Asnodkar, 1.1), 2-9 (Graeme Smith, 1.5), 3-23 (Rob Quiney, 4.1), 4-27 (Dimitri Mascarenhas, 4.3), 5-36 (Yusuf Pathan, 6.4), 6-42 (Abhishek Raut, 8.4), 7-102 (Ravindra Jadeja, 18.1)

Bowling (Mohali)Bowler O M R W nb wd R/O
Ramesh Powar 2 0 10 0 0 1 5
Irfan Pathan 4 0 26 2 0 3 6.5
Yusuf Abdulla 4 0 21 3 0 1 5.25
VRV Singh 4 0 19 0 0 0 4.75
Piyush Chawla 4 0 22 2 0 0 5.5
Yuvraj Singh 2 0 9 0 0 0 4.5

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