No one can ask for a better match than what happened today. Mumbai Indians were deperate to win todays match and Royals were in no mood to let them win and stop the winning streak. The match ended on the last bowl when Royals needed 3 runs to win a match.Dilhara bowled a wide and it was 2 runs needed from 1 ball. Thebatsmen hit the bowl and it was a real bad fumble which helped the batsmen to complete the second score.Chasing a decent target on the pitch  which was not so batsmen friendly, Royals were not to a great start and lost wickets at regular levels.But some good small performances from the middle order made them take the match to the wire and in the end they holded on the nerves and won the match by 5 wickets.

In the match number 53, Mumbai Indians were put into batting and they got into a very good start. Jayasurya and Sachin Tendulkar took the score to 71 and it looked like they are upto a very huge target. But then Sohail Tanveer came and bowled a magical spell. He took 4 wickets and became the leading wicket taker in the DLF – IPL.This turned the entire game and from 71/1 in 11 overs they were reduced to 119/7 in the 19th over. The last over brought some relief for Mumbai Indians and they scored 25 runs in the last over to get a total of 145 in 20 overs.

Toady is a very crucial match between Rajasthan Royals and Mumbai Indians. Mumbai Indians need to win this match if they wish to enter the semi finals with ease. On the other hand Rajasthan Royals looking unstoppable.

Rajasthan Royals (probables): 1 Shane Warne (capt), 2 Younis Khan, 3 Kamran Akmal (wk), 4 Swapnil Asnodkar, 5 Yusuf Pathan, 6 Mohammad Kaif, 7 Ravindra Jadeja, 8 Dinesh Salunkhe, 9 Sohail Tanvir, 10 Pankaj Singh, 11 Munaf Patel

Mumbai Indians (probables): 1 Sachin Tendulkar (capt), 2 Sanath Jayasuriya, 3 Robin Uthappa, 4 Dominic Thornley, 5 Dwayne Smith, 6 Shaun Pollock, 7 Abhishek Nayar, 8 Yogesh Takawale (wk), 9 Dhawal Kulkarni, 10 Rohan Raje, 11 Ashish Nehra.

Time – 8pm Indian Standard Time 

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Kolkata Knight Riders recorded a sensational win in which Ganguly scored the highest 86 to beat Kings XI Punjab[ 174/6 ] by three wickets.This was the last match of Knight Riders and they ended it with style by defeating Kings XI who are at 2nd spot in the table. Ganguly was the star in the win and scored an unbeaten 86 runs which included 6 sixes and 6 fours. Umar Gul also had a super match and got 4 wickets first and then scored 24 runs in just 11 balls. Due to this effort he was given man of the match award.

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