Match: 25 T20, IPL3
Venue: Dr DY Patil Sports Academy, Mumbai
Date: March 28, 2010
Time: 8 pm IST

In the 25th match, Deccan Chargers will take on Mumbai Indians. Deccan Chargers who have lost the last match to Rajasthan Royals would have to win this match to make sure Gilchrist and team move up from 4th position in the points table. Mumbai Indians on the other hand are empathic as they won the last match against Chennai Super Kings convincingly thanks to a superb innings by master blaster Sachin Tendulkar.

Today Sachin’s team will take on Gilchrist’s team at Dr DY Patil Sports Academy at 8pm and this match is expected to be a thrill pack entertainment for the crowd.

Team compositions
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

Deccan Chargers
A Gilchrist (captain/wicket keeper), RJ Harris, DR Smith, A Symonds, WPUJC Vaas, Y Venugopal Rao, MR Marsh, B Sumanth, MD Mishra, AA Reddy, AA Bilakhia, HH Gibbs, VVS Laxman, DB Ravi Teja, RG Sharma, TL Suman, AS Yadav, Anirudh Singh, PP Ojha, Harmeet Singh, RP Singh, KAJ Roach, R Sharma, Jaskarandeep Singh Bhuttar

Match: 21st T20, IPL 3
Venue: Mumbai | Date: March 25, 2010
Toss: Mumbai Indians elected to field
Result: Mumbai Indians won by 5 wickets

In the 21st match of Indian Premier League 2010, Mumbai Indians won the toss and elected to field first. This decision looked good as they got two priced wickets of Parthiv Patel and Mathew Hayden and reduced Chennai Super Kings to 38/2 in 5 overs. But then Suresh Raina and Badrinath played superbly and got into an excellent partnership which took the score to 180/2 in 20 overs. Raina who handed over the captaincy to Dhoni in today’s match was at its very best and was hitting fours and sixes at will. He scored 83 runs off just 52 balls(4*7,3*6) and was fully supported by Badrinath who scored 55(4*6) of just 45 balls.

Mumbai Indians had to chase 180 to win this match and they started off really well with Sachin and Shikhar Dhawan. They both scored at more than 10 runs per over. Shikhar Dhawan got out after scoring a well deserved 50. Mumbai Indians were placed comfortably at 92/1 in 8.5 overs. Though the middle order failed and team was reduced to 159/4 but Sachin Tendulkar was firm on one end and took the team to victory . It was once again a superb captain knock by Tendulkar ( 72 runs 52 balls 4*8,6*1) which ensured Mumbai Indians victory over Chennai Super Kings by 5 wickets.

Match 21 Mumbai Indians vs Chennai Super Kings Scorecard

Match: 21st T20, IPL3
Venue: Brabourne Stadium, Mumbai
Date: March 25, 2010
Time: 8 pm IST

Today at 8 pm, we expect a sensational match between Mumbai Indians and Chennai Super Kings, both of these have lost the last match to RCB and would thus be keen to get back the winning momentum. Mumbai Indians who looked invincible till the last match were defeated by RCB and would now look forward to this match for a comeback and also to retain the top spot in points table. Chennai Super Kings who are playing without Dhoni who was ruled out due to injury might bring back Dhoni today.

The battle between CSK and MI would ensure complete entertainment to the crowd as we do expect to see the master blaster again in full flow.

Team compositions
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

Chennai Super Kings
PA Patel, KB Arun Karthik, S Badrinath, GJ Bailey, ML Hayden, MEK Hussey, SK Raina, MS Dhoni, M Vijay, T Thushara, JA Morkel, JDP Oram, NLTC Perera, JM Kemp, HK Badani, R Ashwin, L Balaji, C Ganapathy, MS Gony, SB Jakati, M Muralidaran, M Ntini, S Tyagi, Joginder Sharma

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