Date – 21 April 2009

Kings XI Punjab match again interrupted by rain. This time their match was against Kolkata Knight Riders. Knight Riders won the toss and elected to field first. It was not the good start for Kings XI as Goel was out for a duck by pacer Sharma. After that Irfan Pathan was promoted up to order and he didn’t let the decision down by his performance. He scored 32 runs from 17 balls including 5 fours and 1 six. Skipper Yuvraj Singh played his natural game and hit 38 runs from 28 balls before he was  dismiss by M.Henriques. Mahela Jayawardena played a descent innings and scores 31 runs from 19 balls and put a total of 158/6 in 20 overs. In reply to this opener Chris Gayle shows no mercy to any Kings XI bowlers and with help of 4 sixes and 2 fours he was not out on 44 runs from 26 balls before rain interrupt the match. By D/L method Knight Riders were adjudged as winner as they win by 11 runs.

Man Of The Match – Chris Gayle

Playing XI –

KXIP – Karan Goel, Ravi Bopara, Yuvraj Singh (C), Kumar Sangakkara (W), Mahela Jayawardena, Irfan Pathan, Piyush Chawla, Taruwar Kohli, Vikramjeet Malik, VRV Singh, Yusuf Abdulla

KKR –

Date – 20 April 2009

Sizzling performance from Matthew Hayden and Muttiah Muralitharan help Chennai to open a victory account in IPL-2 season. Chennai won the toss and elected to bat first. Opening batsman Parthiv Patel and Matthew Hayden do not allow the Royal Challengers bowlers to settle down. Mathew Hayden played his natural attacking game as he scored 65 run from 39 balls before he was run out by Rahul Dravid. But the first breakthrough was provided by captain Kevin Pietersen as he bowled out Parthiv Patel in his first over. After that Raina and Flintoff give some massive blow to opposition and put a total of 179/5 in 20 overs. In reply to this competitive total, Royal Challengers had not a good start as opener Praveen Kumar was bowled out by pacer Gony. Legend spinner Muttiah Muralitharan plays a vital role in victory of his team as he took 3 wickets by giving only 11 runs in 4 overs. From Royal Challengers, Kallis was top scorer as he hit 24 from 19 balls. Royal Challengers were all out for just 87 runs in 15.2 overs.

Man Of The Match – Muttiah Muralitharan

Playing XI –

RCB – Jacques Kallis, Robin Uthappa (W), Ross Taylor, Kevin Pietersen (C), Rahul Dravid, Virat Kohli, Rajesh Bishnoi, Praveen Kumar, Vinay Kumar, Dale Steyn, Anil Kumble

CSK – Parthiv Patel, Matthew Hayden, Suresh Raina, Andrew Flintoff, MS Dhoni (C) (W), Lakshmipathy Balaji, Subramaniam Badrinath, Joginder Sharma, Albie Morkel, Manpreet Gony, Muttiah Muralidaran

Date – 19 April 2009

Pacer RP Singh four wicket haul helped Deccan Chargers to have a 8 wicket win over Kolkata Knight Riders. Newly appointed captain Brendon McCullum for Kolkata Knight Riders won the toss and elected to bat first. RP Singh restrict Knight Riders to 101 runs in 19.4 overs. He took four wickets for 22 runs in his 3.4 overs. In reply to non-competitive total Herschelle Gibbs and Rohit Sharma taste the victory in 13.1 overs. Herschelle Gibbs was not out at 43 runs and ROhit Sharma scored 36 runs in 32 balls. It was a perfect start of season for Deccan Chargers.

Man of The Match – RP Singh

Playing XI –

DC – Adam Gilchrist (C) (W), Herschelle Gibbs, VVS Laxman, Rohit Sharma, Scott Styris, Venugopal Rao, Dwaraka Ravi Teja, RP Singh, Pragyan Ojha, Fidel Edwards, Harmeet Singh

KKR – Brendon McCullum (C) (W), Chris Gayle, Sourav Ganguly, Brad Hodge, Aakash Chopra, Moises Henriques, Laxmi Shukla, Ajit Agarkar, Murali Kartik, Ishant Sharma, Ashok Dinda

Date – 19 April 2009

Delhi DareDevils register an easy win over Kings XI Punjab in a rain affected match. Delhi DareDevils won the toss and elected to field first in a 12 over match. But decision taken by Sehwag to field first was not correct as the opening batsman of Kings XI Goel and Ravi Bopara got a good start. Goel scored 38 runs from 21 balls with three fours and three huge sixes and Bopara made 22 from 16 balls. After that Skipper Yuvraj hits two huge sixes and score 16 runs before he was run out. From Delhi DareDevils Daniel Vettori was successful bowler as he took three wickets for 15 runs in three overs. Kings XI put a score of 104 run in 12 overs. Chasing a revised target of 54 runs in 6 overs, Sehwag and Gambhir register an easy win with seven balls left. Sehwag hit 38 runs from just 16 balls.

Man Of The Match – Daniel Vettori

Playing XI –

KXIP – Taruwar Kohli, Karan Goel, Mahela Jayawardena, Kumar Sangakkara (W), Yuvraj Singh (C), Irfan Pathan, Ravi Bopara, Vikramjeet Malik, Piyush Chawla, VRV Singh, Yusuf Abdulla

DD – Virender Sehwag (C), Gautam Gambhir, Dinesh Karthik (W), AB de Villiers, Tillakaratne Dilshan, Manoj Tiwary, Avishkar Salvi, Daniel Vettori, Pradeep Sangwan, Yo Mahesh, Dirk Nannes

Date – 18 April 2009

It was a perfect start for Royal Challengers Banglore at Newlands, Cape Town where they beat last time IPL Champions Rajasthan Royals by 75 runs. New captain of Royal Challengers, Kevin Pietersen won the toss and elected to bat first. It was not the good start for Royal Challengers as Rajasthan all-rounder Dimitri Mascarenhas give early double blow to them by sending Jesse Ryder and Kiwi Ross Taylor back to pavilion. After that Robin Uthappa too joined company of Taylor and Ryder by scoring just 3 runs. But it was Pietersen and Dravid who started a fightback. Pieterson made 32 runs but the ‘Wall’ Dravid scored 66 runs from just 48 balls with eight fours and a six and put a total of 133 for 8 in 20 overs. In reply to this Rajasthan Royals opening batsman Asnodkar and Smith were bowled out by Praveen Kumar in first his two overs. Veteran leg spinner legend Anil Kumble helped Royal Challengers to win the match as he took 5 wickets in his 3.1 over by giving just 5 runs. No batsman of Rajasthan Royals scored more than 11 runs and whole time was bowled out for just 58 runs

Man Of The Match – Rahul Dravid

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