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IPL 2009 - Schedule and Fixtures

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Tuesday, 21 April 2009

Match No.	Between Teams	Venue	Match Date and Time[IST]
1	Mumbai Indians Vs Chennai Super Kings	Cape Town	April 18 4 p.m
2	Rajasthan Royals Vs Bangalore Royal Challengers	Cape Town	April 18 8 p.m
3	Delhi Daredevils Vs Kings XI Punjab	Cape Town	April 19 4 p.m
4	Deccan Chargers Vs Kolkata Knight Riders	Cape Town	April 19 8 p.m
5	Chennai Super Kings Vs Bangalore Royal Challengers	Port Elizabeth	April 20 8 p.m
6	Kings XI Punjab Vs Kolkata Knight Riders	Durban	April 21 4 p.m
7	Rajasthan Royals Vs Mumbai Indians	Durban	April 21 8 p.m
8	Bangalore Royal Challengers Vs Deccan Chargers	Cape Town	April 22 8 p.m
9	Chennai Super Kings Vs Delhi Daredevils	Durban	April 23 4 p.m
10	Kolkata Knight Riders Vs Rajasthan Royals	Cape Town	April 23 8 p.m
11	Bangalore Royal Challengers Vs Kings XI Punjab	Durban	April 24 8 p.m
12	Mumbai Indians Vs Deccan Chargers	Durban	April 25 4 p.m
13	Chennai Super Kings Vs Kolkata Knight Riders	Cape Town	April 25 8 p.m
14	Bangalore Royal Challengers Vs Delhi Daredevils	Port Elizabeth	April 26 4 p.m
15	Kings XI Punjab Vs Rajasthan Royals	Cape Town	April 26 8 p.m
16	Deccan Chargers Vs Chennai Super Kings	Durban	April 27 4 p.m
17	Kolkata Knight Riders Vs Mumbai Indians	Port Elizabeth	April 27 8 p.m
18	Delhi Daredevils Vs Rajasthan Royals	Pretoria	April 28 8 p.m
19	Kolkata Knight Riders Vs Bangalore Royal Challengers	Durban	April 29 4 p.m
20	Kings XI Punjab Vs Mumbai Indians	Durban	April 29 8 p.m
21	Deccan Chargers Vs Delhi Daredevils	Pretoria	April 30 4 p.m
22	Rajasthan Royals Vs Chennai Super Kings	Pretoria	April 30 8 p.m
23	Mumbai Indians Vs Kolkata Knight Riders	East London	May 1 4 p.m
24	Kings XI Punjab Vs Bangalore Royal Challengers	Durban	May 1 8 p.m
25	Deccan Chargers Vs Rajasthan Royals	Port Elizabeth	May 2 4 p.m
26	Delhi Daredevils Vs Chennai Super Kings	Johannesburg	May 2 8 p.m
27	Kolkata Knight Riders Vs Kings XI Punjab	Port Elizabeth	May 3 4 p.m
28	Bangalore Royal Challengers Vs Mumbai Indians	Johannesburg	May 3 8 p.m
29	Chennai Super Kings Vs Deccan Chargers	East London	May 4 8 p.m
30	Rajasthan Royals Vs Kings XI Punjab	Durban	May 5 4 p.m
31	Delhi Daredevils Vs Kolkata Knight Riders	Durban	May 5 8 p.m
32	Deccan Chargers Vs Mumbai Indians	Pretoria	May 6 8 p.m
33	Bangalore Royal Challengers Vs Rajasthan Royals	Pretoria	May 7 4 p.m
34	Kings XI Punjab Vs Chennai Super Kings	Pretoria	May 7 8 p.m
35	Delhi Daredevils Vs Mumbai Indians	East London	May 8 8 p.m
36	Deccan Chargers Vs Kings XI Punjab	Kimberley	May 9 4 p.m
37	Chennai Super Kings Vs Rajasthan Royals	Kimberley	May 9 8 p.m
38	Mumbai Indians Vs Bangalore Royal Challengers	Port Elizabeth	May 10 4 p.m
39	Kolkata Knight Riders Vs Delhi Daredevils	Johannesburg	May 10 8 p.m
40	Rajasthan Royals Vs Deccan Chargers	Kimberley	May 11 8 p.m
41	Bangalore Royal Challengers Vs Kolkata Knight Riders	Pretoria	May 12 4 p.m
42	Mumbai Indians Vs Kings XI Punjab	Pretoria	May 12 8 p.m
43	Delhi Daredevils Vs Deccan Chargers	Durban	May 13 8 p.m
44	Bangalore Royal Challengers Vs Chennai Super Kings	Durban	May 14 4 p.m
45	Mumbai Indians Vs Rajasthan Royals	Durban	May 14 8 p.m
46	Kings XI Punjab Vs Delhi Daredevils	Bloemfontein	May 15 8 p.m
47	Chennai Super Kings Vs Mumbai Indians	Port Elizabeth	May 16 4 p.m
48	Kolkata Knight Riders Vs Deccan Chargers	Johannesburg	May 16 8 p.m
49	Kings XI Punjab Vs Deccan Chargers	Johannesburg	May 17 4 p.m
50	Rajasthan Royals Vs Delhi Daredevils	Bloemfontein	May 17 8 p.m
51	Kolkata Knight Riders Vs Chennai Super Kings	Pretoria	May 18 8 p.m
52	Delhi Daredevils Vs Bangalore Royal Challengers	Johannesburg	May 19 8 p.m
53	Rajasthan Royals Vs Kolkata Knight Riders	Durban	May 20 4 p.m
54	Chennai Super Kings Vs Kings XI Punjab	Durban	May 20 8 p.m
55	Mumbai Indians Vs Delhi Daredevils	Pretoria	May 21 4 p.m
56	Deccan Chargers Vs Bangalore Royal Challengers	Pretoria	May 21 8 p.m
57	Semi Final 1	Pretoria	May 22 8 p.m
58	Semi Final 2	Johannesburg	May 23 8 p.m
59	Final	Johannesburg	May 24 8 p.m

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Young Indian team beats Pakistan by 140 Runs

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Wednesday, 11 June 2008
Pakistans record-breaking run of 12 consecutive win came to an end on Tuesday with their worst defeat against India, by 140 runs in the second ODI. Praveen Kumar destroyed Pakistans top order whiched helped India to register the biggest win for India. Indian team is very young and they showed why Indians needed new and young players. Praveen Kumar bagged four wickets for India which helped India to win by 140 runs in their opening Tri-series match against Pakistan. After winning the toss India choose to bat first and it was a great decision for them as the Delhi Openers Gautam Gambhir and Virender Sehwag provided a big start for India as both put opening stand of 155 within 22 overs before Gambhir was the first to be dismissed on 62 and Virender Sehwag follow soon after making 89 valuables runs. Half-centuries from Gautam Gambhir, Virender Sehwag and Yuvraj Singh had helped India to a formidable score of 330 for eight in 50 overs. Pakistani bowlers were considering 15 wides and three no-balls against India, offences that contributed 29 out of the total of 38 extras. In chasing a big total of 331 runs Pakistan needed a good start from their openers to have any chance. Soon they lost 2 more wickets in quick succession which was enough to put pressure on them. Pakistan's hopes slipped further away when Misbah-ul-Haq (24) fell soon at 94 for five. Indian bowlers gave a great performance. Teenage leg-spinner Piyush Chawla and young Indian seemer Praveen Kumar then took four wickets each to secure an easy point. After this win India now will play to Bangladesh in last match before big final and it almost sure that India will play with Pakistan in final.

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Kolkata edge narrow win

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Friday, 09 May 2008
Kolkata Knight Riders came back to winning ways after 3 defeats in a row, defeating Bangalore Royal Challengers by five runs. Sourav Ganguly's side restricted Royal Challengers to 124 for four after posting a challenging score of 129 for seven in their allotted 16 overs. This match was shortened to a 16 overs game due to rain at the Eden Gardens. Kolkata Knight Riders won the toss and choose to bat first in a rain interrupted match but they made a disasterous start and lost wickets. They never recovered from it and loss wickets at regular intervals to post only 129 runs in 16 overs. Hussey was the top scorer and made 26 runs 12 balls before run out. Steyn was the pick of the bowler as he took 3 wickets for 27 runs. J Arun Kumar and Shivnaraine Chanderpaul gave a perfect start to Royal Challengers' run chase but both loss their wickets with the score on 32. It gave hope for Kolkata who were looking for an important win. Rahul Dravid then arrived to the crease but was quickly dismissed by Ganguly and they looked as if they were struggling at 51/3 with a run-rate of below 6 an over. Boucher and Cameron White put on 45 in an impressive fourth-wicket partnership but it was not enough for them and they were short by 5 runs. After this match Kolkata have 6 points while Bangalore have only 4 points and they will stay at bottom.

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Chennai secure last ball thrilling win

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Friday, 09 May 2008
The Chennai Super Kings scored 15 runs from the last over to snatch a heart-stopping four-wicket victory over Delhi Daredevils. Shoaib Malik was the man to be blamed for the Delhi Daredevils as the Chennai team reached the target by scoring 15 runs in last over including one wide in that over. Manpreet Gony hit Shoaib Malik for six off the first ball, with a wide and an edged four which confirmed an easy win for Chennai super kings. It was the match of the IPL so far and it shows that in T20 any thing can happen even if you have big score on the board. Chennai Super Kings won the toss and choose to bowl first but it was wrong decision on batting pitch and Gambhir and Virender Sehwag began in positive fashion, completed 45 runs in five overs before Sehwag was sent back to the pavilion. The very next over De'Villiers followed but Dhawan and Gautam Gambhir put a century stand to help the Delhi team reach a winning position with a total of 187 for five. Gautam Gambhir was highest scorer for the match with his knock of 80 runs from 49 balls. Chasing 188, Super Kings top order clicked after 3 defeats in a row and put a good start by Fleming and Vidyut as they made 62 runs in just 6 overs. Morkel hit three consecutive sixes and a four off one Sehwag over which reduced the pressure. It was a great day for Chennai as they have luck with them and managed last ball thrilling victory. After this match Chennai and Delhi both are on level in terms of points with 10 points each.

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Mumbai achieve shock win against Rajasthan

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Thursday, 08 May 2008
Finally it seems the Mumbai Indians have found their form as they beat top IPL team Rajasthan Royals by an impressive seven wicket margin. This was Mumbai Indian’s 3rd successive win in IPL while Rajasthan Royals tasted their second defeat in seven matches. Mumbai Indians produced a superb all-round display to stun table-toppers Rajasthan Royals and recorded a comprehensive seven-wicket victory over them. Indian bowlers had the control throughout the match and they never gave any chance to the Rajasthan Royal batters after winning the toss. Ashish Nehra was the bowler of the day as he took three for 13 and he got good support from other bowlers like Dwayne Bravo, Rohan Raje and Dhawal Kulkarni each of them taking took two wickets. The Royals collapsed from 74 for two to 103 all out and set an easy target of 104 for the Mumbai team to chase. Mumbai Indians started their chasing well and put on 41 runs for the first wicket. Robin Uthappa top scored with 34 off 21 balls, including four fours and a six, as they completed the chase with 7 wickets in hand. After this match Mumbai Indians have 6 points and are now in 5th Position while Rajasthan will be on no.2 on avg. run rate with 10 points.

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Gilchrist kills the Kings

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Wednesday, 07 May 2008
Deccan finally won a match after losing 5 in a row by beating Dhoni’s team - The Chennai Super kings by 7 wickets. This was the 3rd consecutive defeat for the Indian skipper Dhoni - after a 4 win a row performance. The slip in form seems to be mainly due to the foreign players leaving for international dutty. Such results from the teams at the top will help the likes of Mumbai Indians, Deccan and Bangalore who can now hope to qualify for the semi finals of IPL. Stand-in skipper Adam Gilchrist led the team well and set an example after making a quick half century. Deccan Chargers won the toss and choose the bowl first, this proved to be the right decision as the bowlers struck early to get 4 top order wickets for less than 50. This ensured a low total would be set for the chase. Only Suresh Raina played well with a top score of 32 runs. The hosts set the Chargers a victory target of 145 from their 20 overs. Chasing 145, Deccan started well with their two hard hitting batsmen Gilchrist and Herschelle Gibbs. They put on a quick partnership before Gibbs was dismissed for 24 runs. Gilchrist continued his good form and went on to make 54 runs in 36 balls. Scott Styris made an unbeaten 36 with Shahid Afridi chipping in with a quick fire 20. After the much needed away win, the Deccan Chargers now have now 4 points and are at 6th place while Chennai have 8 points at 4th place.