Indian Premier League Cricket

Daredevils beat the Royal Challengers and the Kings XI team beat Rajasthan Royals in last nights matches.

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Deccan Chargers are on a roll this IPL season. Today they beat Mumbai in their third match.
For Deccan Chargers it must indeed be a relief to finally have found a way out of deep hole that they had dug for themselves last season when they won just 2 out of the 14 matches they played. [...]

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Adam Gilchrist and Rohit Sharma tore into the opposition camp and posted a huge total of 184 runs. In reply the Bangalore Royal Challengers folded up for 160 runs.
It was another bad for the royal challengers as they struggled to contain the Deccan Chargers batsman.
Kevin Peitersen will not playing for long as the English players [...]

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Match No.
Date
Team1
Team 2
Score Team 1  
Score Team 2
Player of the match
Award for  
Match Won by

1
18-Apr-09
Mumbai Indians (MI)
Chennai Super Kings (CSK)
165/7 – in 20 overs
146/7 – in 20 overs
Sachin – MI
59*
MI

2
18-Apr-09
Rajasthan Royals (RR)
Bangalore Royal Challengers (BRC)
58/10 in 15.1 overs
133/8 – in 20
Dravid -BRC
66
BRC

3
19-Apr-09
Delhi Daredevils (DD)
Kings XI Punjab (Punjab)
58/10 in 4.5 overs
104/7 -1 in  20 [...]

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The match between Rajasthan and Mumbai was abandoned and both teams shared a point each. The rains at Durban made the match impossible. The other match between Kolkata and Punjab was decided on D/L method. KKR won.

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Royal Challengers Bangalore could stem the runs from Mathew Hayden’s bat and paid the price. As the pressure of getting at the total of 179 proved too much and they folded for a measley 85 runs.
Dravid tried to offer some resistance but no batsman offered him any support as all them tried to force the [...]

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Chennai Super Kings had a rollicking start as Mattew Hayden smashed his way to another 50. CSK ended up with 179 runs on board for the loss of 5 wickets.
RCB  need 180 to win the match.

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Last year’s last placed teams are making a determined comeback. After Royal Challengers emphatic win against the Rajasthan Royals, it was the turn of the Deccan Chargers to beat the Knight Riders.
IPL season 2 is throwing up new surprises. Last year Deccan Chargers were much hyped but the team did not live up to its [...]

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April 19:     Kolkata Knight Riders v Deccan Chargers (Newlands, Cape Town)
Delhi Daredevils vs Kings XI Punjab (Newlands, Cape Town)

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Rahul Dravid and Kumble turned out stellar performances to power the Bangalore Royal Challengers to a fine win over last year champs Rajasthan Royals. Royal Challengers are trying to wipe out their dismal record of IPL season one under a new captain Kevin Pietersen.
This was IPL season match 2.
At one stage the Royal Challengers were [...]

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