KKR gave a big blow to RCB....

Today, 10th match of the Champions League Twenty20 was played between Royal Challengers Bangalore and Kolkata Knight Riders at M.Chinnaswamy Stadium, Bengaluru. The toss went into the favor of KKR and they chose to field first.

RCB had already lost their first game and they were looking forward to win this match. The superstar Chris Gayle along with his non-strike opener Tillakaratne Dilshan came in to bat. The start looked good as Chris Gayle was and Dilshan were playing but not very aggressive though. Gayle managed to hit 3 sixes, but after this he failed to hit big and he returned to pavilion scoring only 25 runs in 16 deliveries. Things started to mess up as they started to loose wickets. At one point of time, they were 91 loosing 6 wickets. A much needed partnership between the captain Daniel Vettori and Raju Bhatkal helped RCB to bounce into the game. They both made a partnership of 61 runs. Finally RCB ended up scoring a total of 169 runs loosing 9 wickets (RCB - 169/9, 20 over).

The chase looked little challenging for KKR as the required run rate was around 8.45 runs per over. Jacques Kallis and Brad Haddin came in to bat. They both gave a perfect start and did put up a partnership of 62 runs. Brad Haddin got out after scoring 42 runs from 27 deliveries that included 5 fours and 2 sixes. Then came the skipper Gautam Gambhir and he was unbeaten along with Kallis and finished the game in style. Kallis was unbeaten scoring 64 runs and Gambhir with 55 runs in just 31 deliveries that included 3 fours and 4 sixes. KKR won the match by scoring 171 runs with loss of only a wicket (KKR 171/1, 17.3 over).

KKR won the match by 9 wickets. Man of the match was Jacques Kallis for his all-rounding performance where he scored a half century and took a wicket.

ICC World Cup 2011: Australia vs Canada

On 16th of March 2011, a match was played between Australia and Canada at M.Chinnaswamy Stadium, Bengaluru, India. The toss went into the favor of Canada and they chose to bat first.

Hiral Patel and John Davison opened the innings for Canada. they both gave a solid start where the run rate went  more than 10 runs per over. In just 3.4 overs i.e, in 22 deliveries they scored 41 runs. This was the best start given by Canada in this World Cup and more over it was against the World number one team. After the total reaching 41, Canada lost its first wicket and Australians were back on track. The run rate dropped but it was more than 6 runs per over until second wicket fell. Hiral Patel scored a magnificent 54 runs in 45 deliveries that included 5 fours and 3 sixes. The run rate got dropped and the third wicket partnership resulted in 68 runs. After this fall, Australians were back in full form and managed to remove remaining 7 wickets giving 211 runs in total in 45.4 over (CAN - 211/7, 45.4 over). Australian Pace bowler Brett Lee took 4 wickets. 


Australia needed 212 runs in 50 overs and it was not an tough one for them. Shane Watson and Brad Haddin opened the batting innings for Australia. They both started off well and were playing really nice. The run rate was more than 6 runs per over. First wicket partnership was 183 runs. Brad Haddin departed after scoring 88 runs and Shane Watson departed scoring 94 runs. Captain Ricky Ponting did not stay till the end and he was back to pavilion after scoring only 7 runs. After the fall of 3rd wicket, Australia managed to complete their batting by successfully chasing the target of 211 runs. In 34.5 overs, Australia scored a total of 212 runs and lost only 3 wickets (AUS - 212/3, 34.5 over).

Australia won the match by 7 wickets. Man of the match went to Shane Watson for his beautiful all-rounding performance. Australia have not even lost a match in this World Cup so far.

ICC World Twenty20 cup : West Indies out of semi-finals

West Indies played Australia yesterday at Beausejour Stadium, Gros Islet - St Lucia. This was a must win match for West Indies in order to get into semi-finals. West Indies won the toss & elected to bat to first.

Right from the start of the innings, West Indies were loosing wickets. Till Chanderpaul got out, West Indies looked to be in a very good position as their asking rate was around 8 runs per over. Things were getting worser & worser as they kept on loosing wickets in regular fashion. They could not stay till 20th over as all the 10 wickets fell in 19 overs. They scored only 105 runs where the run rate was just 5.53 runs per over. Almost all the bowlers were very economical on the Australian side. Steven Smith took 3 important wickets in which Kieron Pollard was the one among them.

Aussies gave a grand start with the openers David Warner & Shane Watson. Both played well but didn't last long, as they both got out in 3 & 3.1 over respectively. Australians lost only 4 wickets & chased the target successfully in 16.2 over. Sulieman Benn was the most economical bowler for West Indies whose economy was 3 rpo & took a wicket & also did a maiden over. Australians won the match by 6 wickets & they look very confident in lifting up this year's ICC World Twenty20 cup. Its time to say bye bye to the hosts who are out of the semi-finals.