Match: 5th T20, IPL3
Venue: Chennai
Date: March 14, 2010
Toss: Deccan Chargers elected to bat
Result: Deccan Chargers won by 31 runs
Man of the match: C Vaas
Deccan Chargers won the toss and elected to bat first in DLF IPL match number 5 here played at Chennai. Deccan Chargers got to a flying start with Gilchrist hammering bowlers to all corners of ground. Chennai Super Kings got a twin success when they were able to get Gilchrist and Laxman out in the 5th over. But Gibbs and Symonds then steadied the innings and lead the Deccan Chargers to 150 runs mark in 18th over.

In the last overs, Deccan Chargers scored at a very fast rate and scored 190/4 in 20 overs.

When Chennai Super Kings came to chase the target, they needed a brilliant start but Deccan Chargers were in no mood to give them the start they needed. In the third over Vaas striked twice and broke the backbone of Chennai Super Kings They were reduced to 52/4 in 8th over. The responsibility was on the shoulders of Dhoni and Kemp and they did tried but Kemp lost the patience and was stumped by Gilchrist and Chennai Super Kings were reeling at 78/5 in 11 overs.

The pressure of run rate was mounting and Dhoni was the only hope for Chennai Super Kings.The team crossed 100 run mark in the 15th over and it looked a real daunting task ahead. But when Dhoni got out, it was a lost battle. Though Balaji showed some resistance but the asking rate was way too much for the lower order and they were able to make 159/9 in 20 overs.

Click here to see scorecard of Match – 5

Chennai Super Kings will take on Deccan Chargers in the fourth match of DLF IPL 2010 today at 8pm Indian standard time. The defending IPL champions Deccan Chargers have lost the first match to Kolkata Knight Riders and would be all set to take on Dhoni’s boys today. On the other hand, the most consistent team of IPL – Chennai Super Kings would make sure this time in the third season they don’t repeat the small mistakes which cost them dear.

Today’s match is expected to be a sensational encounter and due to Sunday, crowd in large numbers is also expected.

Match Details
Match Number – 5
Date:- Sun-14 March-2010
Time – 20:00 ( 8pm)
Venue – MAC – Chennai
Team Compositions
Chennai Super Kings
MS Dhoni (captain/wicket keeper), PA Patel, KB Arun Karthik, S Badrinath, GJ Bailey, ML Hayden, MEK Hussey, SK Raina, M Vijay, T Thushara, JA Morkel, JDP Oram, NLTC Perera, JM Kemp, HK Badani, R Ashwin, L Balaji, C Ganapathy, MS Gony, SB Jakati, M Muralidaran, M Ntini, S Tyagi, Joginder Sharma

Deccan Chargers
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 playing eleven would be announced before the match

M S Dhoni is the captain of Chennai Super Kings for 2010 IPL season. Click on image to enlarge

Date – May 23, 2009
Result – Royal Challengers Bangalore won by 6 wickets

Chennai Super Kings Innings
Chennai Super Kings were asked to bat first by Royal Challengers after winning the toss. Chennai Super Kings got to a flying start with Hayden and Patel both being too severe on bowlers. But loosing both of them in quick succession, halted the Chennai Super Kings charge and they were able to score 146/5 in 20 overs. The target seem to be a moderate one and it looks that Chennai Super Kings bowler’s need to put up extra effort to save this match and cement the place in IPL Final.

FOW:M Hayden (61-1, 7), P Patel (69-2, 8.4), S Raina (104-3, 14.1), *MS Dhoni (125-4, 17.2), J Oram (140-5, 19.2)

Chennai Super Kings Innings Highlights
* Chennai Super Kings: 50 runs in 5.2 overs (32 balls), Extras 1
* 1st Wicket: 50 runs in 32 balls (PA Patel 32, ML Hayden 17, Ex 1)
* Drinks: Chennai Super Kings – 74/2 in 10.0 overs (MS Dhoni 8, SK Raina 3)
* Chennai Super Kings: 100 runs in 13.2 overs (81 balls), Extras 3
* Innings Break: Chennai Super Kings – 146/5 in 20.0 overs (JA Morkel 20, S Badrinath 1)

Royal Challengers Bangalore Innings
Hoping to secure a berth in the finals against Deccan Chargers, Royal Challengers Bangalore went to the center to chase 147. They lost Kallis and Merwe for cheap and it looked Super Kings would bounce back well. But Pandey and Dravid were certain to be in finals and they played really well to took Royal Challengers Bangalore close to victory. Though they both got out but Kohli and Taylor made sure that Chennai Super Kings are out of the finals race.

FOW:J Kallis (17-1, 1.4), Der Merwe (22-2, 2.5), M Pandey (94-3, 12.3), R Dravid (110-4, 15.1)

Royal Challengers Bangalore Innings Highlights
* Bangalore Royal Challengers: 50 runs in 5.1 overs (32 balls), Extras 1
* 3rd Wicket: 50 runs in 34 balls (M Pandey 30, R Dravid 21, Ex 1)
* Drinks: Bangalore Royal Challengers – 82/2 in 10.0 overs (M Pandey 43, R Dravid 26)
* Parthiv Patel kept for MS Dhoni from the first ball of the Royal Challengers innings
* Bangalore Royal Challengers: 100 runs in 13.5 overs (84 balls), Extras 3

Man of the match – M Pandey
Scorecard for Semi Final Of IPL -2

May 23, 2009
Start time 16.30 local (14:30 GMT) 8pm Indian Standard Time

Today is the second semi final of Indian Premier League Season -2 between Royal Challengers Bangalore and Chennai Super Kings. Chennai Super Kings are hot favorite but Royal Challengers Bangalore have proved they can not be taken lightly after storming to the semi finals by defeating Deccan Chargers who have already entered the final. The winner of the match would take on Deccan Chargers in the finals on Sunday 24, 2009.

The probables are :-
Chennai Super Kings: 1 Matthew Hayden, 2 Jacob Oram/Michael Hussey, 3 Suresh Raina, 4 S Badrinath, 5 MS Dhoni (capt/wk), 6 Parthiv Patel, 7 Albie Morkel, 8 Manpreet Gony, 9 L Balaji, 10 Muttiah Muralitharan, 11 R Ashwin.

Bangalore Royal Challengers: 1 Rahul Dravid, 2 Jacques Kallis, 3 Ross Taylor, 4 Robin Uthappa, 5 Manish Pandey, 6 Virat Kohli, 7 Roelof van der Merwe, 8 Anil Kumble (capt) 9 Praveen Kumar, 10 B Akhil, 11 Mark Boucher (wk).