IPL 2012 PLAYOFFS

The fifth edition of Indian Premier League (IPL 2012) is turning on to its playoffs.The playoffs will begin tomorrow 22nd May,with the table toppers Delhi Daredevils and Kolkata Knight Riders.We will give the schedule and players list of teams qualified for the playoffs.The crash of Royal Challengers Bangalore against Deccan Chargers,qualified Chennai Super Kings to the playoffs.The Chennai Super Kings is the only team in the history of Indian Premier League which has qualified in all the play offs.The teams playing the qualifier-1,the table toppers the Delhi Daredevils and the 2nd table toppers Kolkata Knight Riders have an opportunity to enter the finals by winning the only match.Whereas the teams in the 3rd and 4th positions will have to win two matches the eliminator match and qualifier-2 to enter in to the grand final.This is the important difference between playoffs and semi finals.In semi finals all the four teams have equal chances,whereas in playoffs the teams in the 1st and 2nd positions in the league table will have two opportunities and the teams in the third and 4th position will have to face elimination.The schedule for IPL 2012 playoffs is as given below :

1.Qualifier-1 (22 May-8PM) : Delhi Daredevils V Kolkata Knight Riders at Subrato Roy Sahara Stadium Pune

2.Eliminator : (23 May-8PM) : Chennai Super Kings V Mumbai Indians at Chinnaswamy Stadium Bangalore

3.Qualifier-2 : (25 May-8PM) : Qualifier-1 looser V Eliminator winner at M.A Chidambaram Stadium Chennai

The Grand final is on 27 May (Qualifier-1 winner V Qualifier-2 winner) at Chennai

The players list of teams qualified for IPL 2012 Playoffs are given below :

Delhi Daredevils : Virender Sehwag(captain),Irfan Pathan,Mahela Jayawardene,Ross Taylor,Kevin Pietersen,David Warner,Colin Ingram,Roelof Van der Merwe,Travis Birt,Andre Russell,Morne Morkel,Aaron Finch,Glenn Maxwell,Doug Bracewell,Varun Aaron,Umesh Yadav,Ajit Agarkar,Venugopal Rao,Naman Ojha,Prashant Naik,Shahbaz Nadeem,Puneet Bisht,Gulam Bodi,Unmukt Chand,Yogesh Nagar,Pawan Negi,Kuldeel Raval,Aavishkar Salvi,Vikas Mishra,Tejashwi Yadav,Zafir Patel,Manprit juneja,Robin Bist

Kolkata Knight Riders : Gautam Gambhir(captain),Yusuf Pathen,Jacques Kallis,Brendom McCullum,Eoin Morgan,Brett Lee,Shakib Al Hasan,Brad Haddin,Ryan ten Doeschate,Sunil Narine,James Pattinson,Marchant de Lange,Manoj Tiwary,Lakshmipathy Balaji,Iqbal Abdulla,Manvinder Bisla,Pradeep Sangwan,Shami Ahmed,Laxmi Shukla,Jaydev Unadkat,Iresh Saxena,Sanju Samson,Chirag Jani,Debabrata Das,Rajat Bhatia,Sarabjit Ladda

Mumbai Indians : Harbhajan Singh(captain),Sachin Tendulkar,Rohith Sharma,Dinesh Kartik,Pragyan Ojha,RP singh,Munaf Patel,Kieron Pollard,Herschelle Gibbs,Davy Jacobs,Aiden Blizzad,James Franklin,Mitchell Johnson,Richard Levi,Lasith Malinga,Robin Pietersen,Clint Mckay,Thisara Perera,Ambati Rayudu,Tirumalasetti Suman,Dhawal Kulkarni,Aditya Tare,Suryakumar Yadav,Abu Nechim,Kuldeep Yadav,Sushant Marathe,Pavan Suyal,Apoorv Wankhade,Amitoze singh,Yuzvendra Chahal,Jaidev Shah,Rahul Shukla

Chennai Super Kings: Mahendra Singh Dhoni (captain),Suresh Raina,Ravindra Jadeja,Murali Vijay,Ravi chandra Ashwin,Subramaniam Badrinath,Albie Morkel,Dwayne Bravo,George Bailey,Ben Hilfenhaus,Nuwan Kulasekara,Scott Styris,Michael Hussey,Faf du Plessis,Doug Bollinger,Suraj Randiv,Srikkanth Anirudha,Joginder Sharma,Shadab Jakati,Sudeep Tyagi,Wriddhiman Saha,Ganapathi Vignesh,Kuthethurshri Vasudevadas,Yo Mahesh,Abhinav Mukund

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Last Ball Win For Chennai Super Kings

14 May 2012 : A super match of cricket and finally at the last ball Dwayne Bravo smashed a sixer to make CSK's play off hopes alive.The Kolkata Knight Riders batted first and made 158 runs in 20 overs and it was chased by Chennai Super Kings.Once again a last ball finish in this season of the Indian Premier League.Both the teams batted and bowled really well but at the end CSK made to their side.The Kolkata Knight Riders winning streak has got an end and now they are on their second consecutive loss.The openers of KKR gave them a flying start,Gautam Gambhir and Brendom McCullum once again played consistently.The KKR lost some wickets in quick time and CSK managed
to restrict them in to 158.The Chennai Super Kings innings had a lot of similarities to the Kolkata Knight Riders innings.The CSK openers Murali Vijay and Michael Hussey made a partnership of 97 runs,which was similar to that of KKR.The Chennai Super Kings lost 5 wickets in quick time and it made the match more thrilling.And at the end Mahendra Singh  Dhoni managed to make some big hits and it made them to win the match.The last over of the match was very crucial,the CSK lost Dhoni and they needed 8 runs in 5 balls,however Bravo made the big hit in the last ball of the match.The
scores and important performances are given below :

Kolkata Knight Riders : 158/9(20 overs)

Gautam Gambhir 62(43)  Brendom McCullum 37(29) Das 19(10)

Jakati took 2 wickets

Chennai Super Kings : 159/5(20 overs)

Michael Hussey 56(39)  Murali Vijay 36(25)  MS Dhoni 28(21)

Sunil Narine and Rajat Bhatia took 2 wickets each

Man of the match : Michael Hussey

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Mumbai Indians Won By 5 Wickets

14 May 2012 : The 6th wicket partnership of Ambati Rayudu and Kieron Pollard took Mumbai Indians to win the match with 5 wickets to spare.After getting a slow start,loosing 3 wickets at the beginning itself the Mumbai Indians were in trouble.Sachin Tendulkar went for a golden duck,once a again failed to make a decent score on the board.The 100+ run partnership between Rayudu and Pollard was big enough to win the match.Rayudu scored 81 runs and Pollard made 52,both of them remained unbeaten at the end of their innings.The Royal Challengers Bangalore batted first and made 171 which was a good score to resist,but their bowlers couldn't keep pace to make them win.Mayank Agarwal played a very crucial innings and without his knock the RCB would have felled with a low score.The Mumbai Indians completed their last over win with 2 balls to spare.For both the teams,the contributions from bowlers was

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Kings XI Punjab Won By 4 Wickets To Spice Up The Challenge

13 May 2012 :The Kings XI Punjab successfully chased 190 runs raised by the Deccan Chargers in 20 overs.The Kings XI Punjab had to win this match to stay alive in the tournament and they managed to make it finally.The Deccan Chargers once again failed by batting well and will remain at the bottom of the points table in this season of the Indian Premier League.the skipper David Hussey and Gurkeerat Singh played match winning innings.The Deccan Chargers batted first and made 190 runs in 20 overs,Shikhar Dhawan and Cameroon White continued their tremendous form.The scores and important performances are given below :

Deccan Chargers : 190/4 (20overs)

Shikhar Dhawan 71(50)  Cameroon White 67(41)

Azhar Mahmood took 2 wickets

Kings XI Punjab 194/6 (20 overs)

David Hussey 65(35) Azhar Mahmood 31(20) Gurkeerat Singh 29(12)

Steyn and Christain took 2 wickets each

Man of the match : David Hussey

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Rajasthan Royals Won By 45 Runs

13 May 2012 : The hat trick performance by Ajit Chandila provide Rajathan Royals 45 runs win against Pune Warriors India.The Rajasthen Royals batted first and scored 170 runs in 20 overs.The Pune Warriors could only get up to 125 runs by loosing 9 wickets in 20 overs.The Pune Warriors started well inthis season and at this stage they are completely out of the tournament,as they continue to loss consecutive matches.The scores and important performances are given below :

Rajasthan Royals : 170/4 (20 overs)

Ajinkya Rahane 61 (47) Shane Watson 58(31)

Ashish Nehra took 3 wickets.

Pune Warriors India : 125/9 (20 overs)

Ajit Chandila took 4 wickets.Botha and Watson took 2 wickets each

Man of the match : Ajit Chanila

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Fantastic 9 Wicket Win For Chennai Super Kings

12 May 2012 :Chennai Super Kings restricted the Delhi Daredevils to 114 runs and won by 9 wickets.The Chennai Super Kings seamers Hilfenhaus and Albie Morkel bowled extremely well and this was the key to their win.The big hitters Virender Sehwag,David Warner and Mahela Jayawardene were out before scoring a two digit number on their account.Hilfenhaus took 3 wickets,Albie and managed to take one wicket each.The early struck to the innings of Delhi Daredevils reflected in their batting up to the end.None of the batsmen were able to take them to a good score.They just tried to play the full 20 overs.On the other side the CSK batsmen batted carefully and finished off with the loss of a single wicket.The scores and important performances are given below :

Delhi Daredevils : 114/7(20 overs)

Y Nagar 44(47) Venugopal Rao 27(24)

Ben Hilfenhaus took 3 important wickets.Albie Morkel and Ashwin took 1 wicket each.

Chennai Super Kings : 115/1 (15.2 overs)
Michael Hussey 38(32)   Murali Vijay 48*(40) Suresh Raina 28*(20)

Man of the match : Ben Hilfenhaus

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Kings XI Punjab Won By 25 Runs

08 May 2012 :The early strike from
opener Mandeep Singh,provided a total of 170 for Kings XI Punjab.The Deccan Chargers couldn't get near to it at any part of the match and they fell at 145 in thye limited 20 overs.This win will take the Kings XI to the fifth position in the points table.The Deccan Chargers hold the bottom most position in the points tabele.They are out of the tournament,they have no chances of getting in to the play offs.As the first four teams in the points table
will play the play offs after the fixed 16 matches schedule for all the teams.The Kings XI Punjab got a good start with Mandeep Singh and Shaun Marsh.Mandeep Singh played the big shots and Shaun Marsh assisted well.In response to the 170 from KXIP the Deccan Chargers started slowly and could'nt get in to it at the end.David Hussey the skipper of Kings XI Punjab took two important wickets in an over and this made a great breakthrough.Then Praveen Kumar took the wicket of Deccan Chargers captain Sangakkara and the game was all over.The Deccan Chargers tried to advance at the end,but the Kings XI bowlers bowled very tight and took the winning points to their side.The scores and important performances are given below :

Kings XI Punjab : 170/5 (20 overs)

Mandeep Singh 75(48)  Miller 28*(18)

Ashish Reddy took 2 wickets

Deccan Chargers : 145/8 (20 overs)

DJ Harris 30(29) PA Reddy 24(13)

Praveen Kumar,David Hussey and Awana took 2 wickets each.

Man of the match : Mandeep Singh

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