HYD vs CHN, 42nd match

Today's double header includes the big clash between Bangalore and Kolkata. But for now, let us shift our attention towards the face off between the Deccan Chargers and the Chennai Super Kings at the Vidarbha Cricket Association Stadium in Nagpur. I welcome one and all to the live coverage of the same. All four teams featuring in today's double header are fighting their way out to make it to the semi-finals and thus we have two exciting contests coming our way. Don't be surprised to see some major changes in the points table by the end of today. This is Ajith bringing you all the action along with my colleagues Mayank, Shashank and Srivathsa. Stay tuned for the toss and other updates.

This is the time where the IPL gets interesting. There's a five way fight for two semi-final spots between the Rajasthan Royals, Royal Challengers Bangalore, Chennai Super Kings, Kolkata Knight Riders and Deccan Chargers, with Mumbai and Delhi already in a comfort zone of sorts. The first match of the day sees two of those teams tussle, with Chennai the favourites to beat the Chargers who have struggled with inconsistency throughout the tournament. 

Chennai Super Kings (From): Murali Vijay, Michael Hussey, Suresh Raina, Albie Morkel, MS Dhoni(w/c), Subramaniam Badrinath, Ravichandran Ashwin, Thilan Thushara, Shadab Jakati, Doug Bollinger, Sudeep Tyagi, Matthew Hayden, Parthiv Patel, Chandrasekar Ganapathy, Justin Kemp, Lakshmipathy Balaji, Muttiah Muralitharan, Manpreet Gony, Hemang Badani, George Bailey, Arun Karthik, Makhaya Ntini, Jacob Oram, Thissara Perera, Joginder Sharma, Srikkanth Anirudha

Deccan Chargers (From): Adam Gilchrist(w/c), Monish Mishra, Tirumalsetti Suman, Rohit Sharma, Andrew Symonds, Mitchell Marsh, Venugopal Rao, Ryan Harris, Harmeet Singh, Pragyan Ojha, RP Singh, Herschelle Gibbs, VVS Laxman, Anirudh Singh, Dwaraka Ravi Teja, Dwayne Smith, Kemar Roach, Ashish Reddy, Azhar Bilakhia, Rahul Sharma, Bodapati Sumanth, Chaminda Vaas, Arjun Yadav, Jaskaran Singh

DLF IPL 2010 at YouTube: 60 matches in 45 days

DLF IPL 2010 @ YouTube: 60 matches in 45 days: Indian Premiere League season 3 has begun with much fanfare in Mumbai on Friday.
In this 45 days event, a total of 60 matches will be played through -out the event including semifinals and final. The matches will be telecast live at the many television channels.
At the same time, the cricket fans can also catch the live streaming of all the IPL matches at the youtube.com/ipl.
The big event of cricket started in Mumbai with a lavish opening ceremony at the DYP stadium of Mumbai. In the very first match KKR defeats the defending champion DC by 11 runs.
Viewers at the same time can get the SWOT analysis of the teams participating the event with their Strength, weakness, Opportunities and threat which are discussed before the match starts.

IPL T20 Highlights: Latest News updates and all details

SKIPPER ADAM Gilchrist's 35-ball 54 went in vain as defending champions Deccan Chargers suffered a 11-run defeat at the hands of Kolkata Knight Riders in the opening match of the 3rd edition of Indian Premier League on Friday.
Earlier, KKR was put into bat by DC captain Adam Gilchrist. And they scored 161 in the given 20 overs. Andrew Symonds was the 4th wicket to fall as Deccan Chargers were 116/4 in 14.1 overs.
They needed 46 off 35 more balls. After Angelo Mathews 65 and Owais Shah 58 struck unbeaten half-centuries to rescue Knight Riders from a dismal start and steered them to a fighting 161 for four, the Sourav Ganguly-led side restricted Deccan to 150 for seven at the floodlit DY Patil Stadium.From 99 for two at the fall of Gilchrist, who played a typically brilliant innings, the defending champions lost wickets rugularly and with that the match too as the other batsmen were not up to the task.
Angelo Mathews got the Man of the Match award for his all-round performance in the IPL 2010 match KKR vs DC IPL 2010 held at Dr DY Patil Sports Academy, Mumbai. Angelo Mathews has scored 65 runs in 46 balls with 5 fours and 4 sixes. His strike rate was 141.30. Mathews reached his half-century off only 28 balls.
The cricket has got bigger and better and with the new season of the Indian Premier League 2010, which will start from the 12th of March.
The IPL 2010 season 3 will kick-start with a match between the defending champions Deccan Chargers and Kolkata Knight Riders in Mumbai. Australia’s Adam Gilchrist will lead the Deccan Chargers. And Sourav Ganguly will lead Sharukh Khan’s team Kolkata Knight Riders.

The Squad of two teams :
Deccan chargers :AC Gilchrist, VVS Laxman, MR Marsh, MD Mishra, PP Ojha, DB Ravi Teja, KAJ Roach, R Sharma, RG Sharma, RP Singh, Y Venugopal Rao, AS YadavA Ashish Reddy, Anirudh Singh, DR Smith, TL Suman, B Sumanth, A Symonds, WPUJC Vaas, AA Bilakhia, HH Gibbs, Harmeet Singh, RJ Harris
Kolkata Knight Riders :SC Ganguly, VR Aaron, OA Shah, I Sharma, LR Shukla, MK Tiwary, G Vignesh, AB Agarkar, HH Khadiwale, CK Langeveldt, BB McCullum†, AD Mathews, BAW Mendis, CR Pathak, AB Dinda, Eklak Ahmid, RS Gavaskar, CH Gayle, BJ Hodge, Iqbal Abdulla, M Kartik, CA Pujara, WP Saha.

Kolkata Knight Riders – 161/4 Owais Shah 58, Angelo Mathews
Deccan Chargers – 150/7 – Adam Gilchrist 54, Laxman 22, Herschelle Gibbs 20
Source :  Merinews