Archive for March, 2010

Delhi Daredevils is back on the track and today they defeated Rajasthan Royals. It was the second consecutive win of Delhi Daredevils at their home ground Kotla. Delhi Daredevils proved their all-round performance. After scoring 188 in twenty 20 overs DD was sure about win but their bowler made this task easier. The performance of Rajasthan Royals was not of high quality in any of the department. Karthik and Gambhir played a fantastic innings and helped Delhi to get win. After that bowlers shine and they bowled out RR in just 17.4 and won the match by 67 runs. 

Delhi Daredevils 188/6 (20/20 ov)

Rajasthan Royals 121/10 (17.4/20 ov)

Man of the Match- Dinesh Karthik

With the help of aggressive inning of M Vijay, Chennai Super Kings defeated RCB by 5 wickets. Vijay played an inning of 78 runs in just 39 balls that includes 6 sixes and 4 fours. Raina contributed with 44 runs. 

At first Royal Challengers Bangalore made total score of 161 for the loss of 4 wickets. Kallis exposed again and he made 52 runs. Kallis is the highest run getter in this IPL season. Kohli made 34 runs while Pietersen contributed with 23 runs.

 Bangalore 161/4 (20/20 ov)

Chennai Super Kings 166/5 (19.0/20 ov)

Man of the match M Vijay

In an interesting match Mumbai Indians defeated the KXI Punjab by 4 wickets. The match result came in the last over. In this over, MI needed 6 runs and Lee was the bowler. Harbhajan Singh and Satish was on the strike and they control their nerves and helps MI to get another victory. It was the 6^th victory of Mumbai Indians in this tournament and the team is rocking on the number position in IPL point table 2010. 

It was the sixth loss out of seven games to Punjab while Mumbai’s sixth win out of seven.

Kings XI Punjab 163 (20/20 ov)

Mumbai Indians 164/6 (19.4/20 ov)

Man of the Match – Lasith Malinga

Bangladesh team has been announced for the T20 world cup tournament. Check out the team of Bangladesh for World Cup Twenty20 2010

Squad: Shakib Al Hasan (Capt), Mushfiqur Rahim (Vice-Capt/wk), Tamim Iqbal, Imrul Kayes, Mohammad Ashraful, Aftab Ahmed, Mahmudullah, Naeem Islam, Mashrafe Mortaza, Abdur Razzak, Shafiul Islam, Rubel Hossain, Syed Rasel, Mohammad Sohrawordi, Jahirul Islam

Sachin Tendulkar is the God of Cricket. Who can say that Sachin is over 36 years? With his playing style, it seems that he is a school boy who wants to learn on each and every ball. Sachin is a symbol of Cricket. He has every shot and he can shoot with his bat. 

In the IPL 3, Sachin is batting like a hungry lion. He has scored 4 half centuries in this IPL and got 3 man of the match awards till. He is the captain of Mumbai Indians. I am sure that Sachin will own numbers of records. May god bless him!!!

Warner played one of the best innings in IPL and his innings helped Daredevils to win in home ground. Warner smashed a great inning of not out 107 in just 69 balls. He hit 5 sixes and 9 fours. Collingwood also contributed with a half century. With these innings, DD set a total of 178 runs in 20 overs. 

For chasing 178 runs, KKR got a worst start from their openers when Ganguly bolwed out by Nannes. However Gayle contributed with 30 runs but it was not enough and they scored only 137 runs. 

Delhi Daredevils – 177/4 (20/20 ov)

Kolkata Knight Riders – 137/9 (20.0/20 ov)

Man of the match – Warner

In the 25th match of IPL season 3, MI defeated DC by 41 runs. It was the 5th win of MI. Harbhajan Singh was the hero of the match. He made an aggressive 49 runs in 18 balls and also claimed 3 important wickets. He took his first wicket in very first over of the inning. Sachin Tendulkar is in the good form and he contributed 55 runs. It was the third consecutive half century from Sachin’s bat.

Mumbai Indians 172/7 (20/20 ov) 

Deccan Chargers 134/10 (17.4/20 ov) 

Man of the match – Harbhajan Singh

Rajasthan Royals is enjoying the IPL season 3 with winning momentum. It was the 4^th successive winning match of Rajasthan Royals. Today Rajasthan Royals defeated the Chennai Super Kings by 17 runs. Ojha was the hero of the match. He played a brilliant inning of 80 runs. Lumb also contributed with 30 runs and both these players added 47 runs for the first wicket partnership. With the help of these innings, RR set a total score of 177 runs in 20 overs. 

For chasing 178 runs, CSK got a good start from their openers. Hayden smashed quick 19 runs while Vijay played for 42 runs. But they could not reach on the winning score and scored only 160 runs in 20 overs. 

Rajasthan Royals 177/8 (20/20 ov)

Chennai Super Kings 160/6 (20.0/20 ov)

Man of the match -Ojha

First time in the tournament, Ganguly played a brilliangt inning and helped his team to win. But Tiwary was the real star of this match who smashed a brilliant 75 runs. It was the second half century of Tiwarly in this season.

Indian cricket team for T20 world cup has been announced. Check out the name of the players. 

SQUAD: MS Dhoni (capt & wk), Virender Sehwag (vice capt), Gautam Gambhir, Yuvraj Singh, Suresh Raina, Yusuf Pathan, Dinesh Karthik, Ravindra Jadeja, Zaheer Khan, Praveen Kumar, Ashish Nehra, Harbhajan Singh, Piyush Chawla, Vinay Kumar (new face), Rohit Sharma