IPL 5: Match 3:Pune stun fancied Mumbai by 29 runs

 

Mumbai: An under-strength Pune Warriors India stunned fancied Mumbai Indians by 29 runs to kick-start their second Indian Premier League season with a win after Ashok Dinda's 4 for 17 helped Sourav Ganguly's team defend a total of 129 for 9.

Dinesh Karthik and James Franklin revived Mumbai from 5 for 3 in two overs with a 49-run stand, but once the pair was separated the home team’s run-chase lost steam and Pune ensured the stronger side on paper was brought back to earth after their win over Chennai Super Kings on Wednesday. In what proved a scrappy low-scoring affair, the Australian import Steven Smith's match-high score of 39 which helped Pune recover from 47 for 4 proved pivotal and he was adjudged the Man of the Match.

Few would have fancied Pune's chances at defending a total like 129, but led by Dinda they emerged victorious. Dinda ran through the Mumbai top order, sending back Ambati Rayudu (1) and Rohit Sharma (1) in his first over – the second of the chase - and then returned to remove the innings joint top-scorer Franklin for 32 in the 18th over. Franklin and Karthik (32) had staged a recovery but any thoughts of the pair steering Mumbai to victory were dashed when Murali Kartik, who had removed Richard Levi for a second-ball 0 in the opening over, returned to have Karthik stumped. And when Rahul Sharma bowled Kieron Pollard in the 16th over, the hosts were completely snubbed out. Dinda picked up his fourth in the final over, removing Harbhajan Singh with a full and straight delivery that struck him flush in front of middle stump.

That Mumbai were left to chase a target of 130 was down to another exemplary performance in the field. Having opted to field, Harbhajan had his decision vindicated when Lasith Malinga began the innings with a wicket-maiden over in which Manish Pandey had his stumps rattled. Ganguly was the next to go, stumped when attempting to charge Pragyan Ojha. And when Wayne Parnell – oddly promoted to No. 3 – was bowled in Munaf Patel's opening over, the scoreboard read a flat 27 for 3 in the fifth over.

Having managed just 30 runs in the Powerplay, Pune continued to falter. The fourth wicket to fall was that of Callum Ferguson, run-out for 12. Robin Uthappa (36) and Smith (39) put on a 44-run stand in which the stand-out feature was the manner in which they shuffled across to work the ball into the leg side, and that alliance proved match-winning in the final result. Smith struck four boundaries during his 32-ball effort, but more than those his ability to rotate the strike and deny Mumbai wickets during the middle passage was what stood out. Malinga and Munaf were the most successful bowlers with two wickets apiece, but Dinda and Kartik would end up as the bowlers to remember.

IPL 5: Delhi, Kolkata aim for winning start

After mediocre performances in the first three editions of the IPL, Kolkata Knight Riders finally gave their fans something to cheer about a fourth-place finish. The Gautam Gambhir-led franchise will now aim to kick-start their season on a high when they take on last year's wooden-spoon holders Delhi Daredevils in the second match of IPL 5 at the Eden Gardens on Thursday.

Delhi can be termed underachievers, considering their performance in the last four seasons, but after having added to their squad considerably in this year's IPL auctions, there is reason to believe that they won't fare as poorly. With the likes of Kevin Pietersen, Mahela Jayawardene, Andre Russell, Doug Bracewell and Ross Taylor in their ranks Delhi look a balanced outfit. If these players play to potential, Delhi can consider themselves title contenders

Batting is the team's biggest strength, but Delhi will be without Pietersen, Jayawardene and David Warner until the end of April as they are busy with international commitments. Taylor, who fractured his arm during the South Africa series, is a non-starter. In their absence, the likes of Venugopal Rao, Naman Ojha, Aaron Finch, Robin Bist - who had an outstanding Ranji Trophy season this year – and Gulam Bodi will need to do the job for Delhi under the captaincy of Virender Sehwag.

Irfan Pathan could be the game-changer for Delhi as his hard-hitting in the death overs and gentle medium pace can play a crucial part. On the bowling front, Morne Morkel and Umesh Yadav, who had a good tour of Australia, will be the key to Delhi's fortunes. Varun Aaron, who missed the entire Australian tour and the Asia Cup due to a stress fracture on the back, will be keen to make a good impression. There is also the South African allrounder Roelof van der Merwe, a matchwinner with bat and ball.

Delhi's opponents, KKR, played it safe and were content with a couple of acquisitions at the auction. Unlike Delhi in IPL 4, Kolkata had a string of good performances and followed it up with decent showing in their Champions League Twenty20 debut. Besides Gambhir, KKR's batting will rely on Jacques Kallis, who was the team's highest run-scorer last season, new signee Brendon McCullum, Manoj Tiwary, Eoin Morgan, Yusuf Pathan and Ryan ten Doeschate.

Kolkata's bowling looks similar for to the last edition barring the addition of South African fast bowler Marchant de Lange, who was ahead of the season. Brett Lee will lead the attack once again and could share the new ball with Laxmipathy Balaji, while Kallis' experience as an allrounder is certain to perk up Kolkata. Where KKR will have to take a call is deciding which four overseas players to accommodate. McCullum and Kallis are sure to slot in as top-order batsman, with Lee the third player as strike bowler. That means one of Shakib Al Hasan, Eoin Morgan and Ryan ten Doeschate will vie for one place. Morgan – out of favour with England’s selectors – proves a reliable batsman in the middle overs; Shakib, the No. 1 allrounders in ODIs, is a match-winner with bat and ball; and ten Doeschate, the Netherlands allrounder, is also a utility player.

Both teams are strong on paper. It remains to be seen how they perform on the field.

Probable XIs:

Delhi Daredevils: 1 Virender Sehwag (capt), 2 Aaron Finch, 3 Venugopal Rao, 4 Naman Ojha (wk), 5 Robin Bist, 6 Gulam Bodi, 7 Roelof van der Merwe, 8 Irfan Pathan, 9 Morne Morkel, 10 Umesh Yadav, 11 Varun Aaron

Kolkata Knight Riders: 1 Brendon McCullum (wk), 2 Jacques Kallis, 3 Gautam Gambhir (capt), 4 Eoin Morgan/Shakib Al Hasan, 5 Manoj Tiwary, 6 Yusuf Pathan, 7 Laxmi Ratan Shukla, 8 Rajat Bhatia, 9 Brett Lee, 10 Iqbal Abdulla, 11 L Balaji

Tendulkar gets injured in IPL 5 opener

Chennai: Sachin Tendulkar sustained a finger injury in his left hand and retired hurt when he tried to fend off a rising delivery from Chennai Super Kings' bowler Doug Bollinger in the opener of the Indian Premier League's fifth season here on Wednesday. However, it is still not clear whether it is a fracture or a simple bruise.

It was the fifth ball of the ninth over and Tendulkar, who was batting on 15, got a short ball from Bollinger. The ball climbed onto him as the delivery hit one of the green patches and reared up uncomfortably. Tendulkar could just fend it off as it hit him on the glove.

Tendulkar, however, faced the next delivery and got a single to go onto 16. But at the end of the over, he sought medical attention and was advised to retire, following which he was seen returning to the dug-out looking in considerable pain. He had scored 16 off 15 balls with a four and a six off Albie Morkel.

Mumbai play their next match against Pune Warriors India on Friday.

Mumbai off to flying start, crush Chennai by 8 wickets in IPL 5 opener

CHENNAI: It suddenly became unknown territory for Team Chennai at their Fort Chepauk and Mumbai made full use of it to get their IPL campaign off to a flying start.

The eight-wicket loss was CSK's first in IPL at home since April 15, 2010 and it had a lot to do with the grass on the relaid pitch. The ball was doing a bit and the Mumbai Indians bowlers hit the right length, which made things difficult for the famed Chennai top-order. Once pushed to the back foot, it wasn't easy for the batsmen to play with the kind of freedom that they are used to and the variety in the Mumbai attack did the rest.

Things got worse for Chennai with three run-outs ( Faf Du Plessis, MS Dhoni and R Ashwin) as the Mumbai fielders made use of every opportunity that came their way. The tone was set by Ambatti Rayudu in the very first over when he had Du Plessis with a direct hit from cover. The runs didn't flow during the PowerPlay and as Chennai tried to take liberties against the spinners, they lost wickets to the guile of left-arm spinner Pragyan Ojha (2-17). Raina (36 off 26 balls) looked the dangerman for Mumbai, but he, too, holed out in the deep and Chennai were in trouble. And when Dhoni, a brilliant runner between the wickets, failed to beat a throw from Abu Nachem Ahmed, there was no way back for the Men in Yellow.

113 is hardly a target for Mumbai's batting and all they had to do was not to lose early wickets. Sachin Tendulkar saw that Albie Morkel was making the ball talk and he left a few, which is a rarity in T20 cricket. And when there was anything marginally loose, Tendulkar made full use of it. There was a lot of interest about the other opener Richard Levi (50 off 35 balls), who was making his IPL debut. Levi, with the fastest T20 international ton, was under no pressure and with the Little Master guiding him, things became easy.

The Chepauk crowd, though, got a feel of Levi's hitting talent as he hit a few out of the park with hardly any backlift. However, once he got out, there was a bit of a flutter as Rohit Sharma failed against the bouncing ball and got out while Tendulkar retired hurt after getting hit on his left hand by Doug Bollinger snorter that jumped from a length.

Things could have got trickier if Chennai had managed two more wickets at that stage, but James Franklin and Rayudu put their heads down finished the job.

IPL 5: Mumbai win fails to mask poor opener

This was the poorest opening match of an IPL season ever. In 2008, there was Brendon McCullum's blitzkrieg in Bangalore. In 2009, as the bandwagon moved to South Africa where the batting conditions were tougher, there was Sachin Tendulkar batting 20 overs for an unbeaten and match-winning 59 from 49 balls. In 2010, there was Kolkata Knight Riders edging Deccan Chargers in a hard-fought opener in Mumbai. In 2011, there was Chennai Super Kings beating Kolkata in a nail-biter.

In 2012, the season in which the power of the IPL is seriously being questioned, the first match was a poor advertisement for the tournament. A day after a poor opening ceremony, the action on the field was distinctly ordinary.

It is commonly believed that a score of 160-170 will ensure an engrossing Twenty20 match. This was not engrossing at all; Chennai were awful in being bowled out for 112 in 19.5 overs and their bowling listless in the face of memorable IPL debut by Richard Levi, Mumbai's latest opener. The margin of victory for Mumbai – eight wickets, with Tendulkar also retiring hurt – will show you that the visiting team won handsomely, but truth be told, the defending champions turned in a performance that was not befitting of arguably the best Twenty20 franchise going around.

Startlingly – and herein lay the reason for defeat - there was a distinct lack of coordination and durability in Chennai's innings. Three players were run out, five key batsmen picked out fielders with precision and no one bar Suresh Raina to an extent was able to dominate. Mumbai's fielding was superb, and their bowlers maintained tidy lines, but they were helped significantly by Chennai's lack of direction. It was as un-CSK performance as has been witnessed since the franchise got its mojo together after 2009.

Four players reached double figures but three of them were 10 and one 19. There were just six fours and one six in 19.5 overs and not a single boundary in the last ten overs. Efforts like that won't win you many matches.

From the start there was indecision in the CSK innings and the rot was set. Faf du Plessis was superbly run out by Ambati Rayudu at extra cover. Murali Vijay poked around for 17 deliveries before he chipped an easy catch to mid-on. Raina played a few punchy shots before he charged out to Pragyan Ojha and picked out sweeper cover. Darren Bravo swung the same bowler straight to long-on, having scored a run-a-ball 19. The frustration of not being able to dominate – he faced eight balls for three runs – got to Albie Morkel as he clipped a delivery on the pads out to deep square leg. MS Dhoni was run out trying a risky single with his team's score at 95 for 5. S Badrinath, usually adept at holding the innings together, turned a harmless delivery to midwicket. R Ashwin was also run out trying a non-existent second. Ravindra Jadeja's first outing for Chennai lasted five balls before he was ninth out in the penultimate over, bowled while making room to Lasith Malinga. The innings came to an end with one delivery remaining when the last man Doug Bollinger sliced Malinga to backward point. Game over.

For Mumbai, the most impressive bowler was Ojha in his first outing for his new team. Coming on to bowl the tenth over, he succeeded in luring Raina out of his crease and pouched a big wicket. Three balls later, Bravo swung Ojha to the deep and from there Chennai's innings unravelled. As he had done with Deccan Chargers for four seasons, Ojha stuck to tight lines and enticed the batsmen with his guile and appreciable flight. Ojha's 2 for 17 was his third most economical four-over spell in the IPL after his 2 for 18 in the very first match he played in 2008 and his 2 for 16 against Delhi Daredevils in 2010. This was a strong statement from the left-armer and bodes well for Mumbai.

His senior spinning partner and Mumbai's captain Harbhajan Singh also turned in a good spell. He didn't pick up a wicket, but in conceding just one boundary, he put the skids on the batting and the pressure from one end resulted in the batsmen attempting shots against Ojha and Pollard only to pick out fielders. Harbhajan's field placing was also sharp and he had the right men in the right areas. Almost every big shot played by CSK's batsmen found fielders, and the fact that the boundary count was so low proved how tight Mumbai were in the field.

In their run-chase, Mumbai were powered by their new opening combination of Tendulkar and Levi, the scorer of the fastest Twenty20 international. Levi, after a sluggish start, tore into Jadeja's opening over with two fours and a huge six. Most stunning was his effortless hitting on the leg side, complete with backlift and punchy bat speed. His fifty needed 34 deliveries, and though Levi fell the very next ball, he had done his part in assuring the franchise that they had made the right choice in purchasing him.

Mumbai, reigning Champions League Twenty20 holders and legitimate IPL title contenders, were a gulf apart from Chennai in this match. The tournament is merely one match old, but on the basis of this performance, Mumbai look like an extremely solid outfit.

IPL 2012 Opening Ceremony: Lengthy Bollywood style ceremony launches IPL 5

CHENNAI: Bollywood superstars Salman Khan, Kareena Kapoor and American pop sensation Katy Perry were the highlights of a lengthy opening ceremony of the fifth edition of the IPL, which failed to live up to its high expectations on Tuesday night despite the huge glamour quotient.

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Although there was no dearth of star power with megastar Amitabh Bachchan, Priyanka Chopra, Prabhu Deva attending the opening nite, it still drew a lacklustre response from the nearly 15,000 spectators who had gathered at the YMCA College of Physical Education.

Even the attempts by the hosts to cheer up the crowd failed to enthuse the audience who were subjected to a typical Bollywood style entertainment but without much verve and spirit.

Amitabh, returning to work after two abdominal surgeries earlier this year, started the proceedings for the evening with a rendition of a poem 'If I were to be born again', written by renowned lyricist Prasoon Joshi.

The 69-year-old veteran actor with his baritone voice and inimitable style hit the right chords but the dance performance choreographed by Shiamak Davar at the background was a dampener.

The rendition started to the ceremony, which set the stage for the 54-day extravaganza featuring nine teams who would be locked in a battle for the next two months.

South African percussion band First Project, composer DJ Ravi Drums and Colonial Cousins then took the stage and churned out their brand of music.

Bollywood actress Priyanka Chopra then put her dancing shoes and performed to hit numbers from her films such as 'Don', 'Don 2' and 'Kaminey', which even saw India spinner Harbhajan Singh shaking a leg along with her.

India's dancing sensation and Chennai's own Prabhu Deva then burned the dance floor with his performance where he danced to songs from films such as 'Wanted' and 'Hum Se Hai Muqablah'.

Two-time title winners, Chennai Super Kings then took the stage and Priyanka Chopra shared some light moments with the cricketers as she quizzed skipper Mahendra Singh Dhoni and also taught Australian Doug Bollinger and Indian spinner R Ashwin some dancing steps.

The 'Chammak Challo' of the Tinsel town, Kareena Kapoor then performed her dance numbers from films such as 'Ra One' and the latest 'Agent Vinod'.

The opening nite then saw the oath taking ceremony by the skippers of the nine teams, including retired Rahul Dravid and Australian Adam Gilchrist, as they signed the MCC Spirit of Cricket pledge.

Defending champions CSK skipper Dhoni placed the trophy back on the podium and BCCI president N Srinivasan and IPL chairman Rajiv Shukla then joined the players on stage.

"IPL has grown from strength to strength and has established itself as a premiere tournament. BCCI is extremely proud of this achievement. But who is the cause? First the commitment of the players both international and domestic, who participated in the event, the enthusiasm of the franchises and assistance of the supporting stuffs and the cricket fans in India and around the world have contributed to its great success. We expect IPL 5 to be no less," Srinivasan said.

"We have not forgotten who played for us. The BCCI will give an one-time opportunity to cricketers who have graced Indian cricket -- International cricketer as well as domestic cricketers who played from a long time.

"Over 185 players will be benefited from it and we will start the distribution from this year. It is a small thank you from us to those who have done yeoman service to Indian cricket," he added.

Shukla then flagged off the fifth edition, saying: "It gives me a great pleasure to flag off the fifth edition of the DLF Indian Premier League, an arena where quality international and domestic cricketers take part in intense contest of strategy and skill. IPL is a platform where talent meets opportunity."

Bollywood superstar Salman Khan then tried to set the stage ablaze with his 'Dhinka Chika' act from the film 'Ready', followed by performances to some foot-tapping numbers from 'Body Guard', 'Wanted', 'Partner' and 'Jab Pyaar Kiya To Darna Kiya' but his performance too lacked the punch.

After some Bollywood razzle-dazzle, Perry dished out a sumptuous musical treat and performed some of her superhits such as 'fireworks' and 'California Girls'.

The singer, who had tied the knot with now estranged husband Russell Brand, in India in 2010, was the star attraction of the evening and her maiden performance in the country, rounded off the evening.

Dazzling fireworks lit up the evening sky as the ceremony which lasted about two and a half hours came to end.

The main action will start from Wednesday when defending champions Chennai Super Kings starts their campaign against Champions Leagues title holder Mumbai Indians in the tournament opener at the MA Chidambaram Stadium.

IPL 5 Schedule 2012

Match	Date	Time (IST)	Teams	Venue
1	April 4	8 PM	Chennai Super Kings v Mumbai Indians	M.A. Chidambaram Stadium, Chennai
2	April 5	8 PM	Kolkata Knight Riders v Delhi Daredevils	Eden Gardens, Kolkata
3	April 6	4 PM	Mumbai Indians v Pune Warriors	Wankhede Stadium, Mumbai
4	April 6	8 PM	Rajasthan Royals v Kings XI Punjab	Sawai Mansingh Stadium, Jaipur
5	April 7	4 PM	Royal Challengers Bangalore v Delhi Daredevils	M Chinnaswamy Stadium, Bangalore
6	April 7	8 PM	Deccan Chargers v Chennai Super Kings	Y.S.R Cricket stadium, Visakhapatnam
7	April 8	4 PM	Rajasthan Royals v Kolkata Knight Riders	Sawai Mansingh Stadium Jaipur
8	April 8	8 PM	Pune Warriors v Kings XI Punjab	Subrata Roy Sahara Stadium, Pune
9	April 9	8 PM	Deccan Chargers v Mumbai Indians	Y.S.R Cricket stadium, Visakhapatnam
10	April 10	4 PM	Royal Challengers Bangalore v Kolkata Knight Riders	M. Chinnaswamy Stadium, Bangalore
11	April 10	8 PM	Delhi Daredevils v Chennai Super Kings	Feroz Shah Kotla, Delhi
12	April 11	8 PM	Mumbai Indians v Rajasthan Royals	Wankhede Stadium, Mumbai
13	April 12	4 PM	Chennai Super Kings v Royal Challengers Bangalore	M.A. Chidambaram Stadium, Chennai
14	April 12	8 PM	Kings XI Punjab v Pune Warriors	Punjab Cricket stadium,Chandigarh
15	April 13	8 PM	Kolkata Knight Riders v Rajasthan Royals	Eden Gardens, Kolkata
16	April 14	8 PM	Pune Warriors v Chennai Super Kings	Subrata Roy Sahara Stadium, Pune
17	April 15	4 PM	Kolkata Knight Riders v Kings XI Punjab	Eden Gardens, Kolkata
18	April 15	8 PM	Royal Challengers Bangalore v Rajasthan Royals	M Chinnaswamy Stadium, Bangalore
19	April 16	8 PM	Mumbai Indians v Delhi Daredevils	Wankhede Stadium, Mumbai
20	April 17	4 PM	Rajasthan Royals v Deccan Chargers	Sawai Mansingh Stadium, Jaipur
21	April 17	8 PM	Royal Challengers Bangalore v Pune Warriors	M Chinnaswamy Stadium, Bangalore
22	April 18	8 PM	Kings XI Punjab v Kolkata Knight Riders	Punjab Cricket stadium,Chandigarh
23	April 19	4 PM	Deccan Chargers v Delhi Daredevils	Feroz Shah Kotla, Delhi
24	April 19	8 PM	Chennai Super Kings v Pune Warriors	M A Chidambaram Stadium, Chennai
25	April 20	8 PM	Kings XI Punjab v Royal Challengers Bangalore	Punjab Cricket stadium,Chandigarh
26	April 21	4 PM	Chennai Super Kings v Rajasthan Royals	M A Chidambaram Stadium, Chennai
27	April 21	8 PM	Delhi Daredevils v Pune Warriors	Feroz Shah Kotla, Delhi
28	April 22	4 PM	Mumbai Indians v Kings XI Punjab	Wankhede Stadium, Mumbai
29	April 22	8 PM	Deccan Chargers v Kolkata Knight Riders	Barabati Stadium, Cuttack
30	April 23	8 PM	Rajasthan Royals v Royal Challengers Bangalore	Sawai Mansingh Stadium, Jaipur
31	April 24	4 PM	Pune Warriors v Delhi Daredevils	Subrata Roy Sahara Stadium, Pune
32	April 24	8 PM	Kolkata Knight Riders v Deccan Chargers	Eden Gardens, Kolkata
33	April 25	4 PM	Kings XI Punjab v Mumbai Indians	Punjab Cricket stadium,Chandigarh
34	April 25	8 PM	Royal Challengers Bangalore v Chennai Super Kings	M Chinnaswamy Stadium, Bangalore
35	April 26	8 PM	Pune Warriors v Deccan Chargers	Subrata Roy Sahara Stadium, Pune
36	April 27	8 PM	Delhi Daredevils v Mumbai Indians	Feroz Shah Kotla, Delhi
37	April 28	4 PM	Chennai Super Kings v Kings XI Punjab	MA Chidambaram Stadium, Chennai
38	April 28	8 PM	Kolkata Knight Riders v Royal Challengers Bangalore	Eden Gardens, Kolkata
39	April 29	4 PM	Delhi Daredevils v Rajasthan Royals	Feroz Shah Kotla, Delhi
40	April 29	8 PM	Mumbai Indians v Deccan Chargers	Wankhede Stadium, Mumbai
41	April 30	8 PM	Chennai Super Kings v Kolkata Knight Riders	MA Chidambaram Stadium, Chennai
42	May 1	4 PM	Deccan Chargers v Pune Warriors	Barabati Stadium, Cuttack
43	May 1	8 PM	Rajasthan Royals v Delhi Daredevils	Sawai Mansingh Stadium, Jaipur
44	May 2	8 PM	Royal Challengers Bangalore v Kings XI Punjab	M Chinnaswamy Stadium, Bangalore
45	May 3	8 PM	Pune Warriors v Mumbai Indians	Subrata Roy Sahara Stadium, Pune
46	May 4	8 PM	Chennai Super Kings v Deccan Chargers	MA Chidambaram Stadium, Chennai
47	May 5	4 PM	Kolkata Knight Riders v Pune Warriors	Eden Gardens, Kolkata
48	May 5	8 PM	Kings XI Punjab v Rajasthan Royals	Punjab Cricket stadium,Chandigarh
49	May 6	4 PM	Mumbai Indians v Chennai Super Kings	Wankhede Stadium, Mumbai
50	May 6	8 PM	Royal Challengers Bangalore v Deccan Chargers	M Chinnaswamy Stadium, Bangalore
51	May 7	8 PM	Delhi Daredevils v Kolkata Knight Riders	Feroz Shah Kotla, Delhi
52	May 8	4 PM	Pune Warriors v Rajasthan Royals	Subrata Roy Sahara Stadium, Pune
53	May 8	8 PM	Deccan Chargers v Kings XI Punjab	Rajiv Gandhi International Stadium, Hyderabad
54	May 9	8 PM	Mumbai Indians v Royal Challengers Bangalore	Wankhede Stadium, Mumbai
55	May 10	4 PM	Deccan Chargers v Delhi Daredevils	Rajiv Gandhi Stadium,Uppal,Hyderabad
56	May 10	8 PM	Rajasthan Royals v Chennai Super Kings	Sawai Mansingh Stadium, Jaipur
57	May 11	8 PM	Pune Warriors v Royal Challengers Bangalore	Subrata Roy Sahara Stadium, Pune
58	May 12	4 PM	Kolkata Knight Riders v Mumbai Indians	Eden Gardens, Kolkata
59	May 12	8 PM	Chennai Super Kings v Delhi Daredevils	MA Chidambaram Stadium, Chennai
60	May 13	4 PM	Rajasthan Royals v Pune Warriors	Sawai Mansingh Stadium, Jaipur
61	May 13	8 PM	Kings XI Punjab v Deccan Chargers	Punjab Cricket stadium,Chandigarh
62	May 14	4 PM	Royal Challengers Bangalore v Mumbai Indians	M Chinnaswamy Stadium, Bangalore
63	May 14	8 PM	Kolkata Knight Riders v Chennai Super Kings	Eden Gardens, Kolkata
64	May 15	8 PM	Delhi Daredevils v Kings XI Punjab	Feroz Shah Kotla, Delhi
65	May 16	8 PM	Mumbai Indians v Kolkata Knight Riders	Wankhede Stadium, Mumbai
66	May 17	4 PM	Kings XI Punjab v Chennai Super Kings	Himachal Pradesh Cricket Stadium, Dharamsala
67	May 17	8 PM	Delhi Daredevils v Royal Challengers Bangalore	Feroz Shah Kotla, Delhi
68	May 18	8 PM	Deccan Chargers v Rajasthan Royals	Rajiv Gandhi Stadium,Uppal,Hyderabad
69	May 19	4 PM	Kings XI Punjab v Delhi Daredevils	Himachal Pradesh Cricket Stadium, Dharamsala
70	May 19	8 PM	Pune Warriors v Kolkata Knight Riders	Subrata Roy Sahara Stadium, Pune
71	May 20	4 PM	Deccan Chargers v Royal Challengers Bangalore	Rajiv Gandhi Stadium,Uppal,Hyderabad
72	May 20	8 PM	Rajasthan Royals v Mumbai Indians	Sawai Mansingh Stadium, Jaipur
73	May 22	8 PM	Qualifier 1 – TBC v TBC (1st v 2nd)	Subrata Roy Sahara Stadium, Pune
74	May 23	8 PM	Eliminator – TBC v TBC (3rd v 4th)	M Chinnaswamy Stadium, Bangalore
75	May 25	8 PM	Qualifier 2 – TBC v TBC (Winner Eliminator v Loser Qualifier 1)	MA Chidambaram Stadium, Chennai
76	May 27	8 PM	Final – TBC v TBC	MA Chidambaram Stadium, Chennai