Mumbai Indians vs Rajasthan Royals Match 2 IPL (2010) Updates

Toss – Mumbai Indian won the toss and elected to BAt first.

Teams

Mumbai: Sanath Jayasuriya, Sachin Tendulkar (C), Ambati Rayudu, Saurabh Tiwary, Ryan McLaren, Aditya Tare (W), Rajagopal Sathish, Lasith Malinga, Harbhajan Singh, Ali Murtaza, Zaheer Khan
Jaipur: Graeme Smith, Naman Ojha (W), Yusuf Pathan, Swapnil Asnodkar, Paras Dogra, Dimitri Mascarenhas, Abhishek Jhunjhunwala, Shane Warne (C), Kamran Khan, Shaun Tait, Amit Uniyal

Mumbai Indians Innings

• Mumbai Indians lost 1st wicket in 4th over – 1-38 (Jayasuriya, 3.3 ov)
• A Uniyal to S Jayasuriya, OUT! LBW! Slower delivery on the off, Jayasuriya is deceived and the ball strikes him low on the pads. The fielding side are asking the question. Umpire Koertzen raises his finger.Mumbai Indians have lost their first wicket.
• Mumbai Indians: 50 runs in 4.5 overs (35 balls), Extras 6

Kolkata Knight Riders beat Deccan Chargers by 11 runs

 Deccan Chargers vs Kolkata Knight Riders – Match 1

Played at Dr DY Patil Stadium, Mumbai, 12 March 2010
Result – Kolkata Knight Riders beat Deccan Chargers by 11 runs

Kolkata Knight Riders Innings			R	B	4s	6s	SR
	Manoj Tiwary	c R Sharma b Chaminda Vaas	0	1	0	0	0
	Brad Hodge	c H Gibbs b Jaskaran Singh	13	9	1	1	144.44
	Sourav Ganguly (C)	c P Ojha b Chaminda Vaas	0	3	0	0	0
	Cheteshwar Pujara	c Pragyan Ojha b RP Singh	10	16	2	0	62.50
	Owais Shah	Not Out	58	45	3	3	128.89
	Angelo Mathews	Not Out	65	47	5	4	138.30
	Wriddhiman Saha (W)
	Laxmi Shukla
	Murali Kartik
	Charl Langeveldt
	Ishant Sharma
	Extras	(b 0,lb 8,w 6, nb 1)	15
	Total	(4 wickets; 20 overs)	161	(8.05 runs per over)

Fall of Wickets (Kolkata Knight Riders):
1. 0/1 (0.1 ov) Manoj Tiwary, 2. 0/2 (0.4 ov) Sourav Ganguly, 3. 31/3 (4.4 ov) Cheteshwar Pujara, 4. 31/4 (5.1 ov) Brad Hodge

Bowling	O	M	R	W	Econ
Chaminda Vaas	3	1	22	2	7.33
RP Singh	4	0	35	1	8.75	(w 3)
Jaskaran Singh	4	0	35	1	8.75	(w 1)
Pragyan Ojha	4	0	19	0	4.75
Andrew Symmonds	4	0	26	0	6.50	(w 2)
Tirumalsetti Suman	1	0	16	0	16.00	(nb 1)

Power Play: 1-6

Deccan Chargers Innings			R	B	4s	6s	SR
	Adam Gilchrist (C)(W)	c Manoj Tiwary b B Hodge	54	35	3	3	154.29
	VVS Laxman	c & b Murali Kartik	22	14	2	1	157.14
	Herchelle Gibbs	c A Mathews b C Langeveldt	19	24	2	0	79.17
	Andrew Symmonds	c S Ganguly b Ishant Sharma	5	9	0	0	55.56
	Rohit Sharma	c B Hodge b Angelo Mathews	13	12	2	0	108.33
	Anirudh Singh	c & b Laxmi Shukla	14	14	1	0	100.00
	Tirumalsetti Suman	Not Out	7	9	1	0	77.78
	Chaminda Vaas	b Charl Langeveldt	0	1	0	0	0
	Jaskaran Singh	Not Out	4	4	0	0	100.00
	RP Singh
	Pragyan Ojha
	Extras	(b 4,lb 1,w 5, nb 2)	12
	Total	(7 wickets; 20 overs)	150	(7.50 runs per over)

Fall of Wickets (Deccan Chargers) -
1. 61/1 (5.5 ov) VVS Laxman, 2. 9/2 (11.1 ov) Adam Gilchrist, 3. 102/3 (12.2 ov) Herschelle Gibbs, 4. 116/4 (14.1 ov) Andrew Symonds, 5. 128/5 (16.2 ov) Rohit Sharma, 6. 141/6 (17.6 ov) Anirudh Singh, 7. 142/7 (18.3 ov) Chaminda Vaas

Bowling	O	M	R	W	Econ
Charl Langeveldt	4	0	26	2	6.50	(w 3)
Ishant Sharma	4	0	31	1	7.75	(nb 1, w 1)
Laxmi Shukla	3	0	30	1	10.00
Murali Kartik	3	0	17	1	5.67
Angelo Mathews	4	0	27	1	6.75	(nb 1, w 1)
Brad Hodge	2	0	14	1	7.00

Power Play: 1-6
Series: India Premier League T20 Series 2010
Venue: Dr DY Patil Stadium, Mumbai
Date: Friday, March 12, 2010
Umpires: Rudi Koertzen (SA),Russell Tiffin (ZIM) and Brian Jerling (SA)
Referee: Andy Pycroft (ZIM)
Man of the match: Angelo Mathews
Toss – Deccan Chargers have won the toss and elected to BOWL first.
Teams
Hyderabad: Adam Gilchrist (C) (W), Herschelle Gibbs, Andrew Symonds, VVS Laxman, Rohit Sharma, Anirudh Singh, Tirumalsetti Suman, Jaskaran Singh, Chaminda Vaas, RP Singh, Pragyan Ojha
Kolkata: Sourav Ganguly (C), Brad Hodge, Cheteshwar Pujara, Manoj Tiwary, Owais Shah, Angelo Mathews, Wriddhiman Saha (W), Laxmi Shukla, Murali Kartik, Charl Langeveldt, Ishant Sharma

IPL-2010

IPL 2010 Preview - Deccan Chargers

Team Owner: Deccan Chronicle

Deccan Chronicle is a Hyderabad-based media organization, involved primarily in printing and publishing newspapers, and periodicals along with advertisement services. Established in 1938 Deccan Chronicle is the number one daily in Andhra Pradesh and the fourth most read English daily in India.  It enjoys the readership of more than a million people within the world.  It is also the only Indian newspaper with an international edition from London.  Deccan Chronicle’s venture into the Chennai market produced spectacular results within three months of its launch in March 2005 as it took over more than half the market share of the English dailies. 

The media group acquired the Hyderabad-based franchise from the IPL for $107 million on January 24, 2008. Later, another media group, Group M India picked up a 20 percent stake in the franchise.

Squad: Adam Gilchrist (Captain & wicket-keeper), Harmeet Singh, Bodapati Sumanth, Azhar Bilakhia, Herschelle Gibbs, Ryan Harris, VVS Laxman, Mitchell Marsh, Monish Mishra, Pragyan Ojha, Kemar Roach, Ashish Reddy, Venugopal Rao, Rohit Sharma, Rahul Sharma, Anirudh Singh, RP Singh, Dwayne Smith, Tirumalasetti Suman, Andrew Symonds, Ravi Teja, Chaminda Vaas, Arjun Yadav

Coach: Darren Lehmann

The Australian World Cup-winning cricketer replaced former India cricketer and fielding coach Robin Singh ahead of the 2009 season. It was a move inspired by the change in leadership and it worked wonders. Adam Gilchrist and Darren Lehmann played together for long and the franchise administration’s belief in the paring opened the pathway to success for them.

Playing in India after the South African sojourn last year will be a new challenge. Lehmann played for the Rajasthan Royals in the first season of the IPL and he enjoyed success then under Shane Warne, so he will know a trick or two for success in the sub-continent as well.

2009 Record: IPL Champions
2008 Record: Eighth

From one end of the spectrum to another, that is how anyone would describe the Deccan Chargers in the two seasons of IPL so far. The first season was nothing much to write home about except that this team was perhaps the biggest disappointment in the history of cricket where eleven players have been randomly been chosen to form a team. With the likes of Gilchrist, Gibbs, Styris, Symonds, Afridi and Vaas in the side, they were expected to steamroll one opposition after another. But all they could bring home were two wins and a lot of questions to be answered for the most expensively assembled team in the competition.

A change in administration, support staff and leadership along with change in host nation brought them some much needed cheer and luck as it turns out. When they started the second season under Adam Gilchrist in South Africa, they were unbeaten in their first four games and many saw them as contenders early. A mid-season slump meant that instead of topping the league charts they only ended up fourth and just about qualified for the semi-finals, ahead of Kings XI Punjab on run-rate.

Once in the knock-outs though, they were a team transformed as Gilchrist’s 85 off 35 balls took care of the Delhi Dare Devils and a spirited effort in the final helped them trump the other high flying team of the tournament, Bangalore Royal Challengers. No one though begrudged Gilchrist and his men the victory deserving their efforts.

Strengths & Weaknesses:

Their biggest strength continues to be their batting line-up. VVS Laxman was said to be the one weak link there but his performances in South Africa last year combined with his experiences in the English county circuit have more than made up for his shortcomings. He now plays the pivotal role in the innings while the likes of Adam Gilchrist, Herschelle Gibbs, Andrew Symonds and Rohit Sharma have the license to go after the bowling.

Symonds and Gibbs are two big names for them who haven’t yet produced the magic that we know they can. They have had the odd innings which lit up the games but a consistent run of good form throughout the tournament is what is being asked of these two fantastic players. Gilchrist got his last time around ending the highest run getter with 495 runs.

Their bowling really clicked in the helpful conditions in Africa but this year’s tournament may reveal more weak areas this time around. RP Singh was the Purple Cap winner with 23 wickets to his name but this time around he is not in the same kind of rhythm and form, while the Indian wickets can be a back breaker for any bowler in the T20 game. Chaminda Vaas is now slower than most but has lost none of his guile though it remains to be seen how much of him they will use.

The one player the Deccan Chargers will miss this time round is Fidel Edwards. The West Indian fast bowler did good damage with the ball in South Africa but injury will keep him out this time around. In that sense, their new purchase at this year’s auction should be an ideal replacement. In his short stint in international cricket, Kemar Roach has made a name for himself and the best we know of him is when he rattled the Australian captain Ricky Ponting with his pace earlier in the winter. A repeat performance in the IPL will raise his and his team’s stock much higher.

Their home matches will not be played in Hyderabad due to political problems but in Vishakhapatnam, Cuttack and Nagpur. Now that is good in two ways – one, the teams hasn’t had much luck in Hyderabad in the first IPL season or even in the 2009 Champions League T20. So a change of locale should suit them just like last year. And two, the pitch at Hyderabad is one of the best batting pitches in the country. Playing elsewhere would afford their spinners much more turn and Pragyan Ojha will be rubbing his hands in glee at the prospect. 

IPL 2010 Preview - Royal Challengers Bangalore

Team Owner: Vijay Mallya


The Bangalore-based UB Group is a corporation of diverse companies having a sharp focus on the brewery and alcoholic beverages industry. Under the chairmanship of Vijay Mallya, the group has flourished into a conglomerate of over 60 companies in India and abroad. In India, they market most of its beer under the name Kingfisher, which is also the name of their domestic-cum-international airlines. Apart from being a dogged businessman, he also has a passion for cars and sports, especially Formula One and horse-racing. He is the first Indian to own a Formula One team, Force India.

The Bangalore franchise of the IPL was won by Vijay Mallya, who paid USD111.6 million for it in the auction held in 2007. It was the second highest bid for a franchise, next only to Mukesh Ambani's Reliance Industries' bid of $111.9 million for the Mumbai team.

Squad: Anil Kumble (captain), KP Apanna, Balachandra Akhil, Mark Boucher (wicket-keeper), Rahul Dravid, Dillon Du Preez, Sreevats Goswami, Jacques Kallis, Virat Kohli, Bhuvneshwar Kumar, Praveen Kumar, Vinay Kumar, Abhimanyu Mithun, Eoin Morgan, Manish Pandey, Kevin Pietersen, Steven Smith, S Sriram, Dale Steyn, Ross Taylor, Robin Uthappa, Roelof Van Der Merwe, Cameron White.

Coach: Ray Jennings

Ray Jennings's career as a keeper-batsman almost entirely spanned South Africa's year of isolation. He was South Africa's number one choice behind the stumps for more than a decade, but limited to only 14 appearances for his country against rebel touring sides. When South Africa returned to the fold he was expected to be handed the gloves, even though he was then 38, as much as a reward for his service as anything, but the selectors opted to pick Dave Richardson.

Jennings, a fitness fanatic and disciplinarian, started coaching at Gauteng before moving to Easterns and from there to South Africa A. His appointment as South Africa's coach came in October 2004, surprising many as he had a reputation as speaking too bluntly for some of a more sensitive nature which has more than once landed him in hot water. He didn’t have a very successful stint with them and after the first season disaster replaced Martin Crowe as the coach of this IPL franchise, where he has had much better results.

2009 Record: Runners-up    
2008 Record: Seventh
Their story so far in the IPL has been no less exciting than the eventual 2009 champions Deccan Chargers. They had gotten off to the worst start possible in 2008. They were not only defeated on the ground but in a way humiliated on their home turf when Kolkata Knight Riders’ Brendon McCullum (158 not out off 73 balls) ground them into submission in the first ever IPL game. It was a crushing blow from which they really couldn’t recover and there were problems galore during the tournament’s course as they managed only four wins to finish a lowly seventh. Only one of their frontline batsmen, skipper Rahul Dravid managed to score more than 300 runs in the tournament and they had to even bench their costliest foreign player, Jacques Kallis, due to his poor form. The failure incensed owner Vijay Mallya so much that he announced a host of changes for the second season.

In South Africa last year, they started well with a win in their first game under new captain Kevin Pietersen but a string of four losses meant that they were once again staring at an early exit from contention. That is when Pietersen had to leave for England duty and Anil Kumble became their third captain in two seasons. Kumble’s intensity had an immediate impact on the team as they won seven out of their remaining nine games to finish third in the league and qualify for the semis.

In the semi-final, they shocked 2008 finalist Chennai Super Kings by six wickets and were well on their way in the final as well, having restricted Deccan Chargets to just 143 in their twenty overs. But the pressure of the chase got to them and they ended runners-up by a mere 6 runs. Even so, Vijay Mallya couldn’t have been happier with his team’s performance.

Strengths & Weaknesses: 

A major headache awaits Anil Kumble and Ray Jennings when they sit to pick their first choice eleven. It is a problem of plenty and not a bad one to have unless it affects the balance of the side, which is exactly the point here. The foreign players for this side are all match winners in their right and it will be a major riddle to select the best four out of them. Sample this list: Jacques Kallis, Ross Taylor, Roelef Van der Merwe, Mark Boucher, Dale Steyn, Dillon Du Preez, Steven Smith and Cameron White. And this list doesn’t include Kevin Pietersen, new signing Eoin Morgan and Jesse Ryder. While the first two will be away for most part due to international duties, the Kiwi is out injured.

Even so, selecting four of those remaining names means that the balance of the side will be seriously tinkered with every time they have to make a change. This will place a lot of onus on the Indian players, young and old. And unless the whole equation comes out right, they will struggle to find the right combination on the Indian pitches. Why are pitches important here? Because playing in South Africa allowed their foreign players to have a bigger say in the scheme of things than they did in the first season.

Jacques Kallis and Ross Taylor especially were changed players. Though Taylor might yet again fire in the batting friendly conditions here again in India, Kallis may struggle a bit with his bowling. The other question mark pertaining to him is whether he can regain his touch with the bat from last year when it seemed he could do no wrong as a 33-year-old T20 player.

And so the pressure to perform will be high on the likes of Robin Uthappa, Manish Pandey, Virat Kohli, Praveen Kumar, Abhimanyu Mithun, Vinay Kumar and Sreevats Goswami. A couple of these players have had a brilliant domestic season, Kohli has been making waves on the ODI scene but again the untested ones remain a problem. Rahul Dravid and Kumble were exceptional last year and so they would have to be this season as well. With their age, form and fitness again a bit of a talking point, it remains to be seen if the Bangalore Royal Challengers can go one better than last time. 

IPL Cricket: IPL 2010 Preview - Chennai Super Kings

Team Owner: India Cements
One of the leading cement manufacturing companies, India Cements Ltd. was established in 1946 and the company has since witnessed rapid growth in its stature. They are now the largest producers of cement in South India and has nearly 28% market share in that part of the country. Industrialist N Srinivasan is the vice-chairman and managing director of India Cements. He also has a keen interest in sports and his passion extends to golf and chess as well as cricket. He is the president of the Tamil Nadu Cricket Association as well as the secretary of the BCCI.

He also placed a winning bid of USD 91 million for the Chennai franchise of the IPL in 2008. It was the third highest bid after more than 110 million dollars were paid for the Mumbai and Bangalore franchises.

Squad: MS Dhoni (captain & wicket-keeper), Ravichandran Ashwin, Hemang Badani, Subramaniam Badrinath, George Bailey, Lakshmipathy Balaji, Chandrasekhar Ganapathy, Manpreet Singh Gony, Matthew Hayden, Michael Hussey, Shadab Jakati, Arun Kartik, Justin Kemp, Albie Morkel, Muttiah Muralidaran, Makhaya Ntini, Jacob Oram, Parthiv Patel, Thisara Parera, Suresh Raina, Thilan Thushara, SudeepTyagi, Murali Vijay

Coach: Stephen Fleming

The former New Zealand captain has an astute cricketing brain which, in his playing days while leading the Kiwis, was considered to be one of the best in the business. Graceful and determined, Stephen Fleming will go down as his country's most successful captain and one of their best batsmen after an international career that spanned 15 years. He owns a series of records, including the first New Zealander to pass 7000 Test runs, a landmark reached during his final series against England in 2008. During his last innings, in Napier, he did just enough to lift his career average over 40. Nine Test centuries is a poor return for such a talent, but Fleming was always more worth than his statistics revealed.

In the first season of the IPL, he was just another player in the side while in the second season he took over from Kepler Wessels but remained active as player-cum-coach. Later in 2009, he passed up on the opportunity to be New Zealand coach and now has also relinquished his playing duties to become full time coach of the Chennai Super Kings.

2009 Records: Semi-finalists
2008 Record: Runners-Up

One look at the joint record of the Super Kings in the two seasons and it seems that they have always been deemed favourites at the very start on both occasions. It can be attributed to the fact that they have Indian captain MS Dhoni leading them and he is known to be one of the more charismatic captains in world cricket today. They had a solid 2008 season, qualifying for the semi-finals with ease. In the first ever IPL final they lost out to the Shane Warne’s Rajasathan Royals, the team to beat that year. 

2009 was expected to be their year in many ways. They already had a strong squad and further bolstered it by brining England all-rounder Andrew Flintoff as the most expensive player in the IPL. That move however didn’t work for Flintoff couldn’t set the stage alight before he left for international duty mid-season. But one man who did perform for them was Mathew Hayden, ending up with 572 runs and the Orange Cap. Riding on his batting might, the Chennai Super Kings won five games in a row to end up second in the league with eight wins overall. But they lost out in the semis to Royal Challengers Bangalore. This will be one aspect that skipper Dhoni would really want to look at if he wants to be third time lucky.

Strengths & Weaknesses: Their strength mainly lies in the fact that none other than the Indian captain will be leading them. And if anyone has been watching him lead, it is no doubt that he is one of the best captains in the business today. The batting won’t be dependent on him alone and he can juggle his bowling resources carefully. They even have extra keepers in the squad to allow him to rest and not take undue pressure, for they realise the importance of a fit MS Dhoni, something that seems lost on the Indian think tank.

Beyond that, this is one squad where you really cannot find any weakness per say. The opening pair of Mathew Hayden and Parthiv Patel has worked for them in the last two seasons and lest there be any problem, Murali Vijay can always step in. The middle order too is in able hands with Dhoni, Suresh Raina and S Badrinath capable of handling any situation. Then they have the big hitters in Jacob Oram and Albie Morkel with a very interesting addition of Justin Kemp this season.

The bowling too is quite balanced. Return to Indian conditions will play into the hands of L Balaji and Murali while Thisara Parera will also be handy with his experience of playing in sub-continental conditions. All in all a squad which has ample cover for every position in the side and therefore a strong performance should be expected from this team once again. 

IPL 2010 Preview - Delhi Daredevils

Team Owner: GMR Group

GMR Group is a global infrastructure major with interests in airports, energy, highways, urban infrastructure, manufacturing sector and agri-business including sugar and ferro-alloys. They are led by G.M.Rao, a mechanical engineer by profession and their founder. He established his business empire in 1978 and he recognized the huge business potential in the infrastructure space, especially with the opening up of the power sector in the 90s in India. Under his guidance and vision, the company is also modernizing the Delhi International Airport and also developing the new Greenfield International Airport at Hyderabad.

The GMR group won the franchise rights for Delhi in the 2007 auction for a bid of 84 million USD.

Squad: Gautam Gambhir (captain), Rajat Bhatia, Tillakaratne Dilshan, AB de Villiers, Moises Henriques, Kedar Jadhav, Dinesh Karthik (wicket-keeper), Sarabjeet Ladda, Farveez Maharoof, Mithun Manhas, Amit Mishra, Andrew McDonald, Dirk Nannes, Ashish Nehra, Wayne Parnell, Shashi Ranjan, Aavishkar Salvi, Virender Sehwag, Pradeep Sangwan, Sarandeep Singh, Joginder Singh, David Warner, Umesh Yadav.

Coach: Greg Shipperd

Gregory Shipperd is a former Australian first-class cricketer and coach, and he has now been in charge of the Delhi Dare Devils since their birth in 2007. As a player, he represented Western Australia from 1977 to 1984 and finished his career with the Tasmanian Tigers in 1990-91. He then went on to coach Tasmania and is also the current coach of Victorian Bush Rangers.

A right-handed top order batsman, Shipperd never played a Test or ODI for Australia but has coached Tasmania for eleven seasons and guided them to their maiden Sheffield Shield final in 1993-94.  He also has to his credit the slowest First-Class century ever scored by an Australian taking 481 minutes to score his hundred runs.

2009 Record: Semi-Finalist
2008 Record: Semi-Finalist
The Delhi Dare Devils have always had a decently strong squad and since the beginning there never really was any doubt that they would be challenging for the prize. And they did just that in the first two seasons. However their cupboard is still shorn of silverware and that is amazing to say the least. In 2008, they were placed fourth in the league and then ran into eventual champions Rajasthan Royals in the semis. It was their deficiency in the middle order that people blamed for their exit.

In simple terms, the 2009 IPL season was a step-up for this team. They finished top of the league and were considered prime contenders in South Africa as well, but yet again were halted in the semis by eventual champions Deccan Chargers. Just like the season before, their free-flowing batting became stuck when it mattered the most.

Strengths & Weaknesses:

Over the last couple of years, just one look at their squad was sufficient to know that they didn’t really have a well balanced side. In the first year they had some really good players who are well known exponents in their respective arts. It was forgivable for the competition was only in the first year and several lessons would be learnt. But Delhi did not learn theirs. In 2009, they again went out to play with a side that was top heavy and very weak in the middle order. That proved to be their undoing last year just as it was in 2008.

In Virender Sehwag and Gautam Gambhir, they boast of two very fine batsmen at the top of the order and some equally gifted ones in Tilakratne Dilshan and AB de Villiers. While these four will fire on most occasions and sometimes Dinesh Karthik will chip in as well, on the rare occasion they do fail, Delhi collapse. And in the last two seasons that has happened in the semi-finals without fail, otherwise they would have been champions. This is their weakness and one which was thought to have been addressed when they bought both Paul Collingwood and Owais Shah. But the two didn’t get to play much and we know what happened.

They have offloaded Shah and brought in Moises Henriques into the side but along with David Warner and Dirk Nannes, there will be plenty of foreign names to choose from and it will be a selection headache for new captain Gambhir. One solution could be to allow Warner and Sehwag to open and the skipper himself coming in at number three, allowing the batting to run deep. But that will again be dependent on which four foreign players they choose to play in their eleven.

This is a puzzle for they have two bowlers Dirk Nannes and Wayne Parnell who would be contesting for a spot alongwith Ashish Nehra. Henriques and Ferveez Maharoof are also in the fray and it is good to have so many options with the ball in what will be a keen challenge for the bowlers given that the Indian pitches won’t really support them. One advantage though could be playing at home, in Delhi, where the pitch will be under scrutiny once again and lack of bounce is to be expected since it is under continuous work.