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  • Kolkata snatches IPL 5 Title from two time champions Chennai Super Kings

    6:16 am on May 26, 2012 | 0 Comment Permalink | Reply

    A nail biting win against Chennai Super Kings by Kolkata Knight Riders will be memorable win for Riders and their owner Shah Rukh Khan.

    Being the champion for the past two seasons, Chennai Super Kings missed the chance this time when just 2 balls were left and Shakib Al Hasan and Manoj Tiwary sealed the match by two consecutive boundaries in Dwayne Bravo’s over.

    A last moment change by Kolkata Knight Riders by letting Brendon McCullum sitting on dug and giving a chance to Manvinder Bisla (89) who knocked out some good stroke helped Knight Riders to win the title.

    Bisla was not alone; Jacques Kallis (69) also contributed well in the innings. However, he was caught in the boundary line by R Jadeja at the crucial moment.

    A chase of 191 for Riders seemed easy until Bisla and Kallis got out, but Shakib and Tiwary did well by playing sensible in last couple of overs. CSK bowlers and skipper MS Dhoni left clueless and tried every bit to stop the win but eventually failed in getting the title for the third time.

    Shakib who was once caught during Ben Hilfenhaus bowling but was given not out as it was a no ball due to waist high.

    Chennai Super Kings, at the early batting stage displayed a good spirit with good opening by Murli Vijay (42) and Mike Hussey (54). But Suresh Raina (63) batted exceptionally.

    Brett Lee (0/42) was hit badly in his every over, along with Suresh Narine (0/37). Even CSK bowlers were not sparred as Dwayne Bravo (1/49) and R Ashwin (1/41) gave away too many runs.

    However, it was the night for Knight Riders and successful raise the IPL 5 season trophy.

    Skipper Gautam Gambhir said, “Only one word comes to mind, mission accomplished. We knew we had the side to go all the way. People had questioned our middle order but I knew they would come good when it really mattered. Balaji is our unsung hero, it was tough for him to miss out on this match before his home crowd and we were playing for him. It is tough to go out and chase 190 against a home side that is defending their title. It just shows Bisla’s character that he could go out there and play such an innings. I think it is the team that makes a captain look good. I wore my pads through the innings as a superstition but then again the guys played some brilliant cricket. I want to thank Kolkata for their support and I hope we have made them very happy tonight.”

    Squad:

    Chennai Super Kings: Murali Vijay, Michael Hussey, Suresh Raina, MS Dhoni (c & wk), Ravindra Jadeja, Dwayne Bravo, Albie Morkel, S Badrinath, Ravichandran Ashwin, Shadab Jakati, Ben Hilfenhaus

    Kolkata Knight Riders: Gautam Gambhir (c), Manvinder Bisla (wk), Jacques Kallis, Shakib Al Hasan, Manoj Tiwary, Yusuf Pathan, Laxmi Shukla, Brett Lee, Rajat Bhatia, Sunil Narine, Iqbal Abdulla

     

  • Delhi Daredevils Thrash Rajasthan Royals by 6 wickets

    6:14 am on May 2, 2012 | 0 Comment Permalink | Reply

    A blistering performance by Delhi Daredevils skipper Virender Sehwag and superb bowling by Pawan Negi helped the team to have yet another win against Rajasthan Royals.

    Sehwag blasted 73 off 38 balls chasing a mere score 147. On the other side, Kevin Pietersen (36) for whom this was the last IPL match of this season helped along with Sehwag to have a win.

    Earlier, Pawan Negi (4/18) showed some superb bowling of his career by keeping Royal under huge pressure. He sent top order batsmen Rahul Dravid (57), Ajinkya Rahane (42), Shane Watson (8) back to pavilion.

    Though Dravid complete his half century in 35 balls, there were no other batsmen at the end to contribute to raise the score for a competitive level. Dravid along with Rahane played some good shots but all went on vain.

    Even, Delhi Daredevils had a bad start with Mahela Jayawardane (0) was sent back to pavilion. But Sehwag kept on striking some good shots bringing down the pressure of middle order batsmen.

    From Rajasthan side Brad Hogg collected 2 wickets with 32 runs.  However, no bowler from Royals could work in front of Sehwag.

    With this match Shane Watson has enter into the league by joining Rajasthan Royals and Pietersen exists from Delhi Daredevils team

    Pawan Negi was the Man of the Match and said, “I am feeling pretty happy with my bowling. It was a batting wicket and I was well supported by my team-mates. I have learnt a lot from my seniors and it is a joy to share the dressing room with them.

    Squad:

    Delhi Daredevils: Virender Sehwag (c), Mahela Jayawardene, Kevin Pietersen, Ross Taylor, Yogesh Nagar, Irfan Pathan, Naman Ojha (wk), Morne Morkel, Pawan Negi, Umesh Yadav, Shahbaz Nadeem

    Rajasthan Royals: Rahul Dravid (c), Ajinkya Rahane, Shane Watson, Owais Shah, Brad Hodge, Shreevats Goswami (wk), Ashok Menaria, Brad Hogg, Ankeet Chavan, Amit Singh, Pankaj Singh

     

  • Deccan Chargers Beat Pune Warriors by 13 Runs

    6:13 am on May 1, 2012 | 0 Comment Permalink | Reply

    Important partnership between Deccan skipper Kumar Sangakkara and Cameroon White helped the team to give a touch chase to Pune Warriors leading to win by 13 runs.

    Chasing the tuff target of 187, Pune Warriors hit out with their best but failed to reach the target due to gripping fielding and bowling by Deccan bowlers. Sangakkara (82) and Cameroon White (74) played a brilliant innings with the partnership of 157 and scoring 95 runs in last six overs.

    However, Pune Warriors also answered attackingly with skipper Sourav Ganguly (45) and Michael Clarke (41) played a good innings keeping hopes of win. Steven Smith (47) on the other hand also hit some good shots around the stadium helping to reach the target.

    But Chargers took some easy breath as they Amit Mishra ran Clarke out and putting pressure back on Warriors.  However, Robin Uthappa and Smith tried their best to carry the score ahead.

    Sangakkara, who wasn’t in his form till last match, came back with solid strokes and winning the match. Tough both batsmen were under pressure but still managed to score the huge run.

    Squad:

    Pune Warriors: Sourav Ganguly (c), Manish Pandey, Michael Clarke, Robin Uthappa (wk), Marlon Samuels, Steven Smith, Wayne Parnell, Mithun Manhas, Bhuvneshwar Kumar, Murali Kartik, Ashish Nehra

    Deccan Chargers: Parthiv Patel (wk), Shikhar Dhawan, Kumar Sangakkara (c), Cameron White, Jean-Paul Duminy, Biplab Samantray, Ankit Sharma, Ashish Reddy, Amit Mishra, Dale Steyn, Veer Pratap Singh

     

  • Kolkata Knight Riders win 5 wickets against Chennai Super Kings

    6:12 am on May 1, 2012 | 0 Comment Permalink | Reply

    Chasing a small total of 140, Kolkata Knight Riders won the match by 5 wickets. However, Chennai Super Kings tried to keep knight riders under pressure till last over.

    Gautham Gambhir () was the highest scorer and scored hi 4th fifty taking the score ahead to reach the target. However, his fine innings came to an end at 18th over and was dismissed by Dwayne Bravo.

    Gambhir along with Jacques Kallis had good partnership of 70 runs which was broken by Bravo. Earlier, Brendon McCullum was dismissed early by R Ashwin which was early blow for Knight Riders.

    Kolkata Knight Riders showed a brilliant performance in bowling which kept Super Kings under pressure throughout the match. Skipper Dhoni (34) and Albie Morkel (13) both created 21 runs in just 2 overs.

    Suresh Raina (44) was in good touch but couldn’t stretch his inning for too long. Dwayne Bravo and Raina added 42 run in the scoreboard.

    David Hussey and Faf du Plessis went back to pavilion cheaply which kept Super Kings under pressure right from the start.

    Chennai however had a great boost wit Michael Hussey came back into the team, replacing Wriddhiman Saha.

    Squad:

    Chennai Super Kings: Faf du Plessis, Subramaniam Badrinath, Michael Hussey, Suresh Raina, Ravindra Jadeja, MS Dhoni, Dwayne Bravo, Albie Morkel, Ravichandran Ashwin, Shadab Jakati, Yo Mahesh

    Kolkata Knight Riders: Brendon McCullum, Gautam Gambhir, Jacques Kallis, Yusuf Pathan, Manoj Tiwary, Debabrata Das, Laxmi Shukla, Brett Lee, Rajat Bhatia, Sunil Narine, Iqbal Abdulla

     

  • Chennai Super Kings Beat Pune Warriors by 13 Runs

    6:11 am on April 20, 2012 | 0 Comment Permalink | Reply

    Blasting performance from Chennai Super Kings captain MS Dhoni in the first inning helped to give target of 164 to win, but the tight line bowling from CSK restricted Pune Warriors to reach the target losing for 13 runs

    With 45 runs to win in the last four overs, Angelo Mathews (27) and Steve Smith (23) tried hard to reach the target but right on target bowling from CSK bowlers restricted to reach the score.

    In the first innings, CSK Faf du Plessis (58) and S Badrinath (57) had a good partnership which cruised the scoreboard tickling.  Dhoni (28) on the other hand created a blinder by hitting some exclusive blasting shots around the stadium.

    Pune Warriors Skipper, Sourav Ganguly (24) tried to stay in crease but gave out a catch to Kulasekara in S Jakati’s bowling. Ashish Nehra was rewarded with two wickets of Suresh Raina and Dwayne Bravo.

    Pune Warrior surely needs a good comeback in the next match as it seems they are having a worst IPL season.

    Kulasekara was awarded with Man of the Match for his 2/10. He said, “We need to get the old ball to swing and get early wickets. I am glad we did that and took early wickets. It was a team effort.

    Squad:                                            

    Chennai Super Kings: Faf du Plessis, Wriddhiman Saha, Suresh Raina, S Badrinath, Ravindra Jadeja, MS Dhoni (c & wk), Dwayne Bravo, Nuwan Kulasekara, Ravichandran Ashwin, Shadab Jakati, Doug Bollinger

    Pune Warriors: Jesse Ryder, Robin Uthappa (wk), Sourav Ganguly (c), Marlon Samuels, Angelo Mathews, Steven Smith, Manish Pandey, Murali Kartik, Rahul Sharma, Bhuvneshwar Kumar, Ashish Nehra

     

  • Kolkata Knight Riders Beat Kings XI Punjab by 8 Wickets

    6:09 am on April 19, 2012 | 0 Comment Permalink | Reply

    Kolkata Knight Riders captain Gautam Gambhir played a captain’s inning by unbeaten 66 and helped the team to win against Kings XI Punjab.

    Chasing the modest 124 score, KKR didn’t had any problem in chasing the score and Gambhir along with Jacques Kallis (30) helped to cruise the score in easy way at PCA stadium in Mohali.

    A discipline bowling and batting displayed by Knight Riders restricted Kings XI to 124. Winning the toss and electing to bat first, Kings XI Punjab lost Paul Valthaty in the third over, on the other hand, Adam Gilchrist (28) had leave in midway due to hamstring pull.

    With the exit of Gilchrist, Punjab found it difficult to score freely and ended up into low score target.  Though he returned back to the crease on 19th over but it was too late to score.

    Brett Lee (2 for 26) and Sunil Narine (2 for 24) starred from the bowling department in KKR.  From Kolkata Knight Rider (KKR) innings, Brendon McCullum (15) was looking dangerous initially but was sent back to pavilion by Chawla.

    However, Gautam Gambhir and Jacques Kallis handled the situation and took the team to the winning score.

    Squad:

    Kings XI Punjab:  Adam Gilchrist (c & wk), Paul Valthaty, Shaun Marsh, David Hussey, Mandeep Singh, Paras Dogra, Dimitri Mascarenhas, Piyush Chawla, Praveen Kumar, Bhargav Bhatt, Harmeet Singh

    Kolkata Knight Riders (KKR): Brendon McCullum, Jacques Kallis, Gautam Gambhir (c), Manvinder Bisla (wk), Manoj Tiwary, Yusuf Pathan, Debabrata Das, Brett Lee, Rajat Bhatia, Sunil Narine, Lakshmipathy Balaji

     

  • Bangalore Royal Challengers Thrill Pune Warriors with a Win

    6:08 am on April 18, 2012 | 0 Comment Permalink | Reply

    A last ball six by Saurabh Tiwary took the spectators and team mates to surprise as Royal Challenger set a thrilling win against Pune Warriors.

    Chasing a huge total of 183 runs, Bangalore beat Warriors by 6 wickets at Chinnaswamy Stadium, Bangalore with Chris Gayle (81) storm strike over the stadium with some powerful shots around giving no mercy to bowlers.

    His 5 consecutive sixes in Rahul Sharma’s bowling held the stadium spectators on their edge. Right from starting, Gayle was in full form and demolished Pune attack in a very hard hitting way.

    Before falling to Nehra, Gayle did his job after which AB de Villiers handled the situation in an attacking way. De Villiers along with Tiwary both unbeaten knocked Pune with some striking shots around stadium.

    Needing 21 runs to win in the last over, both de Villiers and Tiwary attacked Nehra to reach the score. However, other top order batsmen couldn’t show up to contribute for the target.

    Earlier, local boy Robin Uthappa scored a stylish (69) along with some contribution from Jesse Ryders and Marlon Samuels helped in giving a tough chase of 183 to Challengers.

    Jesse Ryders and Robin Uthappa both started off with the cracking 63 runs partnership for the first wicket.

    Samuels did give a good finishing touch to Warriors by just falling short of 200 runs.

    Squad:                                                                                         

    RCB: Tillakaratne Dilshan, Chris Gayle, Virat Kohli, AB de Villiers (wk), Saurabh Tiwary, Mayank Agarwal, Daniel Vettori (c), Vinay Kumar, Zaheer Khan, Harshal Patel, KP Appanna

    PW: Robin Uthappa (wk), Jesse Ryder, Sourav Ganguly (c), Marlon Samuels, Angelo Mathews, Steven Smith, Mithun Manhas, Rahul Sharma, Bhuvneshwar Kumar, Ashish Nehra, Ashok Dinda

     

  • Brad Hodges Excels Rajasthan Royals to an Exciting win against Deccan Charger

    6:07 am on April 18, 2012 | 0 Comment Permalink | Reply

    Rajasthan Royal’s Brad Hodge stunning batting helped the team to a win with 5 wickets against Deccan Chargers.

    Hodge with unbeaten 48 off 21 deliveries helped to chase the mammoth target of 197 set by Chargers.  Royals were short of 25 runs in last 2 overs and were difficult to chase after Johan Botha got out. But Hodge played a brilliant role in chasing down the target.

    Dishant Yagnik also helped Hodge to chase the score in the last over by hitting boundary to Dale Steyn.

    In the first inning, Jean Paul Duminy (58) helped Deccan to set a huge target. Duminy along with Shikhar Dhawan (52) played a cameo in leading the scorecard ahead.

    Duminy playing his first match in IPL 5 had a great start by hitting some good strokes around the ground.

    Chasing the score, Royal’s captain Rahul Dravid (42) also played some good stokes and along with Rahane both added 62 runs partnership. Orange Cap holder Rahane (44) produced a good match and completing his 300 runs in IPL season.

    Being the Man of the Match, Brad Hodge said, “I think it’s the role of the Australian to try and attack the fast bowlers. That’s our nature, Indians are good at playing spin and we’re good at playing fast bowlers. I really enjoy my cricket and I love playing, as long as I can perform, I can continue playing. It’s a completely different role here to finish games. Rahul has given a specific role for me and things are working out well. Rahane and Rahul are doing a fine job at the start, and I’m finishing games, so it’s very happy for me.”

    Squad:

    Rajasthan Royals:  Rahul Dravid (c), Ajinkya Rahane, Owais Shah, Brad Hodge, Ashok Menaria, Dishant Yagnik (wk), Johan Botha, Brad Hogg, Amit Singh, Siddharth Trivedi, Pankaj Singh

    Deccan Chargers: Bharat Chipli, Shikhar Dhawan, Tanmay Mishra, Daniel Christian, Kumar Sangakkara (c & wk), Jean-Paul Duminy, Abhishek Jhunjunwala, Ankit Sharma, Amit Mishra, Dale Steyn, Anand Rajan

     

     

  • Mumbai Indians Set an easy win for Delhi Daredevils

    6:05 am on April 18, 2012 | 0 Comment Permalink | Reply

    Mumbai Indians could handle the fire of bowling coming from Daredevils bowler and set a cheap score to win at Mumbai’s, Wankhade Stadium.

    Chasing a small score of 92, Daredevils didn’t had to struggle much with hitting around the stadium and by losing 3 wickets, team easily won the match.

    Right from winning the toss, Daredevils had a grip over the match by which it restricted MI from scoring an at least.

    MI playing without injured Sachin Tendulkar, Lasith Malinga couldn’t control the match in both batting and bowling.

    Ambati Rayudu, Rohit Sharma, Kieron Pollard couldn’t score much to take the scoreboard tickling with runs. However, MI captian hit some boundaries that help in getting at least few run in scoreboard.

    From Daredevils, Morne Morkel, Shahbaz Nadeem both taking 2-2 wickets were the key players for lowest score.

    Harbhajan Singh wasn’t good with the performance saying, “The shot selection was not good. hopefully we will play better, 140-150 would have been a good score.  there seems to be having something in the wickret, which I lovepaceers.

    Shahbaz Nadeem (MOM) said, “ Enjoyed the bowling. It was a lifetime experience for me. The first ball I bowled wad slow, it drifted. Then looked at bowling arm balls. The wicket wasn’t  turning much, but helped me. This has given me great experience, Sehwag has backed me. It is coming out very well.

    Squad:                                                                    

    MI:  Richard Levi, Davy Jacobs, Rohit Sharma, Ambati Rayudu, Kieron Pollard, Dinesh Karthik, Harbhajan Singh, Clint McKay, Pragyan Ojha, RP Singh, Munaf Patel.

    Delhi Daredevils:  Naman Ojha (wk), Virender Sehwag (c), Kevin Pietersen, Mahela Jayawardene, Ross Taylor, Irfan Pathan, Yogesh Nagar, Ajit Agarkar, Morne Morkel, Umesh Yadav, Shahbaz Nadeem

     

  • Rajasthan Royals Beat Royal Challenger Bangalore by 59 runs

    6:04 am on April 16, 2012 | 0 Comment Permalink | Reply

    After an impressive score by Ajinkya Rahane (103) his maiden century helped Rajasthan Royals to win the match in a huge margin.

    Chasing the huge 195, Royal Challenger couldn’t even pick up the momentum of reaching the score. Bowlers of Rajasthan had a grip in the match right from the initial stage of inning.

    AB de Villiers (4), Virat Kohli (22), Saurabh Tiwary (17), Chris Gayle (8) some of these powerful batsmen couldn’t show their magic.

    However, Mayank Agarwal (34) took the score ahead and gave a flying start, but later he fall as the victim of Pankaj Singh.

    Ajinkya Rahane and Owais Shah destroyed the bowling strength of challengers, as they both went to score a huge score. Even Rahul Dravid (25) got into hands of Daniel Vettori after scoring the partnership of 62 with Rahane.

    Pankaj Singh was replaced by Ankeet Chavan Rajasthan. Also at the other hand, Sreenath Arvind and Mohammad Kaif found place in RCB.

    Squad:

    Rajasthan Royals: Ajinkya Rahane, Rahul Dravid, Ashok Menaria, Johan Botha, Brad Hodge, Brad Hogg, Owais Shah, Shreevats Goswami, A Singh, SK Trivedi, Pankaj Singh

    RCB:  Chris Gayle, Virat Kohli, Saurabh Tiwary, Mayank Agarwal, Mohammad Kaif, Daniel Vettori, AB de Villiers, R Vinay Kumar, Zaheer Khan, Muttaih Murlidharan, S Arvind

     

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