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

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

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 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 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 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 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

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.

DLF Indian Premier League Season 2 in SouthAfrica

Game of Passion, Aspiration and Triumph heading towards its Centenary celebration is Cricket. Change, which is permanent immaterial of ends did strike the game last year giving new facet and re-life in the form of T20.

Gaining its momentum more than expectation at its launch Indian Premium League witnessed huge hype with players exhibiting immense talent towards The Game of Cricket. Price for the effort was paid off to the Commissioner of IPL Mr.Lalit Modi and his team. With the success of IPL Season I being fresh in the minds of Cricket Enthusiast yet another reason to rejoice is on cards with successful foundation for IPL Season 2 being laid, laid strong.

India being a Multi-dilemmatic Country irrespective of Sectors, it is not shocking news for the drama to end inappropriately as the decision on conducting the Indian Premier League Season 2 to be hosted in South Africa.

IPL Season II 2009 will kick off at The Newlands in Cape Town on April 18th while the semi-finals are to be held on May 22nd and 23rd at Pretoria and Johannesburg. Grand Finale takes its position at The Wanderers in Johannesburg on May 24th.

The league will showcase a grand total of 59 matches providing broadcasters and in-stadia spectators with 177 hours of live “family entertainment”, targeting international audience as well.

All matches will be telecasted by Sony Entertainment at 4pm and 8pm IST the official broadcaster for IPL to coincide with prime time for television audience in India.

Season 2 of the Indian Premier League will feature eight Franchises battling for over a month in South Africa continuing to play on a home and away basis. The top 4 Franchises in the league will contest the semi-finals and the victorious semi-finalists will meet in the Grand Final all over one weekend.

In a double header on the first day, First edition’s winners Rajasthan Royals will take on the Bangalore Royal Challengers while Mumbai Indians would clash with the runners-up Chennai Super Kings at Cape Town.