Deccan Chargers victory over Kochi Tuskers

Sharma’s fiery performance given Deccan Chargers a win of 55 runs in the IPL at the Nehru Stadium yesterday.Sharma grabbed the Man of the Match with 5 for 12 and reduced Kochi Tuskers batting to

11 for six in four overs. Ravindra Jadeja , Thisara Pereira and R Vinay Kumar were the only Kochi batsmen who could get to double figures before their innings wrapped up in 16.3 overs while chasing Deccan Chargers 129 for seven.

When Mahela Jayawardene decided to bowl first and restricted the Chargers to 129 for seven in 20 overs, he would have nursed hopes that the Kerala side would get the thrust back after its disappointing loss to Rajasthan Royals. But Sharma had other ideas as he bowled with pace and also in the right areas to obstruct the Kochi batsmen on a wicket that had a lot in it for the pacers; the former Indian pacer bowled to a field of two slips and ditch in his first three overs, quite unusual in a T20 match.

He became only the third bowler in IPL 4 to take five wickets in a match after Lasith Malinga and Harbhajan Singh. The Tuskers were bowled out for 74 in 16.3 overs, the lowest total in this IPL.

Dale Steyn struck in the first over to eliminate opener Brendan McCullum, who edged to wicketkeeper and skipper Kumar Sangakkara. In the next over, Sharma struck thrice in four balls to get relieve of Parthiv Patel, Raiphi Gomez and Brad Hodge to leave the home team at two for four wickets. Patel was caught behind by the skipper while Gomez and Hodge were castled by Sharma's in-hesitant deliveries. All the four batsmen went back to the dugout without opening their accounts.

Sharma struck again in his next over when he trapped Kedar Jadhav plumb in front of the wicket and five balls later, got Kochi Tuskers' captain Mahela Jayawardene (4) caught behind by Sangakkara to leave them reeling at 11/6.

Jadeja and Perera added 36 runs for the seventh wicket before Manpreet Gony struck in the 11th over to have Perera caught by Cameron White in the covers.

Leg-spinner Amit Mishra got Jadeja caught by Daniel Christian at deep mid-wicket while Steyn wrapped up the innings by rattling the stumps of Vinay Kumar and Rudra Pratap Singh off successive deliveries.

Chennai Super Kings win over Pune Warriors

Chennai Super Kings achieve victory over Pune warriors with 25 runs in the IPL season 4 at the MA Chidambaram Stadium on Monday.

Chennai Super Kings bat first and was stuttered to 142/6 with the opener Michael Hussey making a 48 for 61

And then came up with a good bowling and fielding restricting the Away team to 117 for 9 with skipper like

Yuvraj Singh(34) playing all alone for the defeated.

It was the third win for Super Kings in six matches and this moved them up the table with six points while the

Warriors slid on fourth place in five outings. The Warriors gave themselves a chance to win as Jerome Taylor and Alfonso Thomas struck decisive blows after Hussey and Murali Vijay had put on 64 runs for the first wicket.

The left-hander, who scored his only World Cup century here about a month back, just couldn’t find his magic touch and Chennai Super Kings reaped the harvest. Yuvi scored 34 off 43 balls as Pune Warriors fell 26 runs short of the 143-run target after having the upper hand for a major part of the match.

Yuvi survived a plumb leg-before decision, missed full-tosses, missed out on singles at a time when it seemed that the left-hander could run away with the game. Dhoni knew if his Team India lieutenant got going, there was no chance at all. But the canny skipper also understood that Yuvi was struggling in the Chennai humidity and he made sure that the boundaries were not given away.

The CSK fielders had a brilliant performance on the ground saving boundaries and made Pune fight for every run.Shadab Jakati pulled off at mid –off in the 19^th over to bring an end to Yuvraj’s innings. Ashwin and Suraj Randiv too played well.

The Super Kings fielders displayed a refreshing change as they displayed a lot of commitment while throwing themselves about to save precious runs, so much so that the Warriors batsmen found the boundary line just twice in 10 overs.

Dhoni then came up with another master move, bringing on Bollinger for just one over and the left-arm seamer obliged by dismissing Manhas, caught behind.

Thereafter, the Warriors' chase lost whatever little momentum they had and the Super Kings delivered the death blow when Shadab Jakati dived to catch Yuvraj off Morkel, bowling the 19th over, to leave the Super Kings winners by a country mile.

Rajasthan Royals beat Kochi Tuskers

Rajasthan Royals gained a comfortable eight wicket victory over Kochi Tuskers in the IPL 4 season yesterday .

They chased a target of 110 runs with an easein 14.1 overs and given a defeat to the Kochi Tuskers at Sawai Mansingh Stadium.Shane Warne as usual well performed along with paceman Siddharth Trivedi never allowing

Kochi tuskers to settle down for a good score.The bowlers were supported by some good fielding and catching.

Shane Watson and Rahul Dravid shared 71 runs and has taken away the game from Kochi Tuskers and reached

The target in 14.1 overs itself. This became a very important victory for Rajasthan Royals after three consecutive losses and now they have got second place in the rankings with seven points.

It was again Warne who has given a marvelous performance to lift the team .

Nothing went right for Kochi Tuskers after they were put in to bat. They missed hard-hitting Brendon McCullum who sat out with a sore shoulder.

Johan Botha got the important wicket of captain Mahela Jayawardene with 26 runs on the board. VVS Laxman made 32 but was run out.

Warne then dismissed Brad Hodge and Kochi Tuskers were reeling at 42/3.

Parthiv Patel (32) and Ravindra Jadeja (22) tried to stem the rot and added 48 runs for the fourth wicket. But Warne came back to remove both Parthiv and Jadeja off successive deliveries to end the crucial partnership.

Kochi Tuskers then caved in, with Trivedi bowling well in the final overs.

Mumbai Indians vs Deccan Chargers

Mumbai Indians defeated hosts Deccan Chargers by 37 runs and recorded their consecutive victory in the IPL 4.

Rohit Sharma and Andrew Symonds unbroken partnership of 102 runs off 65balls helped them scored 172 runs

And ragged the hosts and came out winners of 37 runs winners.Malinga’s yet another excellent performance made him heads the list of tournament’s leading bowler and 16 wickets from six matches.Deccan Chargers Amit Mishra

With eight wickets stood second in the list.

With this consecutive third win Mumbai Indians stand at the top of the table and Tendulkar with 269 runs in six games got the orange cap back from Paul Valthaty of Kings Punjab.Mumbai Indians were brilliant on the field and took three

Run outs.Kumar Sangakkara was emitted by Malinga in 14^th over From there on,making 80 runs off 39 balls was

Always going to be a toughest task when Daniel Christian was stumped by Jacobs off Munaf Patel ,the team’s fourth Loss seemed predictable.

Tendulkar and Jacobs has given a good start but their dismissal led to another two immediate wickets with the score being 70/4 only.But Sharma looked at ease smashing five fours in his 34 ball innings helped Mumbai Indians team gets to a strong total.Symonds,on the other hand showed his spark with four fours and a six.

Their partnership’s 87 runs helped them achieve a victory.

Mumbai Indians Vs Chennai Super Kings

Chennai have a good captain yes,he is Dhoni one man who can make a lot of difference.It might not be

Predictable that Chennai might win this match but the side looks stronger just because of Dhoni.On the other side Mumbai Indians who has either stronger and well experienced Player like Sachin Tendulkar

It’s really unpredictable who will win this match it is going to be an exciting one with such strong defendable players. After Sachin Tendulkar took on the man who shone brightest for India in the World Cup recently, he now will face the man who shone brightest in the final. MS Dhoni showed what 'seizing the moment' was all about with an image frozen in time of ice-cold eyes watching the ball sail into the stands and deliver the World Cup to India. Sachin Tendulkar said there was little doubt that was the greatest moment of his career. In the light of that, it is hard to see how these two would compete with full intensity against each other, but then they are both hard-nosed professionals and competitors who hate to lose. Once the game starts, winning is all that matters, no matter which game it is.

Kings XI Punjab beat Rajasthan Royals

Punjab Beat Rajasthan by 48 runs Shaun Marsh hit a quick 71 and Paul Valthaty scored 46 runs and

Smashed Rajsthan Royals in Mohali on Thursday.Punjab top order batsmen put up a dominating show

And helped the team scoring 195/7 this is the highest total so far in this season.Skipper Adam Gilchrist

And Dinesh Karthik also did well along with Marsh and Valthaty the Punjab Kings then restricted their score to 147/7 Rajasthan Royals batting was under pressure of the huge total the openers of Royals would have given a good start either but Rahul Dravid and Swapnil Asnodkar failed to do the job

After them big stars like Shane Watson and Ross Taylor also disappointed with their performances.

Paceman Praveen kumar bowled Asnodkar in the early innings and the dangerous Watson was hit by

Chawla and was a duck .Stuart Binny and Ashok Menaria later hit some shots but they can reduce the

Defeat margin only .

Marsh has three sixes and six fours gave a partnership of 70 runs Dinesh karthik scored 21 runs off 16 balls . In three overs Punjab had 52 runs on the board and finally had the score of 195 With this win

Punjab kings is in the third position in the IPL table.

Kolkata Knight Riders Vs Kochi Tuskers Kerala 21-04-2011

Kochi beat Kolkata Knight Riders by six runs yesterday at Eden Gardens in Kolkata.

A few days ago Kochi tuskers were all about a struggling team.After their weak performances everybody concluded.

It was the weakest team of IPL season 4.But things have changed accordingly after two matches beating Mumbai

And Chennai they suddenly came into the form.Kolkata bowlers Shakib Al Hasan and Yusuf Pathan took three wickets each restricting Kochi to 132/7 After Being put to bat by opposition skipper Gautam Gambhir,who won the

Toss,Kochi were batting with an ease with their openers Brendon Mccullum and captain Jayawardene at the line.Their partnership was in a good flow to get a big score but Shakib broke their partnership ending up a 49 run stand.

And McCullum ended up with a simple catch to Morgan and Jayawerdene too did not last long was out by Yusuf Pathan on 25.Yusuf Pathan has taken Parthiv Patel’s wicket and bowled Brad Hodge and Kochi was down with

65/4.Shakib Came into the field and scalped Kedar Jadhav on the last ball Kochi was 100/5 then.But

Ravindra Jadeja went for a big one and ended up giving catch to Yousuf Pathan at 29 somehow managed by Vijay Kumar Kochi ended up its innings on 132/7.

Knight Riders has the similar start Gambhir and RP singh tried to give KKR a big score but ended up their

Partnership with a caught byKedar Jadhav off R Vinay Kumar in the fourth over and Gambhir was stumped

Kolkata were 27/2.Manvinder Bisla also could not stay for long and was bowled out by R.Jadeja on 16.

Finally Manoj Tiwary and Morgan’s Partnership gave them 73 runs till Morgan’s wicket fall over.Finally with

All other batsmen innings the final score has to be reached and six more runs to be scored but KKR lost the

Match by six runs.

Mumbai Indians beat Pune Warriors

Once again Sachin proved his caliber in achieving victory for his team with all his 21 years experience of his cricket

Against Pune Warriors his team beat Pune Warriors by seven wickets at Wankhede Stadium in Mumbai yesterday.

Mumbai bowlers struck fast to lessen Pune its score to 118 and this task was at ease to them to win over the opposite team.

Mumbai lost its opener James Franklin in the first over itself when the score was 9.But as soon as captain Sachin

And Ambati Rayudu with their partnership had put on 74 runs until in the 14^th over Rahul Sharma took off Sachin’s wicket in the 14^th over as sachin gave an mid-air shot which failed to cross the boundary.His score was 35.

As soon as this partnership has broken Rayudu too did not stay for long and caught hold by Rahul Sharma at 89

Mumbai score.But finally Symonds and Rohit Sharma helped their team to achieve its victory.

The Warriors too made some changes. They dropped Graeme Smith to bring in Tim Paine and drafted in Murali Kartik for Abhishek Jhunjhunwala. The first change though didn't work as Munaf Patel castled Paine who missed a slog. Pune had slumped to 17 for 3 and a lot depended on Yuvraj Singh, their skipper. But he lasted just two balls and edged Munaf to Rayudu. Four wickets had been lost for one run in the space of seven balls. Robin Uthappa and Mohnish Mishra then took the score past 50. More was expected from this partnership but Ali Mortaza took his wicket. As well as Munaf, Malinga and Mortaza bowled, the Warriors had no business to not bat out their full compliment of 20 overs. They wasted 16 deliveries and contributed greatly to Yuvraj's smile turning into a glower.

Delhi Daredevils Vs Deccan Chargers

The DelhiDaredevils will take on Deccan Chargers with a newly gained confidence today at the Ferozeshah Kotla Stadium in Delhi.Sagakkara and Sohal hold the citadel to score easy boundaries against the Daredevil bowlers.

The IPL which will take place at the Kotla on Tuesday involves teams who are trying to stay buoyant in the competition - Delhi Daredevils and Deccan Chargers. Both have just a single win each so far and will try to gain some momentum when they battle it out in the middle.

The Daredevils, who got a win on board on Sunday night after two comprehensive losses earlier, are still regarded by many as one of the weakest teams in IPL 4. The Chargers, by comparison, look much more balanced . A powerful top-order features the likes of skipper Kumar Sangakkara, South Africa's JP Duminy and Australian newcomer Daniel Christian. The surprise package for the side has been Bharat Chipli – the leading batsman for the side.And the pace Attack is in the safe hands of Dale Steyn and Ishant Sharma while they have otherhandy spinners like left-arm Spinner Pragyan Ojha and leg-spinner Amit Mishra.Anyways chargers have lost three out of four games till now.

On the other hand Delhi with the openers like Sehwag and David Warner and along with the Warner Venugopal Is the most consistent batsmen.All rounder James Hopes provides more boost to the lower middle order their Main concern remains with the spin department as Shahbaz Nadeem efforts so far has no support from the other end But the two teams look equally matched with the players let’s wait and watch the action .

Kochi Tuskers Kerala beat Chennai Super Kings

Kochi opener Brendon Mc cullum scored quick 47 and helped Kochi beat Chennai by 7 wickets in a rain-shortened

17 over Match at the Nehru Stadium in Kochi yesterday. Wicketkeeper-batsman Parthiv Patel (34 off 26 balls) played a good supporting role after McCullum's fireworks as the Kochi team underscored captain Mahela Jayawardene's claim that they had enough talent on the bench. The seven-wicket win for the home team came with two overs to spare.

Parthiv Patel was the last wicket to fall for Kochi as Brad Hodge and Ravindra Jadeja scored the winning run for the

Team in the 15^th over. Earlier, CSK weathered an unexpected change in the situation of the wicket at the Jawaharlal Nehru stadium and a rain interruption to post a competitive 131 for four in 17 overs on the strength of a stroke-filled 50 from Suresh Raina. Unusual April rain in Kerala had reduced the match by three overs after Mahela Jayawardene opted to field first. The revised target after a 95-minute break for the home team was 135.

Suresh Raina scored a fine 50 as Chennai put 131/4 in 17 overs against Kochi in the rain-shortened IPL Match.

Chennai had to face early set back, when kochi paceman RP Singh got the better off from their opener in-form

Michael Hussy in the third over of the innings.Chennai lost his wicket in 2.2 overs for 11. After that wicket loss,Suresh raina and Murali Vijay had a partnership to counteract the effects of an early loss of wicket.But just when

Two were doing well together Kochi’s Sri-Lankan Thissara Perera trapped Vijay LBW on 28 and it lost another

Wicket.But at the end of the ninth over it started raining and pitch was covered Chennai were 65/2 at that time.

The match resumed only after one and a half hours three overs being cut from both the innings.

Fours were really hard to come by in the wetfield.So badrinath decided to take another route he made room and tried to play it on the leg side,but failed and ended up getting trapped LBW on 19 with the loss of third wicket Chennai were 96/3.Finally skipper Dhoni and Ablie Morkel helped Chennai keep 131/4 on board in 17 overs.

Rajasthan Royals vs Kolkata Knight Riders, 16th IPL T20

The Kolkata Knight Riders faces their second successive victory over Rajasthan Royals.They won by eight wickets in the second match with more than six overs left with them at Eden Gardens on Sunday.Rajasthan Royals lost five wickets for three runs to be bowled out for 81 against the Kolkata knight Riders. Gautam Gambhir won the toss and

Choose to field.and allowed the KKR to make their dream fulfill. Both teams have had a rationally victorious tournament so far, winning two of their three fixtures but Kolkata are coming into the game on the back of a nine wicket win against the Royals in an away clash on Friday. Shaun Tait comes back into the team for the Royals but Rahul Dravid and Johan Botha miss out because of injuries.The KKR on Friday stopped the RR two-match winning

Run with a nine wicket victory over in Jaipur.Like wise The Knights, handed the luxury of chasing four runs an over, saw a rare first-over dismissal of the accomplished Jacques Kallis. That, too, off a short ball with the South African opener shaping for a pull off Shaun Tait only to check his shot and top-edge a high catch.

But so inadequate was the target,Gambhir and Manvinder Bisla could afford to take their time in the face of some

Fiery stuff from Tait, who steamed in with four slips and a gully in his opening spell in an obvious effort to rip off the KKR top-order. Bisla succumbed to Warne, but Gambhir (35 not out off 35 balls, 3x4), who is truly looking like a man on a mission, and local boy Manoj Tiwary (30 not out off 26 balls, 4x4, 1x6) stepped on the pedal and raced past the target with 6.1 overs to spare.

In the end Tiwari,turned on the style with a 6,4 and 4 off Tait’s final over and delighted the cricket fans.

Pune Warriors victory over Kings XI Punjab

Here again the DLF IPL begins….the fourth match between the Pune Warriors VS Kings XI Punjab at the

D.Y.Patil Stadium entertained the cricket fans and in its debut Sahara Pune Warriors bagged a seven-wicket victory over Kings XI Punjab .

Mithun Manhas with an inventive 35 off 31 balls, lent a helping hand to his bowlers whose hard work earlier had restricted Kings XI Punjab to 112 for eight off its 20 overs.

The IPL debutant lost opener Graeme Smith first ball before the confident Manhas counter-attacked.

After Manhas deceased, Jesse Ryder continued in the insistent element However, he paid the price for brazen hitting.

Stepping outside leg stump to slash Mclaren over slips, he ended up nicking it behind into Gilchrist's gloves.

Yuvraj Singh joined Robin Uthappa at the crease at 68 for three in nine overs, 45 runs away from target, and the duo saw them through to the end. .

Earlier, Yuvraj, used seven bowlers, denying the Kings XI batsmen the slightest chance to find their bearings against a varied attack.

Left-armer Shrikant Wagh emerged as the surprise package. The Vidarbha youngster struck in the second and fourth of the match, claiming opener Shaun Marsh and Dinesh Karthik. South Africans Alponso Thomas and Wayne Parnell also did their bit with new ball, hustling batsmen with pace and keeping a tight line.

Ryder too kept the brakes on scoring with teasing length and gave away just nine runs in three overs. .

Gilchrist was beaten by pace and bounce against Thomas, the ball lobbing off the bat handle for a high catch into Uthappa's gloves. Rahul Sharma pulled off a sharp catch at deep square leg to send back Shaun Marsh.

He also held a slash by Dinesh Karthik over slips at third man Pune Warriors then got a bonus wicket in the form of a run-out. Sunny Singh charged out for a run following a forceful pull to mid-on while Abhishek Nayar at the non-striker end did not respond.

Soon, Kings XI found itself at 36 for five in six overs, and banked on Nayar to bail them out. The left-hander, opting to blast his way out of trouble and living a charmed life, slashed at a Ryder ball outside the offstump but could not clear Smith at point.

Parnell's line and nip off the track in a three-overs spell helped Pune Warriors drive batsmen further into irritation as Kings XI stumbled to 50 from 11 overs.

Yuvraj then turned to slow bowlers for further inroads, using Manhas's off-breaks and leg-spinner Sharma to deny batsmen pace.

Pune Warriors victory over Kings XI Punjab

Here again the DLF IPL begins….the fourth match between the Pune Warriors VS Kings XI Punjab at the D.Y.Patil Stadium entertained the cricket fans and in its debut Sahara Pune Warriors bagged a seven-wicket victory over Kings XI Punjab . Mithun Manhas with an inventive 35 off 31 balls, lent a helping hand to his bowlers whose hard work earlier had restricted Kings XI Punjab to 112 for eight off its 20 overs.

The IPL debutant lost opener Graeme Smith first ball before the confident Manhas counter-attacked.

After Manhas deceased, Jesse Ryder continued in the insistent element However, he paid the price for brazen hitting.

Stepping outside leg stump to slash Mclaren over slips, he ended up nicking it behind into Gilchrist's gloves.

Yuvraj Singh joined Robin Uthappa at the crease at 68 for three in nine overs, 45 runs away from target, and the duo saw them through to the end. .

Earlier, Yuvraj, used seven bowlers, denying the Kings XI batsmen the slightest chance to find their bearings against a varied attack.

Left-armer Shrikant Wagh emerged as the surprise package. The Vidarbha youngster struck in the second and fourth of the match, claiming opener Shaun Marsh and Dinesh Karthik. South Africans Alponso Thomas and Wayne Parnell also did their bit with new ball, hustling batsmen with pace and keeping a tight line.

Ryder too kept the brakes on scoring with teasing length and gave away just nine runs in three overs. .

Gilchrist was beaten by pace and bounce against Thomas, the ball lobbing off the bat handle for a high catch into Uthappa's gloves. Rahul Sharma pulled off a sharp catch at deep square leg to send back Shaun Marsh.

He also held a slash by Dinesh Karthik over slips at third man Pune Warriors then got a bonus wicket in the form of a run-out. Sunny Singh charged out for a run following a forceful pull to mid-on while Abhishek Nayar at the non-striker end did not respond.

Soon, Kings XI found itself at 36 for five in six overs, and banked on Nayar to bail them out. The left-hander, opting to blast his way out of trouble and living a charmed life, slashed at a Ryder ball outside the offstump but could not clear Smith at point.

Parnell's line and nip off the track in a three-overs spell helped Pune Warriors drive batsmen further into irritation as Kings XI stumbled to 50 from 11 overs.

Yuvraj then turned to slow bowlers for further inroads, using Manhas's off-breaks and leg-spinner Sharma to deny batsmen pace.

Meanwhile, McLaren muscled his way to an unbeaten 51 and Piyush Chawla chipped in with 15 in a gritty 35-runs stand for the seventh wicket.