In the 27th match of DLF – IPL, Rajasthan Royals were asked to bat first by Mumbai Indians and the bowlers of Mumbai Indians didnt let the captain down. They got rid of Smith when the score was 12 and soon the explosive batsman- Yousaf Pathan was bowled by Nehra. Watson and Swapnil Asnodkar took the score to 74 before loosing Watson. Watson scored 32 and once he was out, it looked almost all over for Rajasthan Royals. The wickets started to fell like heap of cards and it was no longer before Rajasthan Royals were all out for 103 in just 16.2 overs. This was the first time Rajasthan Royals have been all out and its only the batsmen who are to be blamed.Now its upto the bowlers of Rajasthan Royals to prevent Mumbai Indians to achieve the target, but it really looks a daunting task to safeguard that low total.

Today – Match 27th – Scorecard – Mumbai Indians vs Rajasthan Royals

Mumbai Indians vs Rajasthan Royals is going to be a thrilling encounter as Mumbai Indians have come back to the league strongly after loosing some initial matches where as the Rajasthan Royals are at the top of the points table much to the surprise of all cricket lovers.
The probables for today are
Rajasthan Royals (probable): 1 Shane Warne (captain), 2 Graeme Smith, 3 Shane Watson, 4 Swapnil Asnodkar, 5 Yusuf Pathan, 6 Mohammad Kaif, 7 Ravindra Jadeja, 8 Manoj Rawat (wk), 9 Sohail Tanvir, 10 Siddharth Trivedi, 11 Munaf Patel

Mumbai Indians (probable): 1 Shaun Pollock (captain), 2 Sanath Jayasuriya, 3 Robin Uthappa, 4 Dwayne Bravo, 6 Yogesh Takawale (wk), 7 Abhishek Nayar, 8 Rohan Raje, 9 Saurabh Tiwari, 10 Dhawal Kulkarni, 11 Ashish Nehra.
Match Details :

Date – May 5, 2008 25th Match
Venue – Mumbai

20:00 India time.

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Deccan Chargers again caused an upset today in the 26th match of DLF -IPL by defeating one of the strongest team ie Chennai Super Kings. Chasing a small target of 145, Gibbs and Gilchrist opened the innings and took the score to 24 when Manpreet Goni got rid of Gibbs. Gilchrist on the other end was simply fierce and was hitting the ball with atmost power. He scored 54 of just 36 balls and thus laid a solid platform for Deccan Chargers. Gilly was the captain for today’s match due to an injury to Laxman and he really played a captain’s knock. When he got out, Rohit Sharma came to bat who along with Scott Styris scored freely and took the score past 100. Deccan Chargers needed run a ball and the game was in the control. With a huge hit to the fence, Rohit began the highest run getter in the tournament and thus bagged the orange cap from Sehwag.When Rohit got out,Afridi came to the center and ended the match with two sixes and two fours in the favor of Deccan Chargers.

Today – Match 26th – Scorecard – Chennai Super Kings vs Deccan Chargers

In the 26th match of DLF – Indian Premier League, Deccan Chargers won the toss and decided to field first. Deccan Chargers bowlers could not have asked for more as they continued to get wickets at regular intervals of time. The very first wicket fell in the first over as Parthiv Patel was out for 4. Soon Shrikanth got out trying to play a pull and completely mistimed it. The next to go was the experienced Kiwi batsmen Stephen Fleming. The score of Chennai Super Kings had not even crossed 50 and they had lost 4 crucial wickets.Raina and Dhoni then started to build a partnership but they scored at a very slow run rate as compared to T20 standards. In the process of increasing the run rate both of these fell and the score was 86/6 in 15 overs.Albie Morkel hit some shots and hit a huge six out of the stadium. In the last over it was Manpreet Gony and Morkel who scored 20 runs to take the the Chennai Super Kings to 144 /7 runs in 20 overs.

Now its upto the bowlers of Chennai Super Kings to prevent one more upset in the already so much twisted Manoranjan Ka Baap – DLF Indian Premier League.

Today – Match 26th – Scorecard – Chennai Super Kings vs Deccan Chargers

Chennai Super Kings (probables): 1 Parthiv Patel, 2 Stephen Fleming, 3 Suresh Raina, 4 S Vidyut, 5 Albie Morkel, 6 MS Dhoni (capt/wk), 7 S Badrinath, 8 Joginder Sharma, 9 Manpreet Gony, 10 Muttiah Muralitharan, 11 Makhaya Ntini

Deccan Chargers (probables): 1 Adam Gilchrist (wk), 2 VVS Laxman (capt), 3 Scott Styris, 4 Rohit Sharma, 5 Shahid Afridi, 6 Chamara Silva, 7 Arjun Yadav, 8 Sanjay Bangar, 9 RP Singh, 10 P Vijaykumar, 11 Pragyan Ojha

VVS says: “We have lost a few very close matches after being in winning situations. Super Kings have lost two games no doubt, but we have lost five. So, that makes us even more determined than them to win tomorrow,” Laxman told reporters in a pre-match press conference.

Match Details :

Date – May 6, 2008 26th Match
Venue – M. A. Chidambaram Stadium, Chennai
20:00 India time.
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