Latest update on IPL 2011

As the league matches are getting closer to its end, there has been many twists happening in and around the IPL. The Chris Gayle's entry to the Royal Challengers Bangalore has boosted their confidence, they have not lost a single match after the Gayle's entry. It's been almost one man show for the RCB as he is easing of the pressure by hitting biggies very easily and confidently. RCB has a good chance of entering into top 4 position in the ranking table at the end of league matches.

Mumbai Indians who have been spectacular throughout their IPL 2011. Now started to taste some worst defeats. They previously lost to Kochi Tuskers Kerala and Rajasthan Royals in a bad way. Today, Kings XI Punjab managed to remove all the wickets of MI in just 12.5 overs. MI were all out for 87 runs which was a bad and lowest total put by them (MI - 87/10, 12.5 over). Now KXP have started to feel the pressure and also gaining their momentum.

The skipper of Delhi Daredevils, Virender Sehwag is out of IPL 4 as he is suffering from injury. He was the only man who was winning the matches. Now it is almost impossible for the DD to enter into top 4 position. They have won only 4 matches out of 11 matches.

Pune Warriors India are having a tough time as they have won only 4 matches out of 11 matches. They are just like Delhi Daredevils. Sourav Ganguly's return to IPL has added some confidence to the PWI team. Ganguly played well and won the previous match for PWI.

Rajasthan Royals and Kochi Tuskers Kerala are fighting to get into top 4. They are currently at 5th and 6th position. They have got better chance of getting into top 4. On the other hand, Deccan Chargers are already out of IPL4 playoff as they have won only 3 matches so far.

IPL 2011: KKR vs DC

On 11th of April, Kolkata Knight Riders and Deccan Chargers faced each other at Eden Gardens, Kolkata. The toss was won by KKR and they elected to bat first.

Jacques Kallis and Manvinder Bisla opened the batting innings. The start was pretty good and they scored runs very smoothly. Manvinder Bisla got out when their team total was 51. Jacques Kallis managed to put up his second half-century of the tournament. Later on, skipper Gautam Gambhir, Manoj Tiwary and Yusuf Pathan played some good knocks and guided the team to put up a very good total. They managed to scored a total of 163 runs with the loss of 4 wickets in 20 overs (KKR - 163/4, 20 over). This score was the highest total scored by any team in this IPL season 4.

Now the real pressure was on Deccan Chargers as they had to score 164 runs to win the match. This was pretty tough as they have to give a brilliant opening with a big partnership. But they failed to make it happen, they lost 2 quick wickets in a span of 3.2 over. They were in real trouble at this point of time. Bharat Chipli, Daniel Christian and Amit Mishra played some brilliant strokes that helped the Deccan Chargers to get closer. But DC failed to chase the target and ended up scoring a total of 146 runs in 20 overs for the loss of 8 wickets (DC - 146/8, 20 over). Iqbal Abdulla took 3 wickets.

Kolkata Knight Riders won match by 9 runs. Man of the match was Jacques Kallis for his brilliant performance with bat and in field. He scored a half-century and took 4 catches.

IPL 4 begins

On 8th of April, IPL season 4 began. The first match was played between Chenni Super Kings and Kolkota Knight Riders at MA Chidambaram Stadium, Chennai. The toss went into the favor of the hosts and they elected to bat first.

Aniruda Srikkanth and Murali Vijay opened the batting innings for the Chennai Super Kings. Murali Vijay did not perform as he departed after scoring only 4 runs. Suresh Raina came in to bat and put up a partnership of 75 runs which helped CSK to add up some good runs on board. After the departure of Raina, things slowed down and the run rate fell. Finally Chennai Super Kings managed to put up a total score of 153 runs on board for the loss of 4 wickets (CSK - 153/4, 20 over). Aniruda Srikkanth was the top scorer of the team who scored a magnificent 64 runs in 55 deliveries which included 6 fours and 2 sixes. Jacques Kallis managed to pick up 2 wickets for KKR.

Kolkota Knight Riders after restricting CSK to 153, opened its batting innings with the openers Manvinder Bisla and Jacques Kallis. The start was just rocking and they were just cruising in with runs. In the 9th over, CSK were back with the removal of Manvinder Bisla's wicket. This was the first blow for KKR. After the fall of the dangerous Yusuf Pathan and Jacques Kallis, KKR were in real trouble as the required kept on increasing rapidly. Even the skipper Gautam Gambhir could not break the jinx set by CSK. Manoj Tiwary in the 19th over hit 2 sixes which drastically reduced the asking rate. At one point of time, KKR required 9 runs from just 8 balls. But Manoj Tiwary did not maintain his calm and he got out by getting stumped by MS Dhoni. Soon Laxmi Shukla followed him. Finally KKR needed 4 runs in just 1 ball, Tim Southee bowled an magnificent yorker which restricted the batsman to settle with only 1 run. KKR ended up its batting innings scoring 151 runs for the loss of 7 wickets (KKR - 151/7, 20over). Skipper MS Dhoni made 3 stump outs and one run-out.