Week 2 of the DLF IPL, It’s Rajasthan vs. Kolkata. KKR won the toss and elected to field first. RR started the game in pressure and till the end they were in pressure only, no one from the team scored more than 35 accept Rahul and Taylor, who scored 35 each. RR managed to score 159 in20 over’s. In return KKR got a bad start as they lost Bisla for just 1, down came the captain Gambhir who had clear intensions on winning this easy match, Kallis and Gambhir formed the partnership 152 runs. Gambhir made 75* and Kallis 80*, KKR won the match by 9 wickets. Gambhir was named Man of the match.
Match 2 of the week, Kochi vs. Mumbai. KTK won the toss and elected to field. After a good start Mumbai lost their opener Jacobs for just 12. Mumbai were on fire Rayadu and Sachin were unstoppable both got a good partnership of 116 runs. Rayadu made 53 and was run out. Sachin made his first century in the IPL and was not out on 100. MI scored 182 in their innings. Kochi had not win any match yet and it felt as if this would continue but the openers changed the thinking of expatiators, McCullum and Jayawardane formed a partnership of 128 runs helped KTK to get victory easily. McCullum scored 81 and Jayawardane was out for 56. KTK were 156 for 2. Jadeja and Hodge finished the remaining match with no difficulties. KTK won by 8 wickets McCullum was named Man of the Match.
Match 3 of the week, It was Chennai vs. Bangalore. CSK won the toss and decided to bat, Hussey was sent as opener and Anirudha was to send later. This change worked as Dhoni wanted Hussey scored classic Half century to save his team from the danger. Hussey’s 83 helped Chennai scoring 183. In return RCB lost their hero in the first over itself Dilshan was out for duck nor Agarwal stayed for long he too was out for just 7. RCB were 17 for 2 soon they went 31 for 3 Kohli and AB showed some hope but a bad shot from Kohli ruined it all. Soon RCB perished one by one. AB was alone to fight and he too went for 65 just before the match got over. RCB ended 162 for 7. Hussey was named Man of the Match.
Match 15 of the IPL, Hyderabad vs. Punjab. Punjab won the toss and asked DC to bat first. DC lost Sohal on 13. Captain came in and built a good partnership with Dhawan. DC dint played as they should and kept loosing the wickets on perfect intervals DC ended on 165 for 8. KP blasted in return, opener Paul and Gilchrist smashed DC bowlers 136 runs, Gilly scored 61 and Paul was out for 75. KP won the match by 8 wickets. Paul was named Man of the match.
Match 16: Delhi vs. Pune. Delhi won the toss and decided to field. Pune batting first Pune scored 187, Captain Yuvraj was the top scorer with 66* and followed by Ryder 60. None other than these two batsmen played good in team. In return DD started well and got a opening partnership of 75 runs, as they lost Warner for 47. Within a no time DD were 120 for 5 and were in trouble but the partnership between Rao and Finch brought Delhi back in the match. DD won the match by 3 wickets. Warner was the top scorer with 47. Yuvraj Singh was named Man of the Match for his 66* and 4 wickets in his spell.
Match 6 of the week, Kolkata vs. Rajasthan. Rajasthan batted first after Kolkata won the toss and asked them to do so. It was shocking as Rajasthan lost their first wicket at 24 and 3rd at 38 and soon they were 5 down for just 67. It dint ended here as Rajasthan kept on losing a wicket time to time they 6th at 78 another at 79 and 2 at 80 and last at 81. Menaria was the top scorer with 21. In return KKR too lost their first wicket for Zero but they were not in so pressure as target was low. Gambhir and Tiwary finished the game with 54 runs partnership between them. KKR won the match by 8 wickets. Balaji was named Man of the Match.
Match 7 of the week, Kochi vs. Chennai. Kochi won the toss and elected to field first. CSK couldn’t start it well as they lost Hussey for just 8. Vijay scored 28 and Raina his Fifty. CSK completed their innings on 131 for 4 after 17 over’s. Yes the match was of 17 over’s because of rain taking place in between. Kochi started well, McCullum’s 47 and Patel’s 34 helped KTK get a 7 wicket victory over Chennai at end of the day. KTK won by 7 wickets and McCullum was named Man of the Match.
Match 19 of the IPL, Delhi vs. Hyderabad. DC won the toss and selected to bat first. DC lost their first wicket on 8 as Pathan struck Dhawan. Captain’s great 92 runs partnership with Sohal helped DC built a good score at the board, Sohal made 62 and captain was out for 49. DC finished their innings on 168 after 20 over’s. DD got a very bad start as they lost their captain for 12 and soon Ojha and Finch too departed for 2 and 0. Rao and Warner made a partnership of 52 runs but Rao was out for 21. Rao’s wicket brought end to Delhi’s hopes of victory. Delhi failed to register victory over DC in spite of Warner’s great half century. Delhi ended on 152 for 7. DC won the match by 16 runs. S. Sohal was named Man of the Match.
Match 20 was to be played between Bangalore and Rajasthan. The match was abandoned without a ball bowled because of rain. Both the teams were given 1 point each.
No. 10 of the week, Pune vs. Mumbai. Pune, winning the toss decided to go for bat. Pune lost their first wicket on just 16 and lost 4th on 17. Mishra and Uthappa tried a little but Mishra failed and was out on 52 for 5. Just after a while Karthik too went when PW were on 87. Pune were all out for 118, Uthappa scored the highest score of 45. MI tried Franklin at the opening and it got failed as Frank was out for just 06. Rayadu and Sachin went nicely in the match. Rayadu made 37 and Sachin made 35. MI won the match by 7 wickets Symonds and Sharma were not out on 16 and 20.Munaf Patel was named Man of the Match.
Match 22 was to take place between Kolkata and Kochi. KKR went to bowl after winning the toss. KTK got a good start both the openers gave a partnership of 49 runs as McCullum got out on 23. Soon captain too went on 25. KTK played moderately but kept on losing a wicket on perfect interval. KTK scored 132 with the loss of 7 wickets. Jadeja was the top scorer with 29. It wasn’t a challenging score for KKR was chasing 133 score is not at all big in T20. It was little different as KKR started losing their wickets one by one. Kallis got out soon Gambhir too got out and just after 10 runs Bisla too went pavilion. Wickets started perishing from one end and at other it was Tiwary who was still there for KKR. No one was there to support Tiwary at last he too got out for 46 leaving KKR behind to struggle. KKR finished their innings on 126 for 9 at the end of 20 over’s. KTK won the by match by 6 runs. Jayawardane was named Man of the Match.
Last match of the week, Punjab to take on Rajasthan. RR won the toss and decided to field. Again a good partnership between Paul and Gilchrist gave a great start to KP. KP lost captain Gilly on 27 then again a good partnership between Marsh and Paul but Paul to got out on 46. KP dint ended here one more long partnership of 70 runs between Karthik and Marsh helped KP reach the score of 195. Marsh made 71 runs of 42 balls. RR dint seemed to win the match from the beginning itself as they lost both the openers on 12 and 18. Soon on 47 Watson too departed. Binny and Menaria showed some hope with their 50 runs partnership but that wasn’t for long. Menaria’s 34 and Binny’s 30 went in vain as team failed to achieve victory and ended on 157 for 7. KP won the match by 48 runs. Marsh was named Man of the match.
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