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Sachin Tendulkar, Virender Sehwag, Gautam Gambhir and Yuvraj Singh in the Indian ranks, Dhoni had said it was natural he should bat at number five and Gavaskar agreed with it.

"I think he (Dhoni) has no place in the top order. You have Virender Sehwag and Sachin Tendulkar at the top and Gautam Gambhir comes next. Yuvraj Singh is at his best at number four and so Dhoni comes after him," Gavaskar said here.

"The important thing about the debate was good players should face more overs and he (Dhoni) was batting as a floater for some time. And I think he will bat according to the situation," he said on the sidelines of the 'Hindustan Times Leadership Summit'.

Gavaskar also felt that former captain Rahul Dravid got the axe in the one-day series against Australia as he had got into the Sri Lanka and Champions Trophy squad as cover for Sehwag, who was injured then.

"Dravid was in the Champions Trophy squad as a cover for Sehwag as the selectors wanted a senior player as replacement.

Once Sehwag recovered the selectors dropped him. Moreover, Yuvraj, who was injured in South Africa before the Champions Trophy, also recovered and Dravid had no place in the team," he added. .

Gavaskar also lauded Sachin Tendulkar, who would complete 20 years of international cricket next month, for his commitment to the game.

"It is a tremendous achievement to be able to play for 20 years consistently. Even after 20 years he is still child at heart. He has still got the enthusiasm of a child and is still hungry to perform after playing for so many years," he said.

New Zealand fast bowling great Sir Richard Hadlee felt the hallmark of a great player was how he performed abroad and how fast he comes out of a lean patch, and Tendulkar was excellent on both counts.

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Indian viewers have seen the very best of Marsh during the IPL and Tim Paine's departure should ensure Marsh opens with Shane Watson for the remainder of the series. He's most comfortable at the top of the order and will be keen to re-establish himself as one of Australia's permanent one-day openers following a six-month lay-off that started when he hurt his hamstring during the series in the UAE against Pakistan.

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With no injuries to speak of, India have no reason to alter their line-up. After a 99-run victory, why would you?

India (probable): 1 Sachin Tendulkar, 2 Virender Sehwag, 3 Gautam Gambhir, 4 Yuvraj Singh, 5 MS Dhoni (capt/wk), 6 Suresh Raina, 7 Ravindra Jadeja, 8 Harbhajan Singh, 9 Praveen Kumar, 10 Ishant Sharma, 11 Ashish Nehra.

The situation isn't so clear-cut for Australia. Lee's elbow injury has ended his series and Hopes remains on the sidelines. Australia's sub-standard bowling effort in Nagpur could bring Moises Henriques and Doug Bollinger into the equation, with Ben Hilfenhaus especially vulnerable having leaked 83 runs on Wednesday. Ponting wasn't happy with the team balance in Nagpur, which could mean a debut for Henriques, probably at the expense of Adam Voges. Graham Manou will replace the injured Paine but won't take his batting position and is likely to slot in at No. 7.

Australia: (probable) 1 Shane Watson, 2 Shaun Marsh, 3 Ricky Ponting (capt), 4 Cameron White, 5 Michael Hussey, 6 Adam Voges/Moises Henriques, 7 Graham Manou (wk), 8 Mitchell Johnson, 9 Nathan Hauritz, 10 Peter Siddle, 11 Ben Hilfenhaus/Doug Bollinger.

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The opening pair not firing collectively is still a concern, but Pandey's century has really helped, statistically and psychologically. Taylor has been essential, Virat Kohli has chipped in with the odd cameo, and Dravid's return to form last game was a plus. The lower middle order remains a worry. Praveen's last few games have been good, but most promising has been the performance of van der Merwe and B Akhil, who have been restrictive and among the wickets.

Bangalore Royal Challengers: 1 Manish Pandey, 2 Jacques Kallis, 3 Rahul Dravid, 4 Robin Uthappa, 5 Ross Taylor, 6 Virat Kohli, 7 Mark Boucher (wk), 8 Roelof van der Merwe, 9 Praveen Kumar, 10 B Akhil, 11 Anil Kumble (capt).

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AC Gilchrist, Abhinav Kumar, AA Bilakhia, MS Bisla, H Das, FH Edwards, HH Gibbs, Harmeet Singh, RJ Harris, Jaskaran Singh, Jaskaran Singh, D Kalyankrishna, VVS Laxman, PP Ojha, DB Ravi Teja, PM Sarvesh Kumar, RG Sharma, SM Shoaib, LPC Silva, RP Singh, DR Smith, SB Styris, TS Suman, A Symonds, WPUJC Vaas, Y Venugopal Rao, DP Vijaykumar, AS Yadav, DNT Zoysa

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Here’s a sneak preview of the second semifinal of the DLF Indian Premier League between Chennai Super Kings and Royal Challengers Bangalore here on Saturday.

A spot in the final and a chance to be crowned the DLF Indian Premier League on Sunday.

Chennai Super Kings have won eight of their last nine games and will start favourites but Anil Kumble’s side have been victorious in their last four matches, including special victories over each of the other semifinalists in their last three contests. So Chennai Super Kings will know that they can pay a big price if they do not treat the Royal Challengers Bangalore as very serious contenders.

Chennai Super Kings have been blessed by amazing consistency from men like Orange Cap holder Matthew Hayden (546 runs), Suresh Raina (414) and Mahendra Singh Dhoni (304). Among the bowlers, Muttiah Muralitharan and L Balaji are top of the charts with 13 wickets each while Albie Morkel and Shadab Jakati have 12 each, not to forget the roles played by Sudeep Tyagi and Raina. For Royal Challengers Bangalore, the biggest batting contribution has come from Jacques Kallis (337) while Ross Taylor (236), Rahul Dravid (218) and Virat Kohli (215) have been consistent too. Anil Kumble’s 17 wicket make him the key man while Praveen Kumar (12) and Roelef van der Merwe (8) have chipped in with good efforts.

You may be tempted to put the calm and creative Mahendra Singh Dhoni ahead of the seasoned Anil Kumble but do not forget that the Royal Challengers Bangalore have shown a remarkable resurgence under the man they call Jumbo. Neither man has made mistakes that have cost his team. To their credit, they have been ready to think out of the box to find answers to problems that posed to them by the opposition.

we get to watch Rahul Dravid take on Muttiah Muralitharan, that would be an amazing battle of wits – as will be Kumble’s contest with Mattew Hayden. But above all, it will be interesting to the see the two captains play chess on the cricket ground.

teams have traded a victory and defeat each.On April 20, at St George’s Park in Port Elizabeth, Chennai Super Kings thrashed Royal Challengers Bangalore by a whopping 92 runs, thanks to a brilliant spell of off-spin bowling by Muttiah Muralitharan. He prised out Kevin Pietersen first ball and finished with three for 11 in three overs. Chennai Super Kings had made 179 for five in 20 overs and Royal Challengers Bangalore were never in the race.

Royal Challengers Bangalore beat Chennai Super Kings by two wickets. Anil Kumble led from the front with a spell of 4-0-12-2 while Ross Taylor ensured that the team would squeeze home in a low-scoring game with two deliveries to spare. It was the only defeat inflicted on Dhoni’s team in their last nine matches.

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Adam Gilchrist presented two faces of a winning captain on Friday.
The first one was that of a champion smiling at what he thought was a routine job after achieving the unbelievable - a stunning win for Deccan Chargers' in their semifinal against Delhi Daredevils in the DLF Indian Premier League on Friday.
The other was that of a fortune teller whose prediction came true. He showed what instinct meant to sporting champions when he pulled out a paper from his pocket during the post match conference. 'We will win by six wickets.' The writing on the paper was unmistakably Gilchrist's. And there was no reason to disbelieve him when he told you he had written the thought down on the paper long before he left the team hotel.
The man, who became the first to score more than 900 runs and smash more than 150 boundaries in IPL, told iplt20.com in an exclusive interview that instinct is a call from within that invokes in athletes us an urge to do better on the field. "The beauty is that it makes the performance, whatever that may be, rewarding," he said.

I had a feeling in the morning that we would win by six wickets. I always back my instincts so I just took out a paper and wrote this. I am quite amazed that it came true.

It is what invokes in us an urge to do better on the field. The beauty is that it makes the performance, whatever that may be, rewarding.

We have learnt a lot from our mistakes last year and this year we had decided to back our skills.

We have been great mates in the Australian dressing room. Having him in the team releases the pressure from me as I know he is always there. His cricketing knowledge is unquestionable. I respect his cricket and is a terrific person.

For me to compare the innings or the runs is not important - what important is the timing of the innings. So, tonight this was the most important knock of my life," he says. "I think I just pulled it out in a big match situation not only in the World Cup final but also here. Back then I knew I had Punter (Ricky Ponting), Symo (Andrew Symonds) and others to follow, but today since we were chasing, I wanted to finish it off. In T20s it is by far my best knock.

We have learnt that it is possible to improve our potential. The winners also learn. We have now learnt to explore what is more humanly possible for us as a team. It has been a journey of a lifetime for most of us. I think 'competition' does not mean an attempt to beat others. It merely means 'to do better' than what one is already doing.

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2009-05-21T11:37:00.001-07:00

Chennai Super Kings’ off-spin trio of Muttiah Muralitharan, R Ashwin and Suresh Raina out-thought Kings XI Punjab to win a low-scoring thriller to take the second place behind Delhi Daredevils on the table in the DLF Indian Premier League here on Wednesday. The trio had combined figures of six for 38 in 12 overs as their team successfully defended a total of 116.

The world’s most successful off-break bowler Muralitharan was magnificent as he returned a haul of two for eight in his four overs; the gangling Ashwin picked up two scalps for 13 while while the clever Raina added to the specialists’ efforts with two for 17, including the big wicket of Yuvraj Singh as they throttled Kings XI Punjab’s bid to win and enter the semifinals.

The 24-run defeat has all but sent Kings XI Punjab out of the race for a place in the last four as Deccan Challengers and Royal Challengers Bangalore can both join Delhi Daredevils and Chennai Super Kings in the semifinals. Deccan Challengers and Royal Challengers Bangalore, who play their last game on Thursday, and Kings XI Punjab have 14 points each but Yuvraj Singh’s team will be hurt by its lower net run rate than either of their rivals.

Some eyebrows were raised when Chennai Super Kings decided to rest Matthew Hayden and Albie Morkel, both nursing niggles. And some more eyebrows were raised as left-arm spinner Shadab Jakati was stood down for Ashwin. But it was clear that Mahendra Singh Dhoni and coach Stephen Fleming wanted to challenge Kings XI Punjab with a diet of off-spin.

The plan worked to a nicety as Kings XI Punjab, loaded with left-handed batsmen, did not insure themselves against having to play 12 overs of off-spin by picking up quick runs against the new ball attack of Manpreet Singh Goni and Thilan Tushara. In fact, Parthiv Patel and George Bailey had done exactly that during their breezy 40-run stand for Chennai Super Kings.

In a must-win game for Kings XI Punjab, the bowlers had done exceedingly well to stop Chennai Super Kings from building a big total on the sluggish track after that blazing start by Patel and Bailey. Raina and Jacob Oram were the only other batsmen to reach double figures as the Kings XI Punjab fast bowlers claimed five wickets among themselves.

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2009-05-21T11:33:00.000-07:00

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Delhi Daredevils have surprised one and all with their choices in the team XI since day one of DLF Indian Premier League 2009 in South Africa. One of the biggest surprises this year has been the fact that a legend like Glenn McGrath has not featured in any of the games. Also Daniel Vettori has been left out for the balance in some game.

Small wonder Delhi Daredevils coach Greg Shipperd believes he has the dirtiest task to do when he has to go up to the likes of McGrath and break the news to him. "With the four overseas players rule and us needing to beef our batting up with overeas players. There is really often one bowling spot. It is difficult and embarrassing for me to go to Glenn McGrath and say 'Sorry mate we haven't picked you in the team',"said Shipperd in an exclusive interview with iplt20.com.

Without McGrath, Vettori and even skipper Virender Sehwag in a few games, Delhi Daredevils have won games and that is a big achievement. The coach naturally feels happy that his side has managed to overcome these hurdles to top the league.

"This is testament to the group that goes out and the mission that they have. There are a lot of fabulous players sitting on benches, not playing the game. So I still encourage IPL to think their way through opportunities, to if you like broaden the exposure to those international players, without diluting to any significant degree to the absolute aim of promoting and developing the Indian cricketers," Shipperd said.

The Delhi Daredevils coach believes there has to be an additional overseas player allowed in the playing XI just to spice up the competition. He says he has spoken to his fellow Victorian Shane Warne about his idea and the champion leggie has liked the concept.

"There can be an identified block of games across the tournament where you instead of four overseas players, you throw in a fifth as well. Whether it is Vettori or McGrath or a player that the competition wants to see and the player wants to play. That oportunity in three or four games across the tournament can be an avenue to play and show their skills.

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2009-05-18T11:12:00.000-07:00

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Royal Challengers Bangalore captain Anil Kumble is not one to throw in the towel. He was pretty much the same strong character as he met the media at the end of a thrashing at the hands of Rajasthan Royals in the DLF Indian Premier League game here on Thursday. The pitch was a bit tough early on. Maybe it was a good toss to win. And early up the ball was not coming onto the bat, there was bit of a bounce... obviously we lost too many wickets and we lost momentum. Basically we didn't get any partnerships. Even in shorter versions you need partnerships and that didn't happen today.

mean, today maybe first six or seven overs, possibly was with the bowlers. If we had got through it we would have maybe scored about 140-150. On that wicket it was a pretty decent par score. We could have defended that if he had got early wickets. Possibly we lost too many wickets, Rahul Dravid got out to a ball that you don't generally nick it. But it is one of those days. Jacques Kallis was almost dropped, picked up right at the end. It is one of those things which didn't go our way.

That's cricket... you can't.... if everybody.... if things went to script, then every game you would win. So that's the beauty of cricket and that's the way it is.

have won three out of the last four games we have played. We still have five. So the next game is against Mumbai Indians and obviously we have done well against them. We would like take that kind of confidence. You can't think that we have lost this game and we have lost momentum. I don't think so. I think every game is a different game, new game. We will have to adapt to the conditions and try and force a win. Again if we win that, we will be again part of the top five. I think, till the last few games we are still in the race. So we would like to look at it in that sense and approach every game as a final.

2009-05-17T05:13:00.000-07:00

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captainV Sehwag, R Bhatia, PD Collingwood, AB de Villiers, TM Dilshan, G Gambhir, wicketkeeperKD Karthik, AB McDonald, GD McGrath, MF Maharoof, VY Mahesh, M Manhas, A Mishra, Y Nagar, DP Nannes, A Nehra, AM Salvi, P Sangwan, OA Shah, DL Vettori, DA Warner, T Yadav, U Yadav

Rajasthan Royals squad
captainSK Warne, G Singh, PS Chavan, A Angle, SA Asnodkar, J Botha, LA Carseldine, SD Chitnis, RV Gomez, SM Harwood, T Henderson, RA Jadeja, Kamran Khan, JL Langer, A Malik, Mohammed Arif, PP More, M Morkel, NV Ojha, MM Patel, NK Patel, YK Pathan, RJ Quiney, AS Raut, wicketkeeperM Rawat, wicketkeeperAS Sharma, A Singh, GC Smith, SW Tait, SK Trivedi, PC Valthaty, SR Watson

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2009-05-17T05:09:00.000-07:00

Team	Mat	Won	Lost	N/R	Pts	Net RR
Delhi Daredevils	11	8	3	0	16	+0.275
Chennai	12	7	4	1	15	+1.021
Deccan Chargers	12	7	5	0	14	+0.294
Rajasthan Royals	12	6	5	1	13	-0.329
Bangalore	12	6	6	0	12	-0.309
Kings XI Punjab	12	6	6	0	12	-0.470
Mumbai Indians	13	5	7	1	11	+0.401
Kolkata	12	1	10	1	3	-0.973

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AC Gilchrist, Abhinav Kumar, AA Bilakhia, MS Bisla, H Das, FH Edwards, HH Gibbs, Harmeet Singh, RJ Harris, Jaskaran Singh, Jaskaran Singh, D Kalyankrishna, VVS Laxman, PP Ojha, DB Ravi Teja, PM Sarvesh Kumar, RG Sharma, SM Shoaib, LPC Silva, RP Singh, DR Smith, SB Styris, TS Suman, A Symonds, WPUJC Vaas, Y Venugopal Rao, DP Vijaykumar, AS Yadav, DNT Zoysa

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2009-05-09T11:19:00.000-07:00

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After facing a crushing seven-wicket defeat by Delhi Daredevils, Mumbai Indians captain Sachin Tendulkar said that his side needs to put on big totals but praised his bowlers and fielders for pushing the till the very end.

Excerpts from his media briefing:

On dropping Sanath Jayasuriya: Well I know it is tough. But sometimes you have to take certain calls. For both me and Shaun, it was not a easy call. We know Sanath and he took it sportingly. It was a tough call for us and Luke was picked ahead of him.

On dropping himself down the order: We were just trying out different combinations. I thought may with two spinners in their side I wanted to be there and that was the idea. I wanted to send Luke Ronchi up the order and figure out how he does. He looked pretty good in a couple of practice games.

On the team’s strategy now: Well I think whatever games are remaining we have to win them all. We have been pushed to the corner and we will have to start to put up some descent totals. Today I think we didn’t scored many runs on the board but the bowling department was very good. So the basic problem is not having enough runs on the board.

On the turning point: It was very much there. I think in the seventh or the eight over when the spinners came on and the ball started gripping a bit. It was clear that the batsmen were not comfortable rotating the strike. The idea was to try and keep the ball as slow as possible. It was gripping a bit and that was the chance because the moment the fast bowlers came they were put away.

On his team’s bowling performance: I don’t think if you score 117 runs and still make a good match out of it and I think we were pretty much there in the match. Our bowling and fielding were disciplined. Sometimes things just don’t click for you.

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2009-05-09T11:17:00.000-07:00

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It wasn’t one those high-scoring thrillers, synonymous with the DLF Indian Premier League, but Delhi Daredevils slipped past Mumbai Indians with seven wickets in hand at Buffalo Park on Friday. The match extended into the penultimate over as Delhi Daredevils nearly made heavy weather of reaching the 117-run target.

Delhi Daredevils captain Gautam Gambhir said that the victory would help the team in keeping the momentum. “We never wanted to lose that momentum. Even a loss can turn things aroundin a tournament like this. At a certain point, run rate did go up but we were never under pressure as we had enough wickets. 116 wasn’t that much and the way we approached the target, it was part of our gameplan,” he said.

It wasn’t a good day for Mumbai Indians who ended up with their lowest total in the tournament. Disappointed with another loss, Mumbai Indians captain Sachin Tendulkar said that the batsmen could not put enough score on the board for their bowlers to defend. “We needed a win. But with just 116 on board, it was always going to be difficult for us. The bowlers did their job to their best. We have been pushed to the corner but then all is still not over and we will try to bounce back,” he said.

Man-of-the-match Ashish Nehra said that he was happy with his performance as everything was going well for him on the field. “I am bowling quite well with the old ball. But if you take early wickets, it sets things right for you. Today it was difficult to bowl against the wind,” said Nehra, adding that the win was important as now they were on the top of the table.

His team-mate Fervez Mehroof, on the bench for much of the series, said that it was tough fighting for a place in the team as the composition was good. “Though I would have loved to play in the middle, it has been a pleasure to see my team perform so well so far. We have done our homework well,” said the Sri Lankan

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Mumbai Indians need to snap out of the losing streak to be in the run for the semifinals while Delhi Daredevils need to carry on the good work as they are favourites to make it into the semifinals.

Tendulkar has been pretty much the torch-bearer for his side while Delhi’s stand-in skipper Gautam Gambhir continues to be the man Delhi Daredevils rely on.

Gautam Gambhir and David Warner taking on Lasith Malinga would be a sight but do not discount Sanath Jayasuriya's tussle with Dirk Nannes and Sachin Tendulkar’s showdown with Ashish Nehra, which should be good too.

Delhi Daredevils do not want to take any chances by fielding an unfit Virender Sehwag since they are already leading the table. For Mumbai Indians, Zaheer Khan is down with a shoulder injury and Shikhar Dhawan is out with a broken finger.

Daredevils are riding high on recent successes whereas Mumbai Indians are having a mixed bag of a tournament.

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2009-05-06T12:38:00.000-07:00

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Royal Challengers Bangalore owner Vijay Mallya believes his side has the potential to become champions in the second season of DLF Indian Premier League, In an interview with iplt20.com, he spoke about his side’s three consecutive wins and about his decision to appoint Anil Kumble as skipper after Kevin Pietersen left for national duty.

We performed extremely well. I think beating Mumbai by nine wickets in 18 overs and scoring 150 runs for one wicket is a great performance. I think all of us are really proud of our squad. We got everything right for the third time in-a-row. And this means that we can do it. We need not be demoralised by our losses in this tournament. We should think positive and move forward. I think only a great performance like this adds to another.

Well, nobody in any sport is going to say I will win. I think that is one question that is beyond our reach. All I can say is, we have the talent and determination to play well and if that takes us to winning this tournament, then I will be the happiest main in the world.

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2009-05-04T10:54:00.000-07:00

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It was a huge surprise when Kings XI Punjab lost their last game against Royal Challengers Bangalore a couple of days ago. They were within striking distance of closing out the game but messed up the chase.

Clearly, that game left a scar on the minds of the Kings XI Punjab batsmen and it was beginning to tell on them, even when they were involved in a tense chase with Kolkata Knight Riders on Sunday here. It certainly played on the mind of Mahela Jayawardene who missed out in the last game.

Yusuf Pathan is the toast of DLF Indian Premier League. He continues to make headlines for his showing for the second successive season.No wonder his team regards him as their most valuable player. But when he is batting, his own family too is on tenterhooks just as fans are drawn to the edge of their seats .

Yusuf's key rival and younger brother Irfan Pathan likes to watch his brother in action. They are obviously very close toone other as can be seen in the way Irfan was excited about watching his brother dismantle Delhi Daredevils at Centurion."Did you watch his knock?" he asked a few of us before settling down for dinner in Durban

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2009-05-04T10:49:00.000-07:00

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Last season Brendon McCullum set the DLF-IPL on fire with his breathtaking hitting in the opening game of the event. That knock enlivened the tournament and sent the popularity skyrocketting. In that one game McCullum hit 158 to become the highest scorer in a T20 game.

Compare that to this season and McCullum seems a patch of the man he was last season. He has logged just 31 runs in 6 games with a top-score of 21. Just not good enough for a guy who was supposed to be one of the torch-bearers for the tournament.

And that is also one of the reasons why Kolkata Knight Riders have struggled as a team. A lot has been said about how the pressures of captaincy have weighed down the man, but McCullum keeps deflecting all such queries.

Infact he gets a vote of confidence from the man who knows him better than anyone else, Andy Moles, the New Zealand coach. Moles is here during the DLF-IPL 2, as an observer and is attached to the Kolkata Knight Riders. Moles has seen McCullum take apart attacks earlier this season is not unduly worried about the sudden loss of form of his key batsman

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Chennai's have banked primarily on Matthew Hayden, the season's highest runscorer with 246, and Suresh Raina, the second highest with 232, for most of their runs. Their powerful allrounders - MS Dhoni, Albie Morkel and Jacob Oram - haven't played a match-winning role as yet. Chennai's bowling isn't the strongest in the tournament but two youngsters - Shadab Jakati and Sudeep Tyagi - played crucial parts in the win against Delhi. Muttiah Muralitharan has been economical, conceding less than six runs an over, but Chennai will want him to add quickly to his haul of five wickets.

Deccan Chargers
Deccan have relied heavily on their openers - Adam Gilchrist and Herschelle Gibbs - for momentum. Rohit Sharma's performances have tapered after an outstanding half-century against Bangalore but Deccan seem to have found a talent in 25-year old T Suman who has 64 runs from two innings at a strike-rate of 145. RP Singh and Pragyan Ojha are their leading wicket-takers with 12 and 10 respectively while Edwards has been restrictive with the new ball. Edwards, though, has left South Africa to join the West Indian squad in England and Deccan will need to pick a replacement.

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Monday's match at Buffalo Park in East London is between teams which had contrasting starts to the second season of the IPL but are now experiencing a change in form.

Last year's finalists Chennai Super Kings had a slow start to the tournament despite their squad brimming with hard-hitting all-round talent. They lost three of their first five games to tough opponents, had one washout against the league's (nearly) also-rans, Kolkata Knight Riders, and lost Andrew Flintoff to injury, leaving them in the bottom half of the points table. However, Chennai regrouped and won their last two matches - against Royal Challengers Bangalore and Delhi Daredevils - and are back in the reckoning for a semi-final berth.

Chennai's most recent defeat in the IPL came against Deccan Chargers, who had transformed themselves from last season's worst team to this season's best by winning their first four matches with relative ease. Deccan were No. 1 in the league when they ran into Delhi and were defeated for the first time. The more serious setback, though, came against a weaker Rajasthan side, who had to strain every sinew to cause an upset. Both those defeats were results of Deccan losing focus during the final stages of the match: Fidel Edwards lost his temper while bowling to Tillakaratne Dilshan during Delhi's chase, and Deccan's fielding went to pieces in the last couple of overs of Rajasthan's pursuit.

Despite the two defeats, however, Deccan are still on top of the league but another loss against a resurgent Chennai will bring them closer to the rest of the pack.

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Shane Watson scraped and scrapped while carrying his bat on Friday in an unfamiliar style. He has become a muscular free-scorer in the past few seasons and now that he has proved himself with some serious runs in a long stay, he can enjoy the final encounters and seal his spot on the tour of England.

The opener Ahmed Shehzad, 17, could still be at school but is learning about international cricket instead. After a run-out mix-up on debut, he has followed his 4 with 40 and 43, showing his promise and gaining invaluable experience against a useful bowling line-up. An adventurous slog sweep ended his display on Friday, but if he goes further than a half-century his side will be in good health.

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Despite the defeat, Deccan are unlikely to tinker too much with the team that played Delhi. T Suman, who played his first game of the tournament, scored a quick 23 from 14 and is likely to retain his place.

Deccan: (probable) 1 Adam Gilchrist (capt/wk), 2 Herschelle Gibbs, 3 Azharuddin Bilakhia, 4 Rohit Sharma, 5 T Suman, 6 Dwayne Smith, 7 Venugopal Rao, 8 Pragyan Ojha, 9 Shoaib Ahmed, 10 RP Singh, 11 Fidel Edwards.

The injury to Kamran Khan means Rajasthan will have at least one change to the line-up which lost to Chennai. An option could be to strengthen their batting,

Rajasthan: (probable) 1 Graeme Smith, 2 Rob Quiney, 3 Swapnil Asnodkar, 4 Yusuf Pathan, 5 Dimitri Mascarenhas, 6 Ravindra Jedeja, 7 Paul Valthaty, 8 Shane Warne (capt), 9 Mahesh Rawat (wk), 10 Siddharth Trivedi, 11 Munaf Patel.

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Delhi really have no reasons to change the combination that beat Deccan in their previous game, unless Manoj Tiwary is fit again and they want him back for Mithun Manhas, who scored an unbeaten 23 off 16 last match.

Delhi: (probable) 1 Gautam Gambhir, 2 Virender Sehwag (capt), 3 AB de Villiers, 4 Tillakaratne Dilshan, 5 Dinesh Karthik (wk), 6 Mithun Manhas, 7 Daniel Vettori, 8 Amit Mishra, 9 Pradeep Sangwan, 10 Dirk Nannes, 11 Ashish Nehra.

One of Chennai's newcomers in the last game, Sudeep Tyagi bowled two overs for eight runs and should stay. But the other, Shadab Jakati neither got to bat nor bowl. Would they want to go back to either Joginder Sharma or Manpreet Gony? Chennai may also consider dropping one of the foreign allrounders to get Makhaya Ntini in to strengthen the pace bowling.

Chennai: (probable) 1 Parthiv Patel, 2 Matthew Hayden, 3 Suresh Raina, 4 MS Dhoni (capt/wk), 5 Albie Morkel, 6 Jacob Oram, 7 S Badrinath, 8 Shadab Jakati/Joginder Sharma/Manpreet Gony, 9 L Balaji, 10 Sudeep Tyagi, 11 Muttiah Muralitharan.

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Shahid Afridi has been outstanding in the opening three fixtures and remains Australia's biggest threat. His 10 victims at 10.70 have caused the most problems, but his 71 runs have also been a headache. The worry for Pakistan has been finding people to offer him significant assistance.

He hasn't been as effective as Afridi, but Nathan Hauritz has been a key performer for Australia. Since coming back into the one-day team in January he has 13 wickets in nine games and in this series has five at 18.60 along with an economy rate of 3.57. The prospect of more spinning surfaces in the remaining matches will lift his mood further.

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AC Gilchrist, Abhinav Kumar, AA Bilakhia, MS Bisla, H Das, FH Edwards, HH Gibbs, Harmeet Singh, RJ Harris, Jaskaran Singh, Jaskaran Singh, D Kalyankrishna, VVS Laxman, PP Ojha, DB Ravi Teja, PM Sarvesh Kumar, RG Sharma, SM Shoaib, LPC Silva, RP Singh, DR Smith, SB Styris, TS Suman, WPUJC Vaas, Y Venugopal Rao, DP Vijaykumar, AS Yadav, DNT Zoysa

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captain V Sehwag, R Bhatia, PD Collingwood, AB de Villiers, TM Dilshan, G Gambhir, wicketkeeperKD Karthik, AB McDonald, GD McGrath, MF Maharoof, VY Mahesh, M Manhas, A Mishra, Y Nagar, DP Nannes, A Nehra, AM Salvi, P Sangwan, OA Shah, MK Tiwary, DL Vettori, DA Warner, T Yadav, U Yadav

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One of the high-profile buys for Rajasthan Royals is the thunderbolt paceman Shaun Tait. The young express bowler is fighting self-doubts and exile to come back on the big stage. Warne's backing could well prove to be decisive X factor this time.

Captain-coach combination: Well the boss of this team is one and only Shane Warne. The spin magician casts a spell around his team and manages to eke out the best out of everybody. Last year he singlehandedly inspired his side to the title. His little-known players managed to raise their performance level and take it to a new high. In the background his old friend, Darren Berry does all the research on the rivals, while Warne plots the moves.

Last year's results: Played: 14, Won: 11, Lost: 3. Champions

Fitness barometer: The presence of a plethora of young Indian cricketers presents a whole new version of the country. These bunch of youngsters are talented, athletic and above all keen to follow their captain.

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There was no choice. It was pretty obvious what I had to do. I didn't have to think too much. I just had to bat through and make sure that I batted long enough for the side to get a score.

You can't keep calm. But it's always big blow to lose guys like Karan Goel, Ravi Bopara, Yuvraj Singh and Mahela. They are top players in world cricket. But the way Irfan batted, he was the key that shifted the momentum to our side.

We didn't talk much. The best thing that Irfan came and told me was: 'come on let's go positive'. Keep going well at the ball. Just make sure about whatever we do. I think that worked well for us.

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Kolkata Knight Riders captain Brendon McCullum said the sequence of defeats that his team had faced was frustrating and that the team management had sent some strong messages in the dressing room about the need to stick together and for someone to step up to swing the momentum back.

On another frustrating loss: It's frustrating. That's the word we have been using for the last week and a half. We were blown off the park at the top of the order by Sachin [Tendulkar] and Sanath [Jayasuriya]. And unfortunately weren't able to respond with the bat. We did a good job in the second half with the fielding but the way we batted was incredibly frustrating. Until such time as we try and put up a better performance we can't really expect to win. So we have just had some pretty strong messages in the change room. We have talked about the need to stick together and need for someone to step up and respond to be able to swing the momentum back our way. And if we can get a win in the next game then who knows where we can progress in the tournament. But certainly by no means do we feel that we are out of this tournament yet.

On the middle-order struggling if the top-order collapses: We need to get those guys playing from front of the game. At the moment, we are constantly playing from a position of weakness rather than a position of strength. If we can manage to put them in a better situations, when they do have to come to the wicket, I am sure you will see some far better performances from what you have seen so far in the tournament from them.

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It seemed the IPL had finally found its Twenty20 soul, with two batsmen combining to score - for the first time in this tournament - at a frenetic pace throughout the innings. But chasing a huge Deccan Chargers total, a limp show from Bangalore Royal Challengers meant another wait for the first closely-fought encounter this season.

The day belonged to Adam Gilchrist and Rohit Sharma, who scored 123 between them, off 75 deliveries, with 88 of them coming in boundary hits. The target of 185, under lights at Newlands, is not an experience teams look forward to. It didn't help that for the third time in a row, Bangalore lost a wicket without having scored a run.

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Could the script have been any different from last year's start for the Kolkata Knight Riders?Brendon McCullum's intoxicating 158 had taken them to an enormous victory a year ago, but they were outplayed by an efficient Deccan Chargers outfit on a juicy pitch in Cape Town. It has been a weekend to savour for bowlers, and each member of Deccan's attack did their bit to leave Kolkata scrambling to reach triple-digits. Herschelle Gibbs, coming off a triumphant series against Australia, and Rohit Sharma, back in the country where he made his name in 2007, then made sure Deccan's campaign didn't begin in the dismal way last season's had.

Kolkata had packed their batting with foreign players, but it wasn't enough to prevent a hapless batting performance. Their formidable top order was handcuffed by Deccan's new-ball bowlers. Fidel Edwards was fast and frugal - consistently around the 140kph mark, he gave away only six runs, the lowest conceded in a completed IPL spell - and RP Singh evicted the Kolkata openers early.

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In the first match of the IPL in 2008, Brendon McCullum smashed an unbeaten 158 from just 73 balls to set up a crushing win for his side. A year later, as season two got underway across the Indian Ocean in different conditions and under grey skies, Sachin Tendulkar batted 20 overs for an unbeaten 59 from 49 balls. It was as valuable as McCullum's blitzkrieg, if utterly different in execution and appeal, for it came on a track not entirely conducive to batting and laid the platform for Mumbai Indians' victory.

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Shilpa Shetty, the co owner of the defending champions Rajasthan Royals expressed that she is not only hoping that her team Rajasthan Royals take home the trophy again in the second edition of DLF IPL. But she was also keen to learn about the short format of the game from none other than the side’s coach and captain, Shane Warne.

"It`s a totally new ball game," says Shetty, co-owner of the Rajasthan Royals and a bollywood star. "I don`t know the nitty gritty and statistics. So I just look to Manoj Badale (her co-owner of the team) to answer those queries.”

”I have huge respect for Shane Warne, he brings so much energy to the team " Shetty added.

Shilpa joined her team Rajasthan Royals on Sunday helping them to boost the team spirit ahead of their first game against Royal Challengers Bangalore

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Cape Town: The streets of South Africa's carnival city will be flooded with bollywood stars in a different off-screen guise joining the well-known Cape Minstrel groups on Thursday as the DLF Indian Premier League launches itself
DLF Indian Premier League will hold a news conference on Thursday, where the Commissioner and Chairman of DLF IPL Chairman, Lalit Modi will be joined by Bollywood stars to announce, a major carnival through the streets of central Cape Town.

The parade will feature floats - one for each team and the DLF IPL itself - and various teams of Cape Town Minstrels, players and other celebrities will be on the floats.

As they parade through the streets of Cape Town, the Bollywood stars will get a taste of the uniquely Capetonian art form practiced by the Cape Minstrels, colourful groups who for more than a century have been traditionally competing on New Year's eve by marching through the streets showing the skills that they practice all year long.

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2009-04-14T10:11:00.000-07:00

Date	Time	Team			Venu
Apr : 19	4 pm	Kolkatta Knight Riders	vs	Deccan Chargers	Cape Town
	8 pm	Delhi Daredevils	vs	Kings XI Punjab	Cape Town
Apr : 20	4 pm	Royal Challengers Bangalore	vs	Chennai Super Kings	Port Elizabeth
Apr : 21	4 pm	Rajasthan Royals	vs	Mumbai Indians	Durban
	8pm	Kolkata Knight Riders	vs	Kings XI Punjab	Durban
Apr : 22	4 pm	Delhi Daredevils	vs	Chennai Super Kings	Durban
	8 pm	Royal Challengers Bangalore	vs	Deccan Chargers	Cape Town
Apr : 23	4 pm	Kolkata Knight Riders	vs	Rajasthan Royals	Port Elizabeth
Apr : 24	4 pm	Kings XI Punjab	vs	Royal Challengers Bangalore	Johannesburg
Apr : 25	4 pm	Kolkata Knight Riders	vs	Chennai Super Kings	Cape Town
	8 pm	Deccan Chargers	vs	Mumbai Indians	Durban
Apr : 26	4 pm	Rajasthan Royals	vs	Kings XI Punjab	Cape Town
	8 pm	Royal Challengers Bangalore	vs	Delhi Daredevils	Port Elizabeth
Apr : 27	4 pm	Kolkata Knight Riders	vs	Mumbai Indians	Cape Town
	8 pm	Chennai Super Kings	vs	Deccan Chargers	Durban
Apr : 28	4 pm	Delhi Daredevils	vs	Rajasthan Royals	Centurion
Apr : 29	4 pm	Mumbai Indians	vs	Kings XI Punjab	Durban
	8 pm	Kolkata Knight Riders	vs	Royal Challengers Bangalore	Durban
Apr : 30	4 pm	Delhi Daredevils	vs	Deccan Chargers	Supersport Park

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2009-04-14T09:56:00.001-07:00

After having missed a good amount of cricket last year due to injuries, England all-rounder Andrew Flintoff said that he doesn't want to miss the game any more and is eager to play in the Indian Premier League (IPL).

Flintoff, who was bought by Chennai Super Kings for a record $1.55 million, has had several niggling injuries, the latest of which was a hip problem that ruled him out of the final Test and first two One-day Internationals in the West Indies.

'I have missed so much cricket through injury that I don't want to miss any more,' Flintoff was quoted as saying in the Guardian.

'I've not played a lot of Twenty20 cricket and I'd like to play more. I'm not saying the money is not very appealing, but there's a lot more to it. I spent several weeks working very hard at my fitness when I came back from the West Indies and, hopefully, that will stand me in good stead come the summer,' he said.

Mahendra Singh Dhoni, saying he has a sharp

2009-04-14T09:52:00.000-07:00

India's batting maestro Sachin Tendulkar was all praise for skipper Mahendra Singh Dhoni, saying he has a sharp brain and does not complicate things.

Speaking at a reception hosted by Jaypee Group here, Tendulkar said Dhoni has developed into a balanced captain.

'I am delighted the way he has conducted himself. He is a balanced person who is on his toes all the time,' said Tendulkar on being asked whether Dhoni is the country's best captain.

'Even when he was not the captain he showed he has a sharp brain. He thinks clearly and not in a complicated way, which is a good sign.'

Tendulkar said he feels 'terrific' being part of the present team.

'I am like an elder brother to the younger lot. We share our experiences and try to learn as much as we can from each other. There is a great atmosphere in the team.'

Tendulkar said he has no qualms about not playing in the Twenty20 World Cup in England. He said he does not want to disturb the balance of the side.

'Last year we had played reasonable amount of cricket in England. My body was not fit to play the Twenty20 World Cup in South Africa and so there was no way I would have gone there. Cricket is a team sport and one weak link can affect the performance of the team.

Shah Rukh Khan Convinced in Gavaskar

2009-04-14T09:48:00.000-07:00

Bollywood star and Kolkata Knight Riders (KKR) co-owner Shah Rukh Khan has apologised to Sunil Gavaskar for hitting back at the legendary cricketer's criticism of the multiple captaincy theory mooted by his team coach John Buchanan.

'I have not said anything against Gavaskar. My comments were for people who don't understand cricket and are still telling me how to run the team.'

'I wanted to have a breathing space to try something new. I have sent him an apology letter if Gavaskar felt so because he was in America at that time,' Shah Rukh said before leaving for

Shah Rukh said he has great regard for the cricketer.

'If Gavaskar asks me to walk on my head and run the team, I would. Any thing that Gavaskar says that has to do with cricket, if he mentions, should be followed,' he said.

'It's a game which Gavaskar may not have played. But still I know his knowledge would be enough to make a comment on T20,' Shah Rukh said.

Gavaskar has criticised Buchanan and questioned his credibility as cricket coach. The former Australian coach said he will try out different players as captain in the second season of IPL to share the workload and welcome fresh ideas. It sparked a huge controversy with current KKR skipper Sourav Ganguly raising doubts over the feasibility of such a plan.

Gambhir Ready To Play On IPL

2009-04-14T09:45:00.000-07:00

Gambhir said getting the opportunity to play some quality Twenty20 cricket during the IPL would definitely act in favour of the defending champions ahead of the Twenty20 World Cup.

"It's a blessing in disguise for us to play IPL in South Africa before the Twenty20 World Cup. We hardly get to play Twenty20 matches. But to get the chance to play 14 to 15 games in IPL against world class players will definitely help us in our preparations for defending the crown," he said.

Gambhir, who has been in dream form in the recent past and was adjudged player of the tournament during Indias historic New Zealand tour, feels any player's success in the international arena depends on his security in the team.

Meanwhile, Gambhir's Delhi Daredevils teammate and opening partner Virender Sehwag feels the bouncy South African pitches will not only assist fast bowlers but batsmen too can derive benefits from them.

"Pacers will undoubtedly have an edge in South Africa because of pace and bounce but that's good for batters too as they can play their shots on such conditions," Sehwag told reporters last night during a send-off event of the Delhi Daredevils team. The swashbuckling opener, however, rued the opportunity of missing home crowd during the second edition of the IPL in South Africa, which was shifted out of the country this year as it clashes with the general elections.

IPL Match Prepare On the Team

2009-04-14T09:42:00.000-07:00

The young leg spinner said that he is not thinking about the Twenty20 World Championship now. He said he would rather focus on the job at hand and that is the IPL.

"IPL starts very soon. There is no point in thinking about the T20 World Cup which is still a couple of months away. I am working really hard for the IPL and would like to prove my worth as a player there.

"If I do well in the IPL that would surely put me in the good books of the selectors. Since the IPL is so close to the T20 World Cup it gives everyone a golden chance to prove their worth, and I would be trying to do the same," Chawla said.

Chawla who had a decent IPL stint last year both with the bat and the ball was well aware of the increased responsibilities this year, since the team would be missing the services of both their new ball bowlers, Brett Lee and S. Sreesanth.

"Yes, those guys won't be there and that would surely impact the team this time. But then we have a good batting line-up and they would surely come up with good performances.

IPL security agency moves on threat

2009-04-13T05:48:00.000-07:00

Nicholls & Steyn, the IPL's South African security agency, have said that they have taken necessary precautions to protect Lalit Modi after reports surfaced in the Indian media of an alleged threat to the IPL chairman's life from the Indian underworld, during the month-long tournament starting on Saturday.

According to the media reports, an aide of Dawood Ibrahim, a wanted Indian criminal, has targetted Modi for a variety of reasons, including Modi's refusal to pay an unspecified extortion amount, shutting the door on Pakistan players in the tournament and shifting the IPL to South Africa, a move that could reportedly cost the gang, commonly referred to as D-Company, millions of dollars in re-organising their betting operations.

Bob Nicholls, who jointly heads Nicholls & Steyn, said the agency has moved to tackle the threat to Modi. "We are aware of it and we have taken the necessary precautions. I'm not going into any details on that," Nicholls told

Warne regrets losing Watson and Tanvir

2009-04-12T09:57:00.000-07:00

Rajasthan Royals captain and coach Shane Warne has said the absence of leading performers Shane Watson and Sohail Tanvir will be a serious blow to the team as they look to defend their IPL crown in South Africa. While Australian allrounder Watson was the Player of the Tournament last season, Pakistan fast bowler Tanvir finished as the leading wicket-taker with 22 wickets.

Both players will be on international duty during the Australia-Pakistan series in the UAE from April 22-May 7, playing five ODIs and a Twenty20 international.

Watson, who recently came off a long-term injury, joined the Royals for their training camp in Cape Town but will fly out with the Australian team next week. Tanvir, on the other hand, will be missing the entire tournament after the IPL cancelled the contracts of Pakistan players because of political tension between India and Pakistan.

"They are big losses," Warne said. "I think Shane misses the first nine games playing for Australia so he'll be available for the last five games and hopefully the finals. He's not bowling at the moment but he's still a big loss. Tanvir was sensational last year, taking early wickets and bowling at the end."