Match: 14th T20, IPL3
Date: 20 March 2010
Toss: Mumbai Indians won the toss and elected to bat first.
Venue: Brabourne Stadium, Mumbai
Result : Royal Challengers Won By 7 Wickets

Mumbai Indians Innings
Mumbai Indians won the toss and elected to bat first, though they kept losing wickets at regular interval but Tendulkar, Saurabh Tiwary, R Satish, K Pollard chipped in with small yet useful innings. At one stage it looked they would not reach 150 run mark but a cameo from Zaheer Khan helped them score 151/9 in 20 overs. The collapse of middle order helped Royal Challengers restrict them to a low total thus helped them stop the winning path of Mumbai Indians

Royal Challengers Bangalore Innings
After restricting Mumbai Indians for 151, it was the turn of batsmen to guide them to victory. Royal Challengers Bangalore got off to a flying start and scored 85/1 in 9.5 overs. Manish Pandey and Jacques Kallis again shattered the opponent bowling attack and took control of the match. Though in middle orders, it looked that Mumbai Indians have some chance as the match was taken to last over. But Royal Challengers Bangalore batsmen kept the cool and finally won the match by 7 wickets. Jacques Kallis was given man of the match due to his excellent performance. Once again it was Kallis who stole the show and helped the RCB win a match.

This was the first loss of Mumbai Indians where as now it looks that Royal Challengers Bangalore are on a winning streak as today they have defeated the most formidable side of IPL 3.

Match 14 – IPL 2010 Mumbai Indians Vs Royal Challengers Bangalore Scorecard

Match: 14th T20, IPL3
Toss: Mumbai Indians won the toss and elected to bat first.
Venue: Brabourne Stadium, Mumbai
Result: Royal Challengers won by 7 wickets

Batting Scorecard – Mumbai Indians

Batting Scoreboard : IPL 2010 Royal Challengers Bangalore

Match: 13th T20, IPL3
Venue: Ahmedabad
Date: March 20, 2010
Toss: Rajasthan Royals elected to bat
Result: Rajasthan Royals Win By 34 Runs

Rajasthan Royals Innings
Rajasthan Royals won the toss and elected to bat first but they got to a dismal start as they lost Michael Lumb on the very first ball of the match.Faiz Fazal and Naman Ojha then steadied the innings and played some shots. Just when it looked that Rajasthan Royals are getting back on track, they lost Fazal and soon after Ojha. Rajasthan Royals superstar Yusuf Pathan could also score just 15 runs and at one stage it looked they could not cross the 150 mark. But then a fine performance by A Jhunjhunwala and A Voges helped the team score 168/7 in 20 overs

Kolkata Knight Riders Innings
Chasing a target of 169, Kolkata Knight Riders started off with caution. Rajasthan Royals also shocked them by opening the bowling with Yusuf Pathan, though this gamble paid off as he took two wickets and never allowed the batsmen to score runs with ease. Kolkata Knight Riders were cramped for runs and with each over, the required run rate was mounting on them. Though singles and doubles were coming off easily but it was fours and sixes which they needed. Kolkata Knight Riders were 109/3 in 16 overs and needed 60 runs in last 4 overs. Owais Shah did hit few sixes and the target was 42 needed in 2 overs. But an over from Shaun Tait changed the whole game for KKR. He bowled a wonderful second last over and the equation changed. Kolkata Knight Riders needed 37 runs in last over and it was all over for Shahrukh’s KKR. They lost the match by 34 runs.

With this win, Rajasthan Royals have finally opened the account in points table and are now one place ahead of Kings XI Punjab.

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Match: 13th T20, IPL3
Venue: Ahmedabad | Date: March 20, 2010
Toss: Rajasthan Royals elected to bat
Result: Rajasthan Royals won By 34 Runs

Batting Scorecard – Rajasthan Royals

Batting Scoreboard : IPL 2010 Second Innings

Match Details
Match Number – 14
Date:- March 20, 2010 Saturday
Time – 20:00 ( 8pm)
Venue – Brabourne Stadium, Mumbai

Mumbai Indians are riding high on the points tally and would like to continue the current form till the end of this season of Indian Premier League where as Royal Challengers Bangalore have shown some phenomenal cricket and would like to end the running streak of Mumbai Indians.

Today at Brabourne stadium, two giants of Indian cricket – Sachin Tendulkar and Anil Kumble will will fight for retaining the momentum of win. Royal Challengers Bangalore will try to end Mumbai Indians’ unbeaten run but this herculean task needs some real good performance and thus we can expect a cracker of a match today at Mumbai.

Team Compostion
Bangalore Royal Challengers
A Kumble (captain), R Dravid, V Kohli, MK Pandey, LRPL Taylor RV Uthappa, Eoin Morgan, KP Apanna, B Akhil, Bhuvneshwar Kumar, JH Kallis, KP Pietersen, RE van der Merwe, CL White, Steven Smith, S Sriram, MV Boucher (wicket keeper), SP Goswami(wicket keeper), D du Preez, A Mithun, Praveen Kumar, DW Steyn, R Vinay Kumar

Mumbai Indians squad
SR Tendulkar*, DJ Bravo, S Dhawan, JP Duminy, CRD Fernando, Harbhajan Singh, ST Jayasuriya, Z Khan, DS Kulkarni, R McLaren, C Madan, I Malhotra, SL Malinga, AG Murtaza, GR Napier, AM Nayar, KA Pollard, AT Rayudu, R Sathish, KS Sahabuddin, R Shukla, AP Tare†, SS Tiwary

Match Details
Match Number – 13
Date:- March 20, 2010 Saturday
Time – 16:00 ( 4 pm)
Venue – Sardar Patel Stadium, Motera, Ahmedabad

Kolkata Knight Riders will take on Rajasthan Royals today at Motera and this match will revive the rivalry between Saurav Ganguly and Shane Warne. Kolkata Knight Riders started this season of IPL on a winning note but then lost the rhythm where as Rajasthan Royals are yet to open the account in points table. This match will be a fight between the captains as world know’s about the rivalry between Dada and Warne.

Rajasthan Royals look a disturbed team as they have lost some key players like Smith, AD Mascarenhas and Jadeja where as with the inclusion of Gayle, Kolkata Knight Riders have added more power to the batting department. Both teams will have to show some extra talent today to win as this is the fight between two individuals who have a long standing rivalry on field.

Team compositions
Kolkata Knight Riders
SC Ganguly (captain), CH Gayle, AD Mathews, G Vignesh, LR Shukla, Rohan Gavaskar, Harpreet Singh, Mandeep Singh, BJ Hodge, CR Pathak, CA Pujara, OA Shah, MK Tiwary, Harshad Khadiwale, BB McCullum, WP Saha, AB Agarkar, VR Aaron, AB Dinda, M Kartik, BAW Mendis, CK Langeveldt, I Sharma, Iqbal Abdulla

Rajasthan Royals
SK Warne, SA Asnodkar, DR Martyn, MJ Lumb, FY Fazal, AA Jhunjhunwala, AG Paunikar, SA Quadri, AS Raut, NV Ojha, YK Pathan, S Narwal, SB Wagh, P Dogra, Kamran Khan, M Morkel, MM Patel, Amit Singh, SW Tait, SK Trivedi, A Uniyal, AP Dole

Final eleven will be announced before the match.

Match Details
Match Number – 12
Date:- March 19, 2010 Friday
Time – 20:00 ( 8pm)
Venue – Barabati Stadium, Cuttack
Toss: Kings XI Punjab elected to field
Result: Deccan Chargers won by 6 runs

Deccan Chargers Innings
Deccan Chargers were invited to bat first by Kings XI Punjab and the openers of Deccan Chargers took full advantage of some lose bowling. Though Laxman was retired hurt early but Gilchrist and Gibbs played sensational innings. The real superstar for Deccan Chargers was Symonds who smashed quick fire 53 runs. Deccan Chargers middle order crumbled and from 100/2 the went down to112/4. But then a good performance by Vaas and Suman helped them score 170/7 in allotted 20 overs.

Kings XI Punjab Innings
Desperate to win this match, Kings XI Punjab wanted a good start to chase 170. But they lost two quick wickets and were reeling at 11/2 in 3 overs. They needed a partnership and that never came. From 11/2 they were reduced to 68/6 in 12 overs and were virtually fighting a lost battle. Irfan Pathan did gave a little scare to Deccan Chargers and was the highest run getter for Kings XI, he scored 60 off just 29 balls before getting out and ending the last hope for Kings XI. They could score 164/8 in allotted 20 overs and thus lost by 6 runs.

Kings XI poor run in the tournament continues and thus now they need to do something spectacular if they want to even think about being in semis.

Match 12 IPL 2010 – Deccan Chargers vs Kings XI Punjab Scorecard

Match Details
Match Number – 12
Date:- March 19, 2010 Friday
Time – 20:00 ( 8pm)
Venue – Barabati Stadium, Cuttack
Toss: Kings XI Punjab elected to field
Result: Deccan Chargers won by 6 runs

Batting Scorecard – Deccan Chargers

Batting Scoreboard : Kings XI Punjab