Match Analysis

Royal Win for Rajasthan Royals

By cricmadness ⋅ June 6, 2008 ⋅ Post a comment

Rajasthan Royals were crowned the winners of inaugural IPL as they beat Chennai Super Kings by three wickets to clinch a win off the final ball in a tense finale at the Dr D Y Patil Stadium, Mumbai on Sunday.
Rajasthan Royals 164 for 7 (Yusuf 56) beat Chennai Super Kings 163 for 5 (Raina 43, [...]

Rajasthan Royals storm into finals

By cricmadness ⋅ May 31, 2008 ⋅ 5 comments

Rajasthan Royals 192 for 9 (Watson 52, Yusuf 45, Maharoof 3-34) beat Delhi Daredevils 87 (Dilshan 33, Watson 3-10, Munaf 3-17) by 105 runs
Quite an anti-climax for a encounter of this sort. Never expected this encounter to be a hopelessly one-sided contest. Sehwag won the toss and put Rajasthan Royals into bat. Royals had a [...]

Shaun Marsh blitz conquers Rajasthan Royals

By cricmadness ⋅ May 29, 2008 ⋅ 2 comments

Kings XI Punjab 221 for 3 (Marsh 115, Hopes 51, Yuvraj 49) beat Rajasthan Royals 180 for 7 (Niraj 57, Yusuf 39, Chawla 3-35) by 41 runs
A real good treat to watch the batting of Shaun Marsh. Put into bat by Rajasthan Royals, Kings XI Punjab had a terrific start with Marsh and Hopes pounding [...]

Mumbai Indians sign-off in style

By cricmadness ⋅ May 29, 2008 ⋅ Post a comment

Mumbai Indians 126 for 1 (Jayasuriya 54, Tendulkar 40*) beat Bangalore Royal Challengers 122 for 9 (Fernando 4-18, Smith 3-26) by nine wickets
A good bowling spell by Dilhara Fernando restricted Bangalore to 122 with some good line and length that fetched him four wickets. Jayasuriya and Sachin Tendulkar added 96 in 69 balls chasing 122 [...]

Super Kings storm into IPL semis

By cricmadness ⋅ May 28, 2008 ⋅ Post a comment

Chennai Super Kings 148 for 3 (Raina 54*, Dhoni 37) beat Deccan Chargers 147 for 8 (Rao 46, Teja 40) by seven wickets.
Chennai bowlers restricted Deccan Chargers to 147 for 8 which made the task of their batsmen little easy and they coasted pretty well to victory. Raina and Dhoni made valuable contributions to [...]

Rajasthan Royals clinch last ball thriller

By cricmadness ⋅ May 27, 2008 ⋅ Post a comment

Rajasthan Royals 146 for 5 (Niraj Patel 40*) beat Mumbai Indians 145 for 7 (Jayasuriya 38, Tanvir 4-14) by five wickets.
Mumbai Indians lost their third successive match to leave their semi-final hopes to hope! Rajasthan Royals needed 43 off the final three overs and youngsters Niraj Patel and Ravindra Jadeja kept their nerve to win [...]

Knight Riders signout in style

By cricmadness ⋅ May 26, 2008 ⋅ Post a comment

Kolkata Knight Riders 175 for 7 (Ganguly 86*, Gul 24) beat Kings XI Punjab 174 for 6 (Sangakkara 64, Marsh 40, Gul 4-23) by three wickets
Knight Riders ended their IPL campaign with a win against in-form Kings XI Punjab. Knight Ganguly lead the Riders to win with an unbeaten 86 runs which included 6 sixes [...]

Akhil cameo seals victory for Royal Challengers

By cricmadness ⋅ May 25, 2008 ⋅ Post a comment

Bangalore Royal Challengers 171 for 5 beat Deccan Chargers 165 (Gibbs 47, Gilchrist 46) by five wickets
The home jinx for Deccan Chargers continued, as Bangalore Royal Challengers powered to a five-wicket win to register their fourth victory of the IPL to assure themselves of seventh place in the points table. Set a modest target of [...]

Karthik keeps Daredevils semi-final hopes alive

By cricmadness ⋅ May 25, 2008 ⋅ Post a comment

Delhi Daredevils 179 for 5 (Karthik 56*) beat Mumbai Indians 176 for 8 (Jayasuriya 66, Uthappa 46, Mahesh 4-36) by five wickets
Delhi Daredevils middle order came good when it mattered to clinch a thrilling five-wicket victory and keep their semi-finals hopes alive. Delhi Daredevils are on 15 points after their 14 matches. They would be [...]

Royals roll over Super Kings

By cricmadness ⋅ May 24, 2008 ⋅ Post a comment

Rajasthan Royals 211 for 5 (Smith 91, Akmal 53*) beat Chennai Super Kings 201 for 7 (Morkel 71, Parthiv 54) by 10 runs.
Super Kings need to win their last match against Deccan Chargers to seal their spot in the semi-finals OR they should except Mumbai Indians to win over the Delhi Daredevils today.

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