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Sun, 15 May 2011
Kochi thump past Rajasthan by 8 wkts
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22:24
Kochi Tuskers Kerala buldozed their way into a convincingeight wicket win over Rajasthan Royals.
After dismissing Rajasthan for a platry 97, Brendon McCullum and Brad Hodge smashed the bowlers to all corners of the park to hand a easy win.
Kochi reached the target in the seventh over.
In the process, Rajasthan did manage to pick two wicketsthat of Jayawardene and McCullum.
21:58
Mahela Jayawardene falls after Kochi were off to a great start courtesy some no balls from the Shaun Tait.
Jayawardene flicks a Jacob Oram delivery towards the big boundary line as he was caught at midwicket by Chavan.
But McCullum seemed to be in great touch as he smoked two sixes of Oram in the same over.
At the end of two overs Kochi were 38-1.
21:32
Kochi shot Rajasthan out for 97. A clinical display from Kochi Tuskers as Hodge lead from the front picking up 4-13.
It was a really poor performance from the visitors as none of the batsmen never really looked in
Ashok Menaria top scored with 31.
21:04
Hodgy again as castles Shane Warne for just two runs to his name.
He is having a ball quite literally asWarnegoes for a big heave, inside edge back on to the leg stumps.
Rajasthan were 82-8
EarlierHodge sends Jacob Oram back in the hut as castles the Kiwi for nought.
A slightly quicker ball, sliding on as Oram misses the ball completely, as the ball knocks the off stump.
20:52
Brad Hodge into the attack and he is welcomed to the crease with a boundary. Pinal Shah slogs it wide of midwicket fielder for a boundary.
One ball later he had his man as Pinal went for another big hit -- this time top edged it to Rao at long-on, simple chance.
Rajasthanwere 76-5 after 11 overs
20:45
Shane Watson falls to Parameswaran to sink Rajasthan Royals further. Watson who looked to be inominous form tearing into the young left-arm spinner PrashantPadmanabhan,was castled by the pacer for 20.
Going into the break, Rajasthan were 64-4.
20:29
Ajinkya Rahan's wicket further dented Rajasthan as Sreesanth had him leg-before-wicket after being hitfor a boundary previous ball.
Sree is bowling well almost send Ashok Menaria back. Menaria playing for the drive got an inside edge.
But then Menaria then smokes Sreesanth for a maximum. At the end of six overs Rajasthan were 32-3.
20:17
Sreesanth strikes for Kochi now after RP Singh removed Faiz Fazal.
Sreesanth in his second over found an edge of Rahul Dravid's bat and was neatly taken by Owais Shah in the slips.
Rajasthan were 21-2 after three overs.
Earlier, RP Singh provides the first breakthrough as he send Faiz Fazal back for just 10 runs to his name.
Fazal went for a shot across theline, missing the ball completely -- a loud shout follows as upmire Tucker had littlehesitation in raising finger.
19:39
Kochi Tuskers Kerala wins the toss and have decided bowl first against Rajasthan Royals in Indore.
Both teams are still in this, theoretically, but the one that loses today is out of the tournament.
Kochi have made two changes to their side, while Rajasthan have made an outrageous six changes to their side.
19:35
Kings XI Punjab scripted a comprehensive 29-runs victory over Delhi Daredevils at Dharamsala.
Chasing a competitive 171 for win, none of the Delhi batsmen looked in touch as theyfinished with 141-8 in 20 overs.
David Warner top-socred for Delhi with 29 runs, While Piyush Chawla was the pick of the bowlers with 3-16.
19:11
Punjab gets a big breakthrough as James Hopes skies on to Gilchirst off Piyush Chawla.
Hopes goes for a big heave, top-edges one, where Gilchirst takes an easy catch.
Earlier, Valthaty now gets in action with the ball as he sends Irfan Pathan back in the hut for just three.
Irfan drags a short ball from Valthaty towards deep square-leg where Mandeep takees a need little catch.
Delhi will be hoping for skipper James Hopes to fire on all cyclinder.
At the end of 15 overs Delhi were 98-6.
18:52
Punjab are in cruise control as Piyush Chawla snaps Sridhran Sriram for four.
The left hander went for a sweep shot, only to top-edge it as Dinesh Karthik takes a nice running catch.
At the end of 74-3 after 12 overs.
18:33
Shalab Srivastava back after an expensive first over, which yielded 17 runs.
Naman Ojha and David Warner have put up50-runs stand as Warner turns one for a single over square leg.
But just as we speak Naman Ojha edges one to Gilchrist for 28.
At the end of eight overs Delhi were 51-1.
18:12
Delhi Daredevils have made a slow start to their run chase as Punjab bowlers have kept a tight check on the openers.
Barring the wides and oddsingles they haven't really got going. A madien from Praveen Kumar has added pressure on Delhi batsmen to fire.
At the end of four overs Delhi were 18-0.
17:45
Brilliant innings from Shaun Marsh (47) and Paul Valthaty (62) have powered Punjab to 170-6 in their 20 overs.
It's been a brilliant display by the Kings XI Punjab batsmenconsidering that the fact that here was purchase from the wicket.
Delhi were poor on thefield giving too many boundary balls as well as not holding on theircatches.
Irfan Pathan was the pick of the bowlers with 3-28 off his four overs.
17:15
Irfan Pathan into the attack as Marsh goes for a wild swing, misses the ball completely.
Next up Marsh again goes for a wild hoick, as he top edges one to Morne Morkel. Marsh made 47 off 28 balls.
Pathan then sends Valthaty's off-stump for a ride with a lovely inswinger.
Delhi are right back in with two new batsman in the middle. At the end of 15 overs Punjab were 126-3.
17:04
Spin into the attack as Sridharan Sreeram comes into the attack as Valthaty takes a single off the first ball.
Next up Marsh targets the shorter boundary at midwickets and smokes it for a maximum.
One ball later Marsh chips down the track and hits it for another six. Sreeram drops one short and Marsh smashes it for another boundary.
Final bowl of the over as Marsh launches into it for the third six of the over.
Big over as 25 runs come from that over. Punjab were 115-1 after 13 overs with Valthaty on 60 off just 46 balls, while Marsh is on 41 off 23 balls.
16:44
James Hopes into his second over as Valthaty steers one to third man for a single.
Next up he finds the edge of Shaun Marsh's bat but no slips as the ball runs down to third man boundary.
Valthaty hasn't looked convicing in this innings as Punjab go into the break at 64-1 after nine overs.
16:28
Morne Morkel back as Valthaty welcomes him with a smoking boundary over extra cover for a boundary.
Next up Morkel corrects his lenght as Valthaty edges one to Venugopal Rao in the slips, but makes a mess of it.
Next up to Gilly as he tries to slog the bowler out of the park, doesn't time it and lobs an easy catch to Warner in the long-on region.
At the end of five overs Punjab were 33-1
16:21
Pathan into his second over as Gilly goes for a wild swing -- misses the ball.
Gilly, then slices one through third man for a single.
Next up Valthaty drops one short as Gilly takes off. Yogesh throws the ball to Irfan, who misses the ball asit runs out for five overthrows.
At the end of three overs Punjab were 16-0.
16:10
Morne Morkel into the attack as he bowls one wide off the batsman. Interesting thing to notice is the bounce.
One ball later he bowls a jaffer -- beating the batsman all ends up.
An outstanding over comes to an end asPunjab were 6-0 after two.
16:06
Paul Valthaty to take the strike as Ifran Pathan has the bowl in his hand.
First ball kicks up from short of length and Paul is surprised by the length but gets a single.
Five balls later Gilly smokes one through the off side to get off the mark. At the end of first over Punjab were 5-0.
16:01
Delhi Daredevils have won the toss and have elected to bowl first against Kings XI Punjab at Dharamsala.
Both teams have made changes to their side as Morne Morkel returns to the side for Delhi, while Praveen Kumar is back after the injury lay off.
Kings XI have still have a mathematical chance to making it to playoffs.
15:48
Delhi Daredevils have won the toss and have elected to bowl first against Kings XI Punjab at Dharamsala.
Both teams have made changes to their side as Morne Morkel returns to the side for Delhi, while Praveen Kumar is back after the injury lay off.
Kings XI have still have a mathematical chance to making it to playoffs.
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