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Shikhar Dhawan and Gambhir shine in Delhi's win

Delhi scored 191 runs and set a target of 192 for Dravid's team. Dravid's team failed again. Magnificent batting by Dhawan and Gambhir saw them score 191. Gambhir is the fifth biggest scorer and his 86 was a revealation ! Dravid's men could not get the 192 ! Royal Challengers are going down. Chennai is on top at the moment. But with Hussey and Hayden gone, let us see how Chennai fares again.

Maiden win for Mumbai !

Shaun Pollock removed Ganguly and McCullum and Kolkotta were 6/2. Early wickets from which they never truly recoverd. Laxmi Shukla scored 40 with 2 sixes and 4 fours. But the revealation was Debabrata Das who hit 5 fours and a six in his blistering 29, when Ganguly, McCullum and Ponting failed. All that the Knight Riders could muster was 131. Mumbai were 25/3 and there were fears of a Mumbai loss, like the last four matches. But then Uthapp (37 n o ) and Bravo ( 64 no ) were involved in a 113 run partnership, which saw the Mumbai Indians home. Here are the points of the 8 teams M V L T P ( M-Match, V-Victory, L- Loss, T = Tie, P=Points) Chennai 4 4 0 0 8 Rajasthan 4 3 1 0 6 Kolkotta 4 2 2 0 4 Delhi 3 2 1 0 4 Punjab 4 2 2 0 4 Hyderabad 4 1 3 0 2 Bangalore 4 1 3 0 2 Mumbai 5 1 4 0 2

Royal Challengers fail again !

We do not know what is wrong with the Royal Challengers, they have failed again. Dravid was again out for a blob and Virat Kohli did not shine. The target was gettable, particulary after Waseem Jaffer and Ross Taylor scored half-centuries. Dhoni won the toss and batted on a hostile pitch. Dale Steyn was hostile, bowling at 145 kph. Hayden was out to Zaheer and then Patel got out. Dhoni's blitzkreing was 65 out of 30 balls. Hussey scored 47 and the Chennai Super Kings finished at 178/5. The Royal Challengers were on top at 102/1, when Jaffer, who had hit 2 sixes, got out. Then they lost quick wickets in succession. It looked like a procession of batsmen. RC failed again and were all out for 165 !

Punjab and Hyderabad win comfortably !

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Sehwag out means half the battle lost. He was taken by Pathan and Lee took Dhawan, VRV Singh took 3-29 and the Dare Devils could only muster 158/8. Manoj Tiwari scored 39 . The Kings XI game plan worked well. Simon Katich continued his great form with the bat. He scored 75 and got Man of the Match Award. Yuvraj was at his striking best ( 40 not out ) and he got a hug from Preity Zinta. In the other match Laxman won the toss and fielded. The Mumbai Indians were 27/3. Shaun Pollock scored 31 and Abhishek Nair scored 34, blasting 3 sixes in the process. The Deccan Chargers wanted 155 runs and they got it in style. Gilly blasted 10 sixes and nine fours in his 109 no and Laxman gave solid support in the massive score of 155 for none. This is the greatest partnership ever in the IPL. The massive crowd of 50 K had got their money's worth, as they saw one of the greatest innings in T20 from Gilchrist.

Chennai & Rajasthan prevail !

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That it is a mind game is proved by Shane Warne. He won the toss, put Dravdis' men to bat and bowled them out for 138. Their game plan was class. Dravid, Chanderpaul and Kallis were held in the deep. Except for some lusty hitting by Ross Taylor (44) and Praveen Kumar (34), none of the other batsmen could excel. Munaf got 2 wickets, Trivedi 1, Warne 1 and Watson 2. Shane Watson was as solid as ever, playing the sheet anchor role and scoring 61 not out. Graeme Smith became successful for the second time and scored 49. Yousuf Pathan scored only 21, but the innings was embellished with 5 fours. In the other match, Dhoni's men proved to be formidable. Jacob Oram took both the wickets of McCullum and Ponting to reduce the Knight Riders to 32/2, from which they never recovered. He also took the wicket of Karthik ang got the Man of the Match award. Laxmi Ratan Shukla played well for his 42 and the innings folded up at 147/9. A glorious stand of 66 by Parthiv Patel and Hayden saw the Su

Sangakara pulls, cuts and lofts Punjab to victory !

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Magnificent batting by Sangakara and great bowling by Kings XI saw Punjab home in the match against the Mumbai Indians. The 182 scored by Punjab was a competitive score, and the Punjab bowlers bowled superbly. Brett Lee bowled well and took one wicket, Chawla 2, Sreesanth 2, VRV 1 and Pathan 1. This is the third consecutive defeat of the Mumbai Indians and they have to win the rest 4 matches to be in the reckoning. Here we give a list of the 8 sites of the teams. May them become the Manchester Uniteds and the Chelseas of Cricket Deccan Chargers Royal Challengers Rajasthan Royals Punjab Kings XI Mumbai Indians Chennai Super Kings Kolkotta KnightRiders Delhi Dare Devils

Rajastan Royals win in thriller !

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Now all teams are scoring more than 200 and 200 has become the standard of the game. Yesterday saw a lot of records rewritten. The fastest hundred off 47 balls by Symonds, the fastest 50 off 21 balls by Yousuf Pathan ( who incidentally got the Man of the Match ) and the fastest 100 in 51 balls or 8.3 overs, by Rajastan Royals ! Deccan Chargers palyed well for their 214/5, with Symonds scoring 117. Magnificent support from Rohit Sharma, who scored 36. You will think that 214 is a formidable score, but the Rajastan Royals eclipsed it with 217/7 ! Yousuf Pathan belted six sixes, scoring 61 off 28 balls ! Graeme Smith scored 71 and then in walked Shane Warne. Off the last over, RR needed 17 runs to win. Shane belted a four and 2 sixes and Royals won the game royally ! This will go down in history as one of the best thrillers ever seen !