In the match number 23 of DLF – IPL, Delhi Daredevils played against Mumbai Indians.Delhi Daredevils won the toss and decided to field first.Mumbai Indians got on to a flying start and Jayasurya-Yogesh duo scored 46 runs. But then both these were out in the same over and Mumbai Indians were 50/2 in 6 overs. It lead to a decrease in the run rate but Dominic Thornley and Robin Utthapa took the charge and played some exquisite shots and took the score to 102 on which Uthappa got out. Dominic Thornley was the next to go and the score was 109/4 in 13.3 overs.Mumbai Indians lost some quick wickets and thus threw away the good start. After 16 overs they were 118/6 and it looked like they might not reach the 150 mark. But Pollock scored 22 runs of 19th over and thus Mumbai Indians scored 162 runs in 20 overs

Today – Match 23 – Scorecard – Mumbai Indians vs Delhi Daredevils

Mumbai Indians vs Delhi Daredevils is going to be a one sided affair if we consider the history of the matches in IPL. But in cricket you can not rely merely on history. It only depends on which team played superior game on that particular day. So we hope that Mumbai Indians would challenge the mighty Daredevils and we spectators would see a thrilling match this Sunday.

Mumbai Indians (probable) 1 Ajinkya Rahane, 2 Sanath Jayasuriya, 3 Robin Uthappa, 4 Dwayne Bravo, 5 Shaun Pollock, 6 Abhishek Nayar, 7 Pinal Shah (wk), 8 Musavir Khote, 9 Dilhara Fernando, 10 Ashish Nehra, 11 Dhawal Kulkarni.

Delhi Daredevils (probable) 1 Virender Sehwag, 2 Gautam Gambhir, 3 AB de Villiers, 4 Shikhar Dhawan, 5 Shoaib Malik, 6 Dinesh Karthik, 7 Rajat Bhatia, 8 Yo Mahesh, 9 Glenn McGrath, 10 Pradeep Sangwan, 11 Mohammad Asif.

Match Details

Date – May 4, 2008 23rd Match
Venue – Dr DY Patil Sports Academy, Mumbai
16:00 India time.
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Today in the 16th match of DLF-IPL, Mumbai Indians bowlers bowled superbly to restrict the Knight Riders to a low total of 137 and it was the responsibility of the batsmen to make sure that they win the first match and open the account in points table. Knight Riders started the bowling with a superb spell by Ishant Sharma and Ajit Agarkar. Agarkar got the first breakthrough and soon Ishant bowled the dangerous looking Jayasuriya. The wicket tumbled and rotated many time before falling on the ground – A perfect scene for a fast bowler. Then Dinda bowled Pandey for 0 and it looked that Knight Riders are back into the game and will not let the Mumbai Indians enjoy the first victory. But Uthappa and Bravo played some exquisite shots and had a terrific partnership of 113 runs. It was this partnership which assured the victory of Mumbai Indians.Bravo become the highest run getter in the tournament from Mumbai Indians side by scoring 64runs.Sachin Tendulkar was really very happy to see his team winning the first match.

So April 29 was the day Mumbai Indians won the match at last after loosing four matches in a row. This win will surely do a lot of good for the Mumbai Indians and will boost the morale of the entire team.

Scorecard – Kolkata Knight Riders vs Mumbai Indians – 16th Match

In the 16th match of DLF – IPL, Kolkata Knight Riders won the toss and elected to bat first but the charged Mumbai Indians were today in no mood to let Kolkata Knight Riders to a flyer. The very experienced Pollock striked twice in the very first over and gave a huge shock to Knight Riders as Ganguly and Mac Cullam were back in the pavilion the very first over and the score was 6/2. Then Ponting and Dass took the score to 40 and it looked like a decent partnership is building up but then Bravo got the wicket of Dass and again the Knight Riders were in serious troubles. Ponting and Hussey took the score to 74 and then Hussey was the one to return to pavilion. Soon Ponting was brilliantly run out by Rahane/Jayasuriya. The problems of Knight Riders were deepened by Jayasurya who took 3 crucial wickets and Knight Riders were struggling at 90/7 in 15.3 overs. Laxmi Ratan Shukla came in to bat and provided some relief to the Knight Riders by scoring 40 runs in 21 balls. Kathik was out in the last over after scoring 10 runs but it was L.R Shukla who played a short timely innings to help Knight Riders score 137 runs in 20 overs.

Scorecard – Kolkata Knight Riders vs Mumbai Indians – 16th Match

Today is the Match 16 between Kolkata Knight Riders and Mumbai Indians in the Baap Of Entertainment – DLF – IPL. Kolkata Knight Riders have lost the last match but have won the other two played. But the Mumbai Indians have yet to open the account in the points table. So today we hope both the teams to play for the prestige.

Kolkata Knight Riders: (probable) 1 Sourav Ganguly (capt), 2 Brendon McCullum (wk), 3 Ricky Ponting, 4 Wriddhiman Saha (wk), 5 David Hussey, 6 Mohammad Hafeez, 7 Laxmi Rattan Shukla, 8 Ajit Agarkar, 9 Murali Kartik, 10 Ishant Sharma, 11 Ashok Dinda

Mumbai Indians : (probable) 1 Sachin Tendulkar (capt), 2 Sanath Jayasuriya, 3 Luke Ronchi (wk), 4 Robin Uthappa, 5 Shaun Pollock, 6 Abhishek Nayar, 7 Dwayne Bravo, 8 Musavir Khote, 9 Ashish Nehra, 10 Dhaval Kulkarni, 11 Siddharth Chitnis

Date – 16th Match April 29, 2008
Venue – Eden Gardens, Kolkata
20:00 India time.

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