Kolkata Knight Riders vs Kings XI Punjab

Date: Saturday, 30th April 2011; Time:20:00 PM IST
Venue: Eden gardens, Kolkata

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Kochi Tuskers Kerala vs Delhi Daredevils

 

Date: Saturday, 30th April 2011; Time:16:00 PM IST
Venue: Nehru Stadium, Kochi

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Sahara Pune Warriors vs Delhi Daredevils

Date: Sunday, 17th April 2011; Time:16:00 PM IST
Venue: D Y Patil Stadium, Mumbai

Its Sahara Pune Warriors vs Delhi Daredevils at D Y Patil Stadium in Mumbai.

Its the clash between the team standing at first vs the team in the last place of IPL 2011 season.

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Chennai Super Kings vs Royal Challengers Bangalore

Chennai Super Kings vs Royal Challengers Bangalore
Date: Saturday, 16th April 2011; Time:16:00 PM IST
Venue:M. Chinaswamy Stadium, Chennai

Its Chennai Super Kings vs Royal Challengers Bangalore at M. Chinaswamy Stadium in Chennai.
Both team have two points on the table but Chennai Super Kings have a game in hand.

Chennai Super Kings are having a good tournament so far, even though they lost the last match against Kings XI Punjab they batted really well and were outdone by one Kings XI player Valthaty.

Royal Challengers Bangalore now have lost two games in a row, the last loss coming against Deccan Chargers and they were undone by the pace of Deccan player Dale Steyn.

So, Its the battle of the south and both teams will be looking to win this game and play some good cricket and get those crucial points on board. 

Probable starting X1's -

Chennai Super Kings: A Srikkanth, M Vijay, S Raina, S Badrinath, MS Dhoni (c), M Hussey, A Morkel, R Ashwin, S Jakati, D Bollinger, T Southee

Royal Challengers Bangalore: T Dilshan, M Aggarwal, V Kohli, AB de Villiers, S Tiwary, C Pujara, D Vettori (c), C Langeveldt, R Ninan, Z Khan, S Aravind

Chennai Super Kings

Chennai Super Kings lost their last match against Kings Punjab XI by 6 wickets.

CSK 188/4(20) | KXIP 193/4(19.1), KXIP won by 6 wickets. Man of the match: Valthaty

Chennai Super Kings who are the defending Champions of IPL were handed their first defeat when they met Kings Xi Punjab at Mohali on 13th April. They were taken down by one single man in the name of Paul Vathaty who hammered 120 off just 63 balls who took Punjab past Chennai's score of 188. 

Chennai had batted excellently as they scored the highest runs of IPL 2011 but even that was enough, but Dhoni will be pleased that they scored so many runs. Next time they will have to bowl well to make sure they defend such a high score. 

Chennai welcome Michael Hussey who joins the Chennai outfit after flying down from Bangladesh after having a successful tour with Australia against Bangladesh. And it was Hussey who scored the crucial century agaisnt Bangladesh in the last match of the 3 match series against Bangladesh.

With Hussey in the squad, Scott Styris would have to give his place up. Hussey strengthens the CSK batting line-up which is already power-packed with Aniruddha and Vijay up-front followed by Raina and Dhoni, both of whom had a good outing with the bat in the last game.

Bowling department might also see some change, with Tim Southee retaining his place after some good performances. Another Australian Bollinger is getting close to match fitness and could replace Sri Lankan spinner Suraj Randiv.

So with a explosive batting line-up Chennai Super Kings will surely look to repeat the same batting performance and improve on their bowling which will ensure a victory for them.

Royal Challengers Bangalore

Royal Challengers Bangalore lost their last match against Deccan Chargers  by 33 runs.

DC 175/5(20) | RCB 142/9(20), DC won by 33 runs. Man of the match: Steyn

Royal Challengers started their season well with a win against new comers Kochi Tuskers Kerala but have slipped in their last two games and now lie third from bottom, but these are early days to come out with any conclusion.

RCB have underperformed in all departments in their last two games and need to re-group before they step out to play against Chennai Super Kings. Bangalore have a very good team with some talented players and a able captain in Vettori.

In Dilshan and AB de Villiers they have got explosive batsmen but both need to fire and be consistent enough. Kohli has looked good in the middle order but needs more support from players like Tiwary and Pujara. 

In their bowling department, Zaheer Khan did go for lot of runs in the last couple of games especially in the death overs. Vettori has been economical so far but lack of wickets is the grave concern for Bangalore and with the absence of Dirk Nannes most of the responsibility lays on Zaheer' shoulder to take wickets up front.

Banglaore will have the services of South African swing bowler Charles Langeveldt for this game and his pairing with Zaheer Khan at the start will prove decisive.

So with bundles of talent within the team, RCB need to gel as a team and prove that they are one of the top teams of IPL 2011.

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Mumbai Indians vs Kochi Tuskers Kerala

Mumbai Indians vs Kochi Tuskers Kerala

Date: Friday, 15th April 2011; Time:20:00 PM IST

Venue:Venue:Wankhede Stadium, Mumbai

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Rajasthan Royals vs Kolkata Knight Riders

Rajasthan Royals vs Kolkata Knight Riders

Date: Friday, 15th April 2011; Time:16:00 PM IST

Venue:Sawai Mansingh Stadium, Jaipur

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Deccan Chargers vs Royal Challengers Bangalore

Deccan Chargers vs Royal Challengers Bangalore

Date: Thursday, 14th April 2011; Time:20:00 PM IST

Venue: Rajiv Gandhi Int. Stadium, Hyderabad

Its Deccan Chargers vs Royal Challengers Bangalore at Rajiv Gandhi International Stadium in Hyderabad. Deccan Chargers desperately need a win under their belt after losing their first two matches against KKR and Rajasthan Royals. On the other hand Royal Challengers Bangalore began on a high after defeating the IPL 2011 newcomers Kochi Tuskers but suffered a huge lost against Mumbai Indians in their second match .

Its the battle of the south and both teams will be looking to win this game and play some good cricket and get those crucial points on board.

Probable starting X1's -
 

Royal Challengers Bangalore: Mayank Agarwal, Tillakaratne Dilshan, Virat Kohli, AB de Villiers, Saurabh Tiwary, Cheteshwar Pujara, Asad Pathan, Daniel Vettori, Zaheer Khan, Dirk Nannes, Abhimanyu Mithun

Deccan Chargers: Shikhar Dhawan, Ishank Jaggi, Kumar Sangakkara, Bharat Chipli, JP Duminy, Daniel Christian, Ravi Teja, Dale Steyn, Amit Mishra, Ishant Sharma, Pragyan Ojha.

Previous Encounters

IPL 3
Apr 24, 2010 RCB won by 9 wickets. (3rd place play-off)
Apr 12, 2010 DC won by 13 runs
Apr 8, 2010 DC won by 7 wickets

IPL 2
May 24, 2009 Deccan won by 6 runs (final)

May 21, 2009 Bangalore won by 12 runs

IPL 1
May 25, 2008 Bangalore won by 5 wickets

May 3, 2008 Bangalore won by 3 runs

Deccan Chargers

Deccan Chargers lost their first match against Rajasthan Royals by 8 wickets.

DC 137/8(20) | RR 141/2(18.5), RR won by 8 wickets. Man of the match: Trivedi

Deccan Chargers lost their second match against Kolkata Knight Riders by 9 runs.

KKR 163/4(20) | DC 154/8(20), KKR won by 9 runs. Man of the match: Kallis




Royal Challengers Bangalore

Royal Challengers Bangalore won their first match against Kochi Tuskers Kerala by 6 wickets.

KTK 161/5(20) | RCB 162/4(18.4), RCB won by 6 wickets. Man of the match: de Villiers

Royal Challengers Bangalore lost their second match against Mumbai Indians by 9 wickets.

RCB 140/4(20) | MI 143/1(18.3), MI won by 9 wickets. Man of the match: Tendulkar


So its 4 all between the teams but Deccan have the upper hand as they won the IPL 2 trophy defeating RCB in the final.

Its Sangakkara vs Vettori, so just watch out who will come out on top in this crucial game.

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Pune Warriors vs Kochi Tuskers Kerala
Date: Wednesday, 13th April 2011; Time:20:00 PM IST

Venue: D Y Patil Stadium, Navi Mumbai

Its Sahara Pune Warriors vs Kochi Tuskers Kerala at D Y Patil. Sahara Pune Warriors began their campaign in a fine style by beating Kings XI Punjab by seven wickets at DY Patil Stadium. On the other hand Kochi Tuskers Kerala lost their opening match of the IPL 2011 season against Royal Challengers Bangalore by 6 wickets.

So first match of IPL 2011 season for both the teams brought mixed fortunes, Pune who are under Yuvraj look good as a team and will be happy that they are playing at DY Patil their home ground and will definitely try to take advantage of home support.

Probable starting X1's -

Sahara Pune Warriors: Jesse Ryder, Graeme Smith/Nathan McCullum (lower-middle order), Mithun Manhas, Robin Uthappa, Yuvraj Singh, Mohnish Mishra, Rahul Sharma, Murali Kartik, Shrikant Wagh, Wayne Parnell, Alfonso Thomas


Kochi Tuskers Kerala: Brendon McCullum, VVS Laxman, Mahela Jayawardene, Brad Hodge, Ravindra Jadeja, Raiphi Gomez, Muttiah Muralitharan, Vinay Kumar, RP Singh, S Sreesanth

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Kings XI Punjab vs Chennai Super Kings
Date: Wednesday, 13th April 2011; Time:16:00 PM IST

Venue: Punjab Cricket Association, Mohali

Its Kings XI Punjab vs Chennai Super Kings at Mohali. Chennai began their campaign in a fine style by beating KKR by six wickets at Chennai. On the other hand Kings XI Punjab lost to Sahara Pune Warriors in their match by 7 wickets.

So first match of IPL 2011 season for both the teams brought mixed fortunes, Punjab will be happy that they are playing Chennai at their home ground and will definetly try to take advantage of home support.

Kings XI Punjab

Kings XI Punjab lost their first match which was against Pune Warriors by 7 wickets with nearly seven overs remaining. Kings XI Punjab scored 112/8 in their 20 overs, chasing this down Sahara Pune Warriors reached the target with the scoreline at 113/3.

 

Adam Gilchrist's side will be looking to have a win under their belt and definitely need improvements in all areas of the field. Gilchrist himself who has been out of competitive cricket for quite some while needs to get some runs under his belt. May be spend some time on the crease rather than just blaze away at the start.

They need a good opening start for their newly formed middle order to pile up some runs, otherwise they might just fold up like they did against Pune Warriors (at one point Punjab were at 9/4 in first four overs)

Kings XI Punjab BIO:

Many fans were surprised when Preity Zinta and co did not retain Yuvraj Singh in their squad, although this happened before the World Cup. But after Yuvraj's success in the World Cup, Kings XI punjab must be pretty annoyed that they did not retain their valuable player.

But if not Yuvraj and who better to lead than the dashing Australian Adam Gilchrist. Adam Gilchrist was the one who captained Deccan Chargers and took them to the IPL 2009 trophy but had a contrasting season in 2010 with a batting average of 18.06.

As with Pune Warriors, Kings XI Punjab also have a good batting line up. In Gilchrist they have a explosive opener and partnering him up-front will be Shaun Marsh who had an excellent inaugural IPL season.

Middle order will see the likes of David Hussey and Abhishek Nayar, both having a good strike rate in the T20 format. Dinesh Karthik who is also a decent bet with the bat will look to keep gloves behind the stumps.

In bowling department Punjab have Ryan Harris and Praveen Kumar to open the bowling and his spinning options rest on Piyush Chawla who did not have good outing in the ICC World Cup 2011.

So many changes have taken place in the Kings XI Punjab dressing room, but with a leader like Adam Gilchrist to head them they are a good outfit to challenge any sort of opposition thrown at them, will give 5/10 for Kings XI Punjab this time around after their performance against Sahara Pune Warriors.

Chennai Super Kings 

Chennai Super Kings won their first match which was against Kolkata Knight Riders by 2 runs. Chennai Super Kings scored 153/4 in their 20 overs, chasing this down Kolkata Knight Riders got very close to the target but ended the match at 151/7 in their 20 overs.

Chennai have a very good leader under Dhoni and they have an able squad to back his captaincy. Anirudha Srikkanth was the man of the match against KKR showed good character on the field with his batting display.

With Morkel they have got a good final depth over bowler who not only will restrict the opposition but will take crucial wickets as well as he did against KKR. There might be some changes in the bowling lineup considering the fact that the pitch at Punjab assists fast bowlers more than spinners so one of the spinners might drop to the bench.


Chennai Super Kings BIO:

Of all the teams in the IPL 2011 version, its Dhoni's boys who form the same bunch of players as they had in 2010 with few additions and subtractions. Many other franchises have seen total revamp in their sides mostly due to addition of two new franchises Kochi Tuskers and Pune Warriors.

Chennai Super Kings would mostly have the squad same as that of 2010, but with Michael Hussey not featuring  due to International commitment (Australia's tour of Bangladesh) it gives a chance for some local players like Anirudh Srikanth who can open the innings with Murali Vijay who had a fantastic IPL 2010 season with Chennai Super Kings being in the top 5 run getter list of IPL 2010.

Chennai Super Kings have a good batting line up suited for the T20 version with Murali Vijay as the calm stroking player followed by Badrinath who also has succeeded well on the 2010 version of IPL. Then they have Suresh Raina and Dhoni who can change the game around and take Chennai Super Kings to a massive score.

With the absence of Hussey, a slot for another international player beckons and Chennai have some new additions in all rounder slot who can fill his shoes. Albie Morkel will definitely play in the side as the front line bowler and he would soon be joined by Scott Styris and Faf Du Plessis who will fill up the all rounder slots.

Chennai Super Kings have strengthened their bowling line up with the introduction of fast pace bowlers in the form of New Zealand's Tim Southee and Sri Lanka's Nuwan Kulasekara. Tim Southee had an excellent World Cup as he picked up 18 wickets third best in the World Cup and helped New Zealand reach the semi finals of the World Cup 2011.

Very few changes have taken place in the Chennai Super Kings dressing room and with a leader like Dhoni to head them, they are a good outfit to challenge any sort of opposition thrown at them, will give 7/10 for Chennai Super Kings this time around after their performance against KKR.

Probable starting X1's -

Chennai Super Kings: Murali Vijay, Anirudha Srikkanth, Suresh Raina, MS Dhoni (capt & wk), Subramanium Badrinath, Scott Styris, Albie Morkel, Suraj Randiv/Nuwan Kulasekara, Ravichandran Ashwin, Tim Southee, Shadab Jakati/Sudeep Tyagi.


Kings XI Punjab: Shaun Marsh, Adam Gilchrist, Paul Valthaty, Dinesh Karthik, Ryan McLaren, Abhishek Nayar, Sunny Singh, Praveen Kumar, Piyush Chawla, Nathan Rimmington, Bhargav Bhatt. 

Previous Encounters

IPL 3
Apr 18, 2010 Chennai won by 6 wickets.
Mar 21, 2010 Punjab won in the Super Over

IPL 2
May 20, 2009 Chennai won by 24 runs.
May 7, 2009 Chennai won by 12 runs

IPL 1
May 10, 2008 Chennai won by 18 runs
May 31, 2008 Chennai won by 9 wickets

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Royal Challengers Bangalore vs Mumbai Indians

Royal Challengers Bangalore vs Mumbai Indians
Date: Tuesday, 12th April 2011; Time:20:00 PM IST

Venue: M. Chinnaswamy Stadium, Chennai

Its Royal Challengers Bangalore vs Mumbai Indians at the M. Chinnaswamy Stadium. Both teams won their opening games and began IPL 2011 on a good note, so both Mumbai Indians and Royal Challengers Bangalore will be looking to continue on their good form.


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Kolkata Knight Riders vs Deccan Chargers

Kolkata Knight Riders vs Deccan Chargers

Date: Monday, 11th April 2011; Time: 20:00 IST

Venue: Eden Gardens, Kolkata

Its Kolkata Knight Riders vs Deccan Chargers at the Eden Gardens. Both teams lost their opening games and began IPL 2011 on a bad note but both teams will look to make amends for the mistakes made in their respective opening games.

Both Deccan Chargers and Kolkata Knight Riders have a good team, a good batting line up, their teams are filled with some highly paid players International as well as domestic. So both Deccan and Knight Riders will be raring to go, especially Knight riders who will be playing in front of their home crowd, who already are furious over the exclusion of Saurav Ganguly. So this team needs to win to get back the support of the Kolkata crowds.

Kolkata Knight Riders

Kolkata Knight Riders lost their first match which was against Chennai Super Kings by 3 runs. Chennai Super Kings scored 153/4 in their 20 overs, chasing this down KKR folded up at 151/7 in their stipulated 20 overs.

Kolkata Knight riders led by this year's IPL 2011's most expensive player Gautam Gambhir need to improve on their fielding. Quite a few dropped catches and some questionable batting and bowling changes led to the downfall of Gautam Gambhir's side.

Kolkata Knight Riders snatched defeat from a victorious position and would definitely wont want to repeat that in front of their home fans. Knight Riders look a better team this year led by Gambhir and have all the caliber required to take them all the way through to the IPL 2011 finals.

The bowling against Chennai Super Kings was very good considering the fact that Chennai had some good batsmen. Both Balaji and Bhatia bowled economically and ex Mumbai star Abdullah looked good and gave an all round performance. Knight Riders have quite a few bowling options to select from and might include Laxmi Ratan Shukla for the match against Deccan.

If the bowling was good for Knight Riders then it was their batting which let them down after restricting Chennai to a modest total it was upto the batsmen to chase the runs down. Kallis and Bisla provided a fine start for Knight Riders particularly Kallis who looked in supreme form. But rest of the batsmen failed to capitalize on the brilliant start and melted under the pressure put on by Dhoni's boys.

So a team full of talent and promise needs to be patient and spend some time on the crease. A win for Gautam Gambhir will definitely cheer up the Kolkata crowd.



Deccan Chargers

Deccan Chargers lost their opening match against Rajasthan Royals by eight wickets. Deccan Chargers scored 137/8 in their 20 overs and Rajasthan Royals chased the total with 13 balls remaining and with eight wickets in hand.

137 was never a good score and it didnt get any better for Deccan as they could scalp only two of Rajasthan's ten wickets. It was a mediocre display by Deccan on both fronts and they will look to improve both in their batting and bowling areas.

Deccan Charger's new captain Kumar Sangakkara will be looking for a good outing this time around as his first match as captain of Deccan Chargers not only lead to a defeat but also him getting out without opening his scoring. After his good performances in the ICC World Cup 2011, Deccan fans would be looking upto him to guide Deccan to yet another IPL trophy.

Deccan middle order need to pull up their socks and be more consistent and pile up runs on the scoreboard. Shikhar Dhawan, Ishank Jaggi, Rabi Teja and Daniel Christian all need to chip in with some value added runs to support their top order upfront. its upto these boys to finish the game for Deccan on a high note.

Deccan bowling department looks very good, in Dale Steyn they have a formidable fast bowler who can rip through any opposition on his given day. And he was their star performer with figures of 2/18 in his four allotted overs. Although Deccan's second best bowler Pragyan Ojha took some beating for the Rajasthan Royals batsmen ending up with figures of 0/44 in his 3.5 overs of spin bowling. Their other two potent bowlers Mishra and Ishant had a decent outing but couldn't pick up the wickets and there is where their bowlers lacked and would look to notch some wickets up front.

With a decent bowling line up and formidable captain to lead them, Deccan Chargers will be looking to start their winning streak today and get the positive vibe going in this new bunch of players.


Probable starting X1's -

Kolkata Knight Riders: Gautam Gambhir(c), Kallis, Tiwary, Eoin Morgan, Laxmi Shukla, Bisla, Pathan, Abdullah, Bhatia, Balaji, Sarabjit Ladda

Deccan Chargers: Shikhar Dhawan, Ishank Jaggi, Kumar Sangakkara, Chipli, Duminy, Christian, Ravi Teja, Dale Steyn, Amit Mishra, Ishant Sharma, Pragyan Ojha


Previous Encounters

IPL 3:
Apr 01 2010 - Kolkata won by 24 runs

Mar 12 2010 - Kolkata won by 11 runs

IPL 2:
Mar 16 2009 - Deccan won by 6 wickets

May 18 2009 - Deccan won by 8 wickets

IPL 1:
May 11 2008 - Kolkata won by 23 runs

Apr 20 2008 - Kolkata won by 5 wickets




 
So out of the six matches played so far Kolkata hold the edge over Deccan with four wins out of six.

Both teams will be up for it as they will love to register a win and get some points on board.







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Sahara Pune Warriors vs Kings XI Punjab

Sahara Pune Warriors vs Kings XI Punjab

Date: Sunday, 10th April 2011; Time: 20:00 IST

Venue: DY Patil Stadium, Navi Mumbai

One of the two new introductions to this seasons IPL 2011 season, Sahara Pune Warriors take on Kings XI Punjab at the the DY Patil Sports Academy in Navi Mumbai.

Sahara Pune Warriors lead by Yuvraj Singh will face his former team Kings Punjab XI who he captained in the previous season. This time around Kings Punjab XI is lead by Adam Gilchrist who was recruited from Deccan Chargers and was also the captain of the latter.

Sahara Pune Warriors

Sahara Pune Warriors are the second new team in this season IPL the other being Kochi Tuskers who lost their opening game against Royal Challengers Bangalore.

But this new side is captained by Yuvraj Singh who was capped as the 'Most Valuable Player' of the ICC 2011 World Cup.  Sahara Pune Warriors is a team packed with batsmen who on some or the other occasion have played in the previous versions of IPL.

Sahara Pune Warriors do pack a punch when you have look at their batting line up. With as much as four players to select for the opening pair, which shows the competition within the team. 

But Yuvraj would definitely prefer Grahame Smith with Manish Pandey (first centurion in IPL) up front. Pune have recruited Robin Uthappa from Bangalore who not only is a hard hitter in the middle order but can keep as well, especially in absence of Tim Paine who wont be available for first few matches due to Australia's Tour of Bangladesh.

Middle order sees captain Yuvraj followed by New Zealand's Jesse Ryder and Mithun Manas. Yuvraj would definitely look to bat at no. 4 or 5, which means Ryder will come in at 3rd.  So looking at the batting line-up, Sahara Pune Warriors would definetly want to pile up some runs ahead.

Sahara Pune Warriors do lack in their bowling department especially due to the recent injuries picked up by pace bowlers Nehra and Angelo Matthews which will see them miss out on a couple of games.

They do have a young fast bowler in the form of South African Wayne Parnell who will open the bowling for Pune. He will be supported by ex- Kolkata Knight Riders player Murali karthik who has had a decent run in the previous IPL versions. Sahara Pune Warriors also have Kiwi part time spinner Nathan McCullum who can pack a punch with the bat as well.

So all in all a decent team with young players who will have a point to prove under their leader Yuvraj Singh, will give 6/10 for Sahara Pune Warriors.

Kings XI Punjab

Many fans were surprised when Preity Zinta and co did not retain Yuvraj Singh in their squad, although this happened before the World Cup. But after Yuvraj's success in the World Cup, Kings XI punjab must be pretty annoyed that they did not retain their valuable player.

But if not Yuvraj and who better to lead than the dashing Australian Adam Gilchrist. Adam Gilchrist was the one who captained Deccan Chargers and took them to the IPL 2009 trophy but had a contrasting season in 2010 with a batting average of 18.06.

As with Pune Warriors, Kings XI Punjab also have a good batting line up. In Gilchrist they have a explosive opener and partnering him up-front will be Shaun Marsh who had an excellent inaugural IPL season.

Middle order will see the likes of David Hussey and Abhishek Nayar, both having a good strike rate in the T20 format. Dinesh Karthik who is also a decent bet with the bat will look to keep gloves behind the stumps.

In bowling department Punjab have Ryan Harris and Praveen Kumar to open the bowling and his spinning options rest on Piyush Chawla who did not have good outing in the ICC World Cup 2011.

So many changes have taken place in the Kings XI Punjab dressing room, but with a leader like Adam Gilchrist to head them they are a good outfit to challenge any sort of opposition thrown at them, will give 7/10 for Kings XI Punjab.

Probable starting X1's -

Sahara Pune Warriors: Grahame Smith, Manish Pandey, Jesse Ryder, Robin Uthappa, Yuvraj Singh(c), Mithun Manas, Nathan McCullum, Wayne Parnell, Murali Karthik, Kamran Khan, Harpreet Singh

Kings XI Punjab: Adam Gilchrist(c), Shaun Marsh, Dinesh Karthik, David Hussey, Chitnis, Abhishek Nayar, Praveen Kumar, Chawla, Wayne Parnell, Ryan Harris, Malik

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Delhi Daredevils vs Mumbai Indians

Delhi Daredevils vs Mumbai Indians

Date: Sunday, 10th April 2011; Time: 16:00 IST

Venue: Delhi

IPL has started with a bang and it gets even better when Delhi Daredevils meet Mumbai Indians at Ferozshah Kotla, Delhi. Its battle of the two most important and biggest cities in India, its a battle of Delhiwale vs Mumbaikar.

Both teams have had good IPL seasons in the previous versions but havent won the IPL so far and all eyes will be glued as the bets are on one of these teams to lift the IPL 2011 trophy. (especially Mumbai :D)

But skeptics believe that this year's Delhi Daredevils team is not as strong as it was before. As for Mumbai Indians, they have made very few changes in their line up with little additions in the IPL 2011 auctions. But nonetheless two hard hitting teams will battle it out at the Ferozshah Kotla for a good start to the IPL 2011 season.

Delhi Daredevils

Delhi Daredevils by far have the most explosive pair of openers compared to the other IPL 2011 teams. Virender Sehwag and David Warner are two hard hitting batsmen who can take the opposition out. And quite a lot rests on these two batsmen up-front to provide Delhi Daredevils a blazing start.

Many changes have occurred in the Delhi Daredevils team as well with Gautam Gambhir their in-form player going to Kolkatta Knight Riders. With the subtractions have come quite a few additions and Delhi middle order sees batsmen (all-rounders) in the form of Naman Ojha, Irfan Pathan and Van Der Merwe. Naman Ojha is the player on which Delhi Daredevils will depend heavily in the middle order if the front line batsmen fail to provide Delhi Daredevils a decent start.

And with the inclusion of Irfan Pathan from Kings Punjab X1, they have a allrounder who can take on the bowling in the the last few overs. But if Delhi lack somewhere very precisely, its their bowling. Yes T-20 is not about bowling but you need to have some good bowlers who can take wickets up-front.

Delhi Daredevils bowling options dont look impressive; Morne Morkel, Ajit Agarkar, Ashok Dinda and Rajesh Powar (former Mumbai Indians) dont form up a formidable line up which can threaten the opposition.

So in all, a team which rests heavily on their front line batsmen, will give 5/10 for Delhi Daredevils.

Mumbai Indians

Mumbai Indians as a team look fantastic on paper with great depth in batting and new additions that for sure will help them reach a huge score.

Sachin Tendulkar will definitely be high on morale after lifting the 2011 World Cup trophy and would love to carry on the same form he had in the World Cup. Mumbai Indians have added Andrew Symonds and Rohit Sharma (both former Deccan Chargers team-mates) to their batting line-up to toughen up the middle order which prove precise in the death overs. 

Mumbai Indians are packed with fire power in their batting and in the form of Andrew Symonds and Keiron Pollard they have got by far the most destructive batsmen in the cricketing world. 

If Mumbai Indians have got Sachin up front in their batting then they have got Malinga to open the bowling. Malinga also has had good run ins in the previous versions of IPL and has proved a huge success with the Mumbai Indians.

This time he will have Munaf Patel to open the bowling with, who was recruited from Rajasthan Royals. Munaf had taken in all 19 wickets for Royals in the previous IPL versions and Tendulkar will be hoping he will do the same for Mumbai Indians.

Mumbai Indians have also recruited young Moses henriques who played with KKR last season and he along with Pollard will look to fill up the fifth bowler slot for Mumbai Indians. Mumbai Indians have a ACE in Harbhajan Singh whose main role so far has been bringing down the run rate rather than taking wickets, so his spell in the middle overs will also be crucial.

So with Malinga and Munaf to open the bowling followed by Dhaval Kulkarni and Harbhajan, Mumbai Indians do seem to have a good if not the best bowling line up as well. 

This team surely seems to have worked out their strategy and looks good on paper as well, will give 8/10 for Mumbai Indians.

Probable starting X1's -

Delhi Daredevils: Virender Sehwag(c), David Warner, Naman Ojha, Venugopal Rao, Irfan Pathan, Van Der Merve, Aaron Finch, Ajit Agarkar, Morne Morkel, Rajesh Pawar, Yogesh Nagar

Mumbai Indians: Sachin Tendulkar(c), Tare, Rayudu, Rohit Sharma, Andrew Symonds, Keiron Pollard, Moses, Harbhajan Singh, Dhawal Kulkarni, Munaf, Malinga

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Chennai Super Kings vs Kolkata Knight Riders

Date: Friday, 08th April 2011; Time: 20:00 IST

Venue: Chennai

Its time for IPL action, and we start off with Chennai Super Kings vs Kolkata Knight Riders at Chennai. The IPL champions Super kings face one of the low key performers of IPL 2010, the Kolkata Knight Riders.

MS Dhoni leads his Champion team out six days after he lead India to World Cup finals victory over Sri Lanka. Dhoni has already lifted four big trophies being a Captain, 1st being the International T20 Champions followed by IPL 2010 Champions, then the Champions League T20 trophy and the last but not the least World Cup 2011 Trophy. With such a remarkable record so early in his career, all eyes will be on him as he prepares for yet another feather in his cap.

Its a battle between Dhoni's yellow brigade and Gautam Ghambir's new look team. Gautam Ghambir who earlier played for Delhi Daredevils is now the captain of Kolkata Knight Riders and high expectations rests on his shoulder.

Chennai Super Kings

Of all the teams in the IPL 2011 version, its Dhoni's boys who form the same bunch of players as they had in 2010 with few additions and subtractions. Many other franchises have seen total revamp in their sides mostly due to addition of two new franchises Kochi Tuskers and Pune Warriors.

Chennai Super Kings would mostly have the squad same as that of 2010, but with Michael Hussey not featuring  due to International commitment (Australia's tour of Bangladesh) it gives a chance for some local players like Anirudh Srikanth who can open the innings with Murali Vijay who had a fantastic IPL 2010 season with Chennai Super Kings being in the top 5 run getter list of IPL 2010.

Chennai Super Kings have a good batting line up suited for the T20 version with Murali Vijay as the calm stroking player followed by Badrinath who also has succeeded well on the 2010 version of IPL. Then they have Suresh Raina and Dhoni who can change the game around and take Chennai Super Kings to a massive score.

With the absence of Hussey, a slot for another international player beckons and Chennai have some new additions in all rounder slot who can fill his shoes. Albie Morkel will definitely play in the side as the front line bowler and he would soon be joined by Scott Styris and Faf Du Plessis who will fill up the all rounder slots.

Chennai Super Kings have strengthened their bowling line up with the introduction of fast pace bowlers in the form of New Zealand's Tim Southee and Sri Lanka's Nuwan Kulasekara. Tim Southee had an excellent World Cup as he picked up 18 wickets third best in the World Cup and helped New Zealand reach the semi finals of the World Cup 2011.

Kolkata Knight Riders

Kolkata Knight Riders owned by Superstar Shahrukh Khan is a team with huge fan base and players who have been paid a hell lot of money, but this team has always let its fan down be it the inaugural IPL season or the IPL 2010. This team has also seen internal clashes with the famous Ganguly-Buchanan saga which saw Ganguly being stripped of his captaincy but things never changed and Knight Riders always remained one of the bottom teams.

Their 2011 team sees a lot of new faces, the most important being that of Gautam Gambhir who leads the Kolkata Knight Riders team for the first time and also the absence of local guy Saurav Ganguly who failed  to make the cut for Knight Riders. Many other changes can be seen in the KKR team with the inclusion of hard hitter Yusuf Pathan who along with Gautam gambhir has cost Kolkata Knight Riders a hell lot of money.

Kolkata Knight Riders also have strengthened their batting line up by getting Kallis from Royal Challengers Bangalore. They have also bought Brad Haddin, Brett Lee and Shakib Al Hasan who will miss out on the first two games due to Australia's tour of Bangladesh. This will give chance to other new International signings like Netherlands batting sensation Ryan Ten Doeschate and England middle order batsman Eoin Morgan.

Haddin's absence will see Sreevats Goswami take the wicket-keeping gloves for KKR and he might as well open the batting with Gautam Ghambir up front. The batting line up for Kolkata Knight Riders looks decent enough but its their bowling line up which seems a liitle on the weaker side. Their bowling attack sees Brett Lee, Balaji and Pradeep Sangwan as the pace attack but lack a quality spinner.

Probable starting X1's -

Chennai Super Kings: Vijay, Srikanth, Badrinath, Raina, Dhoni (c), Morkel, Du Plessis, Ashwin, Jakati, Southee, Bollinger.

Kolkata Knight Riders: Gambhir (c), Goswami, Kallis, Tiwary, Morgan, Pathan, Ten Doeschate, Shukla, Sangwan, Balaji, Abdullah

Previous Encounters

IPL 3: 

Mar 16 2010 - Chennai won by 55 runs

Apr 13 2010 - Chennai won by 9 wickets

IPL 2:

Apr 25 2009 - No Result

May 18 2009 - Kolkata won by 7 wickets

IPL 1:

Apr 26 2008 - Chennai won by nine wickets

May 18 2008 - Chennai won by 3 runs

So so far as things stand its Chennai Super Kings 4 and Kolkata Knight Riders 1. So will it turn to a 5-1 scoreline or a 4-2 scoreline is something we will have to watch out for.

Will Gautam Gambhir's new look KKR side upset MSD's stable Chennai's Super Kings side is something you will have to watch out for.

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IPL 2011 Schedule - IPL 4 Schedule

IPL 2011 Season 4 Schedule has been announced, and it all starts on 8th April 2011 at Chennai. IPL 2011 comes just after the success of India in the ICC World Cup 2011 which has put India firmly in the hot seat for Cricketing Capital of the world.

IPL 2011 sees introduction of two new teams Sahara Pune Warriors and Kochi Tuskers Kerala, with the usual's Chennai Super Kings, Mumbai Indians, Kolkata Knight Riders, Delhi Daredevils, Deccan Chargers, Kings Punjab X1, Royal Challengers Bangalore and Rajasthan Royals.

Ten teams will fight it out for the coveted IPL 2011 Trophy, so who will it be?? Grab your Popcorn and enjoy the Cricket Summer with some hard hitting games and some thrilling action.

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IPL 2011 SCHEDULE

Date	Local/IST	Match Details	Venue
08-Apr-11	20:00	Chennai Super Kings vs Kolkata Knight Riders, 1st IPL	Chennai
09-Apr-11	16:00	Deccan Chargers vs Rajasthan Royals, 2nd IPL	Hyderabad
09-Apr-11	20:00	Kochi Tuskers Kerala vs Royal Challengers Bangalore, 3rd IPL	Kochi
10-Apr-11	16:00	Delhi Daredevils vs Mumbai Indians, 4th IPL	Delhi
10-Apr-11	20:00	Pune Warriors vs Kings XI Punjab, 5th IPL	Navi Mumbai
11-Apr-11	20:00	Kolkata Knight Riders vs Deccan Chargers, 6th IPL	Kolkata
12-Apr-11	16:00	Rajasthan Royals vs Delhi Daredevils, 7th IPL	Jaipur
12-Apr-11	20:00	Royal Challengers Bangalore vs Mumbai Indians, 8th IPL	Bangalore
13-Apr-11	16:00	Kings XI Punjab vs Chennai Super Kings, 9th IPL	Mohali
13-Apr-11	20:00	Pune Warriors vs Kochi Tuskers Kerala, 10th IPL	Navi Mumbai
14-Apr-11	20:00	Deccan Chargers vs Royal Challengers Bangalore, 11th IPL	Hyderabad
15-Apr-11	16:00	Rajasthan Royals vs Kolkata Knight Riders, 12th IPL	Jaipur
15-Apr-11	20:00	Mumbai Indians vs Kochi Tuskers Kerala, 13th IPL	Mumbai
16-Apr-11	16:00	Chennai Super Kings vs Royal Challengers Bangalore, 14th IPL	Chennai
16-Apr-11	20:00	Deccan Chargers vs Kings XI Punjab, 15th IPL	Hyderabad
17-Apr-11	16:00	Pune Warriors vs Delhi Daredevils, 16th IPL	Navi Mumbai
17-Apr-11	20:00	Kolkata Knight Riders vs Rajasthan Royals, 17th IPL	Kolkata
18-Apr-11	20:00	Kochi Tuskers Kerala vs Chennai Super Kings, 18th IPL	Kochi
19-Apr-11	16:00	Delhi Daredevils vs Deccan Chargers, 19th IPL	Delhi
19-Apr-11	20:00	Royal Challengers Bangalore vs Rajasthan Royals, 20th IPL	Bangalore
20-Apr-11	16:00	Mumbai Indians vs Pune Warriors, 21st IPL	Mumbai
20-Apr-11	20:00	Kolkata Knight Riders vs Kochi Tuskers Kerala, 22nd IPL	Kolkata
21-Apr-11	20:00	Kings XI Punjab vs Rajasthan Royals, 23rd IPL	Mohali
22-Apr-11	16:00	Kolkata Knight Riders vs Royal Challengers Bangalore, 24th IPL	Kolkata
22-Apr-11	20:00	Mumbai Indians vs Chennai Super Kings, 25th IPL	Mumbai
23-Apr-11	20:00	Delhi Daredevils vs Kings XI Punjab, 26th IPL	Delhi
24-Apr-11	16:00	Deccan Chargers vs Mumbai Indians, 27th IPL	Hyderabad
24-Apr-11	20:00	Rajasthan Royals vs Kochi Tuskers Kerala, 28th IPL	Jaipur
25-Apr-11	20:00	Chennai Super Kings vs Pune Warriors, 29th IPL	Chennai
26-Apr-11	20:00	Delhi Daredevils vs Royal Challengers Bangalore, 30th IPL	Delhi
27-Apr-11	16:00	Pune Warriors vs Chennai Super Kings, 31st IPL	Navi Mumbai
27-Apr-11	20:00	Kochi Tuskers Kerala vs Deccan Chargers, 32nd IPL	Kochi
28-Apr-11	20:00	Delhi Daredevils vs Kolkata Knight Riders, 33rd IPL	Delhi
29-Apr-11	16:00	Rajasthan Royals vs Mumbai Indians, 34th IPL	Jaipur
29-Apr-11	20:00	Royal Challengers Bangalore vs Pune Warriors, 35th IPL	Bangalore
30-Apr-11	16:00	Kochi Tuskers Kerala vs Delhi Daredevils, 36th IPL	Kochi
30-Apr-11	20:00	Kolkata Knight Riders vs Kings XI Punjab, 37th IPL	Kolkata
01-May-11	16:00	Rajasthan Royals vs Pune Warriors, 38th IPL	Jaipur
01-May-11	20:00	Chennai Super Kings vs Deccan Chargers, 39th IPL	Chennai
02-May-11	16:00	Mumbai Indians vs Kings XI Punjab, 40th IPL	Mumbai
02-May-11	20:00	Delhi Daredevils vs Kochi Tuskers Kerala, 41st IPL	Delhi
03-May-11	20:00	Deccan Chargers vs Kolkata Knight Riders, 42nd IPL	Hyderabad
04-May-11	16:00	Chennai Super Kings vs Rajasthan Royals, 43rd IPL	Chennai
04-May-11	20:00	Pune Warriors vs Mumbai Indians, 44th IPL	Navi Mumbai
05-May-11	16:00	Kochi Tuskers Kerala vs Kolkata Knight Riders, 45th IPL	Kochi
05-May-11	20:00	Deccan Chargers vs Delhi Daredevils, 46th IPL	Hyderabad
06-May-11	20:00	Royal Challengers Bangalore vs Kings XI Punjab, 47th IPL	Bangalore
07-May-11	16:00	Kolkata Knight Riders vs Chennai Super Kings, 48th IPL	Kolkata
07-May-11	20:00	Mumbai Indians vs Delhi Daredevils, 49th IPL	Mumbai
08-May-11	16:00	Royal Challengers Bangalore vs Kochi Tuskers Kerala, 50th IPL	Bangalore
08-May-11	20:00	Kings XI Punjab vs Pune Warriors, 51st IPL	Mohali
09-May-11	20:00	Rajasthan Royals vs Chennai Super Kings, 52nd IPL	Jaipur
10-May-11	16:00	Deccan Chargers vs Pune Warriors, 53rd IPL	Hyderabad
10-May-11	20:00	Kings XI Punjab vs Mumbai Indians, 54th IPL	Mohali
11-May-11	20:00	Rajasthan Royals vs Royal Challengers Bangalore, 55th IPL	Jaipur
12-May-11	20:00	Chennai Super Kings vs Delhi Daredevils, 56th IPL	Chennai
13-May-11	20:00	Kochi Tuskers Kerala vs Kings XI Punjab, 57th IPL	Indore
14-May-11	16:00	Royal Challengers Bangalore vs Kolkata Knight Riders, 58th IPL	Bangalore
14-May-11	20:00	Mumbai Indians vs Deccan Chargers, 59th IPL	Mumbai
15-May-11	20:00	Kings XI Punjab vs Delhi Daredevils, 60th IPL	Dharmasala
15-May-11	20:00	Kochi Tuskers Kerala vs Rajasthan Royals, 61st IPL	Indore
16-May-11	20:00	Pune Warriors vs Deccan Chargers, 62nd IPL	Pune
17-May-11	20:00	Kings XI Punjab vs Royal Challengers Bangalore, 63rd IPL	Dharmasala
18-May-11	20:00	Chennai Super Kings vs Kochi Tuskers Kerala, 64th IPL	Chennai
19-May-11	20:00	Pune Warriors vs Kolkata Knight Riders, 65th IPL	Pune
20-May-11	20:00	Mumbai Indians vs Rajasthan Royals, 66th IPL	Mumbai
21-May-11	16:00	Kings XI Punjab vs Deccan Chargers, 67th IPL	Dharmasala
21-May-11	20:00	Delhi Daredevils vs Pune Warriors, 68th IPL	Delhi
22-May-11	16:00	Royal Challengers Bangalore vs Chennai Super Kings, 69th IPL	Bangalore
22-May-11	20:00	Kolkata Knight Riders vs Mumbai Indians, 70th IPL	Kolkata
24-May-11	20:00	TBC vs TBC, Qualifier 1 IPL	Mumbai
25-May-11	20:00	TBC vs TBC, Eliminator IPL	Mumbai
27-May-11	20:00	TBC vs TBC, Qualifier 2 IPL	Chennai
28-May-11	20:00	TBC vs TBC, Final IPL	Chennai

Catch LIVE IPL STREAMING of all the matches right here from 8th April.

This IPL season promises to be more exciting than IPL 2010 with the inclusion of two new teams. But one man will be absent and that would be Lalit Modi, he was removed from the post of IPL Chairman after he was found guilty of mismanagement of funds as well as secret participation in the bidding wars of few IPL teams.

This year marks the arrival of new IPL Chairman MR. Chirayu Amin who has taken over from Lalit Modi and has promised that IPL 2011 will live upto the expectations if not exceed it. 

The above mentioned IPL Schedule is a tentative one and could be subject to change.

So gear for the thrilling atmosphere as we countdown to this years IPL 2011 season.

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