Match Details
Match: 41 T20, IPL3
Venue: Punjab Cricket Association Stadium, Mohali.
Date: April 9, 2010
Time: 8:00 pm
Toss: Mumbai Indians elected to bat.
Result: Kings XI Punjab won by 6 wickets

After wining the toss, Mumbai Indians elected to bat. Shikhar Dhawan and Sachin Tendulkar opened the innings for them. Today, the duo could not gave them the start they have been giving so far in IPL 2010 as Dhawan was bowled by Irfan Pathan for just 2. Mumbai Indians were 7/1 in 1.1 overs, A Rayudu and Sachin then played sensibly and took the team score past 50. A Rayudu was the next to get out and once his wicket felt, wickets started tumbling one after the other. From 50/1 they were reduced to 96/5 in 13.4 overs. Kings XI bowler’s Irfan Pathan and P Chawla got three wickets each and broke the backbone of Mumbai batting order. JP Duminy then showed some resistance and scored 35 runs, the highest scorer for Mumbai Indians . Kings XI Punjab bowled a superb last over and gave just 3 runs to take 3 wickets and restricted Mumbai to 154/9 in 20 overs.

Chasing the total of 155, Jayawardene and Adrian Barath gave them a quick start and took the score to 41 before Jayawardene got out. After the fall of first wicket, Sangakkara came to the center and took the charge. Adrian Barath and Sangakkara scored runs with ease and scored at 9 runs per over. Adrian Barath was lbw by Duminy for 33 in the 11th over. Kings XI Punjab were well placed at 102/2 in 13 overs and needed just 53 runs off last 7 overs with 8 wickets in hand. Yuvraj got out for just 15 leaving Kings XI at 125/3 in 16.3 overs. Soon Sangakkara completed his fifty but was out but Kings XI were on the verge of victory and they did not mess up this time.Finally Kings XI were able to stun Mumbai Indians by registering a comprehensive win by 6 wickets.

Match Notes

* Mumbai Indians: 50 runs in 5.4 overs, Extras 0
* Mumbai Indians: 100 runs in 14.3 overs, Extras 1
* Mumbai Indians: 150 runs in 18.6 overs, Extras 2
* Innings Break: Mumbai Indians – 154/9 in 20.0 overs

* Kings XI Punjab: 50 runs in 5.2 overs, Extras 1
* Kings XI Punjab: 100 runs in 12.2 overs, Extras 3
* KC Sangakkara: 50 off 39 balls (6 x 4, 1 x 6)
* Kings XI Punjab: 150 runs in 18.5 overs, Extras 4

Match 41 Kings XI Punjab vs Mumbai Indians Scorecard

Kings XI Punjab speedster S Sreesanth breached the Code of Conduct and was fined 20 per cent of his match fee. Match Refree Srinivas Venkataraghavan found him guilty to the level 1 offense which includes showing dissent at an umpire’s decision.

“Kings XI Punjab’s S Sreesanth has been fined for breaching the DLF Indian Premier League’s (IPL) Code of Conduct during his team’s match against the Rajasthan Royals at the Sawai Man Singh Stadium in Jaipur,” read a statement from the IPL.

In the match against Rajasthan Royals, Sreesanth was no balled twice and the fuming bowler first clapped at opposing batsman Michael Lumb and then at the umpires.

Match Details
Match: 41 T20, IPL3
Venue: Punjab Cricket Association Stadium, Mohali.
Date: April 9, 2010
Time: 8:00 pm

Kings XI Punjab will take on Mumbai Indians today at Mohali at 8pm. Kings XI Punjab has to play well to save the lost pride where as Mumbai Indians who are already the table toppers would like to maintain the top position and keep the winning momentum. Kings XI Punjab are already out of semi’s race and are just playing for pride so they will be playing without any pressure and would thus repeat what they did to KKR few days back.

Team compositions
Mumbai Indians Team
SR Tendulkar (Captain), 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.

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: 38 T20, IPL3
Venue: Sawai Mansingh Stadium, Jaipur
Date: April 7, 2010
Time: 4:00 pm
Toss: Kings XI Punjab elected to bat
Result: Rajasthan Royals won by 9 wickets

Kings XI Punjab won the toss and decided to bat first today at Jaipur against Rajasthan Royals. They got a fast start but lost Bisla when the score was 29. Sangakkara also could not do much and was out for just 9. Kings XI Punjab were 52/2 in 6.1 overs. Jayawardene and Yuvraj then took the charge and took the score past 100. Yuvraj Singh was severly harsh on Shane Warne and never allowed him to get his rhythm. Jayawardene and Yuvraj were cruising on well and it looked Kings XI Punjab will set a huge total. But then came a twin blow to Kings XI Punjab as Aditya Dole in the 12th over struck twice to get rid of Jayawardene and Yuvraj. This became the turning point of match as Kings XI Punjab who were well placed at 109/4 in 12 overs just could not get runs. Though they had wickets in hands but still the batsmen were not able to get boundaries. In the last 5 overs they could manage only 27 runs and that too without even a single boundary. At one stage it looked they would cross the 180 mark but eventually some excellent bowling by Rajasthan Royals restricted them to 153/6 in 20 overs.

Chasing the total of 154 to win, Rajasthan Royals got off to a flying start with M Lumb and Naman Ojha giving them a 100 run first wicket partnership. M Lumb was typically severe on the Kings XI bowlers as he scored 83 runs off just 43 balls with 16 fours and 2 sixes. Rajasthan Royals were well placed at 110/1 at the end of 10 overs and victory was on the doorsteps. Ojha and Yusuf Pathan then made sure that Royals achieve the victory in style. Rajasthan Royals thrashed Kings XI Punjab by 9 wickets and were able to win the match in 15 overs.

Match Main Points

* Kings XI Punjab: 50 runs in 5.4 overs, Extras 5
* Kings XI Punjab: 100 runs in 10.6 overs, Extras 7
* Kings XI Punjab: 150 runs in 19.4 overs, Extras 9
* Innings Break: Kings XI Punjab – 153/6 in 20.0 overs

* Rajasthan Royals: 50 runs in 3.5 overs, Extras 4
* MJ Lumb: 50 off 28 balls (10 x 4, 1 x 6)
* Rajasthan Royals: 100 runs in 8.3 overs, Extras 5
* Rajasthan Royals: 150 runs in 14.4 overs, Extras 8

Match 38 Rajasthan Royals vs Kings XI Punjab Scorecard

Match Details
Match: 38 T20, IPL3
Venue: Sawai Mansingh Stadium, Jaipur
Date: April 7, 2010
Time: 4:00 pm

Rajasthan Royals will take on Kings XI Punjab in the 38th match of DLF IPL 2010 today to be played at Sawai Mansingh Stadium Jaipur. Rajasthan Royals who won a thriller against Deccan Chargers in last match would be looking for a victory against Punjab who are almost out of the league. But on the other hand, Kings XI has nothing to loose as now they are playing for pride. In the last match, Kings XI played the natural game and eventually won it against Kolkata Knight Riders.

Shane Warne would be eying this match as an opportunity to move up in the points table where as Kings XI who are the last team would be looking for this match as pride saver.

Team compositions
Rajasthan Royals Team
SK Warne (captain), SA Asnodkar, J Botha, SK Trivedi, FY Fazal, YK Pathan, AJ Finch, AA Jhunjhunwala, Kamran Khan, MJ Lumb, M Morkel, S Narwal, NV Ojha(wk), MM Patel, AG Paunikar†, SA Quadri, AS Raut, A Singh, SW Tait, A Uniyal, AC Voges, SB Wagh.

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.