Karthik leads Delhi to big win

31st March

DELHI DAREDEVILS vs RAJASTHAN ROYALS

1 Half century

D.Karthik 69*

G.Gambhir 43

A.Mishra 3/25

S.Narwal 3/36

Man of the match - D.Karthik

Wicket keeper Dinesh Karthik had 2 stumpings + a catch while, David Warner held 4 catches.

Most runs - Orange Cap

J.Kallis 362

S.Tendulkar 314

Y.Pathan 274

Most wickets - Purple cap

M.Muralitharan 11

A.Mishra 11

L.Malinga 10

S.Tait 10

Most sixes

Y.Pathan 21

R.Uthappa 14

M.Hayden 13

Vijay blasts and Chennai beats Bangalore

31st March

CHENNAI SUPER KINGS vs ROYAL CHALLENGERS BANGALORE

2 Half centuries

M.Vijay 78

J.Kallis 52

S.Raina 44*

Man of the match - M.Vijay

Murali Vijay blasted 6 sixes and scored his 78 in only 39 deliveries.

Kallis took the Orange cap again, this time from Sachin Tendulkar.

Most runs - Orange Cap

J.Kallis 362

S.Tendulkar 314

Y.Pathan 250

Most wickets - Purple cap

M.Muralitharan 11

L.Malinga 10

S.Tait 9

Z.Khan 9

Most sixes

Y.Pathan 19

R.Uthappa 14

M.Hayden 13

Malinga swings Mumbai to 6th win

30th March

MUMBAI INDIANS vs KINGS XI PUNJAB

2 Half centuries

S.Marsh 57
S.Dhawan 50

L.Malinga 4/22
Z.Khan 3/34
R.Bopara 3/31

Mahela Jayawardane lead Kings XI Punjab as regular skipper Sangakkara was banned for one game for slow over rate.


Malinga's bowling figures in this match is the 2nd best for IPL 2010.

Man of the match - L.Malinga

Mumbai has lost just one game in their 7 games so far.

Punjab has won just one game in their 7 games.

Most runs - Orange Cap

S.Tendulkar 314

J.Kallis 310

Y.Pathan 250

Most wickets - Purple cap

M.Muralitharan 11

L.Malinga 10

S.Tait 9

Z.Khan 9

Most sixes

Y.Pathan 19

R.Uthappa 12

M.Hayden 12

Warner scores ton and Delhi won

29th March

DELHI DAREDEVILS vs KOLKATA KNIGHT RIDERS

1 Century

D.Warner 107*

1 Half Century

P.Collingwood 53

David Warner scored the 2nd century of IPL 2010.
It included 5 sixes and 9 fours.

Man of the match - D.Warner

Special feature of the match - David Hussey's spectacular catch.

Most runs - Orange Cap

J.Kallis 310

S.Tendulkar 303

Y.Pathan 250

Most wickets - Purple cap

M.Muralitharan 11

S.Tait 9

C.Vaas 8

R.Vinay Kumar 8

Harbhajan Singh 8

Most sixes

Y.Pathan 19

R.Uthappa 12

M.Hayden 12

Harbhajan heroics lead Mumbai to the top

28th March

DECCAN CHARGERS vs MUMBAI INDIANS

1 Half century

S.Tendulkar 55

Harbhajan Singh 49*

R.Sharma 45

R.P.Singh 3/31

L.Malinga 3/12

Z.Khan 3/21

Harbhajan Singh 3/31

Harbhajan Singh smashed unbeaten 49 in just 18 balls with 8 fours and 2 sixes.

Man of the match - Harbhajan Singh

Mumbai has lost only 1 match in its 6 matches and topping the points table.

Mumbai skipper Tendulkar has scored 4 half centuries in IPL 2010.

Most runs - Orange Cap

J.Kallis 310

S.Tendulkar 303

Y.Pathan 250

Most wickets - Purple cap

M.Muralitharan 11

S.Tait 9

C.Vaas 8

R.Vinay Kumar 8

Harbhajan Singh 8

Most sixes

Y.Pathan 19

R.Uthappa 12

M.Hayden 12

Naman Ojha helps Rajasthan for 4th successive win

28th March

RAJASTHAN ROYALS vs CHENNAI SUPER KINGS

1 Half century

N.Ojha 80

M.Vijay 42

Man of the match - N.Ojha

Ojha's runs came in 49 balls with 5 sixes.

This is Rajasthan's 4th consecutive victory after 3 consecutive losses.
Rajasthan is the IPL inagural champions.

Inagural runners up Chennai has lost 4 in a row now.

Doug Bollinger for Chennai Super Kings

Doug Bollinger, the Australian fast bowler, has been drafted in by Chennai Super Kings as a replacement for the injured Jacob Oram, who was ruled out of the 2010 season of the IPL. Bollinger will join the team on April 5.

Sundar Raman, the IPL's chief executive, had confirmed the news on his Twitter page: "Doug Bollinger to debut for CSK, replaces injured Jacob Oram who is out for the entire series." Bollinger's inclusion will bolster Chennai's bowling attack, which sorely lacked a genuine strike bowler during a disappointing start to their campaign.

Oram suffered a patella tendon tear shortly after New Zealand's home series against Australia began and was advised rest for up to a month. His participation in the IPL was in doubt, but the franchise chose to wait before taking a final call on his replacement.

Bollinger, who came in to the Australian Test side in January 2009, has emerged as one of the team's best strike bowlers in the last year. He had an outstanding 2009-10 home season, taking 25 wickets in five Tests, against West Indies and Pakistan. He also took 15 wickets in eight ODIs against the two teams and began the Test series in New Zealand with a five-for in Wellington.

IPL ban on Jadeja upheld..

It has been decided to uphold the IPL Governing Council’s decision to impose a one year IPL playing ban on Ravindra Jadeja.

The decision was taken by IPL Governing Council Member and DDCA President, Arun Jaitley after hearing representations fromRavindra Jadeja and both the franchises involved -- Mumbai and Jaipur.

Jaitley has recommended that the one year ban imposed on Jadeja from playing in the IPL be maintained.

This recommendation was based on the fact that the player contrived a situation to his advantage by breaching the Player Trading Rules and not signing his third year contract for IPL 2010 with Jaipur oufit.

In his report to the IPL Governing Council, Jaitley has stated that Jadeja wanted to utilise this breach to his own advantage and seek a better bargain from other franchises in terms of a higher compensation for himself. A fact also admitted to by Jadeja during the course of the hearing.

Thus, Jadeja committed a breach on two counts; firstly, by not signing the contract with Jaipur for IPL 2010, wherein he wanted to declare himself free from contractual obligations and failed to discharge his obligations under the Player Trading Rules.

Secondly, Jadeja's act of meeting representatives of Mumbai franchise and sending his contract documents to them for inspection and his own admission that he received documents from Mumbai and used them for representation purposes to the Governing Council, reveal that he was indeed guilty of breaching the Operational Rules by approaching another Franchise.

Jaitley further added that Jadeja had acted on the premise that since he had failed to sign a contract, he was no longer a contracted player with Jaipur.

However, as per the Player Guidelines a player who is under a legal obligation to sign the contract for the third year, has to be regarded as a contracted player for the purpose of those rules. A player under a legal obligation to be a contracted player does not cease to be a contracted player if he breaches his obligations.

It was however, clarified that the ban applied only to Jadeja's playing in the IPL, which is the sub-tournament of the BCCI and would not extend to matches organized by the BCCI or where the BCCI selects a team to represent India.

Lalit Modi, the Chairman & Commissioner of the IPL further added that the Governing Council will take these issues very seriously and there will be a zero tolerance policy, as the player guidelines laid out by of the IPL are sacrosanct and everyone must strictly adhere to the same.

In the hearing report, Jaitley has also recommended the sanction of a warning to Mumbai. Sighting the fact that the response by Mumbai to the approach by Jadeja, amounted to a franchise, having approached a player who was under an obligation to play for another franchise.

Under these circumstances Jaitley has give a declaration under the disciplinary Rules - of the Regulations and Disciplinary Procedures that Mumbai also ‘approached' Ravinder Jadeja, as they were in active communication with him regarding his obtaining a no objection from the IPL, which would have permitted him to play for the Mumbai franchise, particularly when Jaipur were desperately trying to get Jadeja to play for them.

In the future, Jaitely has also made it clear, that were any franchise to make such an ‘approach' or an active, ‘response to an approach', a more deterrent line of action should be considered.

Knight Riders ride over Kings with the help of Tiwary

27th March

KINGS XI PUNJAB vs KOLKATA KNIGHT RIDERS

2 Half centuries

M.Tiwary 75*
S.Ganguly 50

Man of the match - M.Tiwary


Kings XI Punjab is at the bottom of the points table and it will be impossible for them to be qualified for the semi finals.
They have only won of their 6 matches so far.

Most runs - Orange Cap

J.Kallis 310

S.Tendulkar 248

Y.Pathan    242

Most wickets - Purple cap

M.Muralitharan 11

C.Vaas 8

R.Vinay Kumar 8

Most sixes

Y.Pathan 19

R.Uthappa 12

M.Hayden 11

Yusuf Pathan pummels and plunders as Royals win a hat trick

26th March

RAJASTHAN ROYALS vs DECCAN CHARGERS

1 Half century

Y.Pathan 73*

R.Sharma 49
M.Lumb 45

S.Tait 3/22

Yusuf Pathan scored his 73 not out in just 34 balls and hammered 8 sixes.

Man of the match - Y.Pathan

Rajasthan Royals win their 3rd successive game.

Most runs - Orange Cap

J.Kallis 310

S.Tendulkar 248

Y.Pathan    242

Most wickets - Purple cap

M.Muralitharan 11

C.Vaas 8

R.Vinay Kumar 8

Most sixes

Y.Pathan 19

R.Uthappa 12

M.Hayden 11

Damien Martyn dumped out of IPL

Former Australian batsman Damien Martyn has been dropped from a prunedRajasthan Royals squad after playing only a match in the Indian Premier League’s third edition.

Martyn, who along with Adam Voges was the onlyAustralian to be picked in the January auction, was bought at the behest of his friend and RajasthanRoyals skipper Shane Warne.

‘By the time you read this, I’ll be heading home,’ Martyn wrote on his blog. ‘The Rajasthan Royals squad has been trimmed to 19 players and it looks like all-rounder Shane Watson might join us next week. That’s the nature of professional cricket and I knew from the start what my role in the squad was and how this might happen.’

Martyn scored only 19 in his match against Royal Challengers Bangalore before being dropped for the next two games.

‘I enjoyed my IPL debut last week — and even though it wasn’t the best result (19 off 24 balls) — it’s ironic that ever I was to play it had to be against the best bowler in the world… Dale Steyn, bowling 155kmph.’

Martyn also hinted at taking up coaching. ‘I have enjoyed my time as a player but looking forward to new roles around the group, like all past players, getting my notebook out, sitting in the dugout and scribbling away.’

Martyn's Twitter - http://twitter.com/dmartyn30

Official website - http://damienmartyn.com/

From Martyn's Blog - Heading Home

From - PTI

Sachin powers Mumbai again..

25th March

MUMBAI INDIANS vs CHENNAI SUPER KINGS

4 Half centuries

S.Raina 83*

S.Tendulkar 72

S.Dhawan 56

S.Badhrinath 55*

A high scoring game.

When Chennai was batting Raina and Badhrinath shared unbroken 142 runs 3 rd wicket partnership, which is the 2nd highest partnership in the IPL history.

Sachin smashed Muralitharan over long on for the 200th sixer of this IPL 2010.

Man of the match - S.Tendulkar

Now Mumbai Indians topping the Table.

Most runs - Orange Cap

J.Kallis 310

S.Tendulkar 248

V.Sehwag 198

Most wickets - Purple cap

M.Muralitharan 11

C.Vaas 8

R.Vinay Kumar 8

Most sixes

R.Uthappa 12

M.Hayden 11

Y.Pathan 11

Delhi inflicts Bangalore's first home defeat

25th March

BANGALORE ROYAL CHALLENGERS vs DELHI DAREDEVILS

1 Half century

K.Jadhav 50*
A.B.De Villiers 45

This was Kedhar Jadhav's 1st match in IPL.

Man of the match - K.Jadhav

Delhi Daredevils won after 3 consecutive losses.

Royals beat Kings in Punjab..

24th March

KINGS XI PUNJAB vs RAJASTHAN ROYALS

A.Voges 45*

F.Fazal 45

M.Lumb 41

S.Tait 3/22

Man of the match - A.Voges

Most runs - Orange Cap

J.Kallis 283

R.Bopara 197

V.Sehwag 186

Most wickets - Purple cap

M.Muralitharan 9

C.Vaas 8

P.Kumar 7

R.Vinay Kumar 7

Most sixes

M.Hayden 11

R.Uthappa 11

Y.Pathan 11