Match Number: 51
Fri 16 April 2010
Time: 8:00 pm
Venue: Himachal Pradesh Cricket Association Stadium, Dharmasala.
Toss: Deccan Chargers elected to field
Result: Deccan Chargers won by 5 wickets

Deccan Chargers were in a must win situation today and therefore after winning the toss they decided to bat first. They got rid off Shaun Marsh in the very first over and it looked this time Kings XI will again crumb under pressure. But then the Sri Lankan duo of K Sangakkara and M Jayawardene got into a superb partnership of 86, K Sangakkara scored a brilliant 52 and got out. But M Jayawardene on the other hand then took the charge and scored runs with ease. He was playing patiently intially but then stepped the peddle and got on to score 93*off just 62 balls. It was his superb batting today that Kings XI could post a total of 174/3 in 20 overs.

Chasing a total of 175, Deccan’s lost the captain, Gilly when the team score was just 13. Deccan’s had to win today’s match to stay alive for semi finals. Monish Mishra and T Suman then took the score past 50 but when the score was 54, Monish Mishra got out. Now it was on T Suman and Rohit Sharma to steady the innings and they both played superbly to help Deccan’s past 100 run mark. Suman got out after scoring 43 when Deccan Chargers were 120/3 in 13.1 overs. They needed 55 runs off 41 balls and had 7 wickets in hand. Rohit Sharma once again played superbly to score 68runs off just 38 balls. The match was a real thriller and in the end it was Rohit Sharma’s innings which helped Deccan to win today’s match by 5 wickets and keep the semi finals hope alive.

Match Notes
* Kings XI Punjab: 50 runs in 6.5 overs, Extras 4
* K Sangakkara: 50 off 36 balls (9 x 4, 1 x 6)
* Kings XI Punjab: 100 runs in 15.1 overs, Extras 7
* M Jayawardene: 50 off 49 balls (6 x 4, 1 x 6)
* Kings XI Punjab: 150 runs in 18.3 overs, Extras 8
* Innings Break: Kings XI Punjab – 174/3 in 20.0 overs

* Deccan Chargers: 50 runs in 6.1 overs, Extras 8
* Deccan Chargers: 100 runs in 11.1 overs, Extras 8
* RG Sharma: 50 off 31 balls (5 x 4, 2 x 6)
* Deccan Chargers: 150 runs in 17.1 overs, Extras 12

Match 51 Kings XI Punjab vs Deccan Chargers Scorecard

Match Number: 51
Fri 16April 2010
Time: 8:00 pm
Venue: Himachal Pradesh Cricket Association Stadium, Dharmasala

In a dream come true for the cricket lovers of Dharamsala, the 51th match of DLF Indian Premier League 2010 will be played today at the Himachal Pradesh Cricket Association Stadium, Dharmasala between Kings XI Punjab and Deccan Chargers. Defending champion Deccan Chargers are 6th in the points table and have to win the remaining both matches and then see how the net run rate changes for other teams. In this edition of IPL, only Mumbai Indians have made it to semi finals so far and the other three spots are open for all except Kings XI Punjab.

Today’s match would be a real entertainer as Kings XI Punjab are playing for pride and would do anything to make sure they knock out Deccan Chargers out of this year IPL edition where as Deccan Chargers are desperate to win and hope to qualify for the semi’s.

Deccan Chargers Team
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.

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: 50th T20, IPL3
Venue: MA Chidambaram Stadium, Chepauk, Chennai
Date: April 15, 2010
Toss: Chennai Super Kings elected to bat
Result: Delhi Daredevils Won by 6 wickets
Man of the match: G Gambhir

The half century of matches in this IPL – 3 was completed today with the 50th match between Chennai Super Kings and Delhi Daredevils. Both the teams were desperate to win today’s match so as to move ahead in points table. Chennai Super Kings won the toss and elected to bat first. But they got off to a poor start as they lost Hayden when the team score was just 9. MS Dhoni who has not fired in this tournament also got out for a duck and Chennai were struggling at 13/2 in 2.2 overs. All hopes were on Murli Vijay and Suresh Raina, but that too ended soon as Murli Vijay was out leaving CSK struggling at 23/3 in 3.4 overs. Raina and Hussey then took the team score past 50 in 7.3 overs. Raina was the next to get out and his wicket triggered the collapse of CSK batting order. Within a span of 3 runs they lost three wickets and were in dire straits at 55/6 in 10 overs. S Badrinath’s 30 was the highest score from CSK batsmen and he along with Bollinger took the team to a total of 112/9 in 20 overs.

Chennai’s fan were utterly disappointed with the batting performance and were praying that today the bowling saves them. The bowlers got a fantastic start and got rid of Warner in the very first over. Soon Delhi Daredevils lost 2 more wickets adding much excitement to the low scoring match. Delhi Daredevils were 6/3 in 1.4 overs and they needed a partnership which could help them win today’s match. At the starting of 11th over, Delhi Daredevils scoring rate was identical to that of CSK i.e. 56/4. Gambhir 57 runs off 56 balls) and Mithun Manhas 25 runs off 32 balls) then got on to a good partnership which steadied the drowning ship of Delhi Daredevils. Gambhir played a captain’s knock and helped Delhi win by 6 wickets and move above CSK in points table.

Match Notes

* Chennai Super Kings: 50 runs in 7.3 overs, Extras 5
* Chennai Super Kings: 100 runs in 18.6 overs, Extras 8
* Innings Break: Chennai Super Kings – 112/9 in 20.0 overs

* Delhi Daredevils: 50 runs in 8.4 over, Extras 6
* Delhi Daredevils: 100 runs in 16.5 overs, Extras 13
* G Gambhir: 50 off 51 balls (5 x 4)

Match 50 Chennai Super Kings vs Delhi Daredevils Scorecard

Match Details
Match: 50th T20, IPL3
Date: 15 April 2010 Thursday
Venue: MA Chidambaram Stadium, Chepauk, Chennai

Today in an all important match, Chennai Super Kings will take on Delhi Daredevils at Chepauk. This match is a must win match for both teams as a win today will make them much closer to semi finals. Chennai and Delhi are now placed 3rd and 4th in points table and have 12 points each.

Dhoni’s team would like to fire all cylinders today to beat Delhi Daredevils but no one can bet the money on any team as both teams are equally devastating and thus we do expect a superb cricket game today.

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.

Delhi Daredevils Team
Gautam Gambhir (Captain), V Sehwag, D Warner, S Ladda, Joginder Singh, R Bhatia, AB de Villiers, T Dilshan, M Henriques, K Jadhav, Paul Collingwood, K Karthik, A McDonald, M Maharoof, V Mahesh, M Manhas, A Mishra, D Nannes, A Nehra, W Parnell, S Ranjan, A Salvi, P Sangwan, Sarandeep Singh, U Yadav.

Match 49 Rajasthan Royals vs Royal Challengers Bangalore Scorecard

Match: 49th T20, IPL3
Venue: Sawai Maan Singh Stadium Jaipur
Date: April 14, 2010
Toss: Rajasthan Royals elected to .
Result: Royal Challengers won by 5 wickets.

Today in the 49th match of DLF IPL, Rajasthan Royals won the toss and elected to bat first. Rajasthan Royals needed to win today to keep semi’s hope alive but they could not get the desired start as they lost M Lumb when the team score was just 16. After that wickets started to fell one after the other and Rajasthan Royals were in deep trouble. A Jhunjhunwala and Watson took the home side to 50 runs in 10th over and soon they both were out adding to the woes. Yusuf Pathan also got out for just 11 and RR were struggling at 72/6 in 13.1 overs and it looked they would have a tough time to reach 100. But a brilliant seventh wicket partnership betweem Abhishek Raut (32 not out) and Adam Voges (28 not out) of 58 runs helped Rajasthan Royals to score a total of 130/6 in 20 overs.

Chasing a small target of 131 to win and make semi final path extremely difficult for Rajasthan Royals, Royal Challengers Bangalore lost Jacques Kallis for a duck and it looked Rajasthan would not let them win easily. But K Pieterson was in a total different mood. Right from the first ball, he looked in awesome touch as he hammered the bowling attack of Rajasthan Royals and scored 62 runs off just 29 balls. He along with Uthapa took the team past 100 run mark in the 10.2over. They were in total control of the game but suddenly Rajasthan Royals got 3 quick wickets. But by that time, Bangalore was inches away from a win and finally in the 16th over they scored 132/5 and thus won the match by 5 wickets.

Match Notes

* Rajasthan Royals: 50 runs in 9.2 overs, Extras 3
* Rajasthan Royals: 100 runs in 16.2 overs , Extras 8
* Innings Break: Rajasthan Royals – 130/6 in 20.0 overs

* Royal Challengers Bangalore: 50 runs in 5.3 over, Extras 0
* KP Pietersen: 50 off 24 balls (9 x 4, 1 x 6)
* Royal Challengers Bangalore: 100 runs in 10.2 overs, Extras 1

Match 49 Rajasthan Royals vs Royal Challengers Bangalore Scorecard