Match-74:Chennai Super Kings Clinched The IPL 2011 Title

 

 

The Chennai Super Kings retained the IPL title by crushing Royal Challengers Bangalore by 58 runs in the final IPL 2011 at Chennai.Murali Vijay played an outstanding innings of 95 off only 52 balls, hitting four fours and six sixes to set up a winning score 205 for five for the Chennai Super Kings.Hussey stroked 63 runs off 45 balls, with three fours and three sixes.Dhoni contributed by smashing quick 22 runs off 13 balls with two sixes.

Chasing a mammoth total,Royal Challengers Bangalore lost Gayle for a duck.Virat Kohli showed some resistance,scoring 35 runs off 32 balls.Top scorer was Saurabh Tiwary who scored 42 runs.all other batsmen did not contribute much with the bat.Ashwin took three for 16 in four overs,including the most valuable wicket of Gayle.Shadab Jakati picked up two for 21.

Match-73:Gayle steered Bangalore Into IPL Final

 

Chris Gayle hammered an explosive 89 in 47 balls,hitting nine fours and five sixes,as the Royal Challengers Bangalore beat the Mumbai Indians by a large margin of 43-runs.Mayank Agarwal smashed 41 in 31 balls.Challengers made 185 for four.

Mumbai Indians could only reach 142 for eight in reply.Tendulkar top scored with 40 in 24 balls, hitting seven fours.Syed Mohammed took two wickets for 25.Daniel Vettori played a captain’s role,taking three for 19.

The final of IPL- 2011 will be played between Royal Challengers Bangalore and Chennai Super Kings on 28th May,Saturday.

Indian Team Got Selected For West Indies Tour

 

India will be without Tendulkar, Dhoni, Sehwag, Yuvraj, Zaheer, Gambhir and Ashish Nehra for the ODIs.Tendulkar, Sehwag, Gambhir will be unavailable also for the Tests.Gautam Gambhir and Virender Sehwag are suffering from shoulder injuries. Yuvraj Singh has a respiratory infection.

Suresh Raina will captain the ODI team in the absence of Gambhir and MS Dhoni.There will be a new coach,Duncan Fletcher with the team for the tour.

Test squad: MS Dhoni (capt), VVS Laxman (vc), M Vijay, Abhinav Mukund, Rahul Dravid, Virat Kohli, S Badrinath, Harbhajan Singh, Ishant Sharma, Sreesanth, Amit Mishra, Pragyan Ojha, Zaheer Khan, Munaf Patel, Suresh Raina, Parthiv Patel.

Limited-overs squad: Suresh Raina (capt), R Ashwin, S Badrinath, Harbhajan Singh (vc), Virat Kohli, Praveen Kumar, Amit Mishra, Munaf Patel, Parthiv Patel (wk), Yusuf Pathan, Wriddhiman Saha (wk), Ishant Sharma, Rohit Sharma, Vinay Kumar, Manoj Tiwary, Shikhar Dhawan.

Match-72:Mumbai Eliminated Kolkata To Get One Step Closer To Final

 

 

 

The Mumbai Indians beat the Kolkata Knight Riders by four wickets in the eliminator of IPL 2011 at Mumbai.Blizzard hammered 51 in 30 balls and Tendulkar smashed 36 in 28 balls which set the platform for the victory for Mumbai Indians.James Franklin scored  29 not out and Harbhajan Singh made 11 not out in just five balls,carried them home at the end with four balls to spare.

Earlier,Knight Riders set the target of 148 for Mumbai Indians,in spite of loosing 4 wickets at 20,thanks to Ryan ten Doeschate who made 70 not out in 49 balls.Munaf Patel destroyed the top order,taking 3 wickets for 27.

Mumbai will now face the Royal Challengers Bangalore to book the place in the final to  play against the Chennai Super Kings .

Match-71:Raina Guided Chennai Into IPL 2011 Final

 

Suresh Raina hammered an explosive unbeaten half-century (73 off 50 balls),hitting six towering sixes and four fours,to guide Chennai Super Kings into the final beating Royal Challengers Bangalore by six wickets.Chennai Super Kings managed to score the required 58 runs in the final four overs.Morkel hit two sixes and Raina one in the 19th, the Super Kings needed 12 to win from the final over,which they managed score in first four balls of the last over.Badrinath smashed 34 in 32 balls.Dhoni smacked 29 in 19 balls.

Earlier,Royal Challengers Bangalore set the challenging total of 175 for four for Chennai,thanks to Virat Kohli who stroked an excellent unbeaten 70 in 44 balls,hitting five fours and three sixes.Mayank Agarwal hit the vital 34 runs.

The Royal Challengers will have a second chance to book a place in the final,as they will play the winner of the second play-off eliminator between the Mumbai Indians and the Kolkata Knight Riders.

Match-70:Mumbai Beat Kolkata By Five Wickets

 

 

The Mumbai Indians snatched a victory on the last ball of the last league match of IPL 2011,winning by five wickets against Kolkata at Kolkata.James Franklin was Mumbai's hero in the final over.He smashed 45 off 23 balls with five fours and one six.Sachin Tendulkar scored 30 runs off 29 balls, with five fours in his classical style.

Earlier,Kolkata set the total of 175 for seven in 20 overs.Kallis was the top scorer,scoring 59 runs off 42 balls,hitting four fours and three sixes.
Tiwary scored 35 runs off 22-balls,hitting five fours and one six.Yusuf Pathan smashed speedy 36 runs off 27 balls, with four fours and one six.

Match-69:Royal Challengers Reached Top Spot

 

The Royal Challengers Bangalore crushed defending champions Chennai Super Kings by eight wickets at Bangalore in their last league game of IPL 2011.Chris Gayle hammered power-packed 75 not out off 50 balls,hitting four fours and six sixes for Bangalore.Kohli made 31 runs off 29 balls with five fours

Earlier,Chennai had a worst start of their inning,losing the top order cheaply.Dhoni played a captain’s knock,stroking 70 not out off only 40 balls,including six sixes and three fours which helped his side to reach the reasonable total of 128 for 8.Zaheer Khan,Aravind and Daniel Vettori took two wickets each.

Match-68:Delhi Vs Pune Match Was abandoned Due To Rain

Just over ten overs were possible before the rain intervened the Delhi Vs Pune match in Delhi.

Delhi won the toss and elected to bat first.They scored 56 for three in 10.1 overs.Naman Ojha 19 runs off ten balls with one four and two sixes.

Match-67:Kings XI Punjab's Play-off Chance Is Over

 

The Deccan Chargers beat the Kings XI Punjab by 82 runs at Dharamsala. Shikhar Dhawan hammered 95 in 57 balls,hitting nine fours and a six and Ravi Teja smashed 60 off 41 balls, hitting five fours and two sixes to help Chargers to make a huge total of 198 for two.

Kings XI were dismissed for 116, despite Gilchrist storked 51in 37 balls,hitting six fours and two sixes.Amit Mishra picked up four wickets for nine which included a hat-trick.no other batsman could score much.

It is now clear that the play-offs will now be played between the Chennai Super Kings, the Kolkata Knight Riders, the Royal Challengers Bangalore and the Mumbai Indians.

Match-66:Warne Finished His IPL-Career With A Win

 

Watson smashed an unbeaten  89 in 47 balls giving Warne a grand farewell with a victory over Mumbai Indians by ten wickets.Rahul Dravid smacked 43 off 32 balls.

Earlier,Mumbai side were restricted to 133 for five.Sachin Tendulkar scored 31.Rohit Sharma smacked made 58 in 47 balls,hitting five fours and a six.Watson took three  wickets for 19.

 

 

 

 

 

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