DLF IPL T20 2010 - Points table after 16 League matches

Deccan Chargers and Royal Challengers moved up the table with 2 out of 2 wins, while Delhi DareDevils slipped down with 2 losses in a row.

Royal Challengers Bangalore, Mumbai Indian and Deccan Chargers looks solid so far in IPL3.
CSK missing Dhoni and DD missing Gambhir badly.
Chennai Super Kings and Delhi DareDevils will be gaining strength when they get back Dhoni and Gambhir resp. from injuries.

IPLT20 2010 Points Table – 17/03/2010

DLF IPL T20 2010 - Points table after 9 League matches

Results – 17/03/2010

Match 9: Mumbai Indians won the match against Delhi Daredevils by 98 Runs

IPLT20 2010 Points Table – 16/03/2010

DLF IPL T20 2010 - Points table after 8 League matches

Results – 16/03/2010

Match 8: Chennai Super Kings won the match against Kolkata Knight Riders by 55 Runs

Match 7: Royal Challengers Bangalore won the match against Kings XI Punjab by 8 Wickets

IPL T20 – First Semi final – Delhi Daredevils vs Deccan Chargers – Full Scorecard

Gilchrist won the toss and elected to field first, as he always does.

Delhi Daredevils lost 2 wickets without any runs on the board. Gambhir and Warner got out for a duck each and the score was 0/2. Sehwag and Dilshan batted well to get Delhi to a reasonable score. At the end of 20 overs Daredevils managed to score 153 runs for the loss of 8 wickets.

Gilchrist played a bliztering innings to take Deccan Chargers to the finals of IPL T20 2009

Gilchrist and Gibbs opened the innings for Deccan Chargers. Nannes opened the bowling and he was hit for 5 fours in the first over by Gilchrist. Gibbs got out the next over for a duck. Gilchrist continued hitting all over the park and scored the fastest IPL half century in just 18 balls. He got out the last ball just before strategic break and he scored 85 runs in just 35 balls. Deccan Chargers reached 154 runs in the 18th over and won the match comfortably by 6 wickets.

Deccan Chargers will play with the winner of the Second Semi final to be held today.

DLF IPL T20 Points Table Tally at the end of day – 19/05/2009

IPL T20 Points table & teams standing after 52 League matches

Probability for teams to make it to Semi Finals:

For Rajasthan Royals

• They should win against Kolkata Knight Riders by big margin
• Kings XI Punjab should lose their match against Chennai Super Kings. Otherwise, Chennai Super Kings should lose their match by more than 100 runs

For Kings XI Punjab, Deccan Chargers, Royal Challengers Bangalore

• Must win their only match

For Chennai Super Kings

• Shouldn’t lose their match by big margin. Defeat by <50 runs shouldn’t risk their semi final chance.

Here is an interesting table/graph showing the points progress of the 8 teams in the Leagues matches of the DLF IPL T20 2009.

Click on the image below to view full graph….

DLF IPL 2009 - Points progress of teams in League matches

If you are a fan of Kolkata Knight Riders it would be heart breaking to see the black line horizontal…

While Chennai Super Kings and Royal Challengers Bangalore did well to recover from the worst position they were in after first 5 matches. Chennai Super Kings just had 3 points and Royal Challengers had 2 points. Deccan Chargers and Mumbai Indians were the teams to give away the early advantage they had. They both lost 4 matches in a row.

Gilchrist won the toss again and elected to field first. His strategies are clear to restrict the opposition and chace down the target. His strategy didn’t work as his batting power house consisting of himself, Gibbs, Rohit Sharma, Symonds, Suman and Rao couldn’t do the trick today.

IPL 2009 – Match 49 – Kings XI Punjab Vs Deccan Chargers – Full Scorecard

RP Singh bowled well to get back the Purple cap

Sohal and Katich opened the innings for Kings XI Punjab. Sohal tried to be aggressive but couldn’t do much and got out trying to scoop the ball over short fine leg. He scored 9(12) caught by Rohit Sharma of the bowling of RP Singh. Pomersbach was the next man in and retuned back quickly, run out by Gibbs for 1 run. Katich was the next wicket caught by Ojha at mid on of the bowling of Symonds and the Kings XI were struggling at 26/3. Yuvraj and Sangakkara joined in the middle to steady the innings. They managed to add 26 runs for the fourth wicket before a straighter deliver from Venugopal Rao disturbed the middle stumps of Yuvraj. Yuvraj looked settled with 20 runs in 18 balls. Kings XI Punjab scored 55/4 in their first 10 overs. Mota and Sangakkara took the score to 105/4 at the end of 16 overs. Suman got the better of Mota who was looking to break free, caught at mid wicket by Harris. Sangakkara also got out at crucial stage for 56 runs of just 43 balls. Irfan Pathan scored quick 17 runs in 11 balls. Lee played 5 balls and couldn’t manage a single out of that. Kings XI Punjab ended their innings scoring 134 for the loss of 7 wickets. RP Singh was the pick of the bowler took 3/26 and got back the purple cap.

Yuvraj Singh claimed his second hat-trick of the tournament

Deccan Chargers needed 135 to win the match and move to the top of the table. Gilchrist plays only way i.e. aggressively. He hit 3 fours and a six of the second over bowled by Irfan Pathan. Chargers were crusing along with 34 runs in 4 overs before Powar get two wickets of two balls. He deceived both Gilchrist and Suman of the concecutive deliveries. Gilchrist was stumped by Sangakkara while Suman lost his off stump, the first ball he faced. Symonds joined Gibbs to consolidate and they took Deccan Chargers to 65/2 at strategic time out. Yuvraj came to bowl the 11th over and took the wicket of Gibbs of the last ball just conceding 3 runs. Gibbs scored 26 of 37 balls. Yuvraj continued his spell and took the wicket of Symonds the first ball of his second over. Symonds was stumped by Sangakkara and he scored 25(25). Rao was the next man in and faced the hat trick ball. This time Yuvraj bowled the arm ball and Venugopal Rao lets it go knocking the off stumps out. Second hat trick by Yuvraj in this IPL and all of a sudden pressure back on Deccan Chargers. Rohit Sharma yet again looked good to take away the game from opposition, he scored 3 sixes and 3 fours. Deccan Chargers just needed 11 runs of the last over and they had the man who scored 21 yesterday, Rohit Sharma facing. Irfan Pathan was the bowler and Sharma managed 6 runs of the first 2 balls. Next ball is given as wides and they just needed 4 runs in 4 balls. Rohit Sharma got out for 42 runs scored in 26 balls. RP Singh came in and he was caught and bowled by Pathan. Harris just managed 2 runs in the last ball. Deccan Chargers were short of the target by just 1 run.

This victory gives Kings XI Punjab a chance to get a semi finals and they have to win their next game in the league matches. Deccan Chargers still are in the third position with 14 points and a game to play. Semi final spots still open for 5 teams to fight it out.