Today’s Match Details- Rajasthan Royals vs Kings XI Punjab
Match -4th DLF IPL T20, IPL5 2012
Date – April 6, 2012
Time – 8:00 pm i.e 20:00 IST (14:30 GMT)
Venue – Sawai Mansingh Stadium, Jaipur
Toss- Kings XI Punjab won the toss elected to field first.
Result – Rajasthan Royals won by 31 runs

Kings XI Punjab had to chase a huge total of 192 to register the win and they started off really well with Gilchrist and P Valthaty putting together a 36 runs partnership for the first wicket. Gilchrist did the bulk of the scoring and got out after scoring 27 off just 18 balls. From 36/1, KXIP fell to 61/4 in 8 overs as P Valthaty, S Marsh and A Nayar felt within quick succession. D Hussey and M Singh then tried to steady the innings but the run rate was mounting high and high. KXIP needed 118 in last 10 overs and it was a mountain task to achieve. Wicket started to fell as KXIP batsmen were looking to speed up the run rate but eventually they failed to do so and lost the match by 31 runs as they could manage just 160/9 in 20 overs.

Earlier, Kings XI Punjab won the toss and elected to field but Rahul Dravid and A Rahane proved their decision wrong with a superb 77 run first wicket partnership. After the wicket of Dravid, A Menaria got out on a duck but this did not put brake on the scoring rate of Royals. A Rahane and B Hodge then put 75 run (39balls) partnership before Hodge got out after scoring 21 runs off 16 balls. A Rahane though missed on his century by 2 runs but his brilliant knock of 98 off just 66 balls included 16 fours and 1 six. A superb batting performance by RR propelled the team score to 191/4 in 20 overs.

Match 4 – IPL 2012 Rajasthan Royals vs Kings XI Punjab Scorecard

Today’s IPL Match – Match 3rd DLF IPL Mumbai Indians vs Pune Warriors
Venue – Wankhede Stadium, Mumbai
Date – April 6, 2012|16:00 IST (10:30 GMT)
Toss – Mumbai Indians elected to field first.
Result -Pune Warriors won by 29 runs

Chasing 130 to win, MI lost the last match’s hero Levi for a duck on the second ball of the innings. It triggered the fall of wickets as Mumbai lost A Rayudu and Rohit Sharma also in quick succession and were reeling at 5/3 in 2 overs. J Franklin and D Karthik then played cautiously and took the score to 54 before Karthik got out. Soon after his wicket, S Yadav also got out for a duck which brought Pollard on the crease. MI needed 82 runs in last 10 overs but it proved too much for them and they lost the match by 29 runs, thanks to the superb bowling by Pune Warriors.

In the third match of DLF IPL 2012, Mumbai Indians won the toss and elected to field first. Ganguly’s team Pune Warriors got a big jolt in the very first over as M Pandey got out for a duck. Soon Ganguly also got out after scoring just 3 runs and PW were 15/2 in 3.4 overs. W Parnell was the next to get out after scoring just 11 runs but on the other end, R Uthappa played superbly and kept holding on to his end. He got into small yet useful partnerships with C Ferguson and S Smith before getting out after scoring 36 runs off 33 balls. S Smith (39 runs off 32 balls) then carried on and helped his team past 100 run mark. But wickets kept falling at regular intervals and thus Pune could manage just 129/9 runs in 20 overs.

Match 3 IPL 2012 Mumbai Indians vs Pune Warriors Scorecard

German giants, Volkswagen which came into news due to its IPL Vento make last year has launched two cars Vento II and Polo II both IPL limited editions this year. The IPL editions will be equipped with an back seat interactive display screen and IPL design imprinted on door sills and the floor mats. Both these cars will have an ability to connect to internet via 3G and bring live cricket feeds along with pre loaded Indian maps and social networking options.

Volkswagen Passenger Cars Director Neeraj Garg said, “We are not associating ourselves with any specific team or player. Our aim is to be a part of the IPL experience.”

Volkswagen is continuously growing in India and this effort will surely make them connect more with the cricket crazy nation. The best part is all these features will be provided at no additional cost.

Today’s Match Details- Rajasthan Royals v Kings XI Punjab
Match -4th DLF IPL T20, IPL5 2012
Date – April 6, 2012
Time – 8:00 pm i.e 20:00 IST (14:30 GMT)
Venue – Sawai Mansingh Stadium, Jaipur

Rajasthan Royals and Kings XI Punjab will play their first match of DLF IPL 2012 today at Sawai Mansingh Stadium, Jaipur. Both the teams will be looking forward to win today’s match and boost the confidence of the team. RR captain Rahul Dravid said in a pre match interview that this year, the team has a good mix of youth and talent and thus will be hoping to revive the IPL 1 feat. On the other hand Adam Gilchrist was confident about his team and said this year around, KXIP will give a real competition to every team.

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).

Rajasthan Royals Squad IPL 2012
Rahul Dravid (Captain), Brad Hodge, Ajinkya Rahane, Owais Shah, Kevon Cooper, Aakash Chopra, Ankeet Chavan, Faiz Fazal, Shaun Tait, Sreesanth, Samad Fallah, Siddharth Trivedi ,Deepak Chahar, Aditya Dole, Pankaj Singh, Amit Singh, Shane Watson, Johan Botha, Brad Hogg, Paul Collingwood, Sumit Narwal, Abhishek Raut, Stuart Binny, Ashok Menaria, Dinesh Chandimal, Shreevats Goswami, Amit Paunikar, Pinal Shah and Dishant Yagnik

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Rajasthan Royals pacer S Sreesanth who injured his toe will miss the first three games. This was announced by Rajasthan Royals skipper Rahul Dravid.

“He has still not recovered. He did bowl in the nets today but he is likely to miss first three games,” said Dravid.