Kochi Tuskers Kerala
Match 41 – Kochi Surprises Delhi with 7 Wicket Win
It was a happy day for Kochi fans as they defeated the Delhi Daredevils by a huge margin of 7 wickets thanks to good bowling and batting by Team Kochi. Earlier Kochi won the toss and elected to field. They got off to a good start as they got rid of dangerous Sehwag and Warner cheaply.Delhi batsmen got starts but failed to convert them into a big score. Venugopal Rao was the top scorer with 40 and helped his team post a total of 140/6 in 20 overs.
Kochi who had lost their last matches in a row were in dire need of victory and 141 was quite an achievable target. They got off to a good start and achieved the target with just 3 wickets down.
Match Points
Delhi Daredevils: 50 runs in 7.5 overs
Delhi Daredevils: 100 runs in 15.2 overs
Innings Break: Delhi Daredevils – 140/6 in 20overs
Kochi Tuskers Kerala: 50 runs in 4 overs
Kochi Tuskers Kerala: 100 runs in 11.1 overs
Sehwag Thrashes Kochi Tuskers
Match: IPL4 36th T20
Venue: Kochi | Date: April 30, 2011
Toss: Delhi Daredevils elected to bat
Result: Delhi Daredeils won by 38 runs
Virender Sehwag propelled Delhi Daredevilsto a convincing 38-run win over Kochi Tuskers Kerala with his blistering half century and helping Delhi remain in contention for the next stage of DLF IPL 2011. Sehwag scored 80 in just 47 balls on a wicket which otherwise was very difficult to bat. It was his innings which helped them post 157/7 in 20overs.
Kochi were then left to chase a difficult target of 158 as the wicket was having very uneven bounce but they weer all out for 119 in 18.5 overs. Ravi Jadega was the top scorer with 31 but was not supported well by other end and thus Kochi suffered third defeat in a row.
Ishant Sharma Too Hot For Kochi Tuskers Kerala
Match – IPL 2011 32 Match
Date – April 27th,2011 (Wednesday)
Time – 14:30 GMT (20:00 IST)
Venue – Nehru Stadium, Kochi
Toss – Kochi Tuskers Kerala elected to field
Result – Deccan Chargers won by 55 runs.
Ishant Sharma ripped the Kochi batting order and Kochi were left in shambles with 11/6 in 4 overs. Wickets were falling like pile of cards with Ishant Sharma getting 5 off those wickets in just 2 overs. 5 off top 6 batsmen of Kochi were out for a duck. What could have been an easy win for Kochi was finally turned into a bitter defeat due to brilliant bowling by Ishant Sharma. Kochi were all out for a meager 74 in 16.3 overs.
Earlier Kochi won the toss and elected to field. Their decision proved right as they got three quick wickets and at one stage Deccan Chargers were 20/3 in 5.2 overs. Captain Sangakkara (65) and C White (31) then bailed the team out of it and took the score past 100. All other batsmen failed to perform and finally they were able to post just 129/7 in 20 overs.
Match 32- Deccan Chargers vs Kochi Tuskers Kerala
Match – IPL 2011 32 Match
Date – April 27th,2011 (Wednesday)
Time – 14:30 GMT (20:00 IST)
Venue – Nehru Stadium, Kochi
It will be a do or die situation for Deccan Chargers today when they take field against Kochi Tuskers Kerala in the DLF IPL 2011 match played at Nehru Stadium. Deccan Chargers who had a poor run so far could be finding it very difficult to move to next stage of IPL if they fail to win today. On the other hand Kochi is sitting comfortably above Deccan Chargers in points table with 3 wins out of 6. Kochi Tuskers have won matches against tournament giants like Mumbai, Kolkata and Chennai and thus Deccan Chargers would be an easy target for them.
Rajasthan Royals Thrash Kochi Tuskers By 8 Wickets
Match Number – 28 DLF IPL Season 4, 2011
Day/ Date – Sunday April 24, 2011
Time – 14:30 GMT | 20:00 IST
Venue – Sawai Mansingh Stadium, Jaipur
Toss – Rajasthan Royals elected to field
Result – Rajasthan Royals won by 8 Wickets
It was a meek surrender by Kochi Tuskers Kerala against Rajasthan Royals as they were all out for a mere 109/10 in 20 overs. R Jadeja was the top scorer with just 22 runs and as many as 8 players of Kochi were not able to score in double digits. For Royals it was an easy win as the openers Dravid (44 off 37 balls, 4×4, 1×6) and Watson (49 off 40balls, 4×4, 2×6) posted 71 in just 10 overs before Dravid was run out by Jadav. But Watson and Botha then took the team score past 100 and Watson was bowled in an attempt to hit the winning boundary. Botha and Tylor then marched towards an easy win by 8 wickets.
Match 28 Rajasthan Royals v Kochi Tuskers Kerala
Match Number – 28 DLF IPL Season 4, 2011
Day/ Date – Sunday April 24, 2011
Time – 14:30 GMT | 20:00 IST
Venue – Sawai Mansingh Stadium, Jaipur
Rajasthan Royals will take on debutant Kochi Tuskers Kerela in the second match of Sunday April 24, 2011 at Sawai Mansingh Stadium, Jaipur. Royals who had a poor run so far with just 2 wins out of 6 need to get their act together in this match and get the wining momentum. On the other hand Kochi Tuskers Kerala have proved everyone what they are made up of. They have defeated heavy weights Mumbai, Chennai and Kolkata and will be looking to repeat their splendid performance against Rajasthan as well.
Rajasthan Royals Team Season 4
Shane Warne (captain) Rahul Dravid, Ross Taylor, Aakash Chopra, ,Ajinkya Rahane, Ashok Meenaria, Faiz Fazal, Swapnil Asnodkar, Dinesh Salunkhe, Amit Paunikar,, Shaun Tait, Abhishek Raut, Siddharth Trivedi, Pankaj Singh, Nayan Doshi, Amit Singh, Aditya Dole, Samad Fallah,Deepak Chahar, Pinal Shah, Dishant Harendra Yagnik, Shane Watson ,Paul Collingwood, Johan Botha, Stuart Binny Sumit Narwal, Ankeet Chavan.
Kochi Tuskers Kerala Squad IPL 2011
Mahela Jayawardene (Captain), Owais Shah, VVS Laxman, Ravindra Jadeja, Brad Hodge, Brendon McCullum, Michael Klinger, Tanmay Srivastava, Deepak Chougule, Kedar Jadhav, Y Gnaneswara Rao, Muttiah Muralitharan, RP Singh, Vinay Kumar, Sreesanth, Ramesh Powar, Parthiv Patel, Sushant Marathe, Chandan Madan, John Hastings, Steven Smith, Stephen O’Keefe, Thissara Perera, Raiphi Vincent Gomez, Balachandra Akhil, Yashpal Singh, P.Prasanth
