Match 40: Kings XI Wins the Rain Halted Thriller!

Kings XI won their battle against Delhi Daredevils and almost booked their spot for the semi finals. In the rain curtailed match, the Duckworth-Lewis system favored the visiting team in the end.

Delhi Daredevils were 94 for 1 in 8.1 overs when rain stopped play with Sehgwa on 47 and Dhawan on 1. When the match resumed, the overs were reduced to 11 per side. Delhi ended their innings at 118 for 4. Sehwag scored a quick fire 50 of 23 balls with 2 fours and 5 sixes.

Earlier, Gambhir, played his part by hammering all over the ground. He scored 40 off 28 balls before being bowled by Romesh Pawar.

For Kings XI, as per the Duckworth-Lewis calculations, the target was revised to 123 in 11 overs. Hopes' last over reduced the chasing target as he picked two crucial wickets and gave away just 3 runs.

Chasing 123, the first over by McGrath had only 3 runs in the board. Marsh was brilliantly at cover. Shoaib Malik and Dhawan went for the catch and finally without colliding each other Dhawan took a good catch. Dangerous batsman gone!

Yuvaraj Singh promoted himself for number 3. The powerplay has been redued to 3 overs he planned to use it for himself. He hit a four to fine leg and a six over backward point. Momentum given by the skipper!

109 required off 54 balls.

McGrath finally got his piece in the IPL. He went for 15 runs with two huge sixes--one over long off and the other one over square leg. McGrath got Yuvaraj Singh brilliantly caught by Maharoof in the boundary. He mistimed the short ball and hit it over long on where Maharoof took a good catch. Yuvaraj scored 23 off 8 balls with 1 four and 3 sixes.

Hopes got out in the next over, trying to hit a six was caught at long on by Shoaib Malik off Mishra.

At the end of four overs, Kings XI were 34 for 3 with 90 more to get in 7 overs.

With wickets falling and having curtailed the run rate, and it was raining, Sehwag wanted to finish the 5 overs so that the result can be brought in to the game.

He bowled the 5th over, which turned very costly for Delhi.

Jayawardane sterred the first ball to third man boundary; The second ball was a wide; rebowled second ball was a reverse sweep to third man boundary; third ball was a boundary to fine leg, it was swept well; fourth ball was a single; fifth ball was a huge six over deep midwicket by Pomersbach; last ball was two runs. This over added 22 runs and gave the second momentum to Kings XI.

End of 5 overs, Kings XI were 56 for 3 with 68 off 6 overs. At this stage, if the match was stopped due to rain, it would have been a tie as Kings XI were supposed to be at 57 for a win.

The sixth over by Mishra added 17 to the total including two sixes--one by Jayawardane over mid wicket and the other by Pomersbach again over mid wicket.

51 required off 5 overs; Maharoof's over added 12 to the total including a six by Pomersbach over square leg. It has started raining.

39 required of 24 balls; Kings XI has a chance here to win;

Bhatia bowled the 8th over giving just 3 runs in the first 5 balls. It was raining heavily now. If the match is stopped, the scores are equal. But the match is going on; Jayawardane hit a six of the last ball of the 8th over to take the score to 94, 6 runs beyond Delhi's score.

Umpires discuss and ask the players to leave; the batsmen left the ground; Delhi team couldn't believe, still in the ground expecting the umpires to call the batsmen; the groundsmen did not bring the covers despite umpires call to do so; Yuvaraj Singh comes to the centre asking the groundsmen to put the covers in the pitch.

Finally, Kings XI Punjab win by 6 runs--strange that a team batting second wins by runs.

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Match 40
Venue: Delhi
Date: May 17, 2008
Teams: Delhi Daredevils and Kings XI Punjab
Captains: Virendra Segwag and Yuvaraj Singh
Toss: Delhi Daredevils and decided to bat
Result: Kings XI Punjab won by 6 runs (D/L Method) (with 7 wickets in hand)
Man of the Match: DPMD Jayawardane off Kings XI Punjab (Sri Lanka)
Points: Kings XI Punjab-2; Delhi Daredevils-0
Score:

Delhi Daredevils 118 for 4 in 11 overs (G Gambhir 40, V Sehwag 51 not out, S Dhawan 8, TM Dilshan 8, MF Maharoof 0, Shoaib Malik 1 not out, Extras-10 (lb 2, wide 7, nb 1), S Sreesanth 3-0-33-0, IK Pathan 2-0-13-0, VRV Singh 2-0-33-0, RR Powar 2-0-22-2, PP Chawla 1-0-13-0, JR Hopes 1-0-2-2) lost to Kings XI Punjab (revised target as per D/L Method-123 in 11 overs; when rain stopped play in the 8th over last ball, they should have been in 89 with the loss of 3 wickets) 94 for 3 in 8 overs (SE Marsh 2, JR Hopes 4, Yuvraj Singh 23, DPMD Jayawardene 36 not out, LA Pomersbach 25 not out, Extras-4 (lb 2, wide 2), GD McGrath 2-0-18-1, P Sangwan 1-0-12-1, A Mishra 2-0-21-1, V Segwag 1-0-22-0, MF Maharoof 1-0-11-0, R Bhatia 1-0-8-0)

Match 39: Rajasthan Royals Continue their Winning Spree!

Rajasthan Royals continued their winning habit against Bangalore Royal Challengers. Put into bat, Rajasthan Royals put 197 on the board losing only one wicket of Asnodkar.

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Chasing a mamooth target and not famous for chasing huge totals, Bangalore Royal Challengers meekly surrendered for 132 for 9 in 20 overs.

Match 39
Venue: Jaipur
Date: May 17, 2008
Teams: Rajasthan Royals and Bangalore Royal Challengers
Captains: Shane Warne and Rahul Dravid
Toss: Bangalore Royal Challengers and decided to field
Result: Rajasthan Royals won by 65 runs
Man of the Match: GC Smith off Rajasthan Royals (South Africa)
Points: Rajasthan Royals-2; Bangalore Royal Challengers-0
Score:

Rajasthan Royals 197 for 1 in 20 overs (GC Smith 75 not out, SA Asnodkar 50, SR Watson 46 not out, Extras-26 (b 1, lb 6, wide 18, nb 1), Z Khan 4-0-46-0, P Kumar 4-0-28-0, JH Kallis 4-0-39-0, Abdur Razzak 2-0-29-0, A Kumble 4-0-32-1, V Kohli 2-0-16-0) beat Bangalore Royal Challengers 132 for 9 in 20 overs (J Arunkumar 0, V Kohli 3, Misbah-ul-Haq 0, JH Kallis 20, CL White 10, R Dravid 75 not out, DT Patil 9, P Kumar 0, Z Khan 1, A Kumble 8, Abdur Razzak 0 not out, Extras-6 (wide 6), Sohail Tanvir 4-0-10-3, MM Patel 4-0-21-2, SR Watson 2-0-6-0, SK Warne 4-0-23-3, SK Trivedi 2-0-23-1, YK Pathan 2-0-28-0, RA Jadeja 2-0-21-0)

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Tendulkar creates record in Catching!!

Tendulkar by taking 4 catches in the IPL match against the Kolkata Knight Riders entered the records book for having most catches in the T20 Tournament.

The first catch was in slips to dismiss Salman Butt off Pollock.

The second catch was to dismiss Saha, againt caught at slips. Bravo was the wicket taker.

Third catch was to send Agarkar back off Bravo again. He placed himself in the 2nd slip and Agarkar sterred it to third man, but Tendulkar was standing in the way to grab it easily.

The last catch was to send Shoabit Akhtar who did not read the slower ball from Raje. The ball scooped to the mid wicket where Tendulkar easily caught it.

Kolkata were dismissed for 67, the lowest total in the IPL. Mumbai Indians chased the score in 5.3 overs with 8 wickets remaining.

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Record Low Score by Kolkata Knight Riders

Kolakata Knight Riders v. Mumbai Indians

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Semi-Finals Score:

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Read as follows:
M #: Match Number
T 1: Team 2
Wkts: Wickets
T 2: Team 2

M #	T 1	Score	Wkts	Overs	T 2	Score	Wkts	Overs	Venue
1	KKR	222	3	20	BRC	82	10	15.1	Bangalore
2	CSK	240	5	20	KXI	207	4	20	Mohali
3	RR	129	8	20	DD	132	1	15.1	Delhi
4	DC	110	10	18.4	KKR	112	5	19	Kolkata
5	MI	165	6	20	BRC	166	5	19.4	Mumbai
6	KXI	166	8	20	RR	168	4	18.1	Jaipur
7	DC	142	8	20	DD	143	1	13	Hyderabad
8	CSK	208	5	20	MI	202	7	20	Chennai
9	DC	214	5	20	RR	217	7	19.5	Hyderabad
10	KXI	182	10	20	MI	116	9	20	Mohali
11	KKR	147	9	20	CSK	152	1	17	Chennai
12	BRC	135	8	20	RR	138	3	17.1	Bangalore
13	DD	158	8	20	KXI	162	6	19.3	Mohali
14	MI	154	7	20	DC	155	0	12	Mumbai
15	CSK	178	5	20	BRC	165	10	19.4	Bangalore
16	KKR	137	8	20	MI	138	3	18.4	Kolkata
17	DD	191	5	20	BRC	181	5	20	Delhi
18	RR	196	7	20	KKR	151	10	19.1	Jaipur
19	DC	164	8	20	KXI	167	3	18.5	Hyderabad
20	CSK	169	6	20	DD	172	2	19	Chennai
21	BRC	156	8	20	DC	153	6	20	Bangalore
22	KXI	178	6	20	KKR	169	6	20	Mohali
23	MI	162	8	20	DD	133	10	18.5	Mumbai
24	CSK	109	10	19	RR	110	2	14.2	Jaipur
25	BRC	126	10	19.2	KXI	127	4	18.2	Bangalore
26	CSK	144	7	20	DC	148	3	18	Chennai
27	RR	103	10	16.2	MI	104	3	15.1	Mumbai
28	DD	187	5	20	CSK	188	6	20	Delhi
29	KKR	129	7	16	BRC	124	4	16	Kolkata
30	DC	140	8	20	RR	141	2	16	Jaipur
31	CSK	181	4	20	KXI	163	9	20	Chennai
32	KKR	204	4	20	DC	181	7	20	Hyderabad
33	DD	156	7	20	RR	159	7	19.1	Jaipur
34	BRC	143	8	20	KXI	144	1	15.4	Mohali
35	KKR	133	6	20	DD	110	10	17.5	Kolkata
36	CSK	156	6	20	MI	158	1	13.5	Mumbai
37	DD	194	4	20	DC	182	9	20	Delhi
38	KKR	67	10	15.2	MI	68	2	5.3	Mumbai
39	RR	197	1	20	BRC	132	9	20	Jaipur
40	DD	118	4	11	KXI	94	3	8	Delhi
41	KKR	149	5	20	CSK	55	0	8	Kolkata
42	MI	178	7	20	DC	153	7	20	Hyderabad
43	BRC	154	7	20	DD	158	5	18.2	Bangalore
44	KKR	147	8	20	RR	150	4	16.3	Kolkata
45	KXI	189	4	20	MI	188	10	20	Mumbai
46	BRC	126	8	20	CSK	112	8	20	Chennai
47	DD	-	-	-	KKR	-	-	-	Delhi
48	DC	175	4	20	KXI	178	4	19.3	Mohali
49	CSK	211	6	20	CSK	201	7	20	Chennai
50	MI	176	8	20	DD	179	5	19.5	Delhi
51	DC	165	10	20	BRC	171	5	19	Hyderabad
52	KXI	174	6	20	KKR	175	7	19.4	Kolkata
53	MI	145	7	20	RR	146	5	20	Jaipur
54	DC	147	8	20	CSK	148	3	19.2	Hyderabad
55	BRC	122	9	18	MI	126	1	16	Bangalore
56	KXI	221	3	20	RR	180	7	20	Mohali
57	RR	192	9	20	DD	87	10	16.1	Mumbai
58	KXI	112	8	20	CSK	116	1	14.5	Mumbai

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Record Low Score by Kolkata Knight Riders

The record low score was recorded by Kolkata Knight Riders against Mumbai Indians. Shaun Pollock bowled a wonderful spell of 4-0-12-3.

Shaun Pollock dismissed three crucial wickets in the early overs to give big advantage for Mumbai Indians.



He first dismissed Salman Butt caught by Tendular in the slip in the 5th ball of the 3rd over.

David Hussey was caught behind for 1. The beautiful outswinger kissed the outside edge and went straight to keeper Takawale.

Mohammad Hafeez was caught at second slip by Uthappa for 5. That was a good delivery pitched on the off stump and leaving the right hander. Hafeez not sure whether to play forward or backward, tried to steer the ball to thirdman, went straight to slips.

Only three batsmen scored double digit score--Salman Butt 13, Ganguly 15, and Agarkar 15.



Bravo, Raje and Thornely picked two wickets each.

Shaun Pollock was declared man of the match award for his winning performance.

The match was completed in less than 6 overs and that is also another record in this match. The quickest match in the IPL. The match that was completed in lesser time and overs. The total match had just 20.5 overs with 15.2 consumed by Kolkata and Mumbai finished chasing their target in 5.3 overs.

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Kolkata 67 All Out! Lowest Total in IPL!

Ganguly's men not only disappointed the few supporters in Mumbai crowd, but the entire cricketing fans.

The record low score in T20 history belongs to Kolkata Knight Riders lead by Ganguly.

The team which curtailed Delhi Daredevils witin 134, once again did not show their batting skills and were all out for half of what they scored in their previous match.

Put into bat by Sachin, Butt and Chopra opened the innings. Butt started the scoring with a for over Pollock's head in the first over.

He then hit a six of Nehra over cover. The start was good with 12 on the board at the end of 2 overs.

The slump started in the 3rd over. Pollock gave the break through with his brilliant bowling.

The well pitched ball took the outside edge and went straight to Tendulkar.

Ganguly, the new batsman, played the next ball to point and was watching the ball. Chopra looking for a run didn't see Ganguly watching the ball was almost near the batting crease.

Uthappa field it niecely and sent the ball back to Pollock, who collected it easily and knocked the stumps to send Akash Chopra back to pavilion for 1.

From 16 for no loss in 2 overs to 16 for 2 in 3 overs.

The inform batsamn David Hussey was dismissed by a superb outswinger by Pollock. Pollock was rocking with his line and length with a good amount of swing.

The ball pitched on a good length outside the off stump, drawing Hussey forward to drive the ball, but takes a light edge to Takawale. Big wicket for Mumbai, Hussye out for 3.

The sudden fall of wickets put Kolkata on the back foot. The run rate slowing down and at the end of 6 overs, Kolkata were 27 for 3.

Mohammad Hafeez was caught by Uthappa at second slip, rightly placed by Sachin off Pollock. It was a normal delivery pitched on off stump and swung away. Hafeez not sure whether to come forward or backward, steers it to second slip and was caught by Uthappa. 3rd wicket for Pollock.

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Sachin used Pollock's full quota continuously and that was a good move. He was taking wickets and the right option by the skipper. He finished his spell with 4-0-12-3.

If it was raining sixes and fours for Mumbai Indians in the match against Chennai Super Kings, it was raining wickets for them in this match.

Saha was caught by Tendulkar off Bravo. It was a regulation catch at slip and 2nd catch for Tendulkar.

Raje struck in his first ball by bowling Shukla for a duck. The ball pitched on the middle and off, Shukla tried to play it on the leg side, misses the line and lost his off stump.

Agarkar hit two fours of the first two balls he faced. Ganguly was standing alone at one end, not able to go afer the bowlers.

At the end of 10 overs, Kolkata were 44 for 6.

Ganguly hit his 2nd four in the 12th over, the 16th ball he faced. He finally got out by a thick edge off Thornely, caught by Takawale. It bounced off the glove, but he took it at the end.

Bravo took his second wicket by sending Agarkar to pavilion. It was pitched on the outside off stump and Agarkar steered it to third man, but Sachin was standing in second slip to take a easy catch, his 3rd.

Ishanth Sharma gave an easy return catch to Thornely.

Final wicket of Shoaib Akhtar did not pick the slower delivery from Raje and gave an easy lolly pop catch to Tendulkar at short mid wicket.

Kolkata were dismissed for 67, the 5th lowest score in the T20 History.

As far as IPL, Bangalore Royal Challengers score was the lowest and now they have been pushed to the second spot.

Chasing a very easy target of 68, Mumbai Indians finished the formalities in just 5.3 overs, creating another history in terms of finishin the match quickly.

This is the fastest completed match in T20.

Jayasuria hit 3 sixes and 6 fours to remain not out on 48 off 17 balls. If he had scored another 2 runs, he would have created a record for fastest 50 beating Yousuf Pathan's rcord.

The chasing started with a drop catch at slips by Chopra. The ball was pitched short on the leg stump, and Jaysuriya tried to pull. The ball hit the glove and went over Chopra head in slip. The ball touched his fingers but he couldn't hold on to it and went for a four.

In the same over, Tendulkar was out for a duck in the first over, caught behind of Akhtar. The ball pitches on a good length around off stump and seams away from the right-hander, Tendulkar moves back and swishes away from his body, he gets a thick edge through to Saha who takes a simple catch.

He hit two fours off Ishant Sharma and 23 runs in Shoabit Akhtar's over.

He hit a four of the 2nd ball, a six of the next ball over long on. That was a superb shot and stunned Akhtar.

The next ball was two runs, followed by a four over extra cover.

The last ball was a six! That was incredible. A short ball on the leg stump, Jayasuriya moved across and plays a short arm pull and the ball soaring over deep midwicket.

With 17 more overs in hand, Mumbai needed just 24 runs to register their fifth successive victory.

Ishanth Sharma got the wicket of Uthappa caught by Ganguly. Tryint to play a half valley, he gave a simple catch at mid off.

At the end of 5 overs, Mumbai were 53 for 2 requiring another 15 runs.

Jayasuria finished the match in the next over bowled by Ishanth Sharma. First ball was a four, no run in the second ball.

Third ball was a no ball, but it was hit for a six over mid wicket. That is 17th six of the IPL, which is the highest by any batsman.

With a free hit, and four to win, the ball was pitched on the leg stump, rubbed the pads and went to four in fine leg. SM Pollock was declared man of the match for his wonderful bowling performance.

After the four successive loss and stamped as one of the poor teams, Mumbai has bounced back with five continuous wins.

Tendulkar mentioned this as a team effort and thanked the spectators for their full support. He said, the decisions were taken as a team and whenever needed Jayasuriya and Pollock are pitching in to help him.

As far his form, he said that he need to middle the ball instead of edging them.

Match 38
Venue: Mumbai
Date: May 16, 2008
Teams: Mumbai Indians and Kolkata Knight Riders
Captains: Sachin Tendulkar and Sourav Ganguly
Toss: Mumbai Indians and decided to field
Result: Mumbai Indians won by 8 wickets with 87 balls remaining
Man of the Match: SM Pollock off Mumbai Indians (South Africa)
Points: Mumbai Indians-2; Kolkata Knight Riders-0
Score:

Kolkata Knight Riders 67 all out in 15.2 overs (Salman Butt 13, A Chopra 1, SC Ganguly 15, DJ Hussey 2, Mohammad Hafeez 5, WP Saha 1, LR Shukla 0, AB Agarkar 15, Shoaib Akhtar 2, I Sharma 4, AB Dinda 1 not out, Extras-8 (lb 2, wide 6), SM Pollock 4-0-12-3, A Nehra 3-0-17-0, DJ Bravo 3-1-13-2, RR Raje 2.2-0-16-2, DJ Thornely 3-0-7-2) lost to Mumbai Indias 68 for 2 in 5.3 overs (ST Jayasuriya 48 not out, SR Tendulkar 0, RV Uthappa 9, DJ Thornely 1 not out, Extras-10 (lb 5, wide 4, nb 1), Shoaib Akhtar 2-0-29-1, I Sharma 2.3-0-29-1, AB Agarkar 1-0-5-0)

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Hat-Tricks in IPL!

IPL has seen few hundres by prominent cricketers, quick fifties, good bowling performance by Sohail Tanvir. But, hat-trick, which involves taking 3 wickets in 3 continuous balls did not happy until the 30 matches.

The 31st match of the IPL saw the hat-trick for the first time. Lkshmipathi Balaji off Chennai Super Kings created the record against Kings XI Punjab in Chennai, his home ground.

The 37th match of the IPL saw another hat-trick. Amit Mishra off Delhi Daredevils created the record against Deccan Chargers in Delhi. He bowled the last over when Deccan Chargers needed 15 runs with 4 wickets in hand. He picked 3 wickets in the first three balls and restricted Deccan by giving only 2 runs in that over.


Balaji's hat-trick against Kings XI


Mishra's hat-trick against Deccan Chargers