Chennai super king win the match in a last ball thriller

Chennai: Defending champions Chennai Super Kings pulled off a amazing last-ball victory over Royal Challengers Bangalore after organism on the back foot for a mass of the contest at the MA Chidambaram Stadium.

Daniel Vettori selected to bat and Bangalore piled on a huge 205-8. Chennai began their chase in a speed, as Faf du Plessis (71, 46b)Suresh Raina (23, 14b)and M.S. Dhoni (41, 24b) kept them in the hunt, with the asking rate heaving beyond the initial 10 runs-per over mark.

Bangalore Royal Challenge regularly tightened the screws and the equation read 43 to get in 2overs when Dhoni got out. The visit teams were rank star as Virat Kohli came on for the 19th over. Albie Morkel, who had walked in at the skipper's the sack, changed the complexion of the match in the space of 6 deliveries. Kohli's over interpret 4, 6, 4,6,2,6, as Morkel massacre the part-timer for 28 runs, bringing the must down to 15 from the final over, to be bowled by Vinay Kumar.

Vinay accepted a single on the 1st ball, dismissed Morkel on the 2nd, and once again the momentum swung Bangalore's way. But with 14 to get in4 balls Dwayne Bravo, now on strike, did not disappoint. He top-edged a waist-high no-ball to the fence, clubbed a 6 off a full-toss and stole a single - bringing Chennai to within one batter of the target.

Ravindra Jadeja face the last ball of the match with his team needing a couple, and the $2 million get edged a chancy 4 to 3rd-man to deliver an unlikely 5-wicket win from an almost impossible position. It was unlucky that Muttiah Muralitharan, who bowled his 4 overs for just 21 amid the destruction and also cleaned up Chennai's top 3 batters, ended up on the losing side.

Earlier, a 109-run stand in 11 overs between Chris Gayle and Kohli take Bangalore to 205. This rematch of the 2011 IPL last began with Mayank Agarwal making plain his intent. He took four off R. Ashwin - who had opened the bowling- and Bollinger. Agarwal was drop on 16 by the left-arm paceman off Ashwin and he made Chennai pay for the lapse, signal sixes off Ashwin and Bollinger as Bangalore raced to 50 in the 5th over.

Agarwal completely outshone Gayle in their 53-run chance stand, as the West Indian contribute just 6 to the association. Having begun the season with two losses in 3 matches - as against Bangalore's one each record - Chennai would have hope for its battery of spinners to stifle the flow of runs and give them a starting in the game. As it happened, the bowlers failed unhappy.

Agarwal to-edged Albie Morkel to mid-on, exit the stage to Gayle and Kohli. The West Indian, who had at that stage scored a four-less 11 in as many balls, went crazy when Raina was introduce. 3sixes, all over long-on, ruined Raina's 1st over, and then it was the turn of Shadab Jakati, who was also dispatch right over and beyond the leg-side, the 2nd hit bring up Gayle's fifty in 27 balls.

The grin that spread across Gayle’s face each time he clobbered a bowler indicated how much he was enjoying batting. A century looked on the cards, but Ravindra Jadeja came on to bowl and got rid of the West Indian. Kohli, who had struggle with his timing, got addicted to the act in the 18th over - bowled by Morkel. A pull over mid-wicket, a scamper two - to bring up his 50 - and another savage heave over the boundary, and Kohli had bring Bangalore to the brink of 200.

The last over, however, was anti-climactic. The visitors lost 4 wickets - 3 to Bollinger, one to a run-out - and it took Vinay's last-ball six to heave Bangalore to 205, the top total of IPL-V, which proved inadequate in the face of Morkel's incredible hitting at the far end of Chennai's pursue.

All-round Daredevils easy win the match.

NEW DELHI: Delhi Daredevils overwhelmed caring champions Chennai Super Kings by 8 wickets at the Feroz Shah Kotla here, on Tuesday, as Kevin Pietersen commence his agreement with the home team with a match-winning cameo.

England’s batsman struck a breezy 43 to help Delhi chase down the 111-run target with 40 balls to spare, after Virender Sehwag selected to field. Chennai had stagger to the paltry total after having endured 4 run-outs in their innings, and the result was never in doubt once Naman Ojha began Delhi Daredevils pursuit with three successive 4 off Albie Morkel.

When Sehwag return briefly to his blistering best for a 21-ball 33 – inclusive of a ripper off Morkel over extra-cover – the hosts were before now halfway across the line. The captain was wedged trying to hit R. Ashwin – who was introduced in the 4th over – out of the park. But the pair that follows kept up the scoring rate, even as Dhoni threw the ball to his trusty tweakers to stem the flow of runs.

It was then the turn of Delhi’s overseas reinforcement – Pietersen and Mahela Jayewardene – to substantiate their fat pay cheques. Pietersen did it in style; step out to butcher Ravindra Jadeja into the 2nd tier and staying back in the crease to slap the same bowler during cover. At the other end, Jayewardene was his usual classy self, as the duo added 61 in 44 balls to deliver a complete win to their team.

Earlier, Chennai started with a run-out and suffer from three more brain-freezes as their innings failed to take off. A top-score of 22, by Dwayne Bravo, ‘featured’ in the caring champion’s sorry batting performance on a humid ground and on what appear to be a midly 2-paced track – this after the match was late by about half-hour due to technical issues about the lights behind the sight-screen.

The yellow team was in trouble right away. Non-striker M. Vijay responded 1st ball to a FAF du Plessis call and was left stuck at the wrong end when the South African backed out of the single. Du Plessis struck a few blows next to Irfan Pathan, but was caught attempt to clear cover off Morne Morkel – later affirmed man-of-the-match for figures of 4-0-19-2. Suresh Raina was good for 2 sixes – including a shocking pull from outside off to over mid-wicket against Pathan – before he become the innings’ 2nd run-out, when Nagar shot in a fast return from point.

More wickets followed. S.Badrinath (15) was – you guess it - run-out and Jadeja (13) fell to a stunning catch by Ojha last the wicket. Dhoni and Dwayne Bravo set about a course alteration as the left-arm rotating pair of Roelof van der Merwe and Shahbaz Nadeem cut off the runs, bowling 7overs between them for just 24 runs.

Chennai crawl to 80-5 at the end of the 15th over. Dhoni was out trying to power the pace and the only event of note that occur in the last stages was the 4th run-out – that of Ashwin, as Chennai shut shop at 110 - a total devoid of any danger, as Delhi proved when they took strike.

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Mumbai Indians vs Rajasthan Royals 

Match 12, Wankhede Stadium, Mumbai, Wed, 11 Apr 2012 08:00 PM IST

Rahane Stunning Rajasthan wins the match

 

Rahane's 98 take Rajasthan to 191-4. Ajinkya Rahane’s free-flowing 98 follow by Kevon Cooper’s dream introduction in the IPL helped Rajasthan succeed a largely 1-sided home game against Kings XI Punjab loss by 31 runs.

After being inserting by Gilchrist, Rajasthan Royals controlled the game from the opening under their new captain Rahul Dravid. Rahane targeted the directly field and extra cover with striking regularity for his fours, striking 16 fours and one six in his 66-ball knock as Rajasthan piled 191-4.

Kings XI Punjab pacer James Faulkner dismisses him in the penultimate over as he try to bring up his 100 with a blow through extra cover. Ajinkya Rahane was aid good by his captain Dravid in a 77-run opening partnership. Cooper, who plays for Trinidad & Tobago and is yet to create his debut for the West Indies, made a moment impression on his IPL debut. Facing Faulkner, he cut his 1st ball for a massive 6 over point; follow that up with an edge past the wicketkeeper for 4.

The evening continued to grow attractive for Cooper. He takes an easy catch at mid-off to send away Gilchrist. He followed that up with a wicket each in his 1st 3 overs to dismiss Paul Valthaty, Shaun Marsh and Abhishek Nayar. Cooper’s 3 overs ended the match, with the best of Punjab’s batting gone. Cooper follows this up with D Hussey’s catch in the deep and Piyush Chawla’s wicket to complete a 4-for.

Having had a hand in 6 of the 8 dismissals in the Punjab innings, Cooper then run out Praveen Kumar with a flat throw to the wicketkeeper all the way back from long-on to cover up an hard to believe debut.

Man of the match

Ajinkya Rahane

Today Match

Team:
RCB v Daredevils (16:00 local | 10:30 GMT)

Place:
M Chinnaswamy Stadium, Bangalore

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Chargers v Super Kings (20:00 local | 14:30 GMT)

Place:
Dr. Y.S. Rajasekhara Reddy ACA-VDCA Cricket Stadium, Visakhapatnam

Pune Warriors well started IPL

Mumbai, (IANS): Pune Warriors started their IPL campaign with a 29-run win over title favourites Mumbai Indians at the Wankhede ground on 06-04-12.

Asked to bat 1st, Pune Warriors Ended 129 for 9 in 20 overs. Mumbai Indians lost wickets at regular interval and could manage only 100 for 9 in reply. Pace bowler Ashok Dinda was the pick and chooses of the Pune Warriors bowlers, bagging four for 17.

Pune Warriors, who are in their 2nd IPL season, made a poor start but vital innings from Man of the Match Steve Smith (39) and Robin Uthappa (36) helped them to post a meek target on the board.Pune Warriors lost their top 3 batsmen for 27 runs in 5 overs. Lasith Malinga set the ball rolling, remove Manish Pandey, who didn't trouble the scorers, in the very 1st over.

Captain Sourav Ganguly (3), most important the Pune Warriors for the 1st time, was stumped by Dinesh Karthik after he came down the track to charge Mumbai Indians captain Harbhajan Singh while Wayne Parnell (11), startlingly promoted up the order, in his zeal to up the ante gone his leg stump to pacer Munaf Patel.Callum Ferguson (12) looked in touch but he was run out by straight throw from Rohit Sharma as Pune Warriors were abridged to 47 for four in 8.5 overs.

Smith and Uthappa then resurrect the innings with their 44-run stand on a slow bowling to bring Pune back on track. Uthappa hit 3 fours in his 33 ball knock. Kieron Pollard take an easy catch off his own bowling to get rid of Uthappa came from Murali Kartik (14) and a few lusty blows from Smith in the death overs catapult the Warriors to a finished score of 129.

Mumbai Indians had the worst possible opening to their chase as they lost 3 wickets in the space of 2 overs with just 5 runs on board. South African big hitter Richard Levi, who hit a half-century in the first match against Chennai Super Kings, didn't trouble the scorers and was confused by Uthappa off spin bowler Murali Kartik. In the next over, Dinda strike twice to get rid of Ambati Rayudu (1) and Rohit (1) to create kit worse for Mumbai Indians.

Dinesh Karthik (32) played a gritty hand as he forged a 49 run partnership with New Zealand all-rounder James Franklin (32). Karthik although fell quickly, stumped off the bowling of his namesake Murali Kartik, after bring Mumbai back in the chase. Franklin (32) carried on and kept Mumbai in the hunt, but after the fall of West Indian Kieron Pollard (8), the writing was on the wall.

Mumbai needing 45 off the last 3 over could manage only 15 runs as they slumped to their 1st loss in the match.

Delhi Daredevils and Kolkata Knight Riders new beginning

Kolkata: Delhi Daredevils and Kolkata Knight Riders - two sides yet to reach the Indian Premier League clash at the Eden Gardens on Thursday, eyeing a good opening to their campaign in the 5th year IPL of the cash-rich league on the right note.

Dashing batsman Virender Sehwag, who is having his 2nd innings as Daredevils captain, would be hopeful the team would better its lackluster performance in the previous 2 years of the IPL when it bent out in the group league stage. The Delhi franchisee made it to the semi-finals in the tournament's 1st 2 chapters.

 The KKR, now led by the formidable Gautam Gambhir - a former Delhi Daredevils captain - have in their ranks several stars include the hard hitting New Zealand starter Brendon McCullum, Australian speed bowler Brett Lee, all-rounder Bangladesh Shakib Al Hasan and West Indies off spinner Sunil Narine, famous South African batsman Kallis and attacking willower Yusuf Pathan.

Having made hasty exits from the group stage in the 1st 3 editions of the league, the Shah Rukh Khan owned KKR made it to the semi-finals last year, and are aim to improve the bar this time.Playing their lung-opener on home to of Eden Gardens, which local organizer Cricket society of Bengal hope would see a footfall of around 50,000, the Knights have high hope from their 2new recruits Narine and McCullum, while Merchant De Lange has an outside chance of creation it to the playing eleven.

 The Netherlands all-rounder Ryan ten Doeschate, with his big thumping capabilities and utility medium pace, is also in the reckoning for a place in the last arrangement. The Daredevils are with no several of their front-line batsmen. Mahela Jayewardene of Sri Lanka, David Warner of Australia and England Kevin Petersen are busy serving their national teams, while volatile New Zealander Ross Taylor is treatment a broken hand.

Apart from Sehwag, Andre Russell of West Indies could be a support of the Daredevils, who have a dreadful pace attack, led by Morne Morkel, with Irfan Pathan, Umesh Yadav and Varun Aaron capable of difficult the Knight's strong batting line up.