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Deccan Chargers won by 6 wickets against Kolkata Knight Riders in yesterday’s second match, Match No. 48 of DLF IPL 2009 held at New Wanderers, Johannesburg. It looked like Kolkata Knight Riders might break their losing steak when Deccan Chargers needed 21 of the last over. But Rohit Sharma took away little chance by scoring them without panicking. Kolkata Knight riders lost their 8th match in a row and have two more matches to make it 10 in a row.

IPL 2009 – Match 48 – Kolkata Knight Riders Vs Deccan Chargers – Full Scorecard

Hussey scored quick fire 43 in 17 balls.

Deccan Chargers won the toss and elected to field on a good batting pitch. McCullum and Ganguly opened the innings for Kolkata Knight Riders. McCullum was the first man to be dismissed and top edged a slower delivery from Harris to Suman at square leg. He scored 20 runs from 18 balls. Ganguly struggled to put bat on ball. Deccan Chargers bowled well not giving away anything. Knight Riders just managed 50/1 in their first 10 overs with Ganguly on 14(23) and Hodge on 13(19). It looked like Knight Riders will be restricted to below 120. Ganguly continued to struggle and was caught at long-off by Harris of the bowling of Rohit Sharma. Ganguly took 41 balls to score 33 runs.  Hussey was the next batsman and his intentions were clear to clear the boundary. Hodge got out for 48 runs(41 balls) in the similar fashion like McCullum to a slower delivery from Harris. Kolkata Knight Riders were struggling at 118/3 after 18 overs. But the next over yielded 28runs, the maximum runs scored in an over in this IPL. RP Singh started the over but bowled 2 no balls over waist-high and he was taken out of the attack. He just bowled 1 legal delivery and conceded 8 runs. Harmeet Singh continued the over and Hussey hit him all over the park scoring 20 runs in 5 balls. The over looked like (1nb, 1, 4nb, 4, 2, 2, 6, 6) and all of a sudden Kolkata reached 146 with 6 balls to spare. Saha and Hussey got out in the last over after scoring a six each in previous ball. At the end of 20 overs Kolkata Knight Riders scored 160/5 including 42 runs in last 2 overs.

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A good day for Chennai Super Kings as they moved to the semi finals beating Mumbai Indians by 7 Wickets in yesterday’s match held in St George’s Park, Port Elizabeth.

IPL 2009 – Match 47 – Chennai Super Kings Vs Mumbai Indians – Full Scorecard

Duminy compiled yet another 50 to take his side to a decent score

Sachin Tendulkar captain of Mumbai Indians won the toss and elected to bat first. Sanath Jayasuriya and Bravo opened the innings. Morkel bowled a superb yorker to dislodge the off stump of Bravo in the first ball of third over. Duminy was the next man in. Poor fielding of Chennai Super Kings continued and they gave away two boundaries in two balls instead of singles. Jayasuriya break free during 5th over and hit 2 sixes and 2 fours. He lost his wicket in the last ball of powerplay trying to hit over the top after scoring quick 30 runs in 17 balls. Tyagi was the bowler and Raina pouched the catch at covers. Sachin joined Duminy to consolidate the Mumbai innings. During strategic break the score was 75/3. Raina took the wicket of Sachin immediately after the break. Muralidaran and Raina bowled some tight overs and conceded only 26 Runs in 5 overs after break. Dhoni missed an easy stumping chance of Nayar of the bowling of Raina.  Duminy played well and got yet another fifty in this IPL. He was runout by Morkel in the last over after scoring 62 runs in 54balls. Mumbai Indians just managed to score 147/5 in 20 overs. Chennai Super Kings bowled well to restrict Mumbai Indians to below 150.

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It was a day for Royal(s) - Royal Challengers and Rajasthan Royals – as they won their matches yesterday, both the matches were nail bitters and went to the last over – real thrillers.

IPL 2009 – Match 44 – Chennai Super Kings Vs Royal Challengers Bangalore – Full Scorecard

Kumble took the wicket of Mathew Hayden - turning point of the match

MS Dhoni won the toss and elected to bat on a good batting wicket. Vijay and Hayden opened the innings. Kumble bowled the tidy first over for just 4 runs. Hayden took the attack back to Bangalore scoring 16runs in the next over bowled by Vinay Kumar. Vijay was the first to go and he struggled for his 5 runs of 9 balls. Kallis got the wicket of Vijay in his first over and the 4th of the match, a wicket maiden over. The inform Raina couldn’t do much this time and got out in the second over of Kallis after scoring 13(10). Dhoni joined Hayden when the score was 48/2 in 5.4 overs. They played sensible cricket not giving away any chance to the opposition and took the score to 72/2 at strategic break. Dhoni got out to a stunning catch by van der Merwe and he scored 18(20). Hayden got out in the next over from Kumble to a good catch at midwicket. Hayden scored 60 runs in just 38 balls and the score was 101/4 in 13.2 overs. This wicket really turned things around for Royal Challengers as the other batsman struggled to score runs and got out in quick successions. Chennai Super Kings were bowled out for 129 in 19.4 overs. Kallis, Kumble and Vinay Kumar got 2 wickets each. Royal Challengers Bangalore fielded exceptionally well in this match.

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Yesterday’s match in DLF IPL T20 2009 (Match 43 – Delhi Daredevils vs Deccan Chargers) was a match full of turn arounds. Rajat Bhatia was the man who finally turned it to Delhi Daredevils.

IPL 2009 – Match 43 – Delhi Daredevils Vs Deccan Chargers – Full Scorecard

Kartick played well at the end to take Delhi to a respectable total

Deccan Chargers won the toss and elected to field first. Delhi Daredevils opened their innings with Gauti and Warner, inspite of Sehwag’s return to the playing eleven. Warner fell early to Chaminda Vaas in the 2nd over after scoring 4 runs in 6 balls. Dilshan was the next man in and opened his account with consecutive boundaries. Rohit Sharma dropped a sitter when Dilshan gloved one to shortish gully. Dilshan made good use of the drop chance and played aggressively. He scored 24runs (4,6,2,4,4,4) of the 6th over bowled by Shoaib Maqsusi, the highest run conceded in a single over in this IPL. Delhi Daredevils scored 56 runs losing just 1 wicket in the powerplay. Symonds got the wicket of Dilshan who scored 37 runs in just 18 balls. Another catch was dropped at long on when Ravi Teja spilled one which came straight to him and the ball bounced of his hands for a six. AB de Villiers was the batsman this time. Gambhir got out just before the strategic break and left Delhi Daredevils at 81/3 during the break. Sehwag was the next man in and he opened his account with a simple catch dropped by Symonds at long on. Vaas took the wicket of Sehwag in the 14th over and he scored 11 runs in 10 balls. AB de Villiers got out at crucial stage after scoring 44 runs in just 36balls. After 17 overs Delhi were 130/5. It looked like Chargers will be bundle out Delhi below 150, but Kartick played smart cricket and took them to a challenging total of 173/7. He scored 23 runs of the last over bowled by Vaas including 2 sixes. Vaas conceded 52 runs in his 4 overs and this is the highest by any bowler in this IPL. Deccan Chargers equaled the record of Knight Riders dropping 4 simple catches.
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Kolkata Knight Riders finally managed to put a good show with the bat and it didn’t lasted long as the bowling let them down. Its really heart breaking day for McCullum when he finds his efforts put into trash by his bowlers. Not for me as the result was as many expected. So do I.

IPL 2009 – Match 41 – Royal Challengers Bangalore Vs Kolkata Knight Riders – Full Scorecard

Brendon McCullum playing a paddle sweep

Royal Challengers won the toss and put Kolkata Knight Riders to bat first. McCullum and Ganguly opened the innings for Kolkata. Ganguly got out early edging one to keeper, of the bowling of Vinay Kumar and he scored only a boundary in his 6 ball innings. Ghosh was the next man in and he lost his wicket scoring 7 in 7 balls. Hussey got the chance replacing Hodge, the top scorer for Kolkata in this version. Not sure what happened to him!? McCullum and Hussey played well to take Kolkata to 69/2 at strategic break. A good recovery from the bad start 21/2. Hussey was bowled by Akhil. Hussey scored 43 runs in just 27 balls and put on 70 run partnership with McCullum. McCullum scored his first fifty in this IPL and continued to strike well. He batted aggressively at the end and remained not out at 84 in just 64balls. Royal Challengers couldn’t keep the runs down at the end and they conceded 60 runs in last 4 overs, inspite of Kumble sliping in a tight over, 18th of the match, picking up a wicket just for four runs. Kolkata Knight Riders reached 173/4 in their 20 overs, their highest in this DLF IPL 2009.

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