Today’s Match Details – Royal Challengers Bangalore vs Kings XI Punjab
Match – 44 DLF IPL T20, IPL5 2012
Date – May 2, 2012
Time – 8:00 pm i.e 14:30 GMT |20:00 IST
Venue – M Chinnaswamy Stadium, Bangalore

Today in the 44th match of DLF IPL 2012, Royal Challengers Bangalore will take on Kings XI Punjab at the M Chinnaswamy Stadium. Both the teams have won 4 out of 9 matches but RCB are one point ahead due to the point they received due to match abandoning. But Kings XI Punjab are more confident as they have defeated Chennai Super Kings in their last match where as RCB lost its last match to Kolkata Knight Riders.

Kings XI Punjab will be eying the revenge of the beating they suffered at the hands of RCB few days ago at their home ground.

Players To Watch Out
For RCB, the one man army has been Chris Gayle. Apart from him, AB de Villiers is also the one batsman KXIP should be afraid off.

For Kings XI Punjab, Shaun Marsh and David Hussey along with Parvinder Awana will be the key players today.

Kings XI Punjab IPL Squad 2012
Shaun Marsh, Sunny Singh, David Miller, Paul Valthaty, Azhar Mahmood, Dimitri Mascarenhas, Paras Dogra, Parvinder Awana, Siddharth Chitnis, James Faulkner, Ramesh Powar, Nitin Saini, Stuart Broad, Praveen Kumar, Ryan Harris, Nathan Rimmington, Love Ablish, Harmeet Singh, Bhargav Bhatt, Vikramjeet Malik, Shalabh Srivastava, Bipul Sharma, Piyush Chawla, Mandeep Singh, Rajagopal Sathish, Amit Yadav and Adam Gilchrist (captain).

Royal Challengers Bangalore Squad IPL 2012
Virat Kohli, Saurabh Tiwary, Mohammad Kaif, Rilee Rossouw, KP Appanna, Arun Karthik, Karun Nair, Cheteshwar Pujara, Mayank Agarwal, Harshal Patel, Vijay Zol, S Thiyagarajan, Dirk Nannes, Zaheer Khan, Charl Langeveldt, Vinay Kumar, Abhimanyu Mithun, Muttiah Muralitharan, Asad Pathan, Jamaluddin Syed Mohammad, Sreenath Aravind, Abrar Kazi, Chris Gayle, Tillakaratne Dilshan, Andrew McDonald, Daniel Vettori (Captain), Ryan Ninan, Raju Bhatkal, AB de Villiers, Muralidharen Gautam, Luke Pomersbach.

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Today’s Match Details – Chennai Super Kings vs Kings XI Punjab
Match -37 DLF IPL T20, IPL5 2012
Date – April 28, 2012
Time – 4:00 pm i.e 10:30 GMT | 16:00 IST
Venue – MA Chidambaram Stadium, Chepauk, Chennai
Toss – Kings XI Punjab elected to bat first
Result – Kings XI Punjab won by 7 runs

Today in the 37th match of DLF IPL 2012, Kings XI Punjab won the toss and elected to bat first. Mandeep Singh and Shaun Marsh opened the innings for them and gave them a solid 68 runs first wicket stand in just 8.1 overs. Marsh was the first breakthrough for Chennai and came as a run out. Azhar Mahmood then played some good shots and scored 18 runs off 12 balls before getting out. At the end of 12 overs, KXIP were placed at 97/2 and it looked they will post a big total, but superb come back by CSK bowlers brought CSK back in game. In the 16th over, D Miller got out when the team score was 127. It was this wicket which led to a series of wickets for Chennai as Kings lost 5 quick wickets and were restricted to 156/8 in 20 overs.

Chasing 157 to win, Chennai got off to a good start with Faf du Plessis and S Badrinath adding 47 runs in just 5.3 overs. Faf du Plessis was the first to fall after scoring 29 runs off 20 balls. In the 8th over, Mahmood striked again and got the wicket of S Badrinath. Suresh Raina once again failed and CSK were struggling at 71/3 in 10.2 overs. Kings XI Bowlers were well complemented by the fielders and run scoring was made really difficult for CSK. The pressure of increasing run rate was getting on to the nerves of CSK batsmen and a twin blow in the form of W Saha and MS Dhoni left them struggling at 88/5 in 13.2 overs. CSK were depending on Jadeja but the most expensive played failed to deliver and was out after scoring just 17 runs. CSK were struggling at 98/6 in 15 overs and needed 59 to win from last 5 overs. D Bravo played some good shots for his 21 ball 30runs and the match was all set for a last over finish. Finally it was KXIP which hold on to their nerves and won the match by 7 runs.

Match 37 IPL 2012 Chennai Super Kings vs Kings XI Punjab Scorecard

Today’s Match Details – Chennai Super Kings vs Kings XI Punjab
Match -37 DLF IPL T20, IPL5 2012
Date – April 28, 2012
Time – 4:00 pm i.e 10:30 GMT | 16:00 IST
Venue – MA Chidambaram Stadium, Chepauk, Chennai
Toss – Kings XI Punjab elected to bat first
Result – Kings XI Punjab won by 7 runs

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Today’s Match Details – Chennai Super Kings vs Kings XI Punjab
Match -37 DLF IPL T20, IPL5 2012
Date – April 28, 2012
Time – 4:00 pm i.e 10:30 GMT | 16:00 IST
Venue – MA Chidambaram Stadium, Chepauk, Chennai

Today in the 37th match of DLF IPL 2012, defending champions Chennai Super Kings will take on Kings XI Punjab at MA Chidambaram Stadium, Chepauk. Chennai whose last match against RCB was abandoned due to rain will be looking forward for this match to move up the points table. Currently they are in the top four teams in points table and a win today will take them to number 2 just after Delhi Daredevils.

On the other hand, Kings XI Punjab will be missing Gilchrist in this match. Stand in captain Hussey will lead the Punjab charge against the formidable Chennai. Both teams have played below par cricket so far in this league. CSK biggest worry is the lack of wicket taking bowlers and poor form of Suresh Raina. Faf du Plessis is the only batsmen who had played consistently so far for CSK in this season. Kings XI Punjab’s biggest hopes are Shaun Marsh, David Hussey in the batting department and sensational Parvinder Awana and Piyush Chawla in the bowling department.

As per IPL stats, CSK has won 6 out of 8 matches between the two teams and are thus looking favorites for today’s game.

Chennai Super Kings Squad IPL 2012
Murali Vijay, Suresh Raina, Michael Hussey, George Bailey, Albie Morkel, Kuthethurshri Vasudevadas, Srikkanth Anirudha, Subramaniam Badrinath, Abhinav Mukund, Doug Bollinger, Ben Hilfenhaus, Nuwan Kulasekara, Ravichandran Ashwin, Shadab Jakati, Suraj Randiv, Sudeep Tyagi, Dwayne Bravo, Ravindra Jadeja, Scott Styris, Faf du Plessis, Joginder Sharma, Yo Mahesh, Ganapathi Vignesh, MS Dhoni(captain/keeper), Wriddhiman Saha.

Kings XI Punjab Squad IPL 2012
Shaun Marsh, Sunny Singh, David Miller, Paul Valthaty, Azhar Mahmood, Dimitri Mascarenhas, Paras Dogra, Parvinder Awana, Siddharth Chitnis, James Faulkner, Ramesh Powar, Nitin Saini, Stuart Broad, Praveen Kumar, Ryan Harris, Nathan Rimmington, Love Ablish, Harmeet Singh, Bhargav Bhatt, Vikramjeet Malik, Shalabh Srivastava, Bipul Sharma, Piyush Chawla, Mandeep Singh, Rajagopal Sathish, Amit Yadav and Adam Gilchrist (captain).

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Today’s Match Details – Kings XI Punjab vs Mumbai Indians
Match – 33 DLF IPL T20, IPL5 2012
Time – 4:00 pm i.e 10:30 GMT |16:00 IST
Date – Apr 25, 2012
Venue – Punjab Cricket Association Stadium, Mohali, Chandigarh
Toss – Kings XI Punjab elected to bat first
Result – Mumbai Indians won by 4 wickets

Today in the 33 rd match of DLF IPL 2012, Kings XI Punjab won the toss and elected to bat first.N Saini and Mandeep Singh opened the innings and scored 35 runs in 5.2 overs for the first wicket stand. Mumbai Indians bowlers bowled a very tight line and run scoring became very difficult for Kings XI Punjab. Soon Saini also got out leaving KXIP at 46/2 in 7.4 overs. KXIP star batsman Shaun Marsh and Captain D Hussey again had the task in hand to take KXIP to a good total. Shaun Marsh failed in this match and got out after scoring 17 off 26 balls but captain Hussey and D Miller played some exquisite shots to take their team to a healthy total of 168/3 in 20 overs. Captain Hussey remained unbeaten on 68 off 40 balls which inlcuded 4 fours and 4 sixes where as Miller played a cameo of 34 runs off 17 balls which included 1 four and 3 sixes.

Chasing 169 to win, J Franklin and S Tendulkar added 52 runs in 7.5 overs before Franklin got out. Soon Tendulkar also got out after scoring 34 runs. KXIP got another major wicket when they got rid of D Karthik in the 11th over. Rohit Sharma and Pollard then took the team score to 90 when Awana got the wicket of Pollard. A Rayudu and R Sharma then took played superbly to take their team towards the target. Mumbai Indians needed 40 to win off last 3 overs and the match was poised for an interesting finish. Rohit Sharma completed his half centtury with a six of the first ball of Awana’s over but Awana striked back and got the wicket on the next ball and dismissed Harbhajan Singh also in that over. R Peterson and A Rayudu then then scored 27 runs in the 19th over and finally MI needed just 5 run in the final over and they won the match by 4 wickets on the second last ball of the innings.

Match 33 IPL 2012 Kings XI Punjab vs Mumbai Indians Scorecard