The third match of Indian Premier League was a one sided match and Delhi Daredevils beat Rajasthan Royals convincingly by 9 Wickets. Chasing a small target of 130, Delhi DareDevils never had any problem.The Duo of Sehwag and Gambhir opened the innings and Sehvag was out when the team score was 20.
After that there was no looking back and the duo of Gambhir and Dhawan assured that Delhi DareDevils easily win the match. Both of them scored half centuries and had a partnership of 112 runs in 81 balls. Delhi Daredevils won the match by 9 Wickets in 15.1 overs.
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Rajasthan Royals won the toss and decided to bat first. The start was not what they had expected as they lost Kohli when the team score was 17.The team had not even recovered that another jolt was given. Yousaf was run out with the team score of 27. From that onwards, Rajasthan Royals were not able to recover the initial shocks and the wickets continued to fell at regular interval. With Lehman , Kaif , Watson back to the pavilion at 57/5 it was clear that Delhi Daredevils had not too high score to chase.
A small resistant was offered by the lower middle order and they scored singles, doubles to take the score to a respectable 129 in the alloted 20 overs. One of the reason for low score was the excellent fielding of Delhi DareDevils. Two batsmen were run out and more than 20 runs were saved due to excellent fielding.
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Though they had to chase a mammoth target of 241 in 20 overs, it never looked they were in any sort of problems.Punjab Kings started of brilliantly and scored at a very good rate and were well placed at 56/1 at the end of 5.5 overs. It was the turn of Hopes to show some hard hitting after Hussey’s show and Hopes scored a fast 71 runs in just 33 balls. Amarnath got rid of Hopes and some hopes for Chennai Super Kings were raised. But Kumara Sangakkara along with Yuvraj Singh had some different plans and the duo punished every bowler and took the score to 141/2 in 13 overs
The match was evenly poised at this stage and Punjab Kings required 100 runs from 42 balls.Now the twist started when Yuvraj Singh mis timed a shot and was catch out when the score was 153.Kumara Sangakara was the only hope left for Punjab King and when he was out on 190 it was almost all over.
Match Status: Chennai Super Kings won by 33 runs
Man of the Match: Michael Hussey.
On second day of DLF – Indian Premier League, Chennai Super Kings takes on Kings 11 Punjab. Chennai Super Kings won the toss and decided to bat first.The decision looked good when Parthiv Patel hit three consectutive fours to Shreesant but later Brett Lee gave the initial jolt to Chennai Super Kings and soon after Mathew Hayden was bowled by Irfan Pathan. Mahinder Singh Dhoni also did not lasted long and was given LBW of Hopes.
Then it was on Hussey and Raina to sail the ship of Chennai Super Kings. They stroked some huge sixes to give some much needed thrive to the team and in 11th over 100 was crossed.Hussey was on fire as he tried to loft each ball over the boundary line and thus played a gem of an inning. Kris Srikant was seen dancing and rocking when Hussey was hammering the bowlers
At the end of 12th over Suresh Raina in an attempt to hit a six was catched near the boundary line. Jacob Oram replaced him but didn’t lasted long and was clean bowled by Irfan Pathan on 13. Badrinath came to the center to give company to Hussey who on the other end was simply in a golden touch. He completed his 1st hundred in IPL in just 50 balls. He striked 9 sixes in his innings of 116 not out and in the last over Badrinath(31 n.o) hit two mighty sixes and four to pose a huge total of 240 for Punjab Kings.
Cricket Australia has said that it is open to the idea of launching its own version of a privately funded Twenty20 competition similar to the Indian Premier League (IPL) hosted by the Board of Control for Cricket in India (BCCI), but not at the expense of the Future Tours Program (FTP).
“We always look at new ideas. We remain committed to international tours, but we are also aware of what Allen Stanford is planning in the West Indies with Twenty20, as is the International Cricket Council. We will also be monitoring the new IPL competition, which is about to start in India. It will be a case of suck it and see,” Fox Sports quoted Cricket Australia’s acting chief executive Michael Brown, as saying.
Brown’s comments assume significance in the wake of reports that the England and Wales Cricket Board (ECB) is in talks with American billionaire Stanford to discuss the creation of a Twenty20 tournament similar to the IPL in England.”We’ve seen tremendous growth and interest in our own domestic (Twenty20 competition) KFC Big Bash. The competition has been a huge success, averaging crowds of between 12,000 and 15,000. But at the moment we are dealing in hypotheticals. We remain committed to our future tours policy, that is the game’s bread and butter,” Brown said.
Meanwhile, pressure is mounting on the ECB to release centrally contracted players such as Test captain Michael Vaughan and Kevin Pietersen to take up huge money deals in the IPL, which starts tomorrow, providing it does not clash with international commitments.The ECB said that it was considering detailed proposals from Stanford, who set up the Stanford Twenty20 tournament in the Caribbean.
Players are eager to take part in the newest form of the game, which held its first World Cup last year, drawing bigger audiences and more enthusiastic crowds in South Africa than the traditional 50-over World Cup in the Caribbean.The ECB has been concerned about scheduling conflicts with the English season and what is seen as a shift in power towards Asia. The inaugural IPL has attracted many of the world’s leading players, including Australians Ricky Ponting, Brett Lee, Matt Hayden, Andrew Symonds, Shane Warne and Glenn McGrath.