No one can ask for a better match than what happened today. Mumbai Indians were deperate to win todays match and Royals were in no mood to let them win and stop the winning streak. The match ended on the last bowl when Royals needed 3 runs to win a match.Dilhara bowled a wide and it was 2 runs needed from 1 ball. Thebatsmen hit the bowl and it was a real bad fumble which helped the batsmen to complete ….

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In the match number 53, Mumbai Indians were put into batting and they got into a very good start. Jayasurya and Sachin Tendulkar took the score to 71 and it looked like they are upto a very huge target. But then Sohail Tanveer came and bowled a magical spell. He took 4 wickets and became the leading wicket taker in the DLF - IPL.This turned the entire game and from 71/1 in 11 overs they were reduced to 119/7 in ….

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Top 10 Batsmen
As on: 25 May, 2008 01:21:07

Player
Runs
BF
AVG
SR
4s
6s

Gautam Gambhir
523
364
43.58
143.68
67
8

Shaun Marsh
478
355
68.28
134.64
45
18

Adam Gilchrist
431
310
35.91
139.03
51
19

Sanath Jayasuriya
422
235
42.20
179.57
49
27

Graeme Smith
416
341
52.00
121.99
49
8

Rohit Sharma
404
273
36.72
147.98
38
19

Virender Sehwag
403
216
36.63
186.57
46
21

Rahul Dravid
360
282
30.00
127.65
35
11

Shane Watson
352
225
58.66
156.44
35
15

Sourav Ganguly
349
307
29.08
113.68
33
15

Top 10 bowlers
As on: 25 May, 2008 01:21:07

Player
Wkts
Overs
Runs
SR
ECO
AVG

S Sreesanth
18
47.1
391
15.70
8.3
21.72

Sohail Tanvir
17
31.1
196
11.00
6.3
11.52

Shane Warne
16
40.0
319
15.00
8.0
19.93

RP Singh
15
47.2
410
18.90
8.7
27.33

Yo Mahesh
14
38.1
320
16.30
8.4
22.85

Piyush Chawla
14
40.0
331
17.10
8.3
23.64

Irfan Pathan
13
45.0
316
20.70
7.0
24.30

Zaheer Khan
13
42.0
357
19.30
8.5
27.46

Manpreet Gony
13
48.0
378
22.10
7.9
29.07

Umar Gul
12
22.3
184
11.20
8.2
15.33

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Toady is a very crucial match between Rajasthan Royals and Mumbai Indians. Mumbai Indians need to win this match if they wish to enter the semi finals with ease. On the other hand Rajasthan Royals looking unstoppable.
Rajasthan Royals (probables): 1 Shane Warne (capt), 2 Younis Khan, 3 Kamran Akmal (wk), 4 Swapnil Asnodkar, 5 Yusuf Pathan, 6 Mohammad Kaif, 7 Ravindra Jadeja, 8 Dinesh Salunkhe, 9 Sohail Tanvir, 10 Pankaj Singh, 11 Munaf Patel
Mumbai Indians (probables): 1 Sachin Tendulkar (capt), ….

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Kolkata Knight Riders recorded a sensational win in which Ganguly scored the highest 86 to beat Kings XI Punjab[ 174/6 ] by three wickets.This was the last match of Knight Riders and they ended it with style by defeating Kings XI who are at 2nd spot in the table. Ganguly was the star in the win and scored an unbeaten 86 runs which included 6 sixes and 6 fours. Umar Gul also had a super match and got 4 ….

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New Delhi: Event management firm Wizcraft International has filed a case of defamation against agent Jorge Aldana and the two cheerleaders Ellesha Newton and Sherinne Anderson who had levelled racism allegations against the company.
Wizcraft also said it had contracted an Indian agent Akhtar Fazel for providing cheerleaders.
He in turn had contracted Aldana, the director of Fierce Performance Production. The company also stated that it was an obvious attempt to extort money.
Newton and Anderson said earlier said that they were asked ….

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New Delhi (PTI): Rohit Sharma, one of the most successful batsmen in the ongoing IPL, on Sunday found an admirer in former Test cricketer Madan Lal, who referred to the young batsman as ‘the best star in the coming era’.
“Rohit Sharma has caught my attention among the breed of youngsters who are playing in the IPL. He is the best star in the coming era,” Madan Lal said on being asked to name one promising young cricketer of the inaugural ….

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Bangalore Royal Challengers defeated Deccan Chargers by five wickets in a match that see sawed from one teams favor to another. The home jinx for Deccan Charges contniued and they again lost a close battle. Once it looked that this time they would win the match but some good batting by Misbah-ul-Haq, Rahul Dravid, Cameron White and Akhil ensured they got home with one over to spare.

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Shah Rukh Khan, owner of Kolkata Knight Riders (KKR), met West Bengal chief minister Buddhadeb Bhattacharjee on Sunday and discussed the possibility of setting up a cricket academy in Bengal as well as a state-of-art film city in Tollygunge of Kolkata.
Khan presented Bhattacharjee with a Knight Riders helmet, while Bhattacharjee presented Khan with a packet of Darjeeling tea.
Addressing the media at a press conference after his meeting with Bhattacharjee, Shah Rukh Khan said, “We may have lost our chances to ….

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In a thriller today, Delhi DareDevils won the match on the second last bowl of the match by defeating Mumbai Indians by 5 wickets.It was really T20 at its best. Both the openers Sehwag and Gambhir got out soon while they were chasing 177 when the team score was 50 but they had provided a very fast start. Dhawan also contributed and was out when the team score was 89. Delhi had a scare when bravo got two wickets in ….

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