Match: 50th T20, IPL3
Venue: MA Chidambaram Stadium, Chepauk, Chennai
Date: April 15, 2010
Toss: Chennai Super Kings elected to bat
Result: Delhi Daredevils Won by 6 wickets
Man of the match: G Gambhir

The half century of matches in this IPL – 3 was completed today with the 50th match between Chennai Super Kings and Delhi Daredevils. Both the teams were desperate to win today’s match so as to move ahead in points table. Chennai Super Kings won the toss and elected to bat first. But they got off to a poor start as they lost Hayden when the team score was just 9. MS Dhoni who has not fired in this tournament also got out for a duck and Chennai were struggling at 13/2 in 2.2 overs. All hopes were on Murli Vijay and Suresh Raina, but that too ended soon as Murli Vijay was out leaving CSK struggling at 23/3 in 3.4 overs. Raina and Hussey then took the team score past 50 in 7.3 overs. Raina was the next to get out and his wicket triggered the collapse of CSK batting order. Within a span of 3 runs they lost three wickets and were in dire straits at 55/6 in 10 overs. S Badrinath’s 30 was the highest score from CSK batsmen and he along with Bollinger took the team to a total of 112/9 in 20 overs.

Chennai’s fan were utterly disappointed with the batting performance and were praying that today the bowling saves them. The bowlers got a fantastic start and got rid of Warner in the very first over. Soon Delhi Daredevils lost 2 more wickets adding much excitement to the low scoring match. Delhi Daredevils were 6/3 in 1.4 overs and they needed a partnership which could help them win today’s match. At the starting of 11th over, Delhi Daredevils scoring rate was identical to that of CSK i.e. 56/4. Gambhir 57 runs off 56 balls) and Mithun Manhas 25 runs off 32 balls) then got on to a good partnership which steadied the drowning ship of Delhi Daredevils. Gambhir played a captain’s knock and helped Delhi win by 6 wickets and move above CSK in points table.

Match Notes

* Chennai Super Kings: 50 runs in 7.3 overs, Extras 5
* Chennai Super Kings: 100 runs in 18.6 overs, Extras 8
* Innings Break: Chennai Super Kings – 112/9 in 20.0 overs

* Delhi Daredevils: 50 runs in 8.4 over, Extras 6
* Delhi Daredevils: 100 runs in 16.5 overs, Extras 13
* G Gambhir: 50 off 51 balls (5 x 4)

Match 50 Chennai Super Kings vs Delhi Daredevils Scorecard

Match Details
Match: 50th T20, IPL3
Date: 15 April 2010 Thursday
Venue: MA Chidambaram Stadium, Chepauk, Chennai

Today in an all important match, Chennai Super Kings will take on Delhi Daredevils at Chepauk. This match is a must win match for both teams as a win today will make them much closer to semi finals. Chennai and Delhi are now placed 3rd and 4th in points table and have 12 points each.

Dhoni’s team would like to fire all cylinders today to beat Delhi Daredevils but no one can bet the money on any team as both teams are equally devastating and thus we do expect a superb cricket game today.

Teams for today’s match
Chennai Super Kings Team
MS Dhoni (Captain), R Ashwin, SK Raina, M Vijay, HK Badani, ML Hayden, S Badrinath, GJ Bailey, L Balaji, DE Bollinger, C Ganapathy, MS Gony, MEK Hussey, SB Jakati, AB Karthik, JM Kemp, JA Morkel, M Muralitharan, M Ntini, PA Patel, NLTC Perera, T Thushara, S Tyagi.

Delhi Daredevils Team
Gautam Gambhir (Captain), V Sehwag, D Warner, S Ladda, Joginder Singh, R Bhatia, AB de Villiers, T Dilshan, M Henriques, K Jadhav, Paul Collingwood, K Karthik, A McDonald, M Maharoof, V Mahesh, M Manhas, A Mishra, D Nannes, A Nehra, W Parnell, S Ranjan, A Salvi, P Sangwan, Sarandeep Singh, U Yadav.

Match: 48th T20, IPL3
Venue: Chennai
Date: April 13, 2010
Toss: Kolkata Knight Riders elected to bat
Result: Chennai Super Kings won by 9 wickets

Today in the 48th match of DLF IPL, Kolkata Knight Riders won the tos and elected to bat first. Gayle and Ganguly opened the innings but today, they could not give a good start. Gayle, Ganguly and McCullum all got out when the team score was just 17. David Hussey also got out for a duck and Kolkata Knight Riders were in a serious problem at 19/4 in 4 overs. Manoj Tiwary and Angela Mathews then played cautiously and took the score to 92 in the 15th over. A poor show by the top order effected the run rate and Kolkata Knight Riders could only post 139/8 in 20 overs thanks to 48 by Angela Mathews and 17 by Luxmi Ratan Shukla.

Chasing a small total of 139 to win, Chennai Super Kings lost Hayden for a duck in the very first over. But then Suresh Raina came to center and changed the whole scenario. He along with M Vijay took CSK to an easy victory.Both batsmen scored 50’s and took Chennai Super Kings to an easy win by 9 wickets. But the star for CSK was Suresh Raina who scored 78 runs at a crucial time and took the team to number two spot. With today’s loss KKR are almost out of semi’s race.

Match Notes
* Kolkata Knight Riders: 50 runs in 9.5 overs, Extras 11
* Kolkata Knight Riders: 100 runs in 16.3 overs, Extras 12
* Innings Break: Kolkata Knight Riders – 139/8 in 20.0 overs

* Chennai Super Kings: 50 runs in 4.4 overs, Extras 11
* SK Raina: 50 off 24 balls (10 x 4, 1 x 6)
* Chennai Super Kings: 100 runs in 9.5 overs, Extras 13
* M Vijay: 50 off 40 balls (4 x 4, 2 x 6)

Match 48 Kolkata Knight Riders vs Chennai Super Kings Scorecard

Match Details
Match: 48th T20, IPL3
Venue: MA Chidambaram Stadium, Chepauk, Chennai
Date: April 13, 2010
Time: 8 pm

The second match scheduled for today is between Chennai Super Kings vs Kolkata Knight Riders. This is a must win match for both teams as the fight for semi finals is getting intense with every match. A win will take both these teams closer to semis. Ganguly who was furious after the last defeat will take no chance in this match and would like his teammates to fire all guns as they have to win this match to keep the semi’s hope alive. On the other hand, CSK is also struggling to keep the wining momentum and would hope that today they win the match with a huge margin to improve the net run rate.

Teams for today’s match
Chennai Super Kings Team
MS Dhoni (Captain), R Ashwin, SK Raina, M Vijay, HK Badani, ML Hayden, S Badrinath, GJ Bailey, L Balaji, DE Bollinger, C Ganapathy, MS Gony, MEK Hussey, SB Jakati, AB Karthik, JM Kemp, JA Morkel, M Muralitharan, M Ntini, PA Patel, NLTC Perera, T Thushara, S Tyagi.

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.

Match Details
Match: 42 T20, IPL3
Venue: Vidarbha Cricket Association Stadium, Jamtha, Nagpur
Date: April 10, 2010
Time: 4:00 pm
Toss: Chennai Super Kings elected to bat.
Result: Deccan Chargers won by 6 wickets

After winning the toss, Chennai Super Kings decided to bat first today in the 42nd match of DLF IPL 2010. Hayden and M Vijay gave them a quick start and took the score to 41 before Hayden got out in 4.4 overs. Soon Vijay was also run out leaving Chennai Super Kings 64/2 in 7.5 overs. Chennai Super Kings had got a decent start but they could not capitalize on it. Once the openers were out, wickets started to fell at regular interval of time. Suresh Raina was the only batsmen who offered some resistance and scored a well deserved 52. None of the other middle order batsmen could even reach two figure score and thus Chennai Super Kings eventually could post only 138/8 in 20 overs.

Deccan Charger’s bowler did a splendid job in restricting Chennai Super Kings to 138 and now it was up to batsmen to win this match for them. The openers played cautiously but in the 5th over of innings, Deccan Chargers lost both the openers and were reduced to 35/2. T Suman then played responsibily and along with Rohit Sharma took the score to 61 when Sharma got out. Symonds and T Suman then steadied the innings and took score past 100. T Suman scored a brilliant 55 and laid a platform for Deccan’s victory. Finally Symonds and Dwayne Smith took the team to victory in the last over. This win over Chennai Super Kings by 6 wickets have now again opened the semi’s place for all.

Keypoints Of Today’s Match

* Chennai Super Kings: 50 runs in 5.4 overs, Extras 2
* Chennai Super Kings: 100 runs in 13.6 overs, Extras 5
* SK Raina: 50 off 38 balls (4 x 4, 2 x 6)
* Innings Break: Chennai Super Kings – 138/8 in 20.0 overs

* Deccan Chargers: 50 runs in 8.3 overs, Extras 4
* Deccan Chargers: 100 runs in 14.4 overs, Extras 5
* TL Suman: 50 off 37 balls (4 x 4, 2 x 6)
* Deccan Chargers: 139/4 in 19.1 overs, Extras 8

Match 42 Deccan Chargers vs Chennai Super Kings Scorecard