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: 47th T20, IPL3
Venue: Brabourne Stadium, Mumbai
Date: April 13, 2010
Time: 4 pm
Toss: Mumbai Indians elected to bat
Result: Mumbai Indians won by 39 runs

Today at Brabourne stadium, home ground of Mumbai Indians, Mumbai Indians elected to bat first. They changed the opening combination today and opened with C Madan and S Tendulkar. They got a decent start and scored 41 for the first wicket. Madan was the first to get out after scoring 15 off 19 balls. Soon Sachin also got out for 30 and the team score was 65/2 in 9.3 overs. Run rate was dipping and at one stage it looked they could only manage 150. Ryadu and Tiwary also got a good start but could not convert it into big score. After 17 overs, Mumbai Indians were 133/4. Then came K Pollard who changed the whole equation of the match. He blasted every ball out of the park and scored 45 off just 13 balls. It was his cameo which took Mumbai to a score of 183/4 in 20 overs. The last over yielded 25 runs and Gambhir and his boys were seen really tensed as this is a must win match for Delhi.

Delhi Daredevils opened the batting with Warner and Sehwag and the duo started off extremely well. They scored at a very good run rate but this did not lasted for long as Warner was out when the team score was 39 in 3.4 overs. Then Gambhir and Sehwag scored runs with ease and just when they partnership was looking dangerous, Harbhajan Singh striked and got Gambhir’s wicket leaving Delhi at 72/2 in 6.4 overs. In the very next over, Delhi got a huge blow as Sehwag was run out leaving them at 75/3 in 7.3 overs. This fall of wicket triggered the wicket flow and Delh Daredevils suddenly collapsed like a deck of cards. They were struggling at 94/6 in 12 overs. In last 5 overs Delhi needed 76 to win and had just 4 wickets in hand. The match was over and also the place in semi’s became more difficult for them. In the end they could manage to score 144/7 in 20 oversand thus lost the match by 39 runs.

Match Kwypoints

* Mumbai Indians: 50 runs in 6.3 overs, Extras 8
* Mumbai Indians: 100 runs in 13.3 overs, Extras 8
* Mumbai Indians: 150 runs in 18.3 overs, Extras 10
* Innings Break: Mumbai Indians – 183/4 in 20.0 overs

* Delhi Daredevils: 50 runs in 4.4 overs, Extras 3
* Delhi Daredevils: 100 runs in 13.3 overs, Extras 7

Match 47 Mumbai Indians vs Delhi Daredevils Scorecard

Match: 47th T20, IPL3
Venue: Brabourne Stadium, Mumbai
Date: April 13, 2010
Time: 4 pm

Mumbai Indians, the only team who have made it to semi’s will take on Delhi Daredevils today. Delhi Daredevils are in a must win condition as the points table is evenly poised with as many as 4 teams having same points and having chance to make in semis. On the other hand, Mumbai would like to win today’s match and make it extremely difficult for Delhi Daredevils to enter semis as they know how dangerous Delhi Daredevils can be on a given day. So today we can hope for a entertaining match between Sachin’s Mumbai and Gautam’s Delhi.

Team Compostion
Delhi Daredevils Team
Gautam Gambhir (Captain), V Sehwag, D Warner, Paul Collingwood, S Ladda, Joginder Singh, R Bhatia, AB de Villiers, T Dilshan, M Henriques, K Jadhav, 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.

Mumbai Indians Team
S Tendulkar (Captain), D Bravo, S Dhawan, J Duminy, C Fernando, Harbhajan Singh, S Jayasuriya, Z Khan, D Kulkarni, R McLaren, C Madan, I Malhotra, S Malinga, A Murtaza, G Napier, A Nayar, K Pollard, A Rayudu, R Sathish, K Sahabuddin, R Shukla, A Tare, S Tiwary.

Match Details
Match: 44 T20, IPL3
Venue:Feroz Shah Kotla, Delhi
Date: April 11, 2010
Time: 4:00 pm
Toss: Delhi Daredevils elected to bat.
Result: Punjab won by 7 wickets
Man of the match: P Chawla

Delhi Daredevils won the toss and elected to bat first against Kings XI Punjab. Delhi Daredevils got to the worst possible start and lost Sehwag in the 2nd over. This triggered the fall of wickets as none of the Delhi batsmen could offer any resistance to the bowlers of Kings XI Punjab. Wickets kept tumbling one after the other and it looked like Kings XI are playing against a local team rather than Delhi Daredevils. Kings XI showed superb fielding and bowling to restrict Delhi Daredevils to a paltry total of 111/10 in 19.4 overs. This is so far the worst performance by Delhi Daredevils as only two batsmen could score in twenties (26 each). Now Delhi Daredevils can only hope that the bowlers produce a magical spell to restrict Kings XI.

Needing 112 to win, Kings XI Punjab started off cautiously but confidently. Kings XI Punjab were playing for pride and the bowlers had already did a splendid job. Now it was batsmen turn and they also did not let them down. Kings XI top order played well in this low scoring match and eventually they won it by 7 wickets in 18.4 overs.

Match notes

* Delhi Daredevils innings
* Delhi Daredevils: 50 runs in 6.4 overs, Extras 13
* Delhi Daredevils: 100 runs in 17.1 overs, Extras 17
* Innings Break: Delhi Daredevils – 111/10 in 19.4 overs

* Kings XI Punjab: 50 runs in 8.3 overs, Extras 2
* Kings XI Punjab: 100 runs in 16.3 overs, Extras 6

Match 44 Delhi Daredevils vs Kings XI Punjab Scorecard