IPL Match Results
Royal Challengers Bangalore vs Chennai Super Kings – IPL 4 – Final Match – Result
Category: IPL,IPL Chennai Super Kings,IPL Match Results,IPL Royal Challengers BangaloreMay 28th, 2011 : Today was a Final match between Royal Challengers Bangalore vs Chennai Super Kings in the IPL Cricket Season 4 2011. The match was played at MA Chidambaram Stadium, Chepauk, Chennai. Team Chennai Super Kings won the toss and elected to bat. The Chennai Super Kings wrapped up a successful title defence with victory over the Bangalore Royal Challengers in Chepauk in Saturday’s Indian Premier League final.
Chennai did have to break a lot of sweat in their retaining of the IPL, but that only because of the superb running between the wickets and the fielding display exhibited by then. Otherwise, it was a cakewalk for the defending champions, winning the final by 58 runs and in turn holding the trophy for the second time in a row.
The Royal Challengers Bangalore never looked like they were in hunt and fizzled out for 147 for eight in their chase of 206 for a win at the M Chidamabaram in Chennai and relegated them to their second runner-up title.
Match Notes
Toss – Chennai Super Kings elected to bat
Result – Chennai crowned as IPL champions for the second time in a row
Not that 206 was ever going to be very easy to chase in a pressure-final like this. However, the fear of an early Chris Gayle-dismissal leading to a capitulation came true. Chris Gayle failed to trouble the score-keepers, getting a thin edge through to the wicket-keeper in the very first over of the chase and with him went the side’s chances.
Mayank Agarwal smacked a couple of boundaries but his attempt to cut the carom-ball from Ashwin had his stumps dislodged. There was a quick 32-run stand for the third wicket between AB de Villiers and Virat Kohli that seemed to raise the fans’ hopes but once Shadab Jakati had had the better of the South African, Bangalore were staring at an asking rate of almost 12.
Jakati produced a chinaman to surprise Luke Pomersbach and after being hit for a six off his first ball, Suresh Raina trapped Kohli, albeit rather fortunately, lbw. The ball was shown to be pitching outside the leg-stump.
Daniel Vettori’s sojourn at the crease lasted a single ball and after slamming a couple to the fence, Abhimanyu Mithun was the seventh man returning to the pavilion with Bangalore at 92.
In an inconsequential passage of play, Saurabh Tiwary and Zaheer Khan added 38 for the eighth wicket but by then, the Super Kings had both their hands on the trophy. Tiwary remained not-out on 42 but by then, the Royal Challengers Bangalore had been killed from the contest.
The Royal Challengers Bangalore have had issues with their bowling in the past in this IPL, but chose the most inopportune time to almost not turn up. The Indian fans would have been probably reminded of the final of the 2003 World Cup when the bowlers were taken apart by a superlative Ricky Ponting and Australia piled on 359.
In this game, it was Vijay who ran and slammed his way to 52-ball 95 and in partnership with Michael Hussey added the best ever for the first wicket. The pair added 159 in less than 15 overs and laid the foundation for a sterling 205 for five in the 20 overs.
Vijay had gone into the game riding on some poor form, but it hardly seemed that way tonight. In partnership with Hussey, he ran like a hare and each time he got an opportunity, he slammed the ball into the stands. While it would have been exciting to watch the flow of sixes, it was the running between the wickets that stood out conspicuously. The pair ran the opposition ragged with this facet of their game.
Chennai scored 56 without loss in their first six overs, got to 94 after ten and had their run-rate touching 10 at the end of the 12th.
Vijay’s half century came from 29 balls while Hussey took 40 for his and at 159 for no loss, the duo was sitting on the highest ever partnership for the first wicket in IPL history.
Hussey’s 63 was ended by Syed Mohammad but by then, the Super Kings had enough of a base to get to more than 200. Vijay had a chance to get to his second IPL ton and attempted to get there with a six. However, by then, the fatigue had set in and he only managed to spoon it to the fielder at the boundary.
On a pressure final-day like this one, 205 was never going to be easy to chase down but with Gayle in their line-up, the Royal Challengers Bangalore had hope. Sadly, he missed out and Bangalore went hurtling down to another runner-up trophy.
Mumbai Indians vs Royal Challengers Bangalore – IPL 4 – Qualifier 2nd Match – Result
Category: IPL,IPL Match Results,IPL Mumbai Indians,IPL Royal Challengers BangaloreA scintillating half-century from Chris Gayle secured the Royal Challengers Bangalore a place in the IPL final as they thrashed the Mumbai Indians by 43 runs in their eliminator at the MA Chidambaram Stadium in Chennai on Friday.
Gayle belted his way to 89 off a trifling 47 deliveries as Bangalore posted an intimidating 185 for four. Left-arm spinner Daniel Vettori then snatched three for 19 as Mumbai stumbled to 142 for eight. Bangalore will now play the Chennai Super Kings in the final on Saturday.
Gayle struck nine fours and five sixes during his knock with some of his hitting on the leg-side being quite breathtaking at times.
The tall left-handed batsman made his intentions clear from the moment he walked to the crease as he blasted three fours and a six off the first over of the match, bowled by seamer Abu Nechim, with the unfortunate bowler conceding 27 runs off the first over.
Mumbai’s bowlers seemed unable to cope with Gayle and the batsman eventually contributed to his own downfall as he tried for one six too many and was caught at wide long-on by a running James Franklin off the bowling of seamer Munaf Patel.
Gayle was ably supported by Mayank Agarwal as the pair put on a stunning 113-run opening partnership off just 10.4 overs.
The right-handed Agarwal more than played his part in the stand as he cruised to 41 off 31 deliveries, although he was dropped twice with his score on 19 and 40.
The 20-year-old’s luck eventually ran out when he was caught at long-on off the bowling of medium-pacer Kieron Pollard.
Gayle was dismissed in the 15th over, with the score on 148, and three runs later Virat Kohli (8) was on his way back to the pavilion after chopping a Nechim delivery back on to his stumps.
Munaf picked up his second wicket, when he had Luke Pomersbach (4) superbly caught by a diving Lasith Malinga at short third man, but AB de Villiers provided some late runs as he ended on 21 not out.
Munaf was the star performer with the ball as he finished with figures of two for 27 off four overs while Nechim had a match to forget as he claimed one wicket while conceding 56 runs off his four overs.
Mumbai, faced with needing to score at over nine runs to the over at the start of their innings, wilted in the face of Bangalore’s three-pronged spin attack with Vettori being well supported by Syed Mohammad (4-0-25-2) and Gayle (3-0-11-0).
Sachin Tendulkar top-scored for Mumbai with 40 off 24 balls but, when he was stumped off the bowling of Syed Mohammed, Mumbai slipped to 68 for three and never managed to recover with the next best score just 19 not out from Rajagopal Sathish.
Mumbai Indians vs Kolkata Knight Riders – IPL 4 – Eliminator Match – Result
Category: IPL,IPL Kolkata Knight Riders,IPL Match Results,IPL Mumbai IndiansMay 25, 2011 : Mumbai Indians have managed to keep their nose ahead in the crucial eliminator game against the Kolkata Knight Riders. Mumbai now progress to the second qualifier against Bangalore while as it is curtains for Kolkata who have virtually gained nothing from the play-offs, finishing fourth. The Sachin led side have also assured themselves of a Champions League spot.
Match Notes :
Toss - Mumbai Indians won the toss and elected to field
Result - Mumbai Indians beat Kolkata Knight Riders by 4 wickets
Kolkata after being put in were still ruing the dramatic Sunday loss as they looked lost and indulged in self-destruction from the very start. Save for a determined batting effort by their lower order led by Ryan ten Doeschate, Kolkata would have evaporated without a fight. In the end, their total of 147 was 10 runs short of the par.
Mumbai although began the chase in a spectacular fashion but the late order collapse provided lot of excitement as the game went down to the wire. Mumbai openers, Sachin Tendulkar and Aiden Blizzard got off to a blazing start, runs came thick and fast. 81 runs came in just under 8 overs, Blizzard particularly cashed in on some ordinary Kolkata bowling, in the process brought up his fifty.
Meanwhile, Tendulkar played his own brand of cricket, picking up vacant areas in the field. In his 50th IPL appearance, the little master hit Pathan for four consecutive boundaries, all improvised shots to frustrate the visitors. Once, the openers were dismissed, wickets fell at regular intervals as Kolkata bowlers began to find their feet. Jacque Kallis’ nagging line and length combined with few loose strokes from the batters allowed Kolkata to claw back their way into the match.
At 133 for six with bowlers dictating the terms, the hero of last match James Farnklin took control, of faltering Mumbai innings and eventually saw them home with a gutsy 29. The winning shot, a six over cow-corner came form the bat of Harbhajan Singh in the last over.
Earlier, Kolkata tried to grab the initiative by aggressive stroke-play, instead paid a heavy price for over attacking. In thoughtless five and a half overs, the visitors were in dire straits at 20 for the loss of four wickets.
Jacques Kallis was the first to go, smartly caught by Sachin at mid-off when he attempted to drive Munaf Patel through the covers. Skipper Gambhir opened his account with a trademark inside-out shot off Harbhajan but three balls later was castled as he went for a wild heave.
Shreevats Goswami then had a brain fade, he could manage only a tickle to the keeper from an ugly slog and when Manoj Tiwary’s propensity to shuffle across the stumps got him in trouble, Kolkata were literally staring down the barrel. At this point, Mumbai bowlers were all over Kolkata, Slinger Malinga worked up some serious pace and Munaf was his usual self, on the money every time.
Dutch international, Ryan ten Doeschate who had not a lot to do in the IPL so far, played a superb knock to give his team something to defend. First he combined with Yusuf Pathan to get over the shock start with little nudges here and there. The duo targeted Pollard in the eleventh over as the run rate got a move on; ten Doeschate collected a boundary with a fierce square cut followed by a maximum over long-on; Pathan who had till then played the waiting game took a cue form his partner and tonked one over the bowler. They added priceless 60 runs in quick time.
However, a couple of lapses by the Mumbai wicket keeper Ambati Rayudu allowed the batsmen to put in a fine recovery.A stumping was missed when ten Doeschate had made only 38 and Saqibul Hassan’s edge eluded the gloves when the score was reading 95 for 5.
That apart, Saqib provided the Kolkata some impetus with a flurry of boundaries, the rub of the green going his way with some streaky shots. While he was deceived by a Malinga slower-one, ten Doeschate ensured that Kolkata were still in the game at the half-way mark. His 49 ball 70 was a good exhibition of controlled hitting, six boundaries and three huge hits. For the hosts, Malinga kept down the runs and Munaf grabbed three key wickets.
Royal Challengers Bangalore vs Chennai Super Kings – IPL 4 – Qualifier 1st Match – Result
Category: IPL,IPL Chennai Super Kings,IPL Match Results,IPL Royal Challengers BangaloreMay 24, 2011 : Today was a match between Royal Challengers Bangalore vs Chennai Super Kings in the IPL Cricket Season 4 2011. This was the 1st Qualifier match of the league 2011. The match was played at Wankhede Stadium, Mumbai. Team Chennai Super Kings won the toss and elected to field. Chennai Super Kings entered the final of the fourth edition of the Indian Premier League with a thrilling last-over win over the Royal Challengers Bangalore in the first qualifier at the Wankhede Stadium in Mumbai.
Chennai showed just why they are the most successful team in the history of IPL. If Hussey and Dhoni don’t get you, Raina will. The south-paw kept his cool even when the asking rate jumped over twelve in a mountainous run chase of 176, as Bangalore bowlers began to feel the heat and lost their line and length as well as a chance to wrap up a summit-clash berth. With this six-wicket win, Chennai stormed into the finals and are now the hot favorites to retain their title.
Match Notes
Toss – Chennai Super Kings won the toss and elected to field
Result – Chennai Super Kings beat Royal Challengers Bangalore by 6 wickets
Bangalore were undone by an ordinary bowling effort which saw them concede 60 runs in the last four overs. That however was different from the start of Chennai innings when the Bangalore bowlers were all over them.
Zaheer Khan got his bunny Michael Hussey for a nought. The next to go Murli Vijay was dismissed through a rough LBW decision. With 2 down for just 7 runs, Chennai were in trouble. As often happens, Raina was joined by Badrinath for the rear-guard work. The duo added 63 but took more than 9 overs as the asking rate began to climb.
However, Dhoni’s 29 run cameo was the turning point of the match. He combined with Raina to add 61 runs in little more than 5 overs mainly due to a 23 run over by Mithun. In between, Gayle who had earlier failed with the bat, bowled a stifling spell to make the chase even more difficult.
Dhoni and Raina targeted Zaheer, three deliveries were mowed over the ropes, and another twenty run over put the defending champions on track. Once Dhoni left, Morkel joined the party to get his team across the line. Raina was the hero for Chennai with a spirited 73.
Prior to this gripping climax, Bangalore’s quality batting finally had to put some hard after Chris Gayle departed early. Their inning had an unusual start in the sense that Gayle could score only 8 out of the 30 when he fell to R Ashwin not before launching the mystery bowler over the mid-wicket boundary for a maximum. His opening partner, Mayank Agarwal played some crisp strokes to keep the score going.
The youngster’s aggression allowed Virat Kohli to settle down and the Bangalore vice-captain did exactly that to score a potential match-winning innings. Meanwhile, de Villiers and Agarwal were dismissed in quick succession and Bangalore in a spot of bother at 85 for 3 in the twelfth over.
While Kohli was solid at one end, Luke Pomersbach complimented him with a few lusty blows in his 18-ball 29. He was particularly severe on the West Indian all-rounder Dwayne Bravo, couple of fours and a flat six part of an over that bled 17 runs. In the next over, Kohli signaled his intentions with a clean hit off Ashwin that sailed into the crowd.
At this point, Bangalore were heading towards a 150 sort of total but Kohli targeted the weak link in the Chennai attack, Albie Morkel to power his team to a massive score of 175. First Morkel was carted over point for a boundary, the next ball disappeared over long-on followed by the shot of the innings- an elegant inside-out hit went for half-a-dozen, in the process Kohli brought up a fine half-century.
Chennai pacer Doug Bollinger bowled a superb last over to end an energetic spell. Initially, he troubled Gayle with his pace; the Australian ran in hard every time the ball was handed over to him. His figures of 4 overs for just 20 runs were incredible as everybody else went for 8 or more per over. Ashwin although dismissed Gayle, was nearly cleaned up by a Surabh Tiwary shot that hit him on the head.
Bangalore will now have to face the winner of tomorrow’s eliminator for a place in the final and Chennai head home for the title-clash.
Kolkata Knight Riders vs Mumbai Indians – IPL 4 – 70th Match – Result
Category: IPL,IPL Kolkata Knight Riders,IPL Match Results,IPL Mumbai IndiansMay 22nd, 2011 : Today was a match between Kolkata Knight Riders vs Mumbai Indians in the IPL Cricket Season 4 2011. This was the 70th match of the league. The match was played at Eden Gardens, Kolkata. Team Mumbai Indians won the toss and elected to field. In a thrilling encounter between two sides who had already qualified, it was the Mumbai Indians who took victory and third spot with the last ball of the match.
It looked like a regulation victory for the Kolkata Knight Riders for most part of the final quarter of the game. With 44 needed off the last three overs followed by the dismissal of Kieron Pollard in that over, the game looked all over bar the shouting.
Balaji conceded 14 and yet a good over from Lee pushed the equation up to 21 to win off the last over, with James Franklin and Ambati Rayadu at crease.
Match Notes
Toss – Mumbai Indians won the toss and elected to field
Result – Mumbai beat Kolkata by 5 wickets
Six balls later, the Eden Gardens was silenced by Franklin’s four successive boundaries and completely stunned by a six off the last ball by Rayadu that took them to the third spot in the table.
With the Super Kings going down to the Royal Challengers Bangalore in the previous game of the IPL, a win in this game would take Kolkata to the second spot, hence, allowing them a couple of shots at entering their first ever IPL final. Mumbai, on the other hand, needed to win it to ensure that the losing confidence from going down in three games in a row could be stalled.
Kolkata went in unchanged while Mumbai Indians dropped Dhawal Kulkarni and Andrew Symonds and replaced them with Abu Nechim and Ray Price, thus attempting to strengthen the bowling.
Chasing 176 to keep the Kolkata Knight Riders out of the top two positions in the points table, the Mumbai Indians started off aggressively with three boundaries off the first over, Sachin Tendulkar hitting two of them. However, T Suman tried to repeat the dose off the first ball of the second over and perished to the spin of Iqbal Abdulla.
There was a surprise move from Mumbai Indians when they sent Harbhajan Singh to the number three position. He started off slowly but he did get going towards the end of the Powerplay overs, eking out 18 off the sixth over sent down by L Balaji.
Just when one thought that the Mumbai Indians had finally arrived with their batting after three successive failures, Harbhajan’s 29-ball 30 was ended by Rajat Bhatia’s slow dibbly-dobblies.
Much like how James Franklin had earlier slowed the Kolkata scoring down, it was Bhatia’s four over-spell broke the Mumbai back. After getting rid of Harbhajan, he had Rohit Sharma edging one to the wicket-keeper and then getting the better of Tendulkar. He deceived Tendulkar with a slower ball who spooned the ball into the covers for an easy catch.
At this stage, they needed 79 from the last 7.3 overs off a pitch that was allowing the ball to grip with every passing over.
A lot was expected out of Kieron Pollard but his poor form continued to raise questions about his inclusion in the side over Andrew Symonds. He batted out 22 balls for his 18 but just when his side needed him to blast the runs, his stumps were sent cartwheeling by Balaji.
It was Franklin who seemed to have got back his batting form of the previous year, getting a six off Abdulla but his best period came in the final over of the game when, needing 21 off the last over, he blasted off four boundaries off the first four balls of the over.
The hapless bowler was Balaji who then conceded a single off the penultimate ball to get the equation down to four needed off the last ball and Rayadu on strike. In a moment that was so reminiscent of Javed Miandad’s last ball six off Chetan Sharma at Sharjah, Rayadu slammed a full-toss from Balaji over the mid-wicket fence for a six.
Earlier, Kolkata knew that a win would see them through to the top two positions in the points table and hence allow them a better chance to get to the final of the Indian Premier League. They batted with much purpose and scored 175 in their 20 overs, a target that looked defendable for most part of the game.
What stood out in the Kolkata innings was the fact that each time they lost a wicket and it seemed like the Mumbai Indians were coming back into the game, there was a flurry of boundaries that took the Knight Riders away.
Sreevats Goswami departed early, while Gambhir hit one six and was dismissed off the next ball.
Manoj Tiwary provided the early momentum with a couple of boundaries in the first over he batted, before exploding against the IPL-debutant Ray Price. Price conceded a six and a four in that over.
Tiwary continued to bat aggressively even after the Powerplay overs and the obtained momentum was continued by Yusuf Pathan who blasted a 27-ball 36.
Kallis, who had begun in a circumspect fashion while the others around him were doing all the scoring, exploded towards the end of the innings. He smashed three sixes, all of the last five balls that the South African played to push the side along to the score of 175.
Royal Challengers Bangalore vs Chennai Super Kings – IPL 4 – 69th Match – Result
Category: IPL,IPL Chennai Super Kings,IPL Match Results,IPL Royal Challengers BangaloreMay 22nd, 2011 : Today was a match between Chennai Super Kings vs Royal Challengers Bangalore in the IPL Cricket Season 4 2011. This was the 69 match of the league. The match was played at M.Chinnaswamy Stadium, Bengaluru. Team Royal Challengers Bangalore won the toss and elected to field first. After a blip in the last game, Chris Gayle and Royal Challengers Bangalore got back their mojo to beat Chennai Super Kings handsomely and move to top of the league table. Both teams had already secured their places in the knock-offs, and the only interest in this match was to see which team would go to No 1. RCB did that with much more determination than CSK, keeping their opponents to 128 and then easing home by eight wickets thanks to another unbeaten half-century from Gayle.
Super Kings skipper MS Dhoni waged a lone battle with his unbeaten 70 staving off total disaster for the visitors who limped to 128 for eight. The meagre total proved no match for Bangalore who cruised home with two overs to spare as Chris Gayle whalloped another unbeaten half-century.
Match Notes
Toss – Royal Challengers Bangalore won the toss and elected to field first
Result – Royal Challengers Bangalore beat Chennai Super Kings by 8 wickets
Despite both teams having already secured their play-off place, there was still plenty at stake with top spot on the final IPL standings up for grabs to the winner of the clash at the MS Chinnaswamy Stadium.
The importance of the game was not lost on Bangalore who were back at full strength with skipper Daniel Vettori and bowling kingpin Zaheer Khan returing against an unchanged Chennai line-up.
It was Vettori who won the toss and the his decision to bowl first was vindicated by his opening pair of Khan (2 for 19) and the impressive Sreenath Aravind (2 for 20) with the left-arm duo reducing the visitors to 22 for four inside the opening six overs.
Mike Hussey was first to go as he was bowled by Khan in the third over, and Murali Vijay and Suresh Raina followed in quick succession as Aravind joined in the act.
Another left-armer, Vettori, underlined his importance to the RCB attack with his four overs returning figures of two for 15.
Batting at number six CSK captain Dhoni was to fight unassisted apart from Wriddhiman Saha’s brief stay of 22, with no other CSK batsman managing double figures. The Indian skipper blasted six sixes and three fours in his 40-ball stay, taking 19 runs off the final over to push Chennai up to 128 for eight.
In reply Bangalore lost AB de Villiers – used at the top of the order as Gayle’s opening partner – in the first over as the South African was stumped off the bowling of Ravichandran Ashwin. The West Indian however was unperturbed and showed characteristic contempt for the opposition bowling attack as he launched an unbeaten 75 from just 50 deliveries – including four fours and six sixes – to power Bangalore to victory.
Virat Kohli hit a useful 31 from 29 balls in a second-wicket stand of 79, and Saurabh Tiwary finished unbeaten on 13 as the Royal Challengers reached the 129 for two in 18 overs.
The result means that RCB finish top of the IPL4 standings while Chennai will have to wait on the outcome of Sunday’s second game between Kolkata and Mumbai to see if they sneak into second place virtue of a superior net run-rate.