The most highly awaited final match of the second season of the Indian Premier League is scheduled between Royal Challengers Bangalore and Deccan Chargers Played at New Wanderers Stadium, Johannesburg (neutral venue) on 23 May 2009 - day/night (20-over match)!
Nobody deserves to wear the Orange Cap more for being the top run getter than Matthew Hayden 546 runs in 11 match, and nobody deserves to be the most successful spinner in the second season of the Indian Premier League then Anil Kumle 17 wickets.
As the second season of the Indian Premier League enters its final stages, and it's a do or die match for Kings XI Punjab in this, the last lap of the 2nd season of the IPL matches, and they could not have asked for tougher opposition.
Rajasthan Royals are 3rd in the points table with 11 points from 10 games while Deccan Chargers have 10 points form 9 games.
Both teams have five wins and four losses each and one win for Deccan Chargers will take them to No. three, pushing down Rajasthan Royals, who'll be hoping to preserve their current standing.
One team is looking to push its way up the points table after making an extremely slow start to second season of the Indian Premier League; the other team is desperately trying to arrest a slide which has pushed them all the way down to 7th place.
Mumbai Indians which boasts Sachin, Jayasuriya, JP Duminy, Bravo, Harbhajan Singh, Zaheer Khan and Lasith Malinga should be doing much better than 3 wins out of 8, but the big names have mostly misfired, and even Malinga has cooled off after an electrifying start to the tournament.
Chennai Super Kings depends on Matthew Hayden because he is Orange cap leader, leading run-scorer in second season of the Indian Premier League with 378 in 8 games and his strike-rate is an impressive 159.49.
Rajasthan Royals depends on Graeme Smith and his trumpcard is of course yusuf Pathan. Because he is Rajasthan Royals's leading run-scorer in second season of the Indian Premier League with 203 runs, has scored 18 less than Chennai Super King's 3rd highest run-getter, Dhoni.
Kings XI Punjab won the toss and elected to field first.
Kings XI Punjab don't have the chance of moving to the top four in second season of the Indian Premier League with a win here, but it will certainly help them reverse their fortunes and end a losing trend.
Both sides are boosted by the presence of their Australian stars Andrew Symonds for Deccan Chargers and Brett Lee for Kings XI Punjab, who are back from international duty
Mumbai Indians produced a horrible performance the other night against Deccan Chargers. Batting looks too dependent on Sachin Tendulkar and Jayasuriya. The bowling is missing the services of Zaheer Khan.
Mumbai Indians want get Gambhir and Warner early, and don't give width to Dilshan. one amongst Sachin or sanath has to stay till the game finish.
Toss:~ Toss was won by Pakistan and they elected to field first!
Match Result:~ Pakistan won the match by 7 wickets (with 22 balls remaining)!
Man of the match:~ Shahid Afridi (Pakistan)3/14 and Umar Gul (Pakistan) 4/8
Pakistan innings (target: 109 runs from 20 overs) 109/3 (16.2 Overs):~ Kamran Akmal 59*(42b), Shoaib Malik 0*, Misbah-ul-Haq 24, Salman Butt 16, Ahmed Shehzad 4
Australia innings (20 overs maximum) 108/10 (19.5 Overs):~ N Bracken 3*, B Hifenhuas 2, B Lee 0, N Hauritz 2, M North 20, C Ferguson 8, D Hussey 4, A Symonds 0, J Hopes 6, B Haddin 24, S Watson 33
After the end of a draining ODI series, which Australia won the 5-match series 3-2, the teams sign off with a Twenty20 International Match in Dubai.
Pakistan depends on Misbah-ul-Haq because he is Pakistan's leading run-scorer in Twenty20 cricket with 398 in 14 games and his strike-rate is an impressive 127.
The Only Twenty20 International Match is scheduled in between Australia and Pakistan Played at Played at Dubai Sports City Cricket Stadium (neutral venue) on 7th May 2009.
Toss:~ Toss was won by Chennai Super Kings and they elected to Bat first!
Match Result:~ Chennai Super Kings Won the match by 12 Runs!
Points:~ Chennai Super Kings 2 Points, Kings XI Punjab 0Point!
Man of the match:~ ML Hayden (Chennai Super Kings) 89 runs off 58 balls (8 x 4, 6 x 6)
Kings XI Punjab (Target 187 in 18 Overs) 174/3 (18 Overs):~ Yuvraj 58*, Jayawardene 44*, Katich 50, Goel 14, Sohal 2, Extras 6.
Chennai Super Kings 185/3 (18 Overs):~ Dhoni 56*, Morkel 2*, Hayden 89, Raina 32, Badrinath 0, Extras 6.
Chennai Super Kings and Kings XI Punjab have both recovered well after indifferent starts of the second season of the Indian Premier League. Chennai Super Kings 3 wins has put their campaign back on track. Kings XI Punjab recovered well after a slow starts of the second season of the Indian Premier League; but in the last match against Rajasthan Royals they were awful.
Ravi Bopara stood back from the stampede, and just let his innings flow in the face of some magnificent fast bowling from Fidel Edwards (4/54) on Wednesday to steer England to a respectable 289/7 on the 1st day of the 1st test against West Indies at Lord's, London.
Fidel Edwards is chased by his team-mates after removing Kevin Pietersen first ball, And taking three for nine form 22 balls form the Nursery End in the afternoon session, West Indies in England Test Series 1st Test Played at Lord's, London on 6th May, 2009
Toss:~ Toss was won by Rajasthan Royals and they elected to field first
Match Result:~ Rajasthan Royals won by 7 wickets (with 30 balls remaining)
Points:~ Rajasthan Royals 2 Points, Royal Challengers Bangalore 0 Points
Man of the match:~ A Singh (Rajasthan Royals) 4/19!
Rajasthan Royals (Target 106) 107/3 (15 Overs):~ Naman Ojha 52*, Jadeja 1*, Yusuf Pathan 22, Carseldine 9, Smith 20, Extras 3.
Royal Challengers Bangalore 105 all out (20 Overs):~ Kumble 0*, Vinay Kumar 12, D Du Preez 10, Praveen Kumar 7, Van Der Merwe 15, Kohli 15, Boucher 6, Uthappa 17, Dravid 0, Kallis 10, Jaffer 8, Extras 5.
Royal Challengers Bangalore looks better and better with each next match in second season of the IPL. One week ago, there were only 5 serious contenders for semi-final spots because, Royal Challengers Bangalore lost four games in a row before winning the next three; hopefully that means RCB are on a winning roll and can keep it going.
Rajasthan Royals have had no problems with their bowling attack, and last win over Kings XI Punjab will have come with a vary positive impact for Rajasthan Royals, especially on the batting front. It felt great to be the 1st team to break the 200 barrier in second season of the IPL.
Toss:~ Toss was won by Deccan Chargers and they elected to bat first
Match Result:~ Deccan Chargers won the match by 19 Runs!
Points:~ Deccan Chargers 2 Points, Mumbai Indians 0 Points
Man of the match:~ RG Sharma (Deccan Chargers)
Mumbai Indians innings (target: 146 runs from 20 overs) 126/8 (20 Overs):~ Kulkarni 7*, Raje 11*, Tiwary 3, Duminy 52, Harbhajan 0, Nayar 1, Bravo 13, Pinal Shah 29, Sachin 2, Jayasuriya 5, Extras 3.
Deccan Chargers 145/6 (20 Overs) :~ Ravi Teja 4*, Harris 5*, Venugopal Rao 28, Rohit Sharma 38, D Smith 16, Gilchrist 25, Suman 20, Gibbs 0, Extras 9.
Team Mumbai Indians have been inconsistent with both bat and ball and have struggled to post 2 wins on a trot. Batting looks the two greatest opener batsman of the limited over and there is an over dependence on Sachin Tendulkar and Jayasuriya.
29th match of the Indian Premier League at Buffalo Park in East London is between teams which had contrasting starts to the 2nd season of the Indian Premier League but are now experiencing a change in form.
Deccan Chargers were on fire when the 2nd season of the Indian Premier League started with four wins form their first four games. Chennai Super Kings have got a bit of momentum going. With two wins in a row we have now scraped our way into the fop four.
This will be the 1st game at the Wanderers in Johannesburg and both sides can expect an intimidating atmosphere at the Bull Ring. Delhi Daredevils have a problem though. Their captain Viru injured himself in the 18th IPL match against Rajsthan Royals and ended up with 4 stitches on his right index finger. Delhi Daredevils have good contributions form the middle order. Chennai Super Kings too will be happy with the form of Raina and Matthew Hayden.
Toss:~ Toss was won by Deccan Chargers and they elected to bat first!
Deccan Chargers will seek to return to winning ways after a lackluster effort against Delhi. Deccan Chargers depend on Gibbs and Gilchrist will have to get into power hitting mode early on.
The 25th Indian Premier League Match is scheduled in between Deccan Chargers and Rajasthan Royals Played at St George's Park, Port Elizabeth (neutral venue), on 2nd May 2009 (T20 match)!
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