Royal Challengers vs Deccan Chargers is going to be a very crucial match for both the teams. Both the teams have lost 4 matches out of the 5 they played so far and are therefore in a hunt to prove themself.

Bangalore Royal Challengers (probables) 1 Praveen Kumar, 2 Wasim Jaffer, 3 Misbah-ul-Haq, 4 Jacques Kallis, 5 Rahul Dravid (capt), 6 Mark Boucher (wk), 7 Virat Kohli, 8 Zaheer Khan, 9 Dale Steyn, 10 Anil Kumble, 11 R Vinay Kumar.

Hyderabad Deccan Chargers (probables) 1 Adam Gilchrist, 2 VVS Laxman (capt), 3 Hershelle Gibbs, 4 Rohit Sharma, 5 Shahid Afridi, 6 Arjun Yadav, 7, Sanjay Bangar, 8 Nuwan Zoysa, 9 D Kalyankrishna, 10 RP Singh, 11 Pragyan Ojha.

Date – 21st Match May 3, 2008
Venue – Hyderabad
16:00 India time.

Update: Deccan Chargers won the toss and decided to field first.

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In the 19th match Of DLF – IPL, Kings XI defeated Deccan Chargers convincingly by 7 wickets. Chasing the target of 165, Kings XI started well and scored 41 runs in 6 overs for the first wicket partnership. Sarwan was the one to get out and that too very unfortunately as the straight drive touched the hands of Bangar and cliped the bails off. Kumara Sangakkara was the next to go  for mere 3 runs and the score was 45/2 in 6.5 overs. Yuvraj Singh came to the center and played awesome shots. He just scored 14 runs before being dismissed by Zoysa. Even when the wickets were falling on the other hand, one man was holding the innings together. He was Shaun Marsh who scored 84 runs. Mahela Jaywardene also played a responsible innings and played some of his trademark shots in covers. Both these players had a very good partnership and it was the batting of this duo which took the match from Deccan Chargers.

Scorecard – Deccan Chargers vs Kings XI Punjab – 19th Match

In the 19th match of DLF – IPL Deccan Chargers took Kings XI at Rajiv Gandhi International Stadium, Hyderabad. Kings XI won the toss and decided to filed first.Laxman was at his very best and played some elegant shots. But Gilly (Gilchrist) could not capitalise on the start and was out for only 6. Then the next to go was the very explosive batsman Gibbs for only 7. Deccan Chargers kept loosing wickets on the other end but Laxman played a captain’s knock of 48 before being dismissed by Chawla. The middle order failed miserably with Afridi, Rao, Zoysa and Bangar all back to pavilion when the team score was 98. But Rohit Sharma was the man who again played the prestige saving innings for Deccan Chargers. He scored 76 runs in 42 balls.He played the shots with much elegance and totally entertained the crowd. It was his heroic efforts which took the score to 164  in 20 overs. 17 runs were scored in the 19th over of the match.

Scorecard – Deccan Chargers vs Kings XI Punjab – 19th Match

In the 19th match of DLF – IPL, Kings XI Punjab take on Deccan Chargers. Both the teams are high on confidence after winning the last match. Now both want to maintain the winning streak and thus we expect it to be a thriller of a match.

Deccan Chargers (probable) 1 Adam Gilchrist (wk), 2 VVS Laxman (capt), 3 Herschelle Gibbs, 4 Rohit Sharma, 5 Shahid Afridi, 6 Sanjay Bangar, 7 Arjun Yadav, 8 Nuwan Zoysa, 9 Pragyan Ojha, 10 RP Singh, 11 D Kalyankrishna.

Kings XI Punjab (probable) 1 Kumar Sangakkara (wk), 2 James Hopes, 3 Ramnaresh Sarwan, 4 Yuvraj Singh (capt), 5 Mahela Jayawardene, 6 Tanmay Srivastava, 7 Irfan Pathan, 8 Ajitesh Argal, 9 Piyush Chawla, 10 Sreesanth, 11 VRV Singh.

Date – May 1, 2008 – 19th Match
Venue – Rajiv Gandhi Int. Stadium, Hyderabad
20:00 India time.

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What better than this can Deccan Chargers can ask for? After loosing the initial matches in the DLF – Indian Premier League, today they come out with all preparation and routed Mumbai Indians by 10 wickets. Everybody was amazed to see how Deccan Chargers started the chase. Adam Gilchrist and VVS Laxman made a excellent start. Adam Gilchrist was the real star of the show by scoring 100 in just 42 balls (fastest in the IPL). In this 100, 10 sixes and 9 fours were scored at a strike rate of 227.08. Gilly as he is commonly called played with so much dominance that every bowler of Mumbai Indians was helpless.

So at last Deccan Chargers have won the match by 10 wickets and have opened the team’s account in the points listing and that too in emphatic style.

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