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Sohail Tanvir has taken 21 wickets in 9 matches making him the highest wicket taker in IPL

Rajasthan Royals is the first one to post 11 victories in IPL. With 5 wickets triumph over the Mumbai Indians, Sharne Warne the captain of RR has maintained a unbeaten record at Jaipur- winning all 7 games.

Royal Challgengers Bangalore v/s Mumbai Indians on 28^th May 2008 at M Chinnaswamy Stadium, Bangalore

Boucher 18, Goswami 20, Misbah with duck, V.Kumar 23 were all victims of Dilhara Fernando. Smith bowled Dravid at 11, White at 26 and Akhil at 5 (lbw), Kohli walked with duck, Kumble was not out for a duck, Kumar was run out at 8. They set a target of 122/9 in 18 overs. Due to rain the target was to be set and achieved in 18 overs only.

Dilhara’s spell was 4-18-4 grabbing all the vital wickets along with Smith whose spell was 4-26-3 who also pulled down the important wickets. Nehra was 3-21-1, Pollock 4-23-0.

Royal Challengers as usual lost all their wickets one after the other. The fall of wickets was as follows:1-35 (Boucher), 2-36 (Misbah), 3-39 (Goswami), 4-74 (White), 5-76 (Kohli), 6-82 (Dravid), 7-83 (Akhil), 8-122 (V.Kumar) and 9-122 (P.Kumar).

Sanath Jayasuriya knocked 54 for 37 with 4 fours and 4 sixes, Tendulkar’s unbeaten at 40 off 43 balls with 4 fours and 1 six with Uthappa unbeaten at 19 off 16 balls with 2 fours and 1 six marched the Mumbai Indians to a late victory. They hit a score of 126 for 1 in 16 overs. They have already lost their berth to the Semis and it is pack up time for them along with Royal Challengers, Kolkata Knight Riders and Deccan Chargers.

Kumble’s spell was 4-45-0, Akhil 3-19-0, V.Kumar 3-25-0, P.Kumar 2-21-0, Steyn 4-14-1 of Jayasuriya the only loss of Mumbai Indians
Dilhara was declared the Man of the Match

Kings XI Punjab v/s Rajasthan Royals on 28^th May 2008 at Punjab Cricket Association Stadium Chandigarh

Marsh is the highest run taker of the league with orange cap firm on his head and a score of 115 off 69 balls with 11 fours and 7 sixes much to the delight of the crowd, Hopes played a good knock of 51 off 35 balls with 7 fours and 1 six, Yuvraj run out at 49 off 16 balls with 2 fours and 6 sixes. Pomersbach with a single run took the scorecard to 221 for 3 in 20 overs for the Royal Challengers to chase with a run rate of 11.05. As both of them have already earned a berth in the semis, this match is just a formality now. The crowd was delighted with showers of sixes and fours from the willows of Marsh and Yuvraj.

lers of RR were torn apart by the master batting of the Kings XI warriers.

M.Patel 4-37-0
S.Watson 4-40-1
P.Singh 3-48-0
D.Salunke 3-23-0
S.Trivedi 4-48-0
Y.Pathan 2-24-1

Kaif was bolwed by Sreesanth for 1, N.Patel hits 57 and once again tries to save his team, the young lad is full of substance, Y.Khan got out early with a score of 3, Watson hit massive sixes and tried to accelerate the scoreboard with 22 runs, Yusuf Pathan hit massive strokes in his 39 runs contribution, Akmal 24, Rawat 23 and Salunkhe 6. Rawat spoilt the chances of winning by letting an over go with few dot balls. RR lost the match as it could make only 180 in 20 overs after losing 7 wickets. Sharne Warne was missed in the match; he was rested for the Semis.

The wicket takers were Sreesanth–1, I.Pathan–1, Powar-0, Hopes-2, VRV Singh–0, P.Chawla was very successful with 3 wickets, Y.Singh-0.

Kings XI Won the Match beating Jaipur by 41 runs

BATSMEN IN NERVOUS 90’S

Sehwag (DD) 94 (not out) Against DC
Sangakkara (Mohali) 94 against MI
Sourav Ganguly (KKR) 91 against DC
Smith (RR) 91 against CSK

BOWLERS CLAIMING MOST BATSMENT FOR A DUCK

Sohail Tanvir (RR) 6
D.Kulkarni (MI) 6
Sreesanth (Mohali) 3

BOWLERS CLAIMING MOST CLEAN BOWLED VICTIMS

Sohail Tanvir (RR) 8
Irfan Pathan (Mohali) 6
Rudra Pratap Singh (DC) 6

THE GRAPH OF THE 4 SEMI FINALISTS

FIRST SEMIFINALIST
TEAM JAIPUR

Lost to Team Delhi by 9 wickets
Beat Team Mohali by 6 wickets
Beat Team Hyderabad by 3 wickets
Beat Team Bangalore by 7 wickets
Beat Team Kolkata by 45 runs
Beat Team Chennai by 8 wickets
Lost to Team MI by 7 Wickets
Beat Team Hyderabad by 8 wickets
Beat Team Delhi by 3 wickets
Beat Team Bangalore by 65 runs
Beat Team Kolkata by 6 wickets
Beat Team Chennai by 10 runs
Beat Team MI by 5 Wickets
Lost to Team Mohali by 41 runs

Total Points	Won	Lost	NRR
22	11	3	+0.632

SECOND SEMIFINALIST
TEAM KINGS XI PUNJAB

Lost to Team Chennai by 33 runs
Lost to Team Jaipur by 6 wickets
Beat Team Mumbai by 66 runs
Beat Team Delhi by 4 wickets
Beat Team Hyderabad by 7 wickets
Beat Team Kolkata by 9 runs
Beat Team Bangalore by 6 wickets
Lost to Team Chennai by 18 runs
Beat Team Bangalore by 9 wickets
Beat Team Delhi by 6 runs
Beat Team Mumbai by 1 run
Beat Team Hyderabad by 6 wickets
Lost to Kolkata by 3 wickets
Beat Team Jaipur by 41 runs

Total Points	Won	Lost	NRR
20	10	4	+0.509

THIRD SEMIFINALIST
TEAM CHENNAI

Beat Team Mohali by 33 runs
Beat Team Mumbai by 6 runs
Beat Team Kolkata by 9 wickets
Beat Team Bangalore by 13 runs
Lost to Team Delhi by 8 wickets
Lost to Team Jaipur by 8 wickets
Lost to Team Hyderabad by 7 wickets
Beat Team Delhi by 4 wickets
Beat Team Mohali by 18 runs
Lost to Team Mumbai by 9 wickets
Beat Team Kolkata by 3 runs in DL Method
Lost to Team Bangalore by 14 runs
Lost to Team Jaipur by 10 runs
Beat Team Hyderabad by 7 wickets

Total Points	Won	Lost	NRR
16	8	6	-0.192