Mumbai Indians continue their winning spree

Mumbai Indians played their home match against Deccan Chargers at Brabourne Stadium yesterday. Mumbai Indians won the toss & elected to bat first.
Mumbai Indians started their innings very well with the openers Shikhar Dhawan & the skipper Sachin Tendulkar. Mumbai Indians first wicket fell in the very first ball of the 7th over, even Sachin Tendulkar was out in the beginning of the 8th over where he got out for lbw bowled by Rahul Sharma. Sachin Tendulkar was out for 35 runs which was scored in 25 balls. Later on Mumbai Indians played well & their loosing wickets frequency was long, by the end of 20 overs, they lost 5 wickets & the fifth wicket fell in the last delivery of the 20th over. Teams top scorer was Ambati Rayudu who was unbeaten scoring 55 runs in just 29 balls which included 6 fours & 2 sixes. Deccan Chargers economic bowler was Pragyan Ojha whose economy was 6.5 runs per over taking 3 wickets.
Chasing the target of 179 runs which was set by the Mumbai Indians, Deccan Chargers started their innings. They started their batting moderately, where Herschelle Gibbs & the skipper Adam Gilchrist opened the innings for the Deccan Chargers. They lost Gibbs in the first delivery of the 5th over & with in 6.1 overs Deccan Charger lost 3 crucial wickets in total. It was Gibbs first then VVS Laxman & 3rd one was the skipper Adam Gilchrist. After this Andrew Symonds & Rohit Sharma started to build partnership, but eventually this did not work as Rohit Sharma was out in the first delivery of the 11th over. Deccan Chargers started to loose wickets & by 18.2 overs they lost all 10 wickets scoring just 115 runs at an run rate of 6.25 runs per over. Mumbai Indians most economical bowler in the match was Zaheer Khan with the economy of 5 runs per over taking 2 wickets.
Mumbai Indians won the match by 63 runs & this was their 7th victory in the 8 matches played in IPL edition 3. Mumbai Indians are still at the top in the IPL rankings table. while Deccan Chargers are in the 7th position in the table.

Kolkata Knight Riders won by 24 runs

Kolkata Knight Riders played their home at Eden Garden against the visitors Deccan Chargers today. Kolkata Knight Riders won the toss & elected to bat first.
Kolkata Knight Riders gave an aggressive start with the openers Chris Gayle & the skipper Sourav Ganguly. They lost Christ Gayle in the 3rd over where cheers went down because the big hitter of KKR was gone. But nothing changed, Kolkata Knight Riders were still dominating the match as skipper Sourav Ganguly played a brilliant knock of 88 runs from 54 balls which included 9 fours & 5 sixes.This helped Kolkata Knight Riders to put up a score of 181 runs in total in 20 overs loosing 6 wickets. Deccan Chargers only bowler who had good econmony in the match was Jaskaran Singh with a economy of 6 runs per over.
Chasing the target of 182 set by Kolkata Knight Riders, Deccan Chargers opened their innings with the skipper Adam Gilchrist & Herschelle Gibbs. Adam Gilchrist was out in the 3rd over, but the run rate was still good for Deccan Chargers Gibbs & Symonds played well to score 50 & 45 respectively, but this did work out for Deccan Chargers. As soon as Gibbs & Rohit Sharma were out, the run rate required to win increased a lot, even Symonds could not compensate. So Deccan Chargers could not successfully chase their target. They lost the match by just scoring 157 runs in 20 overs loosing 5 wickets. Hence Kolkata Knight Riders won the match by 24 runs. This was their 4th victory in this IPL edition 3.

Mumbai Indians won by 41 runs..

Deccan Chargers won the toss & put Mumbai Indians to bat first. Mumbai Indians started their innings with the openers Shikhar Dhawan & Sachin Tendulkar. Mumbai Indians were no so aggressive as wickets started to fall in regular intervals, only Mumbai Indians skipper Sachin Tendulkar was fighting a lone battle for the team. Even Sachin Tendulkar got out, scoring 55 runs out of 43 deliveries, in the 16.4th over. Later came Bhajji who batted very aggressively & hit 49 runs from just 18 deliveries & led the Mumbai Indians to reach a Total of 172 runs after 20 overs.

Deccan Chargers started their innings chasing the target of 173 runs set by the opponents. In the 2nd delivery of the 1st over Deccan Chargers lost their important wicket, Skipper Gilchrist was out giving a slip catch to Sachin Tendulkar. Thus pressure started to build, the runrate was very good in Deccan Chargers innings but they were loosing wickets very often. In 17.4 overs Deccan Chargers lost all their 10 wickets, thus loosing the match.

Mumbai Indians won the match by 41 runs still topping the table. They have won 5 matches out of 6 matches played in this IPL edition 3.

Yusuf Pathan shines for Rajasthan Royals to win their third consecutive match

Rajasthan Royals played their home match against the visitors Deccan Chargers on Friday. Deccan Chargers batted first, Right from the beginning of the innings till the end Deccan Chargers were loosing wickets regularly. It was Rohit Sharma who played well & scored 49 runs to put up a decent total of 148 loosing 9 wickets.

Rajasthan Royals started their chasing by an impressive start where the players played aggressively right from the beginning. Micheal Lumb was out when had scored 45 runs, later it was Yusuf Pathan who was the show stopper. He cruised very fast to score his half century in just 23 deliveries. He ended the game by hitting his eighth six being unbeaten scoring 73 runs from just 34 balls. There was 26 balls remaining when Rajasthan Royals reached their target. This was Rajasthan royals 3rd successive win in the tournament.

Deccan Chargers won against Kings XI Punjab by 6 runs

Kings XI Punjab skipper "Kumar Sangakkara" won the toss and elected to field first against the Deccan Chargers.

Deccan Chargers gave a good start as skipper Adam Gilchrist was on fire, VVS Laxman was looking in good form but when he had scored 10 runs he had to retire hurt after injuring his fore-arm. Hyderabad kept on losing wickets at regular intervals finally landed up with a total of 170/7.

Kings XI Punajb started their 171-run chase on a low note as they lost 2 quick wickets, Manvinder Bisla was run-out and Kumar Sangakkara was out without scoring a single run in Chaminda Vaas over. Ravi Bopara scored 38 runs & Irfan Pathan played a brilliant knock by scoring 60 runs of 29 balls in which it contained 3 fours & 5 sixes to gain the confidence of their win, but it all went off when he was caught by Andrew Symonds in the first ball of 19th over. Finally KXIP ended with a total of 164 for the loss of 8 wickets completing 20 overs.

DC skipper Adam Gilchrist worried over players absence

Chargers skipper Adam Gilchrist said that he was a bit worried over unavailability of several members in his team.

He said that "The mood is really fantastic. But, it is a bit frustrating for us, that we have not been able to assemble or work together for consecutive number of days".

Many players in the team have not yet joined the team due to different reasons, although the IPL season gonna start within week.

On th opening day of the IPL edition 3, Deccan chargers will be playing against Kolkata Knight Riders in Mumbai.

Gilly sets himself a new Challenge of hitting 25 sixes

Deccan Chargers Skipper Adam Gilchrist has set himself a new challenge when playing IPL this season. This great player who is skillful batsman & wicketkeeper plans on hitting 25 sixes in this edition of IPL. Whenever Gilly hits a six, a "gift of wheels will be donated to a physically challenged child.

Amway's will fund AUD $20,000 as a donation for 50 bike conversions. Each bike will be specially customized so that it will suit rider's needs so that they can enjoy the freedom & pleasure of bike riding.

Gilly said "After the last's year's turnaround season, we are under intense pressure this time as other teams who wants to knock us off n claim the glory. We to prove everyone that it wasn't just luck when we won last year's IPL. Now my motivation level is even higher because i want as many children as possible to benefit from our success".

Adam Gilchrist Very confident of winning IPL 3

Adam Gilchrist, the captain of Deccan Charges who are the defending champions has told that their team would continue its winning spree & can lift the IPL season 3 trophy.

Deccan Chargers are not going to host any matched in their home ground due to the ongoing Telangana agitation. The matches which was supposed to be played in Hyderabad has been shifted.