KingsXI Punjab vs Kolkata Knight Riders

Kolkata Knight Riders almost made a match out of a virtually lost cause in their encounter with Kings XI Punjab, but finally losing it by 9 runs.
The Punjab team batting first scored a modest 178-6 in 20 overs. The youngie Shuan Marsh was the top-scorer with 40 runs of 32 balls. Kumara Sangakkara 28 of 21 and Irfan Pathan 24 of 26 also contributed to scorecard.
But a late last over flood of runs by Piyush Chawla 21* of 7 balls from speedster Ishant Sharma took the Mohali team to a respectable 178 runs.
Umar Gul had the best figures of 2/27 in 4 overs.
Chasing the target Kolkata team lost early wickets. Punjab fast bowlers Sreesanth 4 overs, 2/25, Irfan Pathan 4 overs, 2/18 and V.R.V. Singh 4 overs, 1/31 kept the Kolkata top order on a tight leash. While the Kolkata side kept losing wickets, their scoring never picked up.
It was then David Hussey 71 of 46 and Prasanta Saha 59 of 32 who tried to steady the kolkatan inning. Their sixth wicket partnership saw them scoring 100 runs from just 52 balls.
The late gusty play by David Hussey and ample support from P. Saha did revived the hopes of winning for the Knights but it ended in the penultimate over when Hussey holed up one to James Hopes from Gagandeep Singh. The kolkata innings thus ended at 169-6 in 20 overs.
While this is the fourth successive win for the Mohali side, the Kolkata side recorded their fourth straight loss.
Irfan Pathan was declared Man Of the Match for his heroic bowling and the vital contribution with the bat.

Bangalore Royal Challengers vs Deccan Chargers

Royal Challengers pacer Praveen Kumar took three wickets to help his team pull off a narrow three-run win against Deccan Chargers in a nail-biting match.
Put in to bat, none of the Royal Challengers' batsmen could touch the half-century mark and opener Wasim Jaffer top-scored with a 37 ball 44. Virat Kohli 38 and Rahul Dravid 26 provided valuable contributions to the side when other batsmen were out cheaply. The Challengers just reached a total of 156-8 in 20 overs.
RP Singh was the pick of the bowlers returning figures of 3/41.
Chasing a modest total the Deccan opener Adam Gilchrist was out for 10. Gibbs also got out soon scoring just 5. Laxman 52 of 44 balls and Rohit Sharma 57 of 32 balls put on 96 runs for the third wicket to provide a ray of hope when Deccan Chargers.
Shahid Afridi, who came in after the departure of Sharma, did not last long and was out for 1.
When the Hyderabad team needed 20 runs for victory in the last over, Sanjay Bangar 17* hit Anil Kumble for two successive sixes raising the team's hopes but could not clinch the match for his team, which ended up with 153 for six in the 20 overs.
Praveen returned figures of 3/23 in 4 overs taking wickets of Gibbs, Laxman, Afridi.
Praveen Kumar was the Man Of the Match.

Delhi Daredevils vs Chennai SuperKings

Skipper Virender Sehwag and Gautam Gambhir put on a century partnership for the first wicket to power Delhi Daredevils to a commanding eight-wicket win against hitherto unbeaten Chennai Super Kings.
Chennai Super Kings, who won the toss and decided to bat first,put up 169-6 in 20 overs.
The Super Kings were off to a rather unconvincing start against McGrath and Asif. Young Vidyut 54 uf 37 batted quite competently and in the company of Dhoni 32 of 27 and steadied the Super Kings innings. Morkel took his chances and scored a quick 28 of 16 balls. The team Chennai surely the presence of its two Superkings Hayden and Hussey.
From the Delhi side McGrath bowled well giving up 21 in 4 overs and picking the vital wicket of Vidyut.
The Daredevils knocked off the runs in 19 overs after Sehwag 71 of 41 and Gautam Gambhir 50 of 37 provided them a solid start with a 115-run stand off just 68 balls.
None of the Chennai bowler stood tall infront the deadly duo.
AB de Villiers 26* and Shikhar Dhawan 19* safely guided the Daredevils past the winning post.

Skipper Virender Sehwag was the Man Of the Match.

KingsXI Punjab vs Deccan Chargers

Shaun Marsh sizzled on his Indian Premier League debut and blasted an unbeaten 85 off 62 balls as Kings XI Punjab thumped Deccan Chargers by seven wickets with seven balls to spare to coast to their third win of the tournament.
The Deccan batsmen couldn't stand up to the expectation just scoring 164-8 in 20 overs.
VVS Laxman provided a good start scoring 48 of 34 balls. Rohit Sharma stood tall amid ruins and hammered an unbeaten 42 ball 76*. Rohit continued playing his shots but wickets kept tumbling at the other end.
Kings XI leggie Piyush Chawla once again impressed with a three-wicket haul, conceding 28 runs in his four overs. Irfan Pathan picked up 2/30 in 4 overs.
The Punjabis began their chase on a positive note with Marsh imposing himself on the Deccan bowlers. He scored 85* of 62 balls at a brisk rate just what was the demand of the situation.
Mahela Jayawardene scored 45* of 23 balls sailing the team to victory.
Shaun Marsh was the Man Of the Match.

Rajasthan Royals vs Kolkata Knight Riders

Skipper Sourav Ganguly's fighting half century went in vain as Kolkata Knight Riders succumbed to their third consecutive loss, going down by 45 runs to Rajasthan Royals in their Indian Premier League tie at the Sawai Mansingh Stadium.
The Royals were dealt an early blow when Graeme Smith 2 departed in the second over of the innings -- bowled by Ishant Sharma. But Swapnil Asnodkar 60 of 34 balls and Yousuf Pathan 55 of 33 balls slammed blazing fifties to guide Rajasthan Royals to 196 for seven. Later Ravinder Jadeja scored a quick 33 of just 19 balls.
Umar Gul picked up 3/31 in 4 overs.
Chasing 197 for victory, the Knight Riders were bundled out for 151 in 19.1 overs. The Knight Riders had poor running between the wickets to blame for their fall as three of their batsmen were run out in the match, which marked their third successive loss.
Skipper Ganguly scored 51 of 39 balls and David Hussey 42 of 30 balls. The other batsmen couln't do much.
For the Jaipur team, the trio of Shane Watson 2/22, Sohail Tanvir 2/30 and Siddharth Trivedi 2/31 never allowed the Kolkatans to settle down.
Swapnil Asnodkar was the Man Of The Match.

Delhi Daredevils vs Bangalore Royal Challengers

Riding on a brilliant half-century from Gautam Gambhir and a match-winning spell by Glenn McGrath , the Delhi Daredevils defeated bottom-placed Bangalore Royal Challengers by 10 runs in an Indian Premier League match at Delhi.
Gambhir and Sehwag gave a fiery start to the Delhi team by playing the biggies. Sehwag was out midway on 24 Gambhir continued his power hitting and scored 86 of 54 balls.
Shikhar Dhawan with his well-struck 50 from 33 deliveries gave him support as the Delhi team steered to 191-5 in 20 overs.
Chasing a target of 192, the Challengers could only make 181 for five wickets from 20 overs.
The Challengers failed to get a good partnership going. Jacques Kallis was the top scorer with 54 while skipper Rahul Dravid made 38 and Mark Boucher contributed 31.
For the Daredevils, Glenn McGrath 4/29 was the top performer with the ball getting all the top-order batsmen out.
Glenn McGrath was the Player Of the Match.

Mumbai Indians vs Kolkata Knight Riders

Mumbai Indians left behind on-field disappointments and off-field controversies to pull off their maiden win with an emphatic seven-wicket decimation of Kolkata Knight Riders in this Indian Premier League tie.
Knight Riders batting first were restricted to a modest 137 for 8. Mumbai Indians veterans Sanath Jayasuriya 3/14 of 4 overs and Shaun Pollock 2/27 of 4 overs stole the limelight, wrecking the top and middle order of the Kolkata Knight Riders.
It was due to vital contributions of LR Shukla 40* of 22 and Debabrata Das 29 of 20 that the Knishts could reach to this minor total.
The Mumbai Indians overcame early jolts to coast to a comprehensive victory with eight balls to spare to bag their first two points after losing four matches at a stretch.
Dwayne Bravo 64* 53 of balls and Robin Uthappa 37 * of 37 balls took the game away from the Knight Riders with a 113-run unfinished fourth-wicket stand as the Mumbai Indians reached 138 for 3 in 18.4 overs.
With their captain Sachin Tendulkar still out of action owing to a groin injury, and stand-in skipper Harbhajan Singh banned from the IPL, the Mumbai side played their hearts out to dazzle the 80,000-strong crowd at the Eden with an all-round show.
Sanath Jayasuriya was declared Man Of the Match for his magical bowling spell.