Sehwag shows his brilliance against DC, IPL update till 23rd April

6th Match 21st April

Jaipur: Shane warne's tremendous bowling effort and Shane Watson's sensible batting earns first victory for RajasthanRoyals against PunjabKingsXI.

Brief Score

PKXI

Batting: 166/8, Yuvraj-57(6-4s, 3-6s), Goel-26, Chawla-24*, Sangakara-20

Bowling: I Pathan-1/21, J Hopes-1/33, B Lee-1/35, Sreesanth-1/38

RR

Batting: 168/4, Shane Watson-76*(5-4s, 5-6s), R Jadeja-36*(5-4s, 1-6s)

Result: RR won this match by 6 wickets

7th Match 22nd April

Hyderabad: Sehwag's blitzkrieg knocks demolish DeccanChargers in their first home ground match.

Brief Score

DC

Batting: 142/8, Rohit Sharma-66(6-4s, 4-6s)

Bowling: RP Singh-1/27

DD

Batting: 143/1, Sehwag-94*(10-4s, 6-6s), Shikhar Dhawan-25*

Result: Delhi Daredevils won by 9 wickets

8th Match 23th April

Chennai: Chennai SuperKings defeat MumbaiIndians in a thriller by 6 runs.

Brief Score:

CSK

Batting: 208/5, M Hayden-81(12-4s, 2-6s), S Raina-52(3-4s, 3-6s), MS Dhoni-30(4-4s, 1-6s)

Bowling: Jogendar Sharma-2/29, Muralidharan-2/40, M Gony-1/18, Amarnath-1/57

MI

Batting: 202/7, A Nayar-45*(6-4s, 1-6s), R Uthappa-43(6-4s, 1-6s)

Bowling: M Khote-2/29, D Kulkarni-1/25, A Nehra-1/35

Result: CSK won by 6 runs.

IPL round up till 20th April Sunday

1st match 18th April

Bangaluru: Kolkata Knight Rider(KKR) defeated Bangalore Royal Challengers(BRC) by 140 runs thanks to the record breaking effort by Brendon Mcullum who made 158 from merely 73 balls.

Breif Score:

KKR

Batting: 222/3, Mcullum-158(10-4s, 13-6s), Ponting-20, D Hussey-12, Ganguly-10

Bowling: Agarkar-3/25, Ishant-1/7, Dinda-2/9, Ganguly-2/21, L Shukla-1/12

BRC

Batting: 82/10, Praveen-18*

Bowling: Zaheer-1/38, Noffke-1/40, Kallis-1/48

Result: KKR defeated BRC by 140 runs.

2nd Match 19th April

Mohali: Chennai Super Kings(CSK) won this match by 33 runs thanks to the Hussey's heroic effort 116 from just 54 balls as he taken only 50 balls to score fastest hundred in the league and broke the record of Mcullum 53 balls hundred that he created against BRC last night.

Breif Score:

CSK

Batting: 240/5, M Hussey-116(8-4s, 9-6s), S Raina-32, Badrinath-31*, Hayden-25
Bowling: Muralidharan-1/33, M Gony-1/42, Amarnath-1/42, Jogendar-1/47

PKXI
Batting: 207/4, Hopes-71(10-4s, 3-6s), Sangakara-54, Goel-24, Yuvraj-23, Katich-21*

Bowling: I Pathan-2/47, Bret Lee-1/35, Mota-1/24, Hopes-1/53
Result: CSK won by 33 runs

3rd Match 19th April

New Delhi: Delhi DareDevils(DD) won by 9 wickets as RajasthanRoyals(RR) put merely 129 on board, Gambhir and Dhawan made 58 and 52 not out respectively.

Breif Score:

RR

Batting: 129/8, R Jadeja-29, Salunke-26*, Watson-21

Bowling: Watson-1/31

DD

Batting: 132/1, Gambhir-58*(7-4s, 1-6s), Dhawan-52*, Sehwag-12

Bowling: Mahroof-2/11, Bhatia-2/17, Mcgrath-1/21, Vettori-1/35

Result: DD won by 9 wickets

4th Match 20th April

Kolkata: Kolkata KnightRiders(KKR) won by 5 wickets. Hyderabad DeccanChargers(DC) put only 110 runs on a rough wicket.

Breif Score:

DC

Batting: 110/10, Symonds-32(2-4s, 2-6s), Gilchrist-23

Bowling: Vaas-2/9, Ojha-2/18, RP Singh-1/15

KKR

Batting: 112/5, D Hussey-38*(1-4s, 3-6s), Ganguly-14

Bowling: Karthik-3/17, Agarkar-2/19, Hafeez-1/8, Ishant-1/9, Dinda-1/18, D Hussey-1/35

Result: KKR won by 5 wickets

5th Match 20th April

Mumbai: Bangalore RoyalChallengers(BRC) won this match 5 wickets. Mumbai Indians(MI) got weaker due to absence of Tendulkar.

Breif score:

MI

Batting: 165/6, Uthappa-48(5-4s, 1-6s), Jayasuriya-29, Pollock-28

Bowing: Harbhajan-2/36, Kulkarni-1/19, Jayasuriya-1/39, Nehra-1/45

BRC

Batting: 166/5, Boucher-39*(4-4s, 2-6s), Dravid-32, Kallis-25, R Taylor-23, Kohli-23

Bowling: Zaheer-2/17, Akhil-2/17, Praveen-1/29

Result: BRC won by 5 wickets