Master Blaster wins

The Mumbai Indians won by defeating The Chennai Super Kings by 5 wickets in the 8 pm match of the Indian Premier League -3 at Brabourne Stadium, Mumbai (Bombay).

The Man of the Match was Sachin Tendulkar for scoring 72 runs in 52.

The scores:

Chennai Super Kings: Parthiv Patel b Ryan McLaren 8, Parthiv Patel b Ryan McLaren 20, Suresh Raina not out 83, Subramaniam Badrinath not out 55; Extras (b 0, lb 4, w 9, nb 1): 14.

Total score = 180-2 in 20 Overs.

Fall Of Wickets: 1-32 (Matthew Hayden, 3.2 Over) 2-38 (Parthiv Patel, 5 Over).

Mumbai Indians bowling: Ryan McLaren 4-0-23-1, Zaheer Khan 4-0-45-0, Harbhajan Singh 4-0-25-1, Dwayne Bravo 4-0-42-0, Lasith Malinga 4-0-41-0.

Mumbai Indians: Shikhar Dhawan c Suresh Raina b Shadab Jakati 56, Sachin Tendulkar c MS Dhoni b Lakshmipathy Balaji 72, Saurabh Tiwary lbw b Muttiah Muralidaran 2, Rajagopal Sathish b Joginder Sharma 5, Kieron Pollard b Muttiah Muralidaran 20, Dwayne Bravo not out 11, Ryan McLaren not out 1; Extras (b 0, lb 4, w 9, nb 1); 14.

Total score = 181-5 19 Overs.

Fall of Wickets: 1-92 (Shikhar Dhawan, 8.5 Over) 2-96 (Saurabh Tiwary, 9.3 Over) 3-120 (Rajagopal Sathish, 13.2 Over) 4-159 (Kieron Pollard, 16.4 Over) 5-172 (Sachin Tendulkar, 18.2 Over).

Chennai Super Kings bowling: Morkel 4-0-26-0, Balaji 4-0-47-1, Joginder 2-0-23-1, Jakati 4-0-30-1, Muralitharan 4-0-32-2, Perera 1-0-19-0.

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Barca Striker STRIKES Beckham

Messi is world’s highest paid footballer beating David Beckham.

The Argentine striker is said to have received 33 million ($44 million) last year.

David Beckham, who has been first or second in each of the last nine years paid footballers, took home 30.4 million ($40.5 million) in 2009.

Portuguese Cristiano Ronaldo was third in list with 30 million ($40 million), while his partner Kaka was a long fourth with 18.8 million ($25 million). Thierry Henry was fifth with 18 million ($24 million). France Football, which has ranked the best-paid players since 1999, calculated the figures based on salary and endorsements.

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Bangalore still remains on the top

Rank	Team	Matches	Won	Lost	Tied	N/R	Points	Net RR
1	Bangalore Royal Challengers	6	4	2	0	0	8	+0.961
2	Mumbai Indians	4	3	1	0	0	6	+1.330
3	Deccan Chargers	4	3	1	0	0	6	+0.45
4	Delhi Daredevils	6	3	3	0	0	6	-0.618
5	Chennai Super Kings	5	2	3	0	0	4	-0.004
6	Rajasthan Royals	5	2	3	0	0	4	-0.425
7	Kolkata Knight Riders	5	2	3	0	0	4	-0.851
8	Kings XI Punjab	5	1	4	0	0	2	-0.533

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27th Match preponed to today

The Delhi Daredevils won by defeating The Royal Challengers Bangalore by 17 runs in the 4 pm match of the Indian Premier League -3 at M. Chinnaswamy Stadium, Bangalore – Karnataka.

The scores:

Delhi Daredevils: David Warner c Vinay Kumar b Dale Steyn 33, Virender Sehwag c Virat Kohli b Vinay Kumar 12, AB de Villiers run out (Eoin Morgan) 45, Dinesh Karthik run out (Dale Steyn) 17, Kedar Jadhav not out 50, Andrew McDonald not out 18; Extras (b 0, lb 1, w 7, nb 0): 18.

Total score = 183-4 in 20 Overs.

Fall of Wickets: 1-44 (David Warner, 3.2 Over) 2-58 (Virender Sehwag, 5.1 Over) 3-101 (Dinesh Karthik, 11.4 Over) 4-134 (AB de Villiers, 16.1 Over).

Royal Challengers Bangalore bowling: Praveen Kumar 4-0-45-0, Dale Steyn 4-0-42-1, Jacques Kallis 4-0-36-0, Vinay Kumar 4-0-29-1, Anil Kumble 4-0-30-0.

Royal Challengers Bangalore: Manish Pandey b Andrew McDonald 39, Jacques Kallis b Amit Mishra 27, Robin Uthappa c Dinesh Karthik b Amit Mishra 15, Rahul Dravid run out (Umesh Yadav) 1, Rahul Dravid run out (Umesh Yadav) 17, Virat Kohli not out 38, Mark Boucher c Virender Sehwag b Pradeep Sangwan 2, Vinay Kumar run out (Amit Mishra) 2, Praveen Kumar c AB de Villiers b Umesh Yadav 0, Dale Steyn b Andrew McDonald 8, Anil Kumble not out 1; Extras (b 0, lb 11, w 4, nb 1): 16.

Total score =166-9 20 Overs.

Fall of Wickets: 1-71 (Jacques Kallis, 9.1 Over) 2-85 (Manish Pandey, 10.3 Over) 3-86 (Rahul Dravid, 10.4 Over) 4-90 (Robin Uthappa, 12 Over) 5-120 (Eoin Morgan, 14.5 Over) 6-123 (Mark Boucher, 15.4 Over) 7-135 (Vinay Kumar, 16.5 Over) 8-137 (Praveen Kumar, 17.2 Over) 9-165 (Dale Steyn, 19.5 Over).

Delhi Daredevils bowling: Dirk Nannes 4-0-31-0, Umesh Yadav 4-0-27-1, Pradeep Sangwan 4-0-32-1, Amit Mishra 4-0-23-2, Andrew McDonald 4-0-42-2.

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