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BANGLADESH

Richard Pybus, the previous Pakistan coach, has been named Bangladesh coach, seizing from Stuart Law who resigned in April. Pybus, 47, has signed a two-year handle the BCB and is predicted to affix the Bangladesh facet before their tour of Zimbabwe next month.

                                                                                 KKR                   

Tens of thousands of individuals turned out on the streets of Kolkata on Tuesday to receive the Kolkata Knight Riders team, returning home as IPL winners. The political leadership, prime actors and musicians, and therefore the native cricket institution - as well as former ICC president Jagmohan Dalmiya - joined the team within the celebrations.

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ENG vs WI

England won their seventh successive home series as they created stately work of their target of 108 to win the second check at Trent Bridge by 9 wickets with quite daily to spare. Andrew Strauss and Alastair Cook created the sport safe in a gap stand of eighty nine once dismissing West Indies for a hundred sixty five shortly once lunch on another sun-drunk day in Nottingham.

A hard-earned however ultimately convincing victory place England 2-0 up with Edgbaston to play, however they're beneath no illusions that the $64000 challenge lies in wait later this summer with the visit of South Africa. West Indies restricted the first-innings deficit to fifty eight, just for a crazed batting session on the third evening to stop them contesting the check keenly deep into the ultimate day.

PAK vs SL

Pakistan's new Twenty20 captain Mohammad Hafeez has said he expects a troublesome contest in all 3 formats against Sri Lanka.

"We all grasp that Sri Lanka is usually smart on their own soil and that we are trying forward to a awfully robust series," Hafeez said at a media conference held some hours once the team's arrival on Monday for a seven-week tour..

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CSK vs DD

The questions everyone was asking after the toss were: why is the virtually unknown offspinner Sunny Gupta making his IPL debut in Delhi Daredevils' biggest game of the season and why was purple cap holder Morne Morkel dropped? The questions resonated through the game and will haunt the Daredevils management for long, as one of the biggest tactical goof-ups in IPL history meant another season of dominance at the league stage ended without a win in the playoffs.

M Vijay clubbed a century and Chennai Super Kings took their toll of the weakened Daredevils attack to run up the highest score of the tournament. The decision to leave out Morkel had been based partly on wanting to strengthen an already intimidating batting line-up but the target was too much to ask even of Daredevils' superstars.



tomorrow's big match

grand final match

CSK vs KKR

May 27, 2012 at chennai
(20:00 local | 14:30 GMT)

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CSK vs MI

the best ever MS DHIONI made a crucial 51 runs in 20 balls to set the target as 188 & made a partnership with bravo to to set the target, the massive six's hitted by the bravo & ms dhoni while one time when in csk made there 114 in 15th over but 73 runs hitted in the last five overs, which helped the csk to set huge target.

bravo, ashwinm, & hilfenaus bowld very well to get the victry in a crucial elimi8nator round to defeat mumbai indian's, the best economy bowling by bravo helped toget victry.

tomorrow's big match

2nd Qualifying

CSK vs DD

May 25, 2012 at chennai
(20:00 local | 14:30 GMT)

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today's match

Qualifier 1:
Daredevils v KKR at Pune
May 22, 2012
(20:00 native | 14:30 GMT)

ENG vs WI

West Indies had commanded respect and, for a fleeting moment, they even invited hope among their long-suffering supporters however at the top of the Lord's check it had been a well-recognized tale of defeat. 2 early wickets briefly raised West Indies' expectations that a startling victory can be in their grasp however they were summarily dashed as Alastair Cook and Ian Bell swept England to a cushty five-wicket victory.

From fifty seven for four, still 134 in need of victory, Cook and Bell ought to are stressed, however they gambolled along at roughly four runs an over in an exceedingly stand of 132. It ended with England 2 in need of victory when Cook chopped Darren Sammy to gully. Ian Bell, who is already starting to seem like his previous self once more once a torrid winter, flicked Marlon Samuels through mid-on for the winning boundary within the next over.

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DC vs RCB

Royal Challengers Bangalore imploded in their most vital match of the season and did not qualify for the playoffs once choking during a low-scoring chase. Their defeat in Hyderabad allowed Chennai Super Kings to hold on to fourth spot at the tip of the league stage.

Deccan Chargers scratched to 132 on a slow pitch, however their bowlers and fielders lifted the gloom of their campaign with a performance that brought the tournament's most intimidating batting line-up to its knees. Chargers, who spent most of the season languishing at very cheap, left Pune Warriors holding the picket spoon and moved to eighth spot.

ENG vs WI

Six minutes before tea on the fourth day, Shivnarine Chanderpaul finally cracked. Another take a look at innings of monumental patience ended when he swept at Graeme Swann and Marais Erasmus raised his finger for the lbw call that England begged. Even then Chanderpaul created them wait, and therefore the Lord's crowd with them, as he necessitated a review, however technology granted no clemency: the ball was shown to be hanging leg stump.

The results of his painstaking resistance was a victory target for England of 191, a dominant position definitely, however not an impregnable one. That abundant was created painfully apparent for England in an ungainly four overs batting in murky lightweight within which Andrew Strauss and therefore the nightwatchman James Anderson each succumbed to Kemar Roach, whose mini-burst would have had nice West Indies quick bowlers of recent purring in appreciation.

Tomorrow's match

Qualifier 1:
Daredevils v KKR at Pune
May 22, 2012
(20:00 native | 14:30 GMT)

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DC vs RR

Rajasthan Royals required to reach their final 2 matches to possess an opportunity of qualifying. they might have expected to win the primary of those: against Deccan Chargers who had been victorious in mere 2 matches of fourteen this season, and solely won once in eighteen matches at the Rajiv Gandhi International Stadium in Hyderabad. Instead, they were knocked out of the playoff race by a stifling spell of legspin bowling from Amit Mishra that sucked the momentum out of Royals' innings, tying them to their lowest total of the season.
After Royals selected to bat, Chargers were their usual woeful self within the Powerplay overs, putting down 3 catches to reprieve every of Royals' high 3. Royals' highest run-scorer this season, Ajinkya Rahane, was dropped within the initial over by wicketkeeper Parthiv Patel, however Chargers weren't created to pay as Dale Steyn had Rahane edging to slide within the next over.
ENG vs WI

One innings into England's take a look at summer, Andrew Strauss' authority has been emphatically re-established. That it ought to happen at Lord's was entirely applicable as a result of there's one thing regarding Lord's that encourages the simplest in him. he's attuned to its trim and orderly air and once an unrewarding winter that brought his right to the britain captaincy into focus he has never valued it additional.
Todays match
Kings XI v Daredevils
(16:00 local | 10:30 GMT)
Warriors v KKR
(20:00 local | 14:30 GMT)

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CSK vs KXIP

Kings XI Punjab kept themselves in rivalry for an area within the playoffs with a snug victory discovered by their seamers in Dharamsala. In conditions conducive to swing and movement, Praveen Kumar and Parvinder Awana stymied Chennai Super Kings, who finished their league campaign on a disappointing note. Super Kings are still hanging by a thread during this IPL though, and are at the mercy of different results.

Kings XI's call to travel in with a four-pronged pace attack paid off and despite an excellent Kings fightback led by Dwayne Bravo, a target of 121 proved straightforward to scale down. Adam Gilchrist, returning to guide his aspect once a lay-off of nearly a month attributable to a hamstring injury, smashed an unbeaten half-century to visualize his team home in front of a full house at the picturesque HPCA Stadium.

RCB VS DD

Chris gayle on flying the ball from the hands of delhi daredevils bowler's, the tremendous thirteen sixes & seven fours helped the rcb to achieve 200+ target against the delhi daredevils, that taken them to the victry in should win match. 

Royal Challengers Bangalore required to win at the Kotla, to draw level with Chennai Super Kings on seventeen points, to maneuver one before Kings XI Punjab, and to drag any aloof from Rajasthan Royals, their closest competitors. Defeat against league leaders Delhi Daredevils, who had already secured a playoff spot, would are debilitating to their campaign. therefore the time and place Chris Gayle selected to get his season's 1st century - 128 off sixty two balls with thirteen sixes - was excellent. He and Virat Kohli took 204 runs, the second best Twenty20 partnership, off a Morne Morkel-less attack to guide Royal Challengers to the very best total of 2012, one that was ultimately a match-winning one.


Todays match

DC vs RR (T20)
at Rajiv Gandhi International Stadium,
Hyderabad 5/18/2012, 20:00 (IST),

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It had all engineered up to that one moment. Gautam Gambhir, taking part in 3 spinners against the house side's call to stay to 3 quick bowlers at the Wankhede Stadium, had hoped at the toss that the pitch would flip later. Kolkata Knight Riders had almost about recovered from a horror begin to post an honest one hundred forty. Mumbai Indians had found run-scoring as tough as Knight Riders had, however had lost solely 2 wickets at the halfway stage. The last ball of the eleventh over, Sunil Narine bowled a decent length delivery to Sachin Tendulkar, who went for the cut. The ball spun during a mile and cannoned into off stump off bat and pad. Had each not are available in the approach, it'd have taken out leg stump. With one in every of the game's greats not having the ability to choose Narine, the remainder of the Mumbai Indians line-up had very little likelihood. He finished with four for 15; had Lasith Malinga not got six off a dropped catch on the straight boundary, Narine might have had five for nine.
Todays match,
KXI v CSK at Dharamsala
May 17, 2012
(16:00 native | 10:30 GMT)

DD v RCB at Delhi
May 17, 2012
(20:00 native | 14:30 GMT)

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DD vs KXIP

Mahela Jayawardene's half-century could are the slowest for Delhi Daredevils this season however it had been compiled below attempting circumstances and helped his team become the primary facet to qualify for the playoffs. Jayawardene's composure besieged ensured that an incisive fast-bowling performance from Varun Aaron and Umesh Yadav, that restricted Kings XI Punjab to a middling total, wasn't in vain. With an area within the high four secure, Daredevils have to be compelled to win only 1 of their last 2 games to secure No. 1 position.

Kings XI, on the opposite hand, required victory tonight and in their remaining 2 games to be assured of a playoff spot. they can't afford another defeat and can got to rely upon internet run-rate and on a permutation of leads to alternative matches to qualify. Kings XI had persevered to create a below-par total competitive within their 1st clash against Daredevils - this season's sixty fourth game - however failed to have enough runs in the finish.

The IPL governing council has suspended 5 players named by a sting operation alleging corruption till an inquiry into the accusations is conducted. TP Sudhindra (Deccan Chargers), Mohnish Mishra (Pune Warriors), Shalabh Srivastava (Kings XI Punjab), Amit Yadav (Kings XI Punjab) and Abhinav Bali were suspended, in step with IPL chairman Rajiv Shukla.

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CSK vsKKR

With CSK demanding 5 runs to win off the ultimate ball, Rajat Bhatia, who had bowled MS Dhoni and conceded solely four from the past 5 balls, bowled a full toss. Dwayne Bravo, who had missed a heave off the fifth ball, risen once more, and now he hit the ball full into the night sky.

Kolkata Knight Riders' captain Gautam Gambhir, fielding within the circle, kept his eyes fastened on the ball because it began its descent, and grimaced as he watched it fall agonisingly out of reach of his fielder at long-on, and simply over the boundary.

 The Super Kings were out of the dug out, craning their necks to visualize where the ball landed, and once they saw it absolutely was a match-winning six, there have been many streaks of yellow rushing to embrace Bravo. He was standing there with arms aloft, having taken Super Kings to No. four with just one league game remaining.

RCB vs MI

Ambati Rayudu, the Mumbai Indians batsman, has been fined 100% of his match fee whereas Harshal Patel, the Royal Challengers Bangalore quick bowler, was docked twenty fifth of his match earnings following a spat between the 2 when Mumbai Indians' tense win at the Chinnaswamy Stadium on Monday.

Rayudu was punished for using obscene and abusive language towards Harshal immediately when Mumbai Indians hit the winning runs within the final over. Harshal reacted and each players had to be restrained. Harshal was fined for a Level one offence, for bringing the sport into disrepute.

todays match

Daredevils v Kings XI
(20:00 native | 14:30 GMT)

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KXIP vs DC

For the second match in a day, the hero was a cricketer who was a complete unknown, playing his second game of the tournament. In the afternoon, Rajasthan Royals' offspinner Ajit Chandila took the first hat-trick of the season and the wind out of Pune Warriors' chase and in the second game, it was 21-year-old Gurkeerat Singh who handed Deccan Chargers their fifth last-over defeat of the season with an ice-cool display of hitting.

Chargers seemed to have the game in control for much of the time. First, their two most consistent batsmen, Shikhar Dhawan and Cameron White, added to their rapidly growing collection of half-centuries this season to lift Chargers to their second highest total of 2012. And soon after Azhar Mahmood was dismissed in the 13th over of the chase, the asking-rate was rocketing past 13, with David Hussey as the only recognised batsman remaining. Still, as they have so often this season, Chargers managed to make a hash of it, and end up on the losing side.

RR vs PWI

When Rahul Dravid of Rajasthan Royals was asked at the toss to name the changes to his line-up, he paused for a few seconds before giving up trying to recollect the second spinner. Ajit Chandila ensured that his captain and the rest of the world weren't going to forget his name. The little-known offspinner from Haryana responded with a hat-trick in only his second game, reducing Pune Warriors to a train wreck early in their chase of 171. Warriors extended their losing streak to eight - the worst in IPL history - while Royals stayed in the hunt for the playoffs.

It proved a masterstroke by Dravid tossing the new ball to Chandila. Warriors didn't know what to expect from the tall spinner, only two first-class matches old. With a run-up of barely a few steps, and a languid action to boot, Chandila tossed it up at such an agonisingly slow pace that it took an eternity for the ball to land. Jesse Ryder opted to hammer him out of the attack but ended up mis-hitting it to Shane Watson pedaling back at mid-on.

todays match

RCB v Mum Indians

KKR v Super Kings
(20:00 local | 14:30 GMT)

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RCB vs PWI

Chris Gayle launched half a dozen deliveries into the crowd; Tillakaratne Dilshan anchored the innings and then accelerated it; and even Saurabh Tiwary converted an iffy start into a useful performance. A total of 173 was much too large for Pune Warriors' misfiring batsmen.

The chase was severely damaged in the first over, when Zaheer Khan struck twice, and almost certainly done for in the fourth, when Michael Clarke was dismissed. Warriors were 22 for three. The Royal Challengers bowling has struggled this season - they are the most expensive unit - and tonight's performance, albeit against a weak opponent, would have lifted them. Nine is the most wickets they've taken in an innings this season. Virat Kohli's side steamed past Chennai Super Kings and Mumbai Indians to No. 3 in the league.
 
Sourav Ganguly, the under-performing Pune Warriors captain, sat out of the game; Steven Smith took over the leadership; and the hosts made as many as five changes to their XI in an attempt to avert a seventh consecutive defeat. None of it dowsed the powder keg that is the Royal Challengers Bangalore batting line-up, though.

bangladesh (BCB)

The Bangladesh Cricket Board (BCB) is all set to appoint Richard Pybus as the national head coach after a day of meetings and "fact-finding". None of the other candidates who were shortlisted - Mick Newell and Mark Greatbatch - are due to be interviewed, and Pybus' appointment is likely to be confirmed within a week.

Today's match

KKR v Mum Indians at Kolkata
May 12, 2012 (16:00 local | 10:30 GMT)
Super Kings v Daredevils at Chennai
May 12, 2012 (20:00 local | 14:30 GMT)

Tomorrow's match's

Royals v Warriors at Jaipur
May 13, 2012 (16:00 local | 10:30 GMT)
Kings XI v Chargers at Mohali
May 13, 2012 (20:00 local | 14:30 GMT)

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CSK vs RR

You can't rule out Chennai Super Kings. They are no strangers to wriggling out of a difficult situation, and they did it again in Jaipur, when it seemed their playoff prospects were in peril. The teams, at a crucial juncture in the season, could ill-afford a slip-up, and Super Kings huffed and puffed in a low-scoring chase but made it thanks to a late onslaught from Albie Morkel and S Anirudha. They completely altered the flow of a game heading for a close finish and, with 13 points in the bag, Super Kings broke into the top four.

Royals were favourites when they had Super Kings at 84 for 6 in the 17th over, the wicket of Ravindra Jadeja, caught in the deep, prompting a roar of relief from a usually calm Rahul Dravid. But Super Kings were always in the game with Morkel around, and Anirudha matched him shot for shot as the Royals bowlers buckled under pressure. That surge, which produced 43 off 13 balls, left the home crowd deflated and Royals stunned by the sudden transformation it wrought.

DD vs DC

Even a total as formidable as 187 wasn't enough for Deccan Chargers' inexperienced bowling attack to pull off a win against Delhi Daredevils. David Warner filled the vacuum left by Kevin Pietersen with a blistering century - his second in the IPL - in only his second game of the season. With help from Naman Ojha, Daredevils butchered their way back to No.1, overhauling the target with 20 balls to spare.

Chargers fielded a bowling unit without foreign players, the most experienced of the lot being Amit Mishra. It was a recipe for a mauling. There was no respite even at the other end, as the promising Ojha capitalised on his promotion, hitting five sixes in his 64. Warner and Ojha overshadowed a similar performance from another Indo-Australian left-right duo earlier in the evening - Shikhar Dhawan and Cameron White.

Todays match
 
Warriors v RCB
(20:00 local | 14:30 GMT)

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RCB vs MI

It wasn't the easiest of pitches to bat on at the Wankhede Stadium, and Mumbai Indians possess the most potent bowling attack in the competition, but none of that mattered to Chris Gayle as he swung sixes on his way to the orange cap, 500 runs in the tournament and an unbeaten 82 that propelled Royal Challengers Bangalore to the fourth spot.

Victories for Rajasthan Royals and Kings XI Punjab on Tuesday and Royal Challengers' win today has tightened the table again, with only three points separating the five teams in the middle.

Todays match
 
Chargers v Daredevils at Hyderabad (Deccan)
May 10, 2012
(16:00 local | 10:30 GMT)

Royals v Super Kings at Jaipur
May 10, 2012
(20:00 local | 14:30 GMT)

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RR vs PWI

Shaun Tait set it up and Shane Watson finished the job in clinical fashion. Rajasthan Royals delivered a seven-wicket drubbing to a low on morale Pune Warriors and moved to fourth in the points table. Warriors looking to reverse a five-match losing streak, struggled against restrictive Royals bowling to post 125, but lacked the firepower to cause a scare. After an impressive start to the tournament, they limped out of the race for the playoffs.

KXIP vs DC

Deccan Chargers dropped only one sitter today. Their fielding did not come apart as it has earlier this season. Mandeep Singh did cart their bowling around in a dominating innings. But then, in the middle of their chase, they lost Cameron White and Daniel Harris in the space of four balls. To David Hussey. Four deliveries later, they lost Kumar Sangakkara. Game over.


Todays match
   
Mum Indians v RCB at Mumbai
May 9, 2012
(20:00 local | 14:30 GMT)

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DD vs KNR

The clash between the two most impressive teams in the tournament proved to be a one-sided affair as Kolkata Knight Riders cruised to a six-wicket victory at a packed Feroz Shah Kotla, displacing Delhi Daredevils from the top spot they had held virtually from the start of the tournament.

Jacques Kallis made two big early breakthroughs, Sunil Narine continued to confound batsmen and Rajat Bhatia quietly continued to prove an important cog in Knight Riders' bowling as they stifled Daredevils' formidable batting. The chase of 154 proved straightforward, the only real moment of concern for Knight Riders coming when Brendon McCullum brutally pulled a delivery straight at their dug-out in the 15th over.

Todays match
   
Warriors v Royals
(16:00 local | 10:30 GMT)

Chargers v Kings XI
(20:00 local | 14:30 GMT)

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MI vs CSK

In perhaps the most thrilling last-ball finish in this season, Dwayne Smith, playing his first game for Mumbai Indians this year, smashed three boundaries off the final three deliveries to avert what seemed a certain choke from the hosts at Wankhede Stadium. Mumbai Indians were in control for a sizeable chunk of the chase, courtesy a century stand between Sachin Tendulkar and Rohit Sharma, before the middle order imploded. When the situation was at its most dire, Smith hit the straight boundary three times.

RCB vs DC

Last year it was Chris Gayle for Royal Challengers Bangalore, this year it's AB de Villiers. Another fiery, match-winning hand from him transformed the game in a matter of two overs, revived Royal Challengers' campaign, left Deccan Chargers shell-shocked and entertained the home crowd. Chargers clearly had the upper hand when Tillakaratne Dilshan fell after a half-century, their relatively inexperienced bowling attack punching above its weight. But de Villiers brought them down to earth and reserved special treatment for his South Africa team-mate Dale Steyn in a game-changing 18th over.

Dilshan's 71 had put Royal Challengers on track in a big chase but his wicket, in the 16th over, was one of three in quick succession - a stutter that helped Chargers sneak ahead. But Mayank Agarwal showed plenty of fight, thrashing Veer Pratap Singh and Ashish Reddy, both medium-pacers, for sixes to keep his team in the hunt. De Villiers' subsequent onslaught snatched the game away from Chargers.

Todays match

Daredevils v KKR at Delhi
May 7, 2012 (20:00 local | 14:30 GMT)

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CSK vs DC

Their batsmen did not set Chepauk alight, nor did their bowlers destroy the opposition, but Chennai Super Kings fought hard on a demanding pitch to earn a victory that helped them claw back into the league's top half. Their top-order made nugget-sized but swift contributions that ensured Super Kings reached a competitive target despite an end-over slowdown, after which their bowlers prevented Cameron White's solitary straining at the reins from saving the night for Deccan Chargers. It was a gritty, unspectacular win, but one that ensured they did not drop points against the IPL's bottom-placed team.

The turnaround for Super Kings, however, came via a stroke of luck. White and Shikhar Dhawan had kept Chargers on course by reaching 77 for 1 in the 11th over, when White drove the ball hard at Dwayne Bravo, the bowler. The ball thudded into Bravo's hand and deflected a long way on to the stumps, catching Dhawan backing-up much too far. There was no luck involved in Kumar Sangakkara's dismissal, though, when Suresh Raina lunged to his right to grab a firm drive with the fingertips of his outstretched hand. Daniel Christian took time to settle in and Chargers scored only 26 between overs 11 and 15 for the loss of two wickets. They needed 59 off the final five and run scoring was significantly harder as the ball got older.

Todays match

KKR v Warriors (16:00 local | 10:30 GMT)
Kings XI v Royals (20:00 local | 14:30 GMT)

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In the end, Mumbai Indians deserved two points for having rendered a target of 121 so difficult that Pune Warriors played catch-up for most of the chase. And the one-run margin magnified the impact of Sourav Ganguly's crawl in the final analysis. There were other Warriors batsmen who found run-scoring difficult on the low pitch, but they did not hang around for as long as Ganguly did and consequently, did not make it as difficult for the doughty Mithun Manhas as Ganguly did.

When Ganguly arrived at 40 for 2 in the seventh over, the asking-rate was just over six runs an over. By the time he was bowled for 16 off 24 by Lasith Malinga off the last ball of the 17th over, slogging and missing tamely, the asking-rate had climbed to nine. Manhas tried to make the most of the strike he got in a 47-run fifth-wicket stand in which Ganguly contributed 13. But he was up against a class Mumbai Indians attack, and with Malinga to bowl two overs at the death, Warriors' chances diminished even further. They needed 12 off the final over, but Munaf Patel managed to hold them off, just about.

Todays match

Super Kings v Chargers at Chennai
May 4, 2012 (20:00 local | 14:30 GMT)

west indies
 
West Indies have openly embraced the return of their premier batsman Chris Gayle, who on Wednesday committed to making himself available for selection for the one-day leg of their tour of England. In doing so he decided to forsake his contract with Somerset as an overseas player for the Friends Life t20 and Ottis Gibson, the West Indies coach, said if Gayle was available, he would "definitely be picked".

Wagner named in New Zealand Test squad

The South Africa-born fast bowler Neil Wagner has been named in New Zealand's Test squad for the tour of the West Indies, while Brendon McCullum has been rested from the one-day and Twenty20 squads. New Zealand have named their touring groups for the trip, which begins with a pair of Twenty20s in Florida starting on June 30 and finishes with two Tests in Antigua and Jamaica in late July and early August.

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Kings XI Punjab, slow starters in this IPL, broke through into the top half of the points table with what should have been a comfortable win over Royal Challengers Bangalore, who fell significantly short of the formidable target they looked good to set. Kings XI scaled down 159 amid some late panic that produced three run-outs, taking the game to the penultimate ball when it deserved a swifter ending.

The platform for a successful chase was laid by youngsters Mandeep Singh and Nitin Saini, who batted assuredly, and stand-in captain David Hussey took them close with a fiery cameo. In the end, Piyush Chawla's match-sealing six apart, Kings XI's bowlers made the difference, with Praveen Kumar's excellent opening spell and Azhar Mahmood's economy at the death combining to undermine another Chris Gayle special and Virat Kohli's return to form.


Todays match

Warriors v Mum Indians at Pune
May 3, 2012 (20:00 local | 14:30 GMT)