Today was a match between Chennai Super Kings and Kings XI Punjab in the DLF – IPL. This was the 31st match of this league. Kings XI Punjab won the toss and decided to field. Vidyut Sivaramakrishnan and Stephen Fleming opened the batting for Chennai Super and took the score to just 10 when Vidyut Sivaramakrishnan was out. Stephen Fleming followed him when the team’s score was just 20. Two main wickets were down in just 3 overs. The score of the team was 64 for the loss of 3 wickets in 7 overs. Subramaniam Badrinath was the top scorer for Chennai Super Kings He scored 64 runs out of 41 balls He was catch out by Yuvraj Singh. At one stage it looked that they will post a target in excess of 200 but some brilliant bowling in the end by Kings XI restricted them. Chennai Super Kings were able to score just 37 runs in the last 5 overs and thus they were limited to 181 runs in 20 overs.

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

The 31 match is between the two best teams in DLF- Indian Premier League.Lets check who can hold on the nerves and register a win.

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

Kings XI Punjab: 1 Shaun Marsh, 2 James Hopes, 3 Ramnaresh Sarwan, 4 Yuvraj Singh (capt), 5 Mahela Jayawardene, 6 Irfan Pathan, 7 Piyush Chawla, 8 Uday Kaul (wk), 9 Gagandeep Singh, 10 Sreesanth, 11 VRV Singh.

Date – May 10, 2008 31st Match
Venue – M. A. Chidambaram Stadium, Chennai
20:00 India time.

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In a cliffhanger today, Chennai Super Kings defeated Delhi DareDevils by 4 wickets. Chasing a target of 188, Chennai Super Kings just got the start they wished and the opening partnership of 62 in 6.1 overs provided the platform for a successful chase. Vidyut Sivaramakrishnan scored 40 and Stephen Fleming scored 44 respectively. Stephen Fleming and Raina got out in succession and it looked like Delhi Daredevils are back in the game. Albel Morkel played a useful innings of 30 runs before he was run out by Sehwag. A cameo was needed by M.S. Dhoni but he could not manage more than 33 runs.He got out in the second last over and on the very next ball one more wicket felt. Two vital wickets felt at a very critical moment and thus it looked like things are getting harder for Chennai Super Kings. The Circket Game was swinging from one side’s favor to another. 22 runs were needed in 10 balls when Manpreet Gony came into the center.In the last over Chennai Super Kings needed 15 runs and it was Manpreet Gony who hit a six on the very first ball (300th six of DLF – IPL), the very next ball was a wide and then Gony scored a 4. Chennai Super Kings needed just 3 from 3 balls.They needed 1 run on the last ball and it was Badrinath who chipped the ball and scored the winning run.

Today – Match 28 – Scorecard – Delhi Daredevils vs Chennai Super Kings

In the Match No: 28, it was Delhi DareDevils vs Chennai Super Kings and this was expected to be a thriller. The expectations were met and Delhi Daredevils started with a flying runrate and scored 50 in just 5.4 overs for the loss of 2 wickets. The batsmen who got out were Sehwag for 23 and AB de Villiers for a duck. But after that there was no looking back and it was Gambhir who took the centerstage and hammered all bowlers. He scored 80 runs in just 49 balls and provided the much needed thrust.Due to this wonderful innings he became the highest run getter in the Indian Premier League and will thus wear the orange cap. On the other end S Dhawan also played a splendid innings and got on to score 59 runs. Gambhir and Dhawan were out one after the other and it thus reduced the scoring rate but still the damage was done and the total score for Chennai Super Kings to chase is 188 in 20 overs
Today – Match 28 – Scorecard – Delhi Daredevils vs Chennai Super Kings

Delhi Daredevils and Chennai Super Kings are going to be a thrilling encounter as Delhi Daredevils are at the 3rd place in the points table and Chennai Super Kings are at the 4th place in that table. Dehli Dare devils have played 6 matches and won 4 matches where as Chennai Super Kings have played 7 matches and won 4 matches. There will be a tough competition today.

The probables for today are

Delhi Daredevils (probable): 1) Gautam Gambhir 2) Virender Sehwag (c) 3) AB de Villiers 4) Shikhar Dhawan 5) Dinesh Karthik (wk) 6) Manoj Tiwary 7) Shoaib Malik 8 ) Yo Mahesh 9) Mithun Manhas 10) Mohammad Asif 11)Glenn McGrath

Chennai Super Kings (probable): 1) Parthiv Patel 2) Stephen Fleming 3) Suresh Raina 4) Arun Karthik 5) Abhinav Mukund 6) MS Dhoni (c)(wk) 7) Albie Morkel 8 ) Joginder Sharma 9) Sudeep Tyagi 10) Muttiah Muralitharan 11) Makhaya Ntini

Match Details :

Date – May 8, 2008 28th Match
Venue – Feroz Shah Kotla, Delhi

16:00 India time.

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