Cricket: "IPL 2011 Match No 35: Royal Challengers Bangalore v Pune Warriors"

Hi and Welcome to the 35th Match of the IPL 2011 season between Royal Challengers Bangalore and Pune Warriors. Pune Warriors are looking lost after their recent losses and on other side Royal Challengers bangalore have gathered the much needed momentum after the arrival of Chris Gayle. Lets see if Royal challengers Bangalore maintain their momentum or Pune Warriors snatch the momentum from Royal Challengers Bangalore.

Pune Warriors won the toss and selected to bowl first. For Royal challengers Bangalore CH Gayle and TM Dilshan opened the batting and for Pune Warriors AC Thomas opened the bowling. Royal challengers Bangalore start was yet again impressive with CH Gayles big hitting. In less tha 7 overs Royal challengers Bangalore scored more than 50 runs without any loss. CH Gayle was severe to Kamran Khan for whom he hit 4 fours and 4 sixes in his two overs. Pune Warriors tasted success when Yuvraj Singh introduced R sharma into the attack. R Sharma took TM Dilshan in his first over and CH Gayle in his second. V Kohli and AB de Villiers then repaired the Royal challengers Bangalore innings and added further 66 runs in less than 9 overs. JE Taylor bowled a fantastic final over for Pune warriors to restrict Royal Challengers Bangalore to 181 for the loss of 5 wickets in their allotted 20 overs. For Royal challengers Bangalore V Kohli scored 67 and CH Gayle 49, for pune warriors AC Thomas and R Sharma took 2 wickets each.

In reply Pune warriors opened the batting with JD Ryder and TD Paine, Royal Challengers bagalore opened the bowling with Zaheer Khan. Pune warriors had a bad start when TD Paine was out to S Aravind for 8 of 17 balls, which in T20 is unacceptable. Then JD Ryder and MK Pandey tried to build a partnership. Pune warriors dindnt loose wicket in next 6 overs but coudnt score much runs as well. JD Ryder was out after his fity and MK Pandey soon followed him when he holed out to long off of DL Vettori. Yuvraj Singh and RV Uthappa tried to scored runs quickly and were threatning to close it on, that Zaheer Khan bowled an exceptional over in which he got rid of Yuvraj Singh and thus Pune Warriors coudnt pull of a chase. Pune warriors where well short by 26 runs. For Pune Warriors JD Ryder scored 51 and Yuvraj Singh scored 41, for Royal challengers Bangalore Zaheer Khan, S Aravind, DL Vettori, CH Gayle and J Syed Mohammad took a wicket a piece.



Man of the Match is Virat Kohli for his entertaining 67

Score : Royal Challengers Bangalore 181 for 4 (V Kohli 67, CH Gayle 49, AC Thomas 2/23, R Sharma 2/27) beat Pune Warriors 155 for 5 (JD Ryder 51, Yuvraj Singh 41, CH Gayle 1/8)

Cricket: "IPL 2011 Match No 14: Chennai Super Kings v Royal Challengers Bangalore"

Hi and Welcome to the Match No 14 of the IPL season 2011 between Chennai Super Kings and Royal Challengers Bangalore. Chennai Super Kings had good begining to this IPL and they are the defending champions and on other side Royal challengers Bangalore havent had any impact and they getting worse with each game. lets see if they can make their role reversal or will it be the same.

Chennai Super Kings won the toss and elected to bat first. For Chennai Super Kings MEK Hussey and M Vijay opened the batting, for Royal challengers Bangalore Zaheer Khan opened the bowling. Chennai Super Kings had a great start when they where 50 without any loss in 6 overs. Royal challengers Bangalore lost M Vijay and SK Raina played some great shots and had palyed a cameo with 29 runs. MS Dhoni too played few shots in his innings of 22 runs. MEK Hussey played brilliantly and carried his bat thru and made sure chennai scored a defendable total of 183 runs with a loss of 5 wickets in their allotted 20 overs. for Chennai super kings MEK Hussey scored 83* and M Vijay scored 31, for Royal challengers Bangalore JJ van der Wath and R Ninan took two wickets each.

In reply royal challengers bangalore opened the batting with MA Agarwal and TM Dilshan, Chennai Super kings opened the bowling with JA Morkel. Royal challengers Bangalore lost two quick wickets with just 17 on the board. V Kohli and AB de Villiers tried to repair the damage and in the process of scoring quickly V kohli was out to SB Jakati. There on Royal Challengers Bangalore kept loosing wickets at regular intervals and scored just 162 for the loss of 7 wickets in their permitted 20 overs. For Royal challengers Bangalore AB de Villiers scored 65 and V Kohli 35, for Chennai Super kings JA Morkel and S Randiv took two wickets each.



Man of the Match is MEK Hussey for his 83*

Score : Chennai Super Kings 183 for 5 (MEK Hussey 83*, M Vijay 31, R Ninan 2/31, JJ van der Wath 2/49) beat Royal Challengers Bangalore 162 for 7 (AB de Villiers 65, V Kohli 35, S Randiv 2/24, JA Morkel 2/34) by 21 runs.

Cricket: "IPL 2011 Match No 11: Deccan Chargers v Royal Challengers Bangalore"

Hi and Welcome to 11th Match of IPL 2011 season between Hyderabad Deccan Chargers and Royal Challengers Bangalore. Hyderabad Deccan Chargers are yet to gel with the new players and Royal Challengers Bangalore working hard to maintain their winning streak. Lets see who will make a move with the momentum.

Royal challengers Bangalore won the toss and opted to bowl first. For Deccan Chargers S Sohal and S Dhawan opened the batting, for Royal Challengers Bangalore Zaheer Khan opened the bowling. Zaheer Khan gave a good start to Royal challengers Bangalore when he got rid of S Dhawan for 11 with just 20 on the board. KC Sangakkara and S Sohal then build Deccan charger score. S Sohal and KC Sangakkara made crucial 30's and after both of them were back to the pavilion B chipli and JP Duminy made sure that the momentum is not lost and scored runs at will. B Chpli impressed one and all with his 61. Deccan Chargers made a impressive 175 for 5 of their 20 overs. For deccan chargers B Chipli scored 61* and S Sohal 38, for Royal challengers Bangalore Zaheer Khan took 3 wickets.

In reply royal challengers opened the batting with MA Agarwal and TM Dilshan, for Deccan Chargers DW Steyn opened the bowling. DW Steyn and I Sharma both bowled beautifully and gave Deccan Chargers the start which they were looking for with three wickets and just 27 on the board in 5 overs. Royal challengers bangalore kept loosing wickets at regular intervals. V Kohli who was retained by Royal challengers bangalore never gave up and scored runs at one end inspite of the wickets falling at another end. CA Pujara gave a little support and raised hopes of a come back but re-introduction of Steyn cleared the hope and Deccan chargers where home with 33 runs. For royal Challengers Bangalore V Kohli scored 71 and CA Pujara scored 25, for Deccan Chargers DW Steyn and MS Gony took three wickets each.



Man of the Match is DW Steyn for his spell of 3/24

Score : Deccan Chargers 175 for 5 (B Chipli 61*, S Sohal 38, Zaheer Khan 3/32) beat Royal Challengers Bangalore 142 for 9 (V Kohli 71, CA Pujara 25, DW Steyn 3/24, MS Gony 3/31) by 33 runs

Cricket: "IPL 2011 Match No 3: Kochi Tuskers Kerala v Royal Challengers Bangalore"

Hi and Welcome to the 3rd Match of the IPL 2011 season between Kochi Tuskers Kerala and Royal Challengers Bangalore. Kochi Tuskers Kerala are making their debut in IPL 2011 season with this match. For Royal Challengers Bangalore this is their first match of the IPL 2011 season. Lets see how they fared.

Kochi Tuskers Kerala won the toss and elected to bat first. Kochi Tuskers Kerala opened with BB McCullum and VVS Laxman. Kochi Tuskers Kerala had a brilliant start with both BB McCullum and VVS Laxman where in fine touch and scored 80 of 9 overs. Once VVS Laxman was out to TM Dilshan Kochi Tuskers Kerala's run rate slowed down and kept loosing wickets at regular interval. Late blows from BJ Hodge and RA Jadeja got some respectability to Kochi Tuskers Kerala's total to defend with. For Kochi Tuskers Kerala BB McCullum made 45 and VVS Laxman made 36 and for Royal Challengers Bangalore Vettori, Dilshan, Kohli, Nannes and Zaheer took a wicket a piece.

Royal challengers Bangalore had a horror start when S Sreesanth had TM Dilshan caught. But Royal challengers Bangalore Agarwal and V Kohli played well to get a move on. Once Royal challengers Bangalore's both the batsmen were out, kochi tuskers keral applied pressure on the royal challengers bangalore batsmen. Royal Challengers batsmen AB de Villiers and ss Tiwary made sure than they didnt loose wickets and also made sure that runrate was also under control. Once SS Tiwary was out AB de Villiers launched the attack and took Royal challengers home with much to spare. Royal challengers bangalore won convinsingly by 6 wickets with 8 balls to spare. For Royal Challengers bangalore AB de Villiers made 54* and Agarwal made 33 and for Kochi Tuskers Kerala Sreesanth, Jadeja, Vinay Kumar and Gomez took a wicket a piece.


Man of the Match is AB de Villiers for his cool and brilliant 54*


Score: Royal Challengers Bangalore 162 for 4 (AB de Villiers 54, MA Agarwal 33, SS Tiwary 26, Gomez 1/20) beat Kochi Tuskers Kerala 161 for 5 (McCullum 45, Laxman 36, DL Vettori 1/17) by five wickets

Cricket: Wounded Laxman steers india to one wicket win

India Vs Australia First Test

I am writing this at 01:41 PM CST, watching the final day session two after lunch. Where india need 54 runs and Johnson is bowling to ishant.

After a long time india is looking beyound Srilanka. Yeah there is a surprise for you, India is going to play Australia their favourite opponents. Lately India Vs Australia series has been one of the toughest and closest.

First test started with the same promise. As usual Dhoni lost the toss and Ponting choose to bat first. India's bowling was spearheaded by Zaheer, others to assist him where Ishant, Harbhajan and Ojha. Zaheer got rid of Katich early, but ponting and watson got the things going. Raina brilliantly ran out ponting and gave india the much needed momentum to make inroads at regular intervals. Watson stood firm and completed his century at other end. India kept on the pressure but paine and johnson took them past the 400 run score. Zaheer took a five for and paine missed what could have been his maiden test century. He made a patient 92. Australia scored 428 in their first innings.

India started their first inning with their most successful opening partners sehwag and gambhir. India started well and where going run a ball until gambhir was out. Sehwag soon followed him after a brisk half century. After night watchmen ishants departure tendulkar and dravid held the innings together and scored half centuries respectively. After dravid's departure raina came and gave support to sachin who was eventullay out 2 short of his century. Once sachin was out Australia crawled back into the game and polished off the tail and india were allout for 405 runs. Australia got the upperhand by taking a 23 run lead. Johnson took a five for australia and for india sehwag,dravid, tendulkar and raina scored half centuries.

Australia after their 23 run lead started their second innings to build the lead. Watson started positively and scored at a brisk rate. In no time he reached his half century and with katich was looking good to extend the lead futher more. Ishant who was wayward in the first innings got his rhythm back and took three quick wickets to peg australia back. Indian spinners took the charge next and had four wickets between them as Zaheer returned to complete the tail with his ferocious reverse swing. Australia where all out for 192 and setting india a target of 216 runs. For australia watson made half century and for india zaheer and ishant took 3 wickets a piece.

India's chase was hit right in the first over when Gambhir was adjudged LBW when the ball was clearly going leg side. Inspite of the early first wicket india tried to score runs at faster rate, generally thats the case though when sehwag is around in the middle. End of the fourth day with late burst form the australia bowlers india were reduced to 55 for 4 and still needing 161 on the lastday and only 6 wickets in hand which includes laxman who had injured his back and will bat only if required.

Fifth day started with all the possible results possible. Tendulkar and zaheer started well and were steady until zaheer was out to hauritz. Laxman came to bat with raina as runner as he had a bad back. Laxman and Tendulkar started the counter attack and started scoring at a faster pace and didnt allowed any bowler to settle. Tendulkar was out for 38, dhoni and harbhajan followed him soon and india required another 92 runs and just two wickets in hand. Then came Ishant to support laxman in the middle. Ishant blocked the australia bowlers with determination and on the other hand helped laxman score runs at will. They added 81 runs and where almost at touching distance that another bad umpiring saw Ishant walking back to pavilion. Wicket of Ishant raise lot of hopes for australians as they were just a wicket away from victory. Ojha looked very tensed but he managed to hold on. Ojha was lucky to miss a close LBW call and a run out for which he got four overthrows. He flicked the ball towards leg and completed 2 runs and gave india victory by one run.

Laxman was unbeaten on 73 from 79 balls as india registered their first one wicket win in tests. Laxman was the man of the moment, no one knows why he plays so well against a team which is hightly rated for their skills in cricket. He was given a special prize for this efforts during the presentation ceremony.

Zaheer was adjudged man of the match for his crucial 8 wickets.

Score: India 405 (Tendulkar 98, Raina 86, Johnson 5/64) and 216 for 9 (Laxman 73*, Hilfenhaus 4/57, Bollinger 3/32) beat Australia 428 (Watson 126, Paine 92, Zaheer 5/94) and 192 (Watson 56, Ishant 3/34, Zaheer 3/43) by 1 wicket

Cricket: "IPL 2009 Match No 23: Kolkata Knight Riders Vs Mumbai Indians"

Match No 23: Kolkata Knight Riders Vs Mumbai Indians

Kolkata Knight Riders have lost another match which was well under their control for major part of the game. They lost to Mumbai Indians by 9 runs in a tense finish at Buffalo park, East London.

Mumbai Indians won the important toss and elected to bat first. They lost Jayasuriya early for 6 and just 19 runs on the board. Harbhajan singh was promoted up the order as a pinch hitter, but he too coudnt say longer at crease as was out for 6 in 7 balls. Tendulkar who was playing a lone hand until then departed for a well made 34 of 30 balls with 3 fours and 2 lovely sixes. Nayar too followed him soon after and was out for 10 of 13 balls and score was reading 71 for 4 of 12 overs. Duminy with the help of Napier and Rahane took mumbai to a respectable score of 148 of their stipulated 20 overs. Duminy was unbeated on 52 from 37 balls with 4 sixes and one four. For Kolkata Ishanth, Dinda, Karthik, Agarkar, Gayle, hodge took one wicket each.

Kolkata had a disastrous start when Ganguly and Gayle were out without bothering the scorers and score was reading 8 for 2 in 2.2 overs. Then Hodge and Van Wyk steadied the innings with an excellent 91 runs partnership for 3rd wicket. But once van wyk was out for 32 of 35 balls wickets kept falling and pressure kept on building. Kolkata all of a sudden where on the downside and lost the match by 9 runs. Hodge played an excellent innings of 73 from 60 balls with 5 fours and 3 sixes. For mumbai Zaheer Khan took 3 wickets and was the most successful bowler.

Man of the match was awarded to JP Duminy for his classy innings of 52 from 37 balls with 4 sixes and one four.

Scores: Mumbai Indians 148 for 6 (Duminy 52*) beat Kolkata Knight Riders 139 for 6 (Hodge 73, Zaheer 3-31) by nine runs