Match: 23 T20, IPL 3
Date: March 27, 2010
Time: 8 pm
Venue: Punjab Cricket Association Stadium, Mohali, Chandigarh

Today PCB Mohali will witness a match between two teams who are struggling to get the winning momentum. Kings XI Punjab will take on Kolkata Knight Riders at 8pm in the 23rd match of Indian Premier League. Kolkata Knight Riders had got to a good start in this season but then lost the way from 3rd match and are on loosing streak on the other hand Kings XI Punjab is reeling at the bottom of the table with just one win and that too in a superover. Kings XI team has gained some strength with the joining of Brett Lee and Shaun Marsh and team do hope to taste victory before its too late.

On the other hand Kolkata Knight Riders, who started extremely well will be hoping to end the losing patch with a win over Kings XI i.e the last team in points table as of now.

Team compositions
Kolkata Knight Riders
SC Ganguly (captain), CH Gayle, AD Mathews, G Vignesh, LR Shukla, Rohan Gavaskar, Harpreet Singh, Mandeep Singh, BJ Hodge, CR Pathak, CA Pujara, OA Shah, MK Tiwary, Harshad Khadiwale, BB McCullum, WP Saha, AB Agarkar, VR Aaron, AB Dinda, M Kartik, BAW Mendis, CK Langeveldt, I Sharma, Iqbal Abdulla

Kings XI Punjab
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 just before the match.

Match: 17th T20, IPL3
Venue: Brabourne Stadium, Mumbai
Date: March 22, 2010
Toss: Kolkata Knight Riders won the toss and elected to bat first.
Result: Mumbai Indians beat Kolkata Knight Riders by 7 wickets.

Kolkata Knight Riders Innings:
After winning the toss, Kolkata Knight Riders decided to bat first, they got to a good start as both openers Chris Gayle and Ganguly played off well. Chris Gayle, playing his first match in IPL 3, scored a 50 off 47 balls. Kolkata Knight Riders completed 50 runs in 7.1 overs. After 10 overs, KKR had reached 67 without any loss of wickets. Saurav Ganguly scored 31, and was out bold by Harbhajan Singh. Chris Gayle was out lbw by Zaheer Khan, he scored 75 off 60 balls. Owais Shah scored 31 off 23 balls. Kolkata Knight Riders finished their inning scoring 155 for a loss of 3 wickets.

Mumbai Indians Innings
Chasing the target of 156, Mumbai Indians had a great start as they completed 50 runs in just 4.2 overs with S Dhawan scoring 23 off 21 balls. It was Sachin Tendulkar who played a brilliant innings and made sure Mumbai win this crucial encounter. Mumbai Indians completed 100 runs in 12.3 overs. Saurabh Tiwary scored 30 runs off 24 balls. S Tendulkar made 70 runs off just 47 balls. The master was in full flow and dashed the hopes of KKR to get back on the victory path. Mumbai Indians scored 156 for a loss of 3 wickets and 9 balls remaining.

Match 17 – IPL 2010 Mumbai Indians Vs Kolkata Knight Riders Scorecard

Match: 17th T20, IPL3
Venue: Brabourne Stadium, Mumbai
Date: March 22, 2010

Clash Between Dada and Master Blaster
Today will be a clash between two of the most prolific cricketers of India, Sachin Tendulkar and Saurav Ganguly. Mumbai Indians have lost the last match and thus would be looking to get the rhythm back, where as Kolkata Knight Riders who started off well in this season of IPL, have now being on the losing track. Both the teams will look forward in this match to get the momentum and get back on the winning track.

Mumbai Indians will be playing at home ground and would be hot favorites but one can not rule Ganguly out as he is like a Phoenix who rises from the ashes.

Team compositions
Kolkata Knight Riders
SC Ganguly (captain), CH Gayle, AD Mathews, G Vignesh, LR Shukla, Rohan Gavaskar, Harpreet Singh, Mandeep Singh, BJ Hodge, CR Pathak, CA Pujara, OA Shah, MK Tiwary, Harshad Khadiwale, BB McCullum, WP Saha, AB Agarkar, VR Aaron, AB Dinda, M Kartik, BAW Mendis, CK Langeveldt, I Sharma, Iqbal Abdulla

Mumbai Indians
SR Tendulkar*, DJ Bravo, S Dhawan, JP Duminy, CRD Fernando, Harbhajan Singh, ST Jayasuriya, Z Khan, DS Kulkarni, R McLaren, C Madan, I Malhotra, SL Malinga, AG Murtaza, GR Napier, AM Nayar, KA Pollard, AT Rayudu, R Sathish, KS Sahabuddin, R Shukla, AP Tare†, SS Tiwary

Match: 13th T20, IPL3
Venue: Ahmedabad
Date: March 20, 2010
Toss: Rajasthan Royals elected to bat
Result: Rajasthan Royals Win By 34 Runs

Rajasthan Royals Innings
Rajasthan Royals won the toss and elected to bat first but they got to a dismal start as they lost Michael Lumb on the very first ball of the match.Faiz Fazal and Naman Ojha then steadied the innings and played some shots. Just when it looked that Rajasthan Royals are getting back on track, they lost Fazal and soon after Ojha. Rajasthan Royals superstar Yusuf Pathan could also score just 15 runs and at one stage it looked they could not cross the 150 mark. But then a fine performance by A Jhunjhunwala and A Voges helped the team score 168/7 in 20 overs

Kolkata Knight Riders Innings
Chasing a target of 169, Kolkata Knight Riders started off with caution. Rajasthan Royals also shocked them by opening the bowling with Yusuf Pathan, though this gamble paid off as he took two wickets and never allowed the batsmen to score runs with ease. Kolkata Knight Riders were cramped for runs and with each over, the required run rate was mounting on them. Though singles and doubles were coming off easily but it was fours and sixes which they needed. Kolkata Knight Riders were 109/3 in 16 overs and needed 60 runs in last 4 overs. Owais Shah did hit few sixes and the target was 42 needed in 2 overs. But an over from Shaun Tait changed the whole game for KKR. He bowled a wonderful second last over and the equation changed. Kolkata Knight Riders needed 37 runs in last over and it was all over for Shahrukh’s KKR. They lost the match by 34 runs.

With this win, Rajasthan Royals have finally opened the account in points table and are now one place ahead of Kings XI Punjab.

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Match Details
Match Number – 13
Date:- March 20, 2010 Saturday
Time – 16:00 ( 4 pm)
Venue – Sardar Patel Stadium, Motera, Ahmedabad

Kolkata Knight Riders will take on Rajasthan Royals today at Motera and this match will revive the rivalry between Saurav Ganguly and Shane Warne. Kolkata Knight Riders started this season of IPL on a winning note but then lost the rhythm where as Rajasthan Royals are yet to open the account in points table. This match will be a fight between the captains as world know’s about the rivalry between Dada and Warne.

Rajasthan Royals look a disturbed team as they have lost some key players like Smith, AD Mascarenhas and Jadeja where as with the inclusion of Gayle, Kolkata Knight Riders have added more power to the batting department. Both teams will have to show some extra talent today to win as this is the fight between two individuals who have a long standing rivalry on field.

Team compositions
Kolkata Knight Riders
SC Ganguly (captain), CH Gayle, AD Mathews, G Vignesh, LR Shukla, Rohan Gavaskar, Harpreet Singh, Mandeep Singh, BJ Hodge, CR Pathak, CA Pujara, OA Shah, MK Tiwary, Harshad Khadiwale, BB McCullum, WP Saha, AB Agarkar, VR Aaron, AB Dinda, M Kartik, BAW Mendis, CK Langeveldt, I Sharma, Iqbal Abdulla

Rajasthan Royals
SK Warne, SA Asnodkar, DR Martyn, MJ Lumb, FY Fazal, AA Jhunjhunwala, AG Paunikar, SA Quadri, AS Raut, NV Ojha, YK Pathan, S Narwal, SB Wagh, P Dogra, Kamran Khan, M Morkel, MM Patel, Amit Singh, SW Tait, SK Trivedi, A Uniyal, AP Dole

Final eleven will be announced before the match.