CSK v DD 2011 IPL 56th Match Live Score - Delhi Daredevils v Chennai Kings IPL4 Teams, Commentary

CSK v DD 2011 IPL 56th Match Live Score - Delhi Daredevils v Chennai Kings IPL4 Teams, Commentary

Defending champions Chennai Super Kings will take out of the race Delhi Daredevils in the 56th match of 2011 Indian Premier League - IPL4, on Thursday, 12th May, 2011 at MA Chidambaram Stadium, Chepauk, Chennai in a day-night game starting from 14.30 GMT, 20.00 IST.

Chennai Super Kings bounced back with early losses and now comfortably placed at 2nd position and now have a good chance to take top position. Their all the batsmen are in good shape specially Hussey and Raina while bowlers Bollinger, Ashwin and Jakati also doing well.

Delhi Daredevils is out of the tournament and other bad news for them is that their captain and Orange Cap holder Virender Sehwag is out due to injury and now they have only two batsmen to depend on i.e. Warner and Venugopal Rao.

Chennai Super Kings Playing 11, Team, Squad for IPL4 56th Match:

MS Dhoni (Cap), Suresh Raina, Murali Vijay, Michael Hussey, Wriddhiman Saha (wk), Ravichandran Ashwin, Albie Morkel, Doug Bollinger, Subramaniam Badrinath, Faf du Plessis, Shadab Jakati.

Delhi Daredevils Playing 11, Team, Squad for IPL4 56th Match:

Aaron Finch, David Warner, Travis Birt, Roelof van der Merwe, Venugopal Rao, Naman Ojha (wk), Irfan Pathan, Yogesh Nagar, Morne Morkel, Ajit Agarkar, Umesh Yadav

Latest IPL Odds - Mumbai Indians, Pune Warriors, Chennai Superkings, Rajasthan Royals

IPL 4 Special: The Teams and Format

The IPL 4 season is set to have 10 teams playing 74 matches. The 74 matches will be split into 70 league matches and four playoff games. Read on as iSporter Jigar Mehta throws some light on this season's format.

There will be two groups comprising of five teams each, but these teams will be ranked together in a combined league table.

Every team will play 14 league games, but this time around with two groups being formed, each team will play the other four teams in its group both home and away which brings the count to eight matches, then each team will lock horns with four of the teams of the other group once, either home or away (four matches) and then will battle with the remaining one team of the other group both home and away (two matches).

A random draw will take place, which will decide how the teams will be grouped, as well as who plays whom across the groups once and twice.

The play-offs will be played based on league standings with the Play-off 1 (Team 1 vs. Team 2) and Play-off 2 (Team 3 vs. Team 4) in the semi-finals.

The winner of play-off 1 will automatically qualify for the grand finale. However, the losers of play-off 1 will get a second chance to make amends as they will take on the victorious team of play-off 2 in a preliminary final, and the winner of this preliminary final will progress to the grand finale which will be held on 28^th May at the MA Chidambaram Stadium, Chepauk, Chennai.

Full list of IPL Teams:

• Chennai Super Kings
• Deccan Chargers
• Delhi Daredevils
• Kolkata Knight Riders
• Mumbai Indians
• Rajasthan Royals
• Royal Challengers Bangalore
• Kings XI Punjab
• Pune Warriors India
• Kochi Tuskers Kerala

Foreign Players rule: A franchise is allowed to have up to ten foreign players in their squad and is allowed to play only four players during an IPL match.

Player contracts: Players contracts will be valid for a period of two years and will have the right to extend their contracts to the third year.

Catchment areas

With the addition of two new franchises, The IPL has announced multiple catchment areas for the existing franchises. All the teams will have to compulsorily include four players from their catchment area in the squad of 30 players.

• Mumbai Indians: Mumbai, Baroda
• Royal Challengers Bangalore: Karnataka, Goa
• Deccan Chargers: Hyderabad, Andhra Pradesh, Orissa
• Chennai Super Kings: Tamil Nadu, Railways
• Delhi Daredevils: Delhi, Uttar Pradesh, Uttaranchal
• Kings XI Punjab: Punjab, Haryana, Himachal Pradesh, Jammu and Kashmir
• Kolkata Knight Riders: West Bengal, Jharkhand, Assam, Tripura, Sikkim, Manipur
• Rajasthan Royals: Rajasthan, Gujarat, Saurashtra
• Pune Warriors: Maharashtra, Vidarbha
• Kochi: Kerala, Services, Madhya Pradesh

IPL 4 FORMAT

* Number of teams: 10 (two more than last year, with Kochi Tuskers and Pune Warriors joining the fray this time).

* Format: In the new format, every team will play 14 league matches (seven home and seven away) as in previous seasons but with a slight difference.

* Each team will play five other teams both home and away (10 matches), two teams only at home, and the remaining two teams only away.

* A random draw was applied to arrive upon who plays whom once and twice.

* Play-off games: After 70 league matches, finalists will be decided after three play-off games.

* The first play-off (Qualifier 1) will be between top two teams with the winner making it to the final.

* The teams that finish third and fourth will be involved in a virtual quarterfinal (Eliminator).

* The winner of the Eliminator and the loser of the Qualifier 1 will fight in a match (Qualifier 2) to decide the other finalist.

* Foreign players: Only 10 foreign players are allowed for each squad while a maximum of four can be fielded in a match.

* Super Over: This is used to decide a winner in case a match ends in a tie

Mumbai Indians v Pune Warriors IPL4 Live Score - MI v PW 2011 IPL 44th Match Teams

Two teams from the same state, as two neighboring cities Mumbai Indiansand Pune Warriors, like Manchester United and City in EPL, will meet in the 43rd matchof 2011 Indiand Premier League IPL4, on Wednesday, 4th May, 2011 at Dr DY Patil Sports Academy, Mumba, in a night game and timing will be 14.30 GMT, 20.00 IST.

Mumbai Indians is currently at 2nd position and 1-2 wins will secure their semis place. Pollard finally played an inning to justice his retention in the last game. Harbhajan and Malinga bowling superbly to give them earl wickets.

Pune Warriors lost 6 consecutive matches after winning first 2 and lying at the bottom of the points table and if they lost this match they will definitely out of the tournament. Big news is that they have included former Indian and KKR captain Saurav Ganguly. who was unsold in the auction and also appointed as deputy to Yuvraj. Hope he will provide much needed strenghth to short batting line up.

Mumbai Indians Playing 11, Team, Squad for IPL4 44th Match:

Sachin Tendulkar (cap), Rohit Sharma, Kieron Pollard, Andrew Symonds, Ambati Rayudu, Davy Jacobs (wk), Abu Nachim, Ali Murtaza, Harbhajan Singh, Lasith Malinga, Munaf Patel.

Pune Warriors Playing 11, Team, Squad for IPL4 44th Match:

Yuvraj Singh (cap), Robin Uthappa (wk), Jesse Ryder, Saurav Ganguly, Mithun Manhas, Mohnish Mishra, Rahul Sharma, Wayne Parnell, Shrikanth Wagh, Murali Kartik, Alfonso Thomas

Chennai Kings v Rajasthan Royals 2011 IPL 42nd Match Live Score CSK v RR IPL4 Teams, Commentary

Defending champion Chennai Super Kings will take 3rd placed Rajasthan Royals in the 43rd match of 2011 Indian Premier League - IPL 4, on Wednesday, 4th May, 2011 at MA Chidambaram Stadium, Chepauk, Chennai , in a day-night game starting from 10.30 GMT, 4.00 PM IST.

Chennai Super Kings won their last match coming from behind against Deccan and currently at 4th place in the points table. Raina back in form and they need fiery start by Vijay and Hussey as Ashwin, Jakati, Bollinger and Morkel bowling well.

Rajasthan Royals with the limited resources doing really well and now comfortably placed and this win moves closer to top 4 spot. They are playing like a unit where everybody contributing as Taylor also back in form.

Chennai Super Kings Playing 11, Team, Squad for IPL4 43rd Match:

MS Dhoni (Cap), Suresh Raina, Murali Vijay, Michael Hussey, Wriddhiman Saha (wk), Ravichandran Ashwin, Albie Morkel, Tim Southee, Subramaniam Badrinath, Faf du Plessis, Shadab Jakati.

Rajasthan Royals Playing 11, Team, Squad for IPL4 43rd Match:

Shane Warne (cap), Shane Watson, Ross Taylor, Rahul Dravid, Abhishek Raut, Johan Botha, Amit Gajanan Paunikar, Siddharth Trivedi, Ashok Menaria, Amit Singh, Ajinkiya Rahane.

Kolkata Riders v Deccan Chargers 2011 IPL Live Score, Commentary - KKR v DC IPL 42nd Match Teams

3rd placed Kolkata Knight Riders will take 7th placed Deccan Chargers in the 42nd match of 2011 Indian Premier League - IPL4, in the only game of Tuesday, 3rd May, 2011 at Rajiv Gandhi International Stadium, Uppal, Hyderabad , in a night game and timing will be 14.30 GMT, 20.00 IST.

Kolkata Knight Riders won their last match comfortably and now eying the top spot in the points table. Kallis hasn't score big runs in the last few matches and a big score is due on him while Tiwary and Gambhir batting sensibly. Shakib is a good option to replace Ryan ten.

Deccan Chargers lost a good opportunity in the last match against Chennnai when they were at good position with 71/0 in 7 overs, and now they are in a must win situation. Sohal played superbly and need more such innings with support from Sangakkara and Duminy while they may replace out of form White.

Kolkata Knight Riders Playing 11, Team, Squad for IPL4 37th Match:

Gautam Gambhir (Cap), Yusuf Pathan, Jacques Kallis, Eoin Morgan/ten Doeschate, Shakib Al Hasan, Manoj Tiwary, Shreevats Goswami (wk), Jaidev Unadkat, Brett Lee, Iqbal Abdulla, L Balaji.

Deccan Chargers Playing 11, Team, Squad for IPL4 39th Match:

Kumar Sangakkara (cap/wk), Jean-Paul Duminy, Shikhar Dhawan, Daniel Christian, Bharat Chipli, Dwaraka Ravi Teja, Ishank Jaggi, Ishant Sharma, Dale Steyn, Amit Mishra , Pragyan Ojha.

IPL PLAYOFFS FORMAT

DD vs KTK: Desperate times for Delhi Daredevils

NEW DELHI: If there is one thing in common between the Delhi Daredevils and Kochi Tuskers Kerala it has to be the lack of local flavour in both sides. Virender Sehwag and Shanthakumaran Sreesanth are the only two names with which their respective city fans identify themselves.

The direct effect of this fact is visible in the IPL 4 games in Delhi and Kochi. Crowds have always been the 12th man of IPL franchises at home - ask Rajasthan Royals, who have made the Sawai Mansingh Stadium in Jaipur their fortress.

That's sadly not the case in Ferozeshah Kotla anymore, as was visible on Thursday night. The fans vociferously supported Gautam Gambhir-led Kolkata Knight Riders.

Kochi is feeling the financial pinch of the phenomenon with people giving the IPL the cold-shoulder back home. Losing games at home consistently isn't helping the two sides either.

Delhi have won just one out of the five games at the Kotla while Kochi lost the last couple of games - the latest being a 38-run defeat at the hands of Daredevils on Sunday.

Both sides are locked on six points from eight games going into Monday's match at the Kotla and with the IPL 4 so closely packed, a win for either side will vault them back into contention.

Daredevils have failed to string together a series of wins in this tournament so far, their victories almost invariably supplemented by a couple of losses.

The 22-yard strip has been the focus of attention at the Kotla this year. After the run-riot on the 'green' track against Kings XI Punjab, the Daredevils' runs have rapidly dried up.

The 40 degree Delhi heat and three matches in a week have taken a toll on the surface which has gone markedly slower.

The Delhi & Districts Cricket Association has now decided to employ the other green tracks at the other end of the centre wickets.

"This new track will be exactly like the other side wickets. It has similar amount of grass and will have pace and movement for the seam bowlers," DDCA grounds and pitches committee chairman Venkat Sundaram told TOI on Sunday.

Refusing to take the blame for the track getting slow, Sundaram said, "We didn't shave any grass from the track. There was normal wear-and-tear on the wicket due to the Delhi heat."

The Daredevils are expected to return to their all-seam attack at Kotla after employing left-arm spinner Roelof van der Merwe on the extremely low-and-slow Kochi track.

The Tuskers' weakness against quality seam bowling - exposed so brutally by Ishant Sharma and Dale Steyn - will be on Morne Morkel & Co.'s mind as well.

But before the bowlers take stage, skipper Sehwag and opener David Warner will once again be expected to post the bulk of the runs. Nothing less than a win will suffice for the two sides, both looking to stay away from the bottom of the points table.

KEY CLASHES

MUTTIAH MURALITHARAN VS DELHI MIDDLE-ORDER

The Daredevils middle-order has been far from consistent so far this season with the exception of Venugopal Rao. They will face their biggest test in tackling the Sri Lankan offie, who will get purchase even from the green Kotla track.

MORNE MORKEL VS BRENDON McCULLUM

The extra bounce of the South African seamer can ruffle most batsmen but McCullum is not one to take a backward step. The Kiwi opener will flay anything slightly off-line and the short square boundary on one side of the ground will surely be a temptation.

VIRENDER SEHWAG VS SREESANTH

The Delhi skipper's willow has been key to Daredevils' form this season. The Devils will once again bank on Sehwag to down Kochi for the second time in two days. The opener will have to see out on-song Sreesanth, who is slow finding his rhythm. The Kochi seamer will find the helpful Kotla track to his liking.

Teams (from):

Delhi Daredevils: Virender Sehwag (c), Morne Morkel, Irfan Pathan, Ashok Dinda, Travis Birt, Colin Ingram, Robert Frylinck, Roelof van der Merwe, Matthew Wade, Andrew McDonald, Ajit Agarkar, Y Venugopal Rao, Umesh Yadav, Aaron Finch, Naman Ojha, Vikas Mishra, James Hopes, David Warner, Unmukt Chand, Robin Bist, Varun Raymond Aaron, Aavishkar Salvi, Rajesh Pawar, Sridharan Sriram, Yogesh Nagar, Vivek Yadav, Ajit Chandila.

Kochi Tuskers Kerala: Mahela Jayawardene (c), Brendon McCullum, Parthiv Patel, Brad Hodge, Ravindra Jadeja, Kedar Jadhav, Thisara Perera, Raiphi Gomez, Rudra Pratap Singh, Ramesh Powar, VVS Laxman, Sreesanth, Muttiah Muralitharan, Owais Shah, Steven Smith, Balachandra Akhil, Deepak Chougule, Gnaneswara Rao, John Hastings, Michael Klinger, Chandan Madan, Sushant Marathe, Steve O'Keefe, Tanmay Srivastava, Padmanabhan Prasanth and Yashpal Singh.

Delhi Daredevils v Kochi Tuskers 2011 IPL 41st Match Live Score - DD v KTK IPL4 Commentary

In a reverse match between Delhi Daredevils and Kochi Tuskers Keralameet again within 2 days in the 41st match of IPL 2011, on Monday, 2nd May, 2011 at Feroz Shah Kotla, Delh, in a night game and timing will be 14.30 GMT, 20.00 IST.

Delhi Daredevils won the last match thanks to brilliant batting by Sehwag on difficult pitch and now they are playing at home and if they win this match they will be back in the race of last 4. Morne Morkel and Irfan Pathan bowled well in the last match and need to repeat in this match as well.

Kochi Tuskers Kerala now in a must win situation after their last defeat, and have a good chance to take revenge. The only +ve thing in the last match for them was the bowling of Sreesanth, took 2 wickets for just 10 runs, and they need him to repeat the performance.

Kochi Tuskers Kerala Playing 11, Team, Squad for IPL4 41st Match:

Mahela Jayawardene (cap), Brendon McCullum, Michael Klinger, Brad Hodge, Ravindra Jadeja, Parthiv Patel (wk), Balchandra Akhil, Vinay Kumar, Ramesh Pawar, Sreesanth, RP Singh.

Delhi Daredevils Playing 11, Team, Squad for IPL4 41st Match:

Virender Sehwag (cap), David Warner, Travis Birt, Roelof van der Merwe, Venugopal Rao, Naman Ojha (wk), Irfan Pathan, Yogesh Nagar, Morne Morkel, Ajit Agarkar, Umesh Yadav

Mumbai Indians v Kings XI Punjab 2011 IPL 40th Match Live Score - KXIP v MI IPL4 Commentary, Teams

Title favorite Mumbai Indians will take struggling Kings XI Punjab in the 40th match of 2011 Indian Premier League - IPL4, on Monday, 2nd May, 2011 at Wankhede Stadium, Mumba, in a day-night game starting from 10.30 GMT, 4.00 PM IST.

Mumbai Indians slipped to 2nd place and now have a good chance to again move to top after they lost to Rajasthan in the last match when their strong batting collapsed to mere 94 runs. Tendulkar still holding Orange Cap but not played big innings in the last few matches while Pollard still to make an impact so far.

Kings XI Punjab after few wins thanks to Valthaty's inning failed to win last 3 games and now in a must win situation to stay in the race. Paul valthaty, Gilchrist and Shaun Marsh must play big innings to post big totals.

Mumbai Indians Playing 11, Team, Squad for IPL4 40th Match:

Sachin Tendulkar (cap), Rohit Sharma, Kieron Pollard, Andrew Symonds, Ambati Rayudu, Davy Jacobs (wk), Abu Nachim, Ali Murtaza, Harbhajan Singh, Lasith Malinga, Munaf Patel.

Kings XI Punjab Playing 11, Team, Squad for IPL4 40th Match:

Adam Gilchrist (cap), Shaun Marsh, Paul Valthaty, Sunny Singh, Dinesh Karthik (wk), Praveen Kumar, Abhishek Nayar, Ryan Harris, Vikramjeet Malik, Piyush Chawla, Ryan McLaren.

BCCI mulls on shifting IPL playoffs after tiff with Mumbai police

The tough stand taken by the Mumbai police preventing even Cricket Board officials from entering their own premises inside the Wankhede Stadium during IPL match days if they are without police passes has upset the BCCI which is threatening to shift next month's two playoff ties from the venue to Bangalore.

"The Board officials are upset with the Mumbai police for insisting that they have to carry police accreditations to enter their own offices (at Cricket Centre inside the Wankhede Stadium).

"The Mumbai Cricket Association has been given three days' time to sort out this issue with the police or the two semifinal matches (on May 24 and 25) would be shifted to Bangalore," according to informed sources.

We have laid a nice platform to reach last four: Bollinger

Man of the Match Doug Bollinger hailed Chennai Super Kings' comprehensive victory over Pune Warriors, saying the win has laid a good platform for the defending champions to reach the playoffs.

"It's a couple of good wins. We jut want to get consistency and get really good starts. We have nine games (actually only 7) which is a really good platform to get into top four and then top two," said the Australian pacer who grabbed three for 21, including two wickets in successive balls, at the DY Patil stadium on Wednesday.

IPL preview: Chennai Super Kings vs Deccan Chargers

Defending champions Chennai Super Kings will aim to keep their unbeaten home run intact as they host Deccan Chargers at the MA Chidambaram stadium on Sunday.

A win in this match will give MS Dhoni and Co their fourth successive win at home while for Deccan it gives them an opportunity to go level on points.

Chennai are on eight points with seven games while the Deccan, winners of the 2009 edition, have six from as many games. And now both teams would be desperate to pick up points that will take them closer to the playoffs — top four spot.

Chennai, who have a good batting attack, will be wary of Dale Steyn and Ishant Sharma, who are in red hot form at the moment.

The opening pair of Murali Vijay and Mike Hussey has been the main reason for their success as more often than not they have laid the foundation for Chennai's victory.

Subramaniam Badrinath, Suresh Raina and skipper Dhoni provide enough stability in the middle order.

Their bowling has also been on the spot. With the return of Aussie fast bowler Doug Bollinger, backed by off-spinner Ravichandran Ashwin and Time Southee, Chennai has the capability to keep a check on the strongest batting line-up.

Their fielding too has gone up a few notches, that gives them a well-rounded and settled appearance.

Deccan, on the other hand, will be banking on skipper Kumar Sangakkara, who is the only consistent performer for the visitors, to come up with another inspirational performance.

In the last match against Kochi Tuskers, they managed to defend a modest total of 130 thanks to Sharma, who returned with figures of 5 for 12 in three overs.

Playing at home and their recent performance might give Chennai an edge over Deccan. However, if the vistors manage to come up with a performance as similar to the one against Kochi then there will be no stopping Deccan.

Teams: (from):
Chennai: Mahendra Singh Dhoni (c), Murali Vijay, Suresh Raina, S Badrinath, Ravichandran Ashwin, Shadab Jakati, Michael Hussey, Albie Morkel, Ben Hilfenhaus, Doug Bollinger, G Bailey, Tim Southee, F du Plessis, Suraj Randiv, Nuwan Kulasekara, Joginder Sharma, Yo Mahesh, A Mukund, Wriddhiman Saha, Scott Styris, Sudeep Tyagi, K Vasudevadas, G Vignesh.

Deccan: Kumar Sangakkara (c), Ashish Reddy, Anand Rajan, Ankit Sharma, Akash Bhandari, Bharat Chipli, Daniel Christian, Kedar Devdhar, Shikhar Dhawan, Jean Paul Duminy, Manpreet Gony, Harmeet Singh, Ishank Jaggi, Michael Lumb, Chris Lynn, Ishan Malhotra, Amit Mishra, Pragyan Ojha, Ravi Teja, Jaydev Shah, Ishant Sharma, Sunny Sohal, Dale Steyn, Rusty Theron, Cameron White, Arjun Yadav.

IPL preview: Rajasthan Royals vs Pune Warriors India

Pune Warriors India will hope to break the five match losing streak and get their IPL campaign back on track as they take on a rejuvenated Rajasthan Royals on Sunday.

With just four points in their kitty from seven outings, Pune — the most expensive team in the IPL —face a must win situation to keep their chances afloat of making it to the playoffs.

After the two initial games, which they won convincingly, Pune's confidence at the moment will be at the lowest ebb.

Except skipper Yuvraj Singh and Jesse Ryder, none of their batsmen have proved their worth. Robin Uthappa has managed to get good starts but failed to carry on and play a big innings.

Injury to South African batsman Graeme Smith has left a void in the batting order which players like Mithun Manhas and Nathan McCullum have failed to fill.

The bowling department looks pretty decent and has been right on to the mark throughout the tournament. In Alphonso Thomas and Jerome Taylor Pune have a lethal pace attack along with talented Rahul Sharma and veteran Murali Kartik, who are quite good with the old ball.

Rajasthan, on the other hand, are looking to keep the winning momentum intact and after their seven-wicket win over Mumbai Indians in the last match the confidence will be at its peak.

They are the perfect example of a team that doesn't boast big names but have the potential to take down any big on their day.

In legendary leg-spinner Shane Warne they have the perfect leader, who instills confidence in his youth brigade.
Johan Botha, Shane Watson and Ross Taylor are other big names, who have performed consistently for Rahasthan.

The uncapped players like Siddharth Trivedi, Ashok Menaria and Amit Singh have also chipped in with useful contribution from time to time to help Royals bounce back after three consecutive losses away from home.

Teams: (from)
Rajasthan: Shane Warne (C), Swapnil Asnodkar, Stuart Binny, Johan Botha, Deepak Chahar, Ankeet Chavan, Aakash Chopra, Aditya Dole, Nayan Doshi, Rahul Dravid, Samad Fallah, Faiz Fazal, Ashok Menaria, Sumit Narwal, Jacob Oram, Pankaj Singh, Amit Paunikar, Ajinkya Rahane, Abhishek Raut, Dinesh Salunkhe, Pinal Shah, Amit Singh, Shaun Tait, Ross Taylor, Siddharth Trivedi, Shane Watson and Dishant Harendra Yagnik.

Pune: Yuvraj Singh (C), Robin Uthappa (wk), Murali Kartik, Abhishek Jhunjhunwala, Bhuvaneshwar Kumar, Deeraj Jadhav, Eklavya Dwivedi, Ganesh Gaikwad, Harpreet Singh Bhatia, Harshad Khadiwale, Kamran Khan, Mithun Manhas, Mohnish Mishra, Rahul Sharma, Sachin Rana, Shrikant Wagh, Shrikant Mundhe, Imtiyaz Ahmed, Jesse Ryder, Graeme Smith, Wayne Parnell, Alphonso Thomas, Tim Paine, Callum Ferguson, Mitchell Marsh, Jerome Taylor, James Faulkner.