Indian Premier League News, Schedule, Photos http://www.indian-premier-league.com/ Deccan Chargers beat Bangalore Royal Challengers by six runs in the final of the Indian Premier League at the Wanderers on Sunday. Veteran Anil Kumble bowled four overs for 16 runs and four wickets, and kept Deccan Chargers in check at the Wanderers, but the Bangalore batsmen couldn't chase down the below-par total of 143 for 6 set by the Chargers. http://www.indian-premier-league.com/indian-premier-league-final-2009.php Anil Kumble's bowlers restricted last year’s runners-up Super Kings to 146 for five in 20 overs and then 19-year-old Man of the Match Manish Pandey (48) and the veteran Rahul Dravid (44) played sensibly to put Royal Challengers in the finals, with seven balls to spare. http://www.indian-premier-league.com/indian-premier-league-second-semi-final-2009.php Chasing 153 set by Delhi, Deccan captain Adam Gilchrist blazed away, hitting the fastest IPL half century in 17 balls, to set up his team a comfortable victory. Dirk Nannes, one of the best bowlers of this IPL, was clobbered for five consecutive boundaries in the first over. Gilchrist fell for 85 from 35 balls one delivery before the strategic break, but the damage had been done by then. Deccan won with six wickets in hand and 16 balls to spare. They will meet the winners of the second Semi between Chennai and Bangalore. http://www.indian-premier-league.com/indian-premier-league-first-semi-final-2009.php Manish Pandey, promoted to open, hit the first century by an Indian in the IPL tournament. He was not out at 114, off 73 balls, hitting ten fours and four sixes. Maintaining the momentum of three consecutive wins, Bangalore swept aside Deccan, and went to No. 3 in the points table, setting up a semi-final clash with the Chennai Super Kings on Saturday. http://www.indian-premier-league.com/deccan-chargers-royal-challengers-bangalore-pretoria.php Harbhajan Singh (4 for 17) was on a hat-trick twice in the match, where he couldn't grab it, or victory for his team, as the Delhi Daredevils won comfortably with a confidence boosting six-wicket win against the Mumbai Indians. They booked a berth for the first semi-finals at Centurion on May 22nd. http://www.indian-premier-league.com/mumbai-indians-delhi-daredevils-pretoria.php Rajasthan Royals were unable to beat the Kolkata Knight Riders in their final league match today and are now out of the IPL tournament. Rajasthan seemed off to a good start, getting 21 runs in the first over. But after they lost the wicket of Ojha in the second over, the Rajasthan batting line up tumbled down and they managed to gather a meagre total of 101/9. For Kolkata, Langeveldt took 3 wickets giving away only 15 runs. Kolkata got a huge blow in the first over when Ganguly was caught by Jadeja off Patel's ball before he could score any runs. Kolkata lost wickets at regular intervals till the 11th over when they were at 45/6. Shukla was the pillar for Kolkata and he took the Knight Riders to a 4 wicket win over the Rajasthan Royals with his unbeaten 48 runs. Kolkata reached 102/6 in 19.3 overs. They have now won 2 consecutive matches in a row and even though Kolkata are not going to make it into the semis, they sure are important players in determining which 4 teams do get to play in the semi finals. http://www.indian-premier-league.com/chennai-super-kings-kolkata-knight-riders-pretoria.php Bangalore Royal Challengers beat Delhi Daredevils in a comfortable win to keep their chances of getting into the semis alive. Praveen Kumar struck the Daredevils early and took 2 wickets in the first over. Delhi stumbled and reached 134/7 in 20 overs. Karthik was the high scorer for Delhi with 31 runs. After losing their opener Robin Uthappa in the first over, Kallis and Dravid stabilised the Bangalore innings. The Royal Challengers reached their target at 135/3 in 19 overs. Bangalore are now in 4th place with 14 points. http://www.indian-premier-league.com/chennai-super-kings-kolkata-knight-riders-pretoria.php Raina's 52 and Dhoni's unbeaten 40 put Chennai Super Kings at 188/3 - a respectable score to defend against Kolkata, the team that has won only 1 out of their last 12 games. But today was the day that Kolkata finally won another match in this tournamnt. McCullum(81) and Hodge(71) took Kolkata Knight Riders to victory. They won in the last ball with 189/3 in 20 overs. http://www.indian-premier-league.com/chennai-super-kings-kolkata-knight-riders-pretoria.php A splendid batting performance by AB de Villiers who remained unbeaten at 79 was the highlight of the Delhi innings. They ended up with a sore of 150/3. The Rajasthan Royals lost Smith(0) and Quiney(6) early and were 24/3 in 6.2 overs. Botha and Ravindra Jadeja tried to get their team back on track, but the final bow came in the form of Mishra in the 16th over who took 3 wickets in one over. The Rajasthan Royals could not recover from it and managed to get only 136/9. Now Rajasthan are in 5th place and they absolutely have to beat Kolkata in their final league match to keep up their hopes of getting into the semis. http://www.indian-premier-league.com/kings-xi-punjab-deccan-chargers-johannesburg.php Kings XI Punjab earned a spot in the Top 4 with a 1 run win over Decan Chargers in a heart-racing match. The batting performance of Kings XI Punjab was not very impressive and they managed to take only 134/7. Sangakkara who took 56 runs contributed the most towards their score. For Deccan RP Singh took 3 wickets giving away only 23 runs. The Punjab bowlers were the heroes of this game. Yuvraj Singh got his second hattrick of the tournament and Powar and Pathan took 2 wickets each. Deccan Charger were limited to 133/8. http://www.indian-premier-league.com/kings-xi-punjab-deccan-chargers-johannesburg.php After struggling through most of their innings and having a low run rate, Kolkata pulled itself together in the last 2 overs. From 117/3 in 17.5 overs, Kolkata managed to get to 160/5 at the end of their innings. Hussey took 43 off only 17 balls. The Deccan Chargers too seemed to have a slow run chase, and they ended up needing 21 runs in the last over. At times, it seemed the Knight Riders would finally be able to pull off a victory. But it was not to be - Mortaza who bowled the final over melted under pressure and 26 runs came off the last over! Deccan took 166/4 and won the game by 6 wickets. http://www.indian-premier-league.com/deccan-chargers-kolkata-knight-riders-port-elizabeth.php After winning the toss and electing to bat, Mumbai were off to a pretty good start even though they lost Bravo(5) in the 2nd over. Jayasuriya took 30 runs off 17 balls and Duminy contributed 62 runs. Abhishek Nayar remained not out at 33. Mumbai got an early break when they got a wicket in the first ball of the Chennai innings when Patel was caught lbw by Malinga. But Mathew Hayden anchored himself in the crease and remained unbeaten at 60. For Mumbai, Malinga bowled 4 overs giving away only 19 runs and taking a wicket. However, Kulkarni proved very expensive, conceding 45 runs in 4 overs. Chennai Super Kings reached 151/3 in 19.1 overs. Mumbai are now at the bottom of the table, just above Kolkata and they are almost out of the IPL tournament. http://www.indian-premier-league.com/chennai-super-kings-mumbai-indians-johannesburg.php Kings XI Punjab came into this match knowing that if they lost today, their hopes of entering the semi-final would be squashed. The Punjab bowlers did a good job on the field, limiting Delhi Daredevils to only 120/9. Brett lee took 3 wickets conceding only 15 runs and Sreesanth took the valuable wickets of Dilshan and de Villiers. Kings XI Punjab stumbled in the beginning of their innings after losing a few wickets. They were 3-35 in 5.2 overs. Punjab's pace was slow and soon they needed about 10 runs per over in the last 4 overs. But Sangakkara (43) and Irfan Pathan (21) played a great game and led their team to an absolutely essential win. Punjab reached 123/4 in 19.1 overs. http://www.indian-premier-league.com/kings-xi-punjab-delhi-daredevils-kimberley.php Rajasthan Royals set the Mumbai Indians a target of 146 runs. Quiney(51) and Jadeja (42) scred the most runs for Rajasthan. Mumbai moved it's openers Jayasuriya and Tendlukar to the middle order for this match. Mumbai struggled at 23/3 after losing some early wickets. But Tendulkar(40) and Abhishek Nayar(35) put life into the Mumbai innings and soon they only needed 6 runs in 9 deliveries to win, with 3 wickets in hand. However, Mumbai lost all 3 wickets , those of Kulkarni (0), Nanda (0) and Malinga(0) in the last over. Nanda and Malinga were both run out while they scrambled to take singles. Mumbai was all out for 143 in 19.5 overs. http://www.indian-premier-league.com/mumbai-indians-rajasthan-royals-durban.php Superb bowling by Kumble (12-2) and Kallis (18-2) helped Bangalore bowl out Chennai for only 129 in 19.4 overs. Hayden was the top scorer for Chennai with 60 runs. The early loss of Kallis in the 1st over and Dravid in the 2nd over made Bangalore slow down a bit. The middle order batsmen came through for Bangalore; Taylor (46) and Kohli (36) stabilized the innings for the Royal Challengers. Bangalore reached their goal with 132/8 in 19.4 overs. http://www.indian-premier-league.com/chennai-super-kings-royal-challengers-bangalore-durban.php Delhi Daredevils managed to put together a respectable total of 173/7, thanks to De Villiers (44), Karthik (44) and Dilshan (37). The Deccan Chargers were doing very well with their run chase till the 16th over. They were at 149/4 and only needed 25 runs from the last 3 over, with 6 wickets in hand. But the Delhi Daredevils pulled off what almost seemed impossible. Rajat Bhatia took 4 wickets and the Deccan Chargers were bowled out for 161. http://www.indian-premier-league.com/deccan-chargers-delhi-daredevils-durban.php Kings XI Punjab elected to bat first and lost the wicket of Katich in the 2nd over. Sohal with 43 runs and Gole with 20 were the major contributor's for the Punjab innings. Harbhajan Singh was amazing, taking a wicket and giving only 9 runs in 4 overs. DUminy (15-2) and Rahane (5-1) also helped limit the total of Punjab to under 120. After limiting Kings XI Punjab to 119/9, Chennai Super Kings cruised to victory at the loss of only 2 wickets and with 22 balls remaining. Bravo's unbeaten 70 runs were also instrumental in Mumbai's big win. Sachin Tendulkar finally found his form in this game and was not out for 41. http://www.indian-premier-league.com/kings-xi-punjab-mumbai-indians-pretoria.php The match between the two teams who are at the bottom of the IPL points tally turned out to be a very close one. Banglore won the toss and elected to field. Kolkata lost two early wickets, those of Ganguly (4) and Ghosh (7), both in the same way, caught by Boucher off Vinay Kumar's ball. But McCullum(84) and Hussey(43)stuck together to take their team's total up to decent 173/4. A strong opening partnership by Ryder (22) and Kallis(32) laid the ground work for the Bangalore innings. Ross Taylor's unbeaten 81 sealed the deal for Bangalore. Taylor had a strike rate of 245.45 when he took 81 runs from only 33 balls. Karthik took 2 wickets for Kolkata, but their fielding was sloppy and they missed a few chances for run outs which may have changed the course of the game. The Royal Challengers reached their target in 19.2 overs at the loss of 4 wickets. http://www.indian-premier-league.com/royal-challengers-bangalore-kolkata-knight-riders-pretoria.php Deccan's decision to drop Gibbs from this game and include Dwayne Smith and Chaminda Vaas really paid off for them. Smith's 47 off 32 balls took Deccan to a respectable total of 166/7. Symonds and Suman contributed 30 and 29 runs respectively. For Rajasthan, Yousuf Pathan took 3 wickets and Ravindra Jadeja took 2. The Deccan bowlers kept Rajasthan on thier toes from the very beginning. Smith was out lbw by Vaas for only 1 run. Rajasthan continued to lose wickets at regular intervals and were all out for only 116 in 19.3 overs. Asnodkar with 44 was the high scorer for Rajasthan. Sharma took the wickets of Raut, Morkel and Warne in quick succession (12-3) and Vaas took 2 wickets conceding only 19 runs. http://www.indian-premier-league.com/deccan-chargers-rajasthan-royals-bloemfontein.php Losing the wickets of McCullum and Hodgein the first over put Kolkata on the defensive soon after the match began. Ganguly did a good job for his team and was the top scorer for Kolkata Knight Riders with 44 runs. From 9/3 Ganguly took his team to 88/7. Agarkar's 39took their final total to 123/8. Delhi cruised to victory easily (125/3) with 17 balls remaining. Amit Mishra was named Man of the Match for his brilliant bowling (14-3) http://www.indian-premier-league.com/kolkata-knight-riders-delhi-daredevils-east-london.php Mumbai Indians got a well-deserved victory against Bangalore Royal Challengers that took them up to 6th position in the points tally. Ajinkya Rahane(62) and JP Duminy(59) piled up the most runs for Mumbai and took them to 157/2. The Mumbai bowlers took a few early wickets that put Bangalore at 58/4 at one point. Skipper Rahul Dravid's run out for only 10 runs was the turning point for Bangalore. Boucher did his best taking 48 runs, but it just wasn't enough to get Bangalore to its target. Mumbai Indians won by 16 runs. Duminy was named Man of the Match for his unbeaten 59 off only 51 balls. Harbhajan Singh took 2 wickets yielding only 15 runs and was instrumental in the run out of Rahul Dravid. http://www.indian-premier-league.com/royal-challengers-bangalore-mumbai-indians-johannesburg.php Chasing a modest target of 141 runs, Murali Vijay and Suresh Raina got out cheaply, but Matthew Hayden (48 off 44 balls) and S Badrinath (59 off 41 balls) helped Chennai Super Kings win by seven wickets against Rajasthan Royals. Earlier Sri Lankan spin wizard Muttiah Muralitharan (2/22) and Shadab Jakati (2/35) took two wickets each to restrict the Royals to 140. Graeme Smith top scored with 30 of 33 balls. http://www.indian-premier-league.com/chennai-super-kings-rajasthan-royals-port-elizabeth.php It's easy to see that the Bangalore Royal Challengers' innings did not go well when you find out that their top score was 17 runs by Robin Uthappa. They were bowled out for only 105 runs, the second lowest score in this tournament. The two players responsible for this pathetic performance by Bangalore were Amit Singh and Ravindra Jadeja. Amit Singh took 4 wickets conceding only 19 runs and Ravindra Jadeja got 3 wickets while giving away 15 runs. Ojha's unbeaten 52 helped the Rajasthan Royals reach their target with 5 overs remaining. http://www.indian-premier-league.com/royal-challengers-bangalore-rajasthan-royals-pretoria.php Everybody thought that Mumbai Indians did a good job on the field when they limited Deccan Chargers to 145/6. However, disaster struck the Mumbai Indians in the form of R.P. Singh who took out both Jayasuriya and Tendulkar in the second over. Duminy tried to pick up the pieces of the Mumbai innings by taking 52 runs, but his efforts were thwarted by Rohit Sharma who took 4 wickets in 2 overs giving away only 6 runs. Rohit Sharma's hatrick was the final blow to the Mumbai Innings. Sharma earned the title of Man of the Match for his brilliant bowling and his batting performance of 38 runs which made him the top scorer for Deccan Chargers. http://www.indian-premier-league.com/mumbai-indians-deccan-chargers-pretoria.php Morne van Wyck's brilliant 78 runs off only 43 balls was the highlight of the Kolkata innings. However, the rest of the batting line up did not shine and Kolkata ended up with a total of 154/3. Delhi Daredevils lost only one wicket during their chase and attained their goal in 19 overs. Notable performances included Gautam Gambhir(71) and Tilakaratne Dilshan(42). http://www.indian-premier-league.com/delhi-daredevils-kolkata-knight-riders-durban.php The opening partnership of Graeme Smith(77) and Naman Ojha(68) helped the Rajasthan Royals amass 211 runs at the loss of only 4 wickets. The batting line up of Kings XI Punjab crumbled with 6 players getting out with single-digits scores. Amit Singh who made his 20/20 debut for the Rajasthan Royals did a spectacular job of taking 3 wickets giving away only 9 runs. Rajasthan won by 78 runs. http://www.indian-premier-league.com/rajasthan-royals-kings-xi-punjab-durban.php Chennai Super Kings did well both on the pitch as well as in the field to secure a win over Deccan Chargers. Dhoni's unbeaten 58 and Hayden's 43 laid the ground work for Chennai's 178/3. Jakati took 4 wickets giving away only 22 runs and the Deccan Chargers were bowled out only for 100. Dwayne Smith who took 49 runs was the only one who put up any fight for the Decccan Chargers. http://www.indian-premier-league.com/chennai-super-kings-deccan-chargers-east-london.php A superb unbroken stand between Jacques Kallis and Robin Uthappa led Bangalore Royal Challengers to a nine-wicket victory over Mumbai Indians in an Indian Premier League clash on Sunday. http://www.indian-premier-league.com/mumbai-indians-royal-challengers-bangalore-durban.php Mahela Jayawardene struck an unbeaten 52 to guide Kings XI Punjab to a nail-biting six-wicket victory over Kolkata Knight Riders in the Indian Premier League at Port Elizabeth on Sunday. http://www.indian-premier-league.com/kings-xi-punjab-kolkata-knight-riders-east-london.php Shadab Jakati took four wickets Saturday to help give the Chennai Super Kings an 18-run victory over the Delhi Daredevils in the Indian Premier League. http://www.indian-premier-league.com/chennai-super-kings-delhi-daredevils-port-elizabeth.php Rajasthan Royals staged a dramatic fightback to upset table-toppers Deccan Chargers by three wickets in their Indian Premier League match at Johannesburg on Saturday. http://www.indian-premier-league.com/rajasthan-royals-deccan-chargers-johannesburg.php Roelof van der Merwe scored 35 runs and took two wickets Friday to steer the Bangalore Royal Challengers to an eight-run win over Kings XI Punjab in the Indian Premier League. http://www.indian-premier-league.com/royal-challengers-bangalore-kings-xi-punjab-east-london.php J.P. Duminy hit 52 not out and fast bowler Zaheer Khan took 3-31 Friday to steer the Mumbai Indians to a nine-run win over the last-place Kolkata Knight Riders in the Indian Premier League. http://www.indian-premier-league.com/mumbai-indians-kolkata-knight-riders-durban.php Suresh Raina hit a 55-ball 98 and Laxmi Balaji took 4-21 to lead the Chennai Super Kings over the Rajasthan Royals by 38 runs in the Indian Premier League on Thursday. http://www.indian-premier-league.com/rajasthan-royals-chennai-super-kings-pretoria.php An unbeaten half-century from Tillakaratne Dilshan helped the Delhi Daredevils inflict a first Indian Premier League defeat of the season on the Deccan Chargers with a comfortable six-wicket victory in Pretoria. http://www.indian-premier-league.com/delhi-daredevils-deccan-chargers-pretoria.php Kings XI Punjab handed Mumbai Indians their third defeat in five matches by defending a low total and eventually scoring a three-run win in a thrilling Indian Premier League match in Durban. http://www.indian-premier-league.com/mumbai-indians-kings-xi-punjab-durban.php Mark Boucher hit an unbeaten 25 off 13 balls as Bangalore Royal Challengers posted an exciting five-wicket win over Kolkata Knight Riders in the Indian Premier League at Durban on Wednesday. http://www.indian-premier-league.com/kolkata-knight-riders-royal-challengers-bangalore-durban.php Yusuf Pathan clobbered an unbeaten half-century as the Rajasthan Royals got their stuttering campaign back on course by defeating the Delhi Daredevils by five wickets in an Indian Premier League fixture at the Centurion. http://www.indian-premier-league.com/delhi-daredevils-rajasthan-royals-pretoria.php Senior pros Sachin Tendulkar and Sanath Jayasuriya produced vintage strokeplay to give Mumbai Indians a key victory in the Indian Premier League on Monday. http://www.indian-premier-league.com/kolkata-knight-riders-mumbai-indians-cape-town.php Herschelle Gibbs turned the praise on to captain Adam Gilchrist after hitting an unbeaten 69 to see the unbeaten Deccan Chargers to a six-wicket victory over the Chennai Super Kings. http://www.indian-premier-league.com/chennai-super-kings-deccan-chargers-durban.php Kumar Sangakkara hit a half-century to help set the Kings XI Punjab on their way to a 27-run victory over the Rajasthan Royals in Cape Town on Sunday. http://www.indian-premier-league.com/rajasthan-royals-kings-xi-punjab-cape-town.php Tillakaratne Dilshan smashed a quickfire half-century to power Delhi Daredevils to a six-wicket win over Bangalore Royal Challengers in the Indian Premier League on Sunday. http://www.indian-premier-league.com/royal-challengers-bangalore-delhi-daredevils%20port-elizabeth.php Steady rain caused the abandonment of the Indian Premier League match between Chennai Super Kings and Kolkata Knight Riders without a ball bowled at Newlands. http://www.indian-premier-league.com/kolkata-knight-riders-chennai-super-kings-cape-town.php A spinning masterclass from Pragyan Ojha and disciplined back-up from Venugopal Rao ensured Deccan Chargers consolidated their position at the top of the Indian Premier League (IPL) table with a 12-run victory over Mumbai Indians at Durban on Saturday. http://www.indian-premier-league.com/deccan-chargers-mumbai-indians-durban.php Ravi Bopara smashed 84 off 59 balls Friday to lead Kings XI Punjab to a seven-wicket win over Bangalore Royal Challengers in the Indian Premier League. http://www.indian-premier-league.com/kings-xi-punjab-royal-challengers-bangalore-johannesburg.php Newlands Stadium witnessed intense drama as Rajasthan Royals pipped Kolkata Knight Riders via 'Super Over' in an edge-of-the-seat thriller in the Indian Premier League at Cape Town. http://www.indian-premier-league.com/kolkata-knight-riders-rajasthan-royals-port-elizabeth.php AB de Villiers won the battle of the master blasters against Matthew Hayden on Thursday to give Delhi Daredevils a nine-run win over Chennai Super Kings in an Indian Premier League thriller. http://www.indian-premier-league.com/delhi-daredevils-chennai-super-kings-durban.php A man-of-the-match performance from captain Adam Gilchrist guided the Deccan Chargers to a 24-run win over the Bangalore Royal Challengers in an Indian Premier League match at Newlands on Wednesday. http://www.indian-premier-league.com/royal-challengers-bangalore-deccan-chargers-cape-town.php