Chennai Super Kings VS Rajasthan Royals

Today match clearly demonstrated how quickly Twenty20 games can turn. With four overs to go, Chennai Super Kings had nine wickets in hand  and required  31 runs it was looking a one-sided game at that time but then Rajasthan Royals turns the tables on Chennai Super Kings.

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Two wickets in 17th over by Kevon Cooper  create a little tension in the Chennai dressing room , but MS Dhoni and Dwayne Bravo on the crease , things were still under control.When Amit Singh gave away 13  runs in the next over the game again seemed over.

There were no more boundaries in the game and with Stuart Binny bowling yorker after yorker in the final over, it came down to two runs on the last ball. At the the final delivery Dhoni  showed his finishing skills, he managed to play the ball to deep backward square leg and poor throw from Cooper helped him to complete his second run which was quite difficult to take.

Batting first the Rajasthan Royals managed 146 on a slowish pitch at the MA Chidambaram Stadium. The special thing of the innings was Owais Shah's third half-century of the tournament leaving Chennai Super Kings with a target they will fancy chasing.

The highlights of Super Kings' bowling were R Ashwin's momentum-stalling spell after the Royals openers have provided a cracking start, and Nuwan Kulasekara's full-and-wide bowling at the death. Royals have been the most explosive side of the season in the final five overs of the innings, but they couldn't get the final flourish today as Kulasekara conceded only eight off the 18th and 20th overs combined.

Rahane again showed his ability to find the boundary with his stroke play, and Rahul Dravid also kept the rate up early on, with a pulled four and a straight six. Royals raced to 32 off four overs before the introduction of Ashwin . He got the  wicket of Rahane who was  chipping to mid-off and gave away only four in his first two overs.

The left-arm spinners, Shadab Jakati and Ravindra Jadeja played their parts as they bring the scoring-rate down to just above six. Shah couldn't find his usual fluency, and Ashok Menaria also couldn't get the big hits away, prompting speculation over whether Brad Hodge should have been sent in before the youngster.

It was the 15th over, from Jadeja, that provided Royals a much-needed boost as a couple of wides ran away for four, with Shah's constant shuffle around the crease confusing the bowler. Twenty-two came off that over, and when Menaria launched Dwayne Bravo for a six and a four in the 17th, the big onslaught finally seemed on. Kulasekara, though, scuttled Royals' hopes of crossing 150 with his stifling overs at the end.

Chennai Super Kings VS Rajasthan Royals

Today match clearly demonstrated how quickly Twenty20 games can turn. With four overs to go, Chennai Super Kings had nine wickets in hand  and required  31 runs it was looking a one-sided game at that time but then Rajasthan Royals turns the tables on Chennai Super Kings.

To watch the live streaming of matches visit our Cricket Live Streaming page.

Two wickets in 17th over by Kevon Cooper  create a little tension in the Chennai dressing room , but MS Dhoni and Dwayne Bravo on the crease , things were still under control.When Amit Singh gave away 13  runs in the next over the game again seemed over.

There were no more boundaries in the game and with Stuart Binny bowling yorker after yorker in the final over, it came down to two runs on the last ball. At the the final delivery Dhoni  showed his finishing skills, he managed to play the ball to deep backward square leg and poor throw from Cooper helped him to complete his second run which was quite difficult to take.

Batting first the Rajasthan Royals managed 146 on a slowish pitch at the MA Chidambaram Stadium. The special thing of the innings was Owais Shah's third half-century of the tournament leaving Chennai Super Kings with a target they will fancy chasing.

The highlights of Super Kings' bowling were R Ashwin's momentum-stalling spell after the Royals openers have provided a cracking start, and Nuwan Kulasekara's full-and-wide bowling at the death. Royals have been the most explosive side of the season in the final five overs of the innings, but they couldn't get the final flourish today as Kulasekara conceded only eight off the 18th and 20th overs combined.

Rahane again showed his ability to find the boundary with his stroke play, and Rahul Dravid also kept the rate up early on, with a pulled four and a straight six. Royals raced to 32 off four overs before the introduction of Ashwin . He got the  wicket of Rahane who was  chipping to mid-off and gave away only four in his first two overs.

The left-arm spinners, Shadab Jakati and Ravindra Jadeja played their parts as they bring the scoring-rate down to just above six. Shah couldn't find his usual fluency, and Ashok Menaria also couldn't get the big hits away, prompting speculation over whether Brad Hodge should have been sent in before the youngster.

It was the 15th over, from Jadeja, that provided Royals a much-needed boost as a couple of wides ran away for four, with Shah's constant shuffle around the crease confusing the bowler. Twenty-two came off that over, and when Menaria launched Dwayne Bravo for a six and a four in the 17th, the big onslaught finally seemed on. Kulasekara, though, scuttled Royals' hopes of crossing 150 with his stifling overs at the end.

Mumbai Indians vs CSK

Will the card parallel the nicer interference?

Mumbai Indians' started IPL 2012 , Pragyan Ojha and Richard Levi, made immediate impact to set up an easy win over CSK defending champions in the season opener. Richard Levi made the way easy to cross 1st hurdle with 50 from 35-balls, but it was Ojha who made the critical contribution. He made a seamless transition from Deccan Chargers to Mumbai, taking two wickets in his first two overs to pull Super Kings just when they were threatening.

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Super Kings were 69 for 2, having made a bit of a comeback from a slow start, when Ojha was introduced in the 10th over, and he take two wickets early that make difference - including those of danger men Suresh Raina and Dwayne Bravo - meant they could add only 43 in the rest of the piece. Kieron Pollard and Malinga stoped CSK move more, taking two wickets each.

Ojha's introduction was a polar moment in the game. Put in on a surprisingly green Chennai pitch - definitely not one that will impress IPL chairman Rajiv Shukla - Super Kings were just coming out of a period of struggle then. One of their big strikers, M Vijay, had taken six balls to get off the mark, and his anxiousness to do so had resulted in the run-out of fellow opener du Plessis. Soon he himself fell to a slower ball from James Franklin.

At the other end, though, Raina enjoyed his homecoming to the tournament he revels most in, starting things off with a six over mid-off, The first of the tournament. Bravo joined in with two beautiful shots on the up off the bowling off Franklin, putting the pressure back on Mumbai. Both the batsmen were now confident enough to take risks off Ojha's bowling. Raina swept the first ball powerfully, Bravo slogged at the second, and drove the next inside-out for four. That was to be the last boundary of the innings.

Ojha refused to give them pace or flatness, and Raina, 36 off 26, picked out sweeper-cover off the fifth ball Ojha bowled. In Ojha's next, Bravo found long-on with similar precision to fall for a run-a-ball 19. Ojha couldn't be kept out of the game. He soon caught the promoted Albie Morkel off the varied bowling off Pollard. In Ojha's last over, the 16th, MS Dhoni fell for a rare non-direct-hit run-out. It must have been some pressure of suffocation at work. Ojha finished with 2 for 17 in his four, and Pollard dismissed S Badrinath in his last to finish with figures of 2 for 15.At 99 for 7 in the 17th over, with two Lasith Malinga overs left, no one would have expected an addition of many more than the eventual 13. The beefy Levi then charged out in the chase, swinging the shoulders, mostly to leg, hitting sixes off Ravindra Jadeja, R Ashwin and Dwayne Bravo. The pitch remained lively: Doug Bolinger hit both Rohit Sharma and Sachin Tendulkar with uneven bounce, forcing the latter to retire-hurt. Levi's explosive start, though, had done enough, and Mumbai cruised through with 3.1 overs to spare.

Richard Levi man of the match.

Mumbai Indians vs CSK

Will the card parallel the nicer interference?

Mumbai Indians' started IPL 2012 , Pragyan Ojha and Richard Levi, made immediate impact to set up an easy win over CSK defending champions in the season opener. Richard Levi made the way easy to cross 1st hurdle with 50 from 35-balls, but it was Ojha who made the critical contribution. He made a seamless transition from Deccan Chargers to Mumbai, taking two wickets in his first two overs to pull Super Kings just when they were threatening.

g to break free.

Super Kings were 69 for 2, having made a bit of a comeback from a slow start, when Ojha was introduced in the 10th over, and he take two wickets early that make difference - including those of danger men Suresh Raina and Dwayne Bravo - meant they could add only 43 in the rest of the piece. Kieron Pollard and Malinga stoped CSK move more, taking two wickets each.

Ojha's introduction was a polar moment in the game. Put in on a surprisingly green Chennai pitch - definitely not one that will impress IPL chairman Rajiv Shukla - Super Kings were just coming out of a period of struggle then. One of their big strikers, M Vijay, had taken six balls to get off the mark, and his anxiousness to do so had resulted in the run-out of fellow opener du Plessis. Soon he himself fell to a slower ball from James Franklin.

At the other end, though, Raina enjoyed his homecoming to the tournament he revels most in, starting things off with a six over mid-off, The first of the tournament. Bravo joined in with two beautiful shots on the up off the bowling off Franklin, putting the pressure back on Mumbai. Both the batsmen were now confident enough to take risks off Ojha's bowling. Raina swept the first ball powerfully, Bravo slogged at the second, and drove the next inside-out for four. That was to be the last boundary of the innings.

Ojha refused to give them pace or flatness, and Raina, 36 off 26, picked out sweeper-cover off the fifth ball Ojha bowled. In Ojha's next, Bravo found long-on with similar precision to fall for a run-a-ball 19. Ojha couldn't be kept out of the game. He soon caught the promoted Albie Morkel off the varied bowling off Pollard. In Ojha's last over, the 16th, MS Dhoni fell for a rare non-direct-hit run-out. It must have been some pressure of suffocation at work. Ojha finished with 2 for 17 in his four, and Pollard dismissed S Badrinath in his last to finish with figures of 2 for 15.At 99 for 7 in the 17th over, with two Lasith Malinga overs left, no one would have expected an addition of many more than the eventual 13. The beefy Levi then charged out in the chase, swinging the shoulders, mostly to leg, hitting sixes off Ravindra Jadeja, R Ashwin and Dwayne Bravo. The pitch remained lively: Doug Bolinger hit both Rohit Sharma and Sachin Tendulkar with uneven bounce, forcing the latter to retire-hurt. Levi's explosive start, though, had done enough, and Mumbai cruised through with 3.1 overs to spare.

Richard Levi man of the match.

IPL 2012 2nd Match KKR Vs DD

The match which was reduced to the 12 overs due to heavy rain is finally won by the Dehli Daredevils. A packed Eden Gardens had waited and waited for the rain to stop. When the 12-overs-a-side game finally got underway after a delay of two-and-a-half hours, the home team Kolkata Knight Riders crumbled instantly.Delhi Daredevils won the toss and chose to field.

At the end of the fourth over Kolkta Knight Riders had had lost four important wickets. And at the end of Seventh over they had lost 6 wickets. Morne Morkel took three of those strikes, including the wickets of Jacques Kallis and Tiwary off consecutive deliveries. The blows also ensured Knight Riders ended up with a decent score after having been reduced to 55 for 6.

Knight Riders were in danger of getting bowled out in an innings of 12 overs, but Shukla and Das went after the spinners. The final total of the Knight Riders was 97. Thanks to Das' 18 and Shukla's 26  runs.

In the reply Daredevils batting was outstanding. Finch build an opening stand of 49 runs with Sehwag. He was bowled by Kallis. Sehwag was caught by  Iqbal Abdulla,Bhatia took his wicket. Irfan Pathan and Maxwell played very well and build a partnership of 43 runs. 

Delhi Daredevils chased the target with fall of 2 wickets with 5 balls remaining.

Score card is given below

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IPL 2012 2nd Match KKR Vs DD

The match which was reduced to the 12 overs due to heavy rain is finally won by the Dehli Daredevils. A packed Eden Gardens had waited and waited for the rain to stop. When the 12-overs-a-side game finally got underway after a delay of two-and-a-half hours, the home team Kolkata Knight Riders crumbled instantly.Delhi Daredevils won the toss and chose to field.

At the end of the fourth over Kolkta Knight Riders had had lost four important wickets. And at the end of Seventh over they had lost 6 wickets. Morne Morkel took three of those strikes, including the wickets of Jacques Kallis and Tiwary off consecutive deliveries. The blows also ensured Knight Riders ended up with a decent score after having been reduced to 55 for 6.

Knight Riders were in danger of getting bowled out in an innings of 12 overs, but Shukla and Das went after the spinners. The final total of the Knight Riders was 97. Thanks to Das' 18 and Shukla's 26  runs.

In the reply Daredevils batting was outstanding. Finch build an opening stand of 49 runs with Sehwag. He was bowled by Kallis. Sehwag was caught by  Iqbal Abdulla,Bhatia took his wicket. Irfan Pathan and Maxwell played very well and build a partnership of 43 runs. 

Delhi Daredevils chased the target with fall of 2 wickets with 5 balls remaining.

Score card is given below

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Mumbai Indians v Pune Warriors

Pune Warriors India 129 for 9 (Smith 39, Malinga 2-16) and Mumbai Indians 100 for 9 (Dinda 4-17).Pune warriors beat Mumbai Indians by 29 runs.

The owners of Pune Warriors India, who had threatened to pull out of the IPL because they felt disadvantaged by the tournament's rules, watched their team cause an upset in front of a packed Stadium, where they defended a low total against one of the tournament favourites. The Warriors' spinners - of left-arm, offspin and legbreak variety - captain Sourav Ganguly used them in a beautifull way, bloeide on a generous pitch, picking off their victims, while Ashok Dinda offered substantial pace support.Dinda and karthik tookthree wickets in first two overs.

The result was a surprise because Mumbai Indians had closed Warriors innings to 129 for 9, especially after their batsmen chased successfully with ease on opening night in Chennai against champions of IPL 2011 CSK. However, Mumbai Indians were without Sachin Tendulkar, who was nursing a bruised hand,top order batsmen looking in hurry that damaged to chase Mumbai Indians a modest total.
before this story Pune Warriors India's innings start was not good.

Pune Warriors India 129 for 9 (Smith 39, Malinga 2-16) v Mumbai Indians

Sourav Ganguly was stumped by Dinesh Karthik off Harbhajan Singh

Mumbai Indians produced truely good bowling and fielding performance to give themselves a strong chance to stay on wining track in this IPL season. Without the injured Sachin Tendulkar in their first home game, Harbhajan Singh's team treated the strong crowd at Wankhede Stadium to an intense performance that smothered the Warriors by taking regular wickets and providing few boundary balls.

The first over, after Mumbai Indians had won the toss, set the tone. Lasith Malinga take down a succession of near yorker-length deliveries that were very difficult to play for young Manish Pandey. Atlast he tried to attack the fifth, missed, and was bowled. Malinga had begun with a wicket maiden. Harbhajan bowled with the new ball and was economical, providing few scoring opportunities. With the run-rate barely four an over, the other opener Sourav Ganguly captain of Warriors in Yuvraj Singh's absence, ran past one and gave Dinesh Karthik who is wearing a baseball catcher's mask, an easy stumping.

Wayne Parnell, a South African allrounder who bowls better than he bats, was promoted to No. 3, and he managed to swat Harbhajan for two boundaries, before he was bowled by Munaf Patel. The ball that beat his defences angled across him and then bent back far enough to take the inside edge on to the stumps. The pressure was maintained by Pragyan Ojha, who's left-arm deliveries gripped on the red soil and turned sharply, beating the bat by several inches.

The next wicket was a result of Mumbai Indians' prowess in the field. Two powerful shots from Callum Ferguson had been stopped by Kieron Pollard and Ambati Rayudu on the boundary, and when the batsman attempted a risky single to Rohit Sharma at point, he was run outt by a direct hit. Rohit had only one stump to aim at and his accuracy made up for a half-chance that Harbhajan had missed the previous ball.

At 47 for 4 in the ninth over, Warriors needed a special innings to recover but they did not get one. Robin Uthappa had begun to accelerate after scoring at a run a ball but skied a return catch to Pollard on 36. Marlon Samuels, who is not playing Tests against Australia to play the IPL, couldn't keep out a Malinga yorker. It needed some free swinging from Steven Smith, who made 39, to ensure the asking-rate at the start of Mumbai Indians's chase was a little over six an over.

Mumbai Indians v Pune Warriors

Pune Warriors India 129 for 9 (Smith 39, Malinga 2-16) and Mumbai Indians 100 for 9 (Dinda 4-17).Pune warriors beat Mumbai Indians by 29 runs.

The owners of Pune Warriors India, who had threatened to pull out of the IPL because they felt disadvantaged by the tournament's rules, watched their team cause an upset in front of a packed Stadium, where they defended a low total against one of the tournament favourites. The Warriors' spinners - of left-arm, offspin and legbreak variety - captain Sourav Ganguly used them in a beautifull way, bloeide on a generous pitch, picking off their victims, while Ashok Dinda offered substantial pace support.Dinda and karthik tookthree wickets in first two overs.

The result was a surprise because Mumbai Indians had closed Warriors innings to 129 for 9, especially after their batsmen chased successfully with ease on opening night in Chennai against champions of IPL 2011 CSK. However, Mumbai Indians were without Sachin Tendulkar, who was nursing a bruised hand,top order batsmen looking in hurry that damaged to chase Mumbai Indians a modest total.
before this story Pune Warriors India's innings start was not good.

Pune Warriors India 129 for 9 (Smith 39, Malinga 2-16) v Mumbai Indians

Sourav Ganguly was stumped by Dinesh Karthik off Harbhajan Singh

Mumbai Indians produced truely good bowling and fielding performance to give themselves a strong chance to stay on wining track in this IPL season. Without the injured Sachin Tendulkar in their first home game, Harbhajan Singh's team treated the strong crowd at Wankhede Stadium to an intense performance that smothered the Warriors by taking regular wickets and providing few boundary balls.

The first over, after Mumbai Indians had won the toss, set the tone. Lasith Malinga take down a succession of near yorker-length deliveries that were very difficult to play for young Manish Pandey. Atlast he tried to attack the fifth, missed, and was bowled. Malinga had begun with a wicket maiden. Harbhajan bowled with the new ball and was economical, providing few scoring opportunities. With the run-rate barely four an over, the other opener Sourav Ganguly captain of Warriors in Yuvraj Singh's absence, ran past one and gave Dinesh Karthik who is wearing a baseball catcher's mask, an easy stumping.

Wayne Parnell, a South African allrounder who bowls better than he bats, was promoted to No. 3, and he managed to swat Harbhajan for two boundaries, before he was bowled by Munaf Patel. The ball that beat his defences angled across him and then bent back far enough to take the inside edge on to the stumps. The pressure was maintained by Pragyan Ojha, who's left-arm deliveries gripped on the red soil and turned sharply, beating the bat by several inches.

The next wicket was a result of Mumbai Indians' prowess in the field. Two powerful shots from Callum Ferguson had been stopped by Kieron Pollard and Ambati Rayudu on the boundary, and when the batsman attempted a risky single to Rohit Sharma at point, he was run outt by a direct hit. Rohit had only one stump to aim at and his accuracy made up for a half-chance that Harbhajan had missed the previous ball.

At 47 for 4 in the ninth over, Warriors needed a special innings to recover but they did not get one. Robin Uthappa had begun to accelerate after scoring at a run a ball but skied a return catch to Pollard on 36. Marlon Samuels, who is not playing Tests against Australia to play the IPL, couldn't keep out a Malinga yorker. It needed some free swinging from Steven Smith, who made 39, to ensure the asking-rate at the start of Mumbai Indians's chase was a little over six an over.