Deccan Chargers Vs Rajasthan Royals at Hyderabad

The Indian Premier League (IPL) : Today the match begins with Deccan Chargers clashing with Rajasthan Royals at Rajiv Gandhi International Stadium, Uppal, Hyderabad. Rajasthan Royals are favourites to win against Deccan Chargers. Should they win, they will need to beat Mumbai Indians in Jaipur to get to 18 points and remain in contention of a playoff spot. On the other hand, Chargers' weak bowling and poor fielding has kept them languishing at the bottom of the table.

Rajasthan Royals : Royals' team composition is not very different from Chargers, but they have worked well within their limitations to keep their chances alive. Hope so it will be interesting to see how they react against deccan the team bottom of the table.Must win game for royals to stay in play-offs.

Royals have been the perennial underdogs. They started the season by surprising other teams with strong batting performances. Ajinkya Rahane, Rahul Dravid, Owais Shah, Brad Hodge - all contributed in Royals' early wins. The team bears a different complexion now because of two impact players - Shane Watson and Shaun Tait. Royals need another big performance from the two and watch out for the in-form trio of Shikhar Dhawan, Cameron White and Dale Steyn.

Rajasthan Royals squad : R Dravid(C), STR Binny, J Botha, DL Chahar, A Chandila, LD Chandimal, AA Chavan, A Chopra, PD Collingwood, K Cooper, AP Dole, SM Fallah, FY Fazal, SP Goswami†, BJ Hodge, GB Hogg, AL Menaria, S Narwal, Pankaj Singh, AG Paunikar, AM Rahane, AS Raut, OA Shah, PR Shah, A Singh, S Sreesanth, SW Tait, SK Trivedi, SR Watson, DH Yagnik

Delhi Daredevils clashing with Royal Challengers Bangalore at Feroz Shah Kotla, Delhi

The Indian Premier League (IPL) : Today the match begins with Delhi Daredevils clashing with Royal Challengers Bangalore at Feroz Shah Kotla, Delhi. Must win game for Royal Challengers Bangalore. The head to head between these sides after nine matches is 5-4 in Daredevils' favour. They lost the first match this season, in Bangalore, by 20 runs.

Royal Challengers Bangalore : The first of Royal Challengers' two must-win games is against Delhi Daredevils, league leaders and the first team to secure a playoff berth. It's at the Feroz Shah Kotla, where the pitch and conditions seem customised for the home side's hard-hitting batsmen and battery of fast bowlers.

Teams hope depend on Gayle and Ab. These two are match winner for Bangalore. Royal Challengers batting line-up is too strong. Royal Challengers have conceded 8.19 runs per over. They have the longest tail in the IPL because they play five specialist bowlers - Vinay Kumar batted at No. 7 in the previous game. Yet their bowling attack, despite having Zaheer Khan and Muttiah Muralitharan, is the second most expensive of the tournament.

Royal Challengers Bangalore squad : DL Vettori(C), V Kohli, MA Agarwal, KP Appanna, KB Arun Karthik, RR Bhatkal, AB de Villiers, TM Dilshan, CM Gautam, CH Gayle, M Kaif, AA Kazi, Z Khan, CK Langeveldt, AB McDonald, A Mithun, M Muralitharan, KK Nair, DP Nannes, R Ninan, P Parameswaran, HV Patel, AUK Pathan, LA Pomersbach†, CA Pujara, RR Rossouw, J Syed Mohammad, S Thiyagarajan, SS Tiwary, R Vinay Kumar, VH Zol

Chennai Super Kings Vs Kings XI Punjab at Dharmshala

The Indian Premier League (IPL) : Today the match begins with Chennai Super Kings clashing with Kings XI Punjab at Himachal Pradesh Cricket Association Stadium, Dharamsala. Chennai Super Kings are placed fourth on the points table with 17 points and need to win their last league game against Kings XI Punjab to put themselves in a strong position to qualify for the playoffs. Kings XI are also on the brink of elimination after their loss to Delhi Daredevils. Interesting to see how they team react against each-other.

Chennai Super Kings : Super Kings have been in must-win situations in the last few games and their batting, which has always been their strength, has finally started to come together while Ben Hilfenhaus has added spark to their bowling. In Super Kings' last three games, Ben Hilfenhaus' figures read 11-1-61-6. Their bowling attack is so good as their batting attack.

Super Kings' batsmen have scored five half-centuries in IPL 2012, which is the lowest for a team along with Pune Warriors. Royal Challengers Bangalore have 15 half-centuries - the most by a team this season. Their batting strength is to good, they had a goodfinisher like Dhoni, Bravo or Morkel. They can chase any target in the big run score. In the last game, Bravo hit last ball six give Chennaihope to stay in Playoffs.

Chennai Super Kings squad : MS Dhoni(C), S Anirudha, R Ashwin, S Badrinath, GJ Bailey, DE Bollinger, DJ Bravo, F du Plessis, BW Hilfenhaus, MEK Hussey, RA Jadeja, SB Jakati, Joginder Sharma, S Randiv, KMDN Kulasekara, VY Mahesh, JA Morkel, A Mukund, SK Raina, WP Saha†, SB Styris, S Tyagi, K Vasudevadas, G Vignesh, M Vijay

Mumbai Indians Vs Kolkata Knight Riders at Mumbai

The Indian Premier League (IPL) : Today the match begins with Mumbai Indians clashing with Kolkata Knight Riders at Wankhade Stadium, Mumbai. The contrast between Kolkata Knight Riders and Mumbai Indians was there to see on Monday. After a run of six consecutive wins, Knight Riders lost their previous two games while Mumbai Indians racked up consecutive wins.Both teams would want to finish in the top two to boost their chances of making the final and avoid the eliminator.

Mumbai Indians : Mumbai Indians return to Wankhede Stadium after two away games. They have lost four out of seven home matches this season, and Harbhajan Singh has said that they haven't known what to expect from the Wankhede pitch. Sachin Tendulkar could miss the match as he is expected to take his oath as a Member of Parliament in the Rajya Sabha in New Delhi.

Mumbai Indians' on-field behaviour has been appalling this season. Last game Mumbai's Rayudu losing his entire match fee for his bust-up with Harshal Patel of Royal Challengers. Munaf has, in fact, been downright boorish, having arguments with umpires and several batsmen.Mumbai Indians have a home win-loss ratio of 1.54 in the IPL; Knight Riders have an away win-loss ratio of 1.00. Mumbai's batting is always been struglling. Their openers not giving good start to his team.

Mumbai Indians squad : Harbhajan Singh(C), SR Tendulkar, AN Ahmed, Amitoze Singh, AC Blizzard, YS Chahal, JEC Franklin, HH Gibbs, DJ Jacobs, KD Karthik†, Kuldeep Yadav, DS Kulkarni, RE Levi, CJ McKay, SL Malinga, SH Marathe, SS Nayak, PP Ojha, MM Patel, NLTC Perera, RJ Peterson, KA Pollard, AT Rayudu, JN Shah, RG Sharma, R Shukla, RP Singh, DR Smith, TL Suman, P Suyal, AP Tare,  AV Wankhade, SA Yadav

Delhi Daredevils clashing with Kings XI Punjab at Feroz Shah Kotla, Delhi

The Indian Premier League (IPL) : Today the match begins with Delhi Daredevils clashing with Kings XI Punjab at Feroz Shah Kotla, Delhi. Both Delhi Daredevils and Kings XI Punjab have three matches left in the league stage and two of them are against each other. Daredevils, who have risen to the top of the table on the back of glittering individual performances, will be the favourites. Kings XI, however, have stayed in contention for the playoffs by playing efficiently as a team.

Delhi Daredevils : Daredevils faltered twice in their last three games and their lead at the top of the league has reduced. Virender Sehwag also failed in these games and his form is crucial as they look to build momentum towards the playoff stage. Sehwag form is crusial at the stagehe will be contribute some runs and go to the team in winning mode.

David Warner announced himself with a century in his second innings. Although he failed against Chennai Super Kings, Warner is always a match-winner. Mahela and taylor is not inform batsmen. Mahela played their all of match and hit only fifty, they both are not in good form.Hope so they wil back with the bang. On the bowling hand Morkel, Umesh and Varoon AAaroon is the fantastic bowlers, they bowl well in this entire series. Sehwag says We have two matches against Kings XI and RCB at home and hopefully we will win those to make it to the playoffs.

Delhi Daredevils squad : V Sehwag(C), MC Juneja, VR Aaron, AB Agarkar, P Bisht, R Bist, GH Bodi, DAJ Bracewell, U Chand, AJ Finch, DPMD Jayawardene, GJ Maxwell, M Morkel, S Nadeem, Y Nagar, PT Naik, P Negi, NV Ojha†, IK Pathan, KP Pietersen, KC Raval, AD Russell, AM Salvi, LRPL Taylor, RE van der Merwe, Y Venugopal Rao, Vikas Mishra, DA Warner, TP Yadav, UT Yadav, Zafir Patel

Kolkata Knight Riders clashing with Chennai Super Kings at Eden Garden, Kolkata

The Indian Premier League (IPL) : Today the match begins with Kolkata Knight Riders clashing with Chennai Super Kings at Eden Garden, Kolkata. Chennai Super Kings' campaign, which had stuttered midway, was revived by two consecutive victories, the latest coming against Daredevils. Kolkata loose their last match in big margin.

Chennai Super Kings : Chennai Super Kings' campaign, which had stuttered midway, was revived by two consecutive victories, the latest coming against Daredevils. Super Kings silenced a powerful batting order on a pitch that gave the seamers a lot of assistance. They will be solidly reply to daredevills to made 115 in just loss of 1 wicket.

Ben is very good at swinging the brand new ball. It is an asset to ball in the right areas. Ben Hilfenhaus was the standout performer for Super Kings against Daredevils with a match-defining 3 for 27, but Albie Morkel's contribution was also significant. He took a wicket but gave away just 15 runs off four overs. Ravindra Jadeja is Super Kings' leading wicket-taker with ten wickets and has bowled 29 overs. Dwayne Bravo is second with nine but has bowled 13 overs more. Hussey is class player in this site.

Chennai Super Kings squad : MS Dhoni(C), S Anirudha, R Ashwin, S Badrinath, GJ Bailey, DE Bollinger, DJ Bravo, F du Plessis, BW Hilfenhaus, MEK Hussey, RA Jadeja, SB Jakati, Joginder Sharma, S Randiv, KMDN Kulasekara, VY Mahesh, JA Morkel, A Mukund, SK Raina, WP Saha†, SB Styris, S Tyagi, K Vasudevadas, G Vignesh, M Vijay

Mumbai Indians clashing with Royal Challengers Bangalore at Banglore

The Indian Premier League (IPL) : Today the match begins with Mumbai Indians clashing with Royal Challengers Bangalore at M Chinnaswamy Stadium, Bangalore. Mumbai Indians and Royal Challengers Bangalore have played a big role in spicing up the race for the playoffs. Both team need to win to upgrade yourself in points table. Both captains are struggling with their performance.

Mumbai Indians : A big win over Kolkata Knight Riders featured a significant landmark for Rohit Sharma and an excellent start to Herschelle Gibbs' IPL season, giving Mumbai Indians reason to not tinker with their opening combination again. They are excellent with their bat & bowl in this season.

Rohit Sharma's century against Knight Riders was the 22nd in the IPL and the eighth by an Indian in the tournament's history. His 167-run stand with Herschelle Gibbs was the third-highest in the IPL. He played really well against best bowling attack inthis season. Herschelle Gibbs took little time to show his worth to the Mumbai Indians side, stepping out to smash Brett Lee for three fours over extra cover in the space of four balls. he's batted really well. Hope so against Banglore sachin is also performwell.

Mumbai Indians squad : Harbhajan Singh(C), SR Tendulkar AN Ahmed, Amitoze Singh, AC Blizzard, YS Chahal, JEC Franklin, HH Gibbs, DJ Jacobs, KD Karthik†, Kuldeep Yadav, DS Kulkarni, RE Levi, CJ McKay, SL Malinga, SH Marathe, SS Nayak, PP Ojha, MM Patel, NLTC Perera, RJ Peterson, KA Pollard, AT Rayudu, JN Shah, RG Sharma, R Shukla, RP Singh, DR Smith, TL Suman, P Suyal, AP Tare, SR Tendulkar, AV Wankhade, SA Yadav

Chennai Super Kings clashing with Delhi Daredevils at Chennai

The Indian Premier League (IPL) : Today the match begins with Chennai Super Kings clashing with Delhi Daredevils at MA Chidambaram Stadium, Chepauk, Chennai. With Delhi Daredevils and Kolkata Knight Riders comfortably placed at the top of the points table, there's a crowd in the middle vying for the two other knockout places. Chennai last win over Kolkata getting fourth in the point table.

Chennai Super Kings : Must win game for super kings. Super Kings made heavy weather of a relatively simple chase against Rajasthan Royals on Thursday, only to be rescued by Albie Morkel and S Anirudha team get win. There batting order not in form. Suresh Raina MS Dhoni, who has changed the batting order frequently, has himself been a slow scorer.

Team will be boosting with the perfomance of morkel & anirudha in the last game. dhoni & raina come up on the order and not getting runs frequently. They give some time to Jadeja and Morkel to spend on the pitch. Albie Morkel hasn't had many chances with the bat but has twice turned a match on its head. He did it first against Royal Challengers and then against Royals. In the previous match between these two sides this season, in Delhi, Super Kings imploded to 110 - their lowest total of 2012.

Chennai Super Kings squad : MS Dhoni(C), S Anirudha, R Ashwin, S Badrinath, GJ Bailey, DE Bollinger, DJ Bravo, F du Plessis, BW Hilfenhaus, MEK Hussey, RA Jadeja, SB Jakati, Joginder Sharma, S Randiv, KMDN Kulasekara, VY Mahesh, JA Morkel, A Mukund, SK Raina, WP Saha†, SB Styris, S Tyagi, K Vasudevadas, G Vignesh, M Vijay

Pune Warriors clashing with Royal Challengers Bangalore at Pune in IPL

The Indian Premier League (IPL) : Today the match begins with Pune Warriors clashing with Royal Challengers Bangalore at Subrata Roy Sahara Stadium, Pune. Pune Warriors have lost six matches in a row - a sequence even worse than bottom-placed Deccan Chargers. Royal Challengers Bangalore Placed fourth in the IPL Ranking.

Royal Challengers Bangalore : Royal Challengers earned valuable two points after their bowlers had restricted Mumbai Indians to 141 the lowest score against them this season. Chris Gayle & AB Devilliers is fantastic form. When the team need they played a useful innings. If they both are perfom team never loose the game.

Virat Kohli scored useful runs must have come as a relief to the team and they would hope that he continues the form. His form is much neededto his team. Royal Challengers face Delhi Daredevils, Mumbai Indians and Deccan Chargers after the game against Warriors, and with the race to the finish getting hotter. Muttiah Muralitharan is the leading wicket-taker for Royal Challengers with ten although he has just played six games. Muralitharan's double-wicket over derailed a recovering Mumbai Indians batting and inspired a much-improved bowling performance.

Royal Challengers Bangalore squad : DL Vettori(C), V Kohli, MA Agarwal, KP Appanna, KB Arun Karthik, RR Bhatkal, AB de Villiers, TM Dilshan, CM Gautam, CH Gayle, M Kaif, AA Kazi, Z Khan,  CK Langeveldt, AB McDonald, A Mithun, M Muralitharan, KK Nair, DP Nannes, R Ninan, P Parameswaran, HV Patel, AUK Pathan, LA Pomersbach†, CA Pujara, RR Rossouw, J Syed Mohammad, S Thiyagarajan, SS Tiwary, R Vinay Kumar, VH Zol

Rajasthan Royals clashing with Chennai Super Kings at Jaipur

The Indian Premier League (IPL) : Today the match begins with Rajasthan Royals clashing with Chennai Super Kings at Sawai Mansingh Stadium, Jaipur. Neither team is certain yet of a place in the playoffs, but the team under greater pressure is Chennai Super Kings.Rajasthan looking for the winning momentum. Interesting game seeing in Jaipur tonight.

Chennai Super Kings : The two-time champions have 11 points, with six defeats and five wins. Super Kings have shown in previous editions that they are most dangerous when the pressure piles up. Doug Bollinger is fit for this game, Du Plessis, though, has been down with a virus and remains doubtful for this game.

M Vijay had been in wondeful form, scoring only 45 runs in 59 balls until the game against Mumbai Indians, when he smashed 41 off 29 balls. That innings included three sixes and showed signs of his form from the previous season. He has struggled this time and that has contributed to Super Kings' wobble this year. Vijay doesn't have too much time to turn things around but at least he's made a start. R ashwin is doing something for Chennai.

Chennai Super Kings squad : MS Dhoni(C), S Anirudha, R Ashwin, S Badrinath, GJ Bailey, DE Bollinger, DJ Bravo, F du Plessis, BW Hilfenhaus, MEK Hussey, RA Jadeja, SB Jakati, Joginder Sharma, S Randiv, KMDN Kulasekara, VY Mahesh, JA Morkel, A Mukund, SK Raina, WP Saha†, SB Styris, S Tyagi, K Vasudevadas, G Vignesh, M Vijay

Deccan Chargers Vs Delhi Daredevils at Hyderabad

The Indian Premier League (IPL) : Today the match begins with Deccan Chargers clashing with Delhi Daredevils at Rajiv Gandhi International Stadium, Uppal, Hyderabad. Deccan Chargers' season can be summed up from what happened in their first meeting against Delhi Daredevils earlier in the tournament. Pieterson's 100th give delhi to stunning win.

Delhi Daredevils : Sehwag finally failing to fire after five consecutive fifties, Daredevils missed Pietersen against Knight Riders. Sehwag and Pietersen are the only Daredevils batsmen with more than 200 runs for the season. Mahela Jayawardene has made one fifty in nine innings; it has been a struggle to watch Ross Taylor bat with his strike-rate of 88.42.

On the other hand their bowling is not impressed in last match. Morkel & Yadav pace attack is the key of daredevills bowling attack. Their batting is more stronger, when warner comes to join the team. Openers like sehwag & Warner distriy every type of bowling attack. Daredevils's 207 for 5 against Mumbai Indians is the highest total this season by a side batting first.

Delhi Daredevils squad : V Sehwag(C), MC Juneja, VR Aaron, AB Agarkar, P Bisht, R Bist, GH Bodi, DAJ Bracewell, U Chand, AJ Finch, DPMD Jayawardene, GJ Maxwell, M Morkel, S Nadeem, Y Nagar, PT Naik, P Negi, NV Ojha†, IK Pathan, KP Pietersen, KC Raval, AD Russell, AM Salvi, LRPL Taylor, RE van der Merwe, Y Venugopal Rao, Vikas Mishra, DA Warner, TP Yadav, UT Yadav, Zafir Patel

Mumbai Indians Vs Royal Challengers Bangalore at Wankhede Stadium, Mumbai.

The Indian Premier League (IPL) : Today the match begins with Mumbai Indians clashing with Royal Challengers Bangalore at Wankhede Stadium, Mumbai. Mumbai Indians face Royal Challengers Bangalore for the first time this season. The two heavyweights have met each other nine times in IPL and the record is almost even with five wins to Mumbai Indians. Both teams were pre-tournament favourites, boasting intimidating batsmen and experienced bowlers.

Royal ChallengersBangalore : Royal Challengers have five wins and five losses and they are lingering in mid-table, trying to push their way up. Royal Challengers Bangalore are the second fastest batting team behind Delhi Daredevils with a strike rate of 130.71.Royal Challengers have hit the most sixes in the tournament - 73. Most of them have come from Gayle (31) and de Villiers (14).

Royal Challengers have been overly dependent on the Gayle-de Villiers ton. AB de Villiers made Steyn look pedestrian, taking 23 runs off his last over. Overall, de Villiers has scored 292 runs at a strike-rate of 171.76. With no support from the Indian contingent in the team, the responsibility of setting up the pace would again be on him along with Chris Gayle. Kohli isnot perfoming. their bowling attack is so poor. Murali came back in the playing Xi. It will be interesting to se how they guyz are reacted in Mumbai.

Royal Challengers Bangalore squad : DL Vettori(C), V Kohli, MA Agarwal, KP Appanna, KB Arun Karthik, RR Bhatkal, AB de Villiers, TM Dilshan, CM Gautam, CH Gayle, M Kaif, AA Kazi, Z Khan,  CK Langeveldt, AB McDonald, A Mithun, M Muralitharan, KK Nair, DP Nannes, R Ninan, P Parameswaran, HV Patel, AUK Pathan, LA Pomersbach†, CA Pujara, RR Rossouw, J Syed Mohammad, S Thiyagarajan, SS Tiwary, R Vinay Kumar, VH Zol

Deccan Chargers Vs Kings XI Punjab at Hyderabad

The Indian Premier League (IPL) : Today the match begins with Kings XI Punjab clashing with Deccan Chargers at Rajiv Gandhi International Stadium, Uppal, Hyderabad. Kings XI Punjab have developed a reputation of being one of the best teams on the road, beating four of the top five teams in away matches. Hope so it will be insteresting to see how deccan react in their home ground.

Kings XI Punjab : The team has ten points from 11 matches, and is still trying to hold on to the ray of hope they have of qualification for the playoffs. They are still waiting on the fitness of their regular captain, Adam Gilchrist, who has missed their previous six matches with hamstring problems. If he is fit in today's game, Kings XI will have a difficult choice to  make  which of their overseas players to leave out.

Shaun Marsh is again expected to be the front man with the bat while Ryan Harris’ four wickets would have given him much-needed confidence as well. zhar Mahmood’s resurgence as an all-rounder cannot be discounted either but captain David Hussey needs to improve his own form before expecting the same from his teammates.

Kings XI Punjab squad : AC Gilchrist(C), P Awana, KJ Abbott, L Ablish, Amit Yadav, Azhar Mahmood, BA Bhatt, Bipul Sharma, PP Chawla, SD Chitnis, BCJ Cutting, P Dogra, JP Faulkner, Gurkeerat Singh, Harmeet Singh, RJ Harris, DJ Hussey, P Kumar, VS Malik, Mandeep Singh, SE Marsh, AD Mascarenhas, DA Miller, AM Nayar, RR Powar, NJ Rimmington, N Saini, SJ Srivastava, Sunny Singh, PC Valthaty

Pune Warriors Vs Rajasthan Royals at Pune

The Indian Premier League (IPL) : Today the match begins with Pune Warriors clashing with Rajasthan Royals at Subrata Roy Sahara Stadium, Pune. Pune Warriors have a disappointing season, not unlike the previous one, to reflect on. The season began with much promise, with three wins in the first four games. The next eight have brought seven losses. Rajasthan Royals gave their chances of making the top four a boost with a big win over Kings XI Punjab.

Rajasthan Royals : With there last win over kings XI Punjab by 43 runs. His hoping in top four is alive. Dravid in fantastic form. This is already Rahul Dravid's most prolific IPL season, with 379 runs, bettering his return of 371 in 2008. On the other hand, five changes in last match will be working for royals. Tait & watson bowled really well in last match.

Rahane is also impressive with this season. Last nyt Sehwag hitting 23 runs & taking Orange cap. But everybody hoping today rahane hit some smashing shots & take the orange cap. Shane Watson to turn in a match-winning performance, against Kings XI. Thirty-six runs at a strike-rate of 211.76 and two wickets at an economy-rate of 5.50. His class is the boost a flagging Royals campaign needed.

Rajasthan Royals squad : R Dravid(C), STR Binny, J Botha, DL Chahar, A Chandila, LD Chandimal, AA Chavan, A Chopra, PD Collingwood, K Cooper, AP Dole, SM Fallah, FY Fazal, SP Goswami†, BJ Hodge, GB Hogg, AL Menaria, S Narwal, Pankaj Singh, AG Paunikar, AM Rahane, AS Raut, OA Shah, PR Shah, A Singh, S Sreesanth, SW Tait, SK Trivedi, SR Watson, DH Yagnik

Delhi Daredevils Vs Kolkata Knight Riders at Feroz Shah Kotla, Delhi

The Indian Premier League (IPL) : Today the match begins with Delhi Daredevils clashing with Kolkata Knight Riders at Feroz Shah Kotla, Delhi. Only one point separates Delhi Daredevils from Kolkata Knight Riders and a win for the Knight Riders will take them to the lead. Both teams are playing Fabulas in their last couple of matches. Both captains in their home groun. Looking to see interesting match tonight.

Delhi Daredevills : One bad news for Delhi is Kevin Pieterson is left out, smashing 305 runs in eight innings, including a century. Pietersen will join England for the home series against West Indies, but his replacement is the equally intimidating David Warner. He's starting with the Kotla, which has been a high-scoring venue this season.

Virender Sehwag played fantastic in this IPL 5. He hit consistently five fifties in a row.Virender Sehwag needs 18 more runs to overtake Ajinkya Rahane for the Orange Cap in this IPL. Hope so he will get it today. With 91 runs from seven innings, Daredevils' Ross Taylor is yet to show up. Fortunately, his lack of form hasn't affected the team's results. But in Pietersen's absence, Taylor's role will be important.

Delhi Daredevils squad : V Sehwag(C), MC Juneja, VR Aaron, AB Agarkar, P Bisht, R Bist, GH Bodi, DAJ Bracewell, U Chand, AJ Finch, DPMD Jayawardene, GJ Maxwell, M Morkel, S Nadeem, Y Nagar, PT Naik, P Negi, NV Ojha†, IK Pathan, KP Pietersen, KC Raval, AD Russell, AM Salvi, LRPL Taylor, RE van der Merwe, Y Venugopal Rao, Vikas Mishra, DA Warner, TP Yadav, UT Yadav, Zafir Patel

Kings XI Punjab Vs Rajasthan Royals at Mohali

The Indian Premier League (IPL) : Today the match begins with Kings XI Punjab clashing with Rajasthan Royals at Punjab Cricket Association Stadium, Mohali, Chandigarh. Rajasthan Royals have struggled to win away from their home ground. On the other hand Punjab beat strongest IPL teams like Kolkata Knight Riders, Banglore or Chennai.

Rajasthan Royals : Rajasthan Royals have struggled to win away from their home ground. Royals though, are going in with a run of four consecutive losses. In three of those defeats, it was their much-praised batting which failed to score sufficient runs. They lost six matches matches out of seven. Dravid says : The first thing we have to do is to get a win, arrest the slide and get back some of the momentum.

Rahul Dravid has been in fine touch and has scored 333 runs, but his strike-rate of 116.02. It's feel preasure on the middle order batsmen.Shane watson joined the team. he's oz vice-captain & big hitter. he's also ball well in t20s. Dravid dissapointed with the batting of shah &Hodge for their last couple of matches. On the other hand hogg bowled well.

Rajasthan Royals squad : R Dravid(C), STR Binny, J Botha, DL Chahar, A Chandila, LD Chandimal, AA Chavan, A Chopra, PD Collingwood, K Cooper, AP Dole, SM Fallah, FY Fazal, SP Goswami†, BJ Hodge, GB Hogg, AL Menaria, S Narwal, Pankaj Singh, AG Paunikar, AM Rahane, AS Raut, OA Shah, PR Shah, A Singh, S Sreesanth, SW Tait, SK Trivedi, SR Watson, DH Yagnik

Kolkata Knight Riders Vs Pune Warriors at Eden Garden in Kolkata

The Indian Premier League (IPL) : Today the match begins with Kolkata Knight Riders clashing with Pune Warriors at Eden Gardens, Kolkata. In this match special attention for Sourav Ganguly is Playing his home ground, ironically as captain of the away team. He is capable of rousing the passionate Eden Gardens crowd to feverish levels; his iconic status in Kolkata is comparable to Sachin Tendulkar's in Mumbai. 

Pune Warriors : Ganguly, and Warriors, need all the inspiration they can get. They are second from bottom in the league, having lost six out of their previous seven games. Ganguly struggling his last game against Mumbai Indians. He scored 16 off 24 balls. The stage is set for Ganguly's homecoming but fans will need to hope that the weather stays clear.

Michael Clarke is new to the Warriors camp but he is expected to turn things around for a struggling team. He looked comfortable in his first two two games, but he will want to convert those starts. His class against spin could be key to negotiating a tricky Knight Riders attack. Ryder & Uthappa not in his good form. his batting lay down in every match. They have to win this game' if they want to stay in this IPL 5.

Pune Warriors squad : SC Ganguly(C), ER Dwivedi, MJ Clarke, AB Dinda, CJ Ferguson, RV Gomez, Harpreet Singh, DS Jadhav, Kamran Khan, M Kartik, HH Khadiwale, B Kumar, NL McCullum, AP Majumdar, M Manhas, AD Mathews, MD Mishra, AG Murtaza, A Nehra, MK Pandey, WD Parnell, S Rana, JD Ryder, MN Samuels, R Sharma, GC Smith, SPD Smith, Tamim Iqbal, AC Thomas, K Upadhyay, RV Uthappa, SB Wagh, LJ Wright

Chennai Super Kings Vs Deccan Chargers at Chennai in IPL

The Indian Premier League (IPL) : Today the match begins with Chennai Super Kings clashing with Deccan Chargers at MA Chidambaram Stadium, Chepauk, Chennai. Chargers have picked up four points from their previous three matches, their opponents on Friday, Chennai Super Kings, have just one point from their previous three. Interesting to see today who will win the battle.

Chennai Super Kings : Last victory came two weeks ago and had given them a share of the top spot, but they have since slid seven points behind the leaders. MS Dhoni not in his good form. In this IPL season, he's going at only 116.08. For more stats on Super Kings' batting.

Michael Hussey joined the team as well. Their Openers will more aggressive then other games. Duplesis & Hussey open the batting. It will be challenged for other team how they defend this two openers. Good news is raina scored runs in their last game. Ashwin in his good form. Albie Morkel in good form with the ball & bat. Must win game for Chennai.

Chennai Super Kings squad : MS Dhoni(C), S Anirudha, R Ashwin, S Badrinath, GJ Bailey, DE Bollinger, DJ Bravo, F du Plessis, BW Hilfenhaus, MEK Hussey, RA Jadeja, SB Jakati, Joginder Sharma, S Randiv, KMDN Kulasekara, VY Mahesh, JA Morkel, A Mukund, SK Raina, WP Saha†, SB Styris, S Tyagi, K Vasudevadas, G Vignesh, M Vijay

Mumbai Indians clashing with Pune Warriors at Pune

The Indian Premier League (IPL) : Today the match begins with Mumbai Indians clashing with Pune Warriors at Subrata Roy Sahara Stadium, Pune. With a hat-trick of losses. Second from the bottom Pune Warriors Set To Play Match against Mumbai Indians. Mumbai Indians have had five wins from nine games even though they haven't performed to their potential. Of all their big names.

Mumbai Indians : Sachin Tendulkar and Harbhajan Singh haven't fired. Rohit Sharma is the top-scorer in the IPL 2012 From Mumbai Indians.Batting is worry for mumbai Indians' specially the Openers. Tendulkar not in his good form. their partner not been regularly. sometime Levi, Blizzard,Jacobs and Franklin open the Batting with sachin. They Guyz are not shown their forms in this IPL. 

Pollard is not fit for the match. Only Malinga Perform Briallantly in the field. Ambati Rayudu and Dinesh Karthik, though, have shown signs of form after an indifferent start to the season. Mumbai Indians scored 101 against Warriors in their last match, the second-lowest score this season after their 92 all out against Delhi Daredevils. It will be Interesting to see how they react against Pune Warriors.

Mumbai Indians squad : Harbhajan Singh(C), SR Tendulkar, AN Ahmed, Amitoze Singh, AC Blizzard, YS Chahal, JEC Franklin, HH Gibbs, DJ Jacobs, KD Karthik†, Kuldeep Yadav, DS Kulkarni, RE Levi, CJ McKay, SL Malinga, SH Marathe, SS Nayak, PP Ojha, MM Patel, NLTC Perera, RJ Peterson, KA Pollard, AT Rayudu, JN Shah, RG Sharma, R Shukla, RP Singh, DR Smith, TL Suman, P Suyal, AP Tare,  AV Wankhade, SA Yadav

Kings XI Punjab Vs Royal Challengers Bangalore at Banglore in IPL

The Indian Premier League (IPL) : Today the match begins with Kings XI Punjab clashing with Royal Challengers Bangalore at M Chinnaswamy Stadium, Bangalore. Royal Challengers Bangalore have had a slight blip after a hat-trick of victories, lost the last game against Knight Riders

Kings XI Punjab : Kings XI are currently second from bottom in the points table, but they could have their captain Adam Gilchrist back tomorrow, after he sat out the previous four matches with torn hamstrings. They could also have Ryan Harris, the Australia fast bowler Now their bowling & batting department is more solid.

Shaun Marsh is the leading run-scorer in matches between these two teams, with 224 runs in six innings at an average of 56 and a strike rate of 133.33. Azhar Mahmood has become Kings XI's preferred overseas allrounder, and he has been influential in almost every game he's played. Piyush Chawla has taken 14 wickets against Royal Challengers at an average of 15.92 and an economy rate of 6.75. Only three bowlers have taken more wickets against an opposition team in the IPL.

Kings XI Punjab squad : AC Gilchrist(C), P Awana, KJ Abbott, L Ablish, Amit Yadav, Azhar Mahmood, BA Bhatt, Bipul Sharma, PP Chawla, SD Chitnis, BCJ Cutting, P Dogra, JP Faulkner, Gurkeerat Singh, Harmeet Singh, RJ Harris, DJ Hussey, P Kumar, VS Malik, Mandeep Singh, SE Marsh, AD Mascarenhas, DA Miller, AM Nayar, RR Powar, NJ Rimmington, N Saini, SJ Srivastava, Sunny Singh, PC Valthaty

Rajasthan Royals VS Delhi Daredevils at Jaipur In IPL

The Indian Premier League (IPL) : Today the match begins with Rajasthan Royals clashing with Delhi Daredevils at Sawai Mansingh Stadium, Jaipur. Rajasthan Royals will still be wondering how they botched the chase against Delhi Daredevils two days back. With 15 needed off 12 balls, with nine wickets in hand.

Rajasthan Royals : In the Last defeat against delhi Daredevills' It's thrilling. Theory that all it takes is one good over to tilt the scales in Twenty20s. Royals have a chance to set things right against the same opponent, in their Jaipur fortress.

Shane Watson come to join the team. If Watson does play straightaway, the question is who will make way - either Brad Hodge or Owais Shah. Three consecutive defeats will be at the back of their minds when they take on the in-form Daredevils. On the Other hand their bowling department is good Amit Singh , Trivedi, Hodge done good job at Kotla.

Rajasthan Royals squad : R Dravid(C), STR Binny, J Botha, DL Chahar, A Chandila, LD Chandimal, AA Chavan, A Chopra, PD Collingwood, K Cooper, AP Dole, SM Fallah, FY Fazal, SP Goswami†, BJ Hodge, GB Hogg, AL Menaria, S Narwal, Pankaj Singh, AG Paunikar, AM Rahane, AS Raut, OA Shah, PR Shah, A Singh, S Sreesanth, SW Tait, SK Trivedi, SR Watson, DH Yagnik

Deccan Chargers Vs Pune Warriors at Cuttack

The Indian Premier League (IPL) : Today the match begins with Deccan Chargers clashing with Pune Warriors  at Barabati Stadium, Cuttack. In their Last Match Deccan beat Pune Warriors and giving Chargers their first win. Pune have to win this game to Retain in the Points Table.

Pune Warriors : Warriors third from the bottom. As they loses back to back 2 games' Michael Clarke joined the team Yesterday.Warriors will be boosted by the inclusion of Michael Clarke who is making his first appearance in the IPL. Clarke will bring further stability to the batting line-up.

Robin Uthappa is the leading run scorer for Pune Warriors this season. However, his strike rate of 117.72 is much lower than previous seasons. Jesse Ryder and Steven Smith have been the most aggressive for Warriors, but in some games, Smith's impact was reduced due to him batting low in the order. Manish Pandey is also impressive as he's batted in a opener.

Pune Warriors squad : SC Ganguly(C), ER Dwivedi, MJ Clarke, AB Dinda, CJ Ferguson, RV Gomez, Harpreet Singh, DS Jadhav, Kamran Khan, M Kartik, HH Khadiwale, B Kumar, NL McCullum, AP Majumdar, M Manhas, AD Mathews, MD Mishra, AG Murtaza, A Nehra, MK Pandey, WD Parnell, S Rana, JD Ryder, MN Samuels, R Sharma, GC Smith, SPD Smith, Tamim Iqbal, AC Thomas, K Upadhyay, RV Uthappa, SB Wagh, LJ Wright

Kolkata Knight Riders Vs Chennai Super Kings in IPL at Chennai Today

The Indian Premier League (IPL) : Today the match begins with Kolkata Knight Riders clashing with Chennai Super Kings at MA Chidambaram Stadium, Chepauk, Chennai. Both team looking for win their side. Runs have been scored faster in Chennai in the IPL. Super Kings have a 5-2 win-loss record against Knight Riders.

Chennai Super Kings : Team will be smarting after the unexpected reversal against Kings XI Punjab. Before they lost yesterday by seven runs in Chennai. Home Ground advantage for chennai. Their slow bowler done well in chennai. Full all around team chennai will be bounc back in IPL 5.

Du plesis is the leading run scorer in Chennai Super Kings. He scored 331 Runs in this IPL with the average of 41.38. He gave better start in every match. Michael Hussey is back to join the team today. On the other hand' Suresh Raina & MS Dhoni not in his good form. MS Dhoni has not had done much with the bat this season, with 132 runs from eight innings at a strike-rate of 116.81.

Chennai Super Kings squad : MS Dhoni(C), S Anirudha, R Ashwin, S Badrinath, GJ Bailey, DE Bollinger, DJ Bravo, F du Plessis, BW Hilfenhaus, MEK Hussey, RA Jadeja, SB Jakati, Joginder Sharma, S Randiv, KMDN Kulasekara, VY Mahesh, JA Morkel, A Mukund, SK Raina, WP Saha†, SB Styris, S Tyagi, K Vasudevadas, G Vignesh, M Vijay

Kolkata Knight Riders Vs Royal Challengers Bangalore at Kolkata

The Indian Premier League (IPL) : Today the match begins with Kolkata Knight Riders clashing with Royal Challengers Bangalore at Eden Gardens, Kolkata. Both team their recent matches' Rain didn't allow a ball to be bowled in both games, though the one point was handy for Royal Challengers as they moved from sixth place to fourth. Knight Riders moved from third to second after the Eden Gardens washout, and they are still in that position.

Royal Challengers Bangalore : Royal Challengers' are on the upswing, having won three out of three before the washout. Virat Kohli walked out for the toss before the rain against Chennai Super Kings to cover for Daniel Vettori who had a niggle, but Vettori is likely to return.

Gayle, AB and Dilshan are three top batsmen inform' they are chased any type of score. With one fifty in seven games, Virat Kohli is yet to recreate his one-day form in this IPL. He was promoted to open against Rajasthan Royals but managed only 16. Fortunately for him, Royal Challengers' overseas batsmen have been in good touch.

Royal Challengers Bangalore squad : DL Vettori(C), V Kohli, MA Agarwal, KP Appanna, S Aravind, KB Arun Karthik, RR Bhatkal, AB de Villiers, TM Dilshan, CM Gautam, CH Gayle, M Kaif, AA Kazi, Z Khan, CK Langeveldt, AB McDonald, A Mithun, M Muralitharan, KK Nair, DP Nannes, R Ninan, HV Patel, AUK Pathan, LA Pomersbach†, CA Pujara, RR Rossouw, J Syed Mohammad, S Thiyagarajan, SS Tiwary, R Vinay Kumar, VH Zol

Chennai Super Kings Vs Kings XI Punjab in IPL 5 at Chennai

The Indian Premier League (IPL) : Today the match begins with Chennai Super Kings clashing with Kings XI Punjab at MA Chidambaram Stadium, Chepauk, Chennai. Kings XI Punjab lost their Last game' Chennai Super Kings won their Last 2 games & last match washout by Rain.

Kings XI Punjab : Punjab batting performance has improved even though Adam Gilchrist missed the last three games because of torn hamstrings. They managed 168, 164 and 163 in those games. his middle order has been solid in the present of marsh and hussy both are inform batsmen.

Piyush Chawla & Awanna as the leading wicket-taker for Kings XI. Praveen Kumar struggling for success. He's taken only two wickets in eight games, despite a green Mohali pitch. Miller & Mahmood are also in inform batsmen. They are performing well in the low order. Punjab desperately need points in Chennai, to keep up with the competition.

Kings XI Punjab squad : AC Gilchrist(C), P Awana, KJ Abbott, L Ablish, Amit Yadav, Azhar Mahmood, BA Bhatt, Bipul Sharma, PP Chawla, SD Chitnis, BCJ Cutting, P Dogra, JP Faulkner, Gurkeerat Singh, Harmeet Singh, RJ Harris, DJ Hussey, P Kumar, VS Malik, Mandeep Singh, SE Marsh, AD Mascarenhas, DA Miller, AM Nayar, RR Powar, NJ Rimmington, N Saini, SJ Srivastava, Sunny Singh, PC Valthaty

Mumbai Indians Vs Delhi Daredevills at Delhi

The Indian Premier League (IPL) : Today the match begins with Delhi Daredevils clashing with Mumbai Indians at Feroz Shah Kotla, Delhi. The two teams met in Mumbai ten days ago in a match, Daredevils' pace attack Restrict Mumbai 92 runs Only in Last match. It will e Interesting to see how they react this time.

Mumbai Indians : Sachin Tendulkar and Lasith Malinga-less Mumbai Indians' team was blown away by Daredevils' pace attack to be dismissed for 92. Since then, Mumbai Indians have posted 163 and 171 in two matches against Kings XI Punjab, but their bowling has been taken for runs as well.

Sachin Tendulkar doesn't rely on big shots. Daredevils' pace might be more useful for Tendulkar to play his cuts and flicks. He would be looking to provide solidity from one end allowing other attacking batsmen to play around him. Come back Pace Bowler Malinga Interesting to see how to ball Sehwag & KP. On the other hand Pieterson & Rayudu Played Febulas Innings against Punjab. They are solidly react against Delhi Daredevills.

Mumbai Indians squad : Harbhajan Singh(C),  SR Tendulkar, AN Ahmed, Amitoze Singh, AC Blizzard, YS Chahal, JEC Franklin, HH Gibbs, DJ Jacobs, MG Johnson, KD Karthik†, Kuldeep Yadav, DS Kulkarni, RE Levi, CJ McKay, SL Malinga, SH Marathe, SS Nayak, PP Ojha, MM Patel, NLTC Perera, RJ Peterson,KA Pollard, AT Rayudu, JN Shah, RG Sharma, R Shukla, RP Singh, TL Suman, P Suyal, AP Tare, AV Wankhade, SA Yadav

Deccan VS Pune Warriors IPL 5 at Pune

The Indian Premier League (IPL) : Today the match begins with Pune Warriors clashing with Deccan Chargers at Subrata Roy Sahara Stadium, Pune. Deccan Chargers looking first point of the tournament.On the other hand,Pune Warriors have four wins and they have nicked points off strong units.

Pune Warriors  : Warriors will be relieved to see Manish Pandey grab his chance at the top of the order and make some runs. With Jesse Ryder, Robin Uthappa and Steven Smith already in good form. There batting is going well as their bowling department.

Alfonso Thomas' figures in the two games that he has played stand at 6-0-36-3. These six overs have all been bowled at Delhi Daredevils' batsmen. Against a misfiring Chargers batting line-up, he could be potentially more dangerous than Steyn.For batsmen who have scored more than 1000 runs in IPL, Sourav Ganguly is the slowest, with a strike-rate of 108.43. He's in good form.

Pune Warriors squad :  SC Ganguly(C), ER Dwivedi, MJ Clarke, AB Dinda, CJ Ferguson, RV Gomez, Harpreet Singh, DS Jadhav, Kamran Khan, M Kartik, HH Khadiwale, B Kumar, NL McCullum, AP Majumdar, M Manhas, AD Mathews, MD Mishra, AG Murtaza, A Nehra, MK Pandey, WD Parnell, S Rana, JD Ryder, MN Samuels, R Sharma, GC Smith, SPD Smith, Tamim Iqbal, AC Thomas, K Upadhyay, RV Uthappa, SB Wagh, LJ Wright

RCB VS CHENNAI at Banglore

The Indian Premier League (IPL) : Today the match begins with Royal Challengers Bangalore clashing with Chennai Super Kings at M Chinnaswamy Stadium, Bangalore. Both Teams Player has blast on the field. In the last match superkings beat Banglore in the last ball match. Morkel was hero in this match.

Royal Challengers Bangalore : AB de Villiers have had a role to play in every win their sides have registered. He has been instrumental in getting his team home under pressure. Royal Challengers have lost their last three games against Super Kings. It will be Interesting game to watch.

Royal Challengers' batting has been more destructive with the added advantage of having Chris Gayle. Gayle, AB de Villiers has scored nearly as many runs as the former at a better strike-rate, 164.02 against 152.43. He has been incredibly proficient at scoring runs behind square on both sides of the wicket. Scoops and reverse-hits have fetched him plenty of boundaries. Royal Challengers have lost all three games in which he has failed. Gayle has hit the most number of sixes so far this season - 19.

Royal Challengers Bangalore squad : DL Vettori*, MA Agarwal, KP Appanna, S Aravind, KB Arun Karthik, RR Bhatkal, AB de Villiers, TM Dilshan, CM Gautam, CH Gayle, M Kaif, AA Kazi, Z Khan, V Kohli, CK Langeveldt, AB McDonald, A Mithun, M Muralitharan, KK Nair, DP Nannes, R Ninan, HV Patel, AUK Pathan, LA Pomersbach†, CA Pujara, RR Rossouw, J Syed Mohammad, S Thiyagarajan, SS Tiwary, R Vinay Kumar, VH Zol

Kings XI Punjab VS Mumbai Indians IPL 5 at Mohali

The Indian Premier League (IPL) : Today the match begins with Kings XI Punjab clashing with Mumbai Indians at Punjab Cricket Association Stadium, Mohali. In this round of back-to-back matches, Kings XI livened up the tournament with their win over Mumbai Indians at the Wankhede Stadium.

Mumbai Indians : Mumbai lost two in a row, injuries to Lasith Malinga and Herschelle Gibbs. The overseas batting options, barring perhaps Gibbs, are not automatic picks given there being plenty of strength in the Indian contingent, but the performance of James Franklin at the top of the order is a welcome development for them.

The good news is sachin is back in the team, he scored 23 run last match. He's the batting strength of Mumbai Indians team. Franklin, Rayudu, Rohit Sharma, Pollard big names in the team. Rohit Sharma's last-ball six off Daniel Christian to win Mumbai Indians a thrilling game against Deccan Chargers was his highlight of the season so far. Hope to see again this six at Mohali also.

Mumbai Indians squad : Harbhajan Singh(C), AN Ahmed, Amitoze Singh, AC Blizzard, YS Chahal, JEC Franklin, HH Gibbs, DJ Jacobs, MG Johnson, KD Karthik, Kuldeep Yadav, DS Kulkarni, RE Levi, CJ McKay, SL Malinga, SH Marathe, SS Nayak, PP Ojha, MM Patel, NLTC Perera, RJ Peterson, KA Pollard, AT Rayudu, JN Shah, RG Sharma, R Shukla, RP Singh, TL Suman, P Suyal, AP Tare, SR Tendulkar, AV Wankhade, SA Yadav

Kolkata vs Deccan Chargers IPL - Today at Eden Garden

The Indian Premier League (IPL) : Today the match begins with Deccan Chargers clashing with Kolkata Knight Riders at Eden Gardens, Kolkata. Chargers do not have the luxury, like Delhi Daredevils had, of big signings arriving through the tournament to boost them. Kolkata Knight Riders are on solid ground. They have had their customary stutters almost every game, but apart from the narrow loss to Kings XI Punjab at home.

Deccan Chargers : The only game in which Chargers posted a daunting total, against Rajasthan Royals, JP Duminy made an unbeaten 58 from just 26 deliveries. Despite getting reasonable starts, Chargers have struggled to get going in the later stages of their innings

They are in imminent danger of having to win every remaining match to make the knockouts if their run of five consecutive losses extends further. Deccan Players Struggle with his form. Shikhar Dhawan is Chargers' leading run-getter this season with 208 ata strike-rate of 126.82. No other Chargers batsman has made even 100 runs. On the other hand bowling is big worry for sangaa.both department have to be improve if they want to win over he Knight Riders.

Deccan Chargers squad : KC Sangakkara(C), A Ashish Reddy, Anand Rajan, Ankit Sharma, T Atchuta Rao, AA Bhandari, DM Bravo, B Chipli, DT Christian, KH Devdhar, S Dhawan, JP Duminy, MS Gony, DJ Harris, IR Jaggi, AA Jhunjhunwala, CA Lynn, A Mishra, T Mishra, PA Patel†, V Pratap Singh, SA Quadri, DB Ravi Teja, PA Reddy, BB Samantray, C Sneha Kishore, S Sohal, TM Srivastava, DW Steyn, TP Sudhindra, J Theron, CL White, AS Yadav

Pune Warriors VS Delhi Daredevils IPL - Today at Pune

The Indian Premier League (IPL) : Today the match begins with Pune Warriors clashing with Delhi Daredevils at Subrata Roy Sahara Stadium, Pune. Pune Warriors and Delhi Daredevils have had a good look at each other. In the Last game Warriors beat delhi by 20 Runs. victory, led passionately by Sourav Ganguly.

Pune Warriors : After two straight losses to post what was in the end a comfortable victory, led passionately by Sourav Ganguly. Ryder & Dada Partnership build a very good total against strong batting line-up by delhi daredevills. Dada give his all around perfomance in batting,fielding and bowling.

Alfonso Thomas came in for Marlon Samuels in Warriors' previous game and bagged 3 for 22. He was accurate against Daredevils both early on and during his return spell, and Warriors have good reason to retain him for Tuesday. Ryder & smith is inform batsmen, dada is also inform. so there isproblem for Delhi Daredevils to ristrict this inform batsmen.

Pune Warriors squad : SC Ganguly(C), ER Dwivedi, MJ Clarke, AB Dinda, CJ Ferguson, RV Gomez, Harpreet Singh, DS Jadhav, Kamran Khan, M Kartik, HH Khadiwale, B Kumar, NL McCullum, AP Majumdar, M Manhas, AD Mathews, MD Mishra, AG Murtaza, A Nehra, MK Pandey, WD Parnell, S Rana, JD Ryder, MN Samuels, R Sharma, GC Smith, SPD Smith, Tamim Iqbal, AC Thomas, K Upadhyay, RV Uthappa, SB Wagh, LJ Wright

Royals Vs RCB Today at JAIPUR!

The Indian Premier League (IPL) : Today the match begins with Rajasthan Royals clashing with Royal Challengers Bangalore at Sawai Mansingh Stadium, Jaipur. A week ago, Rajasthan Royals played Royal Challengers Bangalore at Chinnaswamy Stadium. In this match Royals defeat Banglore by 59 Runs.

Royal Challengers Bangalore : One thing has changed in the last week though - Gayle storms have become frequent. His last two innings have been 81 and 87 and have included 12 sixes. Royals would be wary of Gayle but if they can get past him, their task becomes considerably easier.

AB de Villiers has scored a few boundaries and sixes in the reverse 'V'. By his own admission, he has struggled to hit the ball in front of the wicket and therefore, has cleverly used the pace of the bowlers. Royal Challengers' would hope him he fires again as he is one of the two in-form batsmen. On the other hand, Virat Kohli not in his good form, Bowlers were issue always in the mind of veetori.

Royal Challengers Bangalore squad : DL Vettori(C), MA Agarwal, KP Appanna, S Aravind, KB Arun Karthik, RR Bhatkal, AB de Villiers, TM Dilshan, CM Gautam, CH Gayle, M Kaif, AA Kazi, Z Khan, V Kohli, CK Langeveldt, AB McDonald, A Mithun, M Muralitharan, KK Nair, DP Nannes, R Ninan, HV Patel, AUK Pathan, LA Pomersbach†, CA Pujara, RR Rossouw, J Syed Mohammad, S Thiyagarajan, SS Tiwary, R Vinay Kumar, VH Zol

Pune Warriors VS Delhi Daredevils IPL - Today at Delhi

The Indian Premier League (IPL) : Today the match begins with Pune Warriors clashing with Delhi Daredevils at Feroz Shah Kotla, Delhi. Daredevils were lucky to get away with a win on Thursday against Deccan Chargers.Kevin Pietersen scored an unbeaten century after being dropped thrice while other big names faltered. Warriors made an impressive start in the tournament with three wins out of four, but are now showing signs of homesickness.

Pune Warriors : Ganguly Team's lost three consecutive away games and slipped to the fourth position after being on topfor a while. That they are confronting a red-hot Delhi Daredevils team doesn't make their task any easier. The big weakness for his team, captain (Ganguly) who has scored only 85 runs this season.

Pune Warriors' Players like Ryder, Uthhapa, Samuels, Smith, Mathews are very good player & good finisher, but at thattime they are not in a good form. They all are makes runs in double ton, but not finish the game. shish Nehra returns to his original home ground and his experience of playing at Kotla and with Sehwag will be important when Warriors devise their plans. Nehra made a good comeback in the previous match, picking up two wickets, after his horror last over in Bangalore.

Chennai Super Kings VS Rajasthan Royals IPL - Today at Chennai

The Indian Premier League (IPL) : Today the match begins with Chennai Super Kings clashing with Rajasthan Royals at MA Chidambaram Stadium, Chepauk, Chennai. Chennai Super Kings are known for their ability to withstand pressure, fight back and win from weak positions. Rajasthan Royals are known for making the most of their comparatively thin resources and competing with the more power-packed sides. Both sides have displayed these traits this season as well.

Chennai Super Kings : Super Kings have managed to position themselves in the middle of the points table despite clearly being nowhere near their best as yet. Super Kings will start slightly in front at home but Royals will be confident having chased 197 in their previous game against Deccan Chargers.

Super Kings' decision to leave out M Vijay and promote S Badrinath to partner Faf du Plessis at the top of the order provided them a solid base in their previous game against Pune Warriors. R Ashwin lack of penetration at the international level recently has carried over into the IPL, with only two wickets this season from six games. Raina is also not in a good form.

Chennai Super Kings squad : MS Dhoni(C), S Anirudha, R Ashwin, S Badrinath, GJ Bailey, DE Bollinger, DJ Bravo, F du Plessis, BW Hilfenhaus, MEK Hussey, RA Jadeja, SB Jakati, Joginder Sharma, S Randiv, KMDN Kulasekara, VY Mahesh, JA Morkel, A Mukund, SK Raina, WP Saha†, SB Styris, S Tyagi, K Vasudevadas, G Vignesh, M Vijay

ICC World Cup Twenty20 2012

WORLD CRICKET T20 2012 

The 2012 ICC World Twenty20 will be the fourth ICC World Twenty20 competition, an international Twenty20 cricket tournament that will be held in Sri Lanka between September 18 and October 7, 2012. The T20 World Cup 2012 tournament is a part of Future Cricket Tour Programs (FTP) prepared by International Cricket Council (ICC). The ICC World Twenty20 Sri Lanka 2012 is the first to be held in Asia, the last three being held in South Africa, England and the West Indies respectively.

The format will see four groups of three in a preliminary round. India and England are in the same group and will be joined by the runner up of the ICC World Twenty20 Qualifier; Afghanistan. The Champions of the ICC World Twenty20 Qualifier; Ireland are in a group with West Indies and Australia. Sri Lanka, South Africa and Zimbabwe, and Pakistan, New Zealand and Bangladesh are the other two groups.

Tue Sep 18	19:30 local | 14:00 GMT	Group C : 1st T20 - Sri Lanka vs Zimbabwe	Mahinda Rajapaksa International Stadium, Hambantota
Wed Sep 19	15:30 local | 10:00 GMT	Group B : 2nd T20 - Australia vs Ireland	R. Premadasa Stadium, Colombo
Wed Sep 19	19:30 local | 14:00 GMT	Group A : 3rd T20 - India vs Afghanistan	R. Premadasa Stadium, Colombo
Thu Sep 20	19:30 local | 14:00 GMT	Group C : 4th T20 - South Africa vs Zimbabwe	Mahinda Rajapaksa International Stadium, Hambantota
Fri Sep 21	15:30 local | 10:00 GMT	Group D : 5th T20 - New Zealand vs Bangladesh	Pallekele Cricket Stadium, Kandy
Fri Sep 21	19:30 local | 14:00 GMT	Group A : 6th T20 - England vs Afghanistan	R. Premadasa Stadium, Colombo
Sat Sep 22	15:30 local | 10:00 GMT	Group C : 7th T20 - Sri Lanka vs South Africa	Mahinda Rajapaksa International Stadium, Hambantota
Sat Sep 22	19:30 local | 14:00 GMT	Group B : 8th T20 - Australia vs West Indies	R. Premadasa Stadium, Colombo
Sun Sep 23	15:30 local | 10:00 GMT	Group D : 9th T20 - New Zealand vs Pakistan	Pallekele Cricket Stadium, Kandy
Sun Sep 23	19:30 local | 14:00 GMT	Group A : 10th T20 - England vs India	R. Premadasa Stadium, Colombo
Mon Sep 24	19:30 local | 14:00 GMT	Group B : 11th T20 - West Indies vs Ireland	R. Premadasa Stadium, Colombo
Tue Sep 25	19:30 local | 14:00 GMT	Group D : 12th T20 - Bangladesh vs Pakistan	Pallekele Cricket Stadium, Kandy
Thu Sep 27	15:30 local | 10:00 GMT	Super Eights, Group 1 : 13th T20 - TBC vs TBC	Pallekele Cricket Stadium, Kandy
Thu Sep 27	19:30 local | 14:00 GMT	Super Eights, Group 1 : 14th T20 - TBC vs TBC	Pallekele Cricket Stadium, Kandy
Fri Sep 28	15:30 local | 10:00 GMT	Super Eights, Group 2 : 15th T20 - TBC vs TBC	R. Premadasa Stadium, Colombo
Fri Sep 28	19:30 local | 14:00 GMT	Super Eights, Group 2 : 16th T20 - TBC vs TBC	R. Premadasa Stadium, Colombo
Sat Sep 29	15:30 local | 10:00 GMT	Super Eights, Group 1 : 17th T20 - TBC vs TBC	Pallekele Cricket Stadium, Kandy
Sat Sep 29	19:30 local | 14:00 GMT	Super Eights, Group 1 : 18th T20 - TBC vs TBC	Pallekele Cricket Stadium, Kandy
Sat Sep 30	15:30 local | 10:00 GMT	Super Eights, Group 2 : 19th T20 - TBC vs TBC	R. Premadasa Stadium, Colombo
Sat Sep 30	19:30 local | 14:00 GMT	Super Eights, Group 2 : 20th T20 - TBC vs TBC	R. Premadasa Stadium, Colombo
Mon Oct 1	15:30 local | 10:00 GMT	Super Eights, Group 1 : 21st T20 - TBC vs TBC	Pallekele Cricket Stadium, Kandy
Mon Oct 1	19:30 local | 14:00 GMT	Super Eights, Group 1 : 22nd T20 - TBC vs TBC	Pallekele Cricket Stadium, Kandy
Tue Oct 2	15:30 local | 10:00 GMT	Super Eights, Group 2 : 23rd T20 - TBC vs TBC	R. Premadasa Stadium, Colombo
Tue Oct 2	19:30 local | 14:00 GMT	Super Eights, Group 2 : 24th T20 - TBC vs TBC	R. Premadasa Stadium, Colombo
Thu Oct 5	19:00 local | 13:30 GMT	2nd Semi Final T20 - TBC vs TBC	R. Premadasa Stadium, Colombo
Thu Oct 7	19:00 local | 13:30 GMT	Final T20 - TBC vs TBC	R. Premadasa Stadium, Colombo

Kings XI Punjab VS Royal Challengers Bangalore IPL - Today at Mohali

The Indian Premier League (IPL): Today the match begins with Kings XI Punjab  clashing with Royal Challengers Bangalore at Punjab Cricket Association Stadium, Mohali, Chandigarh. Both Teams looking forward to the point table. Both team want to win for his ranking in his poin table.

Kings XI Punjab : One bad news for Kings XI Punjab, His Captain Adam Gilchrist recovering from a slight hamstring tear. He's not playing today.On the other side zhar Mahmood has had his visa issues resolved and is a good all-round option to consider for Kings XI in the absence of their regular captain.

Kings XI Punjab's previous experience was far less dramatic, in fact it was dispiriting, as they were beaten comprehensively by Kolkata Knight Riders.It broke the momentum set by two straight wins, leaving the team seeking a recovery again. In the absence of Gilchrist, David Hussey expected to lead Kings XI, he had a quiet IPL season so far.

Kings XI Punjab squad : AC Gilchrist(C), P Awana, KJ Abbott, L Ablish, Amit Yadav, Azhar Mahmood, BA Bhatt, Bipul Sharma, PP Chawla, SD Chitnis, BCJ Cutting, P Dogra, JP Faulkner, Gurkeerat Singh, Harmeet Singh, RJ Harris, DJ Hussey, P Kumar, VS Malik, Mandeep Singh, SE Marsh, AD Mascarenhas, DA Miller, AM Nayar, RR Powar, NJ Rimmington, N Saini, SJ Srivastava, Sunny Singh, PC Valthaty

Chennai Super Kings VS Pune Warriors IPL - Today at Eden Garden

The Indian Premier League (IPL) : Today the match begins with Chennai Super Kings clashing with Pune Warriors at MA Chidambaram Stadium, Chepauk, Chennai. Chennai Super Kings have got off to a slow start in the competition. They have three defeats from five games. Warriors have injury worries of their own. Ashok Dinda  impressed with his economical last over in their last game.

Chennai Super Kings : Chennai Super Kings have got off to a slow start in the competition. They have three defeats from five games, with their two victories coming against teams placed lower than them in the points table. It could have been worse though. They are back at home in the return match against Pune Warriors, their previous opponents. 

However, a hamstring niggle for captain MS Dhoni, which makes him a doubtful starter, and Albie Morkel's return to South Africa after the death of a friend, will have them worried ahead of the game. With 171 runs in five games, Faf du Plessis, is the leading run-scorer for Super Kings. He has been solid at the top of the order and was the Man of the Match against Royal Challengers, with his 71 off 46 balls keeping his team in the hunt in their tall chase of 206.

Delhi Daredevils VS Deccan Chargers IPL - Today at Feroz Shah Kotla, Delhi

The Indian Premier League (IPL) : Today the match begins with Delhi Daredevils clashing with Deccan Chargers at Feroz Shah Kotla, Delhi. Delhi Daredevils' stocks in the tournament have risen higher after their bowlers masterminded a seven-wicket win over Mumbai Indians. On the other hand Deccan Chargers have lost three games in a row - the last two slipped through their fingers.

Delhi Daredevils : Daredevils look a completely different side with the availability of Mahela Jayawardene, Kevin Pietersen and  Ross Taylor. Daredevils will have to figure out how to play all three overseas batsmen, though. They had a strong batting line-up to chase any kind of score.

Daredevils' hustling pace has razed three strong batting line-ups to scores below 110. The only game that they lost was to Royal Challengers Bangalore, partially due to the inexperience of their middle order and partially, due to the guile of Muttiah Muralitharan who took three wickets.With the influx of Ross Taylor in the last game, their batting looks as intimidating as their bowling. Daredevils will need to be careful though, as their batting firepower hasn't been tested yet. In all four games, they have batted second after their bowlers had done the job.

Kings XI Punjab VS Kolkata Knight Riders - Today!

The Indian Premier League (IPL) : Today the match begins with Kolkata Knight Riders clashing with Kings XI Punjab at Punjab Cricket Association Stadium, Mohali, Chandigarh. In their earlier meeting, Kings XI Punjab managed to sneak home by two runs on Sunday.

Kings XI Punjab : are gradually getting back on track this season, scoring wins in their last two matches. as a result, they have four points from four matches and will be looking for more points when they are in action on home soil.

Their batting is a key area for improvement even though they won the match despite scoring only 134. [[Adam Gilchrist]’s form continues to be a sign of worry as his age is asking too many questions of him. David Hussey has been the mainstay so far while Mandeep Singh also chipped in well with his contribution, both scoring 30s in the last match.

Royal Challengers Bangalore VS Pune Warriors - Today!

The Indian Premier League (IPL) : Today the match begins with Royal Challengers Bangalore clashing with Pune Warriors at M Chinnaswamy Stadium, Bangalore. Daniel Vettori, the Royal Challengers Bangalore captain, dissapointed with his team Performance In IPL. On the other hand, Dada Had pleased with his team Performance.

Royal Challengers Bangalore : In Banglore, there is a world class bowler & Batsmen in his team, Like Gayle, Kohli, AB Devilliers, Nannes, Zaheer. But they all are failed in first 4 matches. Actually they are worried about his bowling department.

In the last match, Rajasthan scored 70 in the 12 overs bowled by Zaheer Khan, Daniel Vettori and Muttiah Muralitharan, and 120 in the remaining eight overs. Chris Gayle conceded 21 in one over, Vinay Kumar 51 in four and S Aravind 48 in three overs.In their previous game in Chennai, Virat Kohli conceded 28 in the penultimate over and Royal Challengers failed to defend 205.

Deccan Chargers VS Rajasthan Royals IPL - Today(Tuesday) at Sawai Mansingh Stadium, Jaipur

The Indian Premier League (IPL) : Today the match begins with Rajasthan Royals clashing with Deccan Chargers at Sawai Mansingh Stadium, Jaipur. The Royals hit the summit of the points table after their win against Royal Challengers Bangalore. Chargers struggling on form and balance, they had an opportunity to put one across the tournament contenders.

Deccan Chargers : Deccan Chargers have had a week to get over the last-ball heist by Rohit Sharma in Visakhapatnam, a game the Chargers shouldn't have lost. captain sangakkara came to join the team, hope so he will do better for the team.

The Chargers would love to have a no. 1 fast bowler Dale Steyn. His countryman Richard Levi got a working over in Visakhapatnam, playing, missing, weaving and losing his middle stump. There is another quality bowler like amit mishra is also in the. Batting like sanga, Duminy, White, Christion hope so they will do best Performance in this match.

Delhi Daredevils vs Mumbai Indians IPL - Today at Wankhede Stadium, Mumbai.

The Indian Premier League (IPL): Today the match begins with Delhi Daredevils clashing with Mumbai Indians at Wankhede Stadium, Mumbai. The two sides have done reasonably well so far and will be in action after a relatively free period of sorts by the league’s standards.

Delhi Daredevils: Daredevils look a completely different side with the availability of Mahela Jayawardene, Kevin Pietersen and now, Ross Taylor, who has declared himself "95% fit". Daredevils will have to figure out how to play all three overseas batsmen, though.

Delhi Daredevils scored a comprehensive win against ChennaiSuper Kings in the last match, chasing down the paltry total in less than 14 overs. The bowlers started their day on the right note and never let off as Chennai were not allowed to score freely.

Delhi Daredevils squad: V Sehwag(C), MC Juneja, VR Aaron, AB Agarkar, P Bisht, R Bist, GH Bodi, DAJ Bracewell, U Chand, AJ Finch, DPMD Jayawardene, GJ Maxwell, M Morkel, S Nadeem, Y Nagar, PT Naik, P Negi, NV Ojha, IK Pathan, KP Pietersen, KC Raval, AD Russell, AM Salvi, LRPL Taylor, RE van der Merwe, Y Venugopal Rao, Vikas Mishra, DA Warner, TP Yadav, UT Yadav, Zafir Patel

Pune Warriors VS Chennai Super Kings IPL - Today at Subrata Roy Sahara Stadium, Pune

The Indian Premier League (IPL): Today the match begins with Pune Warriors clashing with Chennai Super Kings at Subrata Roy Sahara Stadium, Pune Warriors will be hoping to continue their winning run at home as they host Chennai Super Kings.The points table is currently well balanced with teams closely tied and further points will be on the mind of the two teams in action.

Pune Warriors : The youngest of all IPL teams, Pune Warriors India flattered to deceive during their debut season in 2011. Despite having the right balance in their squad, Sourav Ganguly would be captaining and mentoring the side.

Pune Warriors lost their first match this season with a defeat against Kings XI Punjab,Warriors saw their batting struggle for the second time in three matches, and captain Sourav Ganguly will need to have plans in place to overcome such a situation from repeating.With Marlon Samuels and Angelo Mathews in the line-up, improvements can be expected while Jesse Ryder is a hit-or-miss gamble that the team is willing to take.

Pune Warriors squad : SC Ganguly (C), ER Dwivedi, MJ Clarke, AB Dinda, CJ Ferguson, RV Gomez, Harpreet Singh, DS Jadhav, Kamran Khan, M Kartik, HH Khadiwale, B Kumar, NL McCullum, AP Majumdar, M Manhas, AD Mathews, MD Mishra, AG Murtaza, A Nehra, MK Pandey, WD Parnell, S Rana, JD Ryder, MN Samuels, R Sharma, GC Smith, SPD Smith, Tamim Iqbal, AC Thomas, K Upadhyay, RV Uthappa, SB Wagh, LJ Wright.

Kolkata vs Jaipur IPL - Today at Eden Garden

The Indian Premier League (IPL): Today the match begins with Rajasthan Royals clashing with Kolkata Knight Riders in Eden Garden. The two teams have had a change in fortunes in their last match and will be hoping to keep things right for the coming matches. Kolkata will be hoping to maintain the momentum when they host Jaipur in the 15th match of the Indian T20 League 5.

Kolkata : Gambhir's side is fortunate to get a day's extra break after their win against Bangalore. It took a lot of chopping and changing within the team to get to the winning mode after the back-to-back losses against Delhi and Rajasthan.Kolkata Knight Riders managed to get their points column moving, with a win over Royal Challengers Bangalore handing them their first victory in three matches. Despite the win, there are certain problem areas for the Gautam Gambhir-led squad.

In the match of RCB & Kolkata, Kolkata loss 7 wickets in last 7 overs for just 40 runs. The regularly wicket fallen is a big problem for Gambhir squad. Mcculum & Kallis is also not in a good form, Even Kolkata though will be worried with the form of Yusuf Pathan as he is yet to come up with a praise-worthy show for the Shah Rukh Khan-owned team.Shakib Al Hasan who was finally included in the line-up after much criticism, is yet to fire with the bat although he did reasonably well with the ball. The Bangladeshi all-rounder would be keen to be in the thick of action on the slow Eden Gardens strip.

DLF IPL5 T20 Schedule for 2012

The Indian Premier League (IPL) is a professional league for Twenty20 cricket championship in India. It was initiated by the Board of Control for Cricket in India (BCCI), headquartered in Mumbai and is supervised by BCCI Vice President Rajeev Shukla, who serves as the league's Chairman and Commissioner. It is currently contested by nine teams, consisting of players from around the world. It was started after an altercation between the BCCI and the Indian Cricket League.

IPL is the inspiration for various international T20 leagues including Friends Life t20 (England), MiWay T20 Challenge (South Africa) , Big Bash League (Australia), Bangladesh Premier League (Bangladesh).

Here's the match schedule for DLF IPL5 T20 2012

Wed Apr 4	14:30 GMT | 20:00 IST	1st match - Chennai Super Kings v Mumbai Indians	MA Chidambaram Stadium, Chepauk, Chennai
Thu Apr 5	14:30 GMT | 20:00 IST	2nd match - Kolkata Knight Riders v Delhi Daredevils	Eden Gardens, Kolkata
Fri Apr 6	10:30 GMT | 16:00 IST	3rd match - Mumbai Indians v Pune Warriors	Wankhede Stadium, Mumbai
Fri Apr 6	14:30 GMT | 20:00 IST	4th match - Rajasthan Royals v Kings XI Punjab	Sawai Mansingh Stadium, Jaipur
Sat Apr 7	10:30 GMT | 16:00 IST	5th match - Royal Challengers Bangalore v Delhi Daredevils	M Chinnaswamy Stadium, Bangalore
Sat Apr 7	14:30 GMT | 20:00 IST	6th match - Deccan Chargers v Chennai Super Kings	Dr. Y.S. Rajasekhara Reddy ACA-VDCA Cricket Stadium, Visakhapatnam
Sun Apr 8	10:30 GMT | 16:00 IST	7th match - Rajasthan Royals v Kolkata Knight Riders	Sawai Mansingh Stadium, Jaipur

Gautam Gambhir Profile - Biography of Gautam Gambhir

Full Name: Gautam Gambhir
Born: October 14, 1981, Delhi
Current Age: 30 years 162 Days
Major Teams: India, Delhi, Delhi Daredevils, India Red, Indian Board President's XI, Kolkata Knight Riders, Rajasthan Cricket Association President's XI
Playing Role: Top-Order Batsman
Batting Style: Left-Hand Bat
Bowling Style: Legbreak

Gautam Gambhir is one of the most complete batsmen of the current era. He is adept at opening in all three forms of the game. He can be more aggressive than Virender Sehwag, he can play the kind of back-to-the-wall innings that would do Rahul Dravid and VVS Laxman proud, and he can accumulate without taking any risks, much like Sachin Tendulkar has been doing in the last quarter of his career.

Virat Kohli Biography - About Cricketer Virat Kohli

Full Name: Virat Kohli
Born: November 5, 1988, Delhi
Current Age: 23 years 140 Days
Major Teams: India, Delhi, India Red, India Under-19's, Royal Challengers Bangalore
Playing Role: Middle-Order Batsman
Batting Style: Right-Hand Bat
Bowling Style: Right-Arm Medium

A typical modern-day cricketer, Virat Kohli plays his game aggressively, bares his emotions loudly in public, yet retains the element of maturity that forms an integral part of every good and great player. Anil Kumble said he had thought hard before calling Kohli the best under-22 player in international cricket - that would rate as perhaps the best compliments he has received. It is also proof of Kohli's transformation as a player.

About MS Dhoni - Mahendra Singh Dhoni Profile

Full Name: Mahendra Singh Dhoni
Born: July 7, 1981, Ranchi, Bihar (now Jharkhand)
Current Age: 30 years 261 days
Major Teams: India, Asia XI, Bihar, Chennai Super Kings, Jharkhand
Also known as Mahi
Playing Role: Wicketkeeper & Batsman
Batting Style: Right-hand bat
Bowling Style: Right-arm medium
Fielding Position: Wicketkeeper

Mahendra Singh Dhoni or 'Mahi' is the youngest & Succesful Captain of the India Cricket Team.

In advent of Mahendra Singh Dhoni and his meteoric rise through the ranks did just that, with a new generation transfixed by a small-town boy whose personality and background couldn't have been more different. Today, Mahendra Singh Dhoni typifies savage batting and athletic wicket keeping on the cricket field, while off it, his rugged handsomeness, natural sense of style and easy smile have earned him a vast fan base, a large percentage of it female.

Virender Sehwag - Profile, Biography & History

Full Name: Virender Sehwag
Born: October 20, 1978, Delhi
Current Age: 33 years 156 days
Major Teams: India, Asia XI, Delhi, Delhi Daredevils, ICC World XI, India Blue, Leicestershire, Rajasthan
Cricket Association: President's XI
Playing Role: Top-order batsman
Batting Style: Right-hand bat
Bowling Style: Right-arm offbreak

Virender Sehwag, nicknamed ‘Viru’, is an international cricketer, who is known for his aggressive right-hand batting style. One of the leading and fearsome batsmen of this generation, Virender Sehwag is known for his no-nonsense style of batting. His mantra is simple 'smacked the ball out of the park'. Regarded as one-day material due to his unorthodox batting technique.

As a starry-eyed youngster from Najafgarh, where his family ran a flour mill, Sehwag grew up, like many others from his generation, wanting to be Sachin Tendulkar. Indeed, when he scored his first one-day hundred, filling up for his injured idol against New Zealand in Sri Lanka, he could have been mistaken for him: there was the same back-foot punch on the off side, the minimalistic straight drive and the wristy whip to the leg. And on his Test debut, on a fiery pitch in Bloemfontein, he matched the master stroke for stroke as they both blazed away to hundreds. But soon he emerged his own man, and not long after Tendulkar was playing a supporting, and somewhat calming, hand as Sehwag romped away to a triple-hundred, the first by an Indian, in Multan, bringing it up with a six. Two Tests ago, he had been dismissed trying the same stroke five short of what would have been his first Test double-hundred.