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

Match: 1st IPL -2010 Match
Date – 12th March, 2010
Result – Kolkata Knight Riders won by 11 runs
Location – New Delhi

Kolkata Knight Riders: 161/4
Deccan Chargers: 150/7

Deccan Chargers: A Gilchrist (captain/wk), A Reddy, A Singh, A Bilakhia, H Gibbs, H Singh, VVS Laxman, M Mishra, P Ojha, D Ravi Teja, R Sharma, RP Singh, T Suman, B Sumanth, A Symonds, C Vaas, V Rao and A Yadav

Kolkata Knight Riders: S Ganguly (captain), V Aaron, A Agarkar, A Dinda, E Ahmad, R Gavaskar, B Hodge, I Abdulla, M Kartik, H Khadiwale, A Mathews, C Langeveldt, A Mendis, C Pathak, C Pujara, W Saha (wk), O Shah, I Sharma, LR Shukla, M Tiwary and G Vignesh

Kolkata Knight Riders Innings
Defending champions Deccan Chargers won the toss and elected to field first against Kolkata Knight Riders in the first match of the third edition of the Indian Premier League (IPL). Kolkata Knight Riders had a good start with 50 runs in 8.2 overs. KKR’s score was 100 runs in 15.4 overs (99 balls). AD Mathews (not out) scored 65 runs off 46 balls. OA Shah (not out) made 58 runs. Brad Hodge scored 13 runs. Manoj Tiwari and Captain Saurav Ganguly couldn’t make any run.

Kolkata Knight Riders scored a total of 161 runs for a loss of 4 wickets.

Deccan Chargers Innings
Deccan Chargers scored 150 runs for a loss of 7 wickets in 20 overs. Adam Gilchrist scored 54 runs. VVS Laxman scored 22.

The grand opening of IPL 2010 will be start at 6:00pm IST and will be telecasted live on SET Max and YouTube.com. The two teams which will start this biggest cricket feast are Kolkata Knight Riders and Deccan Chargers.

Kolkata Knight Riders Team: S Ganguly (C), Harpreet Singh, S Bangar,S Gaekwad, Sunny Singh, S Rana, A Chowdhury, S Sanyal, Amit Das, Bhavik Thakkar, Kl Waingankar, M Tiwary, V Indulkar, Ameya Shrikhande, Arindam Ghosh, S Sarkar,Gnaneshwar Rao, Mohnish Parmar, I Choudhary, Laxmi R Shukla, Debabrata Das, W Saha, A Dinda, Aditya Dole, Rajesh Verma, Anureet Singh, Iqbal Abdulla, M Kartik, Ishant Sharma, A Agarkar, C Pujara.
B McCullum (WK), David Hussey, B Hodge, Chris Gayle, Owais Shah, A Mendis, M Mortaza, A Mathews, Shoaib Sheikh, G Chabbra, S Bond, Charl Langeveldt, Murtuza Hussain, Sheldon Jackson.

Deccan Chargers Team: Adam Gilchrist, Andrew Symonds, Arjun Yadav, Bodapati Sumanth, Dwaraka Ravi Teja, Harmeet Singh, Kemar Roach, Mitchell Ross Marsh, Pragyan Ojha, Rohit Sharma, Ryan Harris, Venugopal Rao, Ammana Ashish Reddy, Anirudh Singh, Azhar Anjum Bilakhia, Chaminda Vaas, Dwayne Smith, Herschelle Gibbs, Laxman VVS, Mohnish Dinesh Mishra, Rahul Sharma, Rudra Pratap Singh, Tirumalasetti Suman.

Adam Gilchrist is the captain of Deccan Chargers for 2010 IPL season. Click on image to enlarge