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Deccan Chargers added two more points and moved up to 3rd position with yesterdays 53-run victory against Rajasthan Royals. This victory is their largest in term of runs. Hyderabad now need only 2 more wins to move to the Semi Final. On the other hand Rajasthan Royals, the defending champions have to win their rest of the games, 3 out of 3, to make it to the Semi Final.

IPL 2009 – Match 40 – Deccan Chargers Vs Rajasthan Royals – Full Scorecard

Dwyane Smith showing his skills with the bat

Gilchrist won the toss and elected to bat inspite of the fact that on the previous two occasions team batting second won the match. Gilchrist and Suman opened the innings for Deccan Chargers. Gilly opened his account with a huge six over square leg. He was unlucky to be judged LBW of the bowling of Yusuf Pathan, the ball pitched outside leg stump. He scored 10runs of 11 balls. Suman played some good shots and lost his wicket trying to hit one over mid wicket. He scored 29runs in just 19balls including 3 fours and a six.  Expectations were high when Rohit Sharma came to bat but he couldn’t do much and was stumped by Ojha of the bowling of Jadeja. Deccan Chargers were 77/3 during strategic break. Symonds scored quick 30runs in 19balls. Dwayne Smith was the star with the bat. He scored 47 important runs in just 32 balls. He was well supported by Vaas and Rao and helped Deccan Chargers reach 166/7 in 20 Overs.  Yusuf Pathan took 3 wickets while Jadeja claimed 2 wickets.
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IPL T20 Points table after 39 League matches

In yesterday’s matches Delhi Daredevils won by 7 Wickets against Kolkata Knight Riders. Delhi Daredevils are almost through to the semi finals and their winning streak continues with good bowling and batting. They are now in the top of the table with 14 points. On the other hand Kolkata Knight Riders continue to retain their last position. They continue to loss matches by huge margin and with the same team.
In the other match Royal Challengers Bangalore lost to Mumbai Indians by 16Runs. Mumbai Indian have 9 points and Royal Challengers have 8 points. They both have 4 games left and they could make the semi’s only if they win all those 4 matches.

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Good news for Chennai Super Kings fans! Yet another victory for Chennai Super Kings as they won the big match against Rajasthan Royals held in Kimberly, South Africa on 9th May 09.

IPL 2009 – Match 37 – Chennai Super Kings Vs Rajasthan Royals – Full Scorecard

Naman Ojha bowled by Morkel

Shane Warne won the toss and elected to bat first on a slightly slow pitch. Ojha got out early for a duck when the score was just 1. Smith and Asnodkar played without taking any risks. They put on 53 runs for the second wicket in 44 balls. Asnodkar scored 26runs before getting lbw of the bowling of Muralidaran. Rajasthan Royal were 61/2 at strategic break. Smith played without showing any aggression to score runs quickly. When he tried, he lost his wicket stumped by MS Dhoni of the bowling of Muralidaran. Ravindra Jadeja scored runs quickly and scored 27runs in 19balls. Expectations were high when Yusuf Pathan came to bat but he failed and just scored 7 runs. Rajasthan Royals couldn’t step up their run rate and just managed 140/7 in 20 Overs. Super Kings bowled exceptionally well to restrict Rajasthan Royals. Fielding was good except for a drop chance.

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In today’s match, 36th Match of IPLT20 2009, Kings XI Punjab pulled a thriller to keep their hopes high to make it to the Semi finals.

IPL 2009 – Match 36 – Deccan Chargers Vs Kings XI Punjab – Full Scorecard

Kings XI Punjab choose to bowl first winning the toss. Deccan Chargers scored 168runs losing 5wickets. Symonds was the star with the bat, scoring 60Runs in just 36balls. Venugopal Rao scored 35(25). Lee played his first match of this IPL and bowled well for his 1/24 in 4overs. Sreesanth and Chawla got a wicket each.

Jayawardene scored quickly to keep Kings XI Punjab in contest

Kings XI Punjab chaced down 169 with 1 ball to spare, a thrilling end to the match. Kings XI Punjab started well with openers putting on 41 in just 4.3 overs. Both the batsman got out of the same over of Rohit Sharma, who is getting wickets at ease. Yuvraj and Sangakkara put on a partnership and scored at good rate. But both of them got out just like the openers in a span of 3 balls, just before strategic break. All of a sudded Deccan Chargers were back in the game. The score was 86/4. Jayawardene played really really well yet again and scored quick runs and got himself runout when the score was 149. He scored 43runs in 28balls at a strike rate of 153.57. At this stage Kings XI Punjab needed 20 runs in 13 balls. Chawla and Lee kept themselves cool and reached the target with a ball to spare.

Awaiting for the next game…. Clash of TITANS !!!

Delhi Daredevils registered their 6th win as they beat Mumbai Indians by 7 wickets in yesterdays match.

Sachin fell short and was runout by Karthik

Mumbai Indians won the toss and elected to bat first. They lost 2 wickets in the first over. Jayasuriya was replaced by Ronchi to open the innings but he couldn’t manage to score a run and got out needlessly, trying to take a single playing the ball straignt to Warner. Warner was quick to react and hit the stumps at the non-strikers end in a flash. Duminy, the in form batsman for Mumbai Indians was the next to go for a duck, caught by Wicketkeeper Murali Karthik of the bowling of Nannes. After the first over Mumbai Indian were 2/1. Sachin Tendulkar looked in good touch and was run out by Karthik. Shah was caught at mid-on trying to clear the boundary rope. Bravo and Nayar played with some responsibility and they put on 57 Runs for the 5th wicket. Both got out off concecutive deliveries and the tail couldn’t do much with the bat. Mumbai Indians just scored 116 runs in 20 overs, their lowest in all IPL games they played. Bravo was the only batsman who showed some intense scoring 35 of 30balls. Daredevils bowlers bowled well and they fielded well except for couple of drop catches. Bhatia was the pick of the bowlers taking 3 wickets just conceding 15 runs. Nannes and Nehra got 2 wickets each.

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