Having lost their home tie against Chennai Super Kings, Yuvraj Singh’s Kings XI Punjab team would be keen to perform in the revenge match at the M A Chidambaram stadium today.
Absence of Australian players -- Mike Hussey and Matthew Hayden -- and Kiwi Jacob Oram gives Yuvraj a perfect chance not only to take revenge for the early defeat but also strengthen their chances of making it to the semifinal stage.
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Saturday, May 10, 2008
Kings XI Punjab ready to win
Kolkata wins against Bangalore
Bangalore Royal Challengers went down to the Kolkata Knight Riders by just 5 runs on Thursday.
In a match hit by the weather which had been shortened to 16 overs, the hopes on the shoulders of Saurav Ganguly and the David Hussey. The duo was looking good and laid a foundation for the Riders. But, both got themselves run-out after at a crucial juncture.
Sunday, May 4, 2008
Mumbai Indians beat Delhi Daredevils by 29 runs
Mumbai Indians had the Delhi Daredevils eyeing their fifth win in six games as the home team were restricted to 162 for 8 at the DY Patil Sports Academy stadium.
Praising his teammates for stunning the high-flying Delhi Daredevils in the DLF-IPL clash on Sunday, Mumbai Indians captain Shaun Pollock said the players have finally come to terms with the Twenty20 format.
Sehwag felt his dismissal in the 11th over when the score was 82 for three, was the turning point.
The absence of Sachin Tendulkar hit Mumbai hard again, especially against a new-ball bowling attack which had Glenn McGrath and Mohammad Asif.
Rajasthan beat Chennai
Rajasthan Royals rocked the match with help from Sohail Tanvir taking out 6 wickets sending Chennai Super Kings crashing to 109
The scores: Chennai Super Kings: Parthiv lbw b Tanvir 0, S. Fleming lbw b Tanvir 0, S. Vidyut c Warne b Tanvir 5, S. Raina c Tanvir b Munaf 27, S. Badrinath c & b Watson 15, M.S. Dhoni c Smith b Warne 1, A. Morkel b Tanvir 42, Joginder c Tanvir b Munaf 0, M. Gony (not out) 1, M. Muralitharan b Tanvir 0, M. Nitini b Tanvir 11; Extras: (b-4, lb-1, w-2) 7; Total: (in 19 overs) 109.
Fall of wickets: 1-0, 2-1, 3-11, 4-38, 5-44, 6-88, 7-91, 8-96, 9-96.
Rajasthan Royals bowling: Tanvir 4-0-14-6, Watson 4-0-19-1, Munaf 4-0-16-2, Trivedi 2-0-17-0, Warne 3-0-29-1, Pathan 2-0-9-0.
Rajasthan Royals: G. Smith (not out) 35, S. Asnodkar c Ntini b Vidyut 32, Yusuf c Raina b Muralitharan 8, S. Watson (not out) 14; Extras: (lb-6, nb-1, w-14) 21; Total: (for two wkts, 14.2 overs) 110.
Fall of wickets: 1-78, 2-92.
Chennai Super Kings bowling: Ntini 3-1-17-0, Gony 3-0-25-0, Morkel 1-0-10-0, Muralitharan 4-0-20-1, Raina 1.2-0-10-0, Vidyut 2-0-22-1.
Friday, May 2, 2008
Fine time at IPL
Sourav Ganguly(Kolkata Knight Riders) and Shane Warne(Rajasthan Royals) are fined 10% of their cricket match fee following their behavior in Jaipur on Thursdays match
Warne was punished for his critism of saurav's conduct at the conference after the match,while saurav was penalised for asking the umpire to refer a catch to the third umpire.
The IPL has also suspended the umpire in question,Pratap Kumar, for a match.
Thursday, May 1, 2008
Bhajji banned for the entire IPL?
The verdict just came out. Bhajji is banned from the remaining matches of the IPL. He is also fined 100% of the match fee and this is only a IPL sentence. The BCCI is conducting a seperate inquiry.
Shreesant has been given a warning that the agressive behaviour on field will not be taken lightly by the umpire or the match refree from here onwards.
Also they say it was totally unprovoked. Well how about it. As Dhoni said Zidane had to lose the golden shoe due to his head butt.
Punnishment was comming. Provoked or not provoked, you cant go around hitting or slapping or butting people. But..........
So is the punishment too much or too less. Or could he have been punished in some other manner.
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