Match: 49th T20, IPL3
Venue: Sawai Mansingh Stadium, Jaipur
Date: April 14, 2010

Today in the 50th match of DLF IPL, two teams will fight for a place in semifinals. Rajasthan Royals will take on Bangalore Royal Challengers in a very crucial match today to be played at 8 pm IST. Both teams have 12 points and a win today will take them to second spot in the points table.

So IPL fans watch out for today’s match as this match promises to be a real thriller in which teams will fight for survival in IPL 2010.

Team compositions
Rajasthan Royals Team
S Warne (captain), SA Asnodkar, J Botha, S Trivedi, F Fazal, Y Pathan, A Finch, A Jhunjhunwala, Kamran Khan, M Lumb, M Morkel, S Narwal, N Ojha(wk), M Patel, A Paunikar, S Quadri, A Raut, A Singh, S Tait, A Uniyal, A Voges, S Wagh.

Royal Challengers Bangalore Team
A Kumble (Captain),, B Akhil, KP Appanna, RV Uthappa, MV Boucher, R Dravid, SP Goswami, JH Kallis, V Kohli, R Vinay Kumar, B Kumar, P Kumar, A Mithun, EJG Morgan, MK Pandey, KP Pietersen, SPD Smith, S Sriram, DW Steyn, LRPL Taylor, D du Preez, RE van der Merwe, CL White.

Match: 46th T20, IPL3
Venue: Nagpur
Date: April 12, 2010
Toss: Royal Challengers elected to field.
Result: Deccan Chargers won by 13 runs

Royal Challengers Bangalore won the toss and elected to field first. They started well with pacer Dale Steyn striking twice in the very first over. He bowled a wonderful spell of 4 overs and claimed 3 wickets, Gilchrist and Gibbs the major ones. Deccan Chargers were struggling at 14/3 in 2.3 overs. Rohit Sharma and Monish Mishra then revived the innings with 82 runs fourth wicket partnership. Just when it looked that Deccan’s are getting back on track, M Mishra was run out leaving them at 96/4 in 12.3 overs. Symonds also failed to score fast runs and in the end only because of Rohit’s fifty, Deccan Chargers were able to score 151/6 in 20 overs.

Deccan Chargers had to win today’s match to stay alive for semi’s. The batsmen could put only 151 on board and now it rested on bowlers to save the match. They got Manish Pandey’s wicket on the very first ball of innings but after that Dravid and Kallis denied the bowlers and wickets and took the score to 74, Dravid was out for 49 but a strong platform was laid for Royal Challengers middle order to win today and secure a place in semi’s. But then the middle order fumbled and wickets started to fell in quickly. Middle order collapse changed the whole match dynamics. At one position it looked the match is tilting towards Royal Challengers but a superb comeback from Deccan Chargers bowlers helped them win today’s match by 13 runs and thus keep the hopes for semi’s alive.

Match notes
* Deccan Chargers: 50 runs in 8.2 overs, Extras 6
* Deccan Chargers: 100 runs in 13.3 overs, Extras 6
* RG Sharma: 50 off 44 balls (7 x 4)
* Deccan Chargers: 150 runs in 19.3 overs, Extras 9
* Innings Break: Deccan Chargers – 151/6 in 20.0 overs

* Royal Challengers Bangalore: 50 runs in 7.2 overs, Extras 7
* Royal Challengers Bangalore: 100 runs in 14.4 overs, Extras 9

Match 46 Deccan Chargers vs Royal Challengers Scorecard

Match Details
Match: 46 T20, IPL3
Venue: Nagpur
Date: April 12, 2010
Time: 8:00 pm

Indian Premier League is now getting intense with each team wishing to get a place in semi’s. Till now only Mumbai Indians have made it to the semi and rest 3 spots are vacant and all teams except Kings XI Punjab can make it. Today’s match between Deccan Chargers and Royal Challengers Bangalore would be a crucial one for Deccan Chargers as if they loose today, the chances to enter in semi’s would rest on the performance of other teams. On the other hand Royal Challengers Bangalore would like to win and make the path to semi’s much easier.
Deccan Chargers have won the last match with ease and would like to continue the winning momentum. The defending champions are against RCB who started off brilliantly in the tournament but then lost the track and lost matches in a row. But in the last match against KKR they came back strongly and would like to maintain the winning streak.

IPL 2010 Team
Royal Challengers Bangalore Team
A Kumble (Captain),, B Akhil, KP Appanna, RV Uthappa, MV Boucher, R Dravid, SP Goswami, JH Kallis, V Kohli, R Vinay Kumar, B Kumar, P Kumar, A Mithun, EJG Morgan, MK Pandey, KP Pietersen, SPD Smith, S Sriram, DW Steyn, LRPL Taylor, D du Preez, RE van der Merwe, CL White.

Deccan Chargers Team
A Gilchrist (captain/wicket keeper), RJ Harris, DR Smith, A Symonds, WPUJC Vaas, Y Venugopal Rao, MR Marsh, B Sumanth, MD Mishra, AA Reddy, AA Bilakhia, HH Gibbs, VVS Laxman, DB Ravi Teja, RG Sharma, TL Suman, AS Yadav, Anirudh Singh, PP Ojha, Harmeet Singh, RP Singh, KAJ Roach, R Sharma, Jaskarandeep Singh Bhuttar.

Final eleven will be announced before match.

Match Details
Match: 43 T20, IPL3
Venue: M Chinnaswamy Stadium, Bangalore
Date: April 10, 2010
Time: 8:00 pm
Toss: Royal Challengers elected to field.
Result: Royal Challengers won by 7 wickets

After wining the toss, Royal Challengers invited Kolkata Knight Riders to bat. Kolkata Knight Riders opened the innings with Saurav Ganguly and Christ Gayle. The duo again gave them a perfect start and scored 52 runs for first wicket partnership. After Gayle’ wicket, Ganguly and McCullum took on the RCB bowlers and scored 100 in the 11th over. Ganguly was soon out for 33 and this changed the whole game. The priced wicket of Ganguly opened the opportunity door for Royal Challengers and they came back very strongly. Kolkata Knight Riders middle order failed miserably and from 103/2 they were 155/9. The last 5 overs were totally in favor of Royal Challengers and they might even be responsible for winning or loosing. Kolkata Knight Riders could score only 36 runs in last 5 overs and lost 5 wickets to finally post a total of 160/9 in 20 overs.

Royal Challengers did a superb job in bowling and now it was the batsmen turn to show the class and win today’s match. Chasing 161 to win and move further close to the place in semi’s, Royal Challengers lost Kallis earlier but S Sriram and R Dravid then played well to take the team score past 50. Sriram was the next to get out after scoring 27 when the team score was 83/2 in 11.4 overs. Dravid scored a good 52 and was out after taking the team score to 102 in 13.2 overs. Royal Challengers needed 51 to win in last 6 overs and had 7 wickets in hand. Uthappa then unleashed and scored quick fire 52 runs off just 22 balls to take Royal Challangers to a 7 wickets victory.

Match Points

* Kolkata Knight Riders: 50 runs in 4.6 overs, Extras 2
* Kolkata Knight Riders: 100 runs in 10.5 overs, Extras 9
* Kolkata Knight Riders: 150 runs in 18.5 overs, Extras 10
* Innings Break: Kolkata Knight Riders – 160/9 in 20.0 overs

* Royal Challengers Bangalore: 50 runs in 6.5 overs, Extras 3
* R Dravid: 50 off 33 balls (5 x 4, 2 x 6)
* Royal Challengers Bangalore: 100 runs in 12.5 overs, Extras 10
* Royal Challengers Bangalore: 150 runs in 16.3 overs, Extras 11
* RV Uthappa: 50 off 22 balls (3 x 4, 5 x 6)

Match 43 Royal Challengers Bangalore vs Kolkata Knight Riders Scorecard

Match Details
Match: 43 T20, IPL3
Venue: M Chinnaswamy Stadium, Bangalore
Date: April 10, 2010
Time: 8:00 pm

Saurav’s KKR will take on Kumble’s RCB today at Chinnaswamy stadium at 8pm Indian standard time. Kolkata Knight Riders have shown the class in the last match and registered a moral booster win over Delhi Daredevils. On the other hand, RCB has lost the last match but still are sitting at 4th spot in points table. A defeat today will bring them down in points table and thus they need to win today to save the place. Kolkata Knight Riders would go all out to ensure they win today and move up in the points table and keep alive the hopes of millions of fans who wish to see them in the semi’s.

So today’s match is expected to be a thriller in which two of the best players of India, Ganguly and Kumble will fight to show supremacy.

IPL 2010 Team
Royal Challengers Bangalore Team
A Kumble (Captain),, B Akhil, KP Appanna, RV Uthappa, MV Boucher, R Dravid, SP Goswami, JH Kallis, V Kohli, R Vinay Kumar, B Kumar, P Kumar, A Mithun, EJG Morgan, MK Pandey, KP Pietersen, SPD Smith, S Sriram, DW Steyn, LRPL Taylor, D du Preez, RE van der Merwe, CL White.

Kolkata Knight Riders Team
S Ganguly (captain), C Gayle, A Mathews, G Vignesh, L Shukla, Rohan Gavaskar, Harpreet Singh, Mandeep Singh, B Hodge, C Pathak, C Pujara, O Shah, M Tiwary, Harshad Khadiwale, B McCullum, W Saha, A Agarkar, V Aaron, A Dinda, M Kartik, BAW Mendis, C Langeveldt, I Sharma, Iqbal Abdulla.