Transcendence

Great batting by Mahela ( 55 ) and Hodge ( 35 ) helped Kochi to score 156 againt KKR. Kochi had a disastrous start, when McCullum was out to Unadkat for 1 and then Patel was out to Unadkat for 21, which sent Kochi reeling at 30/2. Mahela did the repair work and his 55 was studded with 2 sixes and 2 fours. Brad Hodge also hit two sixes and three fours in his 35. Kolkotta raced off to a great start and are now 56/0, with Kallis and Morgan unconquered off 8.4 overs. Kallis is on 38 and Morgan 16.

What regal batting ! M Hussey with 79 not out and Raina 61 powered Chennai to a 8 wicket victory over hapless RR. RR started magnificently with the openers, Dravid and Watson putting on 86 off 10 overs. Watson was out to Jakati and then a collapse started and Royals were 147/6 ! Chennai blasted 149 for the loss of just wickets. The Royal's hopes were dashed by a burst from Albie Morkel who claimed 2 wickets in one over. When Dravid and Watson were going strong, a 200 plus total seemed strong. For a change, Dravid dominated the stand and Watson had to play second fiddle. The CSK bowling wilted under pressure and then Jakati changed the game when he came on to bowl, claiming the wicket of Watson. Aswin and Ranadiv claimed wickets and then RR fell to an abysmal 147. A scintillating 137 run partnership for the second wicket between Raina and Hussey changed the game. Botha trapped Vijay for 5 and Chennai were not off to a bright start. But the in form Raina came in to partner Hussey an

It is LLLLLLL for Pune now, their seventh successive defeat. Mumbai's bowling proved to be formidable, as they restricted Pune to 139/7. Earlier Mumbai scored 160/7 after being inserted into bat and T Suman smashed 36 off 16 balls and Keiron Pollard hit a magnifienct 29 to post a mammoth total of 8 per over. Malinga led the Mumbai attack with the figures of 3/25, followed by Bajji ( 1/17), M Patel ( 1/30) and Pollard ( 1/36). When Pune chased 161. Jesse Ryder was out first ball to Bajji. Manish Pandey became the Man of the Hour with a brilliant 59 but then that could not save hapless Pune, who have now lost seven matches in a row. Pune and Kochi can be excused as they are inexperienced in IPL. Pandey's 59 came off 47 balls and it was simply blitzkreig. Uthappa remained unbeaten with 34 off 26 and these two resisted the Mumbai attack. Yuvraj hit two sixes but then got out to a Malinga bouncer, held brilliantly by Munaf. Earlier, Mumbai was just 65 off 10 overs but then a hero em

A blistering 47 not out by Yousuf Pathan sent the Deccans to another defeat, despite Shikhar Dhawans' fighting half century. 170 was a chasable total, but the Deccans made a mess of it. When they lost four wickets for 70 runs, it was more or less curtains for them. But then Shikhar Dhawan was unconquered and he along with Teja smashed 55 runs off 31 balls to keep Deccan in the hunt. Iqbal Adbullah took two wickets in one over, as he removed both Sohal and Sangakara. Then Rajat Bhatia removed two more to put Kolkotta on course to victory. Earlier, Yousuf tried his chance and blasted three fours and three sixes in a magnificent 47 not out off just 26 deliveries. He was let off twice by the butterfingered Deccans ! With in form Manoj Tiwari ( 33 off 28 balls), he added 80 runs in just eight overs for the fourth wicket which laid the base of the formidable Kolkotta score. Gambhir and Kallis also made good contributions, scoring 35 off 22 and 30 off 31 respectively. With this win, KKR z

Again Sachin and Rayudu proved they are in great form by blasting fifites and Mumbai scored a good 159/5 and then restricted Punjab to 136/8, with the help of Slinga Malinga and Musa Patel ! Both two wickets. Valthaty scored a useful 33 and Shaun Marsh was the best of the Punjab batsmen. He scored 61 with eight fours. Mumbai opened with Bajji and Bajji trapped Gilchrist lbw. Punjab 1/1 ! Then came the partnership that mattered for Punjab, as Marsh and Valthaty took the score to 73, when Valthaty was caught Pollard off Symonds. He hit two mighty sixes and one four. Then the procession of batsmen began, with Punjab collapsing to 136/8! Shaun Marsh, with his brilliant 61, was out when the score was 131 and it was more or less curtains for Punjab ! For Mumbai, Davy Jacobs was out ten when the score was 14 and then the in form Rayudu joined Sachin. Both took the score to 109, when Rayudu was caught by Karthik off Chawla. Sachin was eventually out when he was on 51, caught Nayar off Harris.

Great bowling by Prashant Parameswaran and Vinay Kumar restricted Delhi to 140/6 and then attacking batting by McCullum and Patel took the game away from Delhi. "Who is this guy?" asked Sehwag about Prashant and his team mates replied that he is a new guy who has just boarded the bus. Sehwag said that Prashant is a good find for Kochi and for India. Prashant was hit for six by Sehwag but then he came back to take the edge of the Delhi marauder and Delhi had lost their prime batsman. Sehwag, who had scared Kochi with two fours off R P Singh, was back in the pavilion and Kochi had struck early. Naman Ojha hit Prashant for a six and a four. Warner's innings was needed by Delhi but he miscued Sreeshant and Delhi were two down. RP then took the wicket of Ojha and Delhi had lost 3 wickets for 40 odd runs. It was left to V Rao and Nagar to retrieve the innings and 17 balls went without a single boundary. Then at 97, Nagar was out to V Kumar and Prashant came back to claim the pr

Great bowling by Prashant Parameswaran and Vinay Kumar restricted Delhi to 140/6 and then attacking batting by McCullum and Patel took the game away from Delhi. "Who is this guy?" asked Sehwag about Prashant and his team mates replied that he is a new guy who has just boarded the bus. Sehwag said that Prashant is a good find for Kochi and for India. Prashant was hit for six by Sehwag but then he came back to take the edge of the Delhi marauder and Delhi had lost their prime batsman. Sehwag, who had scared Kochi with two fours off R P Singh, was back in the pavilion and Kochi had struck early. Naman Ojha hit Prashant for a six and a four. Warner's innings was needed by Delhi but he miscued Sreeshant and Delhi were two down. RP then took the wicket of Ojha and Delhi had lost 3 wickets for 40 odd runs. It was left to V Rao and Nagar to retrieve the innings and 17 balls went without a single boundary. Then at 97, Nagar was out to V Kumar and Prashant came back to claim the pr