In a good encounter between Deccan Chargers and Mumbai Indians, it was Mumbai Indians who notched up their sixth win on the trot by defeating Deccan Chargers by 25 runs in their Indian Premier League encounter in Hyderabad on Sunday night.The Mumbai team first scored a competitive 178 for seven, thanks to some sensible batting by Abishek Nayar and Dwayne Bravo, and then restricted hosts to 153 for seven in 20 overs.The win was a sweet revenge for the visitors as they had lost by comprehensive 10-wickets margin against Chargers at the home-tie.Bravo, who was playing his last match in the tournament, ended the tournament on a high note as he first collected 30 crucial runs and then took three wickets, playing a vital role in his team’s victory.Y Venugopal Rao top scored for the Hyderabad team with a sparkling 57-run knock before walking back to the hut.It was the third half-century for Rao in the tournament and it came off just 38 balls with the help of four boundaries and three sixes.
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Today was the 41st match of DLF IPL which is played at Eden Gardens, Kolkata. The Match was between Kolkata Knight Riders and Chennai Super Kings.Kolkata Knight Riders scored 149 runs in 20 overs. The real damage was done by Chennai Super Kings bowler Ntini who got a hattrick and restricted the Knight Riders to a low total. Chasing a target, Super Kings got on to a flying start with Parthiv Patel and Fleming taking the score to 55/0 in 8 overs. At this time, thuderstorm came and the whole ground was filled with dust and paper cuttings flying all over. To add to it, one of the lights got off and after some time it was decided to take a decision on the basis of D/L rule. The result was in the favor of Chennai Super Kings who eventually won the match by 3 runs (Duckworth-Lewis Method)

Today Match 41- Scorecard - Kolkata Knight Riders vs Chennai Super Kings

Today was the 41st match of DLF IPL which is played at Eden Gardens, Kolkata. The Match was between Kolkata Knight Riders and Chennai Super Kings. Kolkata Knight Riders won the toss and Elected to bat. Salman Butt and Mohammad Hafeez made a good start for Kolkata Knight Riders. Mohammad Hafeez was cought by Manpreet Gony when the teams score was 14. Sourav Ganguly and David Hussey were unable to stand against the bowling of Chennai Super Kings. David Hussey was out at duck and Sourav Ganguly at 3 scores. Salman Butt was the highest scorer of Kolkata Knight Riders, he sored 73 runs. At the end of their innings the team socred 149/5 in 20 overs.

Today Match 41- Scorecard - Kolkata Knight Riders vs Chennai Super Kings

Deccan Chargers are almost out of the league and are playing now for the prestige where as Mumbai Indias have a chance to make it into semifinals if they win today’s encounter.

Deccan Chargers (probables): 1 Adam Gilchrist (capt & wk), 2 Shahid Afridi, 3 Herschelle Gibbs, 4 Rohit Sharma, 5 Venugopal Rao, 6 Ravi Teja, 7 Scott Styris, 8 PM Sarvesh Kumar, 9 Pragyan Ojha, 10 RP Singh, 11 P Vijaykumar.

Mumbai Indians (probables): 1 Sachin Tendulkar (capt), 2 Sanath Jayasuriya, 3 Robin Uthappa, 4 Dominic Thornely, 5 Dwayne Bravo, 6 Shaun Pollock, 7 Abhishek Nayar, 8 Yogesh Takawale (wk), 9 Rajesh Pawar, 10 Rohan Raje, 11 Ashish Nehra.

Date - May 18, 2008 42nd Match
Venue - Hyderabad
20:00 India time.

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This could be the match which could decide the fate of Kolkata Knight Riders as they need to win this and secure a place in the semi finals.On the other hand Chennai Super Kings who started so well in this league are also struggling for a place in semifinals and a win here would make it a lot easier

Kolkata Knight Riders (probables): 1 Salman Butt, 2 Sourav Ganguly (capt), 3 Debabrata Das, 4 David Hussey, 5 Mohammad Hafeez, 6 Wriddhiman Saha (wk), 7 Laxmi Ratan Shukla, 8 Ajit Agarkar, 9 Shoaib Akhtar, 10 Ishant Sharma, 11 Ashok Dinda

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

Date - May 18, 2008 41st Match
Venue - Eden Garden Kolkata
16:00 India time.

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Today was a match between Delhi Daredevils and Kings XI Punjab in the DLF - IPL. This was the 40th match of the league. Delhi Daredevils won the toss and decided to bat first. The match was reduced to 11 overs due to heavy rainfall at Delhi. Kings XI Punjab were given a target of 119 by Delhi Daredevils.Shaun Marsh and James Hopes opened the batting for Kings XI but the start was not good. They were out with 2 and 4 scores respectively. Mahela Jayawardene was the top scorer for the team, he scored 36 runs in 17 balls and thus helped the team to win the match. The match was not over and rains again interrupted and this time , it was decided to follow the D/L rule By D/L rule, Kings XI Punjab won the match by 6 runs. The equations were changing after every ball and it was a smart captaincy by Yuvraj Singh which assured the win.

Today Match 40- Scorecard - Delhi Daredevils v Kings XI Punjab

Today was a match between Rajasthan Royals and Bangalore Royal Challengers in the DLF - IPL. This was the 39th match of the league. Bangalore Royal Challengers won the toss and Elected to field first. They were given a huge target of 198 runs and that seemed difficult when the players of the team were falling like cards from very first over. The batting of the Rajasthan Royals was not good from the start. Jagadeesh Arunkumar and Virat Kohli opened the batting for Rajasthan Royals. Jagadeesh Arunkumar, Misbah-Ul-Haq and Praveen Kumar were out at duck and Zaheer Khan scored 1 run followed by Virat Kohli who scored 3 runs. The score of the team was 132/9 in 20 overs. Graeme Smith was the top scorer for Bangalore Royal Challengers and thus with his help and the effort of whole Royal challangers team the team, they won the DLF IPL 39th match.

Match Notes Are :

• Rajasthan Royals innings
• Rajasthan Royals: 50 runs in 5.5 overs (38 balls), Extras 8
• 1st Wicket: 50 runs in 38 balls (GC Smith 13, SA Asnodkar 29, Ex
• Rajasthan Royals: 100 runs in 10.6 overs (72 balls), Extras 19
• 1st Wicket: 100 runs in 72 balls (GC Smith 37, SA Asnodkar 44, Ex 19)
• SA Asnodkar: 50 off 42 balls (7 x 4, 1 x 6)
• GC Smith: 50 off 34 balls (5 x 4, 2 x 6)
• Rajasthan Royals: 150 runs in 15.4 overs (101 balls), Extras 24
• 2nd Wicket: 50 runs in 27 balls (GC Smith 18, SR Watson 29, Ex 5)
• Innings Break: Rajasthan Royals - 197/1 in 20.0 overs (GC Smith 75, SR Watson 46)

• Bangalore Royal Challengers innings
• Bangalore Royal Challengers: 50 runs in 11.5 overs (75 balls), Extras 4
• Bangalore Royal Challengers: 100 runs in 16.5 overs (106 balls), Extras 6
• R Dravid: 50 off 25 balls (3 x 4, 5 x 6)

Today Match 39 - Scorecard - Rajasthan Royals vs Bangalore Royal Challengers

Today was a match between Rajasthan Royals and Bangalore Royal Challengers in the DLF - IPL. This was the 39th match of the league. Bangalore Royal Challengers won the toss and Elected to field first. Smith and Swapnil Asnodkar opened the batting for Royal Challengers and took the score to 109 before Swapnil Asnodkar was out. They gave the team an excellent start. Apart from the splendid shots, they were also helped by some sloppy fielding by Royal Challengers.The score of the team was 151 for the loss of 1 wickets in 16 overs. Smith was the top scorer for Bangalore Royal Challengers. Smith and Watson played some beautiful shots and took the score to 197 in 20 overs.

Today Match 39 - Scorecard - Rajasthan Royals vs Bangalore Royal Challengers

This is going to be a real entertainer. Both the teams need to win this match so as to get a berth in the semi’s and we hope to see a tough competition between Sehwag and Yuvraj.

Delhi Daredevils (probables): 1 Virender Sehwag (capt), 2 Gautam Gambhir, 3 Shikhar Dhawan, 4 AB de Villiers (wk), 5 Manoj Tiwary, 6 Tillakaratne Dilshan, 7 Farveez Maharoof, 8 Rajat Bhatia, 9 Amit Mishra, 10 Yo Mahesh, 11 Glenn McGrath.

Kings XI Punjab (probables): 1 Shaun Marsh, 2 James Hopes, 3 Luke Pomersbach, 4 Yuvraj Singh (capt), 5 Mahela Jayawardene, 6 Irfan Pathan, 7 Tanmay Srivastava, 8 Piyush Chawla, 9 Uday Kaul (wk), 10 Sreesanth, 11 VRV Singh.

Date - May 17, 2008 Match-40
Venue - Feroz Shah Kotla, Delhi
20:00 India time.

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In the 39th match of DLF-IPL,Rajasthan Royals take on the depleted Royal Challengers who are almost out of the league and it looks like it will be a cake walk for the Rajasthan Royals.

Rajasthan Royals (probables): 1 Graeme Smith, 2 Yusuf Pathan, 3 Mohammad Kaif, 4 Shane Watson, 5 Niraj Patel, 6 Ravindra Jadeja, 7 Shane Warne (capt), 8 Mahesh Rawat (wk), 9 Sohail Tanvir, 10 Siddharth Trivedi, 11 Munaf Patel.

Bangalore Royal Challengers (probables): 1 J Arunkumar, 2 Virat Kohli, 3 Misbah-ul-Haq, 4 Rahul Dravid (capt), 5 Jacques Kallis, 6 Mark Boucher (wk), 7 Praveen Kumar, 8 B Akhil, 9 Zaheer Khan, 10 Anil Kumble, 11 Dale Steyn.
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Date - May 17, 2008 39th Match
Venue - Jaipur
16:00 India time.

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