IPL Thrid Edition

IPL 3rd Edition is scheduled from 12th March 2010 to April 25th 2010

Further Updates - IPL 3rd Edition

Grand Finale - Royal Challengers Bangalore Vs Deecan Chargers

Played at New Wanderers - Johannesburg

Royal Challengers Bangalore won the toss and will field

Deccan Chargers won by 6 runs


Bangalore Score Card
136/9 in 20 Overs (6.8 runs per over)

Top Scorer
Van der Merwe 32 runs from 21 balls

Highest Wicket Taker
Kumble
4 Overs 4/16

Royal Challengers Bangalore Playing XI

Anil Kumble
Pandey
Kallis
RE van der Merwe
Dravid
Taylor
Uthappa
Kohli
Boucher
Praveen Kumar
Vinay Kumar

Bangalore Score Update

136/9 (20 Overs)

1st Over - 0,0,0,1(lb),0,0
2nd Over - 0,0,0,1,1,2
3rd Over - wd,1,4,0,0,4,1
4th Over - 0,4,w,0,0,1 (Kallis 15)
5th Over - 6,0,0,0,6,0
6th Over - 0,1,0,1,1,0
7th Over - w,1,1,0,1,3 (Pandey 4)
8th Over - 0,6,1,0,1,3
9th Over - 4,0,w,0,1,1 (Van der Merwe 32)
10th Over - 1,4,4,1,0,0

Bangalore @ Strategic Timeout 69/3

11th Over - 2,1,2,1,1,2
12th Over - 0,0,1,w,0,0 (Dravid 9)
13th Over - 1(lb),1,4,6,0,0
14th Over - 0,4,1,1,1,1
15th Over - 0,w,w,2,1,1 (Taylor 27) (Kholi 7)
16th Over - 4,0,0,0,w,1 (Boucher 5)
17th Over - 1,0,1,w,1,2 (Praveen Kumar 2)
18th Over - 1,0,1,0,1,1
19th Over - 4,0,1,6,1,w
20th Over - 1,0,0,2,4,0

Deccan Chargers Score Card
143/6 in 20 Overs (7.15 runs per over)

Top Scorer
Gibbs 53 runs from 48 balls

Highest wicket Taker
Ojha
4 Overs 3/28
Deccan Chargers Playing XI

Gilchrist
Gibbs
Suman
Sharma
Symonds
Venugopal Rao
Bilakhia
Harris
Ojha
Harmeet Singh
RP Singh

Deccan Chargers Score Update

143/6 (20 Overs)

1st Over - 0,0,w,0, 2,0 ('Gilly gone for duck')
2nd Over - wd,wd,1,wd,0,4,1,0,2
3rd Over - 1,0,0,1,0,0
4th Over - 1,2,w,0,0,0 (Suman 10)
5th Over - 4,0,0,1,0,0
6th Over - 0,0,1,1,2,4
7th Over - 1,4,4,1,4,0
8th Over - 0,6,2,0,1,0
9th Over - 0,2,1,1(lb),w,1(lb) (Symonds 33)
10th Over - 0,1,2,0,0,0

Deccan Chargers @ Strategic Timeout - 62/3

11th Over - 1,1,1,0,1,0
12th Over - 1,0,2,1,0,1
13th Over - 1,4,1,0,1,0
14th Over - 6,2,wd,1,6,2,wd,1
15th Over - 1,1,1,4,1,0
16th Over - 1,w,4,1,0,w (Sharma 24) (Venugopal Rao 0)
17th Over - 2,wd,1,1,2,2
18th Over - 1,0,6,1,0,1
19th Over - w,2,2,2,2,1 (Bilakhiya 6)

Semi-Final, Bangalore Royal Challengers Vs Chennai Super Kings

Played at New Wanderers Stadium, Johnnesburg - March the 23rd 2009

Bangalore won the toss and chose to Bowl

Royal Challengers Bangalore win by 6 wickets with 7 balls to spare

Bangalore Score Card
149/4 in 18.5 Overs(7.91 runs per over)

Top Scorer
Pandey 48 runs from 35 balls

Highest Wicket Taker
Vinay Kumar
4 Overs 2/38

Bangalore Royal Challengers Playing XI

Kumble
Uthappa
Kallis
Dravid
Taylor
Kohli
Van der Merwe
Boucher
Praveen Kumar
Vinay Kumar
Pandey

Bangalore Score Update

149/4 in 18.5 Overs

1st Over - 0,0,1,4,4,0
2nd Over -4,4,0,w,0,0 (Kallis 9)
3rd Over - 2,1,0,2,w,2 (Van de Merwe 2)
4th Over - 4,0,4,4,1(nb),1(free hit),1
5th Over - 4,0,0,4,2,0
6th Over - 4,0,1,4,1,0
7th Over - 1,1,0,0,1,1
8th Over - 2,1,0,1,0,1
9th Over - 2,4,0,1,0,4
10th Over - 1,0,0,1,1,0

Bangalore @ Strategic Timeout 82/2

11th Over - 0,0,0,1,4,1
12th Over - 1(leg bye),1,1,1,0,0
13th Over - 2,0,w,0,1,1(Pandey 48)
14th Over - 0,1,1,1,1,0
15th Over - 1,4,2,2,1,0
16th Over - w,2,0,0,0,0(Dravid 44)
17th Over - 0,1,6,1,6,1
18th Over - 1,0,1,0,6,0
19th Over - 6(noball),1,1,1,0,4

Chennai Score Card
146/5 in 20 Overs(7.3 runs per over)

Top Scorer
Patel 36 runs of 27 balls

Highest Wicket Taker
Muralitharan
4 Overs 1/15

Chennai Super Kings Playing XI

Dhoni
Patel
Hayden
Raina
Badrinath
Morkel
Oram
Jakati
Balaji
Muralitharan
Gony

Chennai Score Update

146/5 in 20 Overs

1st Over - 0,2,0,0,0,0
2nd Over - 1,4,0,4,0,4
3rd Over - 1,1,1,0,4,4
4th Over - 4,0,1,1,2,1
5th Over - 1,1,1,0,4,4
6th Over - 0,4,0,1,1,0
7th Over - 0,1,2,6,0,w (Hayden 26)
8th Over - 3,1,1,1,0,1
9th Over - 0,1,0,w,0,1 (Patel 36)
10th Over - 1,0,1,1,1,0

Chennai @ Strategic Timeout 74/2

11th Over - 0,1,0,0,1(wide),1,0 {24 balls since last boundary}
12th Over - 2,1,2,0,1,1
13th Over - 2,2,1,1,1,1
14th Over - w,0,1,0,1,1 (Raina 20)
15th Over - 2,1,1,1,1,1
16th Over - 1,6,0,1,1,1
17th Over - 1,w,1(wide),1,0,1,1(wide),1(Dhoni 28)
18th Over - 1,6,1,1,1,0
19th Over - 0,w,0,1,1,4(Oram 9)

Semi-Final, Delhi Daredevils v Deccan Chargers

Played at SuperSport Park - Centurion

Deccan Chargers won the toss and chose to field

Deccan Chargers won the match with 6 wickets to spare

FASTEST IPL Twenty20
GILCHRIST 85 runs (35b 10x4 5x6) SR: 242.85

Delhi Score Card
153/8 in 20 Overs(7.65 runs per over)

Top Scorer
Dilshan 65runs from 51 balls

Playing XI Delhi Daredevils

Gambhir
Garner
Sehwag
Dilshan
AB de Villiers
Karthik
Bhatia
Mishra
Nannes
Sangwan
Nehra

Deccan Chargers Total Score
154/4 in 17.4 overs(8.71 runs per over)

Top Scorer
GILCHRIST 85 runs (35b 10x4 5x6) SR: 242.85


Highest Wicket Taker/Best Bowling

Harris

4 Overs
3/27 and 1 Madien

Playing XI Deccan Chargers

Gilchrist
Gibbs
Suman
Sharma
Symonds
Venugopal Rao
Bilakhia
Harris
Ojha
Harmeet Singh
RP Singh

Match Between Royal Challengers Bangalore Vs Deccan Chargers

Played at Supersport Park - Centurion

Royal Challengers Bangalore won the toss and Chose to bat

Royal Challengers Bangalore won the match by 12 runs

Man of the Match - M Pandey

Royal Challengers Bangalore Score Card
170/4 in 20 over (8.5 runs per over)

Top Scorer
M Pandey
114 runs in 73 balls

Highest Wicket Taker
P Ojha(DC)
4 overs 2/32

Deccan Chargers Score Card
158/6 in 20 overs (7.9 runs per over)

Top Scorer
Herschelle Gibbs
60 runs of 43 balls


Highest Wicket Taker
B Akhil
4 overs 2/18

Deccan Chargers Team

Adam Gilchrist
Herschelle Gibbs
Tirumalsetti Suman
Andrew Symonds
Rohit Sharma
Venugopal Rao
Azharuddin Bilakhia
Ryan Harris
Jaskaran Singh
RP Singh
Pragyan Ojha

Royal Challengers Bangalore Team

Jacques Kallis
Manish Pandey
Roelof van der Merwe
Rahul Dravid
Ross Taylor
Virat Kohli
Robin Uthappa
Mark Boucher
Praveen Kumar
Balachandra Akhil
Anil Kumble

Delhi Darecevils Vs Mumbai Indians

Played at Supersport Park - Centurion

Delhi Daredevils won the toss and chose to bat

Delhi Daredevils won by 4 wickets with 15 balls remaining

Delhi Daredevils Score Card
166/6 in 17.3 Overs (9.48 runs per over)

Top Scorer
Sehwag
50 runs from 27 balls

Highest Wicket Taker
Nannes
4 Overs 3/27

Delhi Daredevils Playing XI

Gambhir
Warner
Sehwag
Dilshan
Bhatia
AB de Villiers
Dinesh Karthik
Mishra
Salvi
Nannes
Sangwan


Mumbai Indians Score Card
165/8 in 20 Overs(8.25 runs per over)

Top Scorer
Rahane
56 runs from 41 balls

Highest Wicket Taker
Harbhajan Singh
4 Overs 4/17

Mumbai Indians Playing XI

Jayasuria
Sachin
Duminy
Ashraful
Rahane
Nayar
Shah
Harbhajan
Malinga
Kulkarni
Shaikh

Chennai Super Kings Vs Kings XI Punjab

Played at Kingsmead - Durban

Chennai Super Kings won the toss and chose to bat

Chennai Super Kings won the match by 24 runs

Man of the Match - Muralitharan

Chennai Super Kings Score Card
116/9 in 20 overs (5.8 runs per over)

Top Scorer
P Patel
32 runs in 23 balls

Highest Wicket Takers
S Sreeshanth
4 overs 2/23

Kings XI Punjab Score Card
92/8 in 20 over (4.6 runs per over)

Top Scorer
Pomersbach
26 runs in 32 balls

Highest Wicket Taker
Muralitharan
4 overs 2/8

Chennai Super Kings Playing XI

Bailey
Patel
Raina
Dhoni
Badrinath
Oram
Ashwin
Gony
Balaji
Muralitharan
Thushara


Kings XI Punjab Playing XI

Sohal
Katich
Pomersbach
Yuvraj Singh
Sangakkara
Mota
Pathan
Lee
Chawla
Powar
Sreesanth

Kolkata Knight Riders Vs Rajasthan Royals

Played at Kingsmead, Durban 20 May 2009

Kolkata Knight Riders won the toss and elected to field

Man-of-the-match
Shukla

Kolkata Knight Riders Score Card
102/6 in 19.3 Overs(5.23 runs per over)

Top Scorer
Shukla
48n.o runs from 46 balls

Highest Wicket Taker
Munaf Patel
4 Overs 2/14

Rajasthan Royals Score Card
101/9 in 20 overs (5.05 runs per over)

Top Scorer
N Ojha
22 runs in 12 balls

Highest Wicket Taker
C Langeveldt (KKR)
4 overs 3/15

Kolkata Knight Riders Team

B McCullum
S Ganguly
B Hodge
D Hussey
Yashpal Singh
L Shukla
A Agarkar
C Langeveldt
A Dinda
S Sarkar
S Shaikh

Rajasthan Royals Team

N Ojha
R Quiney
S Asnodkar
Y Pathan
R Jadeja
T Henderson
N Patel
S Warne
J Botha
A Singh
M Patel

Match Between Royal Challengers Bangalore vs Delhi Daredevils

Played at New Wanderers Stadium, Johannesberg on May 19 2009

Delhi Daredevils elected to bat first after winning the toss

Royal Challengers Bangalore won the match by 7 wickets

Man of the Match - Jacques Kallis

Delhi Daredevils Score Card
134/7 in 20 Overs(6.70 runs per over)

Highest Run Scorer
Dinesh Karthik
31 runs in 29 balls

Highest Wicket Taker
Y Nagar
2 overs 2/20

Delhi Daredevils Playing XI

Virender Sehwag
Mithun Manhas
AB de Villiers
Dinesh Karthik
Farveez Maharoof
Daniel Vettori
Avishkar Salvi
Ashish Nehra
Andrew McDonald
Yogesh Nagar



Royal Challengers Bangalore Score Card
135/3 in 19 overs (7.1 runs per over)

Top Scorer
J Kallis
58 runs in 56 balls

Highest Wicket Taker
Kumble
4 Overs, 3/30

Royal Challengers Bangalore Playing XI

Robin Uthappa
Jacques Kallis
Rahul Dravid
Ross Taylor
Virat Kohli
Mark Boucher
Roelof van der Merwe
Praveen Kumar
Balachandra Akhil
Manish Pandey
Anil Kumble

Chennai Super Kings Vs Kolkata Knight Riders

Played at Supersport Park, Centurion on may 18 2009

Chennai Super Kings won the toss and elected to bat

Chennai Super Kings won the match by 3 wickets

Kolkata Knight Riders Score Card
189/3 in 20 overs (9.45 runs per over)

Top Scorer
Brendon McCullum
81 runs in 48 balls

Highest Wicket taker
Muttiah Muralidaran
4 overs 1/16

Chennai Super Kings Score card
188/3 in 20 overs (9.4 runs per over)

Top Scorer
Suresh Raina
52 runs in 37 balls

Highest wicket taker
A Dinda(KKR)
4 overs 1/29

Chennai Super Kings Playing XI

Parthiv Patel
George Bailey
Suresh Raina
MS Dhoni
Subramaniam Badrinath
Jacob Oram
Albie Morkel
Shadab Jakati
Lakshmipathy Balaji
Muttiah Muralidaran
Sudeep Tyagi

Kolkata Knight Riders Playing XI

Brendon McCullum
Sourav Ganguly
Brad Hodge
David Hussey
Wriddhiman Saha
Laxmi Shukla
Ajit Agarkar
Murali Kartik
Ashok Dinda
Ajantha Mendis
Anureet Singh

Delhi Daredevils Vs Rajasthan Royals

Played at Outsurance Oval, Bloemfontein

Delhi Daredevils won the toss and chose to bat

Delhi Daredevils won the match by 14 runs

Rajasthan Royals Score Card
136/9 in 20 overs (6.8 runs per over)

Top Scorer
J Botha
37 runs in 31 balls

Highest wicket taker
A Mishra(DD)
4 overs 3/33

Delhi Daredevils Score Card
150/3 in 20 Overs (7.5runs per over)

Top Scorer
AB de Villiers
79 runs in 55 balls

Highest wicket taker
Munaf Patel(RR)
4 Overs 2/39

Delhi Daredevils Playing XI

Gambhir
Sehwag
AB de Villiers
Dilshan
Karthik
Mishra
Manhas
Maharoof
Salvi
Nehra
Nannes

Rajasthan Royals Playing XI

N Ojha
G SMith
R Quiney
R Jadeja
Y Pathan
A Raut
S Warne
J Botha
M Patel
S Trivedi
A Singh

Match Between Kings XI Punjab Vs Deccan Chargers

Played at New Wanderers Stadium, Johannesberg, on 17 May 2009

Deccan Chargers won the toss and elected to field

Kings XI Punjab won by 1 run

Deccan Chargers Score Card
133/8 in 20 Overs(6.65 runs per over)

Top Scorer
Rohith Sharma
42 runs of 26 balls

Highest Wicket Taker
RP Singh
4 Overs 3/26

Deccan Chargers Playing XI

Adam Gilchrist
Herschelle Gibbs
Tirumalsetti Suman
Andrew Symonds
Rohit Sharma
Venugopal Rao
Dwaraka Ravi Teja
Ryan Harris
RP Singh
Pragyan Ojha
Jaskaran Singh

Kings XI Punjab Playing XI Score Card
134/7 in 20 Overs(6.70 runs per over)

Top Scorer
Sangakkara
56 runs in 43 balls


Kings XI Punjab Playing XI

Sunny Sohal
Simon Katich
Luke Pomersbach
Yuvraj Singh
Kumar Sangakkara
Irfan Pathan
Brett Lee
Piyush Chawla
Ramesh Powar
Wilkin Mota
Sreesanth

Kolkata Knight Riders Vs Deccan Chargers

Played at Wanderers, Johannesburg

Deccan Chargers won the toss and chose to field

Deccan Chargers won by 6 wickets

Man-of-the-match
Rohith Sharma

Kolkata Knight Riders Score Card
160/5 in 20 Overs(8.00 runs per over)

Top Run Score
Hodge
48 runs in 41 balls

Highest Wicket Taker
Kartik
4 Overs, 1/12

Kolkata Knight Riders Playing XI

McCullum
Ganguly
Hussey
Hodge
Saha
Yashpal
Agarkar
Mortaza
Kartik
Ishanth Sharma
Shaikh

Deccan Chargers Score Card
166/4 in 20 Overs(8.30 runs per over)

Top Scorer
Gilchrist
43 runs from 31 Balls

Highest Wicket Taker
Harris
4 Overs 2/20

Deccan Chargers Playing XI

Gilchrist
Gibbs
Suman
Rohith Sharma
Venugopal Rao
Symonds
Teja
Harris
Harmeet Singh
RP Singh
Ojha

Chennai Super Kings Vs Mumbai Indians

Played at St.George's Park, Port Elizabeth

Mumbai Indians won the toss and chose to bat

Chennai Super Kings won by 7 wickets with 5 balls to spare

Mumbai Score Card
147/5 in 20 Overs(7.35 runs per over)

Top Scorer
Duminy
62 runs in 54 balls

Highest Wicket Taker
Malinga
4 Overs 1/19

Mumbai Indians Playing XI

Jayasuria
Sachin
Bravo
Duminy
Nayar
Harbhajan
Takawake
Rahane
Kulkarni
Malinga
Nanda

Chennai Score Card
151/3 19.1 Overs(7.87 runs per over)

Top Scorer
Hayden
60 n.o from 57 balls

Highest Wicket Taker
4 Overs
Raina 1/22

Chennai Super Kings Playing XI

Patel
Hayden
Raina
Badrinath
Dhoni
Oram
Morkel
Jakati
Balaji
Muralitharan
Tyagi

Match Between Delhi Daredevils Vs Kings XI Punjab

Match being played at outsurance Oval, Bloemfontein

Kings XI Punjab won the toss and chose to field

Kings XI Punjab won the match by 6 wickets

Kings XI Punjab Score Card
123/4 in 19.1 over (6.41 runs per over)

Top Scorer
Sangakkara
43 runs in 47 balls

Highest Wicket Taker
Maharoof(DD)
4 Overs 2/29

Delhi Daredevils Score Card
120/9 in 20 Overs(6.00 runs per over)

Top Scorer
Dinesh Karthik
32 runs from 29 balls

Highest Wicket Taker
Lee(Kings XI Punjab)
4 Overs, 3/15


Delhi Daredevils Playing XI

Gambhir
V Sehwag
Dilshan
AB de Villiers
Karthik
Bhatia
Vettori
Mishra
Maharoof
Sangwan
Nehra

Kings Punjab Playing XI

Sohal
Katich
Yuvraj Singh
Sangakkara
Irfan Pathan
Pomersbach
Lee
Chawla
Powar
Mota
Sreesanth

Rajasthan Royals Vs Mumbai Indians

Played at Kingsmead - Durban

Rajasthan Royals won the Toss and chose to Bat

Rajasthan Royals won the match by 2 runs

Mumbai Indians Score Card
143/10 in 19.5 overs (7.33 runs per over)

Top Scorer
S Tendulkar
40 runs in 30 balls

Highest Wicket Taker
S Warne (RR)
4 overs 3/24

Rajasthan Royals Score Card
145/7 in 20 overs (7.25 runs per over)

Top Scorer
Quiney
51 runs in 40 balls

Highes Wicket Taker
S Jayasurya(MI)
1 overs 2/3

Rajasthan Royals Playing XI

NV Ojha
Smith
Quiney
Jadeja
Yusuf Pathan
Raut
Warne
Botha
Chitnis
Patel
Trivedi

Mumbai Indians Playing XI

Tendulkar
Jayasuriya
Duminy
Nayar
Bravo
Harbhajan Singh
Rahane
Takawale
Kulkarni
Malinga
Nanda

Match Between Chennai Super Kings vs Royal Challengers Bangalore

Played at Durban ,14 May 2009

Chennai Super Kings won the toss and elected to bat

Royal Challengers Bangalore needs 130 in 20 overs (6.5 runs per over)

Royal Challengers Bangalore won the match by 2 wickets

Chennai Super Kings Score Card
129/10 in 19.4 overs (6.55 runs per over)

Top Scorer
M Hayden
60 runs in 38 balls

Highest Wicket Taker
A Kumble
4 overs 2/12


Royal Challengers Bangalore Score Card
132/8 19.4 Overs(6.71 runs per over)

Top Scorer
Taylor
46 runs of 50 balls

Highest Wicket Taker
Oram
1.4 Overs 2/12

Chennai Super Kings Playing XI
MS Dhoni
M Vijay
M Hayden
S Badrinath
J Oram
A Morkel
S Tyagi
S Jakati
L Balaji
M Muralidaran

Royal Challengers Bangalore Playing XI
A Kumble
J Kallis
R Uthappa
R Taylor
R Dravid
M Boucher
V Kohli
R van der Merwe
B Akhil
Praveen Kumar

Match Between Deccan Chargers Vs Delhi Daredevils

Played at Kingsmead, Durban on 13 May 2009

Deccan Chargers won the toss and elected to field

Delhi Daredevils won the match by 12 runs

Deccan Chargers Score Card
161/10 runs in 19.4 Overs (8.18 runs per over)

Top Scorer
A Gilchrist
64 runs in 33 balls


Highest Wicket Taker
R Bhatia
2.4 OVers 4/15

Delhi Daredevils Score Card
173/7 runs in 20 Overs (8.65 runs per over)

Top Scorer
D Karthik
44 runs in 23 balls


Highest Wicket Taker
P Ojha(DC)
4 OVers 2/26


Delhi Daredevils Playing XI
G Gambhir
D Warner
V Sehwag
TM Dilshan
AB de Villiers
KD Karthik
R Bhatia
A Mishra
P Sangwan
A Nehra
DP Nannes

Deccan Chargers Playing XI
A Gilchrist
T Suman
RG Sharma
D Smith
Y Venugopal Rao
A Symonds
Ravi Teja
P Ojha
S Shoaib
RP Singh
C Vaas

Kings XI Punjab Vs Mumbai Indians

Played at SuperSport Park, Centurion on 12th May 2009

Kings XI Punjab won the toss and chose to bat

Mumbai Indians won the match by 8 wickets
Man of the Match - Harbhajan Singh

Mumbai Indians Score Card
122/2 in 16.2 overs (7.46 runs per over)

Top Scorer
D Bravo
70 runs in 59 balls

Highest Wicket Taker
Bret Lee
4 overs 1/25

Kings XI Punjab Score Card
119/10 in 20 over (5.95 runs per over)

Top Scorer
S Sohal
43 runs in 23 balls

Highest Wicket Taker
JP Duminy(MI)
4 overs 2/15
Kings XI Punjab Playing XI

Sohal
Katich
Yuvraj Singh
Sangakkara
Irfan Pathan
Pomersbach
B Lee
P Chawla
Powar
Mota
Sreesanth

Mumbai Indians Playing XI

Tendulkar
Jayasuriya
Duminy
Nayar
Bravo
Harbhajan Singh
Rahane
Raje
Takawale
Kulkarni
Malinga

Match Between Royal Challengers Bangalore Vs Kolkata Knight Riders

Played at SuperSport Park,Centurion,on 12 May 2009

Royal Challengers Bangalore won the toss and elected to bowl first

Royal Challengers Bangalore won the match by 6 wickets

Man-of-the-Match
R Taylor

Kolkata Knight Riders Score Card
173/4 - 20 Overs (8.65 runs per over)

Top Scorer
B McCullum
84 runs in 64 balls

Highest Wicket Taker
Vinay Kumar(RCB)
4 Overs 2/33

Royal Challengers Bangalore Score Card
176/4 in 19.2 Overs()

Top Scorer
R Taylor 81n.o in 33 balls

Highest Wicket Taker
Kartik
4 Overs 2/28

Royal Challengers Bangalore Team

J Ryder
J Kallis
R Uthappa
R Taylor
R Dravid
v Kohli
M Boucher
B Akhil
K Appanna
Vinay Kumar
A Kumble

Kolkata Knight Riders Team

B McCullum
S Ganguly
D Hussey
W Saha
Yaspal Singh
A Mathews
A Agarkar
M Karthik
A Ghosh
I Sharma
A Mendis

Top 5 Wicket Takers in IPL season 2

Player	Team	Wickets	Average	Economy rate
RP Singh	DC	22	18.22	7.20
A Nehra	DD	18	17.11	6.55
L Malinga	MI	18	17.33	6.30
A Kumble	RC	17	17.70	5.88
I Pathan	KXIP	17	22.94	7.74

Top 5 Run Scorers

PLAYER	TEAM	RUNS	AVERAGE	MATCHES	STRIKE RATE
Hayden	CSK	426	47.33	9	151.6
Raina	CSK	309	34.33	9	147.1
Duminy	MI	297	49.5	9	114.23
Y Singh	KXIP	284	35.50	10	135.88
De Villiers	DD	271	67.75	9	137.56

Match Between Deccan Chargers Vs Rajasthan Royals

Played at De Beers Diamond Oval, Kimberley, on 11 May 2009

Deccan Chargers won the toss and elected to bat

Deccan Chargers won the match by 53 runs

Deccan Chargers Score Card
166/6 - 20 OVers (8.3 runs per over)

Top Scorer
Dwayne Smith
47 runs in 32 balls

Highest Wicket taker
Yusuf Pathan(RR)
4 OVers 3/34


Rajasthan Royals Score Card
113/10 -19.3 Overs (5.79 runs per over)

Top Scorer
Swapnil Asnodkar
44 runs in 39 balls

Highest Wicket Taker
R Sharma(DC)
3 Overs 3/12

Deccan Chargers Players XI

Tirumalsetti Suman
Adam Gilchrist
Rohit Sharma
Andrew Symonds
Dwayne Smith
Venugopal Rao
Dwaraka Ravi Teja
Pragyan Ojha
Shoaib Ahmed
RP Singh
Chaminda Vaas

Rajasthan Royals Players XI

Graeme Smith
Naman Ojha (W)
Swapnil Asnodkar
Ravindra Jadeja
Yusuf Pathan
Lee Carseldine
Morne Morkel
Abhishek Raut
Shane Warne (C)
Munaf Patel
Siddharth Trivedi

Match between Kolkata Knight Riders Vs Delhi Daredevils

Played at New Wanderers Stadium, Johannesburg on 10 May 2009

Delhi Daredevils won the toss and elected to field

Delhi Daredevils won the match by 7 wickets
Man of the Match - A Mishra

Delhi Daredevils Score Card
125/3 - 17.1 Overs(7.3 runs per over)

Top Scorer
AB de Villiers
40 runs in 32 balls

Highest Wicket Taker
A Mishra
4 Overs 3/14

Kolkata Knight Riders Score Card
123/8 - 20 Overs (6.15 runs per over)

Top Scorer
S Ganguly
44 runs in 45 balls


Highest wicket taker
I Sharma
4 OVers 2/23


Kolkata Knight Riders Playing XI

Brendon McCullum
Sourav Ganguly
Brad Hodge
Morne van Wyk
Yashpal Singh
Wriddhiman Saha
Moises Henriques
Ajit Agarkar
Murali Kartik
Ishant Sharma
Sourav Sarkar

Delhi Daredevils Playing XI

Gautam Gambhir
David Warner
AB de Villiers
Tillakaratne Dilshan
Dinesh Karthik
Mithun Manhas
Rajat Bhatia
Amit Mishra
Pradeep Sangwan
Ashish Nehra
Dirk Nannes

Match Between Royal Challengers Bangalore Vs Mumbai Indians

Played at St. George's Park Port Elizabeth on 10 May 2009

Mumbai Indians won the match and elected to bat

Mumbai Indians won the match by 16 runs

Royal Challengers Bangalore Score Card
141/7 - 20 Overs (7.05 runs per over)

Top Scorer
M Boucher
48 runs in 33 balls

Highest Wicket Taker
Van der Merwe
3 Overs 1/17

Royal Challengers Bangalore Players XI

Kallis
Uthappa
Dravid
Kohli
Boucher
RE van der Merwe
K Appanna
Praveen Kumar
Vinay Kumar
Kumble
A Mithun

Mumbai Score Card
157/2 20 Overs (7.85 runs per over)

Top Scorer
Rahane 62 n.o from 81 runs

Highest Wicket Taker
H Singh
4 Overs 2/15


Mumbai Indians Playing XI

S Jayasurya
S Tendulkar
JP Duminy
A Nayar
D Bravo
H Singh
A Rahane
Y Takawale
C Nanda
L Malinga
D Kulkarni

Match Between Chennai Super kings Vs Rajasthan Royals

Played at de Beers Diamond, Kimberly, on May 9th 2009

Rajasthan Royals won the toss and Elected to Bat

Chennai Super Kings won the match by 7 wickets

Chennai Super Kings Score Card
141/7 - 18.2 Overs (7.69 runs per over)

Top Scorer
S Badrinath
59 runs in 41 balls

Highest Wicket Taker
S Warne(RR)
4 Overs 1/27


Rajasthan Royals Score Card
140 runs - 20 Overs (7 runs per over)

Top Scorer
G Smith
30 runs in 33 balls

Highest Wicket Taker
M Muralitharan
4 Overs 2/22

Chennai Super kings Playing XI

M Vijay
M Hayden
S Raina
MS Dhoni
AB Morkel
Jakati
S Badrinath
J Oram
L Balaji
S Tyagi
M Muralidaran


Rajasthan Royals Playing XI

S Warne
G Smith
Asnodkar
N Ojha
R Jadeja
Carseldine
Amit Singh
S Trivedi
Y Pathan
A Raut
M Morkel

Match Between Deccan Chargers Vs Kings XI Punjab

Played at de Beers Diamond, Kimberly, on May 9th 2009

Kings XI Punjab won the toss and elected to field

Kings XI Punjab won the match by 3 wickets

Kings XI Punjab Score Card
169/7 - 19.5 Overs (8.52 runs per over)

Top Scorer
M Jayawardane
43 runs in 28 balls

Highest Wicket Taker
R Sharma(DC)
2 Overs 2/12

Deccan Chargers Score Card
168/5 - 20 Overs (8.40 runs per over)

Top Scorer
A Symonds
60 runs in 36 balls

Highest Wicket Taker
Bret Lee(KXIP)
4 Overs 1/24

Deccan Chargers Playing XI

A Gilchrist
H Gibbs
R Sharma
Venugopal Rao
A Symonds
Ravi Teja
T Suman
P Ojha
S Shoaib
RP Singh
R Harris

Kings XI Punjab Playing XI

S Sohal
S Katich
Yuvaraj Singh
M Jayawardhane
K Sanghkara
I Pathan
B Lee
P Chawla
R Powar
W Mota
S Sreesanth

Match Between Delhi Daredevils Vs Mumbai Indians

Played at Buffalo Park, East London - 8th May 2009

Mumbai Indians won the toss and chose to bat

Delhi Daredevils won the match by 7 wickets
Man Of the Match - Ashish Nehra

Mumbai Total Score
116/10 in 20 Overs(5.80 runs per over)

Top Scorer
Bravo
35 runs from 30 balls

Highest Wicket Taker
JP Duminy
4 Overs 1/15

Mumbai Indians Playing XI

Tendulkar
Ronchi
Tiwary
Duminy
Bravo
Nayar
Raje
Shah
Harbhajan Singh
Malinga
Kulkarni

Delhi Daredevils Total Score
118/3 in 18.5 Overs(6.26 runs per over)

Top Scorer
AB De villiers
50 runs in 38 balls

Highest Wicket Taker
Bhatia
4 Overs 3/15

Delhi Daredevils Playing XI

Gambhir
Warner
AB de Villiers
Dilshan
Karthik
Manhas
Bhatia
Mishra
Sangwan
Nehra
Nannes

Match Between Chennai Super Kings Vs Kings XI Punjab

Played at SuperSport Park, Centurion - 7th May 2009

Chennai Super Kings won the toss and chose to bat

Chennai Super Kings won the match by 12 runs
Man of the Match - Mathew Hayden


Chennai Super Kings Score Card
185/3 - 18 Overs (10.27 runs per over)


Top Scrorer
Mathew Hayden
89 runs in 58 balls

Highest Wicket Taker
P Chawla
3 Overs 1/28

Kings XI Punjab Score Card
174/3 - 18 Overs (9.66 runs per over)

Top Scrorer
Yuvaraj Singh
58 runs in 36 balls


Highest Wicket Taker
A Morkel
3 Overs 1/36

Chennai Super Kings Playing XI

Badrinath
Hayden
Raina
Bailey
Dhoni
Morkel
Tyagi
Jakati
Balaji
Muralitharan
Gony

Kings XI Punjab Playing XI

Katich
Sohal
Yuvraj
Sangakkara
Jayawardene
Irfan Pathan
Goel
Sreesanth
Chawla
Abdulla
V singh

Match Between Royal Challengers Bangalore Vs Rajasthan Royals

Played at SuperSport Park, Centurion on 7th May 2007

Rajasthan Royals won the toss and elected to field

Rajasthan Royals won by 7 wickets

Man-of-the-Match
A Singh

Rajasthan Royals Total Score
107/3 in 15 Overs (7.13 runs per over)

Top Scorer
Ojha 52n.o. from 38 balls

Highest Wicket Taker
A Singh
4 Overs 4/19

Rajasthan Royals Players XI
Smith
Jadeja
Carseldine
NK Patel
Yusuf Pathan
Warne
N Ojha
Raut
Amit Singh
M patel
M Morkel

Bangalore Total Score
105/10 in 20 Overs (5.25 runs per over)

Top Scorer
Uthappa 17 runs of 20 balls

Highest Wicket Taker
Kallis
4 Overs 1/20

Royal Challengers Bangalore Players XI

Jaffer
Kallis
Uthappa
Dravid
Kohli
Boucher
RE van der Merwe
D du Preez
Praveen Kumar
Vinay Kumar
Kumble

Match Between Deccan Chargers Vs Mumbai Indians

Played at SuperSport Park - Centurion - 6th may 2009

Deccan Chargers won the toss and chose to bat

Result Deccan Chargers won the match by 19 runs

Man of the Match - Rohit Sharma

Deccan Chargers Score card
145/6 - 20 Overs (7.25 runs per over)

Top Scrorer
Rohit Sharma
38 runs in 36 balls

Highest Wicket Taker
D Kulkarni
4 Overs 1/21

Mumbai Indians Score Card
126/8 - 20 Overs (6.30 runs per over)

Top Scrorer
JP Duminy
52 Runs in 48 balls

Highest Wicket Taker
Rohit Sharma
2 OVers 4/6

Deccan Chargers Playing XI

Gilchrist
Gibbs
Suman
Rohith Sharma
Smith
Vanugopal Rao
Ravi Teja
Shoaib
RP Singh
R Harris
Harmeet Singh


Mumbai Indians Playing XI

Jayasuriya
Tendulkar
Tiwary
Duminy
Bravo
Nayar
Raje
Shah
Harbhajan Singh
Malinga
Kulkarni

PLAYERS - IN&OUT

TEAMS	OUT	IN
Hyderabad	F Edwards, D Smith	A Symonds
Chennai	A Flintoff	- NA -
Kolkata	C Gayle	D Hussey
Bangalore	K Pietersen	N Bracken
Punjab	R Bopara	J Hopes
Delhi	P Collingwood, O Shah	-NA-
Jaipur	- NA -	S Watson

Match Between Delhi Daredevils Vs Kolkata Knight Riders

Played at Kingsmead, Durban - 5th May 2009

Kolkata Knight Riders won the toss and elected to bat

Delhi Daredevils won the match by 9 wickets
Man of the Match - Gautham Gambhir

Kolkata Knight Riders Score Card

154/3 - 20 Overs (7.70 runs per over)

Top Scrorer
M Van Wyk
74 runs in 48 balls

Highest Wicket Taker
P Sangwan
4 Overs 2/29

Delhi Daredevils Score Card
157/1 - 20 Overs(8.26 runs per over)


Top Scrorer
Gautham Gambhir
71 runs in 57 balls


Highest Wicket Taker
Ajit Agarkar
3 Overs 1/24

Kolkata Knight Riders Playing XI

MN van Wyk
McCullum
Henriques
Hodge
Ganguly
Yashpal Singh
W Saha
Agarkar
Kartik
Ishanth Sharma
Dinda

Delhi Daredevils Playing XI

Gambhir
Warner
AB de Villiers
Dilshan
Dinesh Karthik
Manhas
Bhatia
Mishra
Sangwan
Nehra
Nannes

Match between Kings XI Punjab Vs Rajasthan Royals

Played at Kingsmead, Durban, on 5 May 2009 (20-over match)

Kings XI Punjab won the toss and elected to field

Kings XI Punjab needs 212 runs to win in 20 overs(10.6 runs per over)

Rajasthan Royals won by 78 runs

Rajasthan Royals Score Card
211/4 - 20 Overs (10.55 runs per over)

Top Scrorer
Grame Smith
77 runs in 44 balls

Highest Wicket Taker
Piyush Chawla
4 overs 2/30

Kings XI Punjab Total Score
133/8 in 20 Overs (6.65 runs per over)

Top Scorer
Yuvraj Singh
48 runs in 37 balls

Highest Wicket Taker
Amit Singh
4 Overs 3/9


Kings XI Punjab Playing XI

S Sohal
Simon Katich
T Srivastava
Irfan Pathan
Kumar Sangakkara (W)
Yuvraj Singh (C)
Mahela Jayawardena*
Piyush Chawla
VRV Singh
Yusuf Abdulla
S Sreeshanth


Rajasthan Royals Playing XI

Smith
Jadeja
Carseldine
NK Patel
Yusuf Pathan
Warne
N Ojha
Raut
Amit Singh
Trivedi
Harwood

Match Between Chennai Super Kings Vs Deccan Chargers

Played at Buffalo Park, East London (neutral venue), on 4 May 2009 - day/night (20-over match)

Result Chennai Super Kings won by 78 runs
Man of the Match -MS Dhoni

Chennai Super Kings Score Card
178/5 - 20 overs (8.90 runs per over)

Top Scrorer
MS Dhoni
58 runs in 37 balls

Highest Wicket Taker
shoaib(DC)
2 Overs 1/14

Deccan Chargers Score Card
100/10 -14.4 Overs(6.94 runs per over)

Top Scrorer
Dwayne Smith
49 runs in 23 balls

Highest Wicket Taker
S Jakati
4 Overs 4/22

Match Between Chennai Super Kings Vs Deccan Chargers

Played at Buffalo Park, East London on 4 May 2009 - day/night (20-over match)

Chennai Super Kings won the toss and elected to bat

Chennai Super Kings Playing XI

Matthew Hayden
Suresh Raina
MS Dhoni (C)
Albie Morkel
Subramaniam Badrinath
Lakshmipathy Balaji
Muttiah Muralidaran
Murali Vijay
Jacob Oram
S Tyagi
SB Jakati

Deccan Chargers Playing XI

Adam Gilchrist (C) (W)*
Herschelle Gibbs
VVS Laxman
Rohit Sharma
Venugopal Rao
Pragyan Ojha
S Shoaib
RP Singh
T Suman
Dwayne Smith
R Harris

Match Between Royal Challengers Bangalore Vs Mumbai Indians

Played at Wanderers, Johannesburg(neutral venue) 3 May 2009 - day/night(20 over match)

Mumabai Indians won the toss and chose to bat

Royal Challengers won the match by 9 wickets
Man of the Match -Kallis

Mumabai Indians Score Card

149/4 - 20 Overs(7.45 runs per over)

Top Scrorer

Jayasuriya
52 Runs in 43 balls

Highest Wicket Taker

D du Preez(RC)
4 Overs 3/32

Royal Challengers Score Card

150/1 -20 Overs (8.25 runs per over)

Top Scrorer
Kallis
69 runs in 59 balls


Highest Wicket Taker
zaheer Khan(MI)
4 Overs 1/12

LEADING RUN-SCORERS

PLAYER	TEAM	RUNS	AVERAGE	MATCHES	STRIKE RATE
Hayden	CSK	246	41.00	6	160.8
Raina	CSK	232	38.67	6	145.0
Hodge	KKR	229	45.80	7	118.0
Gilchrist	DC	210	35.00	6	155.6
Tendulkar	MI	198	49.50	5	126.1

Match Between Royal Challengers Bangalore Vs Mumbai Indians

Played at Wanderers, Johannesburg(neutral venue) 3 May 2009 - day/night(20 over match)

Mumabai Indians won the toss and chose to bat

Mumbai Indians Playing XI

Jayasuriya
Tendulkar
Rahane
Duminy
Dhawan
Bravo
Nayar
Shah
Harbhajan
Zaheer Khan
Malinga

Royal Challengers Bangalore

Jaffer
Kallis
Uthappa
Dravid
Kohli
Boucher
RE van der Merwe
D du Preez
Praveen Kumar
Vinay Kumar
Kumble

Match Between Chennai Super Kings Vs Delhi Daredevils

Played at St George's Park, Port Elizabeth(neutral venue) 3 May 2009 (20-over match)

Kolkata Knight Riders won the toss and chose to bat

Kings XI Punjab won by 6 wickets

Man-of-the-Match
Jayawardene

Kolkata Knight Riders Total Score
153/3 in 20 Overs (7.65 runs per over)

Top Scorer
Hodge 70 runs from 72 balls

Ishanth Sharma
4 Overs 2/27

Kolkata Knight Riders Playing XI

McCullum
Gayle
Hodge
Ganguly
MN van Wyk
Saha
Shukla
Agarkar
Kartik
Ishanth Sharma
Dinda

Kings XI Punjab Total Score
154/4 in 20 Overs(7.70 runs per over)

Top Scorer
Jayawardene 52 n.o from 72 balls

Highest Wicket Taker
P Chawla
4 Overs 2/27

Kings XI Punjab Playing XI

Katich
Sohal
Yyvraj
Sangakkara
Jayawardene
Irfan Pathan
Powar
Srivastava
Malik
Chawla
Abdulla

Fair Play Award

TEAMS	MATCHES	POINTS
Royal Challengers Bangalore	7	61
Kings XI Punjab	6	60
Kolkata Knight Riders	7	58
Rajasthan Royals	6	52
Deccan Chargers	6	52
Mumbai Indians	6	50
Delhi Daredevils	5	48
Chennai Super Kings	6	48

Top 6 DLF Maximum Sixes

BATSMEN	BOWLER	METRES
Rohith Sharma	Anil Kumble	108
Yusuf Pathan	Daniel Vettori	108
Suresh Raina	Dimitri Mascarenhas	105
MS Dhoni	Venugopal Rao	101
Karan Goel	Yo Mahesh	101
Yuvraj Singh	Dirk Nannes	101

Match Between Chennai Super Kings Vs Delhi Daredevils

Played at Wanderers Stadium, Johannesburg(neutral venue) 2 May 2009 - daylight(20-over match)

Delhi Daredevils won the toss and chose to field

Chennai Super Kings Won by 18 runs

Man-of-the-Match
Jakati

Chennai Super Kings Total Score
163/10 in 20 Overs (8.15 runs per over)

Top Score
Badrinath 45runs in 34 balls

Highest Wicket Taker
Jakati
4 Overs 4/24

Chennai Super Kings Playing XI

Vijay
Hayden
Raina
Dhoni
Morkel
Oram
Badrinath
Tyagi
Jakati
Balaji
Muralitharan

Delhi Daredevils Score Card
164/8 in 20 Overs (7.25)

Top Scorer
Karthik 52 runs of 31 balls

Highest Wicket Taker
Nannes and Nehra
4 Overs 3/27 each

Delhi Daredevils Playing XI

Gambhir
Warner
AB de Villiers
Dilshan
Karthik
Manhas
Bhatia
Mishra
Sangwan
Nehra
Nannes

Match Between Deccan Chargers Vs Royal Challengers

Played at St George's Park, Port Elizabeth (neutral venue), on 2 May 2009 (20-over match)

Deccan Chargers won the toss and chose to bat

Rajasthan Royals won by 3 wickets with 2 balls to spare

Man-of-the-Match
Yusuf Pathan

Deccan Chargers Total Score
141/5 in 20 Overs (7.05 runs per over)

Top Scorer
Suman 41 n.o of 47 balls

Highest Wicket Taker
RP Singh
4 Overs 2/18

Deccan Chargers Playing XI

Gibbs
Gilchrist
Bilakhia
Rohith Sharma
Venugopal Rao
Suman
Smith
Shoaib
P Ojha
RP Singh
Edwards

Rajasthan Royals Total Score
142/7 in 19.4 Overs (7.22 runs per over)

Top Scorer
Carseldine 39 runs of 40 balls

Highest Wicket Taker
Harwood
4 Overs 2/25

Rajasthan Royals Playing XI

G Smith
Asnodkar
Jadeja
Yusuf Pathan
Carseldine
N Ojha
Raut
Warne
Harwood
Trivedi
Munaf Patel

Highest Individual Scores(as on May 1st 2009)

PLAYER	Runs in 4s	Runs in 6s	Others	Total
Hayden	128	42	76	246
Raina	80	66	86	232
Gilchrist	92	78	40	210
Tendulkar	76	48	74	198
Gibbs	76	36	79	191
Dilshan	68	48	69	185

Match between Royal Challengers Vs Kings XI Punjab

Played at Kingsmead, Durban(neutral venue), 1 May 2009(20-over match)

Royal Challengers Bangalore won the toss and chose to bat

Royal Challengers Bangalore won by 8 runs

Royal Challengers Bangalore Score Card
145/9 in 20 Overs (7.25 runs per over)

Top Scorer
RE van der Merwe 35 runs from 19 balls

Highest Wicket Taker
RE van der Merwe
3 Overs 2/22

Royal Challengers Bangalore Playing XI


Ryder
Goswami
Bishnoi
Kallis
Boucher
Kohli
Praveen Kumar
RE van der Merwe
Kumble
Appanna
Uthappa

Kings XI Punjab Score Card
137/7 in 20 Overs (6.85 runs per over)

Top Scorer
Yuvraj 50 runs of 34 balls

Highest Wicket Taker
Abdulla
4 Overs 4/36

Kings XI Punjab Playing XI


Katich
Goel
Yuvraj
Sangakkara
Jayawardene
Powar
Irfan Pathan
Srivastava
Chawla
Malik
Abdulla

Match Between Kolkata Knight Riders Vs Mumbai Indians

Played at Buffalo Park, East London(neutral venue), 1 May 2009(20-over match)

Mumbai Indians won the toss and chose to bat

Mumbai Indians won by 9 runs

Mumbai Indians Score Card
148/6 in 20 Overs (7.40 runs per over)

Top Scorer
Duminy 52 n.o. of 37 balls

Highest Wicket Taker
Zaheer Khan
4 Overs 3/31

Mumbai Indians Playing XI

Jayasuria
Tendulkar
Harbhajan Singh
Nayar
Duminy
Rahane
Tiwary
Shah
Zaheer Khan
Malinga
Napier

Kolkata Knight Riders Score Card
139/6 in 20 Overs (6.95 runs per over)

Top Scorer
Hodge 73 runs of 60 balls

Highest Wicket Taker
Gayle
4 Overs 1/21

Kolkata Knight Riders Playing XI

McCullum
Gayle
Hodge
Ganguly
MN van Wyk
Saha
Shukla
Agarkar
Kartik
Ishanth Sharma
Dinda

Match Between Rajasthan Royals Vs Chennai Super Kings

Played at SuperSport Park, Centurion(neutral venue), 30 April 2009(20-over match)

Rajasthan Royals won the toss and chose to field

Chennai Super Kings won by 38 runs

Chennai Super Kings Total Score
164/5 20 Overs

Top Scorer
Suresh Raina 98 runs of 55 balls

Highest Wicket Taker
Balaji
3.3 Overs 4/21

Chennai Super Kings Playing XI

Hayden
Patel
Raina
Badrinath
Dhoni
Morkel
Oram
Tyagi
Jakati
Balaji
Muralitharan

Rajasthan Royals Total Score
126/10 in 19.3 Overs

Top Scorer
Jadeja 37 runs of 33 balls

Highest Wicket Taker
Yusuf Pathan
3 Overs 2/17

Rajasthan Royals Playing XI

Smith
Asnodkar
Quiney
Yusuf Pathan
Mascarenhas
Jadeja
Warne
Rawat
Munaf Patel
Trivedi
Kamran Khan

Match Between Deccan Chargers Vs Delhi Daredevils

Played at SuperSport Park, Centurion(neutral venue), 30 April 2009(20-over match)

Delhi Daredevils won the toss and chose to field

Delhi Daredevils won by 6 wickets(with 8 balls remaining)

Deccan Chargers Total Score
148/9 in 20 Overs

Top Scorer
Smith 48 runs of 28 balls

Highest Wicket Taker
Shoaib
4 Overs 2/20

Deccan Chargers Playing XI

Gilchrist
Gibbs
Bilakhia
Rohith Sharma
Suman
Smith
Venugopal Rao
Shoaib
RP Singh
Ojha
Edwards

Delhi Daredevils Total Score
149 in 18.4 Overs

Top Scorer
Dilshan 52 n.o from 46 balls

Highest Wicket Taker
Nannes
4 Overs 2/16

Delhi Daredevils Playing XI

Gambhir
Sehwag
AB de Villiers
Dilshan
Kartik
Manhas
Vettori
Mishra
Sangwan
Nehra
Nannes

Match Between Kings XI Punjab Vs Mumbai Indians

Played at Kingsmead, Durban (neutral venue), on 29 April 2009 - day/night (20-over match)

Kings XI Punjab won the toss and chose to bat

Kings XI Punjab won by 3 runs

Kings XI Punjab Total Score
119/8 in 20 Overs

Top Scorer
Sangakkara 45 n.o from 43 runs

Highest Wicket Taker
Abdulla
4 Overs 2/19

Kings XI Punjab Playing XI

Bopara
Goel
Yuvraj Singh
Sangakkara
Jayawardene
Irfan Pathan
Powar
Mota
Malik
Pyush Chawla
Abdulla

Mumbai Indians Total Score
116/7 in 20 Overs

Top Scorer
Duminy 59 n.o of 63

Highest Wicket Taker
Malinga
4 Overs 2/12

Mumbai Indians Playing XI

Jayasuriya
Tendulkar
Dhawan
Duminy
Bravo
Nayar
Tiwary
P Shah
Harbhajan Singh
Zaheer Khan
Malinga

Match Between Kolkata Knight Riders Vs Royal Challengers Bangalore

Played at Kingsmead, Durban (neutral venue), on 29 April 2009 (20-over match)

Kolkata Knight Riders won the toss and chose to bat
Royal Challengers Bangalore won by 5 wickets(with a ball remaining)

Kolkata Knight Riders Total Score
139/6 - 20 overs (6.95 runs per over)

Top Scorer
MN van Wyk 43 n.o of 35 balls

Highest Wicket Taker
Hodge
4 Overs 3/29


Kolkata Knight Riders Playing XI

McCullum
Gayle
Hodge
Ganguly
MN van Wyk
Saha
Shukla
Agarkar
Kartik
Ishanth Sharma
Dinda

Royal Challengers Bangalore Total Score
143/5 - 20 Overs (7.21 runs per over)

Top Scorer
Goswami
43 runs in 46 balls

Highest Wicket Taker
Kumble
4 Overs 2/16

Royal Challengers Bangalore Playing XI

Kallis
Goswami
Pietersen
Kohli
Boucher
RE van der Merwe
Pandey
Praveen Kumar
Pankaj Singh
Kumble
Appanna

Match Between Delhi Daredevils Vs Rajsthan Royals

Played at SuperSport Park, Centurion (neutral venue), on 28 April 2009 - day/night (20-over match)

Delhi Daredevils won the toss and chose to bat

Rajsthan Royals won by 5 wickets (with 9 balls remaining)


Delhi Daredevils Score Card
143/7 - 20 Overs (7.15 runs per over)

Top Scrorer
AB de Villiers
50 runs of 40 balls

Highest Wicket Taker
Mishra
4 Overs 3/34

Delhi Daredevils Playing XI

Gambhir
Sehwag
AB de Villiers
Dilshan
Karthik
Vettori
Manhas
Mishra
Sangwan
Nehra
Nannes


Rajasthan Royals Score Card
147/5 - 18.3 Overs (7.94 runs per over)


Top Scrorer
Yusuf Pathan
62 runs of 30 balls

Highest Wicket Taker
Munaf Patel, Shane Warne and Mascarenhas
Share 2 wickets each

Munaf - 4 overs 2/14

Rajasthan Royals Playing XI

Quiney
Smith
Asnodkar
Valthaty
Jadeja
Warne
Yusuf Pathan
Mascarenhas
Rawat
Munaf Patel
Kamran Khan

Match Between Mumbai Indians Vs Kolkata Knight Riders

Played at St.George's Park, Port Elizabeth (neutral venue), on 27 April 2009 - day/night (20-over match)

Mumbai Indians won the toss and chose to bat

Mumbai Indians won by 92 runs


Mumbai Indians Score Card
187/6 - 20 Overs (9.35 runs per over)

Top Scrorer
Sachin
68 runs in 63 balls

Highest Wicket Taker
Malinga
2.2 Overs 3/11

Chennai Super Kings Playing XI

Jayasuriya
Tendulkar
Harbhajan Singh
Duminy
Nayar
Bravo
Dhawan
Tiwary
P Shah
Zaheer Khan
Malinga


Kolkata Knight Riders Score Card
95/10 - 15.2 Overs (6.19 runs per over)


Top Scrorer
Ganguly
34 runs of 48 balls

Highest Wicket Taker
Shukla
4 Overs 3/25

Kolkata Knight Riders Playing XI

McCullum
Gayle
Hodge
Ganguly
Yashpal Singh
Ghosh
Shukla
Ishanth Sharma
Mendis
Dinda
Anureet Singh

Match Between Deccan Chargers Vs Chennai Super Kings

Played at Kingsmead, Durban (neutral venue), on 27 April 2009 - day/night (20-over match)

Deccan Chargers won the toss and chose to field

Deccan Chargers won by 6 wickets(with 3 ball remaining)


Chennai Super Kings Score Card
165/6 - 20 Overs (8.25 runs per over)

Top Scrorer
Hayden
49 runs in 35 balls

Highest Wicket Taker
Raina
4 Overs 2/18

Chennai Super Kings Playing XI

Patel
Hayden
Raina
Dhoni
Oram
Morkel
Badrinath
Gony
Joginder Sharma
Balaji
Muralitharan


Deccan Chargers Score Card
169/4 - 19.3 Overs (8.66 runs per over)


Top Scrorer
Gibbs 69 n.o

Highest Wicket Taker
Ojha
2 Overs 2/11

Deccan Chargers Playing XI

Gilchrist
Gibbs
Laxman
Rohith Sharma
Smith
Bilakhia
Venugopal Rao
Ojha
RP Singh
Edwards
Shoaib

Match Between Kings XI Punjab Vs Rajasthan Royals

Played at Newlands, Cape Town (neutral venue), on 26 April 2009 - day/night (20-over match)

Kings XI Punjab won the toss and elected to bat

Result Kings XI Punjab won by 27 runs


Kings XI Punjab Score Card
139/6 - 20 Overs (6.95 runs per over)

Top Scrorer
Sangakkara
60 runs in 51 balls

Highest Wicket Taker
Abdulla
4 Overs 3/21

Kings XI Punjab Playing XI

Bopara
Goel
Sangakkara
Jayawardene
Yuvraj Singh
Pathan
Chawla
Mota
Powar
VRV Singh
Abdulla


Rajasthan Royals Score Card
112/7 - 20 Overs (5.60 runs per over)


Top Scrorer
Jadeja 37

Highest Wicket Taker
Kamran Khan
4 Overs 2/15

Rajasthan Royals Playing XI

Asnodkar
Smith
Quiney
Pathan
Mascarenhas
Jadeja
Raut
Warne
Rawat
Patel
Kamran Khan

Match Between Chennai Super Kings Vs Kolkata Knight Riders

Played at Newlands, Cape Town (neutral venue), on 25 April 2009 - day/night (20-over match)

Result Match abandoned Due to rain

Match Between Deccan Chargers Vs Mumbai Indians

Played at Kingsmead, Durban (neutral venue), on 25 April 2009 (20-over match)

Result Deccan Chargers won by 12 runs

Deccan Chargers Score Card
168/9 - 20 Overs (8.40 runs per over)

Top Scrorer
Herschelle Gibbs
58 runs in 44 balls

Highest Wicket Taker
Pragyan Ojha
4 Overs 3/21


Deccan Chargers Playing XI

Adam Gilchrist (C) (W)
Herschelle Gibbs
Dwayne Smith
Rohit Sharma
VVS Laxman
Venugopal Rao
Dwaraka Ravi Teja
RP Singh
Fidel Edwards
Pragyan Ojha
Harmeet Singh

Mumbai Indians Score Card
157/7 - 20 Overs (7.80 runs per over)

Top Scrorer
JP Duminy
47 runs in 40 balls

Highest Wicket Taker
Lasith Malinga
4 OVers 3/19

Mumbai Indians Playing XI

Sanath Jayasuriya
Sachin Tendulkar (C)
JP Duminy
Shikhar Dhawan
Dwayne Bravo
Abhishek Nayar
Harbhajan Singh
Zaheer Khan
Pinal Shah (W)
Dhawal Kulkarni
Lasith Malinga

Match Between Bangalore Royal Challengers v Kings XI Punjab

Played at Kingsmead, Durban (neutral venue), on 24 April 2009 - day/night (20-over match)

Bangalore Royal Challengers won the toss and elected to bat

Result Kings XI Punjab won by 7 wickets


Bangalore Royal Challengers Score Card
168/9 - 20 Overs (8.40 runs per over)

Top Scrorer
Kallis
62 runs in 42 balls

Highest Wicket Taker
Kumble
4 Overs 1/19

Bangalore Royal Challengers Playing XI

Ryder
Uthappa
Kallis
Pietersen
Dravid
Taylor
Kohli
Praveen Kumar
Vinay Kumar
Pankaj Singh
Kumble


Kings XI Punjab Score Card
173/3 - 19 Overs (9.10 runs per over)


Top Scrorer
Bopara 85

Highest Wicket Taker
Abdulla
4 Overs 4/31

Kings XI Punjab Playing XI

Bopara
Goel
Sangakara
Yuvraj Singh
Jayawardane
Irfan Pathan
Mota
Chawla
Bose
Abdulla

Match Between Rajasthan Royals vs Kolkata Knight Riders

Played at Newlands, Cape Town (neutral venue), on 23 April 2009 - day/night (20-over match)

Kolkata Knight Riders won the toss and elected to bowl

Rajasthan Royals wins by Super over

Rajasthan Royals Score Card
150/6 - 20 Overs (7.50 runs per over)

Super over score
18/0 in 1 Over

Top Scrorer
Yusuf Pathan
42 runs in 21 balls

Highest Wicket Taker
Ajantha Mendis
4 Overs 2/19

Rajasthan Royals Playing XI

Graeme Smith
Paul Valthaty
Rob Quiney
Yusuf Pathan
Ravindra Jadeja
Dimitri Mascarenhas
Abhishek Raut
Shane Warne (C)*
Mahesh Rawat (W)
Munaf Patel
Kamran Khan

Kolkata Knight Riders Score Card
150/8 - 20 Overs (7.50 runs per over)

Super over score
16/1 in 1 Over

Top Scrorer
Sourav Ganguly
46 runs in 30 balls

Highest Wicket Taker
Kamran Khan
4 OVers 3/18

Kolkata Knight Riders Playing XI

Chris Gayle
Brendon McCullum (C) (W)
Laxmi Shukla
Brad Hodge*
Sourav Ganguly
Yashpal Singh
Sanjay Bangar
Ajit Agarkar
Ajantha Mendis
Ishant Sharma
Anureet Singh

Match Between Chennai Super Kings vs Delhi Daredevils

Played at Kingsmead, Durban (neutral venue), on 23 April 2009 (20-over match)

Delhi Daredevils won the toss and elected to bat
Result Delhi Daredevils won by 9 runs

Delhi Daredevils Total Score
189/5 - 20 overs (9.45 runs per over)

Top Scorer
AB de Villiers 105 not out

Highest Wicket Taker
Balaji(DD)
4 Overs 3/19


Delhi Daredevils Playing XI

Gambhir
Sehwag
AB de Villiers
Dilshan
Karthik
Tiwary
Vettori
Nannes
Salvi
Sangwan
Nehra

Chennai Super Kings Total Score
180/9 - 20 Overs (9.00 runs per over)

Top Scorer
Mathew Hayden
57 runs in 27 balls

Highest Wicket Taker
Sangwan(CSK)
4 Overs 3/28

Chennai Super Kings Playing XI

Parthiv Patel
Matthew Hayden
Suresh Raina
MS Dhoni (C) (W)
Andrew Flintoff
Albie Morkel
Subramaniam Badrinath
Manpreet Gony
Joginder Sharma
Lakshmipathy Balaji
Muttiah Muralidaran

Match Between Bangalore Royal Challengers vs Deccan Chargers

Played at Newlands, Cape Town (neutral venue), on 22 April 2009 - day/night (20-over match)

Result Deccan Chargers won by 24 runs

Deccan Chargers Score Card
184/6 - 20 Overs (9.20 runs per over)

Top Scrorer
Adam Gilchrist 71 runs in 45 balls

Highest Wicket Taker
Kevin Pietersen
4 OVers 2/31


Deccan Chargers Playing XI


Adam Gilchrist (C) (W)*
Herschelle Gibbs
VVS Laxman
Rohit Sharma
Scott Styris
Venugopal Rao
Dwaraka Ravi Teja
Pragyan Ojha
Harmeet Singh
RP Singh
Fidel Edwards

Bangalore Royal Challengers Score Card
160/8 - 20 OVers (8.00 runs per over)

Top Scrorer
Virat Kohli 50 runs in 32 balls

Highest Wicket Taker
Scott Styris
4 OVers 3/32

Bangalore Royal Challengers Playing XI

Jesse Ryder
Robin Uthappa (W)
Jacques Kallis
Kevin Pietersen (C)
Rahul Dravid
Virat Kohli
Rajesh Bishnoi
Karan Sharma
Praveen Kumar
Anil Kumble
Dale Steyn

Match Between Mumbai Indians v Rajasthan Royals

Played at Kingsmead, Durban (neutral venue), on 21 April 2009 - day/night (20-over match)

Result Match abandoned Due to Bad Weather

Result of Match between Kings XI Punjab v Kolkata Knight Riders

Played at Kingsmead, Durban (neutral venue), on 21 April 2009 (20-over match)

Result Kolkata Knight Riders won by 11 runs (D/L method)

Kings XI Punjab innings Score Card

158/6 - 20 Overs (7.90 runs per over)

Top Scrorer

Yuvraj Singh 38

Highest Wicket Taker

Sourav Ganguly
4 Overs 2/24

Kings XI Punjab Playing XI

Ravi Bopara
Karan Goel
Irfan Pathan
Kumar Sangakkara (W)
Yuvraj Singh (C)
Mahela Jayawardena*
Taruwar Kohli
Piyush Chawla
Vikramjeet Malik
VRV Singh
Yusuf Abdulla

Kolkata Knight Riders Score Card

79/1 - 9.2 Overs (8.46 runs per over)

Top Scrorer

Chris Gayle 44

Highest Wicket Taker

Vikramjeet Malik
2 Overs 1/23



Kolkata Knight Riders Playing XI


Brendon McCullum (C) (W)
Chris Gayle
Brad Hodge
Sourav Ganguly
Aakash Chopra
Yashpal Singh
Laxmi Shukla
Moises Henriques
Murali Kartik
Ishant Sharma
Ashok Dinda

Result of Bangalore Royal Challengers vs Chennai Super kings Match

Played at St George's Park, Port Elizabeth (neutral venue), on 20 April 2009 - day/night (20-over match)

Result Chennai Super Kings won by 92 runs

Chennai Super Kings Score Card

179/5 - 20 overs (8.95 runs per over)

Top Scrorer

Mathew Hayden 65

Highest Wicket Taker

Praveen Kumar
4 Overs 2/37

Chennai Super Kings Playing XI

Parthiv Patel (W)
Matthew Hayden
Suresh Raina
MS Dhoni (C)
Andrew Flintoff
Albie Morkel
Subramaniam Badrinath
Joginder Sharma
Lakshmipathy Balaji
Manpreet Gony
Muttiah Muralidaran

Bangalore Royal Challengers Score Card
87/10 - 15.2 Overs (5.67 runs per over)

Top Scrorer

Jacques Kallis 24

Highest Wicket Taker

Muttiah Muralidaran
4 Overs 3/11

Bangalore Royal Challengers Playing XI

Praveen Kumar
Robin Uthappa (W)
Jacques Kallis
Ross Taylor
Kevin Pietersen (C)
Rahul Dravid
Virat Kohli
Rajesh Bishnoi
Vinay Kumar
Dale Steyn
Anil Kumble

Orange Cap

(RCB) Dravid for his 66 runs against Rajasthan Royals

Purple Cap

(RCB) Kumble for his highest wickets against Rajasthan Royals 5/5

Winners

Played at Newlands, Cape Town (neutral venue),on 19 April 2009 - day/night (20-over match)

Deccan Chargers won by 8 wickets (with 41 balls remaining)

Deccan Score Card

Total Score
104/2 - 13.1 overs (7.89 runs per over)

Top Scorer
Gibbs 43

Highest Wicket Taker
RP Singh
3.4 Overs 4/22

Lowest Economy
Edwards 1.50

Players who could improve
Gilchrist
Laxman
Styris
Harmeet Singh

Deccan Chargers Playing XI

Gilchrist
Gibbs
Laxman
Rohit Sharma
Stris
Venugopal Rao
Harmeet Singh
Ojha
RP Singh
Ravi Teja
Edwards

Kolkata Score Card

Total Score
101/10 - 19.4 overs (5.13 runs per over)

Top Scorer
Hodge 31

Highest Wicket Taker
Dinda
3 Overs 1/24

Lowest Economy
Ishant Sharma 4.33

Players who could improve
Entire Team

Kolkata Knight Riders Playing XI

McCullum
Gayle
Ganguly
Hodge
Chopra
Shukla
henriques
Agarkar
Kartik
Sharma
Dinda

Winners

Played at Newlands, Cape Town (neutral venue),on 19 April 2009 (20-over match)

Delhi Daredevils won by 10 wickets (with 7 balls remaining) (D/L method)

Delhi Score Card

Total Score
58/0 - 4.5 overs (12 runs per over)

Top Scorer
Sehwag 38

Highest Wicket Taker
Vettori
3 Overs 3/15

Lowest Economy
Vettori 5.00

Players who could improve
Salvi
Sangwan

Delhi Daredevils Playing XI

Gambhir
Sehwag
Dilshan
AB de Villiers
Tiwary
Karthik
Nannes
Vettori
Mahesh
Salvi

Punjab Score Card

Total Score
104/7 - 12 overs (8.66 runs per over)

Top Scorer
Goel 38

Highest Wicket Taker
None

Lowest Economy
VRV Singh 5.00

Players who could improve

Bopara
Yuvraj

Bowling

Kings XI Punjab Playing XI

Bopara
Goel
Yuvraj
Sangakara
Jayawardene
Irfan Pathan
Chawla
Kohli
Malik
VRV Singh
Abdulla

Winners

Played at Newlands, Cape Town (neutral venue), on 18 April 2009 - day/night (20-over match)

Result Bangalore Royal Challengers won by 75 runs

Rajsthan Score Card

Total Score
58 allout 15.1 Overs (3.82 runs per over)

Top Scorer
Henderson, Pathan, Jadeja 11

Highest Wicket Taker
Mascarenhas
4 Overs 3/20

Lowest Economy
Shane Warne 4.50

Players who could improve
All Players
Patel
Kamran Khan

Rajasthan Royals Playing XI

Smith
Asnodkar
Patel
Henderson
Pathan
Mascarenhas
Jadeja
Warne
Rawat
Patel
Kamran Khan

Bangalore Score Card

Total Score
133/8 - 20 Overs(6.65 runs per over)

Top Scorer
Dravid 66

Highest Wicket Taker
Kumble
3.1 Overs 5/5


Lowest Economy
Kumble 1.57

Players who could improve
Pietersen
Ryder
Vinay Kumar

Royal Challengers Playing XI

Ryder
Uthappa
Taylor
Pietersen
Dravid
Kohli
Akhil
Praveen Kumar
Vinay Kumar
Steyn
Kumble

Winners

Played at Newlands, Cape Town (neutral venue), on 18 April 2009 (20-over match)

Result Mumbai Indians won by 19 runs

Chennai Score Card

Total Score
146/7 - 20 overs(7.30 runs per over)

Top Scorer
Hayden 44

Highest Wicket Taker
MS Gony 4 Overs 2/32


Lowest Economy
Joginder Sharma 6.25


Players who could improve
Dhoni
Fintoff
Thusara
Oram

Chennai Super Kings Playing XI

Patel
Hayden
Raina
Fintoff
Dhoni
Oram
Badrinath
Joginder Sharma
Thushara
Gony
Ashwin

Mumbai Score Card

Total Score
165/7 - 20 overs (8.25 runs per over)

Top Scorer
SR Tendulkar 59

Highest Wicket Taker
Malinga 4 Overs, 3/15

Lowest Economy
Malinga 3.75

Players who could improve

Jayasuria
Dhawan
Nayar
Zaheer Khan

Mumbai Indians Playing XI

Sachin(Captain)
Jayasuriya
S Dhawan
JP Duminy
DJ Bravo
AM Nayar
PR Shah(Wicket Keeper)
Harbhajan Singh
Z Khan
SL Malinga
RR Raje

Probables for Mumbai and Chennai Team

Chennai Super Kings

Matthew Hayden
Parthiv Patel
Suresh Raina
MS Dhoni (capt/wk)
S Badrinath
Andrew Flintoff
Albie Morkel
L Balaji
Joginder Sharma
Manpreet Gony
Muttiah Muralitharan

Mumbai Indians

Sanath Jayasuriya
Sachin Tendulkar (capt)
Shikhar Dhawan
JP Duminy
Dwayne Bravo
Abhishek Nayar
Yogesh Takawale (wk)
Harbhajan Singh
Dhawal Kulkarni
Zaheer Khan
Kyle Mills

Note:

Morkel, Duminy and Ntini it means playing the IPL opener within hours of finishing the day-night ODI against Australia in Johannesburg.

KKR Captain: New Zealand's Brendon McCullum replaces Sourav Ganguly

The Knight Riders take on the Deccan Chargers in Newlands on Sunday The 19th April 2009.

It has been talks and talk’s allover time since Australian coach John Buchanan brought up the theory of multiple captains for his team for the second edition of the IPL in South Africa.

With McCullum being appointed skipper for the initial matches and could be replaced by someone else in days to come.

Diamond-studded trophy for Man of the Match in Mumbai Indians IPL ties

A scintillating trophy coated with hundreds of diamonds and other precious stones would be presented to the man of the match for the home matches of Mumbai Indians in the Indian Premier League Season 2.

The 2-feet tall trophy primed by The Gitanjali Group, bejeweled with 550 diamonds and 785 precious stones worth for about Rs. 3.5crore

Mumbai Indians, led by champion batsman Sachin Tendulkar, are to commence their campaign in the IPL by playing in the tournament opener at Cape Town on April 18 against 2008 runners-up Chennai Super Kings (CSK), led by India skipper Mahendra Singh Dhoni.

IPL have designated the home and away matches for the eight franchise teams in the 2nd edition of the tournament as its being held outside the country.

Cricinfo, Journey with IPL T20

Cricinfo, part of ESPN network has taken initiative to successfully give their best views, reviews, statistics and updates from time to time.

It will be very special for cricket lovers to watch the telecast live on the television and also participate in Fantasy Cricket hosted by Cricinfo. So, here it is with fully loaded goodies and prize to be won as the competition progresses.

Exiting Prizes to be won are:

LCD TV + Home theatre
Nintendo Wii Gaming console
Apple Time Capsule 1TB
Apple iPod Touch (16 GB)
Sony PSP

Pakistan: We are still waiting for an answer!

Many Pakistani players are still waiting for a firm answer from the IPL regarding the status of their participation in the event with supporting documentary evidence to confirm whether the contracts have been frozen or terminated by the franchises and the IPL.

Pakistan cricketers including Shoaib Malik, Misbah-ul-Haq, Salman Butt, Shahid Afridi, Mohammad Hafeez, Kamran Akmal, Sohail Tanvir and Umar Gul have asked the IPL to inform them about their existing status in the league.

Strained relations

One of the former Pakistan skipper believes either the IPL should let the players know in writing the status of their contracts or allow them to play in the second edition of the league in South Africa.

Rajasthan Royals for whom Kamran Akmal and Sohail Tanvir played last year have said they had suspended contracts of their Pakistani signings. Meanwhile, the Pakistan Cricket Board has informed the IPL that while the Pakistan government had advised its cricketers against traveling to India due to security reasons, it had no objection in allowing its players to tour South Africa for the twenty20 tournament.

Upon the request from players to speak to IPL organizers to know their stand, the PCB which is not directly involved with any of the player’s contracts with the IPL are now ready to help out with this regard.

Tickets available online – Location or Venue of play and Price

Tickets for the double-header in Cape Town on April 18 are priced between R 50 for students to R 200/150 for the grand stands and are inclusive of the opening ceremony.

Kingsmead in Durban hosts 16 games, the most for a single venue, and the tickets are priced between R 25 for students to R 150 for the grand stands.

The prices are pretty cheaper in the smaller venues like East London, Port Elizabeth, Kimberley and Bloemfontein, ranging between R 10 and R 75.

Dada sole Knight Riders Captain, for now

Kolkata Knight Riders co-owner SRK has called provisional armistice in the ongoing confrontation between last year’s captain Sourav Ganguly and head coach John Buchanan over the captaincy issue.

In a bit to douse the controversy over Buchanan’s multi-captain theory, SRK played peacemaker throughout a marathon meeting with the two principal protagonists, later indicating that "as of now" Ganguly would remain the team’s sole captain.

A final decision, though, will be taken only after a two-week camp in South Africa, meaning a window has been left open for Buchanan to implement his ideas at Bloemfontein, where the team will be based during IPL Season 2.

Immense respect for the two senior-most members of KKR team regarding decisions are taken in tandem. As the squad has not been finalized because of the venue change etc, the call would be taken on captain, vice-captain and the team after the sessions in South Africa prior to the first game.