Gayle 109 runs off just 49 balls with 10 fours and 9 sixes and helps Bangalore win

Chris Gayle hit his 2nd century in 4 matches with a fiery inning of 109 runs off just 49 ball with 10 fours and 9 sixes and helps Royal Challengers Bangalore win by a big margin of 85 runs against Kings XI Punjab in the 47th match of IPL 4, and moves to 4th place in points table on Friday, 6th May, 2011 at Bengaluru. RCB made 205/6 in 20 overs and KXIP made in 20 overs.

Royal Challengers Bangalore got a good start with 43 runs as Gayle hit his 2nd century with a brutal inning of 109 runs off just 49 balls with 10 fours and 9 sixes and helps Bangalore hit 2nd highest total of IPL 4, with 205/6. Kings XI Punjab then crushed under pressure and managed only 120/9 Chris Gayle again the star with the ball and took 3 wickets for 21 runs and Arvind also took 4-15.

Match Summary:

Royal Challengers Bangalore - 205/6 in 20 overs (Gayle 109, Harris 3-38)

Kings XI Punjab - 120/9 in 20 overs (McLaren 28, Arvind 415, Gayle 3-21)

Toss - Kings XI Punjab, who chose to bowl first.

Man of the Match - Chris Gayle (Royal Challengers Bangalore)

Result - Royal Challengers Bangalore won by 85 runs

Points - Royal Challengers Bangalore 2, Kings XI Punjab 0

Royal Bangalore v Kings XI Punjab 2011 IPL 47th Match Live Score - RCB v KXIP IPL4 Teams

Royal Bangalore v Kings XI Punjab 2011 IPL 47th Match Live Score - RCB v KXIP IPL4 Teams

In an important 46th match of 2011 IPL 4, 6th placed Royal Challengers Bangalore will take 2nd last team Kings XI Punjab in the only match of Friday, 6th May, 2011 at M Chinnaswamy Stadium, Bangalore, in a night game starting from 14.30 GMT, 20.00 IST.

Royal Challengers Bangalore has a very good chance to move in top 4 with this win as they are boosted by the arrival of hard hitter Chris Gayle. Dilshan has so far not having decent tournament and he need to score some runs for a good start. Their bowling is also looking good and they will try hard to win this game,

Kings XI Punjab on the other hand lying at 9th place but played only 7 games and if Vaalthaty, Gilchrist and Marsh do well together they can beat any team. Ryan McLaren and Harris both are doing well with the ball but Chawla needs to improve.

Royal Bangalore Playing 11, Team, Squad for IPL4 47th Match:

AB de Villiers, Chris Gayle, Tillakaratne Dilshan, Virat Kohli, Saurabh Tiwary, Cheteshwar Pujara, Asad Pathan, Abhimanyu Mithun, Daniel Vettori (cap), Zaheer Khan, Jamaluddin Syed Mohammad.

Kings XI Punjab Playing 11, Team, Squad for IPL4 47th Match:

Adam Gilchrist (cap), Shaun Marsh, Paul Valthaty, Sunny Singh, Dinesh Karthik (wk), Praveen Kumar, Abhishek Nayar, Ryan Harris, Vikramjeet Malik, Piyush Chawla, Ryan McLaren.

Delhi Daredevils v Deccan Chargers 2011 I IPL 45th Match Photos, Pics - Sehwag hit 119 runs Man of the Match

Sehwag hit a brilliant century with 119 runs off just 56 balls with 13 fours and 6 sixes and single handily win the match for Delhi and stay alive their hope for the finals.

Kochi Tuskers v Kolkata Riders 2011 IPL 45th Match Live Score - KKR v KTK IPL4 Teams Commentary

Kochi Tuskers v Kolkata Riders 2011 IPL 45th Match Live Score - KKR v KTK IPL4 Teams Commentary

Points leader Kolkata Knight Riders will take 6th placed Kochi Tuskers Kerala in the 45th match of 2011 Indian Premier League IPL4, on Thursday, 5th May, 2011 at Nehru Stadium, Koch, in a day-night game starting from 10.30 GMT, 4.00 PM IST.

Kolkata Knight Riders slips to 2nd place and has a good chance to regain top spot as Kallis, Gambhir, Manoj Tiwary and Yusuf Pathan are in good form while their bowlers Lee and Iqbal Abdullah doing well with the ball.

Kochi Tuskers Kerala still in the race after winning the last game and if they win they will be very much in the race of the semis. For this McCullum and Mahela has to play big roles with good innings while surprisingly Sreesanth bowling really well.

Kolkata Knight Riders Playing 11, Team, Squad for IPL4 44th Match:

Gautam Gambhir (Cap), Yusuf Pathan, Jacques Kallis, Eoin Morgan/ten Doeschate, Shakib Al Hasan, Manoj Tiwary, Shreevats Goswami (wk), Jaidev Unadkat, Brett Lee, Iqbal Abdulla, L Balaji.

Kochi Tuskers Kerala Playing 11, Team, Squad for IPL4 45th Match:

Mahela Jayawardene (cap), Brendon McCullum, Michael Klinger, Brad Hodge, Ravindra Jadeja, Parthiv Patel (wk), Balchandra Akhil, Vinay Kumar, Ramesh Pawar, Sreesanth, RP Singh.

DD v DC 2011 IPL 46th Match Live Score - Delhi Daredevils v Deccan Chargers IPL 4 Live Commentary

DD v DC 2011 IPL 46th Match Live Score - Delhi Daredevils v Deccan Chargers IPL 4 Live Commentary

Two struggling teams Delhi Daredevils and Deccan Chargers will meet in the 46th match of 2011 Indian Premier League IPL 4, on Thursday, 5th May, 2011 at Rajiv Gandhi International Stadium, Uppal, Hyderabad, in a night game and timing will be 14.30 GMT, 20.00 IST.

Deccan Chargers still have a chance to make it to semis as they have best bowling attack with two pacers Steyn and Sharma and spinners with Ojha and Mishra. Its their batiing which is struggling as Daniel Christain has not performed upto his pricing.

Delhi Daredevils on the other hand almost out of the tournament and now they can play for some pride and need to prepare for the next season and try to find new talents in their bench strength.

Deccan Chargers Playing 11, Team, Squad for IPL4 46th Match:

Kumar Sangakkara (cap/wk), Jean-Paul Duminy, Shikhar Dhawan, Daniel Christian, Bharat Chipli, Dwaraka Ravi Teja, Ishank Jaggi, Ishant Sharma, Dale Steyn, Amit Mishra , Pragyan Ojha.

Delhi Daredevils Playing 11, Team, Squad for IPL4 46th Match:

Virender Sehwag (cap), David Warner, Travis Birt, Roelof van der Merwe, Venugopal Rao, Naman Ojha (wk), Irfan Pathan, Yogesh Nagar, Morne Morkel, Ajit Agarkar, Umesh Yadav

MI v PW 2011 IPL 44th Match Result - Malinga stars in Mumbai's 21 runs win

Mumbai Indians regained its top position after the beat neighbors Pune Warriors by 21 runs in the 44th match of 2011 IPL 4, on Wednesday, 4th May, 2011 at Navi Mumbai. MI made 160/7 in 20 overs and PW made 139/7 in 20 overs.

Mumbai Indians lost early wicket but Tendulkar 24 and Rayudu 27 took them to 58 runs in 8 overs but they were struggling at 124-6 in 18 overs but Suman 36 runs off just 16 balls and Pollard hit 21 balls 29 runs take them to a big total. Harbhajan again took early wicket of Ryder and push Pune Warriors on back foot and they never come in the match despite Pandeys 59 and Uthappa 34* as Malinga took 3 wickets.

Match Summary:

Mumbai Indians - 160/7 in 20 overs (Suman 36, Pollard 29, Rahul 2-7, Yuvi 2-22)

Pune Warriors - 139/7 in 20 overs (Pandey 59, Malinga 3-25)

Toss - Pune Warriors, who chose to bowl first.

Man of the Match - Rahul Sharma (Pune Warriors)

Result - Mumbai Indians won by 21 runs

Points - Mumbai Indians 2, Pune Warriors 0

Chennai Kings v Rajasthan Royals 2011 IPL 42nd Match Live Score CSK v RR IPL4 Teams, Commentary

Chennai Kings v Rajasthan Royals 2011 IPL 42nd Match Live Score CSK v RR IPL4 Teams, Commentary

Defending champion Chennai Super Kings will take 3rd placed Rajasthan Royals in the 43rd match of 2011 Indian Premier League - IPL 4, on Wednesday, 4th May, 2011 at MA Chidambaram Stadium, Chepauk, Chennai , in a day-night game starting from 10.30 GMT, 4.00 PM IST.

Chennai Super Kings won their last match coming from behind against Deccan and currently at 4th place in the points table. Raina back in form and they need fiery start by Vijay and Hussey as Ashwin, Jakati, Bollinger and Morkel bowling well.

Rajasthan Royals with the limited resources doing really well and now comfortably placed and this win moves closer to top 4 spot. They are playing like a unit where everybody contributing as Taylor also back in form.

Chennai Super Kings Playing 11, Team, Squad for IPL4 43rd Match:

MS Dhoni (Cap), Suresh Raina, Murali Vijay, Michael Hussey, Wriddhiman Saha (wk), Ravichandran Ashwin, Albie Morkel, Tim Southee, Subramaniam Badrinath, Faf du Plessis, Shadab Jakati.

Rajasthan Royals Playing 11, Team, Squad for IPL4 43rd Match:

Shane Warne (cap), Shane Watson, Ross Taylor, Rahul Dravid, Abhishek Raut, Johan Botha, Amit Gajanan Paunikar, Siddharth Trivedi, Ashok Menaria, Amit Singh, Ajinkiya Rahane.

Mumbai Indians v Pune Warriors IPL4 Live Score - MI v PW 2011 IPL 44th Match Teams

Mumbai Indians v Pune Warriors IPL4 Live Score - MI v PW 2011 IPL 44th Match Teams

Two teams from the same state, as two neighboring cities Mumbai Indiansand Pune Warriors, like Manchester United and City in EPL, will meet in the 43rd matchof 2011 Indiand Premier League IPL4, on Wednesday, 4th May, 2011 at Dr DY Patil Sports Academy, Mumba, in a night game and timing will be 14.30 GMT, 20.00 IST.

Mumbai Indians is currently at 2nd position and 1-2 wins will secure their semis place. Pollard finally played an inning to justice his retention in the last game. Harbhajan and Malinga bowling superbly to give them earl wickets.

Pune Warriors lost 6 consecutive matches after winning first 2 and lying at the bottom of the points table and if they lost this match they will definitely out of the tournament. Big news is that they have included former Indian and KKR captain Saurav Ganguly. who was unsold in the auction and also appointed as deputy to Yuvraj. Hope he will provide much needed strenghth to short batting line up.

Mumbai Indians Playing 11, Team, Squad for IPL4 44th Match:

Sachin Tendulkar (cap), Rohit Sharma, Kieron Pollard, Andrew Symonds, Ambati Rayudu, Davy Jacobs (wk), Abu Nachim, Ali Murtaza, Harbhajan Singh, Lasith Malinga, Munaf Patel.

Pune Warriors Playing 11, Team, Squad for IPL4 44th Match:

Yuvraj Singh (cap), Robin Uthappa (wk), Jesse Ryder, Saurav Ganguly, Mithun Manhas, Mohnish Mishra, Rahul Sharma, Wayne Parnell, Shrikanth Wagh, Murali Kartik, Alfonso Thomas

KKR v DC 2011 IPL 42nd Match Result - Yusuf Stars in Kolkata's 20 runs win, moves on top

Kolkata Knight Riders move on top of the points table with convincing 20 runs win over Deccan Chargers in the 42nd match of 2011 IPL4, on Tuesday, 3rd May, 2011 at Hyderabad. KKR made 169/4 in 20 overs and DCmade 149/6 in 20 overs.

Kolkata Knight Riders got a steady start by Morgan and Kallis 30 runs, while Gambhir contributed 35 runs off 22 balls but 80 runs partnership between Tiwary 33 runs and Yusuf Pathan who hit 47 unbeaten runs off just 26 balls with 3 fours and put them in good position.

Deccan Chargers then got a good start with 41 runs but Iqbal Abdullah took wickets of Sohal and Sangakkara in the same over put them on back foot. Dhawan fight with 54 runs but didn't get any support from others.

Match Summary:

Kolkata Knight Riders - 169/4 in 20 overs (Yusuf 47*, Gambhir 35, Mishra 1-22)

Deccan Chargers - 149/6 in 20 overs (Dhawan 54, Iqbal 2-34, Bhatia 2-26)

Toss - Deccan Chargers, who chose to bowl first.

Man of the Match - Yusuf Pathan (Kolkata Knight Riders)

Result - Kolkata Knight Riders won by 20 runs

Points - Kolkata Knight Riders 2, Deccan Chargers 0

Kolkata Riders v Deccan Chargers 2011 IPL Live Score, Commentary - KKR v DC IPL 42nd Match Teams

Kolkata Riders v Deccan Chargers 2011 IPL Live Score, Commentary - KKR v DC IPL 42nd Match Teams

3rd placed Kolkata Knight Riders will take 7th placed Deccan Chargers in the 42nd match of 2011 Indian Premier League - IPL4, in the only game of Tuesday, 3rd May, 2011 at Rajiv Gandhi International Stadium, Uppal, Hyderabad , in a night game and timing will be 14.30 GMT, 20.00 IST.

Kolkata Knight Riders won their last match comfortably and now eying the top spot in the points table. Kallis hasn't score big runs in the last few matches and a big score is due on him while Tiwary and Gambhir batting sensibly. Shakib is a good option to replace Ryan ten.

Deccan Chargers lost a good opportunity in the last match against Chennnai when they were at good position with 71/0 in 7 overs, and now they are in a must win situation. Sohal played superbly and need more such innings with support from Sangakkara and Duminy while they may replace out of form White.

Kolkata Knight Riders Playing 11, Team, Squad for IPL4 37th Match:

Gautam Gambhir (Cap), Yusuf Pathan, Jacques Kallis, Eoin Morgan/ten Doeschate, Shakib Al Hasan, Manoj Tiwary, Shreevats Goswami (wk), Jaidev Unadkat, Brett Lee, Iqbal Abdulla, L Balaji.

Deccan Chargers Playing 11, Team, Squad for IPL4 39th Match:

Kumar Sangakkara (cap/wk), Jean-Paul Duminy, Shikhar Dhawan, Daniel Christian, Bharat Chipli, Dwaraka Ravi Teja, Ishank Jaggi, Ishant Sharma, Dale Steyn, Amit Mishra , Pragyan Ojha.

Mumbai Indians v Kings XI Punjab 2011 IPL 40th Match Live Score - KXIP v MI IPL4 Commentary, Teams

Mumbai Indians v Kings XI Punjab 2011 IPL 40th Match Live Score - KXIP v MI IPL4 Commentary, Teams

Title favorite Mumbai Indians will take struggling Kings XI Punjab in the 40th match of 2011 Indian Premier League - IPL4, on Monday, 2nd May, 2011 at Wankhede Stadium, Mumba, in a day-night game starting from 10.30 GMT, 4.00 PM IST.

Mumbai Indians slipped to 2nd place and now have a good chance to again move to top after they lost to Rajasthan in the last match when their strong batting collapsed to mere 94 runs. Tendulkar still holding Orange Cap but not played big innings in the last few matches while Pollard still to make an impact so far.

Kings XI Punjab after few wins thanks to Valthaty's inning failed to win last 3 games and now in a must win situation to stay in the race. Paul valthaty, Gilchrist and Shaun Marsh must play big innings to post big totals.

Mumbai Indians Playing 11, Team, Squad for IPL4 40th Match:

Sachin Tendulkar (cap), Rohit Sharma, Kieron Pollard, Andrew Symonds, Ambati Rayudu, Davy Jacobs (wk), Abu Nachim, Ali Murtaza, Harbhajan Singh, Lasith Malinga, Munaf Patel.

Kings XI Punjab Playing 11, Team, Squad for IPL4 40th Match:

Adam Gilchrist (cap), Shaun Marsh, Paul Valthaty, Sunny Singh, Dinesh Karthik (wk), Praveen Kumar, Abhishek Nayar, Ryan Harris, Vikramjeet Malik, Piyush Chawla, Ryan McLaren.

Delhi Daredevils v Kochi Tuskers 2011 IPL 41st Match Live Score - DD v KTK IPL4 Commentary

In a reverse match between Delhi Daredevils and Kochi Tuskers Keralameet again within 2 days in the 41st match of IPL 2011, on Monday, 2nd May, 2011 at Feroz Shah Kotla, Delh, in a night game and timing will be 14.30 GMT, 20.00 IST.

Delhi Daredevils won the last match thanks to brilliant batting by Sehwag on difficult pitch and now they are playing at home and if they win this match they will be back in the race of last 4. Morne Morkel and Irfan Pathan bowled well in the last match and need to repeat in this match as well.

Kochi Tuskers Kerala now in a must win situation after their last defeat, and have a good chance to take revenge. The only +ve thing in the last match for them was the bowling of Sreesanth, took 2 wickets for just 10 runs, and they need him to repeat the performance.

Kochi Tuskers Kerala Playing 11, Team, Squad for IPL4 41st Match:

Mahela Jayawardene (cap), Brendon McCullum, Michael Klinger, Brad Hodge, Ravindra Jadeja, Parthiv Patel (wk), Balchandra Akhil, Vinay Kumar, Ramesh Pawar, Sreesanth, RP Singh.

Delhi Daredevils Playing 11, Team, Squad for IPL4 41st Match:

Virender Sehwag (cap), David Warner, Travis Birt, Roelof van der Merwe, Venugopal Rao, Naman Ojha (wk), Irfan Pathan, Yogesh Nagar, Morne Morkel, Ajit Agarkar, Umesh Yadav

Chennai Kings v Deccan Chargers 39th Match of IPL 4 Photos - Albie Morkel Man of the Match

Suresh Raina, Albie Morkel and Shadab Jakati stars in Chennai's crucial 19 runs win when the came from behind after Deccan reached 71/0 in 7 overs.

In the 39th match of 2011 IPL, defending champions Chennai Super Kingsbeat Deccan Chargers by 19 runs on Sunday, 1st May, 2011 at Chepauk.CSK made 165/5 in 20 overs and DC made 146/8 in 20 overs.

Chennai Super Kings made a competitive total of 165 runs thanks to Hussey's 46 runs and Raina's 35 balls 59 runs with 6 fours and 2 sixes, while Ojha bowled brilliantly and took 3 wickets for 26 runs. Deccan Chargers then got a brilliant start by Sohal hit 56 runs off just 30 balls with 6 fours 4 sixes and put 71 runs in 7 overs but after him no body carried away as Shadab Jakati took 2 wickets for 23 runs and Albie took 3 wickets.

Match Summary:

Chennai Super Kings - 165/5 in 20 overs (Raina 59, Hussey 46, Ojha 3-26)

Deccan Chargers - 146/8 in 20 overs (Sohal 56, Jakati 2-23, Morkel 3-38)

Toss - Chennai Super Kings, who chose to bat first.

Man of the Match - Albie Morkel (Chennai Super Kings)

Result - Chennai Super Kings won by 19 runs

Points - Chennai Super Kings 2, Deccan Chargers 0

Rajasthan Royals v Pune Warriors IPL 4 Live Score Card - RR v PW 2011 IPL 38th Match Teams, Commentary

Rajasthan Royals v Pune Warriors IPL 4 Live Score Card - RR v PW 2011 IPL Teams, Commentary

3rd placed Rajasthan Royals will take struggling Pune Warriors in the 38th match of 2011 Indian Premier League - IPL4, on Sunday, 1st May, 2011 at Sawai Mansingh Stadium, Jaipur, in a day-night game starting from 10.30 GMT, 4.00 PM IST.

Rajasthan Royals will be on high after beating Mumbai in the last match and now eying the top spot in the points table. Amit Singh, Maneria and Warne bowled brilliantly while Botha performed with both bat and ball. Shane Watson also doing well at the top.

Pune Warriors lost 5 matches in a row after won two matches in the start and now they are in a must win situation to be in top 4. Yuvraj stay till the end finish the games for them, while Uthappa is not playing upto his reputation.

Rajasthan Royals Playing 11, Team, Squad for IPL4 38th Match:

Shane Warne (cap), Shane Watson, Ross Taylor, Rahul Dravid, Abhishek Raut, Johan Botha, Amit Gajanan Paunikar, Siddharth Trivedi, Ashok Menaria, Amit Singh, Ajinkiya Rahane.

Pune Warriors Playing 11, Team, Squad for IPL4 38th Match:

Yuvraj Singh (cap), Robin Uthappa (wk), Jesse Ryder, Graeme Smith, Mithun Manhas, Mohnish Mishra, Ashish Nehra, Rahul Sharma, Wayne Parnell, Shrikanth Wagh, Murali Kartik, Alfonso Thomas

Chennai Kings v Deccan Chargers 2011 IPL 39th Match Result - CSK v DC IPL4 Teams, Commentary

Chennai Kings v Deccan Chargers 2011 IPL 39th Match Result - CSK v DC IPL4 Teams, Commentary

39th match of 2011 Indian Premier League - IPL4, will be played between defending champions Chennai Super Kings and Deccan Chargers on Sunday, 1st may, 2011 at MA Chidambaram Stadium, Chepauk, Chenna, in a night game and timing will be 14.30 GMT, 20.00 IST.

Chennai Super Kings is currently at 5th place and can move to top 4 with this win as Hussey is in good form at the top followed by Vijay, Raina Badrinath and Dhoni. Albi Morkel doing well for Chennai well supported by Bollinger and Ashwin.

Deccan Chargers won their last match to move up on 6th place and now eying a spot in top 4. They are highly depend on Sangakkara as Danial Christain is not playing to his price paid. They have best bowling line up with Steyn, Mishra and Ojha and Ishant Sharma took 5 wickets in his last match.

Chennai Super Kings Playing 11, Team, Squad for IPL4 39th Match:

MS Dhoni (Cap), Suresh Raina, Murali Vijay, Michael Hussey, Wriddhiman Saha (wk), Ravichandran Ashwin, Albie Morkel, Tim Southee, Subramaniam Badrinath, Faf du Plessis, Shadab Jakati.

Deccan Chargers Playing 11, Team, Squad for IPL4 39th Match:

Kumar Sangakkara (cap/wk), Jean-Paul Duminy, Shikhar Dhawan, Daniel Christian, Bharat Chipli, Dwaraka Ravi Teja, Ishank Jaggi, Ishant Sharma, Dale Steyn, Amit Mishra , Pragyan Ojha.