Indian Premier League For Cricket

Last year they were at the bottom of the table. This year they are right at the top! Yes, Deccan Chargers are the Champs this season. They beat a spirited Royal Challengers team who also ended at the bottom of the table last year to keep Chargers company. What a swift turn around for both the teams.

Chennai Super Kings could not dig deep enough to find the right answers. Royal Challengers and Manish in particular found the momentun to keep going into the finals.

What a sizzling performance from the master batsman Adam Gilchrist. With his bat firing away like Sehwag and co were left licking their wounds. Gilly blasted 50 off 17 balls and set up a victory for the Hyderbadis. His final score was 85. He snatched away a victory from the undefeated Daredevils who had score a respectable 153. After the loss of two wickets for 0 runs the delhi team looked to be on a sticky wicket. But they recovered - Sehwag and Dilshan did a good job too. But everything was reduced to nought with the blitzkrieg that Gilchrist unleashed on the hapless Daredevils bowlers. No guesses for who won the man of the match award. It was Gilchrist’s show all the way.

Almost ending the dreams of a semi-final berth for the Mohali team. Chasing a very modest total of 119, Yuvaraj and co could manage only 92 for the loss of 8 wickets. The Chennai team is assured of a semi-final berth. Delhi are already through to the semis. Rajasthan Royals, Mumbai Indians are also out of the semis along with Kolkata Knight Riders.

Deccan Chargers and Royal Challengers still have a game left and depending on who wins the final line up will be known. The Mohali team still have a slight hope of scraping through to the semis.

Kolkata Knight Riders snatched a last ball win from the Chennai Super Kings. The Chennai Super Kings set an good target of 188 but their bowling let them down and they now have to win the last match to qualify for the semis.  At last the Kolkata fans got what they wanted for so long.  A victory from their beloved team and they got it.