Today was the 41st match of DLF IPL which is played at Eden Gardens, Kolkata. The Match was between Kolkata Knight Riders and Chennai Super Kings. Kolkata Knight Riders won the toss and Elected to bat. Salman Butt and Mohammad Hafeez made a good start for Kolkata Knight Riders. Mohammad Hafeez was cought by Manpreet Gony when the teams score was 14. Sourav Ganguly and David Hussey were unable to stand against the bowling of Chennai Super Kings. David Hussey was out at duck and Sourav Ganguly at 3 scores. Salman Butt was the highest scorer of Kolkata Knight Riders, he sored 73 runs. At the end of their innings the team socred 149/5 in 20 overs.

Today Match 41- Scorecard – Kolkata Knight Riders vs Chennai Super Kings

This could be the match which could decide the fate of Kolkata Knight Riders as they need to win this and secure a place in the semi finals.On the other hand Chennai Super Kings who started so well in this league are also struggling for a place in semifinals and a win here would make it a lot easier

Kolkata Knight Riders (probables): 1 Salman Butt, 2 Sourav Ganguly (capt), 3 Debabrata Das, 4 David Hussey, 5 Mohammad Hafeez, 6 Wriddhiman Saha (wk), 7 Laxmi Ratan Shukla, 8 Ajit Agarkar, 9 Shoaib Akhtar, 10 Ishant Sharma, 11 Ashok Dinda

Chennai Super Kings (probables): 1 S Vidyut, 2 Stephen Fleming, 3 Suresh Raina, 4 Mahendra Singh Dhoni (capt/wk), 5 S Badrinath, 6 Albie Morkel, 7 Joginder Sharma, 8 Manpreet Gony, 9 L Balaji, 10 Muttiah Muralitharan, 11 Makhaya Ntini.

Date – May 18, 2008 41st Match
Venue – Eden Garden Kolkata
16:00 India time.

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In the 36th match of DLF – IPL, it was Mumbai Indians who scored a 9 wicket win over Chennai Super Kings. Mumbai Indians were high on confidence due to the return of little master Sachin Tendulkar. Though he scored only 12 runs but it was Jayasurya who took the game from Chennai Super Kings. Chasing a target of 157, Mumbai Indians won the match with 37 balls remaining

Today is match 36 – Mumbai Indians vs Chennai Super Kings and it is expected that Sachin Tendulkar will make his IPL debut again Chennai Super Kings.

Mumbai Indians (probables): 1 Sachin Tendulkar (capt), 2 Sanath Jayasuriya, 3 Robin Uthappa, 4 Dominic Thornley, 5 Dwayne Bravo, 6 Shaun Pollock, 7 Abhishek Nayar, 8 Yogesh Takawale, 9 Dhawal Kulkarni, 10 Rohan Raje, 11 Ashish Nehra.

Chennai Super Kings (probables): 1 Mahendra Singh Dhoni (capt), 2 Stephen Fleming, 3 S Vidyut, 4 Suresh Raina 5 S Badrinath, 6 Albie Morkel, 7 Chamara Kapugedera, 8 Muttiah Muralitharan, 9 Manpreet Gony, 10 P Amarnath, 11 L Balaji.

Date – May 14, 2008 36th Match
Venue – Mumbai
20:00 India time.

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Kings XI were defeated by Chennai Super Kings today in the 31 match of DLF – IPL by 18 runs. Chasing a target of 182, Kings XI had a bad start and lost two wickets at just 29. Then Sarwan and Marsh took the score to 95 at which Sarwan was out. Once he went, Kings XI lost 3 more wickets in quick succession and were 115/6 in 15 overs.They needed 55 runs from the last 3 overs and that was really a herculean task. Pathan and Piyush Chawla played some good shots but all the efforts went to vain as the run rate was more than they could achieve.Though it brought some smiles on the face of Preity Zinta but those were short lived and they needed 27 in the last over. The first ball was hit for a six but after that the wickets started to fell Balaji got a hattrick in the last over of the match and become the first bowler to do so in IPL. 

Today – Match 31 – Scorecard – Chennai Super Kings vs Kings XI Punjab