Date – Apr 27, 2009
Result – Mumbai win by 92 runs

Mumbai Indians Innings
Mumbai Indians won the toss and elected to bat first. The decision proved fruitful as both openers, Jayasurya and Sachin Tendulkar gave them the flying start. Both scored at will and punished even good balls to boundary and raised half centuries. Mumbai Indians lost the first wicket in form of Tendulkar when the team score was 127. Soon Harbhajan Singh who played some lusty shots was also sent back to pavilion. After this they lost some quick wickets but the middle order chipped in with some small but useful contributions to score a total of 187/6 in alloted 20 overs.

Kolkata Knight Riders Innings
Chasing a high total of 188, Kolkata Knight Riders never got the start they wished. They lost wickets at regular interval and none of the top order batsmen except Ganguly could score runs. Some resistance to Mumbai Indian bowlers was shown by both Dada (Ganguly) and Hodge but once they both were out, the middle and lower order fell like pile of cards.From 71/3 they were all out for 95. Thus Mumbai win by 92 runs and Knight Riders lost yet another match.

Fall of wickets
Mumbai Indians
S Tendulkar (127-1, 12.2), Harbhajan (146-2, 13.5), S Jayasuriya (148-3, 14.4), A Nayar (151-4, 15.1), D Bravo (162-5, 17), S Dhawan (175-6, 18.5)

Kolkata Knight Riders
B McCullum (7-1, 2), C Gayle (16-2, 3), B Hodge (71-3, 10.2), S Ganguly (80-4, 12.1), A Ghosh (81-5, 12.3), Yashpal Singh (83-6, 13.2), LR Shukla (91-7, 14.5), A Mendis (95-8, 15.1), A Dinda (95-9, 15.2)

Man of the match – S Tendulkar

Date – Apr 27, 2009
Result – Deccan Chargers Win by 6 Wickets

Chennai Super Kings Innings
Deccan Chargers won the toss and elected to field first on this new pitch with a hope of taking some initial wickets. Though they claimed Parthiv Patel in very first order but the hope were ruined by some sensational batting by Mathew Hayden and Suresh Raina. Together they took the score past 50 and it looked they were upto a very high score. But then Raina got out and this brought Dhoni to the crease. With high score in mind, both Dhoni and Hayden started hitting the loose balls to fence and scoring ones and two’s at ease. Ojha was brought to the attack and he got rid of both Dhoni and Hayden in same over to shatter the hopes of Chennai Super Kings. But Jacob Oram played some huge shots and took the score pass 150 and in the end of alloted 20 overs, they scored 165/6.

Deccan Chargers Innings
When Gilchrist and Gibbs are the openers of any team, you can expect fireworks from the very first ball and this is what actually happened today in the 16th match of IPL. Chasing a target of 166, they both smashed the balls to every corner of the ground and the Chennai Super Kings bowler were looking helpless. After all the main bowlers failed, it was Raina who took the priced scalp of Gilly when the team score was 67 in the 6th over. But the damage was already done.Though Raina got another wicket of Laxman soon but still the chase was on and the total looked to low with each shot played by Gibbs. Rohit Sharma and Smith contributed some useful runs but in the end it was Gibbs show and he took his team to victory in the last over.

Fall of wickets
Chennai Super Kings Innings
P Patel (0-1, 0.2), S Raina (64-2, 6.5), *MS Dhoni (102-3, 12.3), M Hayden (103-4, 13), A Morkel (129-5, 16.5), S Badrinath (165-6, 19.5)

Deccan Chargers
A Gilchrist (67-1, 5.4), V Laxman (68-2, 6), R Sharma (114-3, 13.4), D Smith (130-4, 15.2)

Man of the match: H Gibbs

Date – Apr 26, 2009
Result – Kings XI Punjab won by 27 runs

Kings XI Punjab Innings
Kings XI Punjab won the toss and elected to bat first. But the decision proved to be disastrous as they lost four wickets for just 48 runs on board. Then it was K Sangakarra and Irfan Pathan who played sensible knocks and took the score pass 100.In the 18th over, Pathan fell to Khan and Kings XI Punjab were tottering at 123/5. Soon Sangakkara also lost his wicket and it was almost all over for Kings XI Punjab. At the end of 20 overs, Kings XI Punjab scored only 139/6 and now its upto the bowling department to save this match for them.

Rajasthan Royals Innings
A dismal batting performance by Rajasthan Royals or you can say a splendid bowling performance by Punjab helped them to win the match which was earlier considered to be a cake walk for Rajasthan Royals. The openers were back in pavilion with the team score of 9/2. The fall of wickets continued and Rajasthan Royals were 42/6 in the ninth over. Jadega and Warne tried to save the match but there heroics were not sufficient and they ended with 112/7 in alloted 20 overs.

Fall of wickets
Kings XI Punjab
K Goel (0-1, 0.1), R Bopara (21-2, 4.1), *Yuvraj Singh (38-3, 6.1), D Jayawardene (48-4, 8.2), I Pathan (123-5, 18.1), K Sangakarra (130-6, 19)

Rajasthan Royals
S Asnodkar (7-1, 1.1), G Smith (9-2, 1.5), R Quiney (23-3, 4.1), Mascarenhas (27-4, 4.3), Y Pathan (36-5, 6.4), A Raut (42-6, 8.4), R Jadeja (102-7, 18.1)

Man of the match: K Sangakarra

Date – Apr 26, 2009

Result: Delhi won by 6 wkts

Bangalore Royal Challengers
Bangalore Royal Challengers won the toss and elected to bat first. But the decision proved to be disastrous as they lost two wickets for just 10 runs on board. Then Pietersen and Taylor took the score to 72 in almost 9 overs. When things looked in control, Vettori struck and got Pietersen wicket. Soon Taylor was also sent back to pavilion and the score was 78/4 in 11 overs. Kohli and Boucher then steadied the innings and took the score past 100. Royal Challengers then saw a quick fall of wickets to get a total score of 149 in alloted 20 overs.

Delhi Daredevils Innings
The fireworks from Tillekeratne Dilshan (67 runs in 47 balls, 5×4, 2×6) helped Delhi Daredevils beat Royal Challengers Bangalore by six wickets in the Indian Premier League match in Port Elizabeth on Sunday.After loosing initial wicket of Sehwag, Delhi Daredevils got back on track and won the match. After this win, they now share the number 1 spot with Deccan Chargers

Fall of wickets
Bangalore Royal Challengers
1-0 (Kallis, 0.1 ov), 2-10 (Uthappa, 1.2 ov), 3-72 (Pietersen, 9.3 ov), 4-78 (Taylor, 10.6 ov), 5-139 (Boucher, 18.6 ov), 6-139 (Kohli, 19.1 ov), 7-145 (Vinay Kumar, 19.3 ov)

Delhi Daredevils
V Sehwag (11-1, 1.4), G Gambhir (42-2, 5.4), AB de Villiers (84-3, 13.1), D Karthik (106-4, 15.4)

Man of the match: T Dilshan

Date – 25 April 2009

Due to continuous rains at Newlands cricket ground in Cape Town, the match between Kolkata Knight Riders and Chennai Super Kings was washed away. The match was called off without even a single ball being bowled and thus both teams were awarded one point each