Today’s Match Details –Chennai Super Kings vs Rajasthan Royals
Match -26 DLF IPL T20, IPL5 2012
Time – 4:00 pm i.e 10:30 GMT |16:00 IST
Date – April 21, 2012
Venue – MA Chidambaram Stadium, Chepauk, Chennai

Today in the 26th match of DLF IPL 2012, Chennai Super Kings will take on Rajasthan Royals at MA Chidambaram Stadium, Chepauk at 4pm IST. Chennai who have defeated Pune in their last match will be looking to continue with their momentum. CSK who has performed below par so far in this season will be hoping to get back to winning ways as soon as possible.

On the other hand, Rajasthan Royals have played a notch better than CSK and are placed higher in the points table. Also the form of Orange Cap-holder Ajinkya Rahane, Owais Shah and Brad Hodge could help Dravid pressurize Dhoni lead CSK. On the other hand, Dhoni who played superbly in the last match might have found his midas touch and his team will be hoping that other players come to the form soon so that the defending champions can improve their points tally.

Chennai Super Kings Squad IPL 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

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, Dishant Yagnik.

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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 – 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

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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

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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Today’s Match Details – Pune Warriors vs Chennai Super Kings
Match -16th DLF IPL T20, IPL5 2012
Date – April 14, 2012
Time – 8:00 pm i.e 14:30 GMT | 20:00 IST
Venue – Subrata Roy Sahara Stadium, Pune
Toss – Chennai Super Kings elected to bat
Result – Pune Warriors won by 7 wickets

Today in the 16th match of DLF IPL 2012, Chennai Super Kings won the toss and elected to bat first. F du Plessis and M Vijay opened the inning for CSK and the duo scored 43 runs for the first wicket partnership. M Vijay scored just 8 runs out of it and got out but it was F du Plessis who did the bulk scoring. He then along with Raina took the team score past 50 but got out after scoring 42 off 33 balls with 5 fours and 2 sixes. CSK were comfortably placed at 67/2 in 9.1 overs. Raina and captain Dhoni then played cautiously and took the team score to 86 when Raina got out. R Jadeja was the next to come in and he justified his big auction money. The star batsmen for CSK hammered Pune bowler and provided the much needed momentum to the scoring rate. It was his brilliant knock of 44 off 26 balls(4×4,2×6) which helped CSK post a total of 155/5 in 20 overs.

Pune needed 156 to create yet another upset in the league and they got off to a flying start R Uthappa and J Ryder adding 31 in just 3 overs for the first wicket partnership. Even after R Uthappa was run out by Bravo, J Ryder and S Ganguly maintained a healthy run rate and took the team score past 50 in the 6th over. Pune needed 100 to win from 14 overs and it looked like the duo is completely set to take their team to an emphatic win but a superb run out by Jadeja got the wicket of Ganguly and the run chase lost some momentum. With J Ryder and M Samuels on crease, the match was poised for a superb finish as Pune needed 71 to win from last 8 overs. The wicket of M Samuels brought S Smith on crease and he along with J Ryder took the team score past 100. J Ryder completed his well deserved 50 and scored runs with ease. He along with Smith smashed CSK bowlers to all corners of the ground and it was the brilliant innings of 73 in 56 balls by Ryder and 44 off 22 balls by Smith which took Pune Warriors to a superb 7 wicket victory.

Match 16 IPL 2012 Pune Warriors vs Chennai Super Kings Scorecard