Match: 46th T20, IPL3
Venue: Nagpur
Date: April 12, 2010
Toss: Royal Challengers elected to field.
Result: Deccan Chargers won by 13 runs

Royal Challengers Bangalore won the toss and elected to field first. They started well with pacer Dale Steyn striking twice in the very first over. He bowled a wonderful spell of 4 overs and claimed 3 wickets, Gilchrist and Gibbs the major ones. Deccan Chargers were struggling at 14/3 in 2.3 overs. Rohit Sharma and Monish Mishra then revived the innings with 82 runs fourth wicket partnership. Just when it looked that Deccan’s are getting back on track, M Mishra was run out leaving them at 96/4 in 12.3 overs. Symonds also failed to score fast runs and in the end only because of Rohit’s fifty, Deccan Chargers were able to score 151/6 in 20 overs.

Deccan Chargers had to win today’s match to stay alive for semi’s. The batsmen could put only 151 on board and now it rested on bowlers to save the match. They got Manish Pandey’s wicket on the very first ball of innings but after that Dravid and Kallis denied the bowlers and wickets and took the score to 74, Dravid was out for 49 but a strong platform was laid for Royal Challengers middle order to win today and secure a place in semi’s. But then the middle order fumbled and wickets started to fell in quickly. Middle order collapse changed the whole match dynamics. At one position it looked the match is tilting towards Royal Challengers but a superb comeback from Deccan Chargers bowlers helped them win today’s match by 13 runs and thus keep the hopes for semi’s alive.

Match notes
* Deccan Chargers: 50 runs in 8.2 overs, Extras 6
* Deccan Chargers: 100 runs in 13.3 overs, Extras 6
* RG Sharma: 50 off 44 balls (7 x 4)
* Deccan Chargers: 150 runs in 19.3 overs, Extras 9
* Innings Break: Deccan Chargers – 151/6 in 20.0 overs

* Royal Challengers Bangalore: 50 runs in 7.2 overs, Extras 7
* Royal Challengers Bangalore: 100 runs in 14.4 overs, Extras 9

Match 46 Deccan Chargers vs Royal Challengers Scorecard

Match Details
Match: 46 T20, IPL3
Venue: Nagpur
Date: April 12, 2010
Time: 8:00 pm

Indian Premier League is now getting intense with each team wishing to get a place in semi’s. Till now only Mumbai Indians have made it to the semi and rest 3 spots are vacant and all teams except Kings XI Punjab can make it. Today’s match between Deccan Chargers and Royal Challengers Bangalore would be a crucial one for Deccan Chargers as if they loose today, the chances to enter in semi’s would rest on the performance of other teams. On the other hand Royal Challengers Bangalore would like to win and make the path to semi’s much easier.
Deccan Chargers have won the last match with ease and would like to continue the winning momentum. The defending champions are against RCB who started off brilliantly in the tournament but then lost the track and lost matches in a row. But in the last match against KKR they came back strongly and would like to maintain the winning streak.

IPL 2010 Team
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.

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.

Final eleven will be announced before match.

Match Details
Match: 45 T20, IPL3
Venue:Sawai Mansingh Stadium, Jaipur
Date: April 11, 2010
Time: 8:00 pm
Toss: Rajasthan Royals elected to field.
Result: Mumbai Indians won by 37 runs

Mumbai India’s were invited to bat first by Rajasthan Royals today in the 45th match of DLF Indian Premier League. Mumbai Indians today opened the innings with Jayasurya and Sachin, but Jayasurya was out for just 1 and team score read at 12/1 in 1.3 overs. A brilliant bowling spell by Shane Watson in which he struck thrice in his first two overs broke the backbone of Mumbai Indians innings.But Sachin on the other hand again anchored the Mumbai Indians innings with a superb 89 not out off 59 balls. This is the highest individual score of Sachin in IPL. It was just Sachin who helped the team to post a decent total of 174/5 in 20 overs. He did get some support from Duminy and Pollard but all credit goes to the little master for his excellent innings which took Mumbai Indians to a fighting total.

Rajasthan Royals needed 175 to win but could not get the desired start. They lost three quick wickets and were 11/3 in 2.4 overs. Mumbai Indians bowlers gave a superb start and never allowed Royals to score runs freely. At the end of powerplay (6 overs), Rajasthan Royals were 34/3. Rajasthan Royals lost wickets at regular interval, thanks to superb bowling and fielding by Mumbai Indians. Rajasthan Royals lost three wickets due to run outs and were 85/6 in 13.5 overs. Required rate was sky high and Royals crumbled under that pressure and could manage to score 137/8 in 20 overs and thus lost the match by 37 runs.

Match Points

* Mumbai Indians: 50 runs in 6.2 overs, Extras 5
* Mumbai Indians: 100 runs in 13.3 overs, Extras 10
* SR Tendulkar: 50 off 45 balls (5 x 4)
* Mumbai Indians: 150 runs in 18.2 overs, Extras 12
* Innings Break: Mumbai Indians – 174/5 in 20.0 overs

* Rajasthan Royals: 50 runs in 8.5 overs, Extras 7
* Rajasthan Royals: 100 runs in 16.5 overs, Extras 7

Match 45 Rajasthan Royals vs Mumbai Indians Scorecard

Match Details
Match: 44 T20, IPL3
Venue:Feroz Shah Kotla, Delhi
Date: April 11, 2010
Time: 4:00 pm
Toss: Delhi Daredevils elected to bat.
Result: Punjab won by 7 wickets
Man of the match: P Chawla

Delhi Daredevils won the toss and elected to bat first against Kings XI Punjab. Delhi Daredevils got to the worst possible start and lost Sehwag in the 2nd over. This triggered the fall of wickets as none of the Delhi batsmen could offer any resistance to the bowlers of Kings XI Punjab. Wickets kept tumbling one after the other and it looked like Kings XI are playing against a local team rather than Delhi Daredevils. Kings XI showed superb fielding and bowling to restrict Delhi Daredevils to a paltry total of 111/10 in 19.4 overs. This is so far the worst performance by Delhi Daredevils as only two batsmen could score in twenties (26 each). Now Delhi Daredevils can only hope that the bowlers produce a magical spell to restrict Kings XI.

Needing 112 to win, Kings XI Punjab started off cautiously but confidently. Kings XI Punjab were playing for pride and the bowlers had already did a splendid job. Now it was batsmen turn and they also did not let them down. Kings XI top order played well in this low scoring match and eventually they won it by 7 wickets in 18.4 overs.

Match notes

* Delhi Daredevils innings
* Delhi Daredevils: 50 runs in 6.4 overs, Extras 13
* Delhi Daredevils: 100 runs in 17.1 overs, Extras 17
* Innings Break: Delhi Daredevils – 111/10 in 19.4 overs

* Kings XI Punjab: 50 runs in 8.3 overs, Extras 2
* Kings XI Punjab: 100 runs in 16.3 overs, Extras 6

Match 44 Delhi Daredevils vs Kings XI Punjab Scorecard

Match Details
Match: 45 T20, IPL3
Venue:Sawai Mansingh Stadium, Jaipur
Date: April 11, 2010
Time: 8:00 pm

Today in super sunday, the second match which is lined up at 8pm will be between Rajasthan Royals and Mumbai Indians. Rajasthan Royals are currently placed 4th in the points table with an emphatic win over Kings XI in last match and with a win today, they can move closer to a berth in semi’s. On the other hand, Mumbai Indians are number 1 and are certain for semi’s but they way the middle order collapsed in the last match against KKR, can cause some worry to Sachin and team. Mumbai Indians would like to forget the previous match memory and get back to wining momentum in today’s match. Also today’s encounter would be between Sachin and Shane Warne, old cricket rivals and each would be certain to prove his superiority.

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.

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.

Final playing eleven will be announced before match.