Today was a match between Delhi Daredevils and Kings XI Punjab in the DLF – IPL. This was the 40th match of the league. Delhi Daredevils won the toss and decided to bat first. The match was reduced to 11 overs due to heavy rainfall at Delhi. Kings XI Punjab were given a target of 119 by Delhi Daredevils.Shaun Marsh and James Hopes opened the batting for Kings XI but the start was not good. They were out with 2 and 4 scores respectively. Mahela Jayawardene was the top scorer for the team, he scored 36 runs in 17 balls and thus helped the team to win the match. The match was not over and rains again interrupted and this time , it was decided to follow the D/L rule By D/L rule, Kings XI Punjab won the match by 6 runs. The equations were changing after every ball and it was a smart captaincy by Yuvraj Singh which assured the win.

Today Match 40- Scorecard – Delhi Daredevils v Kings XI Punjab

This is going to be a real entertainer. Both the teams need to win this match so as to get a berth in the semi’s and we hope to see a tough competition between Sehwag and Yuvraj.

Delhi Daredevils (probables): 1 Virender Sehwag (capt), 2 Gautam Gambhir, 3 Shikhar Dhawan, 4 AB de Villiers (wk), 5 Manoj Tiwary, 6 Tillakaratne Dilshan, 7 Farveez Maharoof, 8 Rajat Bhatia, 9 Amit Mishra, 10 Yo Mahesh, 11 Glenn McGrath.

Kings XI Punjab (probables): 1 Shaun Marsh, 2 James Hopes, 3 Luke Pomersbach, 4 Yuvraj Singh (capt), 5 Mahela Jayawardene, 6 Irfan Pathan, 7 Tanmay Srivastava, 8 Piyush Chawla, 9 Uday Kaul (wk), 10 Sreesanth, 11 VRV Singh.

Date – May 17, 2008 Match-40
Venue – Feroz Shah Kotla, Delhi
20:00 India time.

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Today was a match between Kolkata Knight Riders and Mumbai Indians in the DLF – IPL. This was the 38 match of the league. Mumbai Indians won the toss and decided to bowl. They were given a target of 67 runs which was a very small target and Sanath Jayasuriya and Sachin Tendulkar opened the batting for Mumbai Indians and took the score to 6 before Sachin Tendulkar was out.  Sanath Jayasuriya was the top scorer and thus helped the team to won the match by 8 wkts

Match Notes Are :

• Kolkata Knight Riders innings
• Kolkata Knight Riders: 50 runs in 11.5 overs (76 balls), Extras 6
• Innings Break: Kolkata Knight Riders – 67/10 in 15.2 overs (AB Dinda 1)

• Mumbai Indians innings
• Mumbai Indians: 50 runs in 4.1 overs (28 balls), Extras 4

Kings XI Punjab won today’s match against Royal Challengers Bangalore comprehensively by 9 wickets and the hero for today’s match for Kings XI was Shaun Marsh who scored 74 and almost hit every bowler for some exquisite shots for four and sixes. Chasing the target of 144, they lost the first wicket at 42 in form of James Hope. After that Marsh and Luke Pomersbach had no looking back and they guided Kings XI to a well deserved victory. With this win, Kings XI have almost made it to the semifinals and Royal Challengers are almost out of the race for a berth in semi’s.

Today – Match 34 – Scorecard – Kings XI Punjab vs Bangalore Royal Challengers

Royal Challengers won the toss today in the 34 th match of DLF -IPL and decided to bat first. As happened in almost every match, they lost first wicket at 4 and then Misbah and Kohli took the score to 36 at which Misbah was out. Kohli also followed him soon and was out when team score was 49. Royal Challengers kept on loosing wickets at regular intervals and this was the reason they could not pose a huge target.Nearly all the Royal Challengers batsmen got the start but no could make it big. Boucher played some good shots in the end and thus helped Royal Challengers to set a target of 143 in alloted 20 overs. All praise go to the Kings XI bowlers who bowled balls right in the deck to restrict the Royal Challengers from hitting boundaries in the last overs.

Today – Match 34 – Scorecard – Kings XI Punjab vs Bangalore Royal Challengers