Match: 24th T20, IPL3
Venue: Ahmedabad
Date: March 28, 2010
Toss: Rajasthan Royals won the toss and elected to bat first.
Result: Rajasthan Royals won by 17 runs

After winning the toss, Rajasthan Royals decided to bat first and they got to a flying start with M Lumb and N Ojha. They zoomed to 47 in just 4 overs before they lost the first wicket in form of M Lumb. But N Ojha was at his best today and hammered the ball to all sides of the park. Though the middle order could not contribute significantly but N Ojha acted as a star for Rajasthan Royals and took the team to 177/8 in 20 overs.

Chasing 178 to win, Dhoni’s Chennai Super Kings could not get the desired start as they lost Hayden when the team score was 24. M Vijay and S Raina then tried to steady the innings but the required run rate was increasing with the passage of each over. Shane Warne came to bowl and get rid of Raina. Chennai Super Kings were expecting a good performance from M Vijay and Dhoni but both of them got run out, thanks to some excellent fielding by Rajasthan Royals. Chennai Super Kings were 123/4 in 15.4 overs with the required rate hovering at 12.69 per over.Though Morkel tried to change the equation of the game with 3 sixes but the required rate was way too high (17.68) for CSK and in the last over Chennai Super Kings needed 22 runs but they could manage only 160/6 in 20 overs and thus lost the match by 17 runs.

Match 24 – IPL 2010 – Rajasthan Royals Vs Chennai Super Kings Scorecard

Match: 25 T20, IPL3
Venue: Dr DY Patil Sports Academy, Mumbai
Date: March 28, 2010
Time: 8 pm IST

In the 25th match, Deccan Chargers will take on Mumbai Indians. Deccan Chargers who have lost the last match to Rajasthan Royals would have to win this match to make sure Gilchrist and team move up from 4th position in the points table. Mumbai Indians on the other hand are empathic as they won the last match against Chennai Super Kings convincingly thanks to a superb innings by master blaster Sachin Tendulkar.

Today Sachin’s team will take on Gilchrist’s team at Dr DY Patil Sports Academy at 8pm and this match is expected to be a thrill pack entertainment for the crowd.

Team compositions
Mumbai Indians
SR Tendulkar*, DJ Bravo, S Dhawan, JP Duminy, CRD Fernando, Harbhajan Singh, ST Jayasuriya, Z Khan, DS Kulkarni, R McLaren, C Madan, I Malhotra, SL Malinga, AG Murtaza, GR Napier, AM Nayar, KA Pollard, AT Rayudu, R Sathish, KS Sahabuddin, R Shukla, AP Tare†, SS Tiwary

Deccan Chargers
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

Match: 24th T20, IPL3
Venue: Ahmedabad
Date: March 28, 2010

Chennai Super Kings will take on Rajasthan Royals today in Ahmedabad. Chennai Super Kings would be desperate to win today and get the momentum where as Rajasthan Royals who have now got some momentum would like to get it going. Dhoni’s men would take Warne’s brigade and it is expected to be thriller today.

Team Squad
Rajasthan Royals
SK Warne, SA Asnodkar, DR Martyn, MJ Lumb, FY Fazal, AA Jhunjhunwala, AG Paunikar, SA Quadri, AS Raut, NV Ojha, YK Pathan, S Narwal, SB Wagh, P Dogra, Kamran Khan, M Morkel, MM Patel, Amit Singh, SW Tait, SK Trivedi, A Uniyal, AP Dole.

Chennai Super Kings
PA Patel, KB Arun Karthik, S Badrinath, GJ Bailey, ML Hayden, MEK Hussey, SK Raina, MS Dhoni, M Vijay, T Thushara, JA Morkel, JDP Oram, NLTC Perera, JM Kemp, HK Badani, R Ashwin, L Balaji, C Ganapathy, MS Gony, SB Jakati, M Muralidaran, M Ntini, S Tyagi, Joginder Sharma

Match: 23rd T20, IPL3
Venue: Mohali | Date: March 27, 2010
Toss: Kolkata Knight Riders elected to bat
Result: Kolkata Knight Riders won by 39 runs

After winning the toss, Kolkata Knight Riders decided to bat first. Ganguly and Gayle opened the innings for them. Saurav Ganguly started off well and it was high time that a high score was expected from Dada. Ganguly didnt let the fans down and went to score a 50 though Kolkata Knight Riders had lost two quick wickets of Gayle and Mandeep Singh. Manoj Tiwary and Ganguly got a good partnership going and took the score past 100. Ganguly got out after scoring a well deserved 50 runs off just 40 balls. But the star for Kolkata Knight Riders, was Manoj Tiwary who initially was playing steadily but rained terror on the Kings XI bowler in last few overs. He went on to score an unbeaten 75 off just 47 balls. It was his innings which helped Kolkata Knight Riders post a decent total of 183/5 in 20 overs.

Chasing a target of 184 to win, Kings XI Punjab opened the batting with Bopara and Yuvraj Singh. The only performer for Kings XI Punjab, Bopara got out on the third ball of the innings when even the team was not able to open its account. The scorecard read 0/1 and it was on the shoulders of Yuvraj and Bisla to get the team out of this situation. Kings XI Punjab needed more than 10 runs per over and with each over, this run rate was mounting. Though Yuvraj got a start but could not capitalize on it and got out after scoring 24runs. At the end of 6overs Kings XI Punjab were 42/2. Soon Bisla also got out leaving Kings XI Punjab 54/3 in 7.3 overs. The run rate was getting higher and higher and crossed the 12 runs per over mark soon. At the end of 12 overs, Kings XI Punjab were 82/3 still needing another 101 to win off just 48 balls. Wickets felt at regular interval and thus it was getting impossible for them to win and finally they lost the match by 39 runs

Match 23 Kings XI Punjab vs Kolkata Knight Riders Scorecard

Match: 23 T20, IPL 3
Date: March 27, 2010
Time: 8 pm
Venue: Punjab Cricket Association Stadium, Mohali, Chandigarh

Today PCB Mohali will witness a match between two teams who are struggling to get the winning momentum. Kings XI Punjab will take on Kolkata Knight Riders at 8pm in the 23rd match of Indian Premier League. Kolkata Knight Riders had got to a good start in this season but then lost the way from 3rd match and are on loosing streak on the other hand Kings XI Punjab is reeling at the bottom of the table with just one win and that too in a superover. Kings XI team has gained some strength with the joining of Brett Lee and Shaun Marsh and team do hope to taste victory before its too late.

On the other hand Kolkata Knight Riders, who started extremely well will be hoping to end the losing patch with a win over Kings XI i.e the last team in points table as of now.

Team compositions
Kolkata Knight Riders
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
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 just before the match.