IPL - Delhi beat Bangalore by 10 runs, McGrath took 4 Wickets

In the 17th match of Indian Premier League - IPL, Delhi Daredevils beat Bangalore Royal Challengers by just 10 runs at Feroz Shah Kotla, Delhi on Wednesday, 30th April, 2008.

Bangalore Royal Challengers won the toss and elected to field first, Delhi Daredevils took the advantage and scored 191/5 in 20 overs thanks to brilliant inning by Gautam Gambhir, 86 in just 54 balls with 11 fours and 1 six well supported by Dhawan contributed 50 runs.

In reply Bangalore Royal Challengers chase well but short by 10 runs in the end with the fine bowling by McGrath, who took 4 wickets for 29 runs in 4 overs, tournaments best bowling figure so far.

Match Summary:

Delhi Daredevils - 191/5 in 20 Overs.

Bangalore Royal Challengers - 181/5 in 20 Overs.

Toss - Bangalore Royal Challengers, who chose to field first

Man of the Match - Glenn McGrath (Delhi Daredevils)

Result - Delhi Daredevils won by 10 runs.

IPL 17th Match - Delhi Daredevils vs Bangalore Live Score

Delhi Daredevils will host Bangalore Royal Challengers in the 17th match of Indian Premier League (IPL), at the Feroz Shah Kotla ground, Delhi on Wednesday, 30th April, 2008, 8.00 PM IST. Both Delhi Daredevils and Bangalore Royal Challengers teams are coming off defeats in their previous games,by the hands of Punjab and Chennai respectively.

Bangalore Royal Challengers is on the bottom of the points table with 1 win and 3 losses out of 4 games but they are a much better team than their form suggests.

Delhi Daredevils, on the other hand win 2 and lost 2 out of 4 games and should start as favourites on home ground.

Delhi Daredevils Team (Probable)

Gautam Gambhir, Virender Sehwag (capt), Shikhar Dhawan, Shoaib Malik, Manoj Tiwary, Dinesh Karthik (wk), Rajat Bhatia, Daniel Vettori, Vijaykumar Yomahesh, Mohammad Asif, Glenn McGrath

Bangalore Royal Challengers Team (Probable)

Wasim Jaffer, Rahul Dravid (capt), Ross Taylor, Bharath Chipli, Misbah-ul-Haq, Virat Kohli, Mark Boucher (wk), Praveen Kumar, Zaheer Khan, Dale Steyn, KP Appanna

IPL 16th Match - Kolkata Riders vs Mumbai Indians Live Score

Mumbai Indians, the bottom placed team of the Indian Premier League, has lost all its 4 matches will be hosted by SRK;s strong Kolkata Knight Riders on Tuesday, 29th April, 2008 at Eden Garden, Kolkata, 8.00 PM IST.

Mumbai Indians are facing more problems as its star bowler Harbhajan Singh is suspended by slapping Sreeshant and their captain and icon player Sachin Tendulkar overcome his groin injury. They need a win badly to stay in the race,

For K Brendon McCullum and Ricky Ponting playing last match for Kolkata this season, and the team will be pressing to gain valuable points ahead of their departure for National duty.


Kolkata Knight Riders Team (Likely)

Sourav Ganguly (capt), Brendon McCullum, Ricky Ponting, David Hussey, Mohammad Hafeez, Laxmi Ratan Shukla, Wriddhiman Saha (wk), Ajit Agarkar, Ashok Dinda, Murali Kartik, Ishant Sharma


Mumbai Indians Team (Probables)

Sachin Tendulkar (capt), Sanath Jayasuriya, 3 Luke Ronchi (wk), 4 Robin Uthappa, 5 Shaun Pollock, 6 Abhishek Nayar, 7 Dwayne Bravo, 8 Musavir Khote, 9 Ashish Nehra, 10 Dhaval Kulkarni, 11 Siddharth Chitnis.

IPL 15th Match - Chennai Kings vs Bangalore Challengers Live Score

Chennai Super Kings, the team leading the points table of Indian premier League - IPL, and uubeaten in this tournament will be hosted in the match no. 15 by Bangalore Royal Challengers at M. Chinnaswamy Stadium, Bangalore - Karnataka, on Monday, 28th April, 2008, 8.00 PM IST.

Dhoni's Chennai Super Kings are in fine form specially Methew Hayden and the are undefeated in 2008 IPL tornamentt. They will probably go with the winning team.

Bangalore Royal Challengers are at the second last on the points ladder and have to win today's game to climb up in the table.

Bangalore Royal Challengers Team (Likely)

Shivnarine Chanderpaul, Rahul Dravid (capt), Virat Kohli, Jacques Kallis, Misbah-ul-Haq, Mark Boucher (wk), Bharat Chipli, Praveen Kumar, Zaheer Khan, Sunil Joshi, R Vinay Kumar.

Chennai Super Kings Team (Likely)

Parthiv Patel, Matthew Hayden, Michael Hussey, Suresh Raina, Mahendra Singh Dhoni (capt and wk), Jacob Oram, S Badrinath, Joginder Sharma, R Ashwin, Manpreet Gony, Muttiah Muralitharan.

IPL 14th Match - Mumbai Indians vs Deccan Chargers Live Score

Top two team from the bottom of the points table of Indian premier League - IPL, as Mumbai Indians going to host Hyderabad's Deccan Chargers at Dr DY Patil Sports Academy, New Mumbai, on Sunday, 27th April, 2008, 8.00 PM IST.

Sachin Tendulkar may miss out today's game as well, Mumbai Indians have been further hurt by the temporary suspension of Harbhajan Singh, their acting captain, after his row with Sreesanth on Friday.

Deccan Chargers will try explosive batsman Shahid Afridi with Adam Gilchrist as opener in today's game.

Mumbai Indians Team (Probables)

Sanath Jayasuriya, Loots Bosman, Robin Uthappa, Dwayne Bravo, Shah (wk), Shaun Pollock (capt), Nayar, Khote, Rajesh Pawar, Dhawal Kulkarni, Ashish Nehra.

Deccan Chargers Team (Probably)

VS Laxman (capt), Adam Gilchrist, Shahid Afridi, Andrew Symonds, Rohit Sharma, Arjun Yadav, Sanjay Bangar, Chaminda Vaas, RP Singh, Pragyan Ojha, D Kalyankrishna.

IPL 13th Match - Punjab Kings XI vs Delhi Daredevils Live Score

On sunday's 1st match of the Indian Premier League - IPL, Punjab Kings XI will host Delhi Daredevils at Punjab Cricket Association Stadium, Mohali, Chandigarh, 4.00 PM IST.

Punjab Kings XI team has won only 1 match out of 3 and they will try to win today's match. Kumar Sangakkara is in good form scored 94 runs in the last match.

Delhi Daredevils has 2 wins in their account and captain Virendar Sehwag is also in fine touch.

Punjab Kings XI Team (Likely)

Karan Goel, James Hopes, Kumar Sangakkara (wk), Yuvraj Singh (capt), Mahela Jayawardene, Tanmay Srivastava/Sahil Kukreja, Irfan Pathan Brett Lee, Piyush Chawla, Sreesanth, VRV Singh.

Delhi Daredevils Team (Likely)

Gautam Gambhir, Virender Sehwag (capt), Shikhar Dhawan, Shoaib Malik, Dinesh Karthik (wk), Manoj Tiwary, Rajat Bhatia, Farayveez Maharoof, Mohammad Asif, Yo Mahesh, Glenn McGrath.

IPL 12th Match - Rajasthan Royals beat Bangalore by 7 wickets

Rajasthan Royals easily beat Bangalore Royal Challengers by seven wickets in the 12th match of Indian Premier League at Chinnaswamy Stadium,Bangalore, on 26th April, 2008 to reach the 2nd spot in the points table.

After Bangalore Royal Challengers were restricted to 135 due to fine bowling by Shane Watson and Munaf Patel took 2 wickets each.

Shane Watson superb unbeaten 61 in 41 balls with 8 fours and 2 sixes and Grahm Smith's 49 in 42 balls ensured they reached the target with 17 balls remaining.

Match Summary:

Bangalore Royal Challengers - 135/8 in 20 Overs.

Rajasthan Royals -138/3 in 17.1 Overs.

Toss - Rajasthan Royals, who chose to field first

Man of the Match - Shane Watson (Rajasthan Royals)

Result - ajasthan Royals won by 7 wickets (with 17 balls remaining)

IPL 12th Match - Chennai Kings beat Kolkata Riders by 9 wickets

IPL 12th Match - Chennai Kings beat Kolkata Riders by 9 wickets

Chennai Super Kings easily beat Kolkata Knight Riders by 9 wickets in the 12th match of Indian Premier League at MA Chidambaram Stadium, Chepauk, Chennai, on 26th April, 2008 to reach the top of the points table.

After Kolkata Knight Riders were restricted to 147, due to fine bowling by Jacob Oram and Muttiah Muralitharan.

Matthew Hayden's superb unbeaten 70 in 49 balls and captain Dhoni's anbeaten 43 in 27 balls ensured there were no hiccups in making it three wins out of three.

Match Summary:

Kolkata Knight Riders - 147/9 in 20 Overs.

Chennai Super Kings - 152/1 in 17 Overs.

Toss - Kolkata Knight Riders, who chose to bat first

Man of the Match - Jacob Oram (Chennai Super Kings)

Result - Chennai Super Kings won by 9 wickets (with 18 balls remaining)

IPL 12th Match - Bangalore Royal Challengers vs Rajasthan Royals Live Score

On Saturday's 2nd match of Indian Premier League - IPL, Bangalore Royal Challengers will host the Rajasthan Royals at M Chinnaswamy Stadium, Bangalore, 8.00 PM IST. Both teams have bounced back from opening-match defeats will find out just how much progress they've made.

Bangalore Royal Challengers have some momentum of their own, following up their heavy defeat on the opening day with a five-wicket win over Mumbai during the weekend. Misbah-ul-Haq's arrival will inject some energy into the batting.

The Rajasthan Royals are arguably the IPL's most impressive team; captained by a tactically sharp Shane Warne and boosted by some late overseas arrivals

Bangalore Royal Challengers Team (Likely)

Shivnarine Chanderpaul, Rahul Dravid (capt), Virat Kohli, Jacques Kallis, Misbah-ul-Haq, Mark Boucher (wk), Bharat Chipli, Praveen Kumar, Zaheer Khan, Sunil Joshi, R Vinay Kumar.

Rajasthan Royals Team (Likely)

Graeme Smith, Yusuf Pathan, Shane Watson, Mohammad Kaif, Ravindra Jadeja, Mahesh Rawat (wk), Shane Warne (capt), Sohail Tanvir, Dinesh Salunkhe, Pankaj Singh, Siddharth Trivedi.

IPL Live Score - Kolkata Knight Riders vs Chennai Super Kings

On Saturday's 1st match Chennai Super Kings will host the Indian Premier League leader Kolkata Knight Riders at MA Chidambaram Stadium, Chepauk, Chennai, 4.00 PM IST. Both team not lost any matches in IPL, Kolkata Knight Riders leading the point table, while Chennai Super Kings also won its both matches and 3rd in the table so expecting a tough fight today.

Kolkata Knight Riders team has big players like Ganguly, Pointing, McCullum, Ishant Sharma and David Hussey to beat kings.

Chennai Super Kings is also full of stars like Dhoni, Hayden, Muralitharan and Michael Hussey all in good form.

Kolkata Knight Riders Team (Likely)

Sourav Ganguly (capt), Brendon McCullum, Ricky Ponting, David Hussey, Mohammad Hafeez, Laxmi Ratan Shukla, Wriddhiman Saha (wk), Ajit Agarkar, Ashok Dinda, Murali Kartik, Ishant Sharma

Chennai Super Kings Team (Likely)

Parthiv Patel, Matthew Hayden, Michael Hussey, Suresh Raina, Mahendra Singh Dhoni (capt and wk), Jacob Oram, S Badrinath, Joginder Sharma, R Ashwin, Manpreet Gony, Muttiah Muralitharan.

IPL 10th Match - Punjab Kings XI beat Mumbai Indians by 66 runs

In the one sided 10th match of Indian Premier League - IPL, Punjab Kings XI beat the most expensive franchise of IPL, Mumbai Indians by 66 runs at Punjab Cricket Association Stadium, Mohali, Chandigarh on Friday, 25th April 2008.


Punjab Kings XI scored 182 all out in 20 overs thanks to Kumara Sangakara's brilliant 94 runs in just 56 balls with 13 fours and 1 six.

Chasing the target of 183, Mumbai Indians crumbled by the fine bowling of Brett Lee, Irfan Pathan and Piyush Chawla to mange ony 116/9 in 20 overs. Lee conceded only 9 runs of its 4 overs.

Match Summary:

Punjab Kings XI - 182 All Out in 20 Overs.

Mumbai Indians - 116/9 in 20 Overs.

Toss - Mumbai Indians, who chose to field first

Man of the Match - Kumara Sangakkara (Kings XI Punjab)

Result - Kings XI Punjab won by 66 runs

IPL - Punjab Kings XI vs Mumbai Indians Live Score, Mohali

Punjab Kings XI is going to host Mumbai Indians in the 10th match of Indian Premier League - IPL, at Punjab Cricket Association Stadium, Mohali, Chandigarh, on Friday, 25th April, 2008 at 8.00 pm IST. Both teams has yet to register a win in this tournament, as they lost both of their matches.

Mumbai Indian's captain Sachin tendulkar still doubtful to make his IPL debut on a batting-friendly Mohali wicket.

Punjab Kings XI may bring in Vikram Singh, the right-arm seamer who has played for India in Tests and ODIs, in place of Wilkin Mota.

Mumbai Indians Team (Likely)

Sachin Tendulkar (capt), Sanath Jayasuriya, Luke Ronchi (wk), Robin Uthappa, Abhishek Nayar, Dwayne Bravo, Shaun Pollock, Harbhajan Singh, Musavir Khote, Ashish Nehra, Dhaval Kulkarni.

Punjab Kings XI Team (Likely)

Karan Goel, James Hopes, Kumar Sangakkara, Mahela Jayawardene, Yuvraj Singh (capt), Irfan Pathan, Sunny Sohal, Brett Lee, Piyush Chawla, Vikram Singh, Sreesanth.

IPLt20 9th Match Live Score - Deccan Chargers vs Rajasthan Royals at Hyderabad

In the 9th match of Indian Premier League (IPL), Deccan Chargers will host Rajasthan Royals at Rajiv Gandhi International Stadium, Hyderabad on Thursday, 24th April, 2008. The match will start at 8.00 PM IST.

Despite having the strongest batting line-ups in the tournament and biggest spenders, Deccan Chargers yet to win a game and Sitting at the bottom of the points table.

Rajasthan Royals, meanwhile beaten the Kings XI Punjab by six wickets in Jaipur and will now be looking forward the the arrival of South African captain Graeme Smith.

Deccan Chargers Team (Likely)

Adam Gilchrist (wk), Ravi Teja, Shahid Afridi, VVS Laxman (capt), Andrew Symonds, Rohit Sharma, Sanjay Bangar, Arjun Yadav, Chaminda Vaas, RP Singh, Pragyan Ojha.

Rajasthan Royals Team (Likely)

Yusuf Pathan, Kamran Akmal (wk), Mohammad Kaif, Shane Watson, Graeme Smith, Ravindra Jadeja, Pankaj Singh, Dinesh Salunkhe, Shane Warne (capt), Siddharth Trivedi, Munaf Patel.

IPL 8th Match - Mumbai Indians vs Chennai Super Kings Live Score

In the 8th match of Indian Premier League (IPL), Chennai Super Kings will host Mumbai Indians at MA Chidambaram Stadium (Chepauk), Chennai (Madras) on Wednesday, 22nd April, 2008. The match will start at 8.00 PM IST.

Mumbai Indians, the most expensive franchise - they are yet to notch up a win, are again likely to be without their captain and icon Sachin Tendulkar.

Chennai Super Kings has recorded the tournament's highest score so far. They are high in confidance after beating Punjab as Hussey scored fastest hundred.

Mumbai Indians Team (Likely)

Sanath Jayasuriya, Luke Ronchi (wk), Robin Uthappa, Dwayne Bravo, Saurabh Tiwary, Abhishek Nayar, Shaun Pollock, Harbhajan Singh (capt), Musavir Khote, Ashish Nehra, Dhaval Kulkarni.

Chennai Super Kings Team (Likely)

Matthew Hayden, Parthiv Patel, Michael Hussey, Mahendra Singh Dhoni (capt), Suresh Raina, Jacob Oram, S Badrinath, Joginder Sharma, P Amarnath, Manpreet Gony, Muttiah Muralitharan.

IPL 7th Match, Deccan Chargers vs Delhi Daredevils Live Score

In the 7th match of Indian Premier League (IPL), Deccan Chargers will host Delhi Daredevils at Rajiv Gandhi International Stadium in Uppa, Hyderabad on Tuesday, 22st April, 2008. The match will start at 8.00 PM IST.

Big hitter Shahid Afridi is back in team after finishing national duty to strengthen Deccan Chargers.

Delhi Daredevils will be bolstered by the arrivals of Malik and Mohammad Asif, but that in turn gives them a selection headache as they can only select four foreign players.

Delhi Daredevils Team (Likely)

Gautam Gambhir, Virender Sehwag (capt), Shikhar Dhawan, Shoaib Malik, Manoj Tiwary, Dinesh Karthik (wk), Rajat Bhatia, Mithun Manhas, Daniel Vettori, Farveez Maharoof, Glenn McGrath.

Deccan Chargers Team (Likely)

Adam Gilchrist (wk), Venugopal Rao, VVS Laxman (capt), Andrew Symonds, Rohit Sharma, Scott Styris, Shahid Afridi, Arjun Yadav, Sanjay Bangar, RP Singh, Pragyan Ojha.

IPL 6th Match, Watson shines as Rajasthan beat Punjab by 6 wickets

Australian players domination in the inaugral Indian Premier League (IPL) continued as the two Aussies Shane Warne and Sahne Watson starred with bat and ball respectively to power Rajasthan Royals to their 1st victory in the tournament, as they beat Punjab Kings XI by 6 wickets, in front of their home crowd at the Sawai Man Singh Stadium, Jaipur om Monday, 21st April 2008.

Punjab Kings XI posted 166/8 thanks to captain Yuraj Singh's 57 from 34 balls.Shane Warne took 3 wickets for 19 runs, then Watson took control in the Rajasthan Royal's reply, striking an unbeaten 76 runs off 49 balls with 3 fours nad 5 sixes, to lead his side to 168 for four.

Match Summary:

Punjab Kings XI - 166/8 in 20 Overs.

Rajasthan Royals - 168/4 in 18.1 Overs.

Toss - Punjab Kings XI, who chose to bat first

Man of the Match - Shane Watson (Rajasthan Royals)

Result - Rajasthan Royals won by 6 wickets (with 11 balls remaining)

IPL 6th Match, Rajasthan Royals vs Punjab Kings XI Live Score

In the 6th match of Indian Premier League (IPL), Rajasthan Royals will host Punjab Kings XI at Sawai Mansingh Stadium, Jaipur on Monday, 21st April, 2008. The match will start at 8.00 PM IST. The match will be important for both the teams as they lost their 1st match.

Punjab Kings XI are overwhelming favourites to win in Jaipur. Rajasthan Royals, on the other hand, are enduring a frustrating wait for five of their foreign recruits.

Punjab Kings XI Team (Likely)

Karan Goel, James Hopes, Kumar Sangakkara (wk), Yuvraj Singh (capt), Mahela Jayawardene/Simon Katich, Irfan Pathan, Pankaj Dharmani, Brettt Lee, Piyush Chawla, Wilkin Mota/Ramesh Powar, Sreesanth.

Rajasthan Royals Team (Likely)

Niraj Patel, Yusuf Pathan, Shane Watson, Mohammad Kaif, Darren Lehmann, Ravindra Jadeja, Mahesh Rawat (wk), Dinesh Salunkhe, Shane Warne (capt), Siddharth Trivedi, Munaf Patel.

IPL 5th Match - Bangalore Royal Challengers beat Mumbai Indians by 5 Wickets

In a thrilling and a nail biting match of IPL between Mumbai Indians and Bangalore Royal Challengers, Bangalore beat the Mumbai by 5 wickets with 2 balls remaining.

Mumbai Indians won the toss and elected to bat 1st made 165/6 with Uthappa's 48 and some hard hitting by pollock, 28 in just 12 balls.

In reply Bangalore Royal Challengers chased the run with 2 ball to go thanks to Dravid's a ball and a fantastic inning by Mark Boucher , 32 runs39 in just 19 balls.

Match Summary:

Mumbai Indians - 165/6 in 20 Overs.

Bangalore Royal Challengers - 166/5 in 19.4 Overs.

Toss - Mumbai Indians, who chose to bat first

Man of the Match - Mark Boucher (Bangalore Royal Challengers)

Result - Bangalore Royal Challengers won by 5 wickets (with 2 balls remaining)

IPL 4th Match - Kolkta Knight Riders beat Deccan Chargers

In a thrilling 4th match of IPL SRK's Kolkata Knight Riders beat Hyderabad Deccan Chargers by 5 wickets with 6 balls remaining at packed Edens Gardens, Kolkata on Sunday.

David Hussey was the star in Knight Riders win, hit the winning runs with a huge six scored 38 not out in 43 balls with 1 six and 3 fours on a difficult pitch.

Earlier Deccan Chargers scored 110 all out in 18.4 overs due to fine bowling by Riders.

Match Summary:

Deccan Chargers - 110 All Out in 18.4 Overs.

Kolkata Knight Riders - 112/5 in 19 Overs.

Toss - Deccan Chargers, who chose to bat first

Man of the Match - David Hussey (Kolkata Knight Riders)

Result - Kolkata Knight Riders won by 5 wickets (with 6 balls remaining)

IPL live score - Mumbai Indians vs Bangalore Teams

In the second match on Sunday Mumbai Indians will host Bangalore Royal Challengers at Wankhede Stadium, 8.00 PM IST. Bangalore already lost their 1st match against Kolkata and will want to win this match but Mumbai also want to get a winning start.

Mumbai will also miss the pace of Lasith Malinga, absent due to injury, and will have to rely on Dilhara Fernando and Pollock. Tendulkar is also doubtful.

Mumbai Indians Team (Likely)

Sachin Tendulkar (capt), Sanath Jayasuriya, Ajinkya Rahane, Robin Uthappa, Saurabh Tiwary, Luke Ronchi (wk), Shaun Pollock, Abhishek Nayar, Harbhajan Singh, Dilhara Fernando, Dhaval Kulkarni/Musaveer Khote

Bangalore Royal Challengers (Likely)

Rahul Dravid (capt), Shivnarine Chanderpaul, Wasim Jaffer, Jacques Kallis, Virat Kohli, Cameron White, Mark Boucher (wk), Praveen Kumar, B Akhil, Zaheer Khan, Sunil Joshi

IPL Live Score - Kolkata Knight Riders vs Deccan Chargers

Sunday's first match is between two very strong teams of Indian Premier League. Kolkata Knight Riders is going to host Deccan Chargers at Edens Garden, Kolkata, 4.00 PM IST.

SRK's Riders already won their 1st match against Bangalore with a big margin and are high on confidence as Mcclum is hit highest Twenty20 score of 158*. Deccan Charger will start their IPL journey today, with strong players like Adam Gilhrist, Andrew Symonds and Scott Styris, as big hitters Gibbs and Afridi are not available due to National duty.
Kolkata Knight Riders (Likely):

Sourav Ganguly (capt), Brendon McCullum, Ricky Ponting, David Hussey, Mohammad Hafeez, Laxmi Rattan Shukla, Wriddhiman Saha (wk), Ajit Agarkar, Ashok Dinda, Murali Kartik, Ishant Sharma.

Deccan Chargers (Likely):

Adam Gilchrist, Ravi Teja, VVS Laxman (capt), Andrew Symonds, Scott Styris, Rohit Sharma, Venugopal Rao, Nuwan Zoysa/Chaminda Vaas, Sanjay Bangar/D Kalyankrishna, RP Singh, Pragyan Ojha.

DLF IPL T20 - Delhi beat Jaipur by 9 Wickets

Delhi Dare Devils beat Rajasthan Royals by 9 wickets in a one sided match at Firoz Shah Kotla Ground, Delhi on Saturday, 19th April 2008.

They lost the toss but bowled clinically to keep Rajasthan to 129 before a 112-run stand between Gambhir and Dhawan, scored unbeaten 58 and 51 respectively.

Farvez Mahroof took 2 wickets for 11 runs and declared man of the match,

Match Summary:

Delhi Dare Devils - 129/8 in 20 Overs.

Rajasthan Royals - 132/1 in 15.1 Overs.

Toss - Rajasthan Royals, who chose to bat first

Man of the Match - Farvez Maharoof (Delhi Daredevils)

Result - Delhi Daredevils won by 9 wickets (with 29 balls remaining)

IPL T20, Chennai beat Mohali by 33 runs, Hussey hit 114

Michael Hussey of Chennai Super Kings scored a brilliant century, 114 not out in just 54 balls with 8 fours and 9 sixes against Punjab Kings XI. Chennai won the toss and elected to bat first and scored 240/5 with Hussey's ton, in reply Mohali able to mange only 207/4 in 20 overs.

For Mohali, James Hope scored 71 in 33 balls, Sangakara 54 in 33 balls and Yuraj 23 in 13 balls but they lost the match by 33 runs.

Match Summary:

Chennai Super Kings - 240/5 in 20 Overs.

Punjab Kings XI - 207/4 in 20 Overs.

Toss - Chennai Super Kings, who chose to bat first

Man of the Match - Michael Hussey (Chennai Super Kings)

Result - Chennai Super Kings won by 33 runs

IPL, BLR vs KOL - McCullum hit 158 in Riders win

Kolkata Knight Rider's Brendon McCullum smashed a fiery unbeaten 158 in just 73 balls, the highest score in a Twenty20 match, in the opening match of the inaugural Indian Premier League tournament against Bangalore Royal Challengers.

McCullum hit 10 fours and 13 sixes in his record inning helped Shah Rukh Khan's team to post 222/3 in 20 overs. Bangalore team was in no condition to fight back after that battering, and collapsed limply to 82 to lose by an embarrassing margin of 140 runs, the fourth-largest defeat in 20-20 match.

Match Summary:

Kolkata Knight Riders - 222/3 in 20 Overs.

Bangalore Royal Challengers - 82 All Out in 15.1 Overs.

Toss - Bangalore Royal Challengers, who chose to field first

Man of the Match - Brendon McCullum (Kolkata Knight Riders)

Result - Kolkata Knight Riders won by 140 runs

IPL Opener - Bangalore Royal Challengers vs Kolkata Knight Riders

The opening ceremony of inaugural DLF Indian Premier League (IPL) ss going on in front of a packed Chinnaswamy Stadium. To kick the lucrative Twenty20 tournament off we have the Bangalore Royal Challengers hosting the Kolkata Knight Riders.

Rahul Dravid won the toss for Bangalore Royal Challengers and elected to field first.

Bangalore Royal Challengers:

Praveen Kumar, Wasim Jaffer, Jacques Kallis, Rahul Dravid (capt), Virat Kohli, Cameron White, B Akhil, Mark Boucher (wk), Zaheer Khan, Ashley Noffke, R Vinay Kumar

Kolkata Knight Riders

Chris Gayle, Sourav Ganguly (capt), Ricky Ponting, Brendon McCullum (wk), David Hussey, Debabrata Das, Laxmi Ratan Shukla, Ajit Agarkar, Murali Kartik, Ishant Sharma, Ashok Dinda.

Bangalore vs Kolkata - Opening match of IPL on Fri, 18th April

The much awaited Indian Premier League (IPL) is going to start from tomorrow, Friday 18th April, 2008. Opening ceremony will be held on Friday to launch the inaugural edition of the Twenty20 tournament.

The organisers are planning to switch off the floodlights at the Chinnaswamy Stadium before the first match between Dravid's Bangalore Royal Challengers and Ganguly's Kolkata Knight Riders. Rahul Dravid and Saurav Ganguly will face each other as captain.

Bangalore is also banking on 12 cheerleaders from the Washington Redksins, the 'First Ladies of American Football', to draw more fans to the stadium.

Bangalore Royal Challengers, which is owned by Vijay Mallya, the business tycoon, is playing a key role in organising the opening ceremony on their home ground in association with the Karnataka State Cricket Association and the IPL.

IPL - Indian Premier League Schedule/Time Table

The 2008 IPL season is scheduled to start on 18 April 2008 and the final match will be held on 1 June 2008. The league will consist of 8 teams. Each team will play two matches with every other team, held at Home venue and Away venue. The league matches will be followed by two semi-finals and a final match.

IPL’s complete schedule:

Friday,18th April 2008

Bangalore v Kolkata at Bangalore


Saturday, 19th April 2008

Mohali v Chennai at Mohali

Delhi v Jaipur at Delhi


Sunday, 20th April 2008

Mumbai v Bangalore at Mumbai

Kolkata v Hyderabad at Kolkata


Monday, 21st April 2008

Jaipur v Mohali at Jaipur

Tuesday, 22nd April 2008

Hyderabad v Delhi at Hyderabad

Wednesday, 23rd April 2008

Chennai v Mumbai at Chennai

Thursday, 24th April 2008

Hyderabad v Jaipur at Hyderabad


Friday, 25th April 2008

Mohali v Mumbai at Mohali

Saturday, 26th April 2008

Bangalore v Jaipur at Bangalore

Chennai v Kolkata at Chennai

Sunday, 27th April 2008

Mumbai v Hyderabad at Mumbai

Mohali v Delhi at Mohali

Monday, 28th April 2008

Bangalore v Chennai at Bangalore

Tuesday, 29th April 2008

Kolkata v Mumbai at Kolkata

Wednesday, 30th April 2008

Delhi v Bangalore at Delhi


Thursday, 1st May 2008

Hyderabad v Mohali at Hyderabad

Jaipur v Kolkata at Jaipur

Friday, 2nd May 2008

Chennai v Delhi at Chennai

Saturday, 3rd May 2008

Hyderabad at Bangalore at Hyderabad

Mohali v Kolkata at Mohali

Sunday, 4th May 2008

Mumbai v Delhi at Mumbai

Jaipur v Chennai at Jaipur

Monday, 5th May 2008

Bangalore v Mohali at Bangalore

Tuesday, 6th May 2008

Chennai v Hyderabad at Chennai

Wednesday, 7th May 2008

Mumbai v Jaipur at Mumbai


Thursday, 8th May 2008

Delhi v Chennai at Delhi

Kolkata v Bangalore at Kolkata

Friday, 9th May 2008

Jaipur v Hyderabad at Jaipur

Saturday, 10th May 2008

Bangalore v Mumbai at Bangalore

Chennai v Mohali at Chennai

Sunday, 11th May 2008

Hyderabad v Kolkata at Hyderabad

Jaipur v Delhi at Jaipur


Monday, 12th May 2008

Mohali v Bangalore at Mohali

Tuesday, 13th May 2008

Kolkata v Delhi at Kolkata


Wednesday, 14th May 2008

Mumbai v Chennai at Mumbai

Mohali v Jaipur at Mohali

Thursday, 15th May 2008

Delhi v Hyderabad at Delhi

Friday, 16th May 2008

Mumbai v Kolkata at Mumbai

Saturday, 17th May 2008

Delhi v Mohali at Delhi

Jaipur v Bangalore at Jaipur

Sunday, 18th May 2008

Hyderabad v Mumbai at Hyderabad

Kolkata v Chenna at Kolkata

Monday, 19th May 2008

Bangalore v Delhi at Bangalore

Tuesday, 20th May 2008

Kolkata v Jaipur at Kolkata

Wednesday, 21st May 2008

Mumbai v Mohali at Mumbai

Chennai v Bangalore at Chennai


Thursday, 22nd May 2008

Delhi v Kolkata at Delhi


Friday, 23rd May 2008

Mohali v Hyderabad at Mohali


Saturday, 24th May 2008

Delhi v Mumbai at Delhi

Chennai v Jaipur at Chennai

Sunday, 25th May 2008

Bangalore v Hyderabad at Bangalore

Kolkata v Mohali at Kolkata


Monday, 26th May 2008

Jaipur v Mumbai at Jaipur

Tuesday, 27th May 2008

Hyderabad v Chennai at Hyderabad


Wednesday, 28th May 28 2008

Rest Day - No Match

Thursday, 29th May 2008


Rest Day - No Match

Friday, 30th May 2008

First semi-final at Mumbai

Saturday, 31st May 2008

Second semi-final at Mumbai

Sunday, 1st June 2008


Final at Mumbai

IPL: Indian Premier League Teams Name, their Coach and Captains

Find the IPL's each team's Name, their respective Coach and Captains.


Mumbai - Mumbai Indians

Captain - Sachin Tendulkar

Coach - Lalchand Rajput


Delhi - Delhi DareDevils

Captain - Virender Sehwag

Coach - Greg Shipperd


Kolkat - Kolkata Knight Riders

Captain - Sourav Ganguly

Coach - John Buchanan


Bangalore - Bangalore Royal Challengers

Captain - Rahul Dravid

Coach - Venkatesh Prasad


Chennai - Chennai Super Kings

Captain - Mahendra Singh Dhoni

Coach - Kepler Wessels


Hyderabad - Deccan Chargers

Captain - V. V. S. Laxman

Coach - Robin Singh


Mohali - Kings XI Punjab

Captain - Yuvraj Singh

Coach - Tom Moody


Jaipur - Rajasthan Royals

Captain - Shane Warne

Coach - Shane Warne

IPL : Indian Premier League TV rights

India's Sony Entertainment, a division of Japan’s Sony Corp, and the Singapore-based World Sports Group (WSG) won the global broadcasting rights of the Indian Premier League rights.

The rights have given for the whopping US$1,026 million for the duration of ten (10) years. As part of the deal, the consortium will pay the BCCI US$918 million for the telecast rights and US$108 million for the promotion of the tournament.

In Australia, Network Ten has bought the rights to show every game live in Australia on free-to-air television for the next five years at a cost of AU $10 - $15 million.

In UK, Setanta Sports have secured the UK rights in a 5-year deal. All 59 games will be shown on their subscription channels.

Dubai-based Arab Digital Distribution bought the rights to broadcast the IPL in the Middle East by securing a 10 year deal. Games will be broadcasted on ADD's ART Prime Sport, and will be available to viewers in the United Arab Emirates, Bahrain, Iran, Iraq, Jordan, Kuwait, Lebanon, Oman, Qatar, Palestine, Saudi Arabia, Syria, Turkey, Algeria, Morocco, Tunisia, Egypt, Sudan and Libya. Terms of the deal were not released.