Match Details
Match: 44 T20, IPL3
Venue:Feroz Shah Kotla, Delhi
Date: April 11, 2010
Time: 4:00 pm

Today is going to be a Super Sunday as we have two matches lined up for today. First one is at 4pm at Feroz Shah Kotla Delhi, between Delhi Daredevils and Kings XI Punjab. Kings XI Punjab are reeling at the bottom of points table but they had shown what they can do in the last match against table toppers Mumbai Indians. They defeated Mumbai comprehensibly and are now making semi’s battle more intense. On the other hand, Delhi Daredevils had lost the last match to KKR and will now look forward for this match to cement the place in semis.

Team’s For Today
Delhi Daredevils Team
Gautam Gambhir (Captain), V Sehwag, Paul Collingwood, D Warner, 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

Kings XI Punjab Team
Kumar Sangakkara (Captian), Yuvraj Singh, Shawn Marsh, Brett Lee, Irfan Pathan, Sreesanth, R Powar, V.R.V. Singh, P. Chawla, Karan Goel, Uday Kaul, Wilkin Mota, Ajitesh Argal, Tanmay Srivastava, Sunny Sohal, Ryan Ninan, Ravikant shukla, Ranadeb Bose, Vikramjeet Malik, Taruwar Kohli, Amanpreet Singh, Mohammad Kaif, Shalabh Srivastava, Love Ablish, Manvinder Bisla, Bipul Sharma, Reetinder Singh Sodhi, Brett Lee, James Hopes, Shaun Marsh, Luke Pomersbach, Simon Katich, Mahela Jayawardene, Burt Cockley, Ravi Bopara, Yusuf Abdulla, Nuwan Kulasekara, Adrian Barath, Jerome Everton Taylor.

Final eleven will be announced before match.

Match Details
Match: 39 T20, IPL3
Venue: Eden Gardens, Kolkata
Date: April 7, 2010
Time: 8:00 pm
Toss: Kolkata Knight Riders elected to bat
Result: Kolkata Knight Riders won by 14 runs

Today in the 39th match of DLF IPL 2010, Kolkata Knight Riders won the toss and elected to bat first. They got to a superb start with Ganguly and Gayle posting 94 runs for the first wicket partnership. Ganguly continued the good form and scored 56 runs to lay a solid platform for KKR to post a huge total. But once Gayle and Ganguly were out, the run rate dipped but Angela Mathews and M Tiwary took the charge and scored some quick runs to reach the total of 181/3 in 20 overs.

Chasing the target of 182, Delhi Daredevils got to a poor start as they lost superstar D Warner for a duck. But Gambhir and Sehwag then steadied the innings and got a 99run partnership. Sehwag was in full flow and it looked, KKR will have a real problem in curtailing the run flow. But then Gambhir was run out by Ganguly and a dangerous looking partnership ended. This was the opportunity that Kolkata Knight Riders wanted. Once this partnership broke, Delhi Daredevils lost the way and wickets started falling like pile of cards. With each wicket, the pressure of run rate was mounting and finally Delhi Daredevils succumbed to the pressure and could score only 167/8 in 20 overs. This victory by 14 runs kept Kolkata Knight Riders chances for the semis alive.

Match Highlights

* Kolkata Knight Riders: 50 runs in 5.6 overs, Extras 4
* SC Ganguly: 50 off 42 balls (8 x 4, 1 x 6)
* Kolkata Knight Riders: 100 runs in 10.6 overs, Extras 5
* Kolkata Knight Riders: 150 runs in 17.6 overs , Extras 7
* Innings Break: Kolkata Knight Riders – 181/3 in 20.0 overs

* Delhi Daredevils innings
* Delhi Daredevils: 50 runs in 6.2 overs, Extras 4
* Delhi Daredevils: 100 runs in 10.5 overs, Extras 6
* V Sehwag: 50 off 34 balls (5 x 4, 2 x 6)
* Delhi Daredevils: 150 runs in 17.5 overs, Extras 8

Match 39 Kolkata Knight Riders vs Delhi Daredevils Scorecard

Match Details
Match: 39 T20, IPL3
Venue: Eden Gardens, Kolkata
Date: April 7, 2010
Time: 8:00 pm

Kolkata Knight Riders will take on Delhi Daredevils today at Eden’s at 8pm IST in the 39th match of DLF IPL 2010. Delhi Daredevils who had stunned Royal Challengers in the last match are looking in good form with one or the other batsmen taking charge in every match. On the other hand Kolkata Knight Riders have been very unpredictable in this tournament so far. Ganguly has shown some of his lost touch and if he gains his form, Kolkata Knight Riders will give a tough competition to Delhi Daredevils.

Kolkata Knight Riders would be playing in front of home crowd with immense support, which would add to the confidence of the team where as Delhi has shown that when its there day, they can fight with the lion in his den.

Team compositions
Kolkata Knight Riders squad
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.

Delhi Daredevils squad
Gautam Gambhir (Captain), V Sehwag, D Warner, S Ladda, Joginder Singh, R Bhatia, AB de Villiers, Paul Collingwood, 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

Match: 35 T20, IPL3
Venue: Feroz Shah Kotla, Delhi
Date: April 4, 2010
Time – 8:00 pm
Toss: Delhi Daredevils elected to bat
Result: Delhi Daredevils won by 37 runs

Delhi Daredevils won the toss and decided to bat first. Sehwag and Warner opened the innings for them and got to a decent start. The first wicket partnership of 41 ended when Sehwag was bowled by Mithun. Gambhir was also run out cheaply and Delhi were 52/2 in 5.4 overs. Warner then played some superb shots and hit few sixes before he was caught by Kohli near the fence. Soon Karthik also got out and the team was down at 90/4 in 10.3 overs. But then Collingwood took the charge and started hitting ball all over the park. He played some sensational shots and completed his half century. Vettori also chipped in with useful 19 and helped Delhi post a total of 184/5 in 20 overs.

Royal Challengers Bangalore opened the innings with Kallis and C White but White got out in the 4th over of the innings when the score was just 25. Chasing 185, Kallis was the one who had to shoulder the responsibility and he did scored a fifty and stood firm on one end but the middle order failed and none could support him well and thus with increasing pressure, he also got out leaving RCB in trouble at 118/5 in 15.5 overs. The chase was never easy and with the fall of Kallis it looked all over. RCB could manage only 147/9 in 20 overs and thus lost by 37 runs.

Match Notes/ Main Points
* Delhi Daredevils: 50 runs in 5.2 overs (33 balls), Extras 1
* Delhi Daredevils: 100 runs in 11.4 overs (72 balls), Extras 2
* P Collingwood: 50 off 37 balls (2 x 4, 4 x 6)
* Delhi Daredevils: 150 runs in 17.3 overs (108 balls), Extras 4
* Royal Challengers Bangalore: 50 runs in 8.5 overs (54 balls), Extras 2
* Royal Challengers Bangalore: 100 runs in 13.6 overs (85 balls), Extras 2
* J Kallis: 50 off 38 balls (5 x 4, 1 x 6)

Match 35 Delhi Daredevils vs Royal Challengers Bangalore Scorecard

Match: 35 T20, IPL3
Venue: Feroz Shah Kotla, Delhi
Date: April 4, 2010
Time – 8:00 pm

The second best team will take on the third best team today at the Feroz Shah Kotla ground at 8pm. Royal Challengers Bangalore have played superb cricket so far and have thus placed themselves at second spot in the points table. On the other hand, after some hiccups, Delhi Daredevils are now back into action and will give a real challenge to RCB.
Today’s match is expected to be a run feast as batsmen from both the teams are looking in very good form.Thus in today’s match, we can expect fireworks from batsmen of both teams which eventually would make Sunday’s encounter a sensational one.

IPL 2010 Squad
Royal Challengers Bangalore squad
A Kumble (Captain),, B Akhil, KP Appanna, RV Uthappa, MV Boucher, R Dravid, SP Goswami, JH Kallis, V Kohli, R Vinay Kumar, B Kumar, P Kumar, A Mithun, EJG Morgan, MK Pandey, KP Pietersen, SPD Smith, S Sriram, DW Steyn, LRPL Taylor, D du Preez, RE van der Merwe, CL White.

Delhi Daredevils
Gautam Gambhir (Captain), V Sehwag, DA Warner, S Ladda, Joginder Singh, R Bhatia, AB de Villiers, TM Dilshan, MC Henriques, KM Jadhav, KD Karthik, AB McDonald, MF Maharoof, VY Mahesh, M Manhas, A Mishra, DP Nannes, A Nehra, WD Parnell, S Ranjan, AM Salvi, PJ Sangwan, Sarandeep Singh, U Yadav