In the 22nd match of DLF – IPL, Kings XI won the toss and decided to bat first. They got to a good start and scored 28 runs in 3.5 overs before loosing Hopes. The next wicket to go was of Yuvraj Singh who scored a quick fire 17 of just 10 balls. But this wicket stand was a good one for Kings XI and they took the score of the team to 82/2 in 9 overs. Saun Mash was the top scorer with 40 runs of just 32 balls. Other batsmen of Kings XI also chipped in with useful contributions.Kumara Sangakkara  scored some exquisites boundaries and got on to score 28 runs.Piyush Chawala scored 21 runs of 7 balls to finish the innings. The last  over brought some relief for Kings XI and they scored 21 runs in Ishant Sharma’s over. Kings XI finished the innings at 178/6 and now we have to wait and watch what special the bowlers can do so as to restrict the Kolkata Knight Riders from getting that target.

Today – Match 22 – Scorecard – Kings XI Punjab vs Kolkata Knight Riders

The poor run of Royal Challengers Bangalore ended today and they won today’s match by 3 runs. Chasing the target of 157  Deccan Chargers lost Gilly and Gibbs at team score of 31. Very very special Laxman played the captains knock and was firm on one end. Rohit Sharma came to the center and got into a decent partnership with Laxman. Rohit Sharma and V.V.S.Laxman both scored half centuries and with this half century, Rohit Sharma became the highest run getter in the Indian Premier League and thus will wear the orange cap now. They needed 42 runs in the last 4 overs. Kallis was the bowler and Sharma hit the 1st ball for a four and the second for a six.In an effort to hit one more six, Rohit Sharma got out after having a partnership of 96 with Laxman.Afridi was the one who came after the dismissal of Sharma and Deccan Chargers needed 29 runs in 18 balls.Afridi was out for 1 and it looked that Royal Challengers are back again in the game.Wickets were falling continuously and the main stay Laxman was also out leaving the team in  need of 25 runs from 2 overs. Zaheer got Styris in the second last over and bowled an excellent line. Deccan Chargers needed 20 runs in the last over and that proved to be too much for them. Deccan Chargers could not capitalize on the innings of Laxman and Rohit Sharma and lost a match which was almost in their favor. Kumble was hit for 2 sixes and Deccan Chargers needed 5 off the last bowl but they could not score it and thus Royal Challengers Bangalore Won By 3 Runs.It was a match which witnessed  changing fortunes in the last 5 overs. Earlier it looked that Deccan Chargers would easily win the match but some excellent bowling by Royal Challengers Bangalore assured the win.

Today – Match 21 – Scorecard – Royal Challengers vs Deccan Chargers

In the match number 21 of DLF – IPL, Royal Challengers had to play against Deccan Chargers. Deccan Chargers won the toss and decided to field first. They got an initial breakthrough when Royal Challengers had just scored 13 runs in form of Chipli. But then Jaffer and Kohli played good shots and took the score to 85. Jaffer got out at this score. Kallis was the next to go without doing much.Misbah who is said to be the T20 special also came and without doing much was sent back by the pakistani counterpart Shahid Afridi. Kallis, Virat Kohli and Misbah got out in quick succession and it looked that Royal Challengers are again in some serious problems. But Rahul Dravid played some good shots and took the score to 156 in 20 overs. He hit 2 sixes in the last over before perishing on the last ball of the innings.Much was expected from Boucher and Misbah but both failed. Now its the turn of Royal Challenger bowlers to make a match out of it.

Today – Match 21 – Scorecard – Royal Challengers vs Deccan Chargers

Today is the 22nd match in DLF IPL between Kings XI Punjab and Kolkata Knight Riders. Kolkata Knight Riders are loosing the matches in a row and now need to break that jinx where as Kings XI Punjab are riding on success and will go all over to maintain the winning streak. So we can expect a good battle on the ground between these two teams.

Kings XI Punjab (probable) 1 Shaun Marsh, 2 Ramnaresh Sarwan, 3 Kumar Sangakkara (wk), 4 Yuvraj Singh (capt), 5 Mahela Jayawardene, 6 Tanmay Srivastava, 7 Irfan Pathan, 8 Gagandeep Singh, 9 Piyush Chawla, 10 Sreesanth, 11 VRV Singh.

Kolkata Knight Riders (probable) 1 Sourav Ganguly (capt), 2 Salman Butt, 3 Brad Hodge, 4 David Hussey, 5 Debabrata Das, 6 Wriddhiman Saha (wk), 7 Laxmi Ratan Shukla, 8 Umar Gul, 9 Murali Kartik, 10 Ishant Sharma, 11 Ashok Dinda.

Date – 22nd Match May 3, 2008
Venue – Punjab Cricket Association Stadium, Mohali
20:00 India time.

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Royal Challengers vs Deccan Chargers is going to be a very crucial match for both the teams. Both the teams have lost 4 matches out of the 5 they played so far and are therefore in a hunt to prove themself.

Bangalore Royal Challengers (probables) 1 Praveen Kumar, 2 Wasim Jaffer, 3 Misbah-ul-Haq, 4 Jacques Kallis, 5 Rahul Dravid (capt), 6 Mark Boucher (wk), 7 Virat Kohli, 8 Zaheer Khan, 9 Dale Steyn, 10 Anil Kumble, 11 R Vinay Kumar.

Hyderabad Deccan Chargers (probables) 1 Adam Gilchrist, 2 VVS Laxman (capt), 3 Hershelle Gibbs, 4 Rohit Sharma, 5 Shahid Afridi, 6 Arjun Yadav, 7, Sanjay Bangar, 8 Nuwan Zoysa, 9 D Kalyankrishna, 10 RP Singh, 11 Pragyan Ojha.

Date – 21st Match May 3, 2008
Venue – Hyderabad
16:00 India time.

Update: Deccan Chargers won the toss and decided to field first.

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