Sunday 22 April 2012

Live updates: Deccan post a lowly 126-7 vs KKR


Live updates: Deccan post a lowly 126-7 vs KKR
Deccan Chargers innings:
20th over: Deccan 126 for 7 Dale Styen greets Sunil Narine with a six but falls off the next ball. Narine takes his second. 11 runs come off the last six balls.
Steyn c Tiwary b Narine 7 (3)
19th over: Deccan 115 for 6 Ankit Sharma is the next batsman to go. Tries to go for a big shot but finds Gambhir, who takes the skier with some difficulty. It almost came out of his hands. Balaji, meanwhile, has been on the on the money from his first ball. His four overs come to an end. He has taken two wickets at the expense of just 22 runs.

Live updates: KKR to field against Deccan


Live updates: KKR to field against Deccan
7.30 p.m.: KKR field. Gautam Gambhir wins the toss and says his team will have a bowl first. Deccan captain Kumar Sangakkra says he doesn't mind losing the loss as he would have batted first anyway. News has coming in that Cameron White, who captained Deccan in the first few matches, returns to take Dan Christian's place.

Marsh powers Punjab to win in close finish


Marsh powers Punjab to win in close finish
Kings XI Punjab:
20th over: 164 for 4. Punjab managed to keep their nerves to score nine runs and clinch the match. Shaun Marsh plays a key role in this victory with his unbeaten 68 off 40 balls. After much consultation, Thisara Perera bowls the decisive over, but bowls a low wide full-toss and Marsh slashes hard at it one-handed for a six over point. After the six, the match was all but over for Mumbai. 

Live updates: Mumbai remove KXIP openers


Live updates: Mumbai remove KXIP openers
Kings XI Punjab:
12th over: 86 for 2. Mumbai need to stop the flow of fours and sixes and Harbhajan here has done well to give none in this over.
11th over: 80 for 2. Pollard keeps tidy in this over. A wicket has done wonders to Pollard's bowling.
10th over: 75 for 2. With two Aussie out their in the middle, things won't be easy for Mumbai and both look in tremendous touch. Harbhajan concedes three fours and 14 runs in this over.

IPL 5: Beleaguered Punjab face Mumbai hurdle


IPL 5: Beleaguered Punjab face Mumbai hurdle
Four defeats from six games and worse could follow for Kings XI Punjab (KXIP) when they take on the mighty Mumbai Indians (MI), who are expected to include Sachin Tendulkar in their scheme of things and multiply the woes of a Punjab outfit that is fast running out of options, including that of opening with Adam Gilchrist, to put together a winning XI.
Tendulkar, who has been out of action since Mumbai’s opening fixture against Chennai Super Kings because of a finger injury, will in all probability be part of their playing XI at the Wankhede Stadium on Sunday. While KXIP will go into the contest having lost their last two games, MI will have to watch out for the rustiness factor as the debacle against Delhi Daredevils, when they were shot out for 92, was suffered almost a week ago. Clearly it's not the ideal setting for either of the two teams.

IPL 5: My dismissal was the turning point: Sehwag


IPL 5: My dismissal was the turning point: Sehwag
New Delhi: Stunned by defeat to a relatively weaker opposition in Pune Warriors India, Delhi Daredevils captain Virender Sehwag said his counterpart Sourav Ganguly's twin strikes with the ball and his own dismissal turned out to be the deciding factors in their 20-run loss in an Indian Premier League match in New Delhi on Saturday.
Ganguly led from the front, scoring 41 runs with the bat, and then scalped two crucial wickets in the form of dangerman Kevin Pietersen and Irfan Pathan, to guide Pune to a big win over the star-studded Delhi Daredevils at the Feroze Shah Kotla ground.

IPL 5: Ganguly leads Pune's big win over Delhi


IPL 5: Ganguly leads Pune's big win over Delhi
New Delhi: Sourav Ganguly shone with both bat and ball as Pune Warriors India ended Delhi Daredevils’ good run, beating the Virender Sehwag-led side by 20 runs in an Indian Premier League (IPL) match here at the Feroz Shah Kotla Stadium on Saturday. Ganguly scored 41 in his side’s total of 192 and then picked up 2 for 27 in a four-over spell that proved decisive.