Match Number – 10
Date:- 18 March 2010 Thursday
Time – 20:00 ( 8 pm)
Venue – M Chinnaswamy Stadium, Bangalore

Royal Challengers Bangalore won the toss and decided to field first and the bowlers didnt let the captain down. In the first 4 overs Rajasthan openers managed just 20 runs and this poor run rate was building enormous pressure on Yousaf Pathan. Pathan got two lives as he was dropped twice with in the gap of few balls but still could not take advantage of it as he was run out brilliantly by Virat Kohli. After 15 overs, Rajasthan Royals could score only 78/4.

To add to woes of Rajasthan Royals, Praveen Kumar wrecked the lower middle order with a hattrick thus reducing them to 85/7 in 16.4 overs.

Over all Royal Challengers Bangalore Bowlers did a splendid job and never gave away easy runs. Every bowler bowled economically, the bowler with the highest economy was Vinay Kumar ( economy 6.25) which in itself is very very good when compared in T20 cricket. They had restricted Rajasthan Royals at 92/10 in 9.5 overs and now it looks an easy win for them.

Match 10 DLF IPL 2010 -Bangalore Royal Challengers vs Rajasthan Royals Scorecard

Match Details
Match Number – 10
Date:- 18 March 2010 Thursday
Time – 20:00 ( 8 pm)
Venue – M Chinnaswamy Stadium, Bangalore

Today will be a clash between world’s top two leg spinners, Kumble vs Shane Warne at M Chinnaswamy Stadium, Bangalore. Rajasthan Royals are looking depleted due to injury of two key players, Graeme Smith and Mascarenhas where are Royal Challengers Bangalore are looking in full flow with a sensational win against Kings XI Punjab. Royal Challengers would like to win this game and keep the momentum where as Rajasthan Royals need to win the match and open the account in points table.

Team Compostion
Bangalore Royal Challengers
A Kumble (captain), R Dravid, V Kohli, MK Pandey, LRPL Taylor RV Uthappa, Eoin Morgan, KP Apanna, B Akhil, Bhuvneshwar Kumar, JH Kallis, KP Pietersen, RE van der Merwe, CL White, Steven Smith, S Sriram, MV Boucher (wicket keeper), SP Goswami(wicket keeper), D du Preez, A Mithun, Praveen Kumar, DW Steyn, R Vinay Kumar

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

Match: 9th T20, IPL 3
Venue: Delhi | Date: March 17, 2010
Toss: Delhi Daredevils elected to field
Result: Mumbai Indians won by 98 runs
Mumbai Indian Innings
Mumbai Indians were invited to bat first after they lost the toss. But the opening pair made sure that they got a flying start. Mumbai Indians scored 38 runs (3.4overs) before the first wicket fell in form of Sanath Jayasuriya. Aditya and Tendulkar steadied the innings but the real star for Mumbai Indian were Sachin(63 runs, 32balls,4*11, 6*0 SR-196.88) and Saurabh Tiwary(61 runs, 37balls,4*4, 6*3 SR-164.86). Both these batsmen scored 50’s at a fast pace and helped the team score a huge score. A Rayudu also chipped in with useful contribution and helped the team score 218-7 (20 overs)

Delhi Daredevils Innings
Delhi Daredevils had to chase a huge total of 219 and thus they changed the opening pair. Dilshan along with Sehwag opened the innings and started scoring freely right from the first over. Both these gave a flying start to Delhi Daredevils and scored 38 runs when Dilshan was bowled by Malinga. Sehwag and AB Villiers took the team past 50 but then came a twice blow as Sehwag and Villiers both went back to pavilion in the 7th over leaving Delhi Daredevils 58/3 in 7 overs. Karthik and Farveez Maharoof then joined at the center and the responsibility was on there shoulders, but both got out cheaply and from then wickets started to fell like pile of cards. One after the other, from 58/3 Delhi Daredevils went down to 120/9.Thus suffering the first loss in this third edition of IPL.

Match 9 IPL 2010 – Delhi Daredevils vs Mumbai Indians Scorecard

Match Details
Match Number – 9
Date:- 17 March 2010 Wednesday
Time – 20:00 ( 8 pm)
Venue – Feroz Shah Kotla, Delhi

Delhi Daredevils will take on Mumbai Indians today in the 9th match of DLF – Indian Premier League to be played at Feroz Shah Kotla, Delhi. Delhi Daredevils are all charged up due to the emphatic wins in the last 2 matches and would be roaring to take on Mumbai Indians.

Mumbai Indians are boosted with the addition of two West Indies players and will go all out to stop the winning horse of Delhi Daredevils.

Team compositions
Delhi Daredevils squad
G Gambhir*, 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, V Sehwag, DA Warner, U Yadav

Mumbai Indians squad
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

The Chennai Super Kings suffered a severe jolt as Mahendra Singh Dhoni suffered an elbow injury and could not play for 10 days. In a match against Knight Riders, Dhoni was hit by a rising delivery from Shane Bond.

Chennai Super Kings will surely miss the captain as it was his knock which enabled them to register a win against Kolkata Knight Riders. In the mean time Suresh Raina has been chosen as the stand-in skipper.
Chennai Super Kings take on the Delhi Daredevils at the Ferozshah Kotla next on March 19.