McGrath on Shane: “He is a great player and he leads from the front. He has done a great job in putting the team together and motivating them to give their best.”

McGrath on IPL: “IPL has brought different cultures from different countries together. The interaction of the players help to develop friendship among the players and as a whole, it contributes to the spirit of cricket.”

Deccan Chargers again caused an upset today in the 26th match of DLF -IPL by defeating one of the strongest team ie Chennai Super Kings. Chasing a small target of 145, Gibbs and Gilchrist opened the innings and took the score to 24 when Manpreet Goni got rid of Gibbs. Gilchrist on the other end was simply fierce and was hitting the ball with atmost power. He scored 54 of just 36 balls and thus laid a solid platform for Deccan Chargers. Gilly was the captain for today’s match due to an injury to Laxman and he really played a captain’s knock. When he got out, Rohit Sharma came to bat who along with Scott Styris scored freely and took the score past 100. Deccan Chargers needed run a ball and the game was in the control. With a huge hit to the fence, Rohit began the highest run getter in the tournament and thus bagged the orange cap from Sehwag.When Rohit got out,Afridi came to the center and ended the match with two sixes and two fours in the favor of Deccan Chargers.

Today – Match 26th – Scorecard – Chennai Super Kings vs Deccan Chargers

In the 26th match of DLF – Indian Premier League, Deccan Chargers won the toss and decided to field first. Deccan Chargers bowlers could not have asked for more as they continued to get wickets at regular intervals of time. The very first wicket fell in the first over as Parthiv Patel was out for 4. Soon Shrikanth got out trying to play a pull and completely mistimed it. The next to go was the experienced Kiwi batsmen Stephen Fleming. The score of Chennai Super Kings had not even crossed 50 and they had lost 4 crucial wickets.Raina and Dhoni then started to build a partnership but they scored at a very slow run rate as compared to T20 standards. In the process of increasing the run rate both of these fell and the score was 86/6 in 15 overs.Albie Morkel hit some shots and hit a huge six out of the stadium. In the last over it was Manpreet Gony and Morkel who scored 20 runs to take the the Chennai Super Kings to 144 /7 runs in 20 overs.

Now its upto the bowlers of Chennai Super Kings to prevent one more upset in the already so much twisted Manoranjan Ka Baap – DLF Indian Premier League.

Today – Match 26th – Scorecard – Chennai Super Kings vs Deccan Chargers

In a recent sensational news, Vijay Mallya has removed the CEO of Royal Challengers Charu Sharma and the coach Venkatesh Prasad due to the poor performance of the Royal Challengers team. It is to be mentioned that Royal Challengers have lost 5 matches out of the 7 played so far. KSCA secretary Brijiesh is to replace Charu Sharma as the new CEO. The decision came after the recent loss of the team against Kings XI Punjab.

Batting: Deccan Chargers Innings

Bowling : Chennai Super Kings

Batting: Chennai Super Kings Innings

Bowling : Deccan Chargers