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IPL 2010 Schedule – Cricket Match Timetable 2010

Thursday, March 11, 2010

DLF IPL Schedule / Timetable for 2010 is as follows. And the happy news is season 3 is going to happen in India. This year IPL 3 ( 2010 ) is going to be more exciting than last year. Stay tuned for more information.

March 12 2010 –
IP Hyderabad vs IP Kolkata
1st Match, Dr DY Patil Sports Academy, Mumbai
Live action starts from: 14:30 GMT (20:00 IST)
March 13 – Mumbai Indians vs Rajasthan Royals – Mumbai/Nagpur
March 13 – Kings XI Punjab vs Delhi Daredevils – Mohali
March 14 – Chennai SuperKings vs Deccan Chargers Hyderabad – Chennai
March 14 – KolkataKnightRiders vs RoyalChallengersBanglore – Kolkata
March 15 – RajasthanRoyals vs DelhiDaredevils – Jaipur
March 16 – RoyalChallengersBanglore vs Kings XI Punjab – Bangalore
March 16 – Kolkata Knight Riders vs Chennai SuperKings – Kolkta
March 17 – Delhi Daredevils vs Mumbai Indians– Delhi
March 18 – RoyalChallengersBanglore vs RajasthanRoyals– Bangalore
March 19 – Deccan Chargers Hyderabad vs Kings XI Punjab– Vizag
March 20 – RajasthanRoyals vs Kolkata Knight Riders– Ahmedabad
March 20 – Mumbai Indians vs RoyalChallengersBanglore– Mumbai/Nagpur
March 21 – Delhi Daredevils vs Deccan Chargers Hyderabad – Delhi
March 22 – Mumbai Indians vs Kolkata Knight Riders– Mumbai/Nagpur
March 23 – RoyalChallengersBanglore vs Chennai SuperKings – Bangalore
March 24 – Kings XI Punjab vs RajasthanRoyals– Mohali
March 25 – Kolkata Knight Riders vs Delhi Daredevils– Kolkta
March 26 – Chennai SuperKings vs Mumbai Indians– Chennai
March 26 – RajasthanRoyals vs Deccan Chargers Hyderabad– Ahmedabad
March 27 – RoyalChallengers Banglore vs Delhi Daredevils – Bangalore
March 27 – Kings XI Punjab vs Kolkata Knight Riders– Mohali
March 28 – RajasthanRoyals vs Chennai SuperKings – Ahmedabad
March 28 –Deccan Chargers Hyderabad vs Mumbai Indians – Vizag
March 29 – Delhi Daredevils vs Kolkata Knight Riders– Delhi
March 30 – Mumbai Indians vs Kings XI Punjab – Mumbai/Nagpur
March 31 – Chennai SuperKings vs RoyalChallengersBanglore – Chennai
March 31 – Delhi Daredevils vs RajasthanRoyals – Delhi
April 1 – Kolkata Knight Riders vs Deccan Chargers Hyderabad – Kolkata
April 2 – Kings XI Punjab vs RoyalChallengersBanglore – Mohali
April 3 – Chennai SuperKings vs RajasthanRoyals – Chennai
April 3 – Mumbai Indians vs Deccan Chargers Hyderabad- Mumbai/Nagpur
April 4 – Delhi Daredevils vs RoyalChallengersBanglore – Delhi
April 4 – Kolkata Knight Riders vs Kings XI Punjab– Kolkata
April 5 – Deccan Chargers Hyderabad vs RajasthanRoyals – Hyderabad
April 6 – Mumbai Indians vs Chennai SuperKings – Mumbai/Nagpur
April 7 – RajasthanRoyals vs Kings XI Punjab– Ahmedabad
April 8 – RoyalChallengersBanglore vs Deccan Chargers Hyderabad– Bangalore
April 8 – Chennai SuperKings vs Delhi Daredevils– Chennai
April 9 – Kings XI Punjab vs Mumbai Indians – Mohali
April 10 – RoyalChallengersBanglore vs Kolkata Knight Riders – Bangalore
April 10 – Deccan Chargers Hyderabad vs Chennai SuperKings – Hyderabad
April 11 – RajasthanRoyals vs Mumbai Indians – Jaipur
April 11 – Delhi Daredevils vs Kings XI Punjab – Delhi
April 12 – Deccan Chargers Hyderabad vs RoyalChallengersBanglore – Hyderabad
April 13 – Chennai SuperKings vs Kolkata Knight Riders – Chennai
April 14 – Mumbai Indians vs Delhi Daredevils – Mumbai/Nagpur
April 15 – RajasthanRoyals vs RoyalChallengersBanglore – Jaipur
April 15 – Kings XI Punjab vs Deccan Chargers Hyderabad – Dharmsala
April 16 – Delhi Daredevils vs Chennai SuperKings – Delhi
April 17 – RoyalChallengersBanglore vs Mumbai Indians – Bangalore
April 17 – Kolkata Knight Riders vs RajasthanRoyals– Kolkata
April 18 – Deccan Chargers Hyderabad vs Delhi Daredevils – Hyderabad
April 18 – Kings XI Punjab vs Chennai SuperKings– Dharamsala
April 19 – Kolkata Knight Riders vs Mumbai Indians – Kolkata

April 21 – Semifinal Match 1
April 22 – Semifinal Match 2

April 24 – 3rd Place Match

April 25 – FINAL Match

Dilshan named player of World Twenty20

Sunday, June 21, 2009

Sri Lanka batsman Tillakaratne Dilshan was on Sunday named as the player of the tournament at the World Twenty20 despite being dismissed for nought in the eight-wicket final defeat to Pakistan.
Opening the innings throughout the tournament, Dilshan scored a total of 317 runs at a strike-rate of 144.74 and an average above 52.
He scored three half-centuries in the tournament and his unbeaten 96 in the semi-final against the West Indies was the highest individual total of the tournament.
That innings almost single-handedly dragged Sri Lanka to a score that it was then able to defend and it caused his captain Kumar Sangakkara to hail Dilshan as "a pioneer stroke-maker in Twenty20".
Dilshan also hit more boundaries than any other player, his 46 fours and three sixes well clear of the next biggest tally of hits both to and over the ropes, 28 fours and four sixes by South Africa's Jacques Kallis.
And his batting was talked about not only for its excellence but also for its innovation, with his ability to flip fast and medium-paced bowlers past his nose and over the wicketkeeper's head to the boundary one of the enduring memories of the action for all that saw it.
Former West Indies captain Clive Lloyd, chairman of the ICC Cricket Committee and himself a two-time World Cup winner at Lord's, said: "Tillakaratne has been a tower of strength for Sri Lanka throughout this tournament. He has impressed us all with his improvisation, courage out in the middle and wonderful range of shots.
"I'm not sure how he manages to play that scoop shot - if I had tried that when I played I think I would have ended up with a mouth full of ball - but it was wonderful entertainment and his contribution really gave the tournament a boost."


Younus Khan retires from T20 after world final win

Pakistan captain Younus Khan announced his retirement from T20 internationals after leading his side to victory in the 2009 Twenty20 final against Sri Lanka at Lord's here on Sunday.
"This is my last Twenty20 game (for Pakistan), so I am retiring from T20 internationals," Younus said after Pakistan beat Sri Lanka by eight wickets.
"I am now 34, I am old for this kind of cricket. The good thing is we have a couple of good youngsters like Shahzaib (Hasan) and Ahmad Shahzad."
However, gifted batsman Younus - who has appeared in 60 Tests and 186 one-day internationals - is set to continue his international career in the longer formats of the game.

Fired-up Pakistan lift World Twenty20 title

Pakistan won their first major title in 17 years when they stunned Sri Lanka by eight wickets in the World Twenty20 final at a sell-out Lord's here on Sunday.
Seamer Abdul Razzaq claimed three wickets as Pakistan bowled and fielded aggressively to restrict Sri Lanka to 138-6, then coasted home easily with eight deliveries to spare.
Shahid Afridi hit an unbeaten 54 off 40 balls, his second consecutive half-century, and former captain Shoaib Malik made 24 not out during a match-winning partnership of 76 for the undefeated third wicket.
Pakistan, runners-up to India in the final of the inaugural World Twenty20 in South Africa two years ago, ended Sri Lanka's unbeaten run in the tournament with style.
Pakistan last won an official multi-nation tournament in 1992 when Imran Khan's team lifted the World Cup by beating England in the final at the Melbourne cricket ground in Australia.
Sunday's win by Younus Khan's team gave Pakistanis back home reason to cheer as the cricket-mad nation has been deprived of international tours due to security concerns in the volatile nation.
The International Cricket Council has already ruled out holding World Cup matches in Pakistan in 2011 following the militant attack on the Sri Lankan team in Lahore on March 3.
Pakistani openers Kamran Akmal and Shahzaib Hasan ensured there were no early scares as they put on 48 for the first wicket in seven overs.
Sanath Jayasuriya broke through with his first delivery in the next over when he beat Akmal in the air with his left-arm spin and had him stumped for 37 off 28 balls.
Jayasuriya then took a catch to get rid of Shahzaib off Muttiah Muralitharan for 19, but Afridi and Malik took Pakistan home amid loud celebrations from their fans in the stands.
Sri Lanka were dealt quick blows after captain Kumar Sangakkara won the toss and elected to take first strike on a slow wicket.
The Lankans slumped to 2-2 in the first nine balls and that became 34-4 before Sangakkara himself led the rescue act with a defiant unbeaten 64 from 52 balls.
Sangakkara and Angelo Mathews put on 68 for the unbroken seventh wicket as Sri Lanka plundered 59 runs in the final five overs.
Mathews returned unbeaten on 35 off 24 balls.
Pakistan got off to a sensational start when teenage fast bowler Mohammad Aamir sent back the in-form Tillekaratne Dilshan with the fifth ball of the match.
Dilshan, the tournament's leading scorer with 317 runs, miscued a pull shot off the speedy left-armer and was caught at backward square-leg by Shahzaib Hasan for zero.
Four balls later, Shahzaib grabbed his second catch at mid-off as Jehan Mubarak skied a leading edge off Razzaq, who shared the new ball with Aamir.
Jayasuriya counter-attacked with a six and four in Razzaq's second over, but the bowler hit back two balls later as the left-handed veteran edged a ball on to his stumps after making 17.
Razzaq, who replaced the injured Yasir Arafat after ending his links with the rebel Indian Cricket League, struck again in his third over when Misbah-ul Haq dived to his right at slip to remove Mahela Jayawardene for one.

Edwards to miss first two India ODIs

West Indies have named a 13-man squad without Fidel Edwards for the first two one-day internationals against India this coming Friday and Sunday at Sabina Park in Kingston.
The fast bowler withdrew from last Monday's Super Eight win over England in the Twenty20 World Cup seconds before the toss, after injuring himself in the warm-up.
It was later confirmed that the problem was an irritation of a nerve root in his lower back.
Edwards did not play on Friday in the semi-final at The Oval against Sri Lanka which West Indies lost by 57 runs to exit the competition.
West Indies officials have given no clear indication about how long Edwards is expected to be out of the game with the injury.
The selectors have rewarded Darren Bravo, the younger brother of all-rounder Dwayne Bravo, with his maiden call for West Indies, after a season of consistent scoring for his native Trinidad & Tobago in domestic competition.
The left-hander is the only new member of the squad, and his batting style has drawn more than a passing comparison to that of his fellow Trinidadian and West Indies batting legend Brian Lara.
The younger Bravo scored 605 runs at an average of 43.21 in nine matches of the West Indies domestic first-class competition this year.
The selectors have kept faith with the majority of players that formed the squad for either the previous ODI series against England in May, or the Twenty20 World Cup.
But they have overlooked batsman Lendl Simmons, as well as all-rounders Kieron Pollard, and Darren Sammy.

Squad:

Chris Gayle (captain), Denesh Ramdin (vice captain), Lionel Baker, Darren Bravo, Dwayne Bravo, Sulieman Benn, David Bernard Jr, Shivnarine Chanderpaul, Narsingh Deonarine, Runako Morton, Ravi Rampaul, Ramnaresh Sarwan, Jerome Taylor

India aims to put Twenty20 failure behind them

India have arrived in the Caribbean promising to put the bad memory of their failure in the Twenty20 World Cup behind them.
The Indians face West Indies in four One-day Internationals on their brief trip to the Caribbean fresh from their exit from the Twenty20 World Cup at the Super Eight stage.
"When it comes to playing for your country, you don't really need motivation to go out and perform," said India captain Mahendra Singh Dhoni on arrival.
"West Indies are playing good cricket at the moment. They (had) a very good Twenty20 World Cup, but in the 50 overs, you have time to settle down. After playing so much Twenty20 games, 50 overs seem like a Test match."
The Indian players have had a surfeit of Twenty20 matches, after going straight into the Twenty20 World Cup, following the second staging of the Indian Premier League in South Africa, and this has led to the visitors missing four key players through injury.
Batting superstar Sachin Tendulkar opted to take time off to fully recover from a finger injury he sustained during the IPL.
Shoulder injuries have sidelined talismanic opener Virender Sehwag and left-arm strike bowler Zaheer Khan, and middle-order batsman Suresh Raina has a hairline fracture in one of his thumbs.
"You're always going to miss them because they are great players, but it's a great opportunity for a tour of this nature for young players to show what they're made of," said India coach Gary Kirsten.
"We're looking to those young players for the future as well. This is a great opportunity for these guys to stake their claim."
Kirsten also noted that India have been in great form in ODIs over the last year, losing only three matches of 18, and his side will be looking forward to extending that form.
The first two ODIs take place at Sabina Park on Friday and Sunday, followed by two more the following Friday and Sunday at St. Lucia's Beausejour Cricket Ground.
Squad:
Mahendra Singh Dhoni (capt/wkt), Yuvraj Singh, Gautam Gambhir, Rohit Sharma, Harbhajan Singh, Pragyan Ojha, Yusuf Pathan, Murali Vijay, Subramaniam Badrinath, Rudra Pratap Singh, Praveen Kumar, Ishant Sharma, Abhishek Nayar, Ashish Nehra, Ravindra Jadeja, Dinesh Karthik.

West Indies captain Gayle ready to sting India

West Indian captain Chris Gayle is not losing heart after the semi-final loss in the World Twenty20 and has vowed to bounce back in the upcoming one-day series against India.
The West Indies exited from the tournament on Friday after a stinging 57-run defeat by Sri Lanka at the Oval, but Gayle said he was proud that his team had reached the semi-finals.
"Of course we are disappointed because we too wanted to be in the final, but that does not take anything away from the way the team has played through this tournament.
"I am proud of the boys, they put everything into it. We backed ourselves and came this far. It is a great learning experience for the younger players in the team.
"If they learn the lessons quickly we should be able to capitalise in home conditions when the World Twenty20 is held in the Caribbean next year."
Gayle hoped West Indian fans were happy at the team's performance in the tournament after it was routed 2-0 in the preceding bilateral Test series against England.
"Fans are very hard to please," said Gayle. "They only want victory everytime. I just want to say tough luck to the fans. But I hope they will keep supporting us and stop cursing.
"I say to my fans that we will fly like a butterfly and sting like a bee, we'll be back. What can I do about it? Ask Muhammad Ali!"
The West Indies were outplayed on Friday after Tillakaratne Dilshan's unbeaten 96 in Sri Lanka's 158-5 was followed by an astonishing first over from rising fast bowler Angelo Mathews.
Mathews claimed three wickets in five balls as the Windies slipped to 1-3 and were shot out for 101 despite Gayle carrying his bat for an unbeaten 63.
"The three wickets in the first over set us back and we could not overcome that as we kept losing wickets regularly," said Gayle.
"You need partnerships in any form of the game, but this is especially true of Twenty20 cricket.
"All credit to Dilshan for the way he batted. I thought we had a good start to keep them down in the first six overs and Dilshan was their only batsman among the runs.
"He just did not give us a chance and helped set a decent total for Sri Lanka."
Gayle said he looked forward to the four one-day matches against India in the Caribbean starting later this month.
"We will get back home for a few days and start another series soon," the West Indian captain said.
"India may not have made the semi-finals here and we did, but we start from scratch and have to do all the hard work again.
"India is always a good one-day team, so it is bound to be a tough series."
Asked whether he will put his money on Sri Lanka or Pakistan in Sunday's final, Gayle quipped: "I am broke, maan!"
"But we can't ask for a better final. We have two quality teams and so it should be a quality final."