Today was a match between Bangalore Royal Challengers and Kings XI Punjab in the DLF – IPL. This was the 25th match of this league. Kings XI Punjab won the toss and decided to field first. They were given a target of 127 which was mearly a small target to achieve by Kings XI Punjab. Shaun Marsh and James Hopes opened the batting for Kings XI Punjab and took the score to 11 before James Hopes was caught by C White in the second over of the match. The score of the team was 81 for the loss of 2 wickets in 10 overs. The captain of the team Yuvraj singh was caught by D Patil, he scored just 1 run. Even the bowling part of Kings XI Punjab of today’s match was excellent, it looked like the luck was favoring them. Shaun Marsh was the top scorer for Kings XI Punjab and thus helped the team to win the match by 6 wickets

Match Notes Are :

• Bangalore Royal Challengers innings
• Bangalore Royal Challengers: 50 runs in 9.6 overs (64 balls), Extras 4
• 4th Wicket: 50 runs in 50 balls (V Kohli 22, R Dravid 26, Ex 2)
• Bangalore Royal Challengers: 100 runs in 15.6 overs (101 balls), Extras 10
• R Dravid: 50 off 44 balls (7 x 4)
• Innings Break: Bangalore Royal Challengers – 126/10 in 19.2 overs (DW Steyn 1)

• Kings XI Punjab innings
• Kings XI Punjab: 50 runs in 5.3 overs (37 balls), Extras 9
• 2nd Wicket: 50 runs in 40 balls (SE Marsh 13, RR Sarwan 29, Ex 8)
• Kings XI Punjab: 100 runs in 13.1 overs (85 balls), Extras 15

Today – Match 25th – Scorecard – Royal Challengers vs Kings XI Punjab

Today it was Rahul Dravid vs Yuvraj Singh as Royal Challengers were to compete with Kings XI Punjab.Kings XI won the toss and decided to field first.The decision of Yuvi proved very beneficial and the bowlers of Kings XI got the first break through on the 4th ball of the innings. Sreesanth gave double blow and got the second wicket on the 5th ball of the very first over.Royal Challengers were struggling at 1/2. Royal Challengers were not yet fully recovered and Kallis was also run out leaving the team at 15/3 in 3.3 overs. Virat Kohli and Dravid then took the score to 69 and then Kohli was out. Misbah was the next to go and Royal Challengers had lost 5 key players for just 98. Praveen Kumar got out without even bothering the score card and thus a total of 5 batsmen from Royal Challengers were out for a duck in today’s match. Full credit goes to the bowlers of Kings XI for making the Royal Challengers batsmen struggle to make runs. In the end it was the bowlers of Kings XI who bundled out the whole team for 126 in 19.2 overs.

Today – Match 25th – Scorecard – Royal Challengers vs Kings XI Punjab

In the 25th match of DLF – IPL, Royal Challengers will take on Kings XI Punjab. Both the teams are on a roll after winning the last match and Royal Challengers would go for a hunt to stop the winning streak of Kings XI and thus continue the win sequence which started a bit late for them. We hope to see a good match and lets see Dravid or Yuvraj who proves to be heavier for each other.

Royal Challengers (probables) 1 Bharath Chipli, 2 Wasim Jaffer, 3 Virat Kohli, 4 Rahul Dravid, 5 Misbah-ul-Haq, 6 Cameron White, 7 Mark Boucher (wk), 8 Praveen Kumar, 9 Zaheer Khan, 10 Anil Kumble, 11 Dale Steyn.

Kings XI Punjab: (probables) 1 Shaun Marsh, 2 James Hopes, 3 Kumar Sangakkara (wk), 4 Yuvraj Singh, 5 Mahela Jayawardene, 6 Karan Goel, 7 Irfan Pathan, 8 Piyush Chawla, 9 Sreesanth, 10 VRV Singh, 11 Gagandeep Singh.
Match Details :

Date – May 5, 2008 25th Match
Venue – M. Chinnaswamy Stadium, Bangalore

20:00 India time.

Keep checking iplcricketlive .com for more information about the match, match videos, match score cards and an analysis of each team’s performance.

Today was a match between Rajasthan Royals and Chennai Super Kings in the DLF – IPL. This was the 24 match of the league. Chennai Super Kings won the toss and decided to bat first. They were given a target of 110 which was really a small target for Rajasthan Royals to achieve. Graeme Smith and Swapnil Asnodkar opened the batting for Rajasthan Royals and took the score to 78 before Swapnil Asnodkar was out. The score of the team was 92 for the loss of 2 wickets in 12 overs. Graeme Smith was the top scorer for Rajasthan Royals and thus helped the team to win the match very easily.

Match Notes Are :

• Chennai Super Kings innings
• Chennai Super Kings: 50 runs in 8.5 overs (54 balls), Extras 6
• Chennai Super Kings: 100 runs in 18.3 overs (113 balls), Extras 7
• Innings Break: Chennai Super Kings – 109/10 in 19.0 overs (M Gony 1)

• Rajasthan Royals innings
• Rajasthan Royals: 50 runs in 6.4 overs (43 balls), Extras 9
• 1st Wicket: 50 runs in 43 balls (GC Smith 23, SA Asnodkar 21, Ex 9)
• Rajasthan Royals: 100 runs in 12.5 overs (84 balls), Extras 21

Today – Match 24 – Scorecard – Rajasthan Royals vs Chennai Super Kings

Today was a match between Rajasthan Royals and Chennai Super Kings in the DLF – IPL, played at Sawai Mansingh Stadium, Jaipur. This was the 24th match of the league. Chennai Super Kings won the toss and decided to bat first. It seems from the very first ball of the match that Rajasthan Royals were in no mood to let Chennai Super Kings to play well. Parthiv Patel and Stephen Fleming opened the batting for Chennai Super Kings and was the worst start for their team. On the very first ball Parthiv Patel was lbw by Sohail Tanvir, moreover Stephen Fleming as also lbw by Sohail Tanvir on the fifty ball of the match. The score was 11 when Vidyut Sivaramakrishnan was caught by Shane Warne. The partnership of Suresh Raina and Albie Morkel took the team score to 87/6. The score of the team was 91 for the loss of 7 wickets in 15 overs. Albie Morkel was the top scorer for Chennai Super. Five batsmen were out on 0 score. In the end the team scored 109 runs in 20 overs.

Sohail Tanvir was at his excellence, he took 6 wickets in 4 overs, 14 runs

Today – Match 24 – Scorecard – Rajasthan Royals vs Chennai Super Kings