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Indian Premier League Twenty20 - 2008 20/20 Indian Premier League Winner

Winner Online Betting Closes 23:00 Sun 01 Jun 2008

Odds updated at: 10:16:50 AM

21911 BANGALORE 15.00
21912 CHENNAI 5.00
21913 DELHI 5.00
21914 DECCAN (HYDERABAD) 6.00
21915 RAJASTHAN (JAIPUR) 8.00
21916 KOLKATA 4.50
21917 PUNJAB (MOHALI) 6.00
21918 MUMBAI 17.00

21915 RAJASTHAN (JAIPUR) 8.00 is good value. Going well in tournament and World's Best spinner Shane Warne is the Captain. Go Warney

Gilchrist carries Chargers to huge win
06:42 AEST Mon Apr 28 2008

Retired Test great Adam Gilchrist delivered the most impressive innings of the Indian Premier League so far, clubbing 109no from 48 balls to lead the Deccan Chargers to a ten-wicket thrashing of Mumbai.

VVS Laxman contributed an unbeaten 36 as they overhauled the home side's 7-154 with 44 balls remaining from the 20 overs.

The battle of the bottom teams resulted in the first win for the Chargers in four games and left the Mumbai Indians, minus suspended spinner Harbhajan Singh and injured captain Sachin Tendulkar, searching for a maiden win.

Batting for Mumbai, West Australian Luke Ronchi compiled 13 from 11 balls.

Gilchrist was the obvious choice for man of the match after a century containing ten sixes.

I heard briefly on the news there was a bit of slapping going on ?

And a bit of crying

Harbhajan banned over slapping row
07:22 AEST Tue Apr 29 2008

India spinner Harbhajan Singh has been banned for the remainder of the domestic Twenty20 league after he was found guilty of slapping compatriot Shanthakumaran Sreesanth.

Indian Premier League (IPL) commissioner Lalit Modi told a news conference that the cricketer would be fined all of his match fees from the tournament.

The incident happened on Friday, minutes after the Mumbai team captained by Harbhajan lost to Mohali. Television cameras showed opposition paceman Sreesanth sobbing.

"As a penalty for the level 4.2 offence committed by Mr Harbhajan Singh, we hereby order that Mr Harbhajan Singh be banned for the rest of the remaining matches of the first IPL event," Modi announced after the committee viewed the footage of the incident and interviewed the parties.

"We also order that Mr Harbhajan Singh be fined 100 per cent of any player fee that may have been paid or may hereafter be paid to him in respect of the remaining matches only. That does not take into account any of the two earlier matches (prior to Friday) that he may have played," Modi added.

Harbhajan and Sreesanth were presented at the news conference and hugged each other and posed for the cameras.

"I have made a big mistake and have got the punishment," Harbhajan said. "The (Indian) board has always supported me and I hope they will continue to do it.

"I want to return from the ban in a happy frame of mind."

Match referee and former India player Farokh Engineer added that Sreesanth, 25, has also been warned to be on good behaviour.

Under the ICC code of conduct rules, a 4.2 offence refers to a physical assault and carries a minimum ban of 10 games and a maximum life ban from play.

Modi said TV footage not aired live showed Harbhajan slap Sreesanth when both teams queued up to shake hands.

Mumbai team manager Lalchand Rajput was found guilty of conduct contravening the spirit of the game and fined 50 per cent of his match fee.

Rajput, the former India assistant coach, was found guilty for not trying to restrain Harbhajan despite being right behind him when the incident happened, Modi said.

Harbhajan can appeal against the decision, though that appeared unlikely following his comments.

The Indian board also ordered an independent investigation into the slapping incident.

In January, the spinner escaped with a fine after appealing against a three-Test ban by the International Cricket Council match referee for alleged racial comments against Australia all-rounder Andrew Symonds during India's Test tour.

Mumbai Indians shrugged off the loss of off-spinner Harbhajan Singh to claim their maiden Indian Premier League win against Kolkata Knight Riders at Eden Gardens.

Just 24 hours after Harbhajan was ruled out of the remainder of the IPL by an 11-match ban handed down for slapping India team-mate Sreesanth in Friday's encounter with Kings XI Punjab, the Indians posted a seven-wicket win to kick-start their campaign.

West Indies all-rounder Dwayne Bravo shone for the Indians with an unbeaten knock of 64 from 53 balls - the first individual half-century for the franchise in five IPL outings.

The Knight Riders' total of 8-137 never looked like it would be sufficient after Sanath Jayasuriya ran roughshod through the hosts' order with a tournament-best 3-14 from four overs.

Bravo and Robin Uthappa duly took the visitors beyond their victory target in 18.4 overs with an unbeaten 113-run fourth-wicket partnership.

The hosts made a miserable start to their innings and found themselves two wickets down inside the first over.

Captain Sourav Ganguly fell for just four runs, caught by Jayasuriya at first slip off the bowling of Shaun Pollock, who was skippering the Indians in the absence of the injured Sachin Tendulkar and the disgraced Harbhajan.

The third-choice captain was clearly thriving in his new role and struck again to remove Brendon McCullum just two balls later, the opener trapped lbw on his final appearance before he joins up with the New Zealand squad in England.

Debabrata Das joined Ricky Ponting in the middle and the pair put on 34 runs before the former's brisk 29 from 20 deliveries was brought to an end when he lofted Bravo's delivery to Uthappa at point.

Ponting, himself contesting his final IPL game before linking up with Australia, hit 19 before he was run out, while David Hussey (17) and Mohammad Hafeez (two) both fell to Jayasuriya in the 14th over to leave Kolkata wobbling on 6-77.

Laxmi Ratan Shukla brought some semblance of respectability to the hosts' total as he hit two sixes and four fours on his way to an unbeaten 40, but he ran out of overs before he had chance to set the Indians a truly challenging victory target.

The Indians' response got off to a stuttering start when Ajinkya Rahane was dismissed for four in the third over, Hussey taking the catch at mid on off the bowling of Ajit Agarkar.

Jayasuriya added 18 runs before he was bowled by Ishant Sharma while home hopes were raised further when Manish Pandey edged Ashok Dinda's delivery onto his stumps having failed to trouble the scorers.

But the quality of Bravo and Uthappa ensured the visitors claimed their first points of the inaugural IPL campaign as the pair dug in to frustrate the home attack.

Bravo hit nine boundaries on his way to a long-overdue first fifty for the hosts, while Uthappa survived being dropped on five by Das as he compiled a run-a-ball 37 before his strike partner hit the winnings runs with eight balls to spare.

1 May, 2008
McGrath turns back clock

The Delhi Daredevils have moved into second place in the Indian Premier League following a 10-run win against bottom-of-the-table Bangalore Royal Challengers.

Left-handed duo Gautam Gambhir (86) and Shikhar Dhawan (50) guided the hosts to an imposing 5-191 before some tight bowling from Antipodean rivals Glenn McGrath (4-29) and Daniel Vettori (1- 19) kept the visitors in check.

Jacques Kallis (54) top-scored for the Royal Challengers but he was unable to provide the late hitting required to secure victory.

After McGrath had taken three wickets inside the opening five overs to leave the visitors 3-48, Kallis and Dravid combined in an 87-run stand that relied on controlled aggression.

But their stand was broken when McGrath struck again as Dravid skied a catch to Sehwag in the covers with his team still needing 56 from 27 balls.

Kallis and Boucher got the target down to 35 runs from the final two overs, however, Vettori would frustrate their attempts as he conceded just five singles before bowling Kallis from his final delivery.

Boucher hit the first ball of Virender Sehwag's final over for six, but consecutive singles followed to end the Royal Challengers' hopes of victory.

Earlier, Gambhir and Sehwag took 53 from the opening five overs before their early onslaught was brought to an end by a brilliant piece of fielding by Ross Taylor, who threw down the stumps from point leaving Sehwag (24 off 12) well short of his ground.

Shikhar Dhawan joined Gambhir at the crease and the left-handed duo set about building a 98-run partnership with some heavy hitting.

The pair combined to take 18 from the 14th over, bowled by 37-year-old veteran spinner Sunil Joshi, with both batsman clearing the boundary.

Dhawan sent another ball into the stands in the next over from Kallis, but the South African earned some revenge when Dravid completed a spectacular catch to dismiss him for 50 from 33 balls.

Gambhir continued to find the boundary with regularity and when he coupled his dominance with a few choice words for Kallis, it took Dravid to intervene and avoid a potential flashpoint.

Gambhir fell soon after when he mis-timed a pull shot to Praveen Kumar at deep midwicket in the penultimate over from Zaheer Khan, but his innings would prove a match-winning one.

2 May, 2008
Royals too flash

Unlikely duo Yusuf Pathan and Swapnil Asnodkar struck rapid half-centuries to lead Rajasthan Royals to a 45-run win over Kolkata Knight Riders in the IPL on Thursday.

Asnodkar plundered 60 and Yusuf 55 as the Royals posted 7-196 on the way to their fourth win of the competition.

Sourav Ganguly and David Hussey offered some resistance with a stand of 71, but received precious little support from their team-mates as the visitors slumped to their third straight defeat.

Ganguly made 51 and Hussey 42 as the Knight Riders were bowled out for 151, their last five wickets falling for just eight runs.

Kolkata struck early as Graeme Smith (two) perished in only the second over, his leg stump sent cartwheeling by Ishant Sharma.

Mohammad Kaif and Asnodkar then began what threatened to develop into a sizeable partnership, the former cracking three fours from his opening six balls, crashing two through the off side and guiding one down to the third-man boundary.

But Kaif fell on 21 when he chipped a delivery straight back to Ajit Agarkar.

Asnodkar though continued to treat the bowlers with contempt, stroking the ball to all areas of the ground.

His new partner Yusuf took a back seat as Asnodkar romped to a rapid half-century, making 60 from just 34 balls before he mis-timed an Umar Gul delivery and Hussey pouched a simple catch.

The Pakistan quick struck again almost immediately to dismiss Shane Watson lbw for a first-ball duck.

But the right-hand left-hand combination of Yusuf (55 off 33), who brought up his half-century with a maximum onto the canvas roof of the stands, and Ravindra Jadeja (33 off 19) proved profitable for the Royals before both fell late on.

Gul claimed his third dismissal of the innings by clean bowling Yusuf through the gate.

The Royals claimed three early wickets to pave their way to victory, Salman Butt (seven) and Agarkar (20) both heading back to the pavilion before Brad Hodge followed them after an unfortunate dismissal confirmed by the third umpire.

The Australian was run out by Siddharth Trivedi for one, the bowler getting the lightest of touches onto a Ganguly shot to deflect the ball onto the stumps at the other end.

And when Ganguly was expertly caught in the deep by Kaif, who just managed to stop himself toppling backwards over the boundary rope, the writing was on the wall for the Knight Riders.


2 May, 2008
Marsh bogs down Chargers

Shaun Marsh provided a glimpse of Australia's batting future as he anchored the Kings XI Punjab to a seven-wicket win over Deccan Chargers on his Indian Premier League debut on Thursday night.

The 24-year-old left-hander will join the Australia team following the IPL for its one-day series in the Caribbean next month - his first international tour.

That call-up came on the back of a domestic season that earned him Western Australia's player-of-the-year award, and he proved he was just as capable on the slower Indian wickets as on the harder surface of the WACA Ground with an unbeaten knock of 84 from 62 balls.

After opening the innings Marsh displayed a cool head under pressure, preferring to pick the gaps in the field than rely on heavy hitting.

He hit 11 fours and one six in his innings and in Mahela Jayawardene (45 not out) he found a partner equally adept at his craft as they passed their victory target of 8-164 with seven balls remaining.

Eleven of the 18 games played at the Ranjiv Gandhi International Stadium have been won by the team batting second and with that in mind King Punjab XI captain Yuvraj Singh won the toss and elected to field.

VVS Laxman survived an early scare when he was dropped by Kumar Sangakkara in the opening over, however the hosts did claim the key early wickets of Adam Gilchrist (six) and Herschelle Gibbs (seven).

Laxman was let off the hook a second time, Marsh dropping a hot chance off Piyush Chawla at mid-wicket, before he finally fell to the young Indian leg-spinner, spooning a catch to Yuvraj at cover for 48 from 34 balls.

The home innings then threatened to descend into chaos as they lost three wickets for eight runs to be 6-98 after 14 overs.

However, Rohit Sharma proved his own rising talent with an unbeaten 76 from 42 balls to help his team to a defendable 8-164.

The Kings XI reply began brightly with Ramnaresh Sarwan and Marsh trading boundaries before the West Indian was unluckily run out at the non-striker's end, a Marsh straight drive tipped onto the stumps by bowler Sanjay Bangar, for 15 off 15 balls.

Sangakkara (three) and Yuvraj (14) followed in quick succession, but Marsh remained cool under the pressure of falling wickets to nudge the ball around the field.

The West Australian brought up his half-century from 35 balls and with Jayawardene put on an unbeaten 81 runs to guide the visitors to their third consecutive victory and leave the Chargers languishing at the wrong end of the table with just one win.

3 May, 2008
Super Kings usurped

Virender Sehwag condemned the Chennai Super Kings to their first defeat in the IPL as his quick 71 led the Delhi Daredevils to an eight-wicket victory on Saturday morning.

Set a target of 170 for victory, Sehwag wasted little time and he needed only 41 balls to amass his total, smashing seven fours and four sixes as he tore through the Chennai attack.

He was eventually out in the 12th over, slashing at a Joginder Sharma delivery to be caught at backward point by Muttiah Muralitharan, but with Delhi already within 55 runs of victory at that point, the damage had been done.

Gautam Gambir completed a half-century of his own as Delhi feasted on the Chennai bowling, but he was out for 50 when he sent an inside edge on to his own stumps off Manpreet Gony.

Chennai managed to slow the run rate significantly in the later stages, but they could do nothing to prevent Shikhar Dhawan (19) and AB De Villiers (26) scoring the remaining runs needed for victory with six balls to spare.

Chennai had earlier made 6-169 after winning the toss and electing to bat.

S. Vidyut's first half-century of the tournament provided the backbone of the innings as he made 54 of 37 balls, hitting seven fours and one six.

Vidyut had come in after Yo Mahesh, the young Chennai native bowling for Delhi, had removed the off-stump of opener Stephen Fleming to dismiss the New Zealander for 13.

Fellow opener Parthiv Patel survived two dropped catches before being caught at third man by Mahesh after slashing at a Virender Sehwag delivery.

After veteran Glenn McGrath finally dismissed Vidyut, Mahendra Singh Dhoni contributed 32 before he was caught by Shoaib Malik off Mohammed Asif, but with wickets in hand in the late overs, Chennai could afford to swing its bats and Albie Morkel came in to make 28 off just 16 balls to keep the score moving along.

McGrath was the pick of the bowlers for Delhi, taking 1-21 from his four overs.

Havn't had any luck punting through this comp.