IPL 4: DAY 38 Review…
Hi Guys,
Match 60, KXIP need 3 out of 3 to be in the play offs, Gilly the captain who has done it for Deccan’s two years ago to win 4 out of 4 and make it semi’s and eventually going on to win the cup in the second season. Hopes won the toss and decided to field first, Again a failed batting performance for Gilchrist, but Paul Valthaty and Shaun Marsh made amends, as they went on to put 102 run partnership. Once both departed of consecutive deliveries run rate slowed down and KXIP ended their innings with 170/6 in 20 overs. Delhi showed no intent in winning the game, that to after losing the first 3 wicket, they were buried dead alive. DD finished at 141/8 in 20 overs, giving KXIP a much needed win with 29 runs slack. All now Gilly and Preity will be hoping for is just 2 wins. We can say, if Gilly can pull next one against RCB’s then, they are well and truly home as they will face Deccan’s in the final encounter.
Match 61, Warne’s Royals needed this win badly to stay in the competition, A very important game for Rajasthan, but to me its the worst game they ever played for this season, Poor shot right from the beginning led no where other than to bundle out less 100, with paltry 97 in 18.3 overs. Where a score of 180 is par one just because of shorter boundaries on both ends. Kochi Tuskers did no wrong as McCullum and Hodge no time in wasting scored the 98 runs in just 7.2 overs with the loss of 2 wickets. KTK decimated Royals and they chucked them out of competition of this season. Hopefully Royals sans Warne should do well.
Standings as on DAY 38:
As of Now Teams for Semi’s:
1. Royal Challengers Bangalore 2. Chennai Super Kings, 3. Mumbai Indians, and 4.Kolkata Knight Riders.
Cat on wall:
1.Kings XI Punjab and 2. Kochi Tuskers Kerala (Just Mathematically, nothing serious)
Out of Contention:
1. Delhi Daredevils, 2, Pune Warriors, 3. Rajasthan Royals and 4. Deccan Chargers.
Interesting facts as on DAY 38:
– Victory for KTK with 76 balls to spare is the highest ever for the season, and second highest for IPL. List was topped by Mumbai’s victory over Kolkata with 87 balls to spare in first season of IPL. Ironically both the times wicket victory margin was 8 wickets. To add up in the twenty20 internationals, this is 4th highest in terms of balls remaining.
– Praveen Kumar bowled the 25th Maiden of this tournament, and he is also the only bowler to bowl 6 Maidens in the IPL tournament. He has bowled 4 in this season.
– Rajasthan Royals become the 3rd team officially to be knocked out of this tournament after Delhi and Deccan, after winning the IPL cup in 2008, they are yet to make into final four, and now they score Hattrick. (Not the way Warne would have wanted his IPL career to end)
– Paul Valthaty became the second batsmen to score 50+ boundaries in IPL this season, he went past Shewag’s 51.
– Paul Valthaty also went past Chris Gayle to pick up the Orange cap from him; he was the sixth batsmen to go past 400 run mark this season.
– Brad Hodge became the 11th bowler to pick 4 or more wickets for this season.
– Paul Valthaty scored his 2nd Fifty of this season.
– Brad Hodge scored the 1600th Boundary and Brendon McCullum scored the 500th Six of IPL 4.
– 102 runs partnership between Paul Valthaty and Shaun Marsh is their highest 2nd wicket partnership for this season.
At the end of DAY 38:
No.of Catches Dropped for the day – 5
Total no.of Boundaries – 1606
Total no.of Sixes –505
Orange Cap – Paul Valthaty (438) followed by Chris Gayle (436)
Purple Cap – S.Malinga (27) followed by Munaf Patel (17)
Most Sixes – Chris Gayle (32) followed by Paul Valthaty (19)
Most Fours –Paul Valthaty (52) followed by Virender Shewag (51)
Longest Six – Albie Morkel (114 M & 109 M) followed by Chris Gayle (109 M)
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IPL 4: DAY 35 Review…
Hi Guys,
Match 56, Chennai’s Citadel is so strong such that u can’t even think of breaking a brick. And it did stand upto those words as Chennai went on to win the their 6th Straight match in their home ground. As usual Dhoni won the coin and what else he ll do other than to bat first, he did so, with some blistering knock from Dhoni, and a classy knock from Badri paced CSK to 176/4 in 20 overs. Shewagless Delhi had no fire power and it showed, as they bowed to Chennai in no time. As Chennai won the match by 18 runs. Margin may look so less, but Delhi was never in the hunt of chasing the target, almost a one side match.
Standings as on DAY 35:
As of Now Teams for Semi’s:
1. Mumbai Indians, 2. Chennai Super Kings, 3. Kolkata Knight Riders and 4.Royal Challengers Bangalore
Cat on wall:
1. Rajasthan Royals, 2.Kochi Tuskers Kerala and 3.Kings XI Punjab.
Out of Contention:
1. Delhi Daredevils, 2, Pune Warriors, and 3. Deccan Chargers
Interesting Facts as on DAY 35:
– Venugopal Rao scored the 450th six of the IPL 4.
– Badrinath scored the fifth IPL fifty of this season and he is the one with maximum no.of fifties till now, followed by Ambathi Rayudu with four.
– Dhoni scored the first fifty of this season, and his 7th overall.
– This is the sixth consecutive win for Chennai in their home ground, and as of now Chennai is the only team to achieve this feat.
– Badrinath fifty is his 11th overall in IPL.
– Dhoni’s 63* of 31 balls is his second best, as his best was 66*
– Dhoni won the toss 6th time this season and all the times he decided to bat first, even when he knows match may be affected by rain in the match between KKR.
At the end of DAY 35:
No.of Catches Dropped for the day – 3
Total no.of Boundaries – 1489
Total no.of Sixes –452
Orange Cap – Virender Shewag (424) followed by Chris Gayle (398)
Purple Cap – S.Malinga (26) followed by Munaf Patel (17)
Most Sixes – Chris Gayle (30) followed by Virender Shewag (18)
Most Fours – Virender Shewag (51) followed by Mike Hussey (48)
Longest Six – Albie Morkel (114 M & 109 M) followed by Chris Gayle (109 M)
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