Dhoni saves CSK and gets into the Semi Finals

M.S.DHONI has done an excellent job of taking 2 sixes and also taking CSK into the Semi Finals……

We would like to cheere also for S.Badhrinath for his wonderful 54….

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Its a Yusuf Pathan’s match

The Rajasthan Royals won by defeating The Deccan Chargers by 8 wickets in the 8 pm match of the Indian Premier League -3 at Sardar Patel Gujarat Stadium, Motera – Ahmedabad.

The Man of the Match was Yusuf Pathan for blasting 73 runs in 34 balls

The scores:

Deccan Chargers: Adam Gilchrist c Yusuf Pathan b Sumit Narwal 1, VVS Laxman c Yusuf Pathan b Shaun Tait 10, Herschelle Gibbs st Naman Ojha b Shane Warne 25, Andrew Symonds run out (Abhishek Jhunjhunwala) 22, Rohit Sharma c Michael Lumb b Shaun Tait 49, Tirumalsetti Suman b Shaun Tait 9, Venugopal Rao run out (Abhishek Jhunjhunwala) 2, Chaminda Vaas run out (Paras Dogra) 8, Rahul Sharma c Abhishek Jhunjhunwala b Sumit Narwal 10, RP Singh not out 1, Pragyan Ojha not out 0; Extras (b 2, lb 2, w 7, nb 0): 11.

Total score = 148-9 in 20 Overs.

Fall of Wickets: 1-2 (Adam Gilchrist, 0.4 Over) 2-40 (VVS Laxman, 4.4 Over) 3-58 (Herschelle Gibbs, 6.4 Over) 4-71 (Andrew Symonds, 8.1 Over) 5-99 (Tirumalsetti Suman, 12.3 Over) 6-103 (Venugopal Rao, 13.3 Over) 7-128 (Chaminda Vaas, 18 Over) 8-138 (Rahul Sharma, 18.5 Over) 9-147 (Rohit Sharma, 19.4 Over).

Rajasthan Royals bowling: Sumit Narwal 4-0-35-2, Abhishek Jhunjhunwala 1-0-16-0, Siddharth Trivedi 3-0-35-0, Shaun Tait 4-0-22-3, Shane Warne 4-0-15-1, Yusuf Pathan 2-0-12-0, Adam Voges 2-0-9-0.

Rajasthan Royals: Michael Lumb run out (RP Singh) 45, Naman Ojha st Adam Gilchrist b Pragyan Ojha 14, Yusuf Pathan not out 73, Faiz Fazal not out 8; Extras (b 0, lb 4, w 7, nb 0): 11.

Total score = 151-2 in 15.4 Overs

Fall of Wickets: 1-55 (Naman Ojha, 6.3 Over) 2-101 (Michael Lumb, 11.2 Over).

Deccan Chargers bowling: Chaminda Vaas 3-0-29-0, RP Singh 2-0-22-0, Rohit Sharma 2-0-17-0, Rahul Sharma 3.4-0-30-0, Pragyan Ojha 3-0-40-1, Andrew Symonds 2-0-9-0.

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M.S.Dhoni is back

The Chennai Super Kings skipper M.S.Dhoni is expected to be back in the IPL T 20 Season 3 match after being hit on the right arm by a Shane Bond delivery on 16th March against the Kolkata Knight Riders for the match on 25th March to play against Mumbai Indians in the 8 pm match at Brabourne Stadium, Mumbai (Bombay).

According to sources the X-rays showed no fracture but a bad bruise on his arm.

Let us all hope for his arrival.

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CSK GEARED UP FOR THIS SEASON SAYS HAYDEN

Blasting fantastic opener MATTHEW HAYDEN reported repeatedly the statement that CSK (Chennai Super Kings) will grab a higher frequency of titles in this season of IPL (Indian Premier League).

He sounded very much confident about his team (CSK).He also gave away a statement reporting that they (CSK) will win the title this time. And also added saying that they have made all the limitations of team efforts for the previous seasons have been rectified this time and they will be flawless.

He said that erratic nature of 20-20 also places them at the edge of the mountain. This time all the viewers will find something different in Hayden’s hand which is his Britain made “Mongoose Cricket Bat” which will add some special flavour to hayden .Hayden was announced as the Brand Ambassador of tha bat which he will be using for this season.

“scenario is amazing . Yesterday in a practice match MS Dhoni made over 50 runs off a handful of balls. There was nice bounce from the wicket,”.

Hayden was in complete praise of his captain Dhoni. “We enjoy very good team spirit built around a good and young skipper. He has got an exceptional captaincy record which has exponential increment .”

Hayden said that when IPL was into action three years ago Twenty20 was seen as a jeopardy for One-day and Test formats but for the extension of the game, the slam-bang format of the game was a good option.

“We love the game as much the crowds. Globalisation of this game is very important. CSK is part of my cricket now. I guarantee this IPL will be full of fun and excitement.” Hayden was also impressed with the long handled bat he launched on Thursday and said he would use it.

“I tried out nearly 2000 balls and about 500 balls played with this bat. I keep working on and it is especially for use in 20-20 and it is strategic move. I am absolutely certain that I will be using this bat,” he said.

Apart from me, Andrew Symonds and Graeme Smith have come up with this bat which I will be using for the IPL followed by them board.”

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