Today’s Match Details – Kings XI Punjab v Royal Challengers Bangalore
Match -25 DLF IPL T20, IPL5 2012
Time – 8:00 pm i.e 14:30 GMT | 20:00 IST
Date – April 20, 2012
Venue – Punjab Cricket Association Stadium, Mohali, Chandigarh
Toss – Royal Challengers Bangalore elected to field
Result – Royal Challengers Bangalore won by 5 wickets
Man of the match – Chris Gayle

Chris Gayle and AB de Villiers brilliant half-centuries gave Royal Challengers Bangalore an easy five-wicket win against Kings XI Punjab in the 25th match of DLF IPL 2012.

Today in the 25th match of DLF IPL 2012, RCB won the toss and elected to field first. Adam Gilchrist was not in playing eleven due to injury the this was a big setback for KXIP. The openers Nitin Saini and Paul Valthaty failed to give a good start to KXIP as both of them were back in pavilion when the team score was just 27 in 5 overs. Once again it was Shaun Marsh 26 runs off 17 balls who steadied the innings followed by a superb 41 runs off 34 balls by stand-in captain David Hussey. KXIP was able to post a decent total as some good hitting by Azhar Mahmood (33 from 14 balls) helped them post a total of 163/8 in 20 overs.

Chasing 164 to win, RCB got off to the worst start as KXIP pacer Parvinder Awana ripped apart the top order by taking three quick wickets and leaving RCB struggling at 25/3 in 5.1 overs. But the star for RCB was Gayle who smashed 87 from 56 balls and once again white washed opponents dreams of winning. He was brilliantly supported by AB de Villiers who scored 52 from 39.

Match 25 IPL 2012 Kings XI Punjab vs Royal Challengers Bangalore Scorecard

Today’s Match Details – Kings XI Punjab v Royal Challengers Bangalore
Match -25 DLF IPL T20, IPL5 2012
Time – 8:00 pm i.e 14:30 GMT | 20:00 IST
Date – April 20, 2012
Venue – Punjab Cricket Association Stadium, Mohali, Chandigarh

In the 25th match of DLF IPL 2012, Royal Challengers Bangalore will take on Kings XI Punjab at the Punjab Cricket Association Stadium. Both teams are at the lower half of the points table as they have won 2 of their five matches played so far. Kings XI Punjab would wish to forget the humiliating defeat which they suffered at the hands of KKR in the last match and thus will look for a win to boost the morale of the team. On the other hand, RCB won the last match against Pune Warriors and will be looking to continue with the momentum

Kings XI Punjab are suffering from flop show by their batsmen and would be hoping that their batsmen come in form as soon as possible. The top order has failed to give a flying start and whether Gilchrist will play today’s match is still a mystery.

RCB are relying on Chris Gayle and AB de Villiers to bail their team out of problem and will be hoping that other stars like Virat Kohli soon join the party and the team can improve its point’s tally.

Also these two teams have played 8 matches so far and both have won 4-4 each, thus cricket fans can expect a totally balanced encounter today.

Kings XI Punjab IPL Squad 2012
Shaun Marsh, Sunny Singh, David Miller, Paul Valthaty, Azhar Mahmood, Dimitri Mascarenhas, Paras Dogra, Parvinder Awana, Siddharth Chitnis, James Faulkner, Ramesh Powar, Nitin Saini, Stuart Broad, Praveen Kumar, Ryan Harris, Nathan Rimmington, Love Ablish, Harmeet Singh, Bhargav Bhatt, Vikramjeet Malik, Shalabh Srivastava, Bipul Sharma, Piyush Chawla, Mandeep Singh, Rajagopal Sathish, Amit Yadav and Adam Gilchrist (captain).

Royal Challengers Bangalore Squad IPL 2012
Virat Kohli, Saurabh Tiwary, Mohammad Kaif, Rilee Rossouw, KP Appanna, Arun Karthik, Karun Nair, Cheteshwar Pujara, Mayank Agarwal, Harshal Patel, Vijay Zol, S Thiyagarajan, Dirk Nannes, Zaheer Khan, Charl Langeveldt, Vinay Kumar, Abhimanyu Mithun, Muttiah Muralitharan, Asad Pathan, Jamaluddin Syed Mohammad, Sreenath Aravind, Abrar Kazi, Chris Gayle, Tillakaratne Dilshan, Andrew McDonald, Daniel Vettori (Captain), Ryan Ninan, Raju Bhatkal, AB de Villiers, Muralidharen Gautam, Luke Pomersbach.

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Today’s Match Details – Chennai Super Kings vs Pune Warriors
Match -24 DLF IPL T20, IPL5 2012
Time – 8:00 pm i.e 14:30 GMT | 20:00 IST
Date – April 19, 2012
Venue – MA Chidambaram Stadium, Chepauk, Chennai
Toss – Pune Warriors elected to field
Result – Chennai Super Kings won by 13 runs

Chennai Super Kings superb batting and bowling helped them take revenge of the loss they suffered at the hands of Pune Warriors in the previous match. Though at one stage the match looked even for both teams but Chennai team pulled it back with their superb bowling and fielding.

Today in the 24th match of DLF IPL 2012, Pune Warriors won the toss and elected to field first. CSK openers F du Plessis (58 runs 48 balls 4×4, 2×6) and S Badrinath (57 runs 48 balls 8×4, 0x6) gave them a flying start and added 116 runs for the first wicket partnership. In the 16th over, Samuels got both the wickets but a solid platform was being laid for the coming batsmen. Though Raina was out for a duck but MS Dhoni’s 12 ball 28 helped Chennai Super Kings post a total of 164/5 in 20 overs.

Chasing 165 to win and create another upset in IPL, Pune Warriors suffered a major blow when R Uthappa got out in the second over when the team score was just 13. Soon another breakthrough was provided to CSK as J Ryder got out leaving Pune struggling at 26/2 in 3.4 overs. M Pandey and Ganguly then took the team score past 50 but D Bravo got the wicket of Pandey on the very first ball of seventh over leaving Pune at 53/3 in 6.1 overs. S Ganguly who scored 24 off 26 balls was the next to fell and Pune were struggling at 64/4 in 9.4 overs. Needing 101 to win off 62 balls, Samuels scored a 21 balls 26 before getting out and leaving Pune at 97/5 in 13.2 overs. S Smith and A Mathews then took the team closer towards the target but with the wicket of S Smith in the 19th over, it was almost all over for Pune. Pune needed 21 to win in the last over but A Mathews was bowled on the very first ball and thus Pune failed to achieve the target and lost the match by 13 runs.

Match 24 Chennai Super Kings vs Pune Warriors Scorecard IPL 2012

Today’s Match Details – Deccan Chargers vs Delhi Daredevils
Match -23 DLF IPL T20, IPL5 2012
Time – 4:00 pm i.e 10:30 GMT | 16:00 IST
Date – April 19, 2012
Venue – Feroz Shah Kotla, Delhi
Toss – Deccan Chargers elected to bat
Result – Match in Progress

Today in the 23rd match of DLF IPL 2012, Deccan Chargers won the toss and elected to bat first. Deccan Chargers replaced Anand Rajan and Tanmay Mishra by pacer Veer Pratap Singh and Parthiv Patel where as Deccan came with the same lineup as they had against Mumbai Indians.

Deccan’s lost captain Sangakkara in the 3rd over when the team score was just 10. But Patel and S Dhawan added 71 runs for the second wicket partnership and brought Deccan’s back on the track. Nadeem who was adjudged man of the match in the last match striked again for Delhi as he got the wicket S Dhawan who was looking good in his knock of 44. Soon after Nadeem got Patel’s wicket and this triggered a fall of wickets. From 106/3 in 12 overs, Deccan fell to 134/7 in 17.5 overs. Morne Morkel and Nadeem got three wickets each and restricted Deccan Chargers to 157/8 in 20 overs.

Chasing 158 to win, Naman Ojha and V Sehwag opened the innings for Delhi Daredevils. Both the openers got out when the team score was just 15. Struggling at 15/2 in 3.2 overs, DD needed some a solid partnership to win. K Pietersen was the star for DD as he remained unbeaten on 103 runs in 64 balls. Though wickets kept falling at other hand but K Pietersen single handily took the team to a superb 5 wicket win.

Match 23 DLF IPL 2012 Deccan Chargers vs Delhi Daredevils Scorecard

Today’s Match Details – Chennai Super Kings vs Pune Warriors
Match -24 DLF IPL T20, IPL5 2012
Time – 8:00 pm i.e 14:30 GMT | 20:00 IST
Date – April 19, 2012
Venue – MA Chidambaram Stadium, Chepauk, Chennai

Today in the 24th match of DLF IPL 2012 Pune Warriors will take on Chennai Super Kings at MA Chidambaram Stadium, Chepauk, Chennai. Pune who created an upset when they won against CSK few days ago will be hoping to repeat their performance. On the other hand, CSK will be seeking revenge for that loss and thus improve their point tally as they have won just 2 matches out of 5 played so far. Pune who has 3 win’s out of 5 in their kitty will be hoping to win today’s match and show their dominance in IPL. As far as team composition goes, both teams are star studded and the match is evenly balanced so fans at the Chepauk stadium can hope for a real high scorer entertainer today.

Chennai Super Kings IPL Squad 2012
Murali Vijay, Suresh Raina, Michael Hussey, George Bailey, Albie Morkel, Kuthethurshri Vasudevadas, Srikkanth Anirudha, Subramaniam Badrinath, Abhinav Mukund, Doug Bollinger, Ben Hilfenhaus, Nuwan Kulasekara, Ravichandran Ashwin, Shadab Jakati, Suraj Randiv, Sudeep Tyagi, Dwayne Bravo, Ravindra Jadeja, Scott Styris, Faf du Plessis, Joginder Sharma, Yo Mahesh, Ganapathi Vignesh, MS Dhoni(captain/keeper), Wriddhiman Saha

Pune Warriors IPL Squad 2012
Robin Uthappa, Sourav Ganguly(Captain), Graeme Smith, Tamim Iqbal, Mitchell Marsh, Michael Clarke, Marlon Samuels, Callum Ferguson, Harshad Khadiwale, Mohnish Mishra, Yuvraj Singh, Harpreet Singh, Dheeraj Jadhav, Anustup Majumdar, Manish Pandey, Krishnakant Upadhyay, Kamran Khan, Ashish Nehra, Wayne Parnell, Alfonso Thomas, Ashok Dinda, Nathan McCullum, Rahul Sharma, Murali Kartik, Bhuvneshwar Kumar, Ali Murtaza, Sachin Rana, Jesse Ryder, Angelo Mathews, James Hopes, Luke Wright, Raiphi Gomez, Mithun Manhas, Shrikant Wagh, Steven Smith, Eklavya Dwivedi.

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