Magnificent Mumbai crush Bangalore to enter Final

21st April

1st Semi Final

MUMBAI INDIANS vs ROYAL CHALLENGERS BANGALORE

Mumbai Indians won by 35 runs.

Brief Scores:

Mumbai Indians: 184 for 5 in 20 overs (Saurabh Tiwary 52 not out; Dale Steyn 2/43).

Royal Challengers Bangalore: 149 for 9 in 20 overs (Ross Taylor 31 not out; Kieron Pollard 3/17)

1 Half century

S.Tiwary 52*

A.Rayudu 40
K.Pollard 33*

R.Taylor 31*

K.Pollard 3/17

Man of the match - K.Pollard

Pollard put up an awesome all round performance today. Scored his 33 quick runs with 3 huge sixes in only 13 balls and took 3 crucial wickets. Pollard also excelled in fielding too.

Saurabh Tiwary is continuing his good form, Hitting 4 sixes and 3 fours in his 31 ball 52.

Mumbai Indians now face the winner between Chennai Vs Deccan semi final on the 25th.

This is the 1st time Mumbai entered into IPL semi finals and they made it to the Finals.

Most runs - Orange Cap

S.Tendulkar 570

J.Kallis 533

S.Ganguly 493

Most wickets - Purple cap

P.Ojha 20

Harbhajan Singh 17

A.Mishra 17

Most sixes

R.Uthappa 27

Y.Pathan 24

M.Vijay 23

All round Bangalore beats sober Rajasthan

14th April

RAJASTHAN ROYALS vs ROYAL CHALLENGERS BANGALORE

1 Half century

K.Pietersen 62

Man of the match - K.Pietersen

Kevin Pietersen scored 62 in only 29 balls with 2 sixes and 10 fours.

Rajasthan Royals lost second straight match at home. With this loss Rajasthan's chances of reaching semi finals are fading now.Bangalore has risen to 2nd with healthy net run rate.

Most runs - Orange Cap

S.Tendulkar 542

J.Kallis 528

S.Raina 400

Most wickets - Purple cap

P.Ojha 18

R.Vinaykumar 16

A.Mishra 15

Most sixes

R.Uthappa 25

Y.Pathan 24

M.Vijay 23

Points Table

Teams	Mat	Won	Lost	Tied	N/R	Pts	Net RR	For	Against
Mumbai Indians	12	9	3	0	0	18	+1.116	2084/237.0	1831/238.3
Royal Challengers Bangalore	13	7	6	0	0	14	+0.467	2032/240.4	2054/257.3
Chennai Super Kings	12	6	6	0	0	12	+0.348	1978/231.3	1952/238.1
Delhi Daredevils	12	6	6	0	0	12	+0.024	1908/237.0	1909/237.5
Rajasthan Royals	13	6	7	0	0	12	-0.421	2047/250.4	2091/243.3
Deccan Chargers	12	6	6	0	0	12	-0.438	1865/238.3	1946/235.4
Kolkata Knight Riders	12	5	7	0	0	10	-0.632	1876/239.2	1927/227.3
Kings XI Punjab	12	4	8	0	0	8	-0.484	1912/236.2	1992/232.2

Red hot Deccan strangles Bangalore to have an eye on semis

12th April

DECCAN CHARGERS vs ROYAL CHALLENGERS BANGALORE

1 Half century

R.Sharma 51

R.Dravid 49

M.Mishra 41

D.Steyn 3/18

Harmeet Singh

R.Harris

R.P.Singh

P.Ojha all took two wickets each.

Man of the match - H.Singh

R.P.Singh became the first bowler to take fifty wickets in IPL history.

After this Deccan win except Punjab all other teams have chances to qualify for the semi finals.

Most runs - Orange Cap

J.Kallis 528

S.Tendulkar 512

S.Ganguly 366

Most wickets - Purple cap

P.Ojha 18

A.Mishra 15

R.Vinaykumar 15

Most sixes

Y.Pathan 24

R.Uthappa 24

M.Vijay 21

Points Table

Teams	Mat	Won	Lost	Tied	N/R	Pts	Net RR	For	Against
Mumbai Indians	11	8	3	0	0	16	+1.040	1901/217.0	1687/218.3
Royal Challengers Bangalore	12	6	6	0	0	12	+0.343	1900/225.0	1924/237.3
Delhi Daredevils	11	6	5	0	0	12	+0.206	1764/217.0	1726/217.5
Rajasthan Royals	12	6	6	0	0	12	-0.288	1917/230.4	1959/227.5
Deccan Chargers	12	6	6	0	0	12	-0.438	1865/238.3	1946/235.4
Chennai Super Kings	11	5	6	0	0	10	+0.107	1835/218.0	1813/218.1
Kolkata Knight Riders	11	5	6	0	0	10	-0.417	1737/219.2	1784/214.0
Kings XI Punjab	12	4	8	0	0	8	-0.484	1912/236.2	1992/232.2

Bangalore too hot for Kolkata

10th April

ROYAL CHALLENGERS BANGALORE vs KOLKATA KNIGHT RIDERS

2 Half centuries

R.Dravid 52
R.Uthappa 52*

B.McCullum 45

R.Vinaykumar 3/23

Robin Uthappa hammered 5 sixes and 3 fours in his 22 ball unbeaten 52.

Man of the match - R.Vinaykumar

Most runs - Orange Cap

J.Kallis 501

S.Tendulkar 423

S.Ganguly 366

Most wickets - Purple cap

P.Ojha 16

A.Mishra 14

R.Vinaykumar 14

Most sixes

Y.Pathan 23

R.Uthappa 22

M.Vijay 21

Points Table

Teams	Mat	Won	Lost	Tied	N/R	Pts	Net RR
Mumbai Indians	10	7	3	0	0	14	+0.958
Royal Challengers Bangalore	11	6	5	0	0	12	+0.453
Delhi Daredevils	10	6	4	0	0	12	+0.287
Rajasthan Royals	11	6	5	0	0	12	-0.139
Chennai Super Kings	11	5	6	0	0	10	+0.107
Kolkata Knight Riders	11	5	6	0	0	10	-0.426
Deccan Chargers	11	5	6	0	0	10	-0.539
Kings XI Punjab	11	3	8	0	0	6	-0.589