Today’s Match Details – Deccan Chargers vs Mumbai Indians
Match -9th DLF IPL T20, IPL5 2012
Date – April 9, 2012
Time – 8:00 pm i.e 14:30 GMT | 20:00 IST
Venue – Dr. Y.S. Rajasekhara Reddy ACA-VDCA Cricket Stadium, Visakhapatnam
Toss – Deccan Chargers won the toss and elected to bat first.
Result – Mumbai Indians won by 5 wickets

Today in the 9th match of DLF IPL 2012, Deccan Chargers won the toss and elected to bat first against Mumbai Indians at Dr. Y.S. Rajasekhara Reddy ACA-VDCA Cricket Stadium, Visakhapatnam. Deccan Chargers could not take advantage of the toss as Munaf Patel and Lasith Malinga bowled superbly and took two quick wickets leaving DC struggling at 9/2 in 3.1 overs. S Dhawan and D Christian then had a 37 run partnership in 23 balls and just when it looked that Deccan Chargers are getting settled, S Dhawan got out after scoring 41 runs off 24 balls which included 2 fours and 4 sixes. K Sangakkara and D Christian then took the score to 82 when Sangakkara got out leaving Deccan at 82/4 in 12.3 overs. D Christian and C White then took the charge of accelerating the run rate, the duo added 41 runs in 23 balls before Christian got out after scoring 38 runs off 36 balls which included 1 four and 2 sixes. C White played some good shots for his 22 ball 30 run which included 1 four and 2 sixes cameo and helped Deccan Chargers post a total of 138/9 in 20 overs.

Chasing 139 to win, Mumbai Indians lost both their openers to D Steyn and were reeling at 10/2 in 4 overs. Rohit Sharma and A Rayudu then took the team score past 50 in the 11th over. MI needed 90 to win from last 10 overs. With the required rate at 9 runs per over, chances had to be taken and during the process, A Rayudu got out. But his wicket brought Pollard on the crease and he along with R Sharma started to score runs with ease. The duo added 37 runs in 5 overs before Pollard was out after scoring 24 off 18 balls (0x4 3×6). The match was evenly poised at this stage as MI needed 45 to win from 24 balls and stage was all set for a nail-biting finish. Rohit Sharma completed his half century and the hit some mighty sixes to bring the game to last over. MI needed 18 to win in the last over and the first ball was hit for a four by J Franklin. In last three balls 11 were needed, Rohit Sharma hit a six to take his team to 134/5 in 19.4 overs. On Last ball, MI needed 3 to win and Rohit Sharma hit a six to give his team a great victory. It was the superb performance of Rohit Sharma 73 not out of 50 balls (4×4 5×6) which helped Mumbai Indians win by 5 wickets.

Match 9 IPL 2012 Deccan Chargers vs Mumbai Indians Scorecard

Today’s Match Details – Deccan Chargers vs Mumbai Indians
Match -9th DLF IPL T20, IPL5 2012
Date – April 9, 2012
Time – 8:00 pm i.e 14:30 GMT | 20:00 IST
Venue – Dr. Y.S. Rajasekhara Reddy ACA-VDCA Cricket Stadium, Visakhapatnam

Deccan Chargers will take on Mumbai Indians today in the 9th match of DLF IPL 2012. Mumbai who won the first match against Chennai but lost the second to Pune will be looking forward for a good win so that the team morale can be lifted. On the other hand Deccan Chargers suffered a humiliating 74 run defeat at the hands of Chennai Super Kings in their last match and are thus looking forward to this match to gain the winning momentum. Both teams are equally balanced with Mumbai having Sachin Tendulkar, Herschelle Gibbs, Rohit Sharma, Richard Levi, Lasith Malinga and Harbhajan Singh where as Deccan Chargers have Cameron White, Daniel Harris, Darren Bravo, Shikhar Dhawan, Dale Steyn, Ishant Sharma, Manpreet Gony and Kumar Sangakkara, so this can be anyone’s game today.

Deccan Chargers Squad IPL 2012
Cameron White, Daniel Harris, Darren Bravo, Shikhar Dhawan, Tekkami Atchuta Rao, Chris Lynn, Bharat Chipli, Jean-Paul Duminy, Sunny Sohal, Ishank Jaggi, Tanmay Mishra, Veer Pratap Singh, Dwaraka Ravi Teja, Biplab Samantray, Sneha Kishore, Tanmay Srivastava, TP Sudhindra, Abhishek Jhunjhunwala, Syed Quadri, Akshath Reddy, Arjun Yadav, Rusty Theron, Dale Steyn, Ishant Sharma, Manpreet Gony, Amit Mishra, Anand Rajan, Ashish Reddy, Ankit Sharma, Akash Bhandari, Daniel Christian, Kumar Sangakkara (captain/keeper), Parthiv Patel, Kedar Devdhar

Mumbai Indians Squad IPL 2012
Sachin Tendulkar, Herschelle Gibbs, Rohit Sharma, Richard Levi, Tirumalasetti Suman, Sujit Nayak, Apoorv Wankhade, Aiden Blizzard, Jaydev Shah, Rahul Shukla, Suryakumar Yadav, Amitoze Singh, Kuldeep Yadav, Mitchell Johnson, Lasith Malinga, Munaf Patel, Clint McKay, RP Singh, Harbhajan Singh(Captain), Robin Peterson, Pragyan Ojha, Pawan Suyal, Abu Nechim, Dhawal Kulkarni, Yuzvendra Chahal, James Franklin, Thisara Perera, Kieron Pollard, Davy Jacobs, Dinesh Karthik, Ambati Rayudu, Sushant Marathe, Aditya Tare.

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Today’s Match Details – Pune Warriors vs Kings XI Punjab
Match -8th DLF IPL T20, IPL5 2012
Date – April 8, 2012
Time – 8:00 pm i.e 14:30 GMT | 20:00 IST
Venue – Subrata Roy Sahara Stadium, Pune
Toss – Pune Warriors have elected to bat first
Result – Pune Warriors won by 22 runs

Today in the 8th match of DLF IPL Season 5, Pune Warriors won the toss and elected to bat first. They got to a good start with captain Ganguly and J Ryder putting on 28 runs at 7 runs per over for the first wicket partnership. Pune Warriors lost both openers in the same over and it restricted their run rate. A partnership was required and thats exactly what M Samuels and R Uthappa provided. The duo took on to Kings XI bowlers and played sensible cricket to take the score past 100. In the 15th over M Samuels got out after scoring 46 runs off 39 balls which included 4 fours and 2 sixes, soon followed by C Ferguson and Robin Uthappa (40 runs off 33 balls which included 2 fours and 2 sixes). This sudden fall of wickets did not deter Smith who along with Pandey scored 27 runs in the 19th over and helped the team to cross the 150 run mark. Smith’s (25 off 12 balls which included 3 sixes) and MK Pandey’s cameo of 12 runs off 3 balls ( 1×4 1×6) helped Pune post a healthy total of 166/6 in 20 overs.

Chasing 167 to win the match, Kings XI lost both openers P Valthaty and A Gilchrist when team score was just 9. Reeling at 9/2 in 3.2 overs, the middle order had a daunting task in hand, the required rate was jumping with each passing over and at the end of 10 overs, KXIP were 53/3 and still needed another 114 to win. All hopes were on David Hussey but he got out after scoring just 18 and with his wicket, it was almost all over for the Kings XI Punjab. P Chawla (16 runs 8 balls 2×4 1×6) and Bipul Sharma played some good shots but it was too little too late for KXIP as they needed 45 runs of last 2 overs. Finally they could manage just 144/8 in 20 overs and hence lost the match by 22 runs.

Match 8 Pune Warriors vs Kings XI Punjab Scorecard IPL 2012

Today’s Match Details – Rajasthan Royals vs Kolkata Knight Riders
Match -7th DLF IPL T20, IPL5 2012
Date – April 8, 2012
Time – 4:00 pm i.e 10:30 GMT | 16:00 IST
Venue – Sawai Mansingh Stadium, Jaipur
Toss – Kolkata Knight Riders elected to field
Result – Rajasthan Royals won by 22 runs

Chasing 165 to win, Kolkata Knight Riders got off to the worst start possible and lost J Kallis,G Gambhir and B McCullum in three consecutive deliveries when the team score was just 8. At 8/3 in 2.1 overs, KKR were in dire needs of a partnership. Manoj Tiwary and D Das were at the center and they took the score to 25 when D Das was bowled by Cooper. KKR were reeling at 25/4 in 5.4 overs and victory looked a distant dream. Manoj Tiwary and Y Pathan then played sensibly and took the team score past 50. Just when it looked that KKR are back on track for the run chase, Yousuf Pathan got out leaving KKR struggling at 66/5 in 10.2 overs. KKR needed 88 to win from last 8 overs and had 5 wickets in hand and Manoj Tiwary single handily tried to take his team towards victory as he scored a brilliant (59 off 49balls, 7×4 0x6) but his efforts went to vain as the required rate was way too high for KKR and they could manage 142/10 in 20 overs, thereby losing the match by 22 runs.

Earlier, Kolkata Knight Riders won the toss and elected to field first. Rajasthan Royals got off to a poor start as the last match’s star A Rahane was run out for a duck leaving RR at 1/1 in 1.3 overs. R Dravid and S Goswami then took the team score to 44 when again run out lead to wicket of Dravid who departed after scoring 26 off 24 balls with 2 fours and 2 sixes. Having lost both openers and that too via run out, RR looked in some trouble and needed a partnership going. But soon S Goswami was also bowled leaving RR at 61/3 in 8.4 overs. A Menaria and B Hodge then steadied the innings and the duo took RR score past 100 in the 14th over.They both lashed on every bowler and scored runs freely. B Hodge was particularly severe on bowlers as he scored 44 runs in 29 balls which included 3 fours and 2 sixes. After he got out, O Shah came to the center and started hitting the ball in all directions. It was some fine hitting of Hodge, Shah and Menaria which helped Rajasthan Royals post a total of 164/5 in 20 overs.

Match 7 IPL 2012 – Rajasthan Royals vs Kolkata Knight Riders Scorecard

Today’s Match Details – Pune Warriors vs Kings XI Punjab
Match -8th DLF IPL T20, IPL5 2012
Date – April 8, 2012
Time – 8:00 pm i.e 14:30 GMT | 20:00 IST
Venue – Subrata Roy Sahara Stadium, Pune

In the 8th match of DLF IPL 2012, Pune Warriors will take on Kings XI Punjab at Subrata Roy Sahara Stadium. Pune Warriors who impressed everyone with the superb victory in their first match against Mumbai Indians have one more reason to cheer as their home ground Subrata Roy Sahara Stadium will host the first match today. On the other hand Kings XI Punjab lost their last match against Rajasthan Royals by 31 runs and are thus seeking their first win in IPL 2012.

Kings XI Punjab Squad IPL 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).

Pune Warriors Squad IPL 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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