IPL 2009 Match 11: Punjab Beat Bangalore(

April 24, 2009.
Kings XI Punjab won by 7 wickets (6 balls remaining). Punjab has 1 win from 3 outings, Bengaluru has 1 win from 4 outings.
Punjab 173/ 3 (Bopara 84) beat Bangalore Royal Challengers 168 / 9 (Kallis 62, Abdulla 4-31, Pathan 3-35)



Punjab Kings XI batting (20 overs maximum )
JD Ryder b Abdulla 32 RV Uthappa c Yuvraj Singh b Pathan 0 JH Kallis c Jayawardene b Abdulla 62 KP Pietersen c Goel b Abdulla 0 R Dravid c Singh b Chawla 10 LRPL Taylor c Jayawardene b Abdulla 35 V Kohli c Bopara b Singh 2 P Kumar lbw b Pathan 13 R Vinay Kumar not out 1 Pankaj Singh b Pathan 0 A Kumble not out 5 Extras 8 Total (9 wickets; 20 overs) 168

Batsman	How Out	R	B	4s	6s
JD Ryder	b Abdulla	32	21	6	0
RV Uthappa	c Yuvraj Singh b Pathan	0	1	0	0
JH Kallis	c Jayawardene b Abdulla	62	46	5	2
KP Pietersen	c Goel b Abdulla	0	2	0	0
R Dravid	c Singh b Chawla	10	13	0	0
LRPL Taylor	c Jayawardene b Abdulla	35	22	4	2
V Kohli	c Bopara b Singh	2	3	0	0
P Kumar	lbw b Pathan	13	7	0	1
R Vinay Kumar	not out	1	1	0	0
Pankaj Singh	b Pathan	0	1	0	0
A Kumble	not out	5	3	1	0
Extras	0	8
Total	(9 wickets; 20 overs)	168		16	5

Bangalore Royal Challengers batting (20 overs maximum )
RS Bopara c Ryder b Kallis 85 K Goel run out (Vinay Kumar/Uthappa) 19 KC Sangakkara c Pankaj Singh b Kumble 26 Yuvraj Singh not out 30 DPMD Jayawardene not out 1 12 Total 173

Batsman	How Out	R	B	4s	6s
RS Bopara	c Ryder b Kallis	85	59	4	5
K Goel	run out (Vinay Kumar/Uthappa)	19	19	1	0
KC Sangakkara	c Pankaj Singh b Kumble	26	18	2	1
Yuvraj Singh	not out	30	17	3	1
DPMD Jayawardene	not out	1	1	0	0
				0	0
				0	0
				0	0
				0	0
				0	0
				0	0
		12
Total	0	173		10	7

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April 24, 2009.
Kings XI Punjab won by 7 wickets (6 balls remaining)
Punjab 173/ 3 (Bopara 84) beat Bangalore Royal Challengers 168 / 9 (Kallis 62, Abdulla 4-31, Pathan 3-35)



Punjab Kings XI batting (20 overs maximum )
JD Ryder b Abdulla 32 RV Uthappa c Yuvraj Singh b Pathan 0 JH Kallis c Jayawardene b Abdulla 62 KP Pietersen c Goel b Abdulla 0 R Dravid c Singh b Chawla 10 LRPL Taylor c Jayawardene b Abdulla 35 V Kohli c Bopara b Singh 2 P Kumar lbw b Pathan 13 R Vinay Kumar not out 1 Pankaj Singh b Pathan 0 A Kumble not out 5 Extras 8 Total (9 wickets; 20 overs) 168

Batsman	How Out	R	B	4s	6s
JD Ryder	b Abdulla	32	21	6	0
RV Uthappa	c Yuvraj Singh b Pathan	0	1	0	0
JH Kallis	c Jayawardene b Abdulla	62	46	5	2
KP Pietersen	c Goel b Abdulla	0	2	0	0
R Dravid	c Singh b Chawla	10	13	0	0
LRPL Taylor	c Jayawardene b Abdulla	35	22	4	2
V Kohli	c Bopara b Singh	2	3	0	0
P Kumar	lbw b Pathan	13	7	0	1
R Vinay Kumar	not out	1	1	0	0
Pankaj Singh	b Pathan	0	1	0	0
A Kumble	not out	5	3	1	0
Extras	0	8
Total	(9 wickets; 20 overs)	168		16	5

Bangalore Royal Challengers batting (20 overs maximum )
RS Bopara c Ryder b Kallis 85 K Goel run out (Vinay Kumar/Uthappa) 19 KC Sangakkara c Pankaj Singh b Kumble 26 Yuvraj Singh not out 30 DPMD Jayawardene not out 1 12 Total 173

Batsman	How Out	R	B	4s	6s
RS Bopara	c Ryder b Kallis	85	59	4	5
K Goel	run out (Vinay Kumar/Uthappa)	19	19	1	0
KC Sangakkara	c Pankaj Singh b Kumble	26	18	2	1
Yuvraj Singh	not out	30	17	3	1
DPMD Jayawardene	not out	1	1	0	0
				0	0
				0	0
				0	0
				0	0
				0	0
				0	0
		12
Total	0	173		10	7

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IPL 2009 Match 9: Rajasthan beat Kolkata by Super Over

April 23, 2009
Kolkata Knight Riders 150 / 7 (Ganguly 46, Gayle 41, Kamran Khan 3 for18) tied with
Rajasthan Royals 150 / 6 (Yusuf Pathan 42, Mendis 2 for19). Rajasthan win in first Super Over



Rajasthan Royals batting (20 overs maximum )

Batsman	How Out	R	B	4s	6s
GC Smith	c Gayle b Mendis	15	21	1	0
PC Valthaty	c Sharma b Anureet Singh	5	7	1	0
RJ Quiney	c Gayle b Sharma	6	2	0	1
YK Pathan	c Yashpal Singh b Mendis	42	21	6	2
RA Jadeja	c Yashpal Singh b Sharma	22	26	0	0
AD Mascarenhas	b Anureet Singh	27	28	2	0
AS Raut	not out	21	13	1	2
SK Warne	not out	2	2	0	0
Extras		10
Total		150

Kolkata Knight Riders batting (target: 151 runs from 20 overs)

Batsman	How Out	R	B	4s	6s
CH Gayle	c Jadeja b Warne	41	33	2	4
BB McCullum	c Kamran Khan b Mascarenhas	3	9	0	0
LR Shukla	c Rawat b Kamran Khan	13	13	1	0
BJ Hodge	c Rawat b Patel	5	7	0	0
SC Ganguly	c Rawat b Kamran Khan	46	30	4	2
SB Bangar	c Smith b Kamran Khan	2	9	0	0
Yashpal Singh	c Raut b Warne	20	18	3	0
AB Agarkar	not out	1	1	0	0
I Sharma	run out (Kamran Khan/Rawat)	1	1	0	0
Extras		18
Total		150

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IPL 2009 Match 9: Delhi Beat Chennai by 24 Runs

April 23, 2009
Delhi Daredevils 189 / 5 (de Villiers 105 not out, Dilshan 50, Balaji 3-19) beat Chennai Super Kings (Hayden 57, Raina 41, Sangwan 3-28)


Delhi Daredevils Batting (20 overs maximum)
Batsman How Out R B 4s 6s G Gambhir c Dhoni b Balaji 0 1 0 0 V Sehwag c Morkel b Gony 6 9 1 0 AB de Villiers not out 105 54 5 6 TM Dilshan c Raina b Morkel 50 27 7 2 KD Karthik c Flintoff b Balaji 18 16 2 0 MK Tiwary c Flintoff b Balaji 9 13 1 0 DL Vettori not out 0 0 0 0 Extras 1 Total 189 Chennai Super Kings Batting (target: 190 runs from 20 overs)

PA Patel	c de Villiers b Sangwan	16	15	2	0
ML Hayden	c Nannes b Sangwan	57	27	5	3
SK Raina	c de Villiers b Sangwan	41	27	5	1
MS Dhoni	c Karthik b Vettori	5	7	0	0
A Flintoff	c sub (DA Warner) b Nehra	16	17	1	0
JA Morkel	not out	13	14	1	0
S Badrinath	c sub (DA Warner) b Vettori	7	8	0	0
MS Gony	run out (Sehwag/Vettori)	6	2	0	1
Joginder Sharma	run out (sub [DA Warner])	4	3	0	0
L Balaji	run out (Sangwan/Nannes)	0	0	0	0
M Muralitharan	not out	0	1	0	0
Extras		15
Total		180

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IPL 2009 Match 8: Hyderabad DC Beat Bangalore RC

April 22. 2009. Capetown.
Deccan Chargers won by 24 runs
Deccan Chargers 184/6 (20/20 overs)
Bangalore Royal Challengers 160/8 (20/20 overs)

Deccan Chargers Hyderabad now lead the points table with 4 points - thier first ever IPL lead.

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IPL 2009 Match 7: Mumbai Vs Rajasthan Rained Out

April 21, 2009
Kingsmead, Durban , on 21 April 2009 - day/night (20-over match)
Match abandoned without any ball being bowled.


Mumbai Indians Team:
DJ Bravo, S Dhawan, JP Duminy, CRD Fernando, Harbhajan Singh, ST Jayasuriya, Z Khan, DS Kulkarni, R McLaren, SL Malinga, KD Mills, Mohammad Ashraful, C Nanda, GR Napier, AM Nayar, AM Rahane, RR Raje, L Ronchi, JN Shah, PR Shah, RA Shaikh, YV Takawale, SR Tendulkar, SS Tiwary
Rajasthan Royals Team:
A Angle, SA Asnodkar, LA Carseldine, SD Chitnis, RV Gomez, SM Harwood, T Henderson, RA Jadeja, Kamran Khan, JL Langer, AD Mascarenhas, Mohammed Arif, PP More, M Morkel, NV Ojha, MM Patel, NK Patel, YK Pathan, RJ Quiney, M Rawat, GC Smith, SW Tait, SK Trivedi, SK Warne, SR Watson

IPL 2009 Match 6: Kolkata Knight Riders win Against Punjab

Kings XI Punjab 158/6 (20/20 ov)
Kolkata Knight Riders 79/1 (9.2/9.2 overs)



The first win for Kolkata brings cheer to the team and especially the bollywood superstar Shah rukh khan.
(Video showing Priety Zinta using slangs when Yuvraj gets out)

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IPL 2009 Match 5: Chennai Super Kings beat Bangalore RC

April 20, 2009
Port Elizabeth, South Africa.
Chennai Super Kings 179 for 5 (Hayden 65) defeated Bangalore Royal Challengers 87 (Murali 3-11) by 92 runs.



Next Matches of Chennai and Bengaluru
Match 8 Bangalore Royal Challengers Vs Deccan Chargers Cape Town April 22 8 p.m
Match 9 Chennai Super Kings Vs Delhi Daredevils Durban April 23 4 p.m


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IPL 2009 Match 5: Chennai Super Kings beat Bangalore RC

April 20, 2009
Port Elizabeth, South Africa.
Chennai Super Kings 179 for 5 (Hayden 65) defeated Bangalore Royal Challengers 87 (Murali 3-11) by 92 runs.



Next Matches of Chennai and Bengaluru
Match 8 Bangalore Royal Challengers Vs Deccan Chargers Cape Town April 22 8 p.m
Match 9 Chennai Super Kings Vs Delhi Daredevils Durban April 23 4 p.m


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IPL 2009 Match 3: Delhi Daredevils beat Punjab on rainy day

Delhi Daredevils 54 for 0 (Sehwag 38*) beat
Kings XI Punjab 104 for 7 (Goel 38, Vettori 3-15) by ten wickets
Match 4: Hyderabad vs Koltata


Next Matches of Delhi and Punjab:
6 Kings XI Punjab Vs Kolkata Knight Riders , Durban , April 21 4 p.m
9 Chennai Super Kings Vs Delhi Daredevils , Durban , April 23 4 p.m


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IPL 2009 Match 4: Deccan Chargers Beat Kolkata Knight Riders

Deccan Chargers 104 for 2 (Gibbs 43*, Rohit 36*) bt Kolkata Knight Riders 101 (RP Singh 4-22) by eight wickets

Upcoming Matches of Indian Premier League 2009:
5 Chennai Super Kings Vs Bangalore Royal Challengers , Port Elizabeth , April 20 8 p.m
6 Kings XI Punjab Vs Kolkata Knight Riders , Durban , April 21 4 p.m
7 Rajasthan Royals Vs Mumbai Indians , Durban , April 21 8 p.m
8 Bangalore Royal Challengers Vs Deccan Chargers , Cape Town , April 22 8 p.m
9 Chennai Super Kings Vs Delhi Daredevils , Durban , April 23 4 p.m
10 Kolkata Knight Riders Vs Rajasthan Royals , Cape Town , April 23 8 p.m
11 Bangalore Royal Challengers Vs Kings XI Punjab , Durban , April 24 8 p.m
12 Mumbai Indians Vs Deccan Chargers , Durban , April 25 4 p.m
13 Chennai Super Kings Vs Kolkata Knight Riders , Cape Town , April 25 8 p.m
14 Bangalore Royal Challengers Vs Delhi Daredevils , Port Elizabeth , April 26 4 p.m


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IPL 2 Match 2: Bangalore Make Light of Defending Champs Rajasthan

April 17, 2009.
Cape Town
Bangalore 133/8 (20/20 ov)
Rajasthan Royals 58 (15.1/20 ov)



What a Mauling of Rajasthan Royals by Bangalore Royal Challengers. This is the second lowest T20 match total.


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IPL 2009 Match 1: Mumbai Indians Beat Chennai Superkings

Capetown. Mumbai Indians won by 19 runs.
Mumbai Indians 165/7 (20/20 ov)
Chennai Super Kings 146/7 (20.0/20 ov)



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Indian Premier League IPL 2 Commences With Mumbai Vs Chennai

Finally the First ball is bowled as Mumbai was put to bat first by Chennnai.



Mumbai Indians: 1 Sanath Jayasuriya, 2 Sachin Tendulkar, 3 Shikhar Dhawan, 4 JP Duminy, 5 Dwayne Bravo, 6 Abhishek Nayar, 7 Pinal Shah (wk), 8 Harbhajan Singh, 9 Zaheer Khan, 10 Lasith Malinga, 11 Rohan Raje. Chennai Super Kings: 1 Matthew Hayden, 2 Parthiv Patel (wk), 3 Suresh Raina, 4 MS Dhoni (capt), 5 S Badrinath, 6 Andrew Flintoff, 7 Jacob Oram, 8 Thilan Thushara, 9 R Ashwin, 10, Joginder Sharma, 11 Manpreet Gony.
Upcoming Matches:
1 , Mumbai Indians Vs Chennai Super Kings , Cape Town , April 18 4 p.m
2 , Rajasthan Royals Vs Bangalore Royal Challengers , Cape Town , April 18 8 p.m
3 , Delhi Daredevils Vs Kings XI Punjab , Cape Town , April 19 4 p.m
4 , Deccan Chargers Vs Kolkata Knight Riders , Cape Town , April 19 8 p.m
5 , Chennai Super Kings Vs Bangalore Royal Challengers , Port Elizabeth , April 20 8 p.m
6 , Kings XI Punjab Vs Kolkata Knight Riders , Durban , April 21 4 p.m
7 , Rajasthan Royals Vs Mumbai Indians , Durban , April 21 8 p.m
8 , Bangalore Royal Challengers Vs Deccan Chargers , Cape Town , April 22 8 p.m
9 , Chennai Super Kings Vs Delhi Daredevils , Durban , April 23 4 p.m
10 , Kolkata Knight Riders Vs Rajasthan Royals , Cape Town , April 23 8 p.m


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India Vs Newzealand 3rd Test: Match Drawn by Rain

India 379 (Tendulkar 62, Harbhajan 60, Dhoni 52, Martin 4-98) and 434 for 7 dec (Gambhir 167, Laxman 61, Dravid 60, Dhoni 56*) drew with New Zealand 197 (Zaheer 5-65) and 281 for 8 (Taylor 107, Harbhajan 4-59)


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India Vs Newzealand 3rd test Final Day: Weather to Decide

April 6, 2009
New Zealand 197 and 167 for 4 (Taylor 69*) need another 450 runs. India 379 and 434 for 7 dec (G Gambhir 167, VVS Laxman 61, Dravid 60, Dhoni 56*)



(Video: 4th day highlights
Its a foregone conclusion that India will win the series. Now the only question is whether weather (!!) will give India enough time to get the remaining 6 wickets.

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India Almost Invincible Vs NewZealand In 3rd Test

India Vs NewZealand 3rd Test: India lead by 531 runs with 5 wickets and 2 days remaining. India 379 & 349/5. New Zealand 197.

India now have a very firm grip. Now the biggest question is regarding the appropriate time of India's declaration. Indians would first try to rule out NewZealand win so they might bat whole of the morning session on day 4.

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India Almost Invinciple Vs NewZealand in 3rd Test

India Vs NewZealand 3rd Test: India lead by 531 runs with 5 wickets and 2 days remaining. India 379 & 349/5. New Zealand 197.


India now have a very firm grip. Now the biggest question is regarding the appropriate time of India's declaration. Indians would first try to rule out NewZealand win so they might bat whole of the morning session on day 4.


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India Vs NZ 3rd Test: Zaheer, Harbhajan Get India

On a fast paced day Zaheer Khan and Harbhajan Singh were again the tormentors, this time with the ball. Zaheer 5/65, Harbhajan 3/43


India 1st Innings: 379/10
New Zealand 1st Innings Scorecard:

NEW ZEALAND FIRST INNINGS			RUNS	4S	6S
TG McIntosh	c Yuvraj Singh	b Z Khan	32	6	0
MJ Guptill		b Z Khan	17	2	0
DR Flynn	c MS Dhoni	b Z Khan	2	0	0
RL Taylor	c MS Dhoni	b Harbhajan Singh	42	6	0
JD Ryder	c MS Dhoni	b Z Khan	3	0	0
JEC Franklin	c V Sehwag	b Harbhajan Singh	15	2	0
BB McCullum	c MS Dhoni	b Harbhajan Singh	24	2	0
*DL Vettori	c MS Dhoni	b I Sharma	11	1	1
TG Southee		c & b Z Khan	16	3	0
IE O'Brien	c MS Dhoni	b MM Patel	19	2	0
CS Martin	not out		4	1	0
Extras	(b 9, lb 3, nb 0, w 0)	12
Total	(All out, 65 overs)	197

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India Vs NewZealand 3rd Test: India 379/9 with Tailspin

Tail really New NewZealand.


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India Vs NZ 3rd Test at Wellington - April 3, 2200GMT, 1100Local

Apr 1, 2009
India Seek to Create History by Winning or Drawing 3rd test.
Unlike the 2nd test pitch, this one will be fast and unpredictable, just like Wellington weather.

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McGrath confirms his participation in IPL II despite personnel issues, and ofcourse age - he is 40.
Australia Vs South Africa 1st test on 4/3/2009.
Deccan Chargers Owners - the newpaper publication Deccan Chronicle created a minor stir by publishing a frontpage article saying IPL 2 has been moved back to India due to security issues at South Africa. At the end of the article they reminded it is April 1 - though did not specify that it is April Fool Prank.
West Indies Players not are not yet decided whether to Boycott the final match against England.


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