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.