Royal Challengers Bangalore enter Champions League

Today Royal Challengers Bangalore & Deccan Chargers played against each other in the IPL  season 3 third-fourth play off at DY Patil Stadium, Navi Mumbai. Both the teams had lost semi-finals which had shattered their IPL winning dreams. This is a very crucial match & a must win match for both the teams. The team which wins this match will be playing the Twenty20 Champions League that will taking place this year.
Deccan Chargers won the toss & elected to bat first. Skipper Adam Gilchrist & Monish Mishra opened the innings for Deccan Chargers. Adam Gilchrist hit a four in the very first ball of the DC innings, but this did not work for Deccan Chargers as both were dismissed. Even Rohit Sharma did not stay long as he gave a clean catch to Kevin Pietersen. Deccan Chargers were under real trouble as they lost 3 wickets in 3.2 overs scoring only 15 runs. Further the wicket falls kept on continuing regularly but with very bad run rate. By, 10 overs, DC scored only 43 runs & had lost 5 wickets. All important wickets were gone & this particular point of time, Royal Challengers Bangalore looked very outrageous & very dominant. Deccan Chargers scored only 82 runs in 16.2 overs & had lost 6 wickets. This was an halted scored for them, because they lost remaining 4 wickets at this run itself. This was the lowest total ever made by a team in IPL history.
 Royal Challengers Bangalore wanted just 83 runs to grab the 3rd position & also qualify to play in Twenty20 Champions League.

Jacques Kallis & Rahul Dravid opened the innings for RCB. Jacques Kallis again became the highest run getter in IPL 2010 crossing Sachin Tendulkar. He did not stay for long time as he was tricked by Rohit Sharma & gave a simple catch to the bowler. Kevin Pietersen walks to the crease & played well till the end. Rahul Dravid & Pietersen were unbeaten scoring 35 & 29 runs respectively, thereby winning the match by 9 wickets. Royal Challengers Bangalore completed their chase in 13.5 overs & got qualified for the Champions League.

Next match will be the IPL finals where Chennai Super Kings will be playing against the dominant Mumbai Indians. Definitely this will be an very interesting match to be watched as the Indian captain MS Dhoni's team will be playing against the Master Blaster Sachin Tendulkar 's team.

Chennai Super kings are into IPL season 3 finals

Second IPL semi-finals was played between Chennai Super Kings & defending IPL champions Deccan Chargers today at Dr DY Patil Stadium, Mumbai. Chennai Super Kings won the toss & elected to bat first.
Murali Vijay & Mathew Hayden opened the batting innings for Chennai Super Kings. They both did not survive as they both got quickly. Even Suresh Raina did not play well as he got out scoring just 2 runs from 4 deliveries. After loosing 3 key players, CSK captain MS Dhoni came to bat, he gave partnership with Subramanium Badrinath which lasted for 51 deliveries. MS Dhoni got out in 13.2nd over, new comer Albie Morkel could not last long as he got out in the last delivery of 15th over. CSK were loosing wickets in regular intervals but somehow managed to put up a total score of 142 runs in 20 overs.
Chasing the score of 143 runs, Deccan Chargers started their batting with their openers Adam Gilchrist & Herschelle Gibbs. Till 5 overs, Deccan Chargers did not loose any wickets & had made a total of 19 runs only. First wicket fell in the 1st delivery of 6th over, it was Adam Gilchrist who could not connect the ball properly & failed to clear the boundary. Deccan Chargers were loosing wickets in regular intervals, no one survived for longer period. This time Andrew Symonds could not make it big as he got out scoring only 22 runs from 23 deliveries. By 19.2 overs, Deccan Chargers lost all 10 wickets scoring only 104 runs. Most economical bowler for Chennai Super Kings was Doug Bollinger whose economy rate was just 3.25 runs per over & took 4 wickets.
Chennai Super Kings won the match by 38 runs. They will be facing Mumbai Indians in the finals which will played on 25th April. Meanwhile, Deccan Chargers will playing against Royal Challengers Bangalore for the 3rd place on 24th April.