Date – May 1, 2009
Result – Bangalore Royal Challengers won by 8 runs

Bangalore Royal Challengers Innings
Bangalore Royal Challengers won the toss and elected to bat first. They lost Ryder were early in the innings but the scoring rate was good. The wickets fell at regular interval but each batsmen did contributed to the team score. Yuvraj Singh took a hattrick and it looked that Bangalore Royal Challengers would not be able to score even 100 in this match. But Kohli and Merve made sure that the team posts a decent score and at the end of innings they scored 145/9 in 20 overs.

Kings XI Punjab Innings
Kings XI Punjab got to a flying start with Yuvraj Singh and Goel scoring the runs freely. They both scored 70 runs in 9.5 overs at which Yuvraj got out. Kings XI Punjab looked in total control of the match right through the innings. But Bangalore Royal Challengers came good when it mattered the most.They bowled three tight overs and KIngs XI Punjab needed 13 off the last over which was bowled by Kumar. Kings XI Punjab just could not manage 13 runs in the last over and lost the match by 8 runs

Fall of wickets
Bangalore Royal Challengers
J Ryder (2-1, 0.5), R Bishnoi (27-2, 4.4), S Goswami (38-3, 6.1), R Uthappa (80-4, 11.5), J Kallis (80-5, 12), M Boucher (84-6, 13.1), R Merwe (128-7, 17.5), V Kohli (133-8, 18.1), *A Kumble (136-9, 19.1)

Kings XI Punjab
Yuvraj Singh (70-1, 9.5), K Goel (73-2, 11), K Sangakarra (84-3, 12.4), S Katich (84-4, 12.5), M Jayawardene (116-4, 17.1), K Sangakarra (129-5, 18.2), I Pathan (137-6, 19.4), R Powar (137-7, 19.5)

Man of the Match – Yuvraj Singh

Date – May 1, 2009
Result – Mumbai Indians won by 9 runs

Mumbai Indians Innings
Mumbai Indians won the toss and elected to bat first. Jayasurya and Sachin started the innings and all the fans expected fireworks all over. But Dinda striked got rid of Jayasurya and Mumbai Indians lost the crucial wicket in the 4th over leaving them 19/1. Harbhajan Singh was sent to do some hitting but he failed and soon Sachin Tendulkar also got out after scoring 34 runs. Mumbai Indians kept loosing wickets at regular interval and this jolted the run rate. But then again Duminy was the player for Mumbai Indians who scored 52 runs in 37 balls and remained unbeaten till end. A small but useful contributions from lower middle order helped Mumbai Indians post 148/6 in alloted 20 overs.

Kolkata Knight Riders Innings
Kolkata Knight Riders got off to a disastrous start as Zaheer Khan got rid of Ganguly and Gayle when the team score was just 8. But then B Hodge and M van Wyk got together and played some good shots. While they were batting, it looked that Kolkata Knight Riders might have a chance but just at that moment, Napier got rid of M van Wyk. The run rate was rising and its pressure was too high for Kolkata Knight Riders to manage and thus they eventually lost the match by 9 runs.

Fall of wickets
Mumbai Indians
S Jayasuriya (19-1, 3.2), Harbhajan Singh (40-2, 5.5), S Tendulkar (54-3, 7.5), A Nayar (71-4, 11.4), G Napier (96-5, 15.5), A Rahane (131-6, 18.5)

Kolkata Knight Riders
S Ganguly (1-1, 0.4), C Gayle (8-2, 2.2), M van Wyk (97-3, 14.5), L Shukla (119-4, 17.2), B Hodge (129-5, 19), B McCullum (132-6, 19.3)

Man of the Match – JP Duminy

Date – Apr 30, 2009
Result – Chennai won by 38 runs

Chennai Super Kings Innings
Chennai Super Kings were put to bat first after Rajasthan Royals won the toss. The hard hitter Mathew Hayden failed this time and was the first to return back to pavilion when the team score was just 4. Soon Patel followed and Chennai Super Kings were 17/2 in 3.3 overs. Suresh Raina came to the center and played some exquisite strokes. He along with Badrinath took the score to 84 when Badrinath was out. Raina continued his superb batting and scored 98 runs( 4*10, 6*5) in just 55 balls. Dhoni also scored 22 runs and was not out till end. It was Raina’s heroic efforts that lead to a total score of 164/5 in 20 overs.

Rajasthan Royals Innings
Chasing a total of 165, Rajasthan Royals lost first wicket at just 9 runs in form of G Smith. They did not had recovered from early wicket that they lost another wicket when the team score was just 29. Fall of wickets continued at regular interval and Chennai Super King got a major wicket in form of Yusuf Pathan and Rajasthan Royals were reduced to 86/4 in 13th over. This triggered the loss of wickets and not a single batsmen could take charge and thus eventually Chennai won by 38 runs.

Fall of wickets
Chennai Super Kings
M Hayden (4-1, 1.1), P Patel (17-2, 3.3), S Badrinath (84-3, 11.1), J Oram (88-4, 12.5), S Raina (159-5, 19.4)

Rajasthan Royals
G Smith (9-1, 2), S Asnodkar (29-2, 5.3), R Quiney (55-3, 9.3), Y Pathan (86-4, 13), D Mascarenhas (98-5, 15), R Jadeja (114-6, 17.3), *S Warne (116-7, 18), M Patel (116-8, 18.1), S Trivedi (126-9, 19.3)

Man of the match – SK Raina

Date – Apr 30, 2009
Result – Delhi Daredevils won by 6 wickets

Deccan Chargers Innings
Deccan Chargers were put to bat first by Delhi Daredevils after they won the toss. Sehwag’s decision proved in favor as they go rid of dangerous opening batsmen, Gilchrist and Gibbs when the team score was just 19. After loosing 2 quick wickets, Deccan Chargers middle order consolidated the innings and every batsmen score some runs to add to the team total. D Smith played a sensational innings of 48 runs in just 28 balls and took the score to a respectable total. At the end of 20 overs, it was a total of 148/9 which the Deccan Chargers were able to post.

Delhi Daredevils Innings
With the openers like Sehwag and Gambhir, the total looked easy but Delhi Daredevils lost Sehwag early after a short but blistering knock of 20. Soon AB de Villers also got out and Gambhir also followed leaving Delhi Daredevils reeling at 49/3. But then Karthik and Dilshan took the charge and score runs at will. The scoring rate was too good and it looked like the match is in Delhi Daredevils pocket but suddenly Ojha got rid of dangerous looking Karthik and the match was opened again.With a new batsmen at crease 21 runs were required in last 3 overs. Dilshan and Manhas made sure that Delhi Daredevils win this match. Dilshan made the victory special by hitting a six and completing his half century. Delhi Daredevils won the match by 6 wickets and 8 balls to spare.

Fall of wickets
Deccan Chargers
A Gilchrist (8-1, 0.5), H Gibbs (19-2, 2.3), R Sharma (52-3, 9), A Bilakhia (53-4, 9.2), T Suman (118-5, 14.5), D Smith (139-6, 18), S Shoaib (139-7, 18.3), Venugopal Rao (147-8, 19.5), P Ojha (147-9, 20)

Delhi Daredevils
V Sehwag (30-1, 3.3), AB de Villiers (35-2, 5), G Gambhir (49-3, 6.5), D Karthik (128-4, 17.1)

Man of the Match – D Nannes

Date – Apr 29, 2009
Result – Punjab win by 3 runs

Kings XI Punjab Innings
Kings XI Punjab won the toss and elected to bat first but the decision was not in favor as the pitch was not conducive for stroke play. Kings XI Punjab lost quick wickets and never recovered from the jolts. Only one batsmen, Kumara Sangakkarra showed some resistance and scored unbeaten 45. The second highest scorer was Goel who scored 12 runs. All other batsmen failed to use the opportunity and score some runs. In the end, after 20 overs, Kings XI Punjab managed just 119/8.
Now it lies on the bowlers to defend this low but competitive total as the pitch seems to have something for the bowlers.

Mumbai Indians Innings
Chasing a total of 120, Mumbai Indians got to a disastrous start as both openers – Jayasurya and Tendulkar were sent back to pavilion when the team score was just 4. Mumbai Indians were reeling at 12/3 in 4.1 overs. Then Bravo and Duminy started to settle the innings and before they could even normalise Mumbai Indians, Bravo was out leaving Mumbai Indians 45/4 in the 10th over. Duminy was the only hope left for Mumbai Indians and he did not disappoint. He played a superb knock of 59 runs and took Mumbai Indians very close to victory. In last over Mumbai Indians required 12 to win and they lost Duminy. This was the turning point and they lost the match by just 3 runs. This was one of the closest match in IPL in which the pendulum shifted from one to another right across the game.

Fall of wickets
Kings XI Punjab
K Goel (18-1, 3.5), R Bopara (18-2, 4.3), Yuvraj Singh (41-3, 8.3), M Jayawardene (52-4, 10.3), I Pathan (84-5, 14.3), W Mota (97-6, 16.2), P Chawla (97-7, 16.4), R Powar (119-8, 20)

Mumbai Indians
S Jayasuriya (1-1, 0.1), S Tendulkar (4-2, 1.2), S Dhawan (12-3, 4.1), D Bravo (45-4, 9.2), A Nayar (94-5, 17.1), Harbhajan Singh (101-6, 18.1), JP Duminy (113-7, 19.4)

Man of the Match – KC Sangakkara