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Chennai Super Kings won a match after 3 consecutive defeats in 2009 IPL, as they beat defending champion Rajasthan Royals by 38 runs in the 2nd game on Thursday, 30th April, 2009 at Centurion. Chennai made 164/5 and restricted Rajasthan to 126 all out in 19.3 overs.

ChennaiSuper Kings started poorly as they reduced to 17/2 but one of the dynamic innings by Suresh Raina scored 98 runs off 55 balls with 10 fours and 5 sixes and taken the score to 164/5 in 20 overs. Yusuf Pathan bowled well took 2 wickets for 17 runs.

In reply Rajasthan Royals slumped to 126 all out in 19.3 overs as L Balaji took 4 wickets for 21 runs and only Asnodkar made 37 runs.

Chennai Super Kings - 164/5 in 20 overs.
Rajasthan Royals - 126 all out in 19.3 overs.
Toss - Rajasthan Royals, who chose to field first.
Man of the Match - Suresh Raina (Chennai Super Kings)
Result -Chennai Super Kings won by 38 runs.

Deccan Chargers tasted their 1st defeat in the 2009 IPL by the hand of tournament favorites Delhi Daredevils beat them by 6 wickets with 8 balls remaining on Thursday, 30th April, 2009 at Centurion. Deccan Chargers retained their top position in points table. Deccan made 148/9 and Delhi scored 150/4 in 18.4 overs.

Deccan Chargers batting 1st lost their in-form batsmen Gilchrist early but Dwayn Smith scores 52 runs but Nannes 2 wickets for 16 runs in 4 overs restrict them to 148/9 in 20 overs.

Delhi Daredevils started poorly as sehwag, Gambhir and AB de Villiers out cheaply but Dilshan once gain batted superbly scored 52 off 45 ball with 4 fours and 3 sixes and well supported by Karthik 41 off 30 balls.

Match Summary:
Deccan Chargers - 148/9 in 20 overs.
Delhi Daredevils - 150/4 in 18.5 overs.
Toss - Delhi Daredevils, who chose to field first.
Man of the Match - DP Nannes (Delhi Daredevils)
Result - Delhi Daredevils won by 6 wickets (with 8 balls remaining)

Two Finalist of 2008 IPL Rajasthan Royals and Chennai Super Kings is going to meet 1st time after that on Thursday, 30th April, 2009, but in different stage as both teams are struggling to find their rhythm in 2009 IPL, currently placed at 5th and 7th positions in points table at Centurion in the 2nd game of the day starting from 16.30pm, 14.30GMT, 8.00 PM IST.

Rajasthan Royals clinched the last maych against Kolk thanks to superb inning by Yusuf Pathan who hit 62 runs off just 30 balls and good news for them is that Graem Smith is back in the form in the last match hit unbeaten 44 runs.

Chennai Super Kings on the other hand struggling with their bowlers as Gony, Balaji and Joginder Sharma were so expensive so far. Hayden at the top of the order giving good start so far and he is highest scorer in the 2009 IPL tournament.

Rajasthan Royals Playing 11, Team, Squad (Likely)
Graeme Smith, Swapnil Asnodkar, Rob Quiney/Tyron Henderson, Yusuf Pathan, Dimitri Mascarenhas, Ravindra Jedeja, Shane Warne (capt), Mahesh Rawat (wk), Abhishek Raut/Paul Valthaty, Kamran Khan, Munaf Patel.

Chennai Super Kings Playing 11, Team, Squad (Likely)
Parthiv Patel, Matthew Hayden, Suresh Raina, MS Dhoni (capt. & wk), Albie Morkel, Jacob Oram, S Badrinath/M Vijay, Joginder Sharma, L Balaji, Manpreet Gony, Muttiah Muralitharan.

The top 2 teams of 2009 IPL, Deccan Chargers who is still unbeaten after 4 matches and Delhi Daredevils who won 3 out of 4 matches will meet in the 1st game of the day on Thursday, 30th April, 2009 at Centurion starting from 12.30pm, 10.30GMT, 4.00 PM IST.

Deccan Chargers is rejuvenated after complete change in their logo, attire as they finished last in 2008 IPL, is l0oking a complete team with bowl and bat and hard to beat them. Gibbs is looking in good touch along with Gilchrist and RP Singh is striking early with the bat.

Delhi Daredevils without firing their openers Gambhir and Sehwag played well so far thanks to AB de Villiers and Tilakratne Dilshan playing well. They yet to test bowling legend Glenn McGrath.

Deccan Chargers Playing 11, Team, Squad (Likely)
AAC Gilchrist, HH Gibbs, DR Smith, RG Sharma, AA Bilakhia, Y Venugopal Rao, TS Suman, PP Ojha, RP Singh, FH Edwards, SM Shoaib

Delhi Daredevils Playing Eleven Team, Squad (Likely)
G Gambhir, V Sehwag (Cap), TM Dilshan, AB de Villiers, KD Karthik (wk), M Manhas, DL Vettori, A Mishra, P Sangwan, A Nehra, DP Nannes

In the 2nd game on Wednesday, 29th April, 2009 and the 20th match of 2009 IPL, 3rd place Mumbai Indians will meet 5th place Kings XI Punjab at Durban starting from 16.30pm, 14.30GMT, 8.00 PM IST.

Mumbai Indians are in good form after a massive win against Kolkata in the last match as Tendulkar is in fine touch and Jayasurya also came in form as they put highest partnership of the tournament so far.

Kings XI Punjab is coming back in the tournament after two consecutive wins which helps to increase their confidence. They have good batting line up and Yusuf Pathan and Yusuf Abdullah bowling well.

Mumbai Indians Playing 11, Team, Squad (Likely)
Sanath Jayasuriya, Sachin Tendulkar, Shikhar Dhawan, JP Duminy, Dwayne Bravo, Abhishek Nayar, Yogesh Takawale (wk), Harbhajan Singh, Dhawal Kulkarni, Zaheer Khan, Kyle Mills.

Kings XI Punjab Playing 11, Team, Squad (Likely)
Ravi Bopara, Kumar Sangakkara (wk), Mahela Jayawardene, Yuvraj Singh (capt), Karan Goel, Taruwar Kohli, Irfan Pathan, Wilkin Mota, Piyush Chawla, VRV Singh, Yusuf Abdulla.

In the 19th match of 2009 Indian Premier League, two bottom teams Kolkata Knight Riders and Bangalore Royal Challengers will meet in the 1st game on Wednesday, 29th April, 2009 at Durban starting from 12.30pm, 10.30GMT, 4.00 PM IST.

Kolkata Knight Riders lost their last match by 95 runs against Mum and currently placed at 2nd last oin the points table. They failed to click in all department specially their captain Brandon McCullum.

Bangalore Royal Challengers is last in the points table after 4 consecetive losses and they have to win before the departure of their captain Kevin Pietersen for national duty. They lost alst match very closely against Punjab.

Bangalore Royal Challengers Playing 11, Team, Squad (Probables)
Jesse Ryder, Robin Uthappa, Kevin Pietersen, Rahul Dravid, Virat Kohli, Jacques Kallis, Mark Boucher (wk), Praveen Kumar, Anil Kumble, Dale Steyn, Vinay Kumar.

Kolkata Knight Riders Playing 11, Team, Squad (Probables)
Brendon McCullum (capt/wk), Chris Gayle, Sourav Ganguly, Brad Hodge, Sanjay Bangar, Yashpal Singh, Laxmi Ratan Shukla, Akash Chpra, Ishant Sharma, Anureet Singh, Ajantha Mendis.

A powerful hitting of 62 runs off 30 balls by Yusuf Pathan guides Rajasthan Royals an important 5 wicket win over Delhi Daredevils and stopped their unbeaten 3 match run in 2009 IPL on Tuesday, 28th April, 2009 in the first match at Centurion. Delhi made 143/7 and Rajasthan reached the target with 9 balls remaining.

Delhi Daredevils won the toss and elected to bat first and managed only 143/7 in 20 overs due to some fine bowling by Munaf Patel who took 2 wicket sfor just 14 runs in 4 overs. Only AB deVilliers able to score 50 runs.

Rajasthan Royals was struggling at 65/5 in 11 overs untill Yusufa Pathan came to bat and put an unbeaten partnership of 83 runs off just 45 balls with Graem Smith to register a superb victory with 9 balls remaining. Yusuf hit 62 runs off just 30 balls with 3 fours and 6 powerful sixes.

Match Summary:
Delhi Daredevils - 143/7 in 20 overs.
Rajasthan Royals - 147/5 in 18.3 overs.
Toss - Delhi Daredevils, who chose to bat first.
Man of the Match - Yusuf Pathan (Rajasthan Royals)
Result - Rajasthan Royals won by 5 wickets (with 9 balls remaining)

In-form Delhi Daredevils will meet defending champion but struggling Rajasthan Royals in the 18th match of 2009 Indian Premier League - IPL, in the only game of the day on Tuesday, 28th April, 2009 at a new venue Pretoria - Centurion starting from 16.30pm, 14.30GMT, 8.00 PM IST.

Delhi Daredevils has won all the games and they are unbeaten so far in the tournament and looking very strong and balanced side in both bowling and batting. Dilshan and DeVilliers are in good form.

Rajasthan Royals is struggling so far and their only +ve is the bowling of new and young Kamaran Khan. Their batting is still to click as top order Graem Smith, Asnodkar, Yusuf Pathan all failed so far in thetournament.

Delhi Daredevils Playing Eleven Team, Squad (Likely)
Virender Sehwag (capt), Gautam Gambhir, AB de Villiers, Tilakratne Dilshan, Manoj Tiwary, Dinesh Karthik (wk), Aavishkar Salvi, Daniel Vettori, Pradeep Sangwan, Ashish Nehra, Glenn McGrath/Farveez Mahroof.

Rajasthan Royals Playing 11, Team, Squad (Likely)
Graeme Smith, Swapnil Asnodkar, Shane Watson, Yusuf Pathan, Ravindra Jadeja, Tyron Henderson, Shane Warne (capt), Mahesh Rawat (wk), Munaf Patel, Sidharth Trivedi, Kamran Khan.

Deccan Chargerss maintained their unbeaten record in the 2009 IPL as they beat ChennaiSuper Kings by 6 wickets in the 1st match of the day while in the 2nd game Mumbai Indians crushed Kolkata Knight Riders by 92 runs on Monday, 27th April, 2009.

ChennaiSuper Kings set a target of 165/6 in 20 overs thanks to Hayden's 49 and Oram's unbeaten 41 runs. In reply Deccan Chargers got a flying start by Gilchrist and Gibbs as they took the score to 60 runs in 4 overs and scored 44 and 69* runs respectively to register 4th consecutive win o f the tournament.

In the 2nd game of the day Mumbai Indians registered a big win of 92 runs against Kolkata Knight Riders thanks to 127 runs 1st wicket partnership between Jayasuriya and Tendulkar scored 52 off 32 balls with 2 fours and 4 sixes and 68 runs off 45 balls with 6 fours and 4 sixes respectively. They bowled out Kolkata Knight Riders to 95 runs as Malinga took 3 wickets.

Mumbai Indians vs Kolkata Knight Riders Match Summary:
Mumbai Indians - 187/6 in 20 overs.
Kolkata Knight Riders - 95 all out in 15.2 overs.
Toss - Mumbai Indians, who chose to bat first.
Man of the Match - Sachin Tendulkar (Mumbai Indians)
Result - Mumbai Indians won by 92 runs.

Deccan Chargers vs ChennaiSuper Kings Match Summary:
ChennaiSuper Kings - 165/6 in 20 overs.
Deccan Chargers - 169/4 in 19.3 overs.
Toss - Deccan Chargers, who chose to field first.
Man of the Match - Herschell Gibbs (Deccan Chargers)
Result - Deccan Chargers won by 6 wickets (with 3 balls remaining).

In the 17th match of 2009 Indian Premier League, Mumbai Indians will meet struggling Kolkata Knight Riders on Monday, 27th April, 2009 at Port Elizabeth in the 2nd game of the day starting from 16.30pm, 14.30GMT, 8.00 PM IST.

Mumbai Indians lost the last match closely against Deccan but played well as Tendulkar is in good form and Duminy contributing well but Jayasuriya's out of form worrying them.


Kolkata Knight Riders last match was washed outand they have to win the match in order to stay alive in the series. Gayle and Ganguly is in good form but captain McCullum is stiil has to show any form.

Mumbai Indians Playing 11, Team, Squad (Likely)
Sanath Jayasuriya, Sachin Tendulkar, Shikhar Dhawan, JP Duminy, Dwayne Bravo, Abhishek Nayar, Yogesh Takawale (wk), Harbhajan Singh, Dhawal Kulkarni, Zaheer Khan, Kyle Mills.

Kolkata Knight Riders Playing 11, Team, Squad (Likely)
Brendon McCullum (capt/wk), Chris Gayle, Sourav Ganguly, Brad Hodge, Sanjay Bangar, Yashpal Singh, Laxmi Ratan Shukla, Akash Chpra, Ishant Sharma, Anureet Singh, Ajantha Mendis.

2009 Indian Premier League is going interestingly as no team is looking clear favorite, in the 16th match, points table leader Deccan Chargers will take on Chennai Super Kings in the 1st match of the day on Monday, 27th April, 2009 at Durban starting from 16.30pm, 14.30GMT, 8.00 PM IST.

Deccan Chargers is still unbeaten so far in the tournament, and leading the points table as opener Gibbs and Gilchrist is in great form along with Rohit Sharma in the middle. RP Singh is the leading wicket taker in the tournament so far.

Chennai Super Kings last match was washed out against Kolkata without a ball and they will be without all rounder Andrew Flintoff. Mathew Hayden is the leading run scorer and expecting same form for a good start.

Deccan Chargers Playing 11, Team, Squad (Likely)
Adam Gilchrist (capt & wk), Herschelle Gibbs, Ravi Teja, VVS Laxman, Rohit Sharma, Venugopal Rao, Chaminda Vaas, Pragyan Ojha, RP Singh, DP Vijaykumar, Fidel Edwards.

Chennai Super Kings Playing 11, Team, Squad (Likely)
Matthew Hayden, Parthiv Patel, Suresh Raina, MS Dhoni (capt/wk), S Badrinath, Jacob Oram, Albie Morkel, L Balaji, Joginder Sharma, Manpreet Gony, Muttiah Muralitharan.

2009 IPL is continue to suffer from rescheduling to South Africa and now unwanted rain which spoiling tournament craze as yesterday match was washed out due to rain a Cape Town and there is a doubt over today's game between defending champion Rajasthan Royals and Kings XI Punjab in the 2nd game of the day on Sunday, 26th April, 2009 starting from 8.00 PM IST.

Rajasthan Royals won their last match in 1st Super Over of IPL against Kolkata which boost their moral as they were struggling so far due to absence of key players. Kamran Khan was star of the match and now have added responsibility along with Yusuf Patahn who hit 16 runs off just 4 balls to won the match.

Kings XI Punjab after early defeat won the last match and opener Ravi Bopara is in good form along with captain Yuraj Singh and their bowlers Irfan Pathan and Yusuf Abdullah.

Rajasthan Royals Playing 11, Team, Squad (Likely)
Graeme Smith, Swapnil Asnodkar, Shane Watson, Yusuf Pathan, Ravindra Jadeja, Tyron Henderson, Shane Warne (capt), Mahesh Rawat (wk), Munaf Patel, Sidharth Trivedi, Kamran Khan.

Kings XI Punjab Playing 11, Team, Squad (Likely)
Ravi Bopara, Kumar Sangakkara (wk), Mahela Jayawardene, Yuvraj Singh (capt), Karan Goel, Taruwar Kohli, Irfan Pathan, Wilkin Mota, Piyush Chawla, VRV Singh, Yusuf Abdulla.

After the washed out of the last match 2009 Indian Premier League, is interrupted a lot by rain as 14th match will be played between strong Delhi Daredevils and bottom team of 2009 IPL points table Bangalore Royal Challengers on Sunday, 26th April, 2009 at Port Elizabeth in the 1st game of the day from 4.00 PM IST.

Delhi Daredevils, one of the title contender is unbeaten so far in the tournament made highest score so far in the tournament. ABdVilliers scored 1st century of the 2009 IPL while Dilshan also in good form after the early loss of Sehwag and Gambhir.

Bangalore Royal Challengers after a winning start in the tournament with a big margin, they lost 3 consecutive matches and lying bottom in the table. Their main worry is their batting as Jesse Ryder, Uthappa, Kevin Pieterse and Ross Taylor failed to score big runs so far.

Delhi Daredevils Playing Eleven Team, Squad (Likely)
Virender Sehwag (capt), Gautam Gambhir, AB de Villiers, Tilakratne Dilshan, Manoj Tiwary, Dinesh Karthik (wk), Aavishkar Salvi, Daniel Vettori, Pradeep Sangwan, Ashish Nehra, Glenn McGrath/Farveez Mahroof.

Bangalore Royal Challengers Playing 11, Team, Squad (Likely)
Jesse Ryder, Robin Uthappa, Kevin Pietersen, Rahul Dravid, Virat Kohli, Jacques Kallis, Mark Boucher (wk), Praveen Kumar, Anil Kumble, Dale Steyn, Vinay Kumar.

In a thrilling 1st match of the day, Deccan Chargers continues their form and remains unbeaten in the tournament so far as they beat Mumbai Indians by 12 runs on Saturday, 25th April, 2009 at Cape Town. Deccan scored 168/9 and restricted Mumbai to 156/7 in 20 overs.

Deccan Chargers won the toss and elected to bat first got a flying start by Gilchrist and Gibbs scored 35 and 58 runs respectively, Devon Smith also contributed 35 runs. They were 124/1 in 13 overs at 1 stage but lost momentum in death overs and managed only 44 runs in 43 balls and finished on 168/9.

Mumbai Indians also started well despite Jayasuriya's wicket in 1st over but 85 runs partnership between Tendulkar and Duminy, made 36 and 47 runs respectively, took them 84/1 in 10 overs. They lost momentum after the break and felt short by 12 runs in the end.

Match Summary:
Deccan Chargers - 168/9 in 20 overs.
Mumbai Indians - 156/7 in 20 overs.
Toss - Deccan Chargers, who chose to bat first.
Man of the Match - Herschell Gibbs (Deccan Chargers)
Result - Deccan Chargers won by 12 runs.

Chennai Super Kings and Kolkata Knight Riders tied in the 2009 IPL points table with 2 losses and 1 win will meet in 13th game of the tournament on Saturday, 25th April, 2009 at Cape Town in the 2nd game of the day starting from 16.30pm, 14.30GMT, 8.00 PM IST.

2008 IPL runner-up Chennai Super Kings is struggling this year and further hit by the knee injury of Andrew Flintoff who is now ruled out of the tournament. They will highly depend on Hayden who is in good form and highest run scorer in the tournament so far.

Kolkata Knight Riders on the other hand lost the last match in IPL's 1st Super Over and has to win some matches before its too alte. Gayle is giving good start to them but capatin McCullum is still out of form, while Ganguly Contributing well in the middle.

Chennai Super Kings Playing 11, Team, Squad (Likely)
Matthew Hayden, Parthiv Patel, Suresh Raina, MS Dhoni (capt/wk), S Badrinath, Jacob Oram, Albie Morkel, L Balaji, Joginder Sharma, Manpreet Gony, Muttiah Muralitharan.

Kolkata Knight Riders Playing 11, Team, Squad (Likely)
Brendon McCullum (capt/wk), Chris Gayle, Sourav Ganguly, Brad Hodge, Sanjay Bangar, Yashpal Singh, Laxmi Ratan Shukla, Akash Chpra, Ishant Sharma, Anureet Singh, Ajantha Mendis.

In the 1st match of Saturday, 25th April and 12th match 0f 2009 Indian Premier League, point table leader Deccan Chargers will take 3rd place Mumbai Indians at Durban starting from 12.30 PM local time, 10.30 GMT and 4.00 PM IST.

Mumbai Indians won the 1st match but disoppinted after 2nd match was washed out due to rain against Rajasthan Royals. They will probably retain the same team and hope the good form continues for Sachin Tendulkar.

Deccan Chargers currently leading the points table as won both the matches convincingly. Gilchrist leading the team from front and well supported by Rohit Sharma, Gibbs and Laxman.

Mumbai Indians Playing 11, Team, Squad (Likely)
Sanath Jayasuriya, Sachin Tendulkar, Shikhar Dhawan, JP Duminy, Dwayne Bravo, Abhishek Nayar, Yogesh Takawale (wk), Harbhajan Singh, Dhawal Kulkarni, Zaheer Khan, Kyle Mills.

Deccan Chargers Playing 11, Team, Squad (Likely)
Adam Gilchrist (capt & wk), Herschelle Gibbs, Ravi Teja, VVS Laxman, Rohit Sharma, Venugopal Rao, Chaminda Vaas, Pragyan Ojha, RP Singh, DP Vijaykumar, Fidel Edwards.

In a thrilling 19th match of 2009 Indian Premier League - IPL, Bangalore Royal Challengers clinched a thriller as they beat Kolkata Knight Riders by 5 wickets with 1 ball remaining and pushed them to last place in the 1st game and in the 2nd game Kings XI Punjab punja beat Mumbai Indians by 3 runs in another thriller on Wednesday, 29th April, 2009 at Durban.

Kings XI Punjab batted 1st and scored only 119/8 in 20 overs tough wickets thanks to Sangakkara's unbeaten 45 runs but in-form Yusuf Abdullah bowled beautifully as given only 7 runs in the last over as 12 required and taken Duminy's wicket who made 59 runs and restricted Mumbai Indians for 116/7 in 20 overs

Kolkata Knight Riders batting 1st hit back on the 1st ball as Kevin Pietersen opening the bowling took his counterpart Brandon McCullum for duck and only Chris Gayle made 40 runs and Morne van Vyk's 35-ball 44 to reach 139/6. In reply Bangalore Royal Challengers put a best opening partnership of their IPL with 69 runs struggling but in the end Mark Boucher's 13 ball 25 runs helped them to win.

Mumbai Indians vs Kings XI Punjab Match Summary:

Kings XI Punjab - 119/8 in 20 overs.
Mumbai Indians - 116/7 in 20 overs.
Toss - Kings XI Punjab, who chose to bat first.
Man of the Match - Kumara Sangakkra (Kings XI Punjab)
Result - Kings XI Punjab won by 3 runs.

Kolkata Knight Riders vs Bangalore Royal Challengers Match Summary:

Kolkata Knight Riders - 139/6 in 20 overs.
Bangalore Royal Challengers - 143/5 in 19.5 overs.
Toss - Kolkata Knight Riders, who chose to bat first.
Man of the Match - Mark Boucher (Bangalore Royal Challengers)
Result - Bangalore Royal Challengers won by 5 wickets (with 1 balls remaining)

Defending champion Rajasthan Royals after a poor start in the 2009 Indian Premier League, with 1 loss and 1 draw will meet Kolkata Knight Riderso on Thursday, 23rd April, 2009 at Cape Town in the 2nd match of the day starting from 16.30pm, 14.30GMT, 8.00 PM IST.

Kolkata Knight Riders won the last rain shorten match by D/L method by 11 runs and gain some confidence as Gayle came back in form. Their middle order looking week and opener has to perform well as they also include spinner Ajantha Mendis.

Rajasthan Royals is looking a dull team without their star players and after just 1 point from 2 games they have to really play well to defend their title. Graem Smith and Yusuf Pathan to show some great performance.

Kolkata Knight Riders Playing 11, Team, Squad (Likely)

Brendon McCullum (capt), Chris Gayle, Sourav Ganguly, Brad Hodge, Cheteshwar Pujara, Wriddhiman Saha (wk), Laxmi Ratan Shukla, Akash Chpra, Ishant Sharma, Ashok Dinda, Ajantha Mendis.

Rajasthan Royals Playing 11, Team, Squad (Likely)

Graeme Smith, Swapnil Asnodkar, Shane Watson, Yusuf Pathan, Ravindra Jadeja, Tyron Henderson, Shane Warne (capt), Mahesh Rawat (wk), Munaf Patel, Sidharth Trivedi, Kamran Khan.

In the 9th match 0f 2009 Indian Premier League - IPL, Sehwag's Delhi Daredevils will meet Dhoni's Chennai Super Kings on Thursday, 23rd April, 2009 at Durban in the 1st match of the day starting from 12.30 PM local time, 10.30 GMT and 4.00 PM IST.

Delhi Daredevils is one of the favorite to win the 2009 IPL with a very balanced side in all departments. They won the 1st rain hit match convincingly and likely to retain the same team.

Chennai Super Kings bounced back after defeat in the 1st match and won 2nd match by huge margin of 92 runs. They also retain the same winning team as Hayden is in good touch.

Delhi Daredevils Playing Eleven Team, Squad (Likely)

Virender Sehwag (capt), David Warner, Gautam Gambhir, AB de Villiers, Manoj Tiwary, Dinesh Karthik (wk), Rajat Bhatia, Daniel Vettori, Yo Mahesh/Amit Mishra,Ashish Nehra, Glenn McGrath.

Chennai Super Kings Playing 11, Team, Squad (Likely)

Matthew Hayden, Parthiv Patel, Suresh Raina, MS Dhoni (capt/wk), S Badrinath, Andrew Flintoff, Albie Morkel, L Balaji, Joginder Sharma, Manpreet Gony, Muttiah Muralitharan.

Deccan Chargers are now at Number 1 position in IPL Standings by registering a 24 runs win over Banglore Royal Challengers. Skipper Gilchrist won the toss and elected to bat first. Former Australian wicket-keeper explosive batsman Gilchrist entertain the crowd with his superb performance. He scored 71 runs from 45 balls including 4 fours and 5 huge sixes. Praveen Kumar provide first breakthrough by dismissing opener Gibbs. After that it was a wonderful performance from Rohit Sharma. He hit three huge sixes in Kumble’s over. Rohit Sharma manage to complete his half century and was out for a score of 52 runs in 30 balls. Deccan Chargers put a total of 184/6 in 20 overs. In reply, RC opener was cleaned bowled from pacer F.Edwards on first ball of the match. Only Dravid (48) and V.Kohli (50) score runs Royal Challengers Banglore manage to score 160/8 in 20 overs.

Man Of The Match - Adam Gilchrist

Playing XI - DC -
Adam Gilchrist (C) (W), Herschelle Gibbs, VVS Laxman, Rohit Sharma, Scott Styris, Venugopal Rao, Dwaraka Ravi Teja, Pragyan Ojha, Harmeet Singh, RP Singh, Fidel Edwards

Playing XI -RCB -
Robin Uthappa (W), Jesse Ryder, Jacques Kallis, Kevin Pietersen (C), Rahul Dravid, Virat Kohli, Rajesh Bishnoi, Karan Sharma, Praveen Kumar, Dale Steyn, Anil Kumble

2009 IPL's top team in points table, Bangalore Royal Challengers and last year runner up Chennai Super Kings will meet for the 5th match of the Indian Premier League on Monday, 20th April, 2009 at Port Elizabeth in the only match of the day starting from from from 16.30pm, 14.30GMT, 8.00 PM IST.

Chennai Super Kings lost in the close match against Mumbai Indians in the 1st match and they have to bounce back in order to alive in the series. Albie Morkal and Muralitharan will come back to strengthen the attack.

Bangalore Royal Challengers is leading the table after big win against Rajasthan Royals in the 1st match and looking good after the inclusion of Kevin Pietersen and Jesse Ryder. Two oldies Rahul Dravid and Anil Kumble preformed well with 61 runs and 5 wickets for 5 runs respectively.

Interesting this is that 2009 IPL's costliest players and England team mates Kevin Pietersen and Andrew Flintoff will face each other in this game.

Chennai Super Kings Playing 11, Team (Likely)

Matthew Hayden, Parthiv Patel, Suresh Raina, MS Dhoni (capt/wk), S Badrinath, Andrew Flintoff, Albie Morkel, L Balaji, Joginder Sharma, Manpreet Gony, Muttiah Muralitharan.

Bangalore Royal Challengers Playing 11, Team, Squad (Likely)

Jesse Ryder, Robin Uthappa, Kevin Pietersen, Rahul Dravid, Virat Kohli, Roelof van der Werwe, Sreevats Goswami (wk), Praveen Kumar, Anil Kumble, Dale Steyn, Pankaj Singh.

Deccan Chargers put behind their last year's performance where they finished last and got a winning start of the 2009 Indian Premier League - IPL season by beating Kolkata Knight Riders by 8 wickets on Sunday, 19th April, 2009 at Cape Town.

Kolkata Knight Riders won the toss and electedto bat but new captain Brandon Mccullum and Chris Gayle gone early followed by former captain Gaunguly and bundled out on 101 in 19.4 overs. RP Singh took 4 wickets.

In reply Deccan Chargers reached the target thanks to Heschell Gibbs and Rohit Sharma contributed contributed unbeaten 43 off 26 balls and 36 off 32 balls respectively.

Match Summary:
Kolkata Knight Riders - 101 all out in 19.4 overs.
Deccan Chargers - 104/2 in 13.1 overs.
Toss - Kolkata Knight Riders, who chose to bat first.
Man of the Match - RP Singh (Deccan Chargers)
Result - Deccan Chargers won by 8 wickets (with 41 balls remaining)

2009 IPL favorite Delhi Daredevils started their journey with a bang as they beat Kings XI Punjab by 10 wickets with 7 balls remaining in a rain shortened match on Sunday, 19th April, 2009 at Cape Town.

Delhi Daredevils won the toss and elected to field first in a match shortened of 12 overs a side and restricted Kings XI Punjab to 104/7 after they got a good start by Bopara and Goeal added 67 in 6 overs, but Daniel Vettori after break took 3 wickets for 15 runs.

Delhi Daredevils chasing a target of 105 in 12 overs were 24/0 in 1.5 overs before rain interpreted again and they got a revised target of 54 runs in 6 overs which they got easily with 7 balls remaining as Sehwag hit 38 runs of just 16 balls.

Match Summary:
Kings XI Punjab - 104/7 in 12 overs.
Delhi Daredevils - 58/0 in 4.5 Overs.
Toss - Delhi Daredevils, who chose to field first.
Man of the Match - Daniel Vettori (Delhi Daredevils)
Result - Delhi Daredevils won by 10 wickets (with 7 balls remaining) (D/L method)

Mumbai Indians got winning start of the 2009 Indian Premier League - IPL, after they won the 1st match by 19 runs against last years runner-up Chennai Super Kings on Saturday, 18th April, 2009 at Cape Town. Mumbai Indians scored 165/7 while Chennai Super Kings made 146/7 in 20 overs.

Sachin Tendulkar hit an unbeaten half-century as he led the Mumbai Indians to a 19-run win against the Chennai Super Kings in the opening match of the Indian Premier League at Newlands on Saturday.

Tendulkar's 59 not out provided the foundation for Mumbai's 165 for seven after they were sent in on a blustery, grey day.

Former Australian opening batsman Matthew Hayden hit 44 and captain Mahendra Singh Dhoni 36 for Chennai but the 2008 runners-up could only manage 146 for seven.
Sri Lankan fast bowler Lasith Malinga bowled superbly to take three for 15 in four overs for Mumbai.

Mumbai's innings was anchored by Tendulkar, who largely played conventional cricket, punctuated by lofted off-drives.

Although he opened the batting he faced only 48 balls, hitting seven fours.
Tendulkar and Sri Lanka's Sanath Jayasuriya (26) put on 39 for the first wicket. He then shared a second wicket stand of 43 with Shikhar Dhawan (22).

Batting conditions were tricky under grey skies and Mumbai were struggling at 102 for four in the 15th over before the left-handed Abhishek Nayar lashed 35 off 14 balls in a fifth wicket stand of 46 with Tendulkar.

Nayar slammed three sixes in an over from Andrew Flintoff which cost 22 runs. Flintoff, who is on a 1.55-million dollar a season contract, was the most expensive Chennai bowler, conceding 44 runs in four overs.

Flintoff made 24 in Chennai's reply as he helped Hayden put on 52 for the third wicket. He hit two fours and a six off 22 balls before he heaved a ball from Harbhajan Singh high in the air for the off-spinner to take a catch off his own bowling.

Hayden hit his 44 off 35 balls before Zaheer Khan took a stinging catch in the cover off a fierce drive against Jayasuriya's left-arm spin. Dhoni hit 36 off 26 balls before being bowled by Malinga in the final over.

Match Summary:
Mumbai Indians - 165/7 in 20 overs.
Chennai Super Kings - 146/6 in 20 Overs.
Toss - Chennai Super Kings, who chose to field first.
Man of the Match - Sachin Tendulkar (Mumbai Indians)
Result - Mumbai Indians won by 19 runs.

Defending champions of DLF IPL, Rajasthan Royals will begin their hunt against Bangalore Royal Challengers in the 2nd match of the day on Saturday, 18th April, 2009 at Cape Town from 16.30pm, 14.30GMT, 8.00 PM IST.

Rajasthan Royals will be without their start performer last year, all rounder Shane Watson and Sohail Tanveer but they are confidence enough under the captaincy of Shane Warne.

Bangalore Royal Challengers after finished seventh last year was gone over for face change from test team to T20 team with the inclusion of Kevin Pietersen and Jesse Ryder. Team i slooking balanced with Stayne, Ross Taylor and Mark Boucher.

Rajasthan Royals Challengers Team, Squad (Likely)

Graeme Smith, Swapnil Asnodkar, Shane Watson, Yusuf Pathan, Ravindra Jadeja, Tyron Henderson, Shane Warne (capt), Mahesh Rawat (wk), Munaf Patel, Sidharth Trivedi, Kamran Khan.

Bangalore Royal ChallengerTeam , Squad (Likely)

Jesse Ryder, Robin Uthappa, Kevin Pietersen, Rahul Dravid, Virat Kohli, Roelof van der Werwe, Sreevats Goswami (wk), Praveen Kumar, Anil Kumble, Dale Steyn, Pankaj Singh.

Chennai Super Kings is looking to start with a win and they are strong after the addition of England all rounder Andrew Flintoff and Mathew Hayden will play his 1st natch after retirement along with Dhoni, Raina and Muralitharan.

Mumbai Indians after unsuccessful 1st season and in form Sachin Tendulkar trying to change the perseption. Zaheer Khan's availabilty and Harbhajan's form will be the key factor along with Duminy's and Jayasuriya's batting.

Hope to see a tough fight of in the inaugural match, so watch and enjoy the match.

Live Streaming link for IPL T20 2009 First Match - Mumbai Indians Vs Chennai Super Kings :
http://ipl2livecricket.blogspot.com/2009/04/ustream.html

After much controversy and doubt over the second edition of Indian Premier League, IPL is finally going to begun as 1st and inaugural match of the 2009 season will be played between last years runner-up Chennai Super Kings and Mumbai Indians on Saturday, 18th April, 2009 at Cape Town from 12.30 PM local time, 10.30 GMT and 4.00 PM IST.

Chennai Super Kings is looking to start with a win and they are strong after the addition of England all rounder Andrew Flintoff and Mathew Hayden will play his 1st natch after retirement along with Dhoni, Raina and Muralitharan.

Mumbai Indians after unsuccessful 1st season and in form Sachin Tendulkar trying to change the perseption. Zaheer Khan's availabilty and Harbhajan's form will be the key factor along with Duminy's and Jayasuriya's batting.

Hope to see a tough fight of in the inaugural match, so watch and enjoy the match.

Chennai Super Kings Team (Likely)

Matthew Hayden, Parthiv Patel, Suresh Raina, MS Dhoni (capt/wk), S Badrinath, Andrew Flintoff, Albie Morkel, L Balaji, Joginder Sharma, Manpreet Gony, Muttiah Muralitharan.

Mumbai Indians Team (Likely)

Sanath Jayasuriya, Sachin Tendulkar, Shikhar Dhawan, JP Duminy, Dwayne Bravo, Abhishek Nayar, Yogesh Takawale (wk), Harbhajan Singh, Dhawal Kulkarni, Zaheer Khan, Kyle Mills.

Ever since the Kolkata Knight Riders’ coach and Director of cricket operation of KKR John Buchanan proposed an experiment with multiple captains, the team has been shrouded in controversy. Buchanan seemed keen on trying out an all new strategy of having rotating captaincy to a team.

This move comes as a big disappointment to Sourav Ganguly who led the Kolkata Knight Riders through the first season of the IPL. Although they didn’t do very well last year losing 8 of the 14 games they played, Shahrukh and Ganguly’s fans at home had faith in his performance as a team leader. This decision is bound to kick up the dust among his fans, who are already protesting Buchanan’s decision. Ganguly however insists that as a professional, he will give his best to the team at whatever position he is.

On the other hand, McCullum who played only four matches in the first season is slated to be free to play for the whole of the second season of IPL. Last year McCullum gave KKR a blazing start, if he maintains that level of performance this year, he might prove to be an invaluable asset to the team as captain.

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Chennai Super Kings

Royal Challengers Bangalore

Delhi DareDevils

Kings XI Punjab

Kolkata Knight Riders

Deccan Chargers Hyderabad

Mumbai Indians

Deccan Chargers finished last in 2008 IPL despite the players like Andrew Symonds, Adam Gilchrist, Shahid Afridi, Harschell Gibbs and Rohit Sharma. Hope they will improve their performance and records in 2nd edition of IPL at South Africa.

Deccan Chargers Team, Squad for 2009 IPL:

Adam Gilchrist
Abhinav Kumar
Andrew Symonds
Arjun Yadav
Chamara Silva
Chaminda Vaas
Doddapaneni Kalyankrishna
Dwaraka Ravi Teja
Dwayne Smith
Fidel Edwards
Halhadar Das
Harmeet Singh
Herschelle Gibbs
Jas Karandeep Singh
Manvinder Bisla
Nuwan Zoysa
Paidikalva Vijaykumar
Pragyan Ojha
Rohit Sharma
Rudra Pratap Singh
Ryan Harris
Sarvesh Kumar
Scott Styris
Shoaib Ahmed
Tirumalsetti Suman
Venugopal Rao
VVS Laxman
Darren Lehman (AUS) (Coach)

Bangalore Royal Challengers finished 2nd last in the 1st IPL and therefore gone a major change by owner Vijay Mallya. They bought dynamic Kevin Peitersen at the highest price of 1.55 Million US$ in this year bidding. They also named Kevin Pietersen as the new captain of the team in place of technically fit Rahul dravid.

Bangalore Royal Challenger Team, Squad for 2009 IPL:

Kevin Pietersen (Captain)
Abhmanyu Mithun
Anil Kumble
Balachandra Akhil
Bharat Chipli
Bhuvneshwar Kumar
Cameron White
Dale Steyn
Devraj Patil
Dillon du Preez
Gaurav Dhiman
Ishank Jaggi
Jacques Kallis
Jagadeesh
Arun Kumar
Jesse Ryder
Jitendra Patil
Karan Sharma
Kedar Jadhav
Kotarangada Appanna
Manish Pandey
Mark Boucher
Muralidharen Gautam
Nathan Bracken
Pankaj Singh
Praveen Kumar
R. Suteesh
Rahul Dravid
Rajesh Bishnoi
Raju Bhatkal
Robin Uthappa
Roelof van der Merwe
Rohit Sabharwal
Ross Taylor
Saurabh Bandekar
Sreesanth Aravind
Srivastava Goswami
Sunil Joshi
Tinu Yohannan
Udit Patel
Vinay Kumar
Virat Kohli
Wasim Jaffer
Ray Jennings (SA) (Coach)

Kings XI Punjab reached in the Semi-Final of 2008 IPL and are very balanced site to beat any one with players like Yuraj Singh, Shaun Marsh, Kumara Sangakkara, Irfan Pathan and Brett Lee. Shaun Marsh was the highest scorer in 2008 IPL.

Kings XI Punjab Team, Squad for 2009 IPL:

Yuvraj Singh
Ajitesh Argal
Amanpreet Singh
Brett Lee
Burt Cockley
Irfan Pathan
James Hopes
Jerome Taylor
Karan Goel
Kumar Sangakkara
Luke Pomersbach
Mahela Jayawardene
Piyush Chawla
Ramesh Powar
Ranadeb Bose
Ravi Bopara
Ravikant Shukla
Ryan Ninan
S. Sreesanth
Shaun Marsh
Simon Katich
Sunny Sohal
Tanmay Srivastava
Taruwar Kohli
Uday Kaul
Vikramjeet Malik
VRV Singh
Wilkin Mota
Yash Gandhi
Tom Moody (AUS) (Coach)

Kolkata Knight Riders started their 2008 IPL season with a bang with 3 consecutive matches but didn't carry it to the end. Hope they will go ahead in the series after a captaincy controversy for multiple captain.

Kolkata Knight Riders Team, Squad for 2009 IPL:

Sourav Ganguly (Captain)
Aakash Chopra
Ajantha Mendis
Ajit Agarkar
Angelo Mathews
Anureet Singh
Arindam Ghosh
Ashoke Dinda
Brad Hodge
Brendan McCullum
Cheteshwar Pujara
Chris Gayle
David Hussey
Ishant Sharma
Laxmi Ratan Shukla
Mark Cameron
Mashrafe Mortaza
Moises Henriques
Murali Kartik
Ricky Ponting
Sanjay Bangar
Shoaib Sheikh
Sourav Sarkar
Sunny Singh
Wriddhiman Saha
Yashpal Singh
John Buchanan (AUS) (Coach)

Delhi Daredevils started slowly but reached in the Semi-Finals of 2008 IPL before defeated by Rajasthan Royals. They have one of the most powerful opening pair in world cricket in the form of Virendar Sehwag and Gautam Gambhir. They bought two new England palyers Owais Shah and Paul Collingwood this season.

Mumbai Indians after poor start in 2008 IPL played well but they lost some close matches and unavailability of Tendulkar in earlier stage was the reason they didn't reached in last four. They bought South African sensation Paul Dumny and swap Indian pace star Zaheer Khan with Uthappa from Bangalore.

Chennai Super Kings are the runner ups of 2008 IPL and favorite to win 2nd edition of Indian Premier League. They bought England all rounder Andrew Flintoff for US$ 1.55 million, highest bidding price of this year to strengthen their middle order.
Mahendra Singh Dhoni (Captain)

Rajasthan Royals were the unexpected winner of 2008 IPL but will be hit back after the unavailability of Pakistan players like Kamran Akmal and Sohail Tanveer, highest wicket taker in last season and played major part in the triumph. The defending champion will highly depend on Graem Smith, Yusuf Pathan, Ravinder Jadeja and Shane Warne.
Shane Warne (Captain and Coach)

The 2009 Indian Premier League will now take place in South Africa. Security concerns in India forced organisers to seek an alternative host, But following talks with Cricket South Africa (CSA) IPL boss Lalit Modi opted for South Africa ultimately because of the favourable weather conditions.

The tournament will start a week later than planned, running from 18 April to 24 May. The opening match will be played in Cape Town, while Johannesburg will stage the final, with Pretoria, Durban, Port Elizabeth and East London also venues for matches.

April 2009


Sat 18

12:30 local, 10:30 GMT 1st match - Rajasthan Royals v Bangalore Royal Challengers Newlands, Cape Town

16:30 local, 14:30 GMT 2nd match - Chennai Super Kings v Mumbai Indians Newlands, Cape Town


Sun 19

12:30 local, 10:30 GMT 3rd match - Kolkata Knight Riders v Deccan Chargers Newlands, Cape Town

16:30 local, 14:30 GMT 4th match - Delhi Daredevils v Kings XI Punjab Newlands, Cape Town


Mon 20

12:30 local, 10:30 GMT 5th match - Bangalore Royal Challengers v Chennai Super Kings St George’s Park, Port Elizabeth


Tue 21

12:30 local, 10:30 GMT 6th match - Rajasthan Royals v Mumbai Indians Kingsmead, Durban

16:30 local, 14:30 GMT 7th match - Kolkata Knight Riders v Kings XI Punjab Kingsmead, Durban


Wed 22

12:30 local, 10:30 GMT 8th match - Delhi Daredevils v Chennai Super Kings Kingsmead, Durban

16:30 local, 14:30 GMT 9th match - Bangalore Royal Challengers v Deccan Chargers Kingsmead, Durban


Thu 23

12:30 local, 10:30 GMT 10th match - Kolkata Knight Riders v Rajasthan Royals St George’s Park, Port Elizabeth


Fri 24

12:30 local, 10:30 GMT 11th match - Kings XI Punjab v Bangalore Royal Challengers New Wanderers Stadium, Johannesburg


Sat 25

12:30 local, 10:30 GMT 12th match - Kolkata Knight Riders v Chennai Super Kings Newlands, Cape Town16:30 local, 14:30 GMT 13th match - Deccan Chargers v Mumbai Indians Kingsmead, Durban


Sun 26

12:30 local, 10:30 GMT 14th match - Rajasthan Royals v Kings XI Punjab Newlands, Cape Town

16:30 local, 14:30 GMT 15th match - Bangalore Royal Challengers v Delhi Daredevils St George’s Park, Port Elizabeth


Mon 27

12:30 local, 10:30 GMT 16th match - Kolkata Knight Riders v Mumbai Indians Newlands, Cape Town

16:30 local, 14:30 GMT 17th match - Chennai Super Kings v Deccan Chargers Kingsmead, Durban


Tue 28

12:30 local, 10:30 GMT 19th match - Delhi Daredevils v Rajasthan Royals SuperSport Park, Centurion


Wed 29

12:30 local, 10:30 GMT 18th match - Mumbai Indians v Kings XI Punjab Kingsmead, Durban

16:30 local, 14:30 GMT 20th match - Kolkata Knight Riders v Bangalore Royal Challengers Kingsmead, Durban


Thu 30

12:30 local, 10:30 GMT 21st match - Delhi Daredevils v Deccan Chargers SuperSport Park, Centurion

16:30 local, 14:30 GMT 22nd match - Rajasthan Royals v Chennai Super Kings SuperSport Park, Centurion


May 2009


Fri 1

12:30 local, 10:30 GMT 23rd match - Bangalore Royal Challengers v Kings XI Punjab Buffalo Park, East London

16:30 local, 14:30 GMT 24th match - Mumbai Indians v Kolkata Knight Riders Kingsmead, Durban


Sat 2

12:30 local, 10:30 GMT 25th match - Rajasthan Royals v Deccan Chargers New Wanderers Stadium, Johannesburg

16:30 local, 14:30 GMT 26th match - Chennai Super Kings v Delhi Daredevils St George’s Park, Port Elizabeth


Sun 3

12:30 local, 10:30 GMT 27th match - Mumbai Indians v Bangalore Royal Challengers Kingsmead, Durban

16:30 local, 14:30 GMT 28th match - Kings XI Punjab v Kolkata Knight Riders Buffalo Park, East London


Mon 4

12:30 local, 10:30 GMT 29th match - Deccan Chargers v Chennai Super Kings St George’s Park, Port Elizabeth


Tue 5

12:30 local, 10:30 GMT 30th match - Delhi Daredevils v Kolkata Knight Riders Kingsmead, Durban

16:30 local, 14:30 GMT 31st match - Kings XI Punjab v Rajasthan Royals Kingsmead, Durban


Wed 6

12:30 local, 10:30 GMT 32nd match - Mumbai Indians v Deccan Chargers SuperSport Park, Centurion


Thu 7

12:30 local, 10:30 GMT 33rd match - Kings XI Punjab v Chennai Super Kings SuperSport Park, Centurion

16:30 local, 14:30 GMT 34th match - Bangalore Royal Challengers v Rajasthan Royals SuperSport Park, Centurion


Fri 8

12:30 local, 10:30 GMT 35th match - Delhi Daredevils v Mumbai Indians Buffalo Park, East London


Sat 9

12:30 local, 10:30 GMT 36th match - Deccan Chargers v Kings XI Punjab OUTsurance Oval, Bloemfontein

16:30 local, 14:30 GMT 37th match - Chennai Super Kings v Rajasthan Royals St George’s Park, Port Elizabeth


Sun 10

12:30 local, 10:30 GMT 38th match - Kolkata Knight Riders v Delhi Daredevils Buffalo Park, East London

16:30 local, 14:30 GMT 39th match - Bangalore Royal Challengers v Mumbai Indians New Wanderers Stadium, Johannesburg


Mon 11

12:30 local, 10:30 GMT 40th match - Deccan Chargers v Rajasthan Royals OUTsurance Oval, Bloemfontein


Tue 12

12:30 local, 10:30 GMT 41st match - Bangalore Royal Challengers v Kolkata Knight Riders SuperSport Park, Centurion

16:30 local, 14:30 GMT 42nd match - Kings XI Punjab v Mumbai Indians SuperSport Park, Centurion


Wed 13

12:30 local, 10:30 GMT 43rd match - Deccan Chargers v Delhi Daredevils Kingsmead, Durban


Thu 14

12:30 local, 10:30 GMT 44th match - Mumbai Indians v Rajasthan Royals Kingsmead, Durban

16:30 local, 14:30 GMT 45th match - Chennai Super Kings v Bangalore Royal Challengers Kingsmead, Durban


Fri 15

12:30 local, 10:30 GMT 46th match - Kings XI Punjab v Deccan Chargers De Beers Diamond Oval, Kimberley


Sat 16

12:30 local, 10:30 GMT 47th match - Chennai Super Kings v Mumbai Indians New Wanderers Stadium, Johannesburg

16:30 local, 14:30 GMT 48th match - Deccan Chargers v Kolkata Knight Riders St George’s Park, Port Elizabeth


Sun 17

12:30 local, 10:30 GMT 49th match - Rajasthan Royals v Delhi Daredevils De Beers Diamond Oval, Kimberley

16:30 local, 14:30 GMT 50th match - Kings XI Punjab v Deccan Chargers New Wanderers Stadium, Johannesburg


Mon 18

12:30 local, 10:30 GMT 51st match - Chennai Super Kings v Kolkata Knight Riders SuperSport Park, Centurion


Tue 19

12:30 local, 10:30 GMT 52nd match - Delhi Daredevils v Bangalore Royal Challengers New Wanderers Stadium, Johannesburg


Wed 20

12:30 local, 10:30 GMT 53rd match - Chennai Super Kings v Kings XI Punjab Kingsmead, Durban

16:30 local, 14:30 GMT 54th match - Rajasthan Royals v Kolkata Knight Riders Kingsmead, Durban


Thu 21

12:30 local, 10:30 GMT 55th match - Deccan Chargers v Bangalore Royal Challengers SuperSport Park, Centurion

16:30 local, 14:30 GMT 56th match - Mumbai Indians v Delhi Daredevils SuperSport Park, Centurion


Fri 22

16:30 local, 14:30 GMT 1st Semi-Final - TBC v TBC SuperSport Park, Centurion


Sat 23

16:30 local, 14:30 GMT 2nd Semi-Final - TBC v TBC New Wanderers Stadium, Johannesburg


Sun 24

16:30 local, 14:30 GMT Final - TBC v TBC New Wanderers Stadium, Johannesburg

About IPL
The BCCI launched the Indian Premier League (IPL) on the lines of football’s English Premier League and the National Basketball League (NBA) of the US.

The IPL is a professional Twenty20 cricket league created and promoted by the BCCI and backed by the ICC. The Twenty20 league is set to debut in April 2008, with eight teams comprising a minimum of 16 players each. The league will last for 44 days and will involve 59 matches.

The IPL works on a franchise-system based on the American style of hiring players and transfers. These franchises were put for auction, where the highest bidder won the rights to own the team, representing each city.

The auction for the same took place on January 24, 2008 and the total base price for the auction was $400 million. The auction went on to fetch $723.59 million.

The Mumbai franchise owned by Mukesh Ambani’s Reliance Industries Limited (RIL) was the most expensive franchise - fetching $111.9 million closely followed by Vijay Mallya’s United Breweries which paid $111.6 million for the Bangalore franchise .

Media house Deccan Chronicle won the Hyderabad chapter of the IPL for $107 million, while India Cements’ Chennai franchise cost $91 million.

Bollywood also made its presence felt with two of its leading stars bagging the ownership of their respective teams - Shah Rukh Khan and Juhi Chawla’s Red Chillies Entertainment buying out Kolkata for $75.09, while Preity Zinta and her beau Ness Wadia bought the Mohali team for $76 million.

GMR , the infrastructure development group which who are involved in a project for revamping the Delhi airport, bagged the ownership of the Delhi team for $84 million and the Emerging Media , consisting of its CEO Fraser Castellino, Manoj Badale and Lachlan Murdoch and other investors won the rights for the Jaipur franczhise for $67 million.

IPL Teams:

1) Bangalore Royal Challengers: The Bangalore team was bought by Vijay Mallya’s UB Group for $111.6 million to own the team for 10 years. ‘Icon player’ Rahul Dravid is the captain of Bangalore Royal Challengers. Team India’s bowling coach, Venkatesh Prasad is the coach of the team.

2) Kings XI Punjab: The Mohali team was bought by Bollywood diva Preity Zinta, her industrialist beau Ness Wadia, along with renowned industrialists Karan Paul and Mohit Burman for $76 million for a period of 10 years. ‘Icon player’ Yuvraj Singh is the captain of Kings XI Punjab. Australia’s Tom Moddy is the coach of the team.

3) Chennai Super Kings: The Chennai team was bought by India Cements for $91 million to own the team for 10 years. Team India ODI and T20 skipper Mahendra Singh Dhoni is the captain of Chennai Super Kings. Former South Africa cricket team captain Kepler Wessels is the coach of the team.

4) Kolkata Knight Riders: The Kolkata team is owned by Bollywood actor Shah Rukh Khan, actress Juhi Chawla and her husband Jay Mehta for $75.09 million for a 10-year period. ‘Icon player’ Sourav Ganguly is the captain of Kolkata Knight Riders. Australia’s John Buchanan is the coach of the team.

5) Deccan Chargers: The Hyderabad team was bought by Deccan Chronicle, a media house, for $107 million for a 10-year period. Team India’s Test player VVS Laxman is the captain of Deccan Chargers. India’s fielding coach, Robin Singh is the coach of the team.

6) Mumbai Indians: The Mumbai team is owned by Mukesh Ambani’s Reliance Industries Limited for $111.9 million for a period of 10 years. ‘Icon player’ Sachin Tendulkar is the captain of Mumbai Indians. Former Team India manager, Lalchand Rajput is the coach of the team.

7) Delhi Daredevils: The Delhi team is owned by GMR Holdings for $84 million for a period of 10 years. ‘Icon player’ Virender Sehwag is the captain of Delhi Daredevils. Australia’s Greg Shipperd is the coach of the team.

8) Rajasthan Royals: The Jaipur team was bought by UK-based company Emerging Media for $67 million to own the team for a period of 10 years. Former Australian spin bowler Shane Warne is both the captain and coach of Rajasthan Royals.

More on IPL:

After a long drama, Multi Screen Media and World Sport Group has secured that broadcast right of Indian Primer League (DLF IPL) for nine years till 2017. The drama comes to end when they have agreed to pay more that double of the last year. Multi Screen Media will broadcast audio commentary for the Indian people.
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Talking about the deal, IPL Chairman and Commissioner Lalit Modi expressed his confidence that MSM would pull out all the stops in ensuring that the best technology is utilized to deliver "excellent content that is creative, innovative and enriching for the cricket fans in India and indeed across the globe." "We are absolutely delighted with the new deal inked today with WSG and Multi Screen Media, we have what we believe to be the best deal for the DLF Indian Premier League and Indian cricket fans alike", Modi added.

Last month IPL authority turns down their ties with Sony and renews contact with WSG and MSM. Now, SET Max will telecast the whole IPL 2009 matches for the Sub-continent cricket fans from 18 April 2009 from South Africa.