Mumbai Indians v/s Delhi Daredevils IPL match Photos

Kolkata aims victory, rain spoils its dream

Delhi Daredevils won the toss and elected to field

Delhi Daredevils

According to the fresh reports from the IPL 2011 season, Mumbai Indians team is all set to play against Delhi Daredevils in a match Played at Wankhede Stadium, Mumbai, 7 May 2011 - day/night (20-over match)

Sachin Tendulkar: "It's a typical Wankhede wicket, and should be good to bat on. I've spoken to Sehwag and he's promised to behave today."

Sehwag: "I've told my boys to play freely, and without pressure. Hopefully the crowd will support us also. The dew factor is there, which is why we want to bowl. All four games are must-win, hopefully we can do well today."

Shane Warne announces his retirement from cricket world

Shane Warne

According to the fres reports released in the media, the best spinner in the world from Australia, Shane Warne says he will quit professional cricket at the end of the Indian Premier League season.


Shane Warne issued this statement after leading the Rajasthan Royals to victory against Kochi in an IPL game last month.


Australian bowling legend Shane Warne says he will quit professional cricket at the end of the Indian Premier League season.

"Yes, this is my last year playing IPL," Warne, 41, posted on his Twitter account.



"I will miss the IPL but it's been fun for the last 4 seasons. I've had a great time - but it's time to say goodbye to IPL.


"Thanks for kind words re my bowling - but it's 100 per cent my last four games of professional cricket unless we make finals."

The spin great took 708 Test wickets before retiring from international cricket at the end of the 2006-07 Ashes series.

Sehwag topples Malinga as most valuable player in IPL

This is a special MVP update. After the blistering knock against the Deccan Chargers, we thought readers might be curious to know Virender Sehwag's ranking.

Sehwag's MVPI has soared from 390 to 557. And he's now 103 'runs' ahead of purple-capped Lasith Malinga.

Other Sehwag firsts include winning the Orange cap (aggregate 422), most sixes in IPL-4 (18) and most fours in IPL-4 (51).

At one stage Sehwag had scored 105 runs in just 38 balls, at a strike rate of almost 300.



Among batsmen who have scored 150 or more runs, Sehwag's strike rate of 178.8 is bettered only by Chris Gayle (186.3).

Others players who have scored more than 150 runs at a strike rate greater than 150 are Jesse Ryder (160.4), Yusuf Pathan (154.5) and Shaun Marsh (154.1).

Delhi Daredevils won the toss and elected to field

According to the fresh reports from the IPL 2011 season, Deccan Chargers team is all set to play against Delhi Daredevils in a match Played at Rajiv Gandhi International Stadium, Uppal, Hyderabad, 5 May 2011 - day/night (20-over match).

Sangakkara We have always had great wickets here in Hyderabad. Any team coming in can expect great tracks.

Sehwag: We have to win all five. It's possible. Last time Deccan Chargers did it; so hopefully we can do it this time. We talked about in the meeting that we should play fearless cricket. We would like to use whatever is in the track and bowl well.

Kochi Tuskers Kerala v/s Kolkata Knight Riders photos

Kochi Tuskers Kerala won by 17 runs

Kochi Tusker Kerala

According to the fresh reports from the IPL 2011 season, Kochi Tuskers Kerala team beat Kolkata Knight Riders by 17 runs in a very interesting match here Played at Nehru Stadium, Kochi, 5 May 2011 - day/night (20-over match).

Captain Mahela Jayawardene led from the front, making a super 50 runs to help Kochi Tuskers Kerala post a challenging 156 for five against Kolkata Knight Riders in their Indian Premier League match here on Thursday.

The captain of Kochi Tuskers Kerala came up with a 41-ball 55 with the help of two fours and as many sixes, and Australian Brad Hodge (34) hitting an unbeaten 35 off just 19 deliveries in the death overs to guide the home side to a competitive total.

Chennai Super Kings beat Rajasthan Royals by 8 wickets

Michael Hussey

According to the fresh reports from the IPL 2011 season, Chennai Super Kings team beat Rajasthan Royals by 9 wickets in a very interesting match here Played at MA Chidambaram Stadium, Chepauk, Chennai  .

Michael Hussey (79 n.o., 55b, 8x4, 1x6) and Suresh Raina (61, 51b, 3x4, 1x6) helped Chennai ease to an eight-wicket win over Rajasthan Royals at the M.A. Chidambaram Stadium, here on Wednesday.

Rajasthan made 147 and its lack of bowling wherewithal meant that even the early loss of Murali Vijay did little to hamper Chennai's chase; the target was whittled down in 18.4 overs.

Rajasthan Royals v/s Chennai SUper Kings IPL 2011 photos

Yusuf Pathan

Yusuf Pathan smashed an unbeaten 47 and Iqbal Abdulla grabbed two quick wickets as Kolkata Knight Riders posted a 20-run win over Deccan Chargers in an Indian Premier League match on Tuesday.

Pathan hit three sixes and as many fours in his 26-ball knock to help Kolkata reach 169-4 before left-arm spinner Abdulla got two wickets in three balls to restrict Deccan to 149-6.

It was Kolkata's sixth victory and Deccan's sixth defeat in nine matches of the Twenty20 tournament.

Kolkata and Mumbai now jointly lead the 10-team league table with 12 points, followed by Rajasthan (11), Chennai (10), Bangalore (nine), Kochi (eight), Deccan (six), Delhi (six), Punjab (six) and Pune (four).

Kolkata Knight Riders beat Deccan Chargers by 20 runs

Deccan Chargers won the toss and elected to field

According to the fresh reports from the IPL 2011 season, Kolkata Knight Riders team is all set to play against Deccan Chargers Played at Rajiv Gandhi International Stadium, Uppal, Hyderabad  .

Oh, and by the way, Sourav Ganguly is back. Pune have picked him up and he's their vice-captain.


Toss: Sangakkara has won the toss and opted to bowl. Dale Steyn comes in to lead the attack, Harmeet Singh has been left out.

Kolkata Knight Riders beat Kings XI-Punjab by 8 wickets