IPL Match Schedule(2nd April 2010)

31st match:

 Kings XI Punjab v Royal Challengers Bangalore at Mohali,
 Apr 2, 2010
Match scheduled to begin at 20:00 local time (14:30 GMT)


 
Kings XI Punjab squad


KC Sangakkara*†, YA Abdulla, L Ablish, Amanpreet Singh, AB Barath, Bipul Sharma, MS Bisla†, RS Bopara, PP Chawla, K Goel, JR Hopes, DPMD Jayawardene, M Kaif, B Lee, VS Malik, SE Marsh, IK Pathan, RR Powar, RS Sodhi, S Sreesanth, SJ Srivastava, TM Srivastava, J Theron, Yuvraj Singh

Royal Challengers Bangalore squad


A Kumble*, B Akhil, KP Appanna, MV Boucher†, R Dravid, D du Preez, SP Goswami†, JH Kallis, V Kohli, B Kumar, P Kumar, A Mithun, EJG Morgan, MK Pandey, KP Pietersen, SPD Smith, S Sriram, DW Steyn, LRPL Taylor, RV Uthappa, RE van der Merwe, R Vinay Kumar, CL White

Ganguly breathtaking innings leads KKr a convincing win over Deccan Chargers

KKR: 181 for 6 (Ganguly 88, Hussey 31, Symonds 2-26, Jaskaran 2-18) beat Deccan Chargers 157 for 5 (Gibbs 50, Symonds 45) by 24 runs


Veteran Batsman Sourav Ganguly's thrilling and unbeatable 88 runs of 54 Balls with 5 sixes and 9 fours lead Kolkata Knight Riders for a clinical win over Defending Champions Deccan Chargers.
 
KKR batting first scored 181-6 in their 20 overs. Andrew Symonds was the most economical Bowler with 26-2 in his 4 overs.
 

Kolkata's defense of 181 started poorly, with the offspinner Mohnish Parmar thrust into a tough spot on his debut. Herschelle Gibbs took three boundaries off the opening over, two slapped fiercely past square leg and the third delicately run down to third man, and Deccan had 14 on the board. Shane Bond was then driven over extra cover for six by Gibbs, and it seemed the chase was on.

Enter Ajit Agarkar. Gilchrist smacked his first two deliveries for four but top-edged the fourth to midwicket. That left Gibbs and Monish Mishra to rebuild the innings, and Mishra set about it with a lovely stab past the wicketkeeper for four but couldn't press on. He pummelled a few more handy blows in a breezy 29 before falling to an uncontrolled shot, and the runs started to dry up as a wee bit of swing led to more flails at air than solid connections.

Kolkata briefly threatened to throw it away, bowling a series of full tosses and spilling two catches. Gibbs was dropped on 34 by Angelo Mathews, who stuck out his right hand but failed to latch on, and Symonds was also let off by Parmar, though the ball was slapped back fiercely. Three boundaries in one Parmar over proved very handy to Deccan's cause, but then came a double-strike that put the skids on the chase. Gibbs, just after getting to fifty, gave Bond the charge and picked out Hussey at long-off, while Rohit Sharma ate up three dot balls before being bowled off the thigh playing against the turn.

Suddenly the boundaries seemed miles away and the batsmen, especially Symonds, wary of going anywhere near them. Matthews allowed just six from the 17th over and with Deccan needing 48 from 18 deliveries, Agarkar returned to bowl a super eight-run over. Symonds picked up a boundary off the first ball of the 19th over, but that was the first Deccan had managed since the 14th over and that told a story in itself.

Westindies Team for T-20 Worldcup announced

West indies have announced their 15 member squad for the ICC T-20 Worldcup 2010. Chris Gayle will lead the Westindian team. Dinesh Ramdin is appointed as the vice Captain for the event.Other players included in the Squad are.

1. Chris Gayle (captain)
2. Denesh Ramdin (wk,vc)
3. Lionel Baker
4. Sulieman Benn
5. David Bernard jnr.
6. Dwayne Bravo
7. Shivnarine Chanderpaul
8. Fidel Edwards
9. Andre Fletcher
10. Xavier Marshall
11. Kieron Pollard
12. Darren Sammy
13. Ramnaresh Sarwan
14. Lendl Simmons
15. Jerome Taylor

Zimbabwe Team for T-20 Worldcup, Blignaut Included

Zimbabwe Cricket Board have announced their 15 member squad for the forth coming T-20 Worldcup 2010. Prosper Utseya is nominated as the Captain. 31 year old All-rounder Andy blignaut has been recalled in the team for the T-20 Worldcup due to his good performance in the local T-20 Tournament. the squad for Zimbabwe is as follows.

1. Prosper Utseya (captain)
2. Brendan Taylor
3. Hamilton Masakadza
4. Tatenda Taibu
5. Charles Coventry
6. Vusimuzi Sibanda
7. Gregory Lamb
8. Elton Chigumbura
9. Graeme Cremer
10. Raymond Price
11. Christopher Mpofu
12. Tymcen Maruma
13. Craig Ervine
14. Andy Blignaut
15. Chamunorwa Chibhabha.