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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Rajasthan Royals Win : Jumps To 4th In The Table

08 May 2012 : Rajasthan Royals won by 7 wickets.This win took the Royals to the 4th in the table and the Pune Warriors are out of the play offs.Pune Warriors won the toss and choosed to bat first,but they could only make 125 runs in 20 overs.The Pune Warriors batsmen struggled to make impressive performance against the strong bowlers in the Rajasthan Royals side.Shaun Tait lead their bowling by taking 3 wickets in 4 overs,conceded just 13 runs.The Pune Warriors batsmen failed to start well and to end well.The Rajasthan Royals lost an early wicket,but still they managed to win the game in just 16.2 overs.Shane Watson was the most destructive batsman in the Rajsthan Royals side.Watson scored 90 off 51 balls with 10 fours and four sixes,he remained not out.in the Pune Warriors side Majumdar made 30 runs all others fell with less then 20 on their account.The scores and important performances are given below :

Pune Warriors India : 125/6 (20 overs)

Majumdar 30(20)

Shaun Tait took 3 wickets

Rajasthan Royals : 126/3(16.2 overs)
Shane Watson 90*(51)

Man of the match : Shane Watson

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Kolkata Knight Riders Win Displaces Delhi Daredevils From The Top

07 May 2012 : Kolkata Knight Riders won by 6 wickets.The match was of great importance as it was between the two impressive teams in this season of the Indian Premier League.After this win the Kolkata Knight Riders will be in the top of the points table displacing Delhi Daredevils.The Daredevils batted first and put before the Knight Riders a  total of 153.In reply to this the Knight Riders comfortably chased it in 18.4 overs with a loss of 4 wickets.The performance of Jacques Kallis was important in their win,as Kallis took two important wickets and scored 30 runs.Kallis made the early break through by taking the wickets of the two aggressive players Virender Sehwag and David Warner.Pietersen's absence was clearly visible as the Delhi Daredevils batting struggled at one stage.Irfan Pathan played a valuable knock and Ross Taylor was a failure as he couldn't score even a single boundary.The Kolkata Knight Riders started well with strong partnership from skipper Gautam Gambhir and Brendom McCullum.Once again Gambhir played a match changing innings by scoring 36 off 21 balls.Brendom McCullum managed to score a half century.The scores and important performances are given below :

Delhi Daredevils : 153/9(20 overs)

Irfan Pathan 36(22) Jayawardene 30(27) Virender Sehwag 23(9)

Jacques Kallis and Sunil Narine took 2 wickets

Kolkata Knight Riders : 154/4 (20 overs)

Brendom McCullum 56(44)  Gautam Gambhir 36(21) Jacques Kallis 30(27)

Umesh Yadav took 2 wickets

Man of the match : Jacques Kallis

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Thrilling Win For Royal Challengers Bangalore

06 May 2012 : Royal Challengers Bangalore won by 5 wickets.A match winning innings from AB Devilliers,scored 47 off 17 with 5 fours and three sixes kept the Royal Challengers hopes  in the tournament.In reply to the 181 from Deccan Chargers,the Royal challengers Bangalore started quietly and advanced at the end.The openers Tilakaratne Dilshan and Chris Gayle scored 71 and 26 runs respectively.And at the end Devilliers finished off in style.Amith mishra bowled well for Deccan Chargers and all the others failed to keep pace.The Deccan Chargers scored 181 in 20 overs,with the contributions of Dhawan,White and Harris.Shikhar Dhawan scored 73 Harrris 47 and Cameroon White 45.The scores of both teams along with important batting and bowling performances are given below :

Deccan Chargers : 181/2(20 overs)

Shikhar Dhawan 73(52) Daniel Harris 47(41) Cameroon White 45(24)

Royal Challengers Bangalore : 185/5(18.5 overs)

Tilakaratne Dilshan 71(54)  AB Devilliers 47(17)

Amit Mishra took 2 wickets

Man of the match : AB Devilliers

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Last Over Win For Mumbai Indians

06 May 2012 : Mumbai Indians won by 2 wickets.One of the most thrilling last ball finish in this season of Indian Premier League.Dwayne Smith smashed a sixer and two boundaries in the last three balls to pass the target of 174 in 20 overs,which gave Mumbai Indians a fantastic win and valuable 2 points.Mumbai Indians needed 16 runs in the last over and the baller in charge was Ben Hilfenhaus,who bowled extremely well before that over and his first over was a maiden.The Chennai Super Kings had great hopes of winning the match as Hilfenhaus conceded just two runs and took a wicket  in the first three balls of the last over.But the last three balls were smashed to the straight boundary by Dwayne Smith which took away the match from the Chennai Super Kings.The Mumbai Indians had a great start,after loosing an early wicket Sachin Tendulkar and Rohit Sharma made a solid partnership scoring 126 runs in the second wicket which kept them in track.Tendulkar scored 74 off 44 balls and Rohit Sharma made 60 off 46 balls.And at the end Dwayne Smith scored 24 runs of just 9 deliveries.Earlier in the match Chennai Super Kings scored 173/8 in 20 overs.The Super Kings failed to make use of the flying start provided by Murali Vijay.They must have made a score near to 200,If they had utilised it at the end.Murali Vijay scored 41 off 29,Raina,Bravo and Dhoni contributed to their innings.The scores of both the teams along with important
batting and bowling performances are given below :

Chennai Super Kings : 173(20 overs)
Murali Vijay 41(29) Dwayne Bravo 40(33) Suresh Raina 36(21) MS Dhoni 25(15)

Malinga and RP Singh took 3 wickets

Mumbai Indians : 174 (20 overs)
Sachin Tendulkar 74(44) Rohit Sharma 60(46) Dwayne Smith 24(9)

Jadeja,Bravo and Hilfenhaus took 2 wickets each

Man of the match : Dwayne Smith

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All Round Performance By Watson : Rajasthan Royals Won

05 May 2012 : Rajasthan Royals won the match by 43 runs.Rajasthan Royals won the toss and choose to bat first.They lost an early wicket,the top scorer Ajinkya Rahane got out for just 5 runs.Then the skipper Rahul Dravid and Shane Watson played some big shots and kept their run rate just above 9.Shane Watson scored 36 off just 17 deliveries and Rahul Dravid scored 46 runs.Even though they got a great start, they couldn't keep their run rate in the middle overs.And at the end of their innings Brad Hodge played some big hits,two sixes and boundaries to get them to 177.Brad Hodge scored 36 off 23 and Menaria made 34 off 27.In eply to this the Kings XI Punjab could only make 134 in 20 overs.Only Shaun Marsh got a score above 30 and all other batsmen failed to keep their team in the winning track.The scores of both teams along with important batting and bowling performances are given below:

Rajasthan Royals : 177/6(20 overs)

Rahul Dravid 46(39)  Shane Watson 36(17) Brad Hodge 36(23) Menaria 34(27)

Ryan Harris and Chawla took 4 and 2 wickets respectively

Kings XI Punjab : 134/8(20 overs)

Shaun Marsh 34(27)

Watson,Tait and Botha took two wickets each

Man of the match : Shane Watson

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Kolkata Knight Riders Won By 7 Runs

05 May 2012 : The match was a great thriller and ended up in favour of the home team.The Eden Gardens was filled with more than 60000 people as it was one of the most awaited match.The immense support for Pune Warriors showed Sourav Ganguly the DADA's strength in Kolkata.The Knight Riders got a flying start and they scored 98 runs in the first 10 overs without loss of wicket.The man in form the captain of KKR,Gautam Gambhir was leading them from the front by playing some great hits.Gambhir scored 56 from 36 balls.After the first 10 overs the Pune bowlers bowled extremely well.They conceded just 52 runs in the
last 10 overs.Once again Yusuf Pathan was a great failure,did not scored even a boundary.The Knight Riders made 150/5 in the 20 overs.The Pune Warriors had great chance of winning the game as they restricted Knight Riders in 150.But they lost some quick wickets and failed to make stable partnerships in the beginning.Then Ganguly and Mathews made a strong partnership in the 6th wicket which gave the Warriors some hopes of getting back to the match.Angelo Mathews hit three consecutive sixes in Yusuf Pathan's over.Their hopes went in vain when Ganguly got out in a crucial stage.Sunil Narine bowled extremely well to restrict Pune Warriors to a low score.The Pune Warriors could only make it to 143 and lost the match for 7 runs.In my opinion the Pune Warriors failed to make a good batting order.If Steve Smith was given an opportunity to bat in the 6th wicket the result would have been different. As Steve Smith is an aggressive player with a strike rate above 150 he must have given a chance to strike at the end overs.The scores of both the teams along with important batting and bowling performances are given below :

Kolkata Knight Riders : 150/5 (20 overs)
Gautam Gambhir 56(36) Brendon McCullum 42(43)

Angelow Mathews and Bhuvneshwar Kumar took two wickets each

Pune Warriors India : 143/8 (20 overs)

Angelow Mathews 35(27)  Saurav Ganguly 36(35)

De Lange took 3 wickets

Man of the match : Sunil Narine

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Allround Performance Keeps Chennai Super Kings On The Winning Track

04 May 2012 : Chennai Super Kings won by 10 runs.It was Chennai Super Kings who won the toss and choose to bat first.They made a competitive total of 160/6 in the limited 20 overs.The Deccan Chargers could only make up to 150/5 in 20 overs.The Chennai Super Kings got a good start with the man in form DuPlessis and Vijay.Duplessis scored 42 off 32 and Murali Vijay made 14 off 11 balls.Then Suresh Raina and MS Dhoni contributed 32 and 34 runs respectively to the total.Chennai Super Kings failed to make use of the good start by their openers,in the middle overs their runrate was not much consistent.Albie Morkel and Ravindra Jadeja failed to play big shots and got out for low scores.In the last over of CSK's innings,Dwayne Bravo played some great shots and made 12 in just 4 balls and that runs were crucial in their victory.In the other side the Deccan Chargers started off by loosing Parthiv Patel's wicket.And then Cameroon White and Shikhar Dhawan made a good partnership,at that stage the Chargers were in winning position.Dhawan got out unluckily when Cameroon White's shot hit the stumps near the bowler after passing Bravo's hands.The Chargers still had hope as their skipper Sangakkara and White were in crease.Suresh Raina took a marvellous catch in his own bowling to send Sangakkara to the dressing room.Cameroon White played extremely well, he scored 77 off 53 balls but it was not enough to take the Chargers to victory.The scores of both the teams along with important batting and bowling performances are given below :

Chennai Super Kings : 160/6 (20 overs)
Duplessis 42(35)  Suresh Raina 32(24)   Ms Dhoni 34(28)

Veer Pratap singh took 2 wickets.Reddy,Jhunjhunwala,Christian and Mishra took one each

Deccan Chargers : 150/5 (20 overs)

Cameroon White 77(53)  Shikhar Dhawan 36(29)  Daniel Christian 27(24)

Raina,Morkel and Hilfehaus took one wicket each.

Man of the match : Suresh Raina

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