Date – Apr 30, 2009
Result – Chennai won by 38 runs

Chennai Super Kings Innings
Chennai Super Kings were put to bat first after Rajasthan Royals won the toss. The hard hitter Mathew Hayden failed this time and was the first to return back to pavilion when the team score was just 4. Soon Patel followed and Chennai Super Kings were 17/2 in 3.3 overs. Suresh Raina came to the center and played some exquisite strokes. He along with Badrinath took the score to 84 when Badrinath was out. Raina continued his superb batting and scored 98 runs( 4*10, 6*5) in just 55 balls. Dhoni also scored 22 runs and was not out till end. It was Raina’s heroic efforts that lead to a total score of 164/5 in 20 overs.

Rajasthan Royals Innings
Chasing a total of 165, Rajasthan Royals lost first wicket at just 9 runs in form of G Smith. They did not had recovered from early wicket that they lost another wicket when the team score was just 29. Fall of wickets continued at regular interval and Chennai Super King got a major wicket in form of Yusuf Pathan and Rajasthan Royals were reduced to 86/4 in 13th over. This triggered the loss of wickets and not a single batsmen could take charge and thus eventually Chennai won by 38 runs.

Fall of wickets
Chennai Super Kings
M Hayden (4-1, 1.1), P Patel (17-2, 3.3), S Badrinath (84-3, 11.1), J Oram (88-4, 12.5), S Raina (159-5, 19.4)

Rajasthan Royals
G Smith (9-1, 2), S Asnodkar (29-2, 5.3), R Quiney (55-3, 9.3), Y Pathan (86-4, 13), D Mascarenhas (98-5, 15), R Jadeja (114-6, 17.3), *S Warne (116-7, 18), M Patel (116-8, 18.1), S Trivedi (126-9, 19.3)

Man of the match – SK Raina

Date – Apr 30, 2009
Result – Delhi Daredevils won by 6 wickets

Deccan Chargers Innings
Deccan Chargers were put to bat first by Delhi Daredevils after they won the toss. Sehwag’s decision proved in favor as they go rid of dangerous opening batsmen, Gilchrist and Gibbs when the team score was just 19. After loosing 2 quick wickets, Deccan Chargers middle order consolidated the innings and every batsmen score some runs to add to the team total. D Smith played a sensational innings of 48 runs in just 28 balls and took the score to a respectable total. At the end of 20 overs, it was a total of 148/9 which the Deccan Chargers were able to post.

Delhi Daredevils Innings
With the openers like Sehwag and Gambhir, the total looked easy but Delhi Daredevils lost Sehwag early after a short but blistering knock of 20. Soon AB de Villers also got out and Gambhir also followed leaving Delhi Daredevils reeling at 49/3. But then Karthik and Dilshan took the charge and score runs at will. The scoring rate was too good and it looked like the match is in Delhi Daredevils pocket but suddenly Ojha got rid of dangerous looking Karthik and the match was opened again.With a new batsmen at crease 21 runs were required in last 3 overs. Dilshan and Manhas made sure that Delhi Daredevils win this match. Dilshan made the victory special by hitting a six and completing his half century. Delhi Daredevils won the match by 6 wickets and 8 balls to spare.

Fall of wickets
Deccan Chargers
A Gilchrist (8-1, 0.5), H Gibbs (19-2, 2.3), R Sharma (52-3, 9), A Bilakhia (53-4, 9.2), T Suman (118-5, 14.5), D Smith (139-6, 18), S Shoaib (139-7, 18.3), Venugopal Rao (147-8, 19.5), P Ojha (147-9, 20)

Delhi Daredevils
V Sehwag (30-1, 3.3), AB de Villiers (35-2, 5), G Gambhir (49-3, 6.5), D Karthik (128-4, 17.1)

Man of the Match – D Nannes

Date – Apr 29, 2009
Result – Punjab win by 3 runs

Kings XI Punjab Innings
Kings XI Punjab won the toss and elected to bat first but the decision was not in favor as the pitch was not conducive for stroke play. Kings XI Punjab lost quick wickets and never recovered from the jolts. Only one batsmen, Kumara Sangakkarra showed some resistance and scored unbeaten 45. The second highest scorer was Goel who scored 12 runs. All other batsmen failed to use the opportunity and score some runs. In the end, after 20 overs, Kings XI Punjab managed just 119/8.
Now it lies on the bowlers to defend this low but competitive total as the pitch seems to have something for the bowlers.

Mumbai Indians Innings
Chasing a total of 120, Mumbai Indians got to a disastrous start as both openers – Jayasurya and Tendulkar were sent back to pavilion when the team score was just 4. Mumbai Indians were reeling at 12/3 in 4.1 overs. Then Bravo and Duminy started to settle the innings and before they could even normalise Mumbai Indians, Bravo was out leaving Mumbai Indians 45/4 in the 10th over. Duminy was the only hope left for Mumbai Indians and he did not disappoint. He played a superb knock of 59 runs and took Mumbai Indians very close to victory. In last over Mumbai Indians required 12 to win and they lost Duminy. This was the turning point and they lost the match by just 3 runs. This was one of the closest match in IPL in which the pendulum shifted from one to another right across the game.

Fall of wickets
Kings XI Punjab
K Goel (18-1, 3.5), R Bopara (18-2, 4.3), Yuvraj Singh (41-3, 8.3), M Jayawardene (52-4, 10.3), I Pathan (84-5, 14.3), W Mota (97-6, 16.2), P Chawla (97-7, 16.4), R Powar (119-8, 20)

Mumbai Indians
S Jayasuriya (1-1, 0.1), S Tendulkar (4-2, 1.2), S Dhawan (12-3, 4.1), D Bravo (45-4, 9.2), A Nayar (94-5, 17.1), Harbhajan Singh (101-6, 18.1), JP Duminy (113-7, 19.4)

Man of the Match – KC Sangakkara

Date – Apr 29, 2009
Result – Bangalore Royal Challengers win by 5 wickets

Kolkata Knight Riders Innings
Kolkata Knight Riders won the toss and elected to bat first.They could not have got more disastrous start as they lost McCullum for a golden duck. Hodge and Gayle then took the score to 45 when Hodge became the victim of Kumble. Even Gayle could not play as freely as he always does but still managed 40 runs in 37 balls. Ganguly failed once and scored just 1 run, leaving his fans disappointed. M van Wyk and Saha then played and duo helped Kolkata Knight Riders cross the 100 run mark. In the end it was a total well shot of what was expected and Kolkata Knight Riders managed 139/6 in 20 overs.

Bangalore Royal Challengers Innings
Bangalore Royal Challengers got off to a very good start and scored 50 runs without the loss of any wicket. Chasing a modest target of 140, they looked pretty comfortable right from the first over.Goswami was the first to get out when the team score was 69, soon Kallis also got out and Bangalore Royal Challengers were 77/2 in 12.4 overs. Kohli and Pieterson then got some starts but were sent back by Hodge in the same over. Bangalore Royal Challengers required 33 more runs with 6 wickets in hand in remaining 4 overs. Merve got out after scoring just 9 runs. The match became quite interesting as Bangalore Royal Challengers needed 10 runs in the last over. Boucher as many times before was the savior for Bangalore Royal Challengers and scored the required runs to win the match.

Fall of wickets
Bangalore Royal Challengers
S Goswami (69-1, 11.1), J Kallis (77-2, 12.4), V Kohli (106-3, 15.4), K Pietersen (107-4, 16), R Merwe (129-5, 18.5)

Kolkata Knight Riders
B McCullum (0-1, 0.1), B Hodge (45-2, 5.5), S Ganguly (54-3, 8.3), C Gayle (70-4, 11.2), W Saha (110-5, 16.3), L Shukla (118-6, 17.4)

Man of the match – MV Boucher

Date – Apr 28, 2009
Result – Rajasthan Royals won by 5 wkts

Delhi Daredevils Innings
Delhi Daredevils won the toss and elected to bat first but unlike earlier played matches, this time they could not get off to a flyer. Though the run rate was in excess of 6 but Delhi Daredevils lost wickets at regular interval and it never looked they were in complete charge of the game. A B de Villers was the only hope for Delhi Daredevils and he scored a 50 of just 40 balls to take the score to a respectable total.Vettori and Manhas also chipped in with useful contributions and in the end Delhi Daredevils were able to score a total of 143/7 in 20 overs.

Rajasthan Royals Innings
Chasing the target, Rajasthan Royals got to a very bad start and lost 3 quick wickets when the team score was just 34.Then Jadega and Smith got together and scored some runs for Rajasthan Royals. Just when things started to look good for Rajasthan Royals, Mishra struck twice in the same over and thus Rajasthan Royals were reduced to 64/5 in 11 overs. At this stage it looked like its all over for Rajasthan Royals but Yusuf Pathan came and played an innings of lifetime. He along with Smith washed all the hopes of Delhi Daredevils. Yusuf Pathan scored 61 runs of just 30 balls ( 3 fours and 6 sixes) and helped Rajasthan Royals snatch a victory from mouth of Delhi Daredevils.

Fall of wickets
Delhi Daredevils
G Gambhir (20-1, 2.3), V Sehwag (25-2, 3), T Dilshan (38-3, 5.5), D Karthik (49-4, 7.2), AB de Villiers (105-5, 15.2), D Vettori (135-6, 18.3), A Mishra (142-7, 19.5)

Rajasthan Royals
R Quiney (20-1, 3.3), S Asnodkar (31-2, 4.5), P Valthaty (34-3, 6.4), R Jadeja (63-4, 10.3), S Warne (64-5, 11)

Man of the Match – Yusuf Pathan