Mumbai Indians vs Rajasthan Royals is going to be a thrilling encounter as Mumbai Indians have come back to the league strongly after loosing some initial matches where as the Rajasthan Royals are at the top of the points table much to the surprise of all cricket lovers.
The probables for today are
Rajasthan Royals (probable): 1 Shane Warne (captain), 2 Graeme Smith, 3 Shane Watson, 4 Swapnil Asnodkar, 5 Yusuf Pathan, 6 Mohammad Kaif, 7 Ravindra Jadeja, 8 Manoj Rawat (wk), 9 Sohail Tanvir, 10 Siddharth Trivedi, 11 Munaf Patel

Mumbai Indians (probable): 1 Shaun Pollock (captain), 2 Sanath Jayasuriya, 3 Robin Uthappa, 4 Dwayne Bravo, 6 Yogesh Takawale (wk), 7 Abhishek Nayar, 8 Rohan Raje, 9 Saurabh Tiwari, 10 Dhawal Kulkarni, 11 Ashish Nehra.
Match Details :

Date – May 5, 2008 25th Match
Venue – Mumbai

20:00 India time.

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Mumbai (PTI): Mumbai Indians badly needed captain Sachin Tendulkar to maintain their winning momentum but the master batsman is still unlikely to make his Indian Premier League debut in their match against Rajasthan Royals on Wednesday.

“I don’t know whether I will play tomorrow or not. I am working on my fitness with my physio now. I think I will play when I become fit,” said Tendulkar, who is nursing a groin injury.

The Mumbai icon player said he has been under no pressure from any quarter to start playing in the IPL, though he wanted to be in the thick of action as soon as possible and help his side maintain the winning momentum after winning the last two matches.

“I want to play in the IPL as soon as possible. But, I have not been under any pressure. My team owner (Mukesh Ambani) told me to concentrate on recovery from my injury, so I will play when I am fit,” he said.

Asked how he felt on being honoured with Padma Vibhushan, Tendulkar said, “I am happy that the Government has given recognition to my contribution.”

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England all-rounder Ravi Bopara has turned down a lucrative six-figure deal to play in the Indian Premier League in a bid to cement his place in the national side.Essex star Bopara, who is not centrally contracted to the ECB, said: “When figures like these are put in front of you, it is tempting – but my goal is to play regularly for England.”I am confident that if I continue to score runs and take wickets for Essex, then I will hopefully play for England this summer and for many years to come.”

He added: “If I do this, and with the current talk of new competitions and one-off matches to sit alongside the IPL, then I am sure there will be plenty of opportunities to enjoy the financial benefits in years to come.”

Bopara has scored 341 runs in three LV County Championship innings and also tops the team’s bowling averages with six wickets at an average of 18.
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Deccan Chargers again caused an upset today in the 26th match of DLF -IPL by defeating one of the strongest team ie Chennai Super Kings. Chasing a small target of 145, Gibbs and Gilchrist opened the innings and took the score to 24 when Manpreet Goni got rid of Gibbs. Gilchrist on the other end was simply fierce and was hitting the ball with atmost power. He scored 54 of just 36 balls and thus laid a solid platform for Deccan Chargers. Gilly was the captain for today’s match due to an injury to Laxman and he really played a captain’s knock. When he got out, Rohit Sharma came to bat who along with Scott Styris scored freely and took the score past 100. Deccan Chargers needed run a ball and the game was in the control. With a huge hit to the fence, Rohit began the highest run getter in the tournament and thus bagged the orange cap from Sehwag.When Rohit got out,Afridi came to the center and ended the match with two sixes and two fours in the favor of Deccan Chargers.

Today – Match 26th – Scorecard – Chennai Super Kings vs Deccan Chargers

In the 26th match of DLF – Indian Premier League, Deccan Chargers won the toss and decided to field first. Deccan Chargers bowlers could not have asked for more as they continued to get wickets at regular intervals of time. The very first wicket fell in the first over as Parthiv Patel was out for 4. Soon Shrikanth got out trying to play a pull and completely mistimed it. The next to go was the experienced Kiwi batsmen Stephen Fleming. The score of Chennai Super Kings had not even crossed 50 and they had lost 4 crucial wickets.Raina and Dhoni then started to build a partnership but they scored at a very slow run rate as compared to T20 standards. In the process of increasing the run rate both of these fell and the score was 86/6 in 15 overs.Albie Morkel hit some shots and hit a huge six out of the stadium. In the last over it was Manpreet Gony and Morkel who scored 20 runs to take the the Chennai Super Kings to 144 /7 runs in 20 overs.

Now its upto the bowlers of Chennai Super Kings to prevent one more upset in the already so much twisted Manoranjan Ka Baap – DLF Indian Premier League.

Today – Match 26th – Scorecard – Chennai Super Kings vs Deccan Chargers

In a recent sensational news, Vijay Mallya has removed the CEO of Royal Challengers Charu Sharma and the coach Venkatesh Prasad due to the poor performance of the Royal Challengers team. It is to be mentioned that Royal Challengers have lost 5 matches out of the 7 played so far. KSCA secretary Brijiesh is to replace Charu Sharma as the new CEO. The decision came after the recent loss of the team against Kings XI Punjab.

Chennai Super Kings (probables): 1 Parthiv Patel, 2 Stephen Fleming, 3 Suresh Raina, 4 S Vidyut, 5 Albie Morkel, 6 MS Dhoni (capt/wk), 7 S Badrinath, 8 Joginder Sharma, 9 Manpreet Gony, 10 Muttiah Muralitharan, 11 Makhaya Ntini

Deccan Chargers (probables): 1 Adam Gilchrist (wk), 2 VVS Laxman (capt), 3 Scott Styris, 4 Rohit Sharma, 5 Shahid Afridi, 6 Chamara Silva, 7 Arjun Yadav, 8 Sanjay Bangar, 9 RP Singh, 10 P Vijaykumar, 11 Pragyan Ojha

VVS says: “We have lost a few very close matches after being in winning situations. Super Kings have lost two games no doubt, but we have lost five. So, that makes us even more determined than them to win tomorrow,” Laxman told reporters in a pre-match press conference.

Match Details :

Date – May 6, 2008 26th Match
Venue – M. A. Chidambaram Stadium, Chennai
20:00 India time.
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Ahmedabad: Just about everyone’s getting on to the Rs150-300 crore a day betting market in the Indian Premier League (IPL).”They play the share markets in the morning and the cricket market in the evenings. The Twenty20 phataphat (quick) cricket has made it possible,” a small-time bookie based in Ahmedabad said, on condition that he would not be named because sports betting in India is not legal.
While British betting houses such as Ladbrokes Plc. can only express interest in entering the cricket market in India if betting is legalized, anyone who can win the confidence of the punters—housewives, grocery shop owners or stock brokers—have been placing huge bets on IPL matches.“About Rs10,000-12,000 crore will be bet during the entire tournament,” said another Ahmedabad-based bookie with active links in Mumbai. “The major centres are Mumbai, Gujarat, Jaipur, Kolkata, Delhi and Chennai.”
Another small-time operator from the eastern part of Ahmedabad said, “We bet on everything—toss, team formation, opening bowler, if runs will be scored on the first ball. Anything you can think of.”Such bookies don’t get to play the larger pie; they have to operate within areas demarcated for them. A bookie in Shah-e-Alam or Raipur in the eastern part of Ahmedabad, for instance, cannot take bets from the western part of the city. “It is the big fish in Mumbai and Jaipur who are in direct touch with their bosses abroad,” the bookie said.But with police in Kolkata and Punjab making some arrests for betting on IPL matches, the operators are not taking many chances. They now demand recommendations for a person to be allowed into the betting ring. “Unless you come with a reference, we will not even talk to you, forget allow you to place a bet,” said a bookie from Mumbai.The bookies hire small-time operators to function as brokers and collecting agents. They collect money from those who want to place bets, allowing credit facility for only an exclusive few. “It (credit facility) depends on your track record and the money you bet,” a bookie said.
As on Saturday night, the top three bookie favourites were Chennai Super Kings, led by India Twenty20 and one-day captain M.S. Dhoni, followed by Virender Sehwag’s Delhi Daredevils and Shane Warne’s Rajasthan Royals.“Things could change over time. Some foreign players have gone back home. Chennai’s Mathew Hayden and Mike Hussey have gone back to play for Australia, so Delhi Daredevils have become the hot favourite,” said another Ahmedabad-based bookie.It is not just the local players who offer odds. “Some of the foreign (betting) players even provide online odds and accept betting as if it is legal there. The betting rates in India is mostly in sync with those abroad,” he said.
Source: livemint.com