Match details
Match : 54 DLF IPL 2010
Sun-18 April 2010
Time: 4pm
Venue: Himachal Pradesh Cricket Association Stadium, Dharmasala

Today’s match between Kings XI Punjab and Chennai Super Kings will seal the fate of Chennai Super Kings. They had to win today’s match to qualify for the semi finals. On the other hand, Kings XI Punjab would like to save the pride and win today’s match. Also today’s match is of much interest to Kolkata Knight Riders as if Chennai Super Kings win today, KKR will be knocked out. So not only Kings XI but Kolkata Knight Riders fans would also be praying for Kings victory today. The match is to be played at Dharmsala a new good looking stadium will host its second match on 4pm IST.

Teams for today’s match
Chennai Super Kings Team
MS Dhoni (Captain), R Ashwin, SK Raina, M Vijay, HK Badani, ML Hayden, S Badrinath, GJ Bailey, L Balaji, DE Bollinger, C Ganapathy, MS Gony, MEK Hussey, SB Jakati, AB Karthik, JM Kemp, JA Morkel, M Muralitharan, M Ntini, PA Patel, NLTC Perera, T Thushara, S Tyagi.

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.

Match: 53 T20, IPL3
Venue: Eden Gardens, Kolkata
Date: April 17, 2010
Toss: Rajasthan Royals elected to bat.

Result: Kolkata Knight Riders won by 8 wickets.

Rajasthan Royals out of IPL 2010

In a must win match for both teams, Rajasthan Royals won the tos and elected to bat first. Rajasthan Royals got off to a very good start with S Watson and N Ojha scoring 59 for the first wicket partnership. Once Watson was out, Rajasthan Royals lost the track and kept loosing wickets at regular intervals. Kolkata Knight Riders bowlers never gave them any opportunity to score easy runs. Rajasthan Royals middle order collapsed badly leaving them tottering at 101/5 in 14.2 overs. Kolkata Knight Riders bowler produced a much better spell today even in the last overs to limit Rajasthan Royals to a total of !@!@#$ in 20 overs.

After restricting the Royals to a petty total, it was upto Kolkata Knight Riders batsmen to win today’s match and raise hope for semi finals. KKR opened with McCullum and Ganguly but this time they could not give a good start as McCullum was out for just 6. In the very same over, KKR got another shock as Gayle was out for a duck leaving them at 22/2 in 2.5 overs. Ganguly(75 not out) and Pujara(45 not out) then played sensibly and took the score past 100. Dada again lead from the front and scored a brilliant fifty to help Kolkata Knight Riders win by 8 wickets and thus closer to semi final spot.

This is the end of road for Rajasthan Royals in this edition of DLF IPL 2010.

How can Kolkata Knight Riders qualify for semi finals ?
1) Kings XI beat Chennai Super Kings
2) Delhi beat Deccan Chargers
3) Kolkata Knight Riders win against Mumbai by a huge margin.

Match Notes

* Rajasthan Royals: 50 runs in 6.3 overs, Extras 0
* Rajasthan Royals: 100 runs in 13.5 overs, Extras 1
* Innings Break: Rajasthan Royals – 132/9 in 20.0 overs

* Kolkata Knight Riders: 50 runs in 7.2 overs, Extras 5
* Kolkata Knight Riders: 100 runs in 12.5 overs, Extras 7
* SC Ganguly: 50 off 39 balls (8 x 4, 1 x 6)

Match 53 Kolkata Knight Riders vs Rajasthan Royals Scorecard

Match: 52nd T20, IPL3
Venue: Bangalore
Date: April 17, 2010
Toss: Royal Challengers elected to field
Result: Mumbai Indians won by 57 runs
Man of the match: R McLaren

Today, the match was delayed due to a low intensity blast but after a security check, the match started and Mumbai Indians were invited to bat first. They got off to a slow start and lost the priced wicket of Sachin Tendulkar when the score was 34 in 6 overs. A Rayudu and R McLaren then broke the shackles and took the score past 100. A Rayudu played a superb cameo of 46 runs off just 27 balls and gave the necessary acceleration to Mumbai Indians innings. When A Rayudu got out, Pollard came like a storm to score 20 runs off just 7 balls. Kumble got the wicket of Pollard and hoped that this would slow down the run rate but JP Duminy was in no mood to let RCB go so easily. He hammered the bowlers to all corners of the ground and scored 42 not out off just 19 balls. Due to a combined team effort, Mumbai Indians despite a slow start could set a huge score of 191/4 in 20 overs.

Chasing 192 to win, Royal Challengers Bangalore started off cautiously and scored 30 runs for the first wicket partnership. But once Manish Pandey got out, the wickets started to fell. K Pietersen tried to stabilize the innings but was eventually out for 21. Chasing 193 was never easy and with all the top order batsmen back in pavilion, it became an impossible task for RCB. Virat Kohli did offered some resistance but that too was too little and too late. Eventually RCB lost the match by 57 runs. Mumbai Indians had taken the loss revenge and that too in an emphatic style.

Match Notes

* Mumbai Indians: 50 runs in 8.2 overs, Extras 5
* Mumbai Indians: 100 runs in 12.4 overs, Extras 12
* Mumbai Indians: 150 runs in 16.5 overs, Extras 15
* Innings Break: Mumbai Indians – 191/4 in 20.0 overs

* Royal Challengers Bangalore: 50 runs in 8.1 overs, Extras 1
* Royal Challengers Bangalore: 100 runs in 15.1 overs, Extras 2

Match 52 Royal Challengers vs Mumbai Indians Scorecard

Match: 53 T20, IPL3
Venue: Eden Gardens, Kolkata
Date: April 17, 2010
Time: 8 pm Indian Standard Time

At Eden’s Kolkata 8pm fans will witness a nail biting encounter between two teams which are desperate to win and then hope to get a spot in semi final on the virtue of net run rate. Kolkata Knight Riders will take on Rajasthan Royals in a must win situation for both teams. Royals have 12 points from 13 games where as KKR have 10 points from 12 games and thus if KKR win today’s match, Royals would be out for the race as they are playing the last match in group stage today. On the other hand KKR will then have one more opportunity when they take on Mumbai Indians on 19th April.

The way points table is poised at this moment, it looks a real hard battle for the spot in semi finals. Rajasthan Royals would have to play extraordinary today to make sure they win today and get 14 points and then wait for other teams performances which will decide the net run rate.

Whole of the Kolkata would be praying for Tiger of Bengal – Saurav Ganguly and fan’s would be waiting for this match eagerly today.

Team Compositions
Rajasthan Royals Team
S Warne (captain), SA Asnodkar, J Botha, S Trivedi, F Fazal, Y Pathan, A Finch, A Jhunjhunwala, Kamran Khan, M Lumb, M Morkel, S Narwal, N Ojha(wk), M Patel, A Paunikar, S Quadri, A Raut, A Singh, S Tait, A Uniyal, A Voges, S Wagh.

Kolkata Knight Riders Team
S Ganguly (captain), C Gayle, A Mathews, G Vignesh, L Shukla, Rohan Gavaskar, Harpreet Singh, Mandeep Singh, B Hodge, C Pathak, C Pujara, O Shah, M Tiwary, Harshad Khadiwale, B McCullum, W Saha, A Agarkar, V Aaron, A Dinda, M Kartik, BAW Mendis, C Langeveldt, I Sharma, Iqbal Abdulla.

Match: 52 T20, IPL3
Venue: M Chinnaswamy Stadium, Bangalore
Date: April 17, 2010
Time: 4 pm IST

Today in the 52nd match of DLF IPL 2010, Royal Challengers Bangalore will take on Mumbai Indians at M Chinnaswamy stadium at 4pm. This match is of great psychological importance as two top teams of IPL will take on each other to show the supremacy. Royal Challengers Bangalore have defeated Mumbai Indians in previous match and would try to repeat it today where as Mumbai Indians will fire all cylinders to take the revenge of last defeat.

Cricket is a game of uncertainties and we can never be sure off which teams would be in final. But if the current form of these two teams is seen, we can hope it to be a preview of the finals of DLF IPL 2010. Also the thousands and thousands of fan’s are eager to see how these two top teams fight out today and may be in the finals.

Today’s Probables
Royal Challengers Bangalore Team
A Kumble (Captain),, B Akhil, KP Appanna, RV Uthappa, MV Boucher, R Dravid, SP Goswami, JH Kallis, V Kohli, R Vinay Kumar, B Kumar, P Kumar, A Mithun, EJG Morgan, MK Pandey, KP Pietersen, SPD Smith, S Sriram, DW Steyn, LRPL Taylor, D du Preez, RE van der Merwe, CL White.

Mumbai Indians Team
S Tendulkar (Captain), D Bravo, S Dhawan, J Duminy, C Fernando, Harbhajan Singh, S Jayasuriya, Z Khan, D Kulkarni, R McLaren, C Madan, I Malhotra, S Malinga, A Murtaza, G Napier, A Nayar, K Pollard, A Rayudu, R Sathish, K Sahabuddin, R Shukla, A Tare, S Tiwary.