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IPL 2012: Match 76, Final - Kolkata Knight Riders v Chennai Super Kings Kolkata Knight Riders celebrate after being crowned DLF IPL Champions during the final of the Indian Premier League ( IPL ) 2012 between The Kolkata Knight Riders and the Chennai Superkings held at the M. A. Chidambaram Stadium, Chennai on the 27th May 2012 The Kolkata Knight Riders recorded their first ever IPL win as they trounced defending champions, Chennai Super Kings , in a tightly contested match at Chepauk. Manvinder Sultansingh Bisla and Jacques Kallis were the architects of KKR’s historic victory; the pair helping their side to a five-wicket win, after CSK had posted a daunting score of 190. Earlier, KKR were forced to make a couple of changes to their side with Laxmipathy Balaji’s hamstring injury not having healed itself completely. Brett Lee came in to the playing XI replacing Balaji, while MS Bisla stepped into the wicketkeeper’s role, due to which Debabrata Das sat out. CSK, meanwhile, played ...

IPL 2012: Match 75, Qualifier 2 - Delhi Daredevils and Chennai Super kings Delhi Daredevils captain Virender Sehwag tosses the coin as Chennai Super Kings captain MS Dhoni calls and Match Referee Ranjan Madugalle looks on during the second Qualifying match of the Indian Premier League ( IPL) 2012 between The Chennai Superkings and the Delhi Daredevils held at the M. A. Chidambaram Stadium, Chennai on the 25th May 2012 Murali Vijay powered the Chennai Super Kings to their third successive IPL final with a sparkling century that helped the defending champions beat the Delhi Daredevils at Chepauk. After Vijay’s 113 (58 balls; 15x4, 4x6) took CSK to a towering score of 222, the bowlers, led by R Ashwin (three for 23), inflicted an 86-run defeat on the Daredevils. Earlier, DD surprised everyone by opting to play debutant off-spinner Sunny Gupta in place of Purple Cap-holder, Morne Morkel. With Irfan Pathan also nursing a hand injury, the Daredevils opted to play all-rounder Andre Rus...

IPL 2012: Match 73, Qualifier 1 - Delhi Daredevils v Kolkata Knight Riders Delhi Daredevils captain Virender Sehwag and Kolkatta Knight Riders captain Gautam Gambhir during the toss of the first Qualifying match of the Indian Premier League ( IPL) 2012 between The Delhi Daredevils and The Kolkata Knight Riders held at the Subrata Roy Sahara Stadium, Pune on the 22nd May 2012 Five years into the Indian Premier League, Kolkata Knight Riders on Tuesday managed to finally earn a title shot in the Indian Premier League. A look at the statistical highlights from their 18-run win against Delhi Daredevils at Pune. # Yusuf Pathan (40 not out off 21 balls) has emulated his highest score in the IPL 2012. Against Mumbai Indians, he had recorded an unbeaten 40 at Eden Gardens on May 12. # Yusuf has got his 12th Man of the Match award, equalling Chris Gayle's record in the IPL. His tally of 14 such awards is the highest by an Indian player in Twenty20. # Yusuf and Shukla were involved ...

IPL 2012: Match 72, Rajasthan Royals v Mumbai Indians Mumbai Indian captain Harbhajan Singh and Rajasthan Royals captain Rahul Dravid during the toss of match 72 of the Indian Premier League ( IPL) 2012 between The Rajasthan Royals and the Mumbai Indians held at the Sawai Mansingh Stadium in Jaipur on the 20th May2012 It was a clear message to the play-off opposition - Chennai Super Kings - from Mumbai Indians. A 10-wicket win with the highest opening-stand ever in the Indian Premier League, against Rajasthan Royals showed Mumbai Indians are ready to play the eliminator round. A statistical look at their resounding win in Jaipur on Sunday. # Lasith Malinga has captured 22 wickets at 14.04 runs apiece in 13 matches - the most by a Mumbai bowler in the IPL 2012. # The four leading wicket-takers in the IPL 2012 are Morne Morkel (25), Sunil Narine (22), Lasith Malinga (22) and Vinay Kumar (19). # Dwayne Smith and Sachin Tendulkar were associated in a stand of 163 for the first wicke...

IPL 2012: Match 71, Deccan Chargers v Royal Challengers Bangalore Virat Kohali and K. Sangakkara during toss of match 71 of the the Indian Premier League ( IPL) 2012 between The Deccan Chargers and the Royal Challengers Bangalore held at the Rajiv Gandhi Cricket Stadium, Hyderabad on the 20th May 2012 Deccan Chargers' win against Royal Challengers Bangalore on Sunday was more of a triumph for another team - Chennai Super Kings. The visitors in Hyderabad lost by 9 runs to clear the way for MS Dhoni and his side to find a spot in the play-offs. A look at the statistical highlights from the match. # Deccan Chargers' magnificent nine-run win is their sixth in eleven games over Royal Challengers Bangalore in the IPL - success % 54.54. # For the first time, Deccan Chargers have won two consecutive games at Hyderabad in the IPL. # Deccan Chargers have won four and lost eleven out of 15 played in the IPL 5 (NR 1) and finished eighth in the Points table. # Deccan Chargers have ...

IPL 2012: Match 70, Pune Warriors India v Kolkata Knight Riders Pune Warriors captain Saurav Ganguly and Kolkatta Knight Riders captain Gautam Gambhir during the toss of match 70 of the Indian Premier League ( IPL) 2012 between The Pune Warriors India and the Kolkata Knight Riders held at the Subrata Roy Sahara Stadium, Pune on the 19th May 2012 The Kolkata Knight Riders beat the Pune Warriors India by 34 runs to seal the No. 2 spot in the points table. The men in purple will now stay back in Pune and play the Delhi Daredevils at the Subrata Roy Sahara Stadium on May 22. After opting to bat first, KKR skipper Gautam Gambhir (10) was the first to depart with 21 runs on the board. Jacques Kallis (13), who replaced him at the crease, was sent back by Michael Clarke a while later. With two of the mainstays of the Knight Riders’ line-up back in the dugout, Shakib Al Hasan joined Brendon McCullum in the middle. KKR had 45 runs on the board at the end of the 10th over, and hey took th...

IPL 2012: Match 69, Kings XI Punjab v Delhi Daredevils Toss coin during match 69 of the the Indian Premier League ( IPL) 2012 between The Kings X1 Punjab and The Delhi Daredevils held at the HPCA Stadium, Dharamsala, on the 19th May 2012 Delhi cemented it's position at the top of the standings and knocked Punjab out of the Indian Premier League with a 6 wickets on Saturday. A statistical look at the match in Dharamsala. # Both Kings XI Punjab and Delhi Daredevils have won five games each against each other in the IPL. # Delhi Daredevils have won two games in a row against Kings XI Punjab for the first time in the IPL - by 5 wickets at Feroz Shah Kotla on May 15 and by 6 wickets at Dharamsala on May 19 - both in the present competition. # Delhi Daredevils became the first team to record eleven victories in the IPL 5. They have lost five out of 16 contested in the present competition. # With 22 points, Delhi Daredevils remain at the top in the Points Table. # Kings XI Punja...

IPL 2012: Match 68, Deccan Chargers v Rajasthan Royals Coin used for toss of match 68 of the the Indian Premier League ( IPL) 2012 between The Deccan Chargers and the Rajasthan Royals held at the Rajiv Gandhi Cricket Stadium, Hyderabad on the 18th May 2012 Having posted a target of 127, Rajasthan Royals were on the back-foot. Despite an outside chance towards the end of the innings, the visitors in Hyderabad could not stop Deccan Chargers from eliminating them from the Indian Premier League. A look at the statistical highlights from the match. # With their convincing five-wicket triumph, Deccan Chargers have recorded their biggest win at Rajiv Gandhi International Stadium, Uppal, Hyderabad in the IPL. # Deccan Chargers have recorded their second victory in 17 matches at Hyderabad in the IPL. They had defeated Bangalore by 33 runs at this venue on April 14,2011. # Ajinkya Rahane has taken his runs' tally in the IPL to 547 at an average of 52.07 in 15 matches. # Shikhar Dhawa...