Match: 34 T20, IPL3
Venue: Eden Gardens, Kolkata
Date: April 4, 2010
Time – 4:00 pm
Toss: Kolkata Knight Riders elected to bat
Result: Kings XI Punjab won by 8 wkts

Kolkata Knight Riders won the toss and decided to bat first. C Gayle and S Ganguly opened the innings for KKR. Both started off really well and took the score to 56 before Ganguly got out after scoring 36. Once Ganguly got out, the run rate started to dip. Powar bowled a wonderful spell of 4 overs and it looked KKR will not be able to score more than 150. But then Gayle unleashed and took the charge. In one over from Bopara, he got 32 runs and changed the whole equation of the match. Gayle scored a brilliant 88 off just 42 balls (4*6 6*8). A useful innings by Tiwary. Hussey and Mathews then helped KKR post a hgue total of 200 runs in 20 overs.

Kings XI Punjab needed 201 to win and gift a smile to Priety Zinta, as they had lost 7 of the 8 matches played so far. They changed the opening pair as Mahela Jayawardene and BIsla opened the innings for them. Jayawardene who was the last minute replacement for Shaun Marsh played one of the best IPL innings and scored 106 not out. It was his innings which paved the way to victory for Kings XI Punjab. Kings XI Punjab were in total control of the game and the target of 201 was achieved in just 18.2 overs at the loss of two wickets

Match Highlights

* Kolkata Knight Riders: 50 runs in 5.2 overs (35 balls), Extras 3
* Kolkata Knight Riders: 100 runs in 12.3 overs (78 balls), Extras 4
* CH Gayle: 50 off 30 balls (5 x 4, 3 x 6)
* Kolkata Knight Riders: 150 runs in 15.1 overs (96 balls), Extras 11
* Kolkata Knight Riders: 200 runs in 19.6 overs (127 balls), Extras 13

* Kings XI Punjab: 50 runs in 4.3 overs (28 balls), Extras 2
* Jayawardene: 50 off 26 balls (6 x 4, 2 x 6)
* Kings XI Punjab: 100 runs in 9.4 overs (60 balls), Extras 4
* Kings XI Punjab: 150 runs in 14.1 overs (87 balls), Extras 4
* Jayawardene: 100 off 55 balls (12 x 4, 3 x 6)
* Kings XI Punjab: 200 runs in 18.1 overs (111 balls), Extras 5

Match 34 Kolkata Knight Riders vs Kings XI Punjab Scorecard

Match: 35 T20, IPL3
Venue: Feroz Shah Kotla, Delhi
Date: April 4, 2010
Time – 8:00 pm

The second best team will take on the third best team today at the Feroz Shah Kotla ground at 8pm. Royal Challengers Bangalore have played superb cricket so far and have thus placed themselves at second spot in the points table. On the other hand, after some hiccups, Delhi Daredevils are now back into action and will give a real challenge to RCB.
Today’s match is expected to be a run feast as batsmen from both the teams are looking in very good form.Thus in today’s match, we can expect fireworks from batsmen of both teams which eventually would make Sunday’s encounter a sensational one.

IPL 2010 Squad
Royal Challengers Bangalore squad
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.

Delhi Daredevils
Gautam Gambhir (Captain), V Sehwag, DA Warner, S Ladda, Joginder Singh, R Bhatia, AB de Villiers, TM Dilshan, MC Henriques, KM Jadhav, KD Karthik, AB McDonald, MF Maharoof, VY Mahesh, M Manhas, A Mishra, DP Nannes, A Nehra, WD Parnell, S Ranjan, AM Salvi, PJ Sangwan, Sarandeep Singh, U Yadav

Match: 34 T20, IPL3
Venue: Eden Gardens, Kolkata
Date: April 4, 2010
Time – 4:00 pm

Today at Eden’s, Ganguly’s Kolkata Knight Riders will take on Sangakkara’s Kings XI Punjab. Kolkata Knight Riders have won the last match and are looking confident to do well against Kings XI Punjab. Kings XI Punjab have had a disastrous season 3 of DLF Indian Premier League, loosing 7 out of the 8 matches. Kings XI Punjab are virtually out of the race for semis and are now playing for pride. Kings XI Punjab hope to restore some of the lost pride against Kolkata and all eyes would be on the top order which has led them down till now.

On the other hand, Kolkata Knight Riders are now getting the winning combination and if Dada returns to the form, no one can stop them

Team compositions
Kolkata Knight Riders squad
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.

Kings XI Punjab squad
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: 33rd T20
Venue: Mumbai | Date: April 3, 2010
Toss: Mumbai Indians elected to bat
Result: Mumbai Indians won by 63 runs

Mumbai Indians won the toss and elected to bat first in the 33rd match of DLF IPL 2010. Sachin Tendulkar and Shikhar Dhawan gave them a perfect start and scored 53 runs for the first wicket partnership. But Mumbai Indians lost three quick wickets and from 53/1 they were 62/3 in 9 overs. Saurabh Tiwary and A Rayudu then got into a good partnership and took the score past 100. A Rayudu played a superb knock and got on to score 55 off just 29 balls. Pollard’s 21 off just 10 balls gave the final acceleration to Mumbai Indians and they managed to score 178/5 in 20 overs.

Deccan Chargers were desperate to win and were chasing a target of 179. They opened the batting with two of the most explosive batsmen – Gilchrist and Gibbs. Deccan Chargers lost the first wicket at 30 in form of Gibbs and soon they lost priced wicket of Laxman and Gilchrist and were reduced to 40/3 in 6.1 overs. The required run rate was getting high and this pressure was clearly seen on the middle order. The middle order collapsed due to some clever bowling by Mumbai Indians and Deccan Chargers were 83/6 in 12.3 overs. Mumbai Indians needed just 4 more wickets to win one more match and show the supremacy in points table where as Deccan Chargers needed 96 more to win in 51 balls. But they could manage to score just 115/10 and thus lost the match by63 runs.

Match Highlights

* Mumbai Indians: 50 runs in 5.5 overs (38 balls), Extras 4
* Mumbai Indians: 100 runs in 13.3 overs (84 balls), Extras 5
* Mumbai Indians: 150 runs in 18.3 overs (114 balls), Extras 6
* AT Rayudu: 50 off 28 balls (6 x 4, 2 x 6)
* Total: Mumbai Indians – 178/5 in 20.0 overs (AT Rayudu 55)

* Deccan Chargers: 50 runs in 7.3 overs (45 balls), Extras 0
* Deccan Chargers: 100 runs in 15.2 overs (95 balls), Extras 5

Match 33 Mumbai Indians vs Deccan Chargers Scorecard

Match: 32nd T20
Venue: Chennai
Date: April 3, 2010
Toss: Chennai Super Kings elected to bat
Result: Chennai Super Kings won by 23 runs

Chennai Super Kings won the toss today and elected to bat first. They got to a flying start with Hayden and Murli Vijay taking the team score to 62 before Hayden got out. But M Vijay was at his playing best today. He hammered every bowler off the park and got on to score 127 runs off just 56 balls. Vijay along with Albie Morkel propelled the Chennai Super Kings innings with a partnership off 152. They took the team past 200 run mark and helped CSK post a huge total of 246/5 in allotted 20 overs.

Rajasthan Royals had to chase a huge total of 247 to win and they got to the start which was needed for such a huge run chase. Lumb and Ojha scored 69 runs in 7.2 overs before Lumb got out. Soon the star for Rajasthan Royals Yusuf Pathan, also got out but Ojha and Watson played superbly and kept the run chase alive. Both completed the half centuries and took the team score past 150. Ojha and Watson were hitting the ball out of park, particularly Watson who had a strike rate in access of 240 and it looked that 247 would be easily chased if they got going. But then CSK got a major relief with the wicket of Watson. After 16 overs they were 183/3 still requiring another 64 off just 24 balls. With the fall of Watson, Rajasthan Royals were eventually out of the race though Ojha tried his level best and scored a brilliant 94 not out but the required run rate was sky high and thus Rajasthan Royals could score 223 runs in 20 overs and thus lost the match by 23 runs.

Overall an excellent game of cricket with both sides playing superbly but CSK just were one step ahead.

Match 32 Chennai Super Kings vs Rajasthan Royals Scorecard