Malinga Moves Mumbai Towards Victory

After their first win on Thursday following five consecutive losses, Deccan Chargers were back to being what they have been this IPL season - dismal and disappointing. Once again, a decent start proved to be a false dawn. Once again, they had only themselves to blame. On a greenish Wankhede pitch aiding fast bowlers, Chargers allowed Harbhajan Singh figures of 4-0-13-2. They contrived to lose regular wickets, hitting wide balls straight to fielders. And they did not have another bowler remotely in the class of Dale Steyn, who tormented the home batsmen nearly every delivery he bowled.

Not that Chargers did not try, at first at least. Their leader Kumar Sangakkara, with 83 operates in five at a strike-rate of 95.40, sat out the overall activity. Chargers created three more changes. Shikhar Dhawan and Parthiv Patel even handled to add 37 by the 6th over, which was not a bad beginning.

And then they dropped apart. Six wickets went down in the area of 7.3 overs for 29 operates. Parthiv tested his generate to an RP more slowly shipping but finished up cracking it to mid-on. With Cameron , JP Duminy and Daniel available, Chargers sent Ishank Jaggi at No. 3. After looking naive against speed for six transport, Jaggi tried to strike Harbhajan and discovered mid-off. White reduced his first shipping to third man; Christian was to cut his fifth immediately to factor.

In between, Dhawan, having saw his part implode, energized out to Harbhajan, only to be confused for 29. It was to be the best ranking by Chargers batsman today. Harbhajan kept the stress up, shooting some in, throwing many up, and different his speed.

Though Duminy tried to make sure Chargers at least performed out their 20 overs, their reduced purchase crumbled against Lasith Malinga by the Nineteenth over. It wasn't an simple message to bat on by any indicates by Chargers required something truly unique from Steyn to even task Mumbai Indians.

Steyn tried as difficult as he could. He broken returning Rich Levi's stumps first tennis ball of the pursuit with a pacy outswinger. He could have had Rohit Sharma four periods in four transport, but the tennis ball defeat the outside side everytime. Steyn came returning in the 9th over, with a ahead brief leg to Dinesh Karthik, who instantly nibbled one through to the wicket-keeper.

Steyn could have had a third wicket, and Chargers could have still created a go with of it, had Amit Mishra not put down a uncomplicated opportunity off Franklin at third man with 36 required off 44. The scorebook registered a cause of 4-0-10-2, but it did not expose the level of the stress Steyn designed, even in a pursuit of just 101.

Rohit's success, though, was to generate him an crucial 42 operates, and eventually confirm major. He was defeated on the generate, he was defeated on the cut, and he was defeated on the protecting force. Within sides evaded the stumps. An ethereal force went just over additional protect, a video just previous midwicket. But these days, Rohit had more life than a cat. By time he lastly used it away, holing out down the earth off Duminy, Mumbai Indians required only 26 off 36.

But both fell in quick succession to Duminy and Reddy respectively, Franklin falling for 13 with 20 needed from 23.However, Ambati Rayudu struck an unbeaten 19 off 15 to guide Mumbai home and into second place on the log.

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Gambhir Expands Kolkata's Cause At No. 2

It has been a thoroughly deserving win for the Knight Riders. They were menacing with the bat, clobbered the Royal Challengers to all corners. They were led by Gambhir who scored a brilliant 93. Kohli, Dilshan and AB de Villiers failed with the bat and 191 looked taller than Mount Everest. Gayle gave some entertainment to the packed crowd towards the end, he now holds the Orange Cap. Kolkata move to the 2nd spot in the points table with 11 points.

Gambhir's 93 paved KKR to 2nd place

Chris Gayle said that "We are disappointed. 191 was tough and we didn't start well. We have a long way to go, hopefully we shall pick ourselves up. The new ball was coming onto the bat nicely but in the middle overs the ball was stopping and coming. Their spinners were brilliant. I wanted to hit Billy (says jokingly), no offence but glad it didn't hit the umpire. We have two home games now, hopefully we can win both."

Gambhir told that "It was just one of those days where everything went off the middle of my bat. The way Sunil bowled was brilliant, he bowled four overs for almost nothing. We had a lot of discussions over what the Eden wicket is like, it is a decent wicket. It is just the quality we have in our side, the way Brendon and Kallis batted and the way we bowled was very good."

Gautam Gambhir made Royal Challengers Bangalore pay for dropping him twice, batting with aggression and precision to lead Kolkata Knight Riders to a match-winning total, which the visitors struggled to chase on a traditionally slow pitch at Eden Gardens. Gambhir used the depth of his crease, as well as his feet, to pound the leg side, where he scored 11 out of his 14 boundaries, primarily through pull shots. His 93, and supporting acts from Brendon McCullum and Jacques Kallis, helped Knight Riders stay No. 2 and move two points clear of their closest rivals, Royal Challengers and Chennai Super Kings.

Riders' bowlers also came to the front during the protection, stunning beginning and neutralising their greatest risk,Gayle, by maintaining him off reach. Yusuf Pathan, who has battled for type with bat and tennis ball, bowled an reasonable starting cause, during which he ignored Tillakaratne Dilshan in the first over. In the 6th, Kallis attractive the center out of Elegant Challengers' pursuit by holding Virat Kohli lbw and having AB de Villiers found miscuing a take off his first tennis ball. The guests were 34 for 3, and by the end of the 9th over Gayle had confronted only 16 paintballs and obtained as many operates. The pursuit went nowhere after that, despite Gayle hitting until the twentieth over to complete with 86 off 58; Sunil Narine confounding batsmen with his versions on a sensitive message.

Challengers' battle for any kind of fluency only outlined the excellent of Gambhir's efficiency after he decided to bat. Despite credit reviewing intensely between long-on and square leg, Gambhir's first edge was on the off part, when he cut his first tennis ball, from Zaheer Khan, through factor. So was his second, but his decrease to third man off Zaheer was at first found by Harshal Patel, operating and snorkeling to his departed before he missing management of the tennis ball after reaching the earth. Two paintballs later Gambhir, on 13, cut strongly towards gully, where Gayle trapped out his left-hand but did not get the tennis ball. Gambhir went on to ranking 80 more operates, and management relationships of 95 and 80 with McCullum and Kallis.

McCullum gradually started to escape, increasing his gradual reach amount to more than a run a tennis ball. He had just grabbed and motivated his countryman Daniel Vettori for limitations when he skipped a cut and was bowled in the Eleventh over. Now in the organization of Kallis, Gambhir went from durability to durability, muscling transport from all types of bowlers to and over the midwicket edge. Perhaps it was the exhaustion due to the concentration of his efficiency, but Gambhir never ranking a edge off six paintballs, before holing out to long-off in the Nineteenth millennium over, when he had a actual possibility of credit reviewing a first IPL millennium.

Kallis, however, guaranteed the strength did not decrease, stunning three heavy sixes immediately and over midwicket to complete on 41 off 27 paintballs. Soon subsequently, he would cope Elegant Competitors two human body strikes off successive paintballs during the pursuit, conclusion the overall activity as a competition. Gayle went on to muscular six sixes, and became the best run-scorer of IPL 2012, but most of those were after Elegant Competitors had no possibility of successful.

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Match 40 of DLF IPL 2012 Will See The Mumbai Indians Take on The Deccan Chargers.

Though it’s past the half-way stage, both these teams are yet to find any kind of rhythm and are placed in the bottom half of the table. The Deccan Chargers will come into this contest with a bit of confidence after registering their first victory of the season in their last outing. The Mumbai Indians, on the other hand, will need to recover from the thrashing they received at the hands of the Delhi Daredevils.

Apart from the regular suppose – Sachin Tendulkar – who is under the focus whenever he requires the area, MI will need match-winning hits from Rohit Sharma. They have proven a lot of trust in him and have marketed him to the essential No.3 position; and it 's time he begins providing. The 24-year-old – the squad's major run-getter – has checked in excellent contact when he has got going, but he needs to understand that all that ability at his convenience will come to nothing if he does not utilize himself in the center.

Apart from the one match-winning half-century against the Rajasthan, there is very little else that the intense Kieron Pollard has done this period. In his last four hits, the Trinidadian has aggregated 27 operates at a strike-rate of 93. For a gamer who can cause a lot of harm in very short period, Pollard needs to execute better than he’s done in his last four innings.

Also look out for the screaming face-off between Dale Steyn and Lasith Malinga – two of the most challenging bowlers to deal with no issue the structure of the overall activity.

Previous Meetings:

Prior to the begin of IPL 2012, the Mumbai Indians and the Deccan Chargers had met eight periods and both groups had won four suits each.

The head-to-head has affected a little bit in favor of the Mumbai Indians after their conference at Visakhapatnam previously this period. On that situation, the Deccan Chargers published 138 for nine hitting first and taken over the go with for most areas before being pipped at the publish by MI. The guests required 18 of the last over – a focus on that came down to three off the last tennis ball (after Rohit Sharma and Franklin had discovered the edge twice in the first four deliveries). Sharma increased to the task and put Daniel Christian  for a large six over long-on to close the cope for his group.

The Deccan Chargers have obtained the least limitations in IPL 2012. They have only hit 102 limitations (70 four legs and 32 sixes) in their six matches.

Both groups will perform the Pune next. While the Deccan Chargers will square off against PWI at their implemented house floor (Barabati Arena in Cuttack) on May 1, the Mumbai Indians will journey to Pune on May 3 for their away leg.

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IPL: Punjab Thrills Chennai

Mahendra Singh Dhoni’s men experienced a hitting failure in their pursuit of 156 as they missing an IPL go with against Punjab by seven operates in their own ground on Saturday.

Choosing to bat first, Punjab set Chennai a battling focus on of 156. Actually, they could have included more to what they actually did had it not been for some excellent go-karting and fielding by the Chennai youngsters at the loss of life.

Mandeep Singh

Chennai King’s pursuit led by Faf du Plessis and S Badrinath took off well with operates arriving wide and quick. Unfortunately, some changes in the hitting proven expensive for the coordinator group in their pursuit, the most significant being the choice to advertise Saha to variety four. He battled in the center, credit reviewing six off 14. Dwayne Bravo done did give some wish in the end with a few big visits, but only to fizzle out soon. He dropped to Praveen Kumar after credit reviewing 30 off 21 balls.

For Punjab, Azhar Mahmood shone with the tennis ball and finished the process with a cause that study 4-0-25-3. His sufferers provided F du Plessis, Badrinath and Morkel and that more or less converted the overall activity into Punjab’s favor.

In the lack of frequent leader Adam Gilchrist, Hussey was in cost of Punjab. They could not develop on the nice beginning offered by their openers to create a large complete, as they confronted some fantastic fielding from the Chennai group. Still, a complete of 156/8 was silent a aggressive one. Previously, Hussey determined to advertise in-form Marsh in the top purchase, which did help their cause. Just when they believed they had discovered their ideal starting mixture, Ashwin ran out Marsh.

A fortunate Ashwin got his kids finger on a highly effective Mandeep taken. He tried to quit it but deflected off and went on to hit the stumps. Marsh was nowhere near the anti aging. By then he obtained 32 off 22 paintballs. However, Mandeep Singh’s 50-ball 56 was essential in Punjab’s complete and the attempt gained him Man of the match prize.

Mahendra Singh Dhoni kept modifying his go-karting blends looking for another cutting-edge. He tried six of his bowlers before attaining ten overs. In the Twelfth over of the innings Well done arranged to eliminate Azhar Mahmood, who checked risky with two back-to-back sixes in the past over. He delivered the tennis ball delivered outside off and captured Azhar Mahmood before side of the off tree stump.

Punjab missing six wickets in the last five overs and handled to ranking only 35 operates.

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Clarke Moves Australia To The Edge of Victory

In the end, one more day of the trip followed the same program as the relax of the series: West Indies conducted difficult and offered Australia with a few complications, but their initiatives came to naught. Instead, Clarke's second five-wicket take in Assessments assisted the Aussies place up a 75-run success and they took the sequence 2-0, despite some highly effective stunning from the West Indies leader Darren Sammy.

It took Australia two time on the fifth day to take the five wickets that stayed after the crucial cutting-edge in the last over of it all day, when Shivnarine Chanderpaul was lbw. With each four and six that Sammy created the West Indian lovers believed of a popular win, but too much had been departed to the reduced purchase and a stable flow of wickets intended Sammy and the No.11 Shillingford came together with 125 operates still required.

Their 50-run alliance was ensuring but finished when Sammy, on 61 from 51 paintballs, top-edged a brush off the go-karting of Nathan Lyon (3 for 87) and was found at brief excellent leg, making the regional hero Shillingford unbeaten on 31.The outcome might have been a little nearer than the Aussies desired, but Clarke was excited to appear from the sequence with a 2-0 success, the rain-affected Trinidad test having prohibited either group a while to force for a win.

While Chanderpaul and Darren Bravo done were using the anti aging on it all day it could quickly have gone wrong for Australia. But beginning the fifth day with Narsingh Deonarine as the last professional batsman at the anti aging having been registered by the wicketkeeper Carlton Baugh, who was about to get rid of his position to Denesh Ramdin for the future trip of Britain, West Indies required something amazing.

It didn't come from Deonarine, who included only two to his instantaneously complete before he encouraged at a Clarke shipping and offered a come back get on 13. Baugh followed on 12 when he drawn Nathan Lyon difficult and Ponting at brief midwicket revealed pristine reactions to carry on to a challenging get. But better was to come from the Aussies in the area.

Clarke could do no incorrect with the tennis ball and he taken that contact with him into the slide series, pushing his left-hand low to the earth to click up a amazing get when Kemar Roach (2) surrounded Lyon. In the next over Clarke gathered his fifth wicket for once in an analyze innings since his 6 for 9 in Mumbai in 2004 when Ravi Rampaul skied a get to lengthy on.

Clarke completed 5 for 86 and took himself out of the strike after copping some penalties from Sammy, who was murderous through midwicket and long-on. Sammy arranged four four legs and three sixes and had fantastic assistance from Shillingford, who hit six limitations, but in the end the focus on was just too high.

The Aussies can now go house, or in many situations to the IPL, and appreciate a six-month separate from test cricket having to cap it off a powerful first season under the captaincy of Clarke. West Indies go to Britain with a identical group - Baugh and Kraigg Brathwaite were decreased though - and must discover a way to perform five powerful tests instead of two or three. Had they handled that over the last few several weeks, an already interesting sequence could have become a thriller.

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Chanderpaul wicket places Australia on target

For 16 years Australian bowlers have been trying to sculpt Shivnarine Chanderpaul from the anti aging. It was suitable, therefore, that on the day when he squirreled away his 10,000th Analyze run, Chanderpaul invested manufactured doing what comes naturally: preventing, counter-attacking and above all aggravating Australia's cricketers as they desired a way into the West Indies reduced purchase in their force for success.

Dismissal of Darren Bravo

But as has so often been the situation, Chanderpaul's combat showed up inadequate to preserve West Indies. His leaving to a effective Australia evaluation in one more over of it all day in Dominica provided Australia an tremendous possibility of completing the go with beginning on the fifth day, with West Indies still demanding 197 operates for a very unlikely success with five wickets in side and only one professional batsman - Narsingh Deonarine on 11 not out - still in perform.

It was a gloomy summary for West Indies, who began the day by enjoying Shillingford's ten-wicket go with and invested much of manufactured thinking of an disappointed as Chanderpaul and Darren Bravo done collected a millennium take a position in their pursuit of 370.Clarke tried almost everything to separate that alliance and the success gradually came through  Watson, though it was Clarke's part-time whirl that proven Australia's best system.

The choice was obtained after Clarke, who has three wickets with his slowly left-arm, requested for a evaluation after his lbw charm had been dropped and the modified judgment simply leaves Australia with success well within their arrive at on Saturday.Still requiring another 197, West Indies have the time but it will take a amazing attempt if they are to get near to the focus on.

It was the ideal end for Australia, who had began with three beginning wickets before the Chanderpaul-Bravo alliance took carry. Ben Hilfenhaus arranged before a run had been obtained when Adrian Barath cut a tennis ball off his shields and was nabbed exceptionally by a snorkeling Ed Cowan at square leg. There was some level of capacity come from Kraigg Brathwaite and Kieran Powell, but Clarke's choice to dish himself proven an motivated shift.

Chanderpaul waited on the bad balls - a David Warner long hop was pulled over the infield for four and there were occasional cuts and drives that reached the boundary - and otherwise acquired his runs through familiar methods. His half-century came from his 90th ball and he was congratulated by Bravo, who unusually for any stand involving Chanderpaul was the quieter partner.

Bravo was happy when Nathan Lyon dropped short and he was able to cut with ferocity, and he showed his deftness by running Shane Watson behind point neatly for another boundary. But it was Watson who eventually had the better of the battle when he enticed an edge behind and Bravo, on 47, was disconsolate as he walked from the field. The 110-run stand was over, and with it went a large chunk of West Indies' hopes.

Shillingford provided West Indies a nice beginning to the day by eliminating Hussey, the last of Australia's recognized batsmen, for 32 when he discovered a slim side that was nabbed by Darren Sammy at slide.Harris soon followed when he top-edged a grind brush off Deonarine and was discovered by the wicketkeeper Carlton Baugh for 9.

Hilfenhaus provided Shillingford his 10th when he encouraged ahead and was exceptionally discovered at absurd factor by Brathwaite, who encouraged his right side out as the tennis ball seemed meant to complete him. Mitchell Starc and Lyon included a few overdue operates in a 22-run alliance for one more wicket before Kemar Roach completed the job by go-karting Starc for 21.

That departed West Indies requiring 370, and only once before had they pursued down such a higher focus on to win a Analyze, in their world-record search of 418 in Antigua in 2003. They had achieved 370 in it all innings of a Analyze three periods in the last five decades, but the task was always going to be considerable on a confusing Windsor's park.

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Mumbai versus Delhi match preview

Its vengeance here we are at the Mumbai Indians as they go to New Delhi for dealing with the Delhi Daredevils in their house floor Feroz Shah Kotla after struggling an embarrassing reduction at Wankhede. Delhi Daredevils are looking easy with their type and will do nothing less than anything to quit Mumbai Indians.

Having performed seven suits Delhi Daredevils are on top of the IPL 5 factors desk, while Mumbai Indians who have performed as many suits are having difficulties at the 7th place. Mumbai Indians definitely need a raise and a win against the powerful Delhi Daredevils will get returning their successful strength.

Mumbai Indians are as powerful as the Delhi Daredevils, but the Harbhajan's guys are missing reliability which the Delhi Daredevils have got in large quantity.

There is nothing much concerning about the Delhi Daredevils as the existing enjoying 11 are doing a excellent job in their specific divisions. Mahela Jayawardene is the only gamer who needs to get returning his type. The Sri Lankan who won the ICC's Best Twenty20 gamer is not at his best in this competition. Jayawardene has created 68 operates in five performances of his group at a typical of 22.

Wicket-keeper batsman Naman Ojha has invisible himself under the dark areas of Kevin Pietersen, Virender Sehwag and other top entertainers. Naman Ojha currently maintains a typical of 18 after credit reviewing just 72 operates in his five suits.

Irfan Pathan will have to keep his hitting type complete as his group will immediately become reliable on him when the top and center purchase isn't able.

The primary purpose behind Mumbai Indians' regular efficiency is that their hitting conventional is nowhere near to their go-karting conventional. The big weapons have not hit the dot yet, instead they are providing a regular efficiency which is frustrating to their lovers.

Ambati Rayudu's go with successful affect against the Punjab must have renewed the assurance of Mumbai Indians. As of now the concept of having Franklin hitting at the top is operating out well for the Mumbai Indians. Sachin Tendulkar, Rohit Sharma will have to begin shooting at the top.Richard Levi might also be cut returning to the enjoying 11.

Kieron Pollard, Munaf Patel and Lasith Malinga are doing a incredible job in reducing the oppositions with the assistance of Harbhajan Singh and Pragyan Ojha.

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Cameron "White wash"ed Warriors

Deccan Chargers, after setting a aggressive focus on for Pune Players,enclosed their first success of IPL season five after a flutter 78 by Cameron white and a regimented show by their bowlers. Requested to pursuit 178, Pune could only manage 159 for 7 to lose the match by 18 operates.

Cameron White

Pune missing both their openers - Jessie Ryder and Manish Pandey - in the 50-run level. The risky Ryder dropped beginning with the scoreboard examining just 15 and Pandey obtained 21 before being bowled by Juan Theron in his first over to keep Pune having difficulties at 43 for 2.

Pune leader Sourav Ganguly (23) and Robin Uthappa began in a good reputation and guaranteed the scoreboard kept ticking. But Ganguly, who was decreased by Duminy at factor off the first shipping of the Tenth over by Manpreet Gony, never develop on the opportunity as he decreased three paintballs later, found by the alternative fielder Daniel Harris at brief protect.

To make matters worse, Pune also lost Uthappa (29) trying to play a fancy shot but only managing to chop onto his stumps off debutant Ashish Reddy in the 14th over, and then four balls later, Reddy accounted for a struggling Marlon Samuels, getting him caught by Kumar Sangakkara.

Steven Smith, however, was in no feelings to provide up without a combat and arranged a few lusty strikes before passing away in the 17 over. He was found in the deeply by Duminy off Theron. Mithun Manhas performed a 22-run cameo towards the end, but it become too little too overdue.

Previously a significant affect of 78 from just 46 paintballs by Cameron White, which provided five sixes, operated the Deccan Chargers to a powerful complete of 177 for 4. White, together with JP Duminy (26 not out), included a essential 75 operates for the fifth wicket to take Deccan to the aggressive complete.

Selecting to bat first, openers Parthiv Patel (24) and Shikhar Dhawan (16) assured a release to the Deccan innings, amazing Ashish Nehra for three four thighs to select up 16 performs off the very first over of the innings. The duo put on 39 performs off four overs for the beginning take a place before Dhawan decreased trying a getting once lifestyle run. Soon after, Bhuveneshwar Kumar got Patel, who was discovered by Mithun Manhas at greatly rectangular shape leg.

Kumar Sangakkara was then registered by White in the center and the duo distributed 33 operates for the third wicket before Sangakkara perished when he provided rewriter Rahul Sharma the cost and was bowled for 12, with Deccan falling to 83 for 3 in the 12th over. White, however, seemed in threatening type as he went about his company in design, notching up his first 50 in just 35 paintballs with the help of five fours and two large sixes.

He distributed a 77-run take a position for it all wicket with JP Duminy in only 6.2 overs to drive Deccan to 158. But Marlon Samuels eliminated White at a critical level in the Eighteenth over when White attempt to obvious the protect edge and was found near the rules by Alfonso Johnson. Duminy then never obvious the edge rules after White's leaving, and Deccan only handled 15 operates off one more two overs but still placed up a balanced complete of 177.

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Cowan and Ponting guide Australia to 300-plus lead

Western Indies will need to finish their maximum effective pursuit since they rewrote the history guides in Antigua nine years ago if they are to stage the sequence against Australia. Ed Cowan and Ponting both obtained half-centuries on the third day in Dominica as the Aussies designed a cause of 310 operates at stumps, and with four wickets still in side there was no immediate end in vision for the Australia second innings.

Chanderpaul

Viewed in solitude, it wasn't a bad day for West Indies: their last two couples disappointed Australia for an time and a 50 percent in the beginning morning and their bowlers grabbed wickets beginning in the Australia innings and then obtained some strength overdue in the day. But the serves were departed to rue their depressed second day, when Matthew Wade's millennium provided Australia control of the go with, and at stumps on day three Australia had shifted on to 200 for 6 with Hussey on 17 and Harris on 4.

Not since their world-record pursuit of 418 against Waugh's Australia part in 2003 have West Indies pursued down this big a focus on to win a test. On that situation, hundreds to Shivnarine Chanderpaul and Ramnaresh Sarwan set up the West Indies to succeed, and the way their hitting has spluttered in this sequence they will need something in the same way unique from Chanderpaul now around.

First, they must get through the relax of the Australia hitting line-up. The innings began promisingly for West Indies, whose termination 30 minutes before lunchtime provided Australia an uncomfortable four-over spot to deal with before the separate.Warner didn't create it to protection, found at slide off Kemar Roach for 11, and when Watson was taken at leg slide for 5 off Shillingford's go-karting soon after the resumption Australia were in problems.

But Cowan and Ponting, two men who had sustained a slender sequence, came together in a relaxed and managed 87-run alliance that stopped the West Indies strength. Cowan was a little more fighting than he has been so far on the trip, but was still in no excellent rush, and Ponting live through a number of anxious times to perform his way into the innings.

Ponting was fortunate not to be run out soon before tea when Cowan known as him for 1 and then converted him returning, and had the fielder at mid-on tossed down the stumps Ponting was gone. He also provided a challenging opportunity on 27 when he encouraged a Narsingh Deonarine offbreak previous Adrian Barath at brief leg, and although it was challenging it was the type of opportunity West Indies required to take.

Cowan's half-century, his first since the Perth against India, came from his 107th shipping with a cut for four off Deonarine, but on 55 he dropped trying another cut against the same bowler when Darren Sammy at slide revealed spectacular reactions to entice a challenging get. Ponting dropped for 57 in uncommon conditions - he ducked a Kemar Roach bouncy but departed his bat up and unknowingly lobbed a get to slide.

That was the begin of an motivating interval for West Indies as they also eliminated Clarke, who top-edged Shillingford and was found at brief leg for 25. And an essential increase for the serves came just before stumps when Deonarine had Wade lbw for 4, and despite the umpire's choice being upheld on evaluation - the ball arranged the batsman's feet on the complete and was going on to video leg stump - Wade showed up livid with the choice as he strolled off the area.

The wickets intended West Indies completed the day on a good, and they had began that way as well. One more two Western Indies couples live through for an time and a 50 percent and Shivnarine Chanderpaul didn't modify his hitting design despite having to perform with the tail-enders, stunning only three fours in his 68 from 164 paintballs.

He was the last man out, lbw to a ball from Mitchell Starc, who completed 2 for 29, and Australia had lastly completed a 32-run alliance between Chanderpaul and Roach (9 not out). West Indies included 53 to their instantaneously complete for the decrease of their last two wickets as the Aussies battled to discover a way to eliminate the innings.Lyon completed up with 4 for 69 and shifted into place as Australia's major wicket taker of the series so far.

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Can Deccan Chargers Face Pune?

Go with 35 of DLF IPL 2012 will see bottom-placed Deccan Chargers going with the Pune Players. Sourav Ganguly’s PWI (four benefits from eight outings) were passed a audio knocking by the Delhi Daredevils in their past getaway. After dropping two wickets in the first two overs, PWI retrieved through a alliance between Robin Uthappa and Manish Pandey. The duo can't phase on reduce when required, and PWI finished up publishing a below par complete of 146 for two. The Delhi Daredevils removed it quite perfectly.

The Deccan Chargers are yet to win 1 competition in the IPL 2012. They have performed six suits and have a individual point on the panel – which was thanks to their cleaned out fitting against the Kolkata. Kumar Sangakkara’s group will be expecting to convert things around in Farmville. 

For the Pune Gamers to contend, they need their two offshore players –Jessie Ryder and Steven Smith – to flame at the starting and the end of their innings. They also need  to relax of their batsmen to processor in with useful ratings. While Ryder has began gradually and then pressured the problem when well set, Steven Smith has proven that he has what it requires to do the most harm in short period. For the Deccan Chargers to flame, they need their skipper Kumar Sangakkara to fall core, bat through the innings and create a significant participation. They also need companies Shikhar Dhawan, JP Duminy and Cameron to create fast flame advantages.

Apart from Dale Steyn’s four-over cause, also keep an eye on the go to go competition between Rahul Sharma and Amit Mishra. Both leg-spinners are calculating for a position in the Indian team, and each will be trying to get a side over the other. 

The Pune Warriors and the Deccan Chargers have met twice before and they have won one go with each. In their first go with at the Rajiv Gandhi Stadium in Hyderabad, the Pune Players pursued down 137 to win by six wickets. In the come back fitting at the DY Patil Arena in Navi Mumbai, the Deccan Chargers came back the favor when they pursued down the identical complete, and also occurred to win by an edge of six wickets.

Deccan Chargers have grabbed the least wickets in the IPL 2012; they have only managed to disregard 26 batsmen in six plays.

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Emphasized win for Mumbai Indians - Hussey's awful innings didn’t conserve

Complimentary this win, Mumbai leap to 6th identify in the factors desk, while kings XI Punjab stay second last. The guests began well in their pursuit but missing the story almost with some needless wickets. Rohit Sharma spread his category on this competition with a fantastic affect but missing his wicket at an essential point. It was done and dusted for them with 32 required off the last two over but Robin had different thoughts. He focused the Nineteenth over bowled by Piyush Chawla and along with Rayudu stroked 27 operates in it. What a fantastic competition! It went right down to the cable and Mumbai Indians organized on to their nerve fibers to grab success from the lips of beat. Robin modified the entire game via some highly effective reaching and Rayudu with his splendor completed it off in design and the whole Mumbai dug out is ecstatic!

Winning celebration

The Mumbai Indians accomplished a amazing return win against the kings XI Punjab thanks mainly to Ambati Rayudu’s (34*) fresh reaching and Robin Peterson’s (16*) inventiveness with the bat.

Chasing 169, the Mumbai Indians started in a calm style. Openers Sachin Tendulkar (34) and James Franklin (22) can't quite get after the KXIP bowlers. The away part kept the scoreboard ticking but not at the necessary amount. While a 50-run alliance from the openers provided MI a firm groundwork, the property part had other thoughts. Azhar Mahmood created the tennis ball discuss right from the get-go and included both the openers after go-karting just seven paintballs. The guests required fast operates, but KXIP were go-karting with purpose. Dinesh Karthik’s (3) termination created elements more intense for MI. The wicketkeeper-batsman blessed a get to Mahmood off a Piyush Chawla shipping. The Mumbai Indians’ desires were now pinned on the big-hitting Kieron Pollard and the fickle Rohit Sharma. Pollard (3) can't do rights to his ability after he holed out at deeply midwicket off Parvinder Awana to decrease the away part to 90 for four.

 Sharma (50) and Ambati Rayudu led the MI return, with the former getting to his half-century with a six off Awana. The KXIP pacer got his own returning the very next shipping as he ignored the MI right-hander. Awana was not completed yet, and Harbhajan Singh (0) became his second sufferer of the over after lobbing one to long-off. Just when it seemed like the kings would vacation their way to a win, Robin and Rayudu mixed to plunder 27 operates off the Nineteenth millennium over bowled by Piyush Chawla. With just five necessary off the last over, MI accomplished a amazing return to win the go with by four wickets and one ball save.

Stand-in skipper David Hussey won the toss and determined to bat first. Openers Nitin Saini (17) and Mandeep Singh (22) created the lacklustre MI go-karting strike pay beginning on. Singh checked particularly amazing with his constant fighting cerebral vascular strokes. But RP Singh got the 20-year-old right-hander to chip one immediately into Dinesh Karthik’s gloves. Saini was the next to leave as Clint McKay’s brief tennis ball was too much to deal with for the KXIP operator. At 46 for two, the property part required their go-to guy, Marsh, to flame. The Australian started his innings with a sharp edge. Unfortunately for KXIP, that was not an indication of elements to come as James Franklin ignored Marsh for 17.

David Hussey (68*) took on the layer to ranking big and he won. His managed anger became the perfect way to unsettle the MI go-karting strike. South African David Miller(34*) offered sufficient support to make sure the home side just didn't capitulate. The duo put on an amazing unbeaten 89-run alliance to make sure that KXIP published a fighting complete of 168 for three.

           

Man-of-the-match: Ambati Rayudu for his 17-ball 34-run that assisted the Mumbai Indians an extraordinary win.         

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Sehwag leads Delhi to crush victory.

 Virender Sehwag led from the top part, credit score examining 87 not out as the Delhi Daredevils became the first team to reach ten aspects in the Local indian native Major Group 2012 free of charge of an eight-wicket win over the Pune warriors.

Pune installed an amazing restoration after two beginning wickets but were incapable to do it again their achievements over Delhi of previously in the tournament.

The Daredevils checked eager to avenge their beat in the opposite fitting with two fast wickets, Irfan Pathan sent Jessie Ryder for naught and then having Sourav Ganguly found by Shahbaz Nadeem for one.

From a place of one for two, Pune were in apparent problems but Manish Pandey and Robin the boy wonder Uthappa reacted with an unbroken 145-run take a place for the third wicket to bring them to their ending ranking.

Pandey arranged 80 not out in 56 paintballs with seven four legs and three sixes while Uthappa stroked 60 in 58 paintballs with six four legs.

They were assisted by Delhi, who decreased three grabs during the alliance and provided some reward operates through some uncharacteristically inadequate fielding.

They more than created amends with the bat with an established, callous screen.

Mahela Jayawardene (18) checked in excellent chip before he was run out by a variety of Luke Wright and Uthappa before Sehwag, who confronted 48 paintballs, teamed up with Kevin Pietersen (27) to put on 89 for the second wicket.

Pietersen confronted just 21 paintballs but took a returning chair as Sehwag gone down ten four legs and three sixes to generate Delhi to success with four overs to extra.

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Tit For Tat – Bangalore Took Revenge on Rajasthan Royals

Bangalore pave back its way to victory again without great innings of West Indian opener Gayle .Bangalore rocked at Jaipur .AB Devilliers (59*,23 balls) which constitute 3 boundaries and 5 sixes an extra ordinary innings make Bangalore to win the match by 46 runs against Royals .A clever batting by opener Dilshan (76*,58 balls) with 10 fours and single six ,and Devilliers made Bangalore to score 189 runs from 20overs by losing 3 wickets .Appanna , a good length of bowling make royals to score 143 only after losing 7 wickets this is 4th victory for Bangalore and 4th defeat for Rajasthan.

AB, an Awesome Innings:

In Bangalore innings Dilshan stood as a pillar and helped Devilliers to stand and play a big innings. Royals won the toss and invited Bangalore to bat first .Instead of Gayle ,   Kohli started innings with Dilshan .Once again Kohli (16) failed with his form .After 11 overs the score was just 64\2 . In the next over Gayle also sent by Brad Hogg .All predictors thought that it will be difficult for Bangalore to score even 140-150 runs. Gayle came in 4th place and scored just 4 .then AB came to the crease .Last 9overs Bangalore’s score was 125 runs .The partnership smashed 122 runs in just 8.2overs. AB   recorded the 2nd fastest fifty in this league.

Good Start For Royals:

Royals got a good start by the openers Dravid and orange cap hero Rahane .Dravid smashed with a half century .This partnership joined 56 to the score board for the 1st wicket .Due to the failure of Rahane and Owais shah, target became very difficult for Royals .They didn’t get a good partnership after dismissal of Owais shah .Required run rate became high .Dravid also went back to the pavilion in 14thover .Appanna played an important role in taking wickets of Royals.

“Credit Goes To Appanna”: AB

Man of the match was given to Devilliers undoubtedly .But he shared award with Appanna . Devilliers said “I played well, But we won the match because of team spirit. Appanna is eligible for men of the match .He stunned me with bowling by taking 4\19 and make our team (Bangalore) to win”.

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Pune vs Delhi Highlights: Comfortable win for Delhi DareDevils

An explosive innings of unbeaten 87 off 48 deliveries(10 fours, 3 sixes) guided Delhi to a comfortable chase against the Pune Warriors. Delhi also levelled scores with the Pune team who shocked them few days ago at their home ground. Chasing a modest total of 146 Delhi scored runs at a very good rate. Jayawardane and Sehwag opened the innings. Jayawardene was looking good until he got run out for 18. Kevin Peterson joined the part and made a breezy 27 before getting out when the score was 111. There were no major hiccups for the Delhi team later on. But the Delhi innings was totally Viru's show. His innings was studded with 3 sixes and 10 fours. It had been a long time since we witnessed the typical explosive innings of Virender Sehwag. Sehwag scored the winning runs with a boundary and a six. The bowling of Pune looked helpless in front of the onslaught of Delhi's skipper.

Earlier Pune Warriors won the toss and elected to bat. The team had a disastrous start losing Ryder and Ganguly very quickly. The score read 1 run for 2 wickets after 2 overs. But Manish Pandey and Uthappa re- constructed the innings and lasted till the 20 overs. It was a record partnership for the Pune team(145 runs). Manish Pandey opened the innings and made good use of the opportunity. He made an impressive knock of 80 in just 56 balls. Uthappa on the other hand scored 60 off 58 deliveries. The innings of him was very useful to lay the foundation. On hindsight the slow paced innings is deterrent to score big. Pune also had not utilized their trump card Steve Smith. Had Uthappa taken more risks after 15 overs the score would have been much more as they had plenty of wickets remaining. The scoring rate was also just under 6 for first 13 overs.

With this win Delhi Daredevils tops the points table with 10 points and looks more stronger team. Virender Sehwag received the Man of the Match award for his match winning performance. Pune will be disappointed with the result but the positive is Manish Pandey who had done a great job as an opener. Another concern must be the captain Ganguly's form himself who didn't score big in this tournament yet.

Turning point: 2 quick wickets in the first 2 overs of Pune innings made the difference. Pune concentrated on building the innings and had to compromise on the run rate.

Brief Scores:

Pune Warriors India: 146/2 in 20 overs(Pandey 80* Uthappa 60*)

Delhi Dare Devils : 148/2 in 16 overs(Sehwag 87*,Peterson 27)

Result: Delhi DareDevils won by 8 wickets with 4 overs to spare.

Man of the Match: Virender Sehwag.

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Bangalore vs Rajasthan Highlights: RCB crush Rajasthan Royals

The target of 190 set by the RCB seemed like an uphill task as the RR were never in hunt for the chase. It was a convincing 46 runs victory for RCB. Put into bat the Royal Challengers surprised everyone by sending Virat Kohli and Dilshan as the openers. Later it was known that Chris Gayle was not fully fit just before the match. Kohli played run a ball 16 before getting out. Mayank Agarwal followed his way back to the pavillion. It is unfair to expect Gayle to explode as he was not fit and as expected he got out for 4. But the partnership of AB De Velliers and Dilshan set the tone for RCB to pile up a huge total of 189. De Villiers in particular played an explosive innings of 58 off just 23 balls and guided his team to a challenging total. The RCB scored 82 runs in the last 5 overs. Both Dilshan and DeVilliers played entertaining innings with their trademark 'Dilscoop' and 'Villiscoop'. At one stage everyone felt that there would be a score of 150 or 160. But thanks to the duo. Dilshan anchored the innings by scoring a crucial 76 off 58 balls.

Chasing a huge score of 190 at an asking rate of nearly 10 an over, the Rajasthan team succumbed to the pressure, excepting Rahul Dravid who played a captain's innings of 58 off 42 balls. Dravid was running short of partners and he got out while playing an unusual shot. Spinner Apanna had done the trick for RCB by picking up all the top four batsmen. Rahane and Shah who played a few match winning performances failed miserably today. There wasn't one decent partnership in the entire Rajasthan innings. One can only feel sorry for Rahul Dravid . The Rajasthan Royals batting looked vulnerable once again. The only saving grace is the Dravid's half century. It was a good captain's knock but that just wasn't enough tonight. It needs to be seen how they could bounce back in the remaining matches.

The RCB team which was dependent heavily on the Gayle force won this match without his contribution and that would instill much more confidence in the team. RCB grabbed 2 crucial points and is at the 6th position with 8 points. The RR team is also with points but RCB clearly looks the stronger one with 3 consecutive wins in a row. Rajasthan scored 143/7 in 20 overs and were defeated by 46 runs, considered a huge margin in the T20 format. Today is definitely a bad day for the blue Royals!

Game changer: AB DeVelliers who scored a quickfire 59 off 23 balls made all the difference to the RCB batting.

Golden run period for RCB: Overs 16-20 whic yielded 82 runs. The RR team never seemed to recover from that big blow.

Brief scores.

RCB: 189/3 in 20 overs(Dilshan 76*, AB DeVilliers 59*) Hogg 2/39

RR: 143/7 in 20 overs(Dravid 58, Binny 20*) Apanna 4/19

Result: RCB won by 46 Runs.

Man of the match: AB DeVelliers, not just for that brilliant knock but also for sharing his award with Apanna for his excellent figures of 4/19. A very good gesture by the great batsman!

Points table still not clear: Top 6 teams share 8 points each and it is still tough to predict the top four teams for the play offs! Want to get clearer picture. Watch today's encounters, some the doubts could be answered:

1) Pune Warriors India vs Delhi Daredevils. Start of play 4:00 PM IST

2)Kolkata Knight Riders vs Deccan Chargers. Start of play 8:00 PM IST.

Live streaming : IPL Live Streaming

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Marsh Incredible Innings - Punjab Gave A Shock To Mumbai

In IPL-5 Punjab has turned its way to the victory .Shaun marsh (68*,40 balls) with 5 boundaries and 3 sixes on Sunday made his team to win the match against Mumbai by 6 wickets .Initially Mumbai won the toss and elected to bat .

Opener Franklin (79,51 balls) with 6 fours and 4 sixes an extra ordinary innings made Mumbai to make 163 runs  from 20overs after losing 6 wickets, then the target is chased by Punjab with 3 balls remaining after loosing 4 wickets . Marsh is the only man who stood from the beginning to the last in crease had played an important role in victory of Punjab and awarded as man of the match .

In IPL-5 Punjab has won 3 matches on the other hand Mumbai has lost 3 matches .Mumbai innings had good started. Master has scored 23 after returning to IPL .He was run out, and in next over Rohit also back to pavilion .Dinesh kartik has started making runs faster. In between 12 and 15overs Mumbai made 64 runs! .

In 16th over Karthik was run out .They both made 75 runs parthership .Punjab bowlers had bowled a good line and length bowls at last over and made Mumbai to score only 34 runs in last 5overs by losing 4 wicket .Awana is the man who had bowled a good piece of bowling and took 2 wickets for 23runs.I n chasing the target, Punjab had got a good opening by Saini and Mandeep made Punjab to  score 48 runs in just 6overs. Then Saini and Mandeep are sent to the pavilion by Ojha and pollard .

Then captain David hussey supported marsh to led their team towards victory .By the end of 18th over Hussey and Mahmood was gone. By last 2overs 20 runs is to be required to win the match .Marsh stroked a six in 19 and 20overs . Thats the end of the match .Victory welcomed the Punjab by reaching the target 164 with 3 balls remaining.

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Kings XI Punjab Won By 6 Wickets Against Mumbai Indians

Mumbai Indians lost match against Kings XI Punjab in 28th Match held at Mumbai. Kings XI Punjab won by 6 wickets. Mumbai indians won the toss and elected to bat first and scored 163/6 in 20 overs, Good start by openers Sachin Tendulkar and JEC Franklin added 51 in 8.1 overs for their first wicket partnership.

Sachin's return doesn't change the Mumbai Indians fate, JEC Franklin scored 79 runs in 51 balls with 6 fours and 4 sixes. Sachin Tendulkar was runout when he was on 23 runs in 23 balls followed by RG Sharma (2 runs), KD Karthik (w) (35 runs), KA Pollard (7 runs), Harbhajan Singh (c) (4 runs), NLTC Perera not out with (4 runs) and AT Rayadu not out with (3 runs) set a target of 164 runs against Kings XI Punjab.

Punjab openers N Saini and Mandeep Singh scored 48 runs in 6.2 overs before Saini got out. Soon Mandeep Singh also got out out leaving KXIP struggling at 61/2 in 9 overs. Needing another 103 from 11 overs, KXIP again looked upon Shaun Marsh and David Hussey and the duo didn’t let the team down. They added 58 runs before Hussey got out after scoring 21 off 19 balls.   

A Mahmood was the next to come in and he scored 10 off 7 balls. The star for KXIP was Shaun Marsh who scored a brilliant 68 off 40 balls and remained unbeaten. Punjab is continuing their winning record against Mumbai. They also bagged their victory in the IPL 2012 and back in to the competition.

Team                  Mat    Won    Lost    Tie    N/R    Pts    NRR         For                Against
MI                         6          3        3         0       0        6     -0.12       810/116.5        806/114.2
Kings XI Punjab    7         3         4         0       0        6     -0.47      1005/137.1      1060/136.0

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Chennai Super Kings vs Pune Warriors India Highlights: Chennai beat Pune by 13 runs

The CSK team beat the PWI by 13 runs. The Pune Warriors won the toss and put Chennai to bat first. Chennai seemed to follow the same strategy they adopted in the last year i.e. Maintaining the wickets and beginning the onslaught at the last overs. Openers Badrinath and du Plessis scored half centuries each. The sloppy fielding of Pune is also to be blamed as a few catches and a stumping of Badrinath is missed. One remarkable incident is whens the PWI captain, Saurav Ganguly who bravely decided to continue the fielding inspite of injuring himself hard. Just a mark of his fighting nature. Dhoni meanwhile made a quickfire unbeaten 28. In this short innings he played the famous helicopter shots as well. The last over bowled by Marlon Samuels bowled produced 18 runs and at the end it made a huge difference.

Chasing a target of 163 runs, the Pune team looked under pressure and wickets fell at regular intervals. Ganguly showed a glimpse of his form but the pressure to accelerate the run rate has taken a toll on him as well. Yet again he got out in 20s. Five wickets were down and Mathews and Samuels tried to build the innings. In the last 3 overs 35 runs were required. But a disciplined bowling and sharp fielding by the CSK denied Pune the chance of winning. Things would

With this win chennai grabbed 2 points and are raring to go. Just looks like the CSK is back to its winning ways. Sourav Ganguly will need to do a lot of rethinking on the strategies to stay in contention.

Brief Scores:

CSK: 164/5(du Plessis 58, Badrinath 57, Dhoni 28*)

PWI:151/7(Mathews 27, Samuels 26, Ganguly 24)

Result: CSK beat PWI by 13 runs.

Man of the match: Nuwan Kulasekhara: 2/10(2 overs)  

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Deccan Chargers vs Delhi Dare Devils Highlights: Peterson's ton guides Delhi to an emphatic 5 wicket win

Kevin Peterson spoiled the Deccan chargers hope of securing their first win by scoring a brilliant century. Deccan Chargers won the toss and chose to bat first. The decision turned to be a good one with Shikhar Dhawan and Parthiv Patel contributing 80 plus runs for the 2^nd wicket. However the chargers innings crumbled once both the batsmen got out and the run rate came down. 85 runs were scored in the first 10 overs. However they managed to put up only 157 at the end of the innings. The lack of depth in the chargers innings was clearly visible. However credit needs to be given to the Delhi bowlers and Nadeem in particular. He just repeated the magic and sent the dangerous batsmen to the pavilion. He ended up taking 3 wickets for just 16 runs in his quota of 4 overs.

Chasing a decent target of 158, Daredevils too had their share of hiccups as well. Excepting Kevin Peterson, none of the top order batsmen gave enough support to him. Peterson too had his share of luck as he was dropped on a few occasions. But credit could not be taken from his mammoth innings of unbeaten 103 which consisted of 6 fours and 9 sixes. This is KP's first century in T20 and is definitely a fighting knock If the chargers fielding was more sharp, the result would have been different. The chargers came so near to the win, but disappointment again this time. The popular phrase “Catches win matches is very much relevant to the Deccan chargers in today's match”.

Turning point of the match: Peterson's dropped catches as he piled up ¾ of the side's total. A one man show indeed!

With this win the Delhi Dare Devils are sitting comfortably at the top of the table with 8 points. Though the tournament is not even half way through, the Daredevils seems to have a strong grip to stay in the top four.

Brief Scores:

Deccan Chargers: 157(Dhawan 44, P Patel 45)

Delhi Dare Devils: 162/5(Pieterson 103*, Nagar 23*)

Result: Delhi Dare Devils won by 5 wickets with 5 balls to spare.

Man of the match: Kevin Peterson : 103 not out( 64 balls)

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Chennai Superkings vs Pune Warriors India Preview: Chennai Super Kings take on Pune Warriors in a crucial encounter

The defending champions Chennai Superkings will look to get back to their winning ways with today's game when they take on Pune. Chennai suffered 3 losses this season. But they are known to be slow starters and could very well reach the to the top of the points table. But the Pune team couldn't be taken lightly as well with Jessy Ryder and Robin Uthappa at their attacking best. The skipper MS Dhoni is doubtful for the match owing to fitness and Albie Morkel will be unavailable as well. This could be a set back for the superkings.

Chennai has a good batting line up but Murali Vijay is struggling to get runs. The team till now could did not have a reliable opening pair. On the other hand Pune experimented with Ryder and Uthappa and it paid off. However the concern must be the captain's poor run till now. Obviously this is the occasion for Sourov Ganguly to score big. The teams look even balanced with players like Raina for Chennai and Steve Smith for Pune. The concern for Pune would be Dinda's availability as he is the pick of the bowlers for Pune. Ashish Nehra must be lying low of confidence when he had give 24 runs in the last over which turned the fate of the Pune in the last game.

Both the teams have ups and downs but Dhoni's absence in today's game would be a huge blow to the Chennai team. Pune would definitely like to capitalize on that. Pune would like to maintain their good form by winning this game. It also needs to be seen how the Pune batsmen would defend teh off spinner Ashwin who had changed the tide of the game in many occasions. Nevertheless the Chepauk venue is going to provide a cracker of the match.

Prediction: Absence of Dhoni and Morkel gives Warriors the edge. 

Start of Play : 8PM

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Delhi Daredevils vs Deccan Chargers Preview: Huge task ahead for Deccan Chargers

Deccan Chargers played 3 games and lost all of them. The team is very curious to seal their first win in this edition of IPL. The positives for the team are Shikhar Dhawan and JP Duminy striking well. However the middle order batting isnt that strong. The bowling department is spearheaded by the dangerous Dale Steyn and that is a big advantage. The team would be desperate for a win as they are placed at the bottom of the table. The chances for winning this match doesnt seem to be too bright as the opponnets are Delhi Daredevils who look unstoppable right now.       

The strengths of Delhi is both its powerful batting and bowling. Batting should not be a concern at all as some of the world class players like Mahela Jayawardene, Kevin Peterson, Ross Taylor and the captain himself are included. The bowling departmet too came as a revelation especially in their last game against Mumbai. Restricting a top quality team like Mumbai to 92 runs speaks about the disciplined bowling attack. Delhi also found. The presence of 5 specialist bowlers – Umesh Yadav,Ajit Agarkar, Morne Morkel, Irfan Pathan and the game changer for the last match Nadeem. Delhi definitely looks like a formidable unit and would like to maintain their winning streak.

Sometimes in a T20 game a single player could turn the tide. Deccan Chargers have to rely heavily on Dale Steyn or JP Duminy for an extraordinary performance. Deccan Chargers could bounce back with this match if their bowlers could put heavy brakes on the Delhi batsmen. The match's result will be very crucial as a win for Delhi will put them on the top of the table. And a win for Deccan Chargers would boost their confidence.

Delhi Daredevils strengths: Powerful batting, spirited bowling.

Deccan Chargers strengths: Good batting. Bowling still an area of concern.

Prediction: The Daredevils could set the Kotla crowd ablaze.

The teams:

Delhi Daredevils: V Sehwag(Captain), M Juneja, Varun Aaron, A Agarkar, P Bisht, R Bist, GH Bodi, Bracewell, U Chand, A Finch, M Jayawardene, Maxwell, M Morkel, S Nadeem, Y Nagar, PT Naik, P Negi, N Ojha(wk), I Pathan, K Pietersen, K Raval, A Russell, A Salvi, R Taylor, R van der Merwe, Y Venugopal Rao, Vikas Mishra, DA Warner, TP Yadav, U Yadav and Zafir Patel

Deccan Chargers: KC Sangakkara(captain), A Ashish Reddy, Anand Rajan, Ankit Sharma, T Atchuta Rao, A Bhandari, D Bravo, B Chipli, D Christian, K Devdhar, S Dhawan, JP Duminy, MS Gony, DJ Harris, IR Jaggi, AA Jhunjhunwala, CA Lynn, A Mishra, T Mishra, PA Patel(wk), V Pratap Singh, SA Quadri, DB Ravi Teja, PA Reddy, BB Samantray, C Sneha Kishore, S Sohal, T Srivastava, D Steyn, T Sudhindra, J Theron, C White and A Yadav

Start of Play: 4PM

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Kolkata Knight Riders vs Kings XI Punjab Highlights IPL 5

Gautam Gambhir topscored with an unbeaten 66 to guide Kolkata Knight Riders to a effective eight-wicket victory over Kings XI Punjab at the PCA Stadium on Wednesday night.

It was a low-scoring game and also a one-sided experience.

Highlights of this Match

# Kolkata Knight Riders eased to eight-wicket victory, chasing 125. They finished with 127/2 in 16.3 overs

# This was third win for Kolkata in six games. They moved to fourth in points table

# Punjab are with four points from five games are seventh in the points table

# Opener Gambhir was the highest scorer in the match with 66 off 44 balls with seven boundaries and one six

# Jacques Kallis closed the match with a straight six. He was 30 not out off 23 balls with three fours and one six

# In the entire match, there were only four sixes

# Punjab skipper Adam Gilchrist scored one six in the team’s innings while Manvinder Bisla, Gambhir and Kallis one hit each over the ropes

# Punjab legspinner Piyush Chawal claimed both Kolkata wickets

# Kolkata restricted Punjab to 124/7 in 20 overs

# Gilchrist topscored for them with 40 not out

# Gilchrist had to retire on 28 due to a hamstring injury and later returned to bat after the fall of the fifth wicket

# Punjab took 99 balls to score 100 runs. They were 100/4 in 16.3 overs

# Kolkata scored their 100 in 86 balls (14.2 overs)

# Brett Lee and Sunil Narine took two wicket apiece for Kolkata

# Shaun Marsh was controversially out caught behind by Manvinder Bisla off Lee

# Bilsa appeared to have claimed a catch when the ball bounced in front of him. Marsh asked Bisla and the latter said he had taken a clean catch but later replays proved Bisla wrong

# Piyush was the most economical bowler of the match with figures of 2/19 in 4 overs (economy rate 4.75)


SCORE CARD:

Kings XI Punjab Vs Kolkata Knight Riders

Event:   Indian Premier League 2012		Venue:   Punjab Cricket Association Ground, Mohali, India
Match Type:  IPL
Toss:   Kings XI Punjab won the toss and decided to bat
Umpires:   JD Cloete (South Africa) , RJ Tucker (Australia)
Third umpire:   S Ravi (India)		Referee:   RS Mahanama (Sri Lanka)
Match result:   Kolkata Knight Riders won by 8 wickets		Man of the Match:   G Gambhir

Kings XI Punjab - Innings
Batsman's Name	How Out	Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s	S/R
AC Gilchrist (C) (Wk)	not out	40	30	-	3	1	133.3
PC Valthaty	c M Bisla b B Lee	8	8	-	1	-	100
SE Marsh	c M Bisla b B Lee	33	30	-	4	-	110
Mandeep Singh	c R Bhatia b L Balaji	6	10	-	-	-	60
DJ Hussey	run out (BB McCullum, M Bisla)	10	14	-	-	-	71.4
P Dogra	c JH Kallis b SP Narine	6	8	-	-	-	75
AD Mascarenhas	c MK Tiwary b R Bhatia	9	10	-	1	-	90
PP Chawla	b SP Narine	9	10	-	-	-	90
P Kumar
HS Bansal
BA Bhatt
Extras	1lb     2w	3
Total	7 wickets, innings closed, 20 overs	124
Fall of wickets	1-24 (PC Valthaty, 2.6 ov), 2-62 (Mandeep Singh, 9.3 ov), 3-86 (SE Marsh, 13.6 ov), 4-87 (DJ Hussey, 14.2 ov), 5-101 (AD Mascarenhas, 16.5 ov), 6-103 (P Dogra, 17.1 ov), 7-124 (PP Chawla, 19.6 ov)

Kolkata Knight Riders
Bowler's Name	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wickets	Wides	No-Balls
B Lee	4	0	26	2	1	-
JH Kallis	3	0	23	0	-	-
SP Narine	4	0	24	2	-	-
L Balaji	4	0	20	1	-	-
YK Pathan	1	0	7	0	-	-
R Bhatia	4	0	23	1	1	-

Kolkata Knight Riders - Innings
Batsman's Name	How Out	Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s	S/R
BB McCullum	c AD Mascarenhas b PP Chawla	15	18	-	3	-	83.3
G Gambhir (C)	not out	66	44	-	7	1	150
M Bisla (Wk)	b PP Chawla	11	14	-	-	1	78.6
JH Kallis	not out	30	23	-	2	1	130.4
MK Tiwary
YK Pathan
DB Das
B Lee
R Bhatia
L Balaji
SP Narine
Extras	4lb     1w	5
Total	2 wickets, 16.3 overs	127
Fall of wickets	1-53 (BB McCullum, 5.5 ov), 2-74 (M Bisla, 9.5 ov)

Kings XI Punjab
Bowler's Name	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wickets	Wides	No-Balls
P Kumar	3	1	23	0	-	-
AD Mascarenhas	4	0	23	0	-	-
HS Bansal	2	0	26	0	1	-
PP Chawla	4	0	19	2	-	-
BA Bhatt	3.3	0	32	0	-	-

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