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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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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)