Date – May 7, 2009
Result – Chennai Super Kings Win By12 Runs (D/L)

Chennai Super Kings Innings
Chennai Super Kings won the toss and elected to bat first. Though badrinath got out for a duck but on the other end Hayden was at his best today and he along with Raina and Dhoni made the mockery of Kings XI bowlers. M Hayden scored 89 runs in 58 balls ( 4*8 , 6*6). Dhoni also scored a half century (56 runs 27 balls 4*7, 6*2) and guided Chennai Super Kings to a healthy score of 185/3 in 18 overs as match was reduced due to rain.
FOW:S Badrinath (0-1, 0.1), S Raina (76-2, 9.1), M Hayden (176-3, 17)

Kings XI Punjab Innings
Chasing a mammoth target, Kings XI Punjab’s batsmen played really well and scored runs freely. At one moment it looked they would be able to win the match. Katich, Yuvraj and Jayawardene played very useful innings but in the end they could manage only 174/3 in 18 overs and it was via D/L Chennai Super Kings were declared the winners.
FOW:S Sohal (2-1, 0.2), K Goel (53-2, 6.2), S Katich (84-3, 9.1)

Man of the match: M Hayden

Date – May 7, 2009
Result – Rajasthan Royals won by 7 wickets

Bangalore Royal Challengers Innings
Bangalore Royal Challengers were invited to bat first by Rajasthan Royals and this decision of Rajasthan Royals proved to be very fruitful as right from the first over, Bangalore Royal Challengers batsmen were very uncomfortable in front of Rajasthan’s bowlers. In the third over, Bangalore Royal Challengers lost the first wicket in form of Jaffer and this started the wicket falling effect. Every batsmen came to center played 1-2 shots and got out. None of the Bangalore Royal Challengers batsmen could cross 20 run mark and this was the main reason they were all out for just 105 runs

FOW:W Jaffer (10-1, 2.2), J Kallis (22-2, 4.4), R Dravid (29-3, 5.5), R Uthappa (40-4, 8.1), M Boucher (52-5, 10.5), V Kohli (72-6, 14.1), R Merwe (85-7, 16.4), P Kumar (92-8, 17.2), D du Preez (103-9, 19.2), Vinay Kumar (105-10, 20)

Rajasthan Royals Innings
After reducing Bangalore for a small total, Rajasthan Royals started off well and scored runs with ease. Smith was the first to get out but not before he scored 20 runs. Ojha on the other end stood to the bowlers and scored a half century and remained unbeaten till end. The chase was really easy and Rajasthan Royals did it with comfortably with 5 overs spare.

FOW : G Smith (27-1, 5.4), L Carseldine (48-2, 8.4), Y Pathan (91-3, 13.5)

Date – May 6, 2009
Result – Deccan Chargers won by 19 runs

Deccan Chargers Innings
Deccan Chargers won the toss and elected to bat first. Gibbs was the first to go without even bothering the scorers. Suman and Gilchrist then played some good shots and helped Deccan Chargers to recover from early jolt. But in the 6th over Suman also got out after scoring 20 runs in 13 balls. Gilly and Sharma then took the score past 50. Gilchrist got out after scoring 25 in 29 balls ( 4*2, 6*1). Sharma (38 runs 36 balls 4*2, 6*1) Smith(16 runs 12 balls 4*1, 6*1) and Rao(28 runs 17 balls 4*2, 6*1) contributed and helped Deccan Chargers score 145/6 in 20 overs.

Mumbai Indians Innings
Chasing 146 for victory, Mumbai Indians lost Jayasurya and Sachin on consecutive balls and were reduced to7/2 in 2nd over. It was the excellent start for bowlers of Deccan Chargers but they could not capitalize on it as Shah and Duminy came to the rescue. Shah got out after scoring 29 runs in 19 balls ( 4*3, 6*1). Duminy scored his half century and it looked that Mumbai Indians are back in the game but a sudden fall of wickets helped won Deccan Chargers wint he match by 19 runs.

Fall of wickets
Deccan Chargers
H Gibbs (8-1, 1.4), T Suman (37-2, 5.3), A Gilchrist (62-3, 9.4), D Smith (85-4, 13), R Sharma (118-5, 17.1), Venugopal Rao (136-6, 19.1)

Mumbai Indians
S Jayasuriya (7-1, 1.4), *S Tendulkar (7-2, 1.5), P Shah (60-3, 8.5), D Bravo (97-4, 14.1), A Nayar (104-5, 15.5), Harbhajan Singh (104-6, 16), JP Duminy (109-7, 17.1), S Tiwary (110-8, 17.3)

Man of the match: R Sharma

Date – May 5, 2009
Result – Delhi won by 9 wickets

Kolkata Knight Riders Innings
Kolkata Knight Riders won the toss and elected to bat first. Kolkata Knight Riders prestige was at stake today and it looked they were determined to save it at any cost. The openers batted beautifully and today was the rare chance in IPL that they gave a solid start to them. McCullum (35 runs 29 balls 4*1, 6*3) was the first to go but by then the team score had past 50 run mark. M van Wyk played excellently and scored 74 runs in just 48 balls (4*11). B Hodge scored just 10 runs and M Henriques scored unbeaten 30 runs in 24 balls (4*2, 6*1). In the alloted 20 overs Kolkata Knight Riders managed 154/3 and it looks if they could get some early wickets they are very much in the game.

Delhi Daredevils Innings
Chasing the target of 155, Delhi Daredevils got to a good start. Both openers, Warner and Gambhir played really well and took the score to 60. Warner(36 runs 23 balls 4*5,6*1) was the first to get out when the team score was 60. After that Dilshan came to bat and Gambhir and Dilshan took the charge and scored runs with ease. Knight Riders chances to win were getting slimmer and slimmer with each shot played by both the batsmen. They took the score past 100 and after 18 overs they were 144/1. In the end it was yet another defeat for Knight Riders as Delhi won by 9 wickets thanks to superb batting by Gambhir (71runs 57 balls 4*7 6*0) and Dilshan (42 runs 34balls 4*5, 6*1).

Fall of wickets
Kolkata Knight Riders
B McCullum (58-1, 7), B Hodge (98-2, 13), M van Wyk (147-3, 19.2)

Delhi Daredevils
D Warner (60-1, 7)

Man of the match – G. Gambhir

Date – May 5, 2009
Result – Rajasthan Royals won by 78 runs

Rajasthan Royals Innings
Kings XI Punjab won the toss and elected to field first. Rajasthan Royals opener Ojha (68 runs 51 balls 4*5, 6*5) and Smith (77runs 44 balls 4*12, 6*1) came to open the innings and right from the first over they smashed all bowlers. This was one of the best batting performance by any team in IPL and was the first time any team crossed 200 run mark in IPL-2. Smith was particularly severe on bowlers and both openers scored 135 runs for first wicket stand. Smith got out in the 15th over, bringing Yusuf to crease. He scored just 12 runs and was the second one to get out. Jadeja played a cameo of 33 runs in 12 balls ( 4*5, 1*6).
In the end Rajasthan Royals scored 211/4 in 20 overs.

Kings XI Punjab
Kings XI Punjab started the innings on a disastrous note and lost the wicket on the very first bowl of the innings. Chasing a target of 212, they needed a solid start but this could not happen and they kept loosing wickets at regular intervals. The pressure of high run rate kept mouting and the batsmen kept loosing the nerve and Kings XI Punjab were reduced to 53/5 in 10 overs. The match looked out of the reach and Kings XI Punjab could manage only 133/8 in 20 overs and thus suffered a humiliating defeat by 78 runs.
Fall of Wickets
Rajasthan Royals
G Smith (135-1, 14.5), Y Pathan (153-2, 16.2), N Ojha (164-3, 17), R Jadeja (203-4, 19.2)

Kings XI Punjab
S Sohal (0-1, 0.1), K Goel (2-2, 1), S Katich (25-3, 5), K Sangakarra (29-4, 6), M Jayawardene (39-5, 7.4), I Pathan (87-6, 13.3), P Chawla (103-7, 15.4), *Yuvraj Singh (127-8, 18.1)