Point Table IPL 2008

Current standings of the 8 Teams:

Team	Played	Won	Lost	Points	NRR
Rajasthan Royals	14	11	3	22	+0.632
Kings XI Punjab	14	10	4	20	+0.509
Chennai Super Kings	14	8	6	16	-0.192
Delhi Daredevils	14	7	6	15(No Result 1)	+0.342
Mumbai Indians	14	7	7	14	+0.570
Kolkata Knight Riders	14	6	7	13(No Result 1)	-0.147
Bangalore Royal Challengers	14	4	10	8	-1.161
Deccan Chargers	14	3	11	4	-0.467

Rajasthan Royals vs Kings XI Punjab IPL Match Scorecard

Indian Premier League Rajasthan Royals vs Kings XI Punjab, T20

Venue	Sawai Mansingh Stadium, Jaipur
Toss	Kings XI Punjab (Elected to bat)
Result: Rajasthan Royals won by 6 wickets Man of the Match: Shane Watson

Rajasthan Royals Innings
Batsmen	Rajasthan Royals(168/4 in 18.1 ovs)	Runs	Balls	4's	6's	SR
Mohammad Kaif	c K Sangakkara & b S Sreesanth	5	8	1	0	62.5
Kamran Akmal(wk)	c P Chawla & b J Hopes	15	10	2	1	150
Yusuf Pathan	c & b B Lee	7	5	1	0	140
Shane Watson	batting	76	49	5	5	155.1
Darren Lehmann	lbw I Pathan	17	16	3	0	106.25
Ravindra Jadeja	batting	36	25	5	1	144
Pankaj Singh	dnb	0	0	0	0	0.00
Dinesh Salunkhe	dnb	0	0	0	0	0.00
Shane Warne(c)	dnb	0	0	0	0	0.00
Siddharth Trivedi	dnb	0	0	0	0	0.00
Munaf Patel	dnb	0	0	0	0	0.00
Extras	b - 0, lb - 2, w - 6, nb - 4	12

Total (168 for 4 in 18.1 overs)

168

Run Rate: 9.25

Fall Of Wickets

1/6 (Mohammad Kaif, 1.1 ov.), 2/19 (Yusuf Pathan, 2.3 ov.), 3/48 (Kamran Akmal, 4.5 ov.), 4/99 (Darren Lehmann, 11.2 ov.)

Bowler	O	M	R	W	NB	WB	ER
Brett Lee	4	0	35	1	2	0	8.75
S Sreesanth	3.1	0	38	1	2	3	11.99
James Hopes	4	0	33	1	0	1	8.25
Irfan Pathan	4	0	21	1	0	2	5.25
Piyush Chawla	2	0	27	0	0	0	13.5
Wilkin Mota	1	0	12	0	0	0	12

Kings XI Punjab Innings
Batsmen	Kings XI Punjab(166/8 in 20 ovs)	Runs	Balls	4's	6's	SR
Karan Goel	b M Patel	26	20	3	2	130
James Hopes	lbw S Warne	16	18	2	0	88.89
Kumar Sangakkara(wk)	c & b S Warne	20	8	3	1	250
Mahela Jayawardene	st K Akmal & b D Salunkhe	2	4	0	0	50
Yuvraj Singh(c)	lbw S Warne	57	34	6	3	167.65
Irfan Pathan	b S Trivedi	12	19	0	1	63.16
Sunny Sohal	runout	4	4	0	0	100
Brett Lee	c K Akmal & b S Trivedi	0	2	0	0	0
Piyush Chawla	batting	24	11	4	0	218.18
Wilkin Mota	batting	1	1	0	0	100
S Sreesanth	dnb	0	0	0	0	0.00
Extras	b - 0, lb - 1, w - 2, nb - 1	4

Total (166 for 8 in 20 overs)

166

Run Rate: 8.3

Fall Of Wickets

1/34 (Karan Goel, 4.5 ov.), 2/56 (Kumar Sangakkara, 6.3 ov.), 3/64 (Mahela Jayawardene, 7.3 ov.), 4/73 (James Hopes, 8.6 ov.), 5/136 (Yuvraj Singh, 16.5 ov.), 6/136 (Irfan Pathan, 17.2 ov.), 7/136 (Brett Lee, 17.4 ov.), 8/149 (Sunny Sohal, 19 ov.)

Bowler	O	M	R	W	NB	WB	ER
Munaf Patel	4	0	36	1	0	0	9
Shane Watson	4	0	39	0	1	0	9.75
Siddharth Trivedi	4	0	25	2	0	0	6.25
Shane Warne(c)	4	0	19	3	0	0	4.75
Dinesh Salunkhe	2	0	21	1	0	2	10.5
Pankaj Singh	1	0	12	0	0	0	12
Yusuf Pathan	1	0	13	0	0	0	13

Umpires	Aleem Dar (Pak) & Russell Tiffin (Zim)
Third Umpire	I Shivram (Ind)
Match Referee	S Venkatraghavan (Ind)

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Bangalore Royal Challengers vs Kolkata Knight Riders, T20

Venue	M.Chinnaswamy Stadium, Bangalore
Toss	Bangalore Royal Challengers
Result: Kolkata Knight Riders won by 140 runs Man of the Match: Brendon McCullum

Bangalore Royal Challengers Innings
Batsmen	Bangalore Royal Challengers(82/10 in 15.1 ovs)	Runs	Balls	4's	6's	SR
Rahul Dravid(c)	b I Sharma	2	3	0	0	66.67
Wasim Jaffer	c R Ponting & b A Dinda	6	16	0	0	37.5
Virat Kohli	b A Dinda	1	5	0	0	20
Jacques Kallis	c M Kartik & b A Agarkar	8	7	0	1	114.29
Cameron White	c P Saha & b A Agarkar	6	10	0	0	60
Mark Boucher(wk)	c M Kartik & b S Ganguly	7	9	1	0	77.78
Balachandra Akhil	c R Ponting & b A Agarkar	0	2	0	0	0
Ashley Noffke	runout	9	10	1	0	90
Praveen Kumar	batting	18	15	1	2	120
Zaheer Khan	b S Ganguly	3	8	0	0	37.5
Sunil Joshi	c B McCullum & b L Shukla	3	6	0	0	50
Extras	b - 0, lb - 8, w - 11, nb - 0	19

Total (82 for 10 in 15.1 overs)

82

Run Rate: 5.41

Fall Of Wickets

1/4 (Rahul Dravid, 1.1 ov.), 2/9 (Virat Kohli, 2.2 ov.), 3/24 (Jacques Kallis, 4.5 ov.), 4/24 (Wasim Jaffer, 5.2 ov.), 5/38 (Mark Boucher, 7.5 ov.), 6/38 (Balachandra Akhil, 8.2 ov.), 7/43 (Cameron White, 8.6 ov.), 8/57 (Ashley Noffke, 11.1 ov.), 9/70 (Zaheer Khan, 13.1 ov.), 10/82 (Sunil Joshi, 15.1 ov.)

Bowler	O	M	R	W	NB	WB	ER
Ishant Sharma	3	0	7	1	0	1	2.33
Ashok Dinda	3	0	9	2	0	2	3
Ajit Agarkar	4	0	25	3	0	4	6.25
Sourav Ganguly(c)	4	0	21	2	0	1	5.25
Laxmi Shukla	1.1	0	12	1	0	2	10.26

Kolkata Knight Riders Innings
Batsmen	Kolkata Knight Riders(222/3 in 20 ovs)	Runs	Balls	4's	6's	SR
Sourav Ganguly(c)	c J Kallis & b Z Khan	10	12	2	0	83.33
Brendon McCullum(wk)	batting	158	73	10	13	216.44
Ricky Ponting	c P Kumar & b J Kallis	20	20	1	1	100
David Hussey	c C White & b A Noffke	12	12	0	0	100
Mohammad Hafeez	batting	5	3	1	0	166.67
Prasanta Saha	dnb	0	0	0	0	0.00
Ajit Agarkar	dnb	0	0	0	0	0.00
Murali Kartik	dnb	0	0	0	0	0.00
Ishant Sharma	dnb	0	0	0	0	0.00
Ashok Dinda	dnb	0	0	0	0	0.00
Laxmi Shukla	dnb	0	0	0	0	0.00
Extras	b - 4, lb - 4, w - 9, nb - 0	17

Total (222 for 3 in 20 overs)

222

Run Rate: 11.1

Fall Of Wickets

1/61 (Sourav Ganguly, 5.2 ov.), 2/112 (Ricky Ponting, 12.1 ov.), 3/172 (David Hussey, 17.1 ov.)

Bowler	O	M	R	W	NB	WB	ER
Praveen Kumar	4	0	38	0	0	1	9.5
Zaheer Khan	4	0	38	1	0	0	9.5
Ashley Noffke	4	0	40	1	0	1	10
Jacques Kallis	4	0	48	1	0	1	12
Sunil Joshi	3	0	26	0	0	0	8.67
Cameron White	1	0	24	0	0	2	24

Umpires	Asad Rauf (Pak) & Rudi Koertzen (SA)
Third Umpire	Amiesh Saheba (Ind)
Match Referee	Javagal Srinath (Ind)

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Kolkata Knight Riders

Kolkata Knight Riders is the franchise representing Kolkata in the Indian Premier League. The team will be led by Sourav Ganguly, also the Icon Player for the team and coached by John Buchanan. The name of the team was revealed on March 10, 2008 with an official team unveiling ceremony on March 11, 2008.

Kolkata Knight Riders was bought on January 24, 2008 by Bollywood actor Shah Rukh Khan's Red Chillies Entertainment in partnership with Juhi Chawla and her husband, Jai Mehta.

Teams Logo:
The logo of the team consists of blazing golden viking helmet against a black background with the name of the team Kolkata Knight Riders written in gold. The main theme of the team Korbo, Lorbo, Jitbo Re (We will do it, Fight for it, Win it) has been created by Vishal-Shekhar duo. The tag line of the team is All the King's Men.[ The team's official color is black and gold. Black stands for the courage of Maa Kali and gold stands for the spirit of winning. The team also has a mascot named Hoog Lee, who is a lazy Royal Bengal Tiger and loves to eat burgers.

Current Squad:
Sourav Ganguly, Ishant Sharma, Chris Gayle, Brendon McCullum, David Hussey, Shoaib Akhtar, Murali Kartik, Ricky Ponting, Ajit Agarkar, Umar Gul, Tatenda Taibu, Salman Butt, Ranadeb Bose.

Official Website:
http://www.kolkataknightriders.com

Rajasthan Royals

Rajasthan Royals is the franchise that will represent the city of Jaipur in the Indian Premier League. The team will be led and coached by Shane Warne.

Teams Logo:
The team's mascot is a lion named Moochu Singh.

Current Squad:
Mohammad Kaif, Yusuf Pathan, Graeme Smith, Shane Warne, Munaf Patel, Younis Khan, Justin Langer, Kamran Akmal, Sohail Tanvir, Shane Watson, Morne Morkel.

Official Website:
http://www.rajasthanroyals.com

Kings XI Punjab

Kings XI Punjab is a sports franchise based in Mohali in the eight team Indian Premier League. The team will be led by Yuvraj Singh who is also the Icon Player and coached by Tom Moody, the former Aussie all rounder.

The owners of the franchise include Preity Zinta, Ness Wadia (Bombay Dyeing), Karan Paul (Apeejay Surendera Group) and Mohit Burman (Dabur). The group paid a total of $76 million to acquire the franchise.

Current Squad:
Yuvraj Singh, Irfan Pathan, Brett Lee, Kumar Sangakkara, Sreesanth, Mahela Jayawardene, Piyush Chawla, Ramnaresh Sarwan, Simon Katich, Ramesh Powar, Tanmay Srivastava, Kyle Mills.

Official Website:
http://www.kings11punjab.com

Delhi Daredevils

Delhi DareDevils is the Delhi franchise for the Indian Premier League. The franchise is owned by the GMR Group. The team will be captained by Virender Sehwag, who is also the designated the Icon Player for the franchise.

GMR group acquired the rights for the Delhi franchise for $84 million. The Delhi DareDevil have announced Hero Honda as the title sponsor and Relegare as associate sponsors. Adidas is the official merchandise sponsor. Akshay Kumar has also been announced as the Brand Ambassador of the team.

Current Squad:
Virender Sehwag, Gautam Gambhir, Tillakaratne Dilshan, Manoj Tiwary, Dinesh Karthik, AB de Villiers, Daniel Vettori, Shoaib Malik, Farveez Maharoof, Mohammad Asif, Glenn McGrath.

Official Website:
http://www.delhidaredevils.com

Chennai Super Kings

Chennai Super Kings is the Chennai franchise for the Indian Premier League. The team will be led by Mahendra Singh Dhoni, the highest-paid IPL Player, and coached by Kepler Wessels.

The franchise is owned by India Cements, who paid $91 million to acquire the rights of the franchise for the next 10 years. Former India test player Kris Srikkanth is the brand ambassador for the franchise, and another former Indian opener V. B. Chandrasekhar will be the chief selector. The brand ambassadors for the team will be South Indian actor, Vijay and actress, Nayantara.

Team Logo:
Tthe team logo has a Lion to reflect the King of the Jungle.

Current squad:
Mahendra Singh Dhoni, Jacob Oram, Suresh Raina, Albie Morkel, Muttiah Muralitharan, Matthew Hayden, Michael Hussey, Stephen Fleming, Parthiv Patel, Joginder Sharma, Makhaya Ntini, Lakshmipathy Balaji.


Official Website:
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Bangalore Royal Challengers

Bangalore Royal Challengers is the team that is going to represent the city of Bangalore in the Indian Premier League, the inaugural Twenty20 cricket tournament to be held in India. The team is owned by the liquor magnate Vijay Mallya, the chairman of UB Group. Charu Sharma is the CEO of the team and Rahul Dravid, the captain of the team is the Icon Player. Martin Crowe, the former New Zealand captain, has also been signed as a member of the management team. Venkatesh Prasad, the former Indian fast bowler and the present bowling coach of India has been declared the coach for the team.

Bangalore team was won by Vijay Mallya, who paid US$111.6 million for it. This was the second highest bid for a team in the IPL, next only to Mukesh Ambani's Reliance Industries' bid of $111.9 million for the Mumbai team.

Team Logo:
The team logo consists of the RC emblem with 'Bangalore Royal Challengers' in standard format. The jersey colours of the team are red and golden yellow, the same as the Karnataka state flag.

Current squad:
Rahul Dravid, Jacques Kallis, Misbah-ul-Haq, Ross Taylor, Anil Kumble, Cameron White, Zaheer Khan, Mark Boucher, Nathan Bracken, Dale Steyn, Shivnarine Chanderpaul, Wasim Jaffer, Virat Kohli, Praveen Kumar.

Official Website:
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