IPL Season 2 - 2009 Results(In Detail)

IPL Season 2 - 2009 Results(Detail)

Deccan Chargers are the DLF IPL 2009 CHAMPIONS

The DLF Indian Premier League a Twenty20 Cricket competition, formed by the Board of Control for Cricket in India (BCCI) and approved by International Cricket Council (ICC) has been a runaway hit in its Season 2 played in South Africa. The IPL included eight domestic teams of India representing the following cities- Mumbai, Delhi, Kolkata, Bangalore, Jaipur, Chennai, Chandigarh and Hyderabad. Participation of foreign players in these domestic Indian teams has been one of the striking features of the IPL. The IPL Season 2 started in South Africa with a dazzling opening ceremony on 18th April and ended with the Final played in Johannesburg on May 24th between Deccan Chargers and Royal Challengers Bangalore. It was quiet amazing in the DLF Season 2 to witness two teams which were stacked at the bottom in the last year's IPL to face off each other in the Final match played at Johannesburg. Deccan Chargers managed to turn the tables upside down, proved all the cricketing pundits wrong who did write them off considering their last year's performace and emerged as the winners of the DLF IPL 2009.

DLF IPL 2009 FINAL
• Deccan Chargers were crowned the 2009 DLF IPL CHAMPIONS after defeating the Royal Challengers Bangalore by 6 runs in a nail biting Final encounter at Johannesburg.
Anil Kumble won the toss and put the Deccan Chargers to bat first. The Deccan Chargers innings got a poor start when their skipper Adam Gilchrist was bowled over without scoring any run by his counterpart Anil Kumble. Inspite of that early loss the Deccan Chargers managed to score a decent total of 143 runs in their alloted 20 overs. Herschelle Gibbs scored an unbeaten 53 runs in just 48 balls and the Deccan Chargers innings was further cemented by Andrew Symonds (33 runs) and Rohit Sharma (24 runs).
• Royal Challengers Bangalore in their response seemed to be on their way to winning the Final but faultered in the end and fell short of the target by 6 runs. Pragyan Ojha bagged three important wickets for the Deccan Chargers but it was the veteran Anil Kumble the skipper of the loosing side who was adjudicated the Man of the Match for his 4 wicket haul and economical bowling performance.

24-MAY
Semi Final-II
• In an exciting semi final played at Johannesburg yesterday, the Royal Challengers Bangalore defeated Chennai Super Kings by 6 wickets.
Batting first the Chennai Super Kings managed a total of 146 runs in their alloted 20 overs. Royal Challengers Bangalore surpassed that total with key batting contributions coming from youngsters Manish Pandey, Virat Kohli and the veteran Rahul Dravid. For his crucial innings (48 runs in 35 balls) opening the batting for RCB, Manish Pandey was named the Man of the Match.
• Royal Challengers Bangalore will now face the Deccan Chargers in the crucial final tie of IPL Season 2 to determine who are crowned the 2009 IPL Champions.

23-MAY
Semi Final-I
• Deccan Chargers, the bottom ranked team of last year's IPL stopped the march of Delhi Daredevils (top ranked team of IPL Season 2) towards the final by defeating them in their semi final clash at Pretoria.
It was the retired Austrailan wicket keeper and the captain of the Deccan Chargers Adam Gilchrist who single handedly ensured his team reached the finals of the IPL by scoring a stupendous knock of 85 runs off just 35 balls.
• Deccan Chargers will face the winners of the other semi final which takes place later today at Johannesburg between Royal Challengers Bangalore and Chennai Super Kings.

22-MAY
• Delhi Daredevils defeated the Mumbai Indians by 4 wickets yesterday at Pretoria.
Batting first the Mumbai Indians posted a decent total of 165/8 with good batting contributions coming from Sachin Tendulkar and A M Rahane. Delhi Daredevils in their response were given a good support by their openers Warner and Gambhir. Skipper Sehwag made a fine contribution of 50 runs off 27 balls and earned the Man of the Match in the process.
• In the second match played yesterday at Pretoria, the Royal Challengers defeated Deccan Chargers by 12 runs.
Batting first RCB piled on 170 runs in their alloted 20 overs thanks to a brilliant unbeaten innings of 114 runs off 73 balls by the young Manish Pandey who was adjudicated the Man of the Match.

21-MAY
• As anticipated by us yesterday Kolkata Knight Riders did crash the party for the Rajasthan Royals. All hopes for a semi-final birth were blown away for the Rajasthan Royals after their 4 wickets loss to the Knight Riders.
• In the battle of the Kings yesterday, the Chennai Super Kings defeated Kings XI Punjab by 24 runs and in all likelihood have ensured that Kings XI Punjab are not through to the semi finals.
• Pretoria is host to two matches today. First match sees Mumbai Indians take on Delhi Daredevils and in the second encounter Deccan Chargers face off Royal Challengers Bangalore.

20-MAY
• Royal Challengers Bangalore defeated the Delhi Daredevils by 7 wickets in their match at Johannesburg yesterday.
• Two exciting matches lined-up in Durban today as the race for the semi-final position hots up. It would be interesting to see if KKR crashes the party for Rajasthan Royals or not when the two meet up today. Chennai to take on Kings XI Punjab in the second match.

19-MAY
• A spectacular 189 run chase by the Kolkata Knight Riders gave them their 2nd victory of the tournament defeating the Chennai Super Kings in their encounter at Pretoria yesterday.
• Delhi Daredevils to take on Royal Challengers Bangalore today at Johannesburg.

18-MAY
• In the first match played in Johannesburg yesterday, Kings XI Punjab defeated Deccan Chargers by 1 run. For his economical bowling spell which included a hat-trick, Yuvraj Singh was named Man of the Match.
• Delhi Daredevils defeated Rajasthan Royals by 14 runs in their encounter in Bloemfontein yesterday.
• Kolkata Knight Riders to take on Chennai Super Kings today in their battle in Pretoria.

17-MAY
• Yesterday, Chennai Super Kings defeated Mumbai Indians by 7 wickets, ending the possible hopes of the Mumbai Indians of a semi final birth.
• Johannesburg was witness to the second match played yesterday between Kolkata Knight Riders and Deccan Chargers. A thrilling encounter and last minute blitzkrieg by Rohit Sharma saw the Deccan Chargers dash all hopes of the KKR for that elusive 2nd victory in the tournament. Deccan Chargers won by 6 wickets.

16-MAY
• Kings XI Punjab defeated Delhi Daredevils by 6 wickets in their encounter in Bloemfontein yesterday. Man of the Match award was given to Brett Lee.

15-MAY
• In the first match played in Durban yesterday the Bangalore Royal Challengers defeated Chennai Super Kings by 2 wickets. For his 46 runs off 50 balls L Taylor was named Man of the Match.
• Second encounter at Durban saw a last over thriller of a match between Rajasthan Royals and Mumbai Indians. Rajasthan Royals held on to their nerves under the dynamic captaincy of Shane Warne and won the match by 2 runs.
• Delhi Daredevis to take on Kings XI Punjab in Bloemfontein today.

14-MAY
• In the only matched played yesterday at Durban Delhi Daredevils defeated the Deccan Chargers by 12 runs.
• Two important matches are scheduled to be played in Durban today. Bangalore Royal Challengers take on the Chennai Super Kings and in the second match Mumbai Indians face the Rajasthan Royals.

13-MAY
• Yesterday turned out to be another bad day for the Kolkata Knight Riders. Bangalore Royal Challengers defeated the Knight Riders by 6 wickets. Ross Taylor was named Man of the Match for his brilliant unbeaten innings of 81 runs off just 33 balls.
• Second clash at Pretoria yesterday saw the Mumbai Indians defeating Kings XI Punjab by 8 wickets. Dwayne Bravo played an excellent knock of 70 runs off 59 balls in his role as an opener for the Mumbai Indians.
• Delhi Daredevis to take on Deccan Chargers today in Durban.

12-MAY
• Deccan Chargers defeated the Rajasthan Royals by 53 runs. Dwayne Smith scored a brilliant 47 runs off just 32 balls and earned the Man of the Match in the process.
• Kolkata Knight Riders would look to salvage some pride and aim for their second elusive win in the tournament when they take on the Bangalore Royal Challengers today in Pretoria.
• Today's second clash at Pretoria will see Sachin Tendulkar led Mumbai Indians take on Yuvraj Singh's Kings XI Punjab.

11-MAY
• Mumbai Indians took on Bangalore Royal Challengers at Port Elizabeth yesterday. Sanath Jayasuriya gave the Mumbai Indians a good start by scoring 29 runs off just 27 balls. The good foundation was further cemented with impressive batting performances by Rahane and Duminy. Man of the match award was bagged by J P Duminy of the Mumbai Indians for an unbeaten knock of 59 runs off 41 balls.
• Johannesburg was witness to the second match played yesterday wherein the Kolkata Knight Riders took on the Delhi Daredevils. Poor performance by Kolkata Knight Riders continued in this match as well as they tasted defeat once again in the tournament at the hands of the Delhi Daredevils. For his excellent economical spell at the rate of 3.5 runs/over and a 3-wicket haul Amit Mishra was named Man of the Match.

10-MAY
• In the first match played yesterday, Kings XI Punjab defeated the Deccan Chargers by 3 wickets. For his impressive 43 off just 28 balls, Mahela Jayawardene was named Man of the Match.
• The second match played at Kimberly yesterday saw the Chennai Super Kings take on Rajasthan Royals. CSK managed to defeat the Rajasthan Royals convincingly by 7 wickets. S Badrinath for his unbeaten innings of 41 ball 59 runs was declared the Man of the Match.

9-MAY
• Delhi Daredevils despite a poor fielding day managed to thrash the Mumbai Indians convincingly by 7 wickets. Ashish Nehra was named man of the match.
• Sachin Tendulkar described dropping of Sanath Jayasuriya as a difficult decision and also acknowledged that his side needs to put on big totals in the upcoming matches.
• Two big matches to be played in Kimberly today. Deccan Chargers take on Kings XI Punjab and Chennai Super Kings take on Rajasthan Royals.

8-MAY
• The Battle Royale at Pretoria yesterday saw Rajasthan Royals take on the the Bangalore Royal Challengers. Rajasthan Royals put up a good show and defeated the Royal Challengers by 7 wickets.
• In the battle of the 'Kings', the Chennai Super Kings turned up triumphant over the Kings XI Punjab team defeating them by 12 runs.
• Delhi Daredevils take on the Mumbai Indians today in their match in East London.

7-MAY
• Deccan Chargers defeated the Mumbai Indians by 19 runs. Rohit Sharma was adjudicated the man of the match for his 4 wicket haul which included a hatrick and also a good performance with the bat.

6-MAY
• Rajasthan Royals continued their impressive form in the tournament when they defeated Kings XI Punjab by 78 runs yesterday in Durban.
• The second Durban encounter yesterday saw continuance of a dismal show by the Kolkata Knight Riders where they were thrashed by the Delhi Daredevils by 9 wickets.
• Delhi Daredevils have reclaimed the top position in the DLF IPL 2009 with 10 points whereas the Kolkata Knight Riders are still struggling at the bottom of the points tally. KKR dropped as far as 4 catches in yesterday's crucial tie against the Delhi Daredevils.

5-MAY
• Yesterday's only match was played at East London between the Chennai Super Kings and Deccan Chargers. Chennai Super Kings dominated the match and defeated Adam Gilchrist led Hyderabad Deccan Chargers comfortably by 78 runs. Mahinder Singh Dhoni was named man of the match for his unbeaten effort of 58 runs off just 37 balls.
• Rajasthan Royals face the upbeat Kings XI Punjab team today.
• Kolkata Knight Riders would look at salvaging some pride in the IPL tournament as they take on the Delhi Daredevils today in Durban.

4-MAY
• First match played yesterday seemed like a Bollywood battle as Shahrukh Khan's Kolkata Knight Riders faced off against Preity Zinta's Kings XI Punjab. It was the gutsy Sri Lankan batsman Jayawardene with an unbeaten knock of 52 runs who saw Kings XI through to a well deserved victory over the Kolkata Knight Riders.
• Yesterday's second match was more like a corporate battle in which Mukesh Ambani's Mumbai Indians squared off against Dr. Vijay Mallya's Bangalore Royal Challengers team. It was a brilliant batting performance by Kallis and Uthappa from the Royal Challengers which ensured their victory over the Mumbai Indians. Jacques Kallis was named man of the match for his innings of 69 runs off just 59 balls.
• Shane Warne's trump card bowler Kamran Khan will not be able to bowl further in the tournament for the Rajasthan Royals as his action was reported as suspect by the IPL technical committee comprising of Sunil Gavaskar, Ravi Shastri and Lalit Modi.

3-MAY
• Rajasthan Royals won their match against the Deccan Chargers by 3 wickets.
• Second match played between Chennai Super Kings and Delhi Daredevils was won by CSK by 18 runs.For his 4-wicket haul Jakati was named man of the match.

2-MAY
• The poor run for Kolkata Knight Riders continued as they lost their match against Mumbai Indians by 9 runs.
• In the second match of the day Bangalore Royal Challengers defeated the Kings XI Punjab by 8 runs.
• It was the day of the captains. Yuvraj Singh, the Kings XI Punjab captain managed to get a hatrick with the ball but it was the veteran Anil Kumble, captain of Royal Challengers who picked up two important wickets and impressed everyone with his captaincy.

1-MAY
• Delhi Daredevils defeated Hyderabad Deccan Chargers by 6 wickets. Man of the match was Dirk Nannes who was picked in the team ahead of Glenn Mcgrath. Nannes was very economical at 4 runs per over and pickefd up two crucial wickets for the Daredevils.
• Second match played at Pretoria saw the Chennai Super Kings take on Rajasthan Royals. Chennai Super Kings won the match by 38 runs and Suresh Raina was declared Man of the Match for his 55 ball inning of 98 runs.
• Suresh Raina was disappointed after missing out on a well deserved century by just 2 runs. The scoreboard erred in displaying a 100 by Raina while he was 2 short and that error cost him dearly as he got a little complacent after that and got out in the process.

30-APR
• Yesterday saw the Bollywood Badshah Shahrukh Khan's Kolkata Knight Riders face off against the King of Good Times Vijay Mallya's team of Bangalore Royal Challengers. The Knight Riders were defeated convincngly by the Royal Challengers. Man of the match was Mark Boucher.
• In the second match of the day, the magic of Sachin and Sanath couldn't rescue the Mumbai Indians against King's XI Punjab. Both were out cheaply as Mumbai Indians couldn't manage to chase an easy target of 120 runs set by the King's XI Punjab. Man of the match was Kumar Sangakkara for his unbeaten innings of 45 runs.

29-APR
• The only match of IPL played yesterday saw Delhi Daredevils take on last years IPL champions Rajasthan Royals.
• Delhi Daredevils won the toss, elected to bat and posted a total of 143 with a 50 run (in 40 balls) contribution coming from their in form batsman A B de Villiers.
• Rajasthan Royals lost their 5 wickets in quick succession and were in deep trouble during their chase.
• Yusuf Pathan came to the rescue of the Rajasthan Royals as he steered his team to a victory along with Graeme Smith. They scored 62 and 44 runs respectively and Yusuf was declared man of the match for his sixer studded innings of 62 runs.

28-APR
• Old is Gold they say. Port Elizabeth, the venue for yesterdays match between Mumbai Indians and Kolkata Knight Riders was witness to that adage. Tendulkar and Jayasuriya two of the seniormost players of the IPL who have nothing left to prove of their cricketing prowess shared a century opening wicket stand. Jayasuriya scored 52 runs off 32 balls and Tendulkar who was adjudicated the man of the match scored 68 runs in just 45 balls. Mumbai Indians defeated the Kolkata Knight Riders by a comfortable 92 runs.
• In yesterdays second encounter at Durban the Deccan Chargers defeated M S Dhoni led Chennai Super Kings by 6 wickets and the Deccan Chargers are now leading the points tally in the season 2 of IPL. Captain Adam Gilchrist and Herschelle Gibbs were the star batsmen for the Deccan Chargers.

27-APR
• Delhi Daredevils continued their impressive streak yesterday at Port Elizabeth as they defeated the Bangalore Royal Challengers by 6 wickets.
• The second match saw Kings XI Punjab take on the defending champions Rajasthan Royal in Cape Town. The result was a win for Kings XI Punjab by 27 runs.
• Marching orders were given to Sanjay Bangar and Akash Chopra by the Kolkatta Knight Riders. Joy Bhattacharya, the CEO of Kolkata Knight Riders justified this decision by stating that these were senior players and there was no point keepimg them in the bench when they couldn't find a place in the scheme of things for the coach and the team management.

26-APR
• Deccan Chargers defeated Mumbai Indians by 12 runs in their encounter at Durban yesterday.
• The match between Kolkata Knight Riders and Chennai Super Kings in Cape Town was called off because due to rain.

25-APR
• Yesterday saw Kings XI Punjab defeating Bangalore Royal Challengers by 7 wicket.
Jacques Kallis and Ravi Bopara played scintillating knocks of 62 and 85 respectively and were largely responsible for Kings X1 victory. Ravi Bopara was named man of the match.
• Mumbai Indians to take on Deccan Chargers in Durban today.
• Both Chennai Super Kings and Kolkata Knight Riders would like to change their last match's performance into a victory when they face each other tonight.

24-APR
Two thrilling encounters in the IPL 2009.
• The match between Delhi Daredevils was a last ball thriller, Delhi daredevils defeating Chennai Super Kings by 9 runs.
AB De Villers and Tilakratne Dilshan shined with the bat for the Delhi Daredevils scoring 105 not out and 50 respectively. A brilliant quick fire 57 off just 27 runs by Matthew Hayden couldn't save the day for Chennai Super Kings.
• Second match saw the Rajasthan Royals defeat Kolkata Knight Riders in perhaps the most exciting match of the IPL so far.
The RR and KKR were both tied at 150 runs when the Super Over method was applied to determine the winner. Kolkatta Knight Riders made 15 runs in their Super Over but were outclassed by Yusuf Pathan's brilliance with the bat and the Rajasthan Royals got victory over this exciting nail biting thriller.
• Bangalore Royal Challengers to take on Kings XI Punjab today in Durban.

23-APR
• Adam Gilchrist dazzles with the bat and leads Deccan Chargers to a victory over Bangalore Royal Challengers.
• Dhoni's CSK take on Viru's mighty Delhi Daredevils today.
• Spin wizard Shane Warne leads the Rajasthan Royals in their match up against KKR.
• Shahrukh Khan's KKR get negative publicity through an anonymous online blogger allegedly run by a KKR player.
• An alleged KKR player who dons the identity of 'Fake KKR Player' is turning out to be an embarassment for the Knight Riders.

22-APR
• Rain plays a dampner in South Africa..
• Yesterday's two crucial matches affected due to Rain..
• Bangalore Royal Challengers to face Deccan Chargers today.
• Shahrukh Khan throws a party for his Kolkata Knight Riders after yesterday's win over Kings XI Punjab.

Highlights of Previous Matches:
• Deccan Chargers, the bottom ranked team of last year's IPL stopped the march of Delhi Daredevils (top ranked team of IPL Season 2) towards the final by defeating them in their semi final clash at Pretoria.
• In an exciting semi final played at Johannesburg yesterday, the Royal Challengers Bangalore defeated Chennai Super Kings by 6 wickets.
• Kolkata Knight Riders scored a victory over Rajasthan Royals by 4 wickets.
Rajasthan Royals couldn't manage a decent total on board batting first as they managed to score 101 in their alloted 20 overs. Laxmi Ratan Shukla scored an unbeaten 48 runs off 46 balls and earned the Man of the Match for his efforts.
• Chennai Super Kings defeated Kings XI Punjab by 24 runs.
Muttaih Muralitharan was named the Man of the Match for his excellent spell of 4 overs costing just 8 runs and picking 2 wickets in the process.
• Delhi Daredevils tasted defeat at the hands of the Royal Challengers Banglore by 7 wickets.
Batting first the Delhi Daredevils posted a decent 134 on board in their alloted 20 overs. In their response the RCB thanks to a brilliant unbeaten innings of 58 runs in 56 balls by Jacques Kallis reached the target of 135 without much discomfort. Kallis was named Man of the Match
• The Kings XI Punjab managed to defeat Deccan Chargers by 1 run in a thrilling encounter at Johannesburg.
Yuvraj Singh, the skipper of Kings XI Punjab led by example by extracting his second hat-trick of the tournament. For a fine economical bowling performance, Yuvraj Singh was adjudicated the Man of the Match.
• Delhi Daredevils defeated Rajasthan Royals by 14 runs at Bloemfontein.
A B de Villiers was named Man of the Match for his stupendous knock of an unbeaten 79 runs off just 55 balls.
• Bangalore Royal Challengers won by 2 wickets in their crucial tie against the Chennai Super Kings in Durban yesterday.
Batting first Chennai Super Kings managed a total of 129 on board which was achieved by the Royal Challengers with fine batting contributions coming from Virat Kohli and Taylor.
• Mumbai Indians lost to Rajasthan Royals in a humdinger of a match.
The match stretched on to the last over where under the able guidance of Shane Warne the Rajasthan Royals held on to their nerves and bowled the Mumbai Indians 3 runs short of a victory.
• In a thrilling encounter at Durban yesterday, Deccan Chargers lost their nerves in the end to the resilient Delhi Daredevils. From a comfortable 149/3, the Deccan Chargers innings collapsed to 161 all out as they lost seven wickets in a span of 17 deliveries.
Rajat Bhatia was named Man of the Match for inititating the magical turnaround for the Delhi Daredevils when he picked up four scalps in just 9 deliveries.
• Another Day. Another Match. Another Shocker for the Kolkata Knight Riders. KKR tasted defeat once again in the DLF IPL, this time at the hands of the Bangalore Royal Challengers.
For his excellent unbeaten knock of 81 runs off just 33 balls, Ross Taylor was named Man of the Match.
• Mumbai Indians defeated the Kings XI Punjab team by 8 wickets.
Dwayne Bravo played a wonderful innings of 70 runs off just 59 balls. However, it was Harbhajan Singh who was named Man of the Match for his economical bowling performance at the rate of 2.25 runs per over.
• Deccan Chargers defeated Rajasthan Royals by 53 runs. Dwayne Smith was named Man of the Match.
The gamble to play the veteran Sri Lankan pacer Chaminda Vaas paid off for Adam Gilchrist (Skipper of Deccan Chargers) as Vaas finished off with figures of 2 for 19. In the end it was a collective team effort by the Deccan Chargers who after setting a target of 167 runs, wrapped up the Rajasthan Royals innings at 113.
• Bangalore Royal Challengers lost their match against Mumbai Indians.
Rahane and Duminy were impressive in the match. JP Duminy was named the Man of the Match.
• The encounter in Johannesburg between Delhi Daredevils and Kolkata Knight Riders was won by the former.
Amit Mishra for his excellent bowling performance was named Man of the Match.
• Delhi Daredevils defeated Mumbai Indians by 7 wickets.
Ashish Nehra was named man of the match for his impressive bowling performance.
• Rajasthan Royals won their match against the Bangalore Royal Challengers by 7 wickets.
Amit Singh was named the man of the match for his impressive performance with the ball when he picked up 4 wickets to shatter the hopes of the Kings XI Punjab to put up a formidable total on the board while batting first. The Kings XI innings was wrapped up at 105, a small total which was surpassed easily by the Rajasthan Royals easily in the 15th over at the loss of just 3 wickets.
• Chennai Super Kings defeated the Kings XI Punjab by 12 runs.
Matthew Hayden picked up the man of the match award for his impressive show with the bat.
• Rajasthan Royals posted an impressive total of 211/4 and wrapped up the Kings XI Punjab innings at 133/8.
The South African skipper Graeme Smith finally got into the thick of the things in the tournament scoring a quick fire 77 runs off just 44 balls and earning the man of the match in the process. He was well supported by Ravinder Jadeja who scored 33 runs off just 12 balls.
• Dismal performance for the Kolkata Knight Riders coninued in the second IPL match played yesterday in Durban when they got a sound thrashing at the hands of the Delhi Daredevils.
Kolkata Knight Riders could not defend the total of 154/3 and dropped as far as 4 catches while fielding.
• M S Dhoni scripted a fine victory for the Chennai Super Kings over the Deccan Chargers in the match played at East London.
Batting first the Chennai Super Kings scored 178/3 with an impressive unbeaten innings of 58 runs from their skipper Dhoni. In response the Deccan Chargers innings was wrapped up at 100 runs, S Jakati from the CSK picking up a 4-wicket haul once again.
• Kings XI Punjab v/s Kolkata Knight Riders. Kings XI Punjab won by 6 wickets.
It was a last ball thriller of a match which saw many exciting twists and turns. In the end it was the Kings XI Team who held onto their nerves and defeated the Kolkata Knight Riders.
• Bangalore Royal Challengers v/s Mumbai Indians. Royal Challengers Bangalore won by 9 wickets.
Batting first, the Mumbai Indians scored 149 runs in their alloted 20 overs with contributions coming from Dwayne Bravo and Sanath Jayasuriya. The Royal Challengers were equally good in their response with Kallis and Uthappa leading the chase with the bat scoring 69 and 66 runs respectively.
•Bangalore Royal Challengers registered their win over Kings XI Punjab by 8 runs.
From the loosing side, Yuvraj Singh the Kings XI Punjab captain was named man of the match for his hatrick with the ball. However, it was the veteran Anil Kumble, captain of Royal Challengers who picked up the dangerous Sangakkara, in the end managing two wickets and was most impressive with his captaincy.
•Mumbai Indians v/s Kolkata Knight Riders. Mumbai Indians won by 9 runs.
It was an excellent show by Mumbai Indians as they went pass the challenge from the Kolkata Knight Riders. Impressive performances by the batsmen and bowlers of Mumbai Indians. J P Duminy shined with the bat scoring 52 runs off 37 balls and Zaheer Khan took 3 wickets. Duminy was named man of the match.
•Rajasthan Royals tasted defeat at the hands of the Chennai Super Kings by 38 runs.
It was the day of Suresh Raina of CSK in the entire match when he impressed one and all by a superb all round performance with the bat, ball and in the field. He scored a quick 98 runs (55 balls) to help CSK raise an impressive total of 164 on board.
• Delhi Daredevils defeated the Hyderabad Deccan Chargers by 6 wickets.
Delhi Daredevils has shown in this competition that anyone from their team is capable enough to get them to the path of victory. The Daredevil openers Sehwag and Gambhir were considered to be the star performers for the team. But they haven't translated all those expectations into results so far. However, it hasn't stopped the victorious form of Delhi Daredevils. New stars are emerging with every performance. The stars for yesterdays match for the Daredevils were Tilakratne Dilshan (46 balls 52 runs) and D Nannes who removed the dangerous Gilchrist and Gibbs and was excellent with an economy rate of 4 runs per over.
• Bangalore Royal Challengers defeated Kolkata Knight Riders by 5 wickets.
The Kolkata Knight Riders batted first and managed a total of just 139 runs on board. Mark Boucher lead the Royal Challengers to a victory by 5 wickets.
• Kings XI Punjab won their match against the Mumbai Indians by 3 runs.
The innings never took off for Mumbai Indians after their star batsmen Tendulkar and Jayasuriya were out cheaply in their chase towards the target of 120 runs set by Kings XI Punjab batting first. Man of the match was Kumar Sangakkara for his unbeaten knock of 45 runs.
• Rajasthan Royals defeated Delhi Daredevils by 5 wickets.
The chips were down for the Royals after they had lost 5 quick wickets in their chase of the Delhi Daredevils total of 143 runs. Then came the in form Yusuf Pathan, who hit a flurry of sixes to take Rajasthan Royals to the road to victory along with the South African captain Graeme Smith who steadied the innings from the other end.Yusuf Pathan was named man of the match for scoring a quickfire 62 off just 30 balls.
• Mumbai Indians defeated Kolkata Knight Riders by 92 runs.
• Chennai Super Kings were defeated by 6 wickets at the hands of Deccan Chargers who are now leading the points tally in the season 2 of the IPL.
• Kings XI Punjab won their match against Rajasthan Royals by 27 runs.
• Bangalore Royal Challengers were defeated by 7 wickets at the hands of an energetic Kings XI side.
For his 59 ball 85 runs innings Ravi Bopara was named Man of the Match. Kallis with his 62 runs, Abdullah and Irfan Pathan with 4 and 3 wickets respectively were the other shining stars in the Kings XI team.