Kochi Tuskers Kerala And Mumbai win in low-scoring thrillers,Punjab win over Rajasthan

Kochi Tuskers Kerala pulled off a stunning six-run win against favourites Kolkata Knight Riders in a thrilling Indian Premier League match on Wednesday. Ravindra Jadeja struck an 18-ball 29 with three sixes and a four to take Kochi to 132-7 before Kolkata were restricted to 126-9 off 20 overs on a slow Eden Gardens track.

In the other match of the day, Mumbai Indians rode on a clinical effort by their bowlers to hand a seven-wicket thrashing to Pune Warriors and register their third win in four matches. Kolkata, leading the points table before this match, lost quick wickets in their chase and could never recover from the early setbacks despite a fighting 46-run knock by Manoj Tiwary. Jadeja impressed with the ball as well, picking up two wickets including the key scalp of Tiwary. It was Kolkata's second defeat from five outings and Kochi's third win from as many games.

Spinners Yusuf Pathan and Shakib Al Hasan earlier shared six wickets after Kolkata skipper Gautam Gambhir won the toss and elected to field.

New Zealand star Brendon McCullum (23) and Mahela Jayawardene (25) gave Kochi a steady start, putting on 49 runs for the opening wicket.

It was Bangladesh left-arm spinner Shakib who gave Kolkata a key breakthrough when he had McCullum caught by Eoin Morgan while Pathan accounted for Jayawardene, Brad Hodge and Parthiv Patel in quick succession.

Shaun Marsh struck a stroke-filled half century as Kings XI Punjab trounced a sloppy Rajasthan Royals by 48 runs for their third successive victory in the Indian Premier League on Thursday.

Former Australia opener Geoff Marsh's son Shaun blasted 71 after Paul Valthaty (46) and Adam Gilchrist (28) had a blistering start to power the Punjab side to a mammoth 195-7.

Left with a mountain to climb, Shane Warne and his Rajasthan colleagues could only manage 147-7 and the resistance offered by Ashok Menaria (34) and Stuart Binny (30) was not enough to avert their fourth defeat in six matches.

Warne was left to rue his decision to field first and could only watch helplessly as deliveries with which Siddharth Trivedi bowled Gilchrist and Shaun Tait (3-22) had Valthaty caught in the slips were both declared no-balls.

Valthaty was also dropped twice in his innings, which allowed the in-form Indian to partner Gilchrist and score at nearly 17-runs-per-over before Australian all-rounder Shane Watson cut short his compatriot's stay in the fifth over.

Marsh then joined the run-feast and hit six fours and three sixes before giving a return catch to Watson to exit after a 42-ball blitz.

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IPL 2011 Match Schedule.

Date          IST           Match Details                                 Venue


8-Apr-11 20:00 Chennai Super Kings vs Kolkata Knight Riders, 1st IPL T20 Chennai
9-Apr-11 16:00 Deccan Chargers vs Rajasthan Royals, 2nd IPL T20          Hyderabad
9-Apr-11 20:00 Team Kochi vs Royal Challengers Bangalore, 3rd IPL T20 Kochi
10-Apr-11 16:00 Delhi Daredevils vs Mumbai Indians, 4th IPL T20 Delhi
10-Apr-11 20:00 Pune Warriors vs Kings XI Punjab, 5th IPL T20 Navi Mumbai
11-Apr-11 20:00 Kolkata Knight Riders vs Deccan Chargers, 6th IPL T20 Kolkata
12-Apr-11 16:00 Rajasthan Royals vs Delhi Daredevils, 7th IPL T20 Jaipur
12-Apr-11 20:00 Royal Challengers Bangalore vs Mumbai Indians, 8th IPL T20 Bangalore
13-Apr-11 16:00 Pune Warriors vs Team Kochi, 9th IPL T20 Navi Mumbai
13-Apr-11 20:00 Kings XI Punjab vs Chennai Super Kings, 10th IPL T20 Mohali
14-Apr-11 20:00 Deccan Chargers vs Royal Challengers Bangalore, 11th IPL T20 Hyderabad
15-Apr-11 16:00 Mumbai Indians vs Team Kochi, 12th IPL T20 Mumbai
15-Apr-11 20:00 Delhi Daredevils vs Kolkata Knight Riders, 13th IPL T20 Delhi
16-Apr-11 16:00 Chennai Super Kings vs Royal Challengers Bangalore, 14th IPL T20 Chennai
16-Apr-11 20:00 Deccan Chargers vs Kings XI Punjab, 15th IPL T20 Hyderabad
17-Apr-11 16:00 Rajasthan Royals vs Kolkata Knight Riders, 16th IPL T20 Jaipur
17-Apr-11 20:00 Pune Warriors vs Delhi Daredevils, 17th IPL T20 Navi Mumbai
18-Apr-11 20:00 Team Kochi vs Chennai Super Kings, 18th IPL T20 Kochi
19-Apr-11 16:00 Delhi Daredevils vs Deccan Chargers, 19th IPL T20 Delhi
19-Apr-11 20:00 Royal Challengers Bangalore vs Rajasthan Royals, 20th IPL T20 Bangalore
20-Apr-11 16:00 Mumbai Indians vs Pune Warriors, 21st IPL T20 Mumbai
20-Apr-11 20:00 Kolkata Knight Riders vs Team Kochi, 22nd IPL T20 Kolkata
21-Apr-11 20:00 Kings XI Punjab vs Rajasthan Royals, 23rd IPL T20 Mohali
22-Apr-11 20:00 Mumbai Indians vs Chennai Super Kings, 24th IPL T20 Mumbai
23-Apr-11 16:00 Kolkata Knight Riders vs Royal Challengers Bangalore, 25th IPL T20 Kolkata
23-Apr-11 20:00 Delhi Daredevils vs Kings XI Punjab, 26th IPL T20 Delhi
24-Apr-11 16:00 Deccan Chargers vs Mumbai Indians, 27th IPL T20 Hyderabad
24-Apr-11 20:00 Rajasthan Royals vs Team Kochi, 28th IPL T20 Jaipur
25-Apr-11 20:00 Chennai Super Kings vs Pune Warriors, 29th IPL T20 Chennai
26-Apr-11 20:00 Delhi Daredevils vs Royal Challengers Bangalore, 30th IPL T20 Delhi
27-Apr-11 16:00 Pune Warriors vs Chennai Super Kings, 31st IPL T20 Navi Mumbai
27-Apr-11 20:00 Team Kochi vs Deccan Chargers, 32nd IPL T20 Kochi
28-Apr-11 16:00 Kolkata Knight Riders vs Kings XI Punjab, 33rd IPL T20 Kolkata
28-Apr-11 20:00 Rajasthan Royals vs Mumbai Indians, 34th IPL T20 Jaipur
29-Apr-11 20:00 Royal Challengers Bangalore vs Pune Warriors, 35th IPL T20 Bangalore
30-Apr-11 16:00 Team Kochi vs Delhi Daredevils, 36th IPL T20 Kochi
30-Apr-11 20:00 Mumbai Indians vs Kings XI Punjab, 37th IPL T20 Mumbai
1-May-11 16:00 Rajasthan Royals vs Pune Warriors, 38th IPL T20 Jaipur
1-May-11 20:00 Chennai Super Kings vs Deccan Chargers, 39th IPL T20 Chennai
2-May-11 20:00 Delhi Daredevils vs Team Kochi, 40th IPL T20 Delhi
3-May-11 20:00 Deccan Chargers vs Kolkata Knight Riders, 41st IPL T20 Hyderabad
4-May-11 16:00 Chennai Super Kings vs Rajasthan Royals, 42nd IPL T20 Chennai
4-May-11 20:00 Pune Warriors vs Mumbai Indians, 43rd IPL T20 Navi Mumbai
5-May-11 16:00 Team Kochi vs Kolkata Knight Riders, 44th IPL T20 Kochi
5-May-11 20:00 Deccan Chargers vs Delhi Daredevils, 45th IPL T20 Hyderabad
6-May-11 20:00 Royal Challengers Bangalore vs Kings XI Punjab, 46th IPL T20 Bangalore
7-May-11 16:00 Kolkata Knight Riders vs Chennai Super Kings, 47th IPL T20 Kolkata
7-May-11 20:00 Mumbai Indians vs Delhi Daredevils, 48th IPL T20 Mumbai
8-May-11 16:00 Royal Challengers Bangalore vs Team Kochi, 49th IPL T20 Bangalore
8-May-11 20:00 Kings XI Punjab vs Pune Warriors, 50th IPL T20 Mohali
9-May-11 20:00 Rajasthan Royals vs Chennai Super Kings, 51st IPL T20 Jaipur
10-May-11 16:00 Kings XI Punjab vs Mumbai Indians, 52nd IPL T20 Mohali
10-May-11 20:00 Deccan Chargers vs Pune Warriors, 53rd IPL T20 Hyderabad
11-May-11 20:00 Rajasthan Royals vs Royal Challengers Bangalore, 54th IPL T20 Jaipur
12-May-11 20:00 Chennai Super Kings vs Delhi Daredevils, 55th IPL T20 Chennai
13-May-11 20:00 Team Kochi vs Kings XI Punjab, 56th IPL T20 Indore
14-May-11 16:00 Mumbai Indians vs Deccan Chargers, 57th IPL T20 Mumbai
14-May-11 20:00 Royal Challengers Bangalore vs Kolkata Knight Riders, 58th IPL T20 Bangalore
15-May-11 16:00 Kings XI Punjab vs Delhi Daredevils, 59th IPL T20 Dharamshala
15-May-11 20:00 Team Kochi vs Rajasthan Royals, 60th IPL T20 Indore
16-May-11 20:00 Kolkata Knight Riders vs Mumbai Indians, 61st IPL T20 Kolkata
17-May-11 20:00 Pune Warriors vs Deccan Chargers, 62nd IPL T20 Pune
18-May-11 16:00 Kings XI Punjab vs Royal Challengers Bangalore, 63rd IPL T20 Dharamshala
18-May-11 20:00 Chennai Super Kings vs Team Kochi, 64th IPL T20 Chennai
19-May-11 20:00 Pune Warriors vs Kolkata Knight Riders, 65th IPL T20 Pune
20-May-11 20:00 Mumbai Indians vs Rajasthan Royals, 66th IPL T20 Mumbai
21-May-11 16:00 Kings XI Punjab vs Deccan Chargers, 67th IPL T20 Dharamshala
21-May-11 20:00 Delhi Daredevils vs Pune Warriors, 68th IPL T20 Delhi
22-May-11 16:00 Royal Challengers Bangalore vs Chennai Super Kings, 69th IPL T20 Bangalore
22-May-11 20:00 Kolkata Knight Riders vs Rajasthan Royals, 70th IPL T20 Kolkata

24-May-11 20:00 TBC vs TBC, Qualifier 1 IPL T20 Mumbai
25-May-11 20:00 TBC vs TBC, Eliminator IPL T20 Mumbai
27-May-11 20:00 TBC vs TBC, Qualifier 2 IPL T20 Chennai

28-May-11 20:00 TBC vs TBC, Final IPL T20

The History Of The Game of Cricket

This time cricket is the most popular sports in the world.Basically In south Asian People's are fun of cricket,then lets see the history of Cricket..

The origins of cricket are very vague, and many theories have been put forward suggesting its origins. Hard Studies and research have been conducted to trace it's history and they have come out with different versions. However it is commonly accepted that the game originated from a very old leisure activity indulged by shepherds. The shepherds used crook and other farm equipments to hit a ball like deceive which used to be made up of wool or stone.

The first evidence of cricket being played was recorded in the year 1550, by the pupils of Royal Grammar School, Guildford. In the year 1611 it is reported that two young men from Sussex were punished for playing cricket instead of going to the church. The first match is recorded to have been played at Cox heath in Kent in the year 1646.

Earlier cricket used to thrive greatly as a gambling game. People used to place huge amounts of bets in matches and thus the game started to get recognition. Cricket was in fact a major gambling sport towards the end of the 17th century. It is recorded that in the year 1679, a 11-a-side match was played with stakes as high as 50 guineas per side.

During the 18th century cricket survived and thrived due to the huge amounts of money via monetary backing and gambling. The first instance of a match to be played between counties in England is recorded to be on 29th June in the year 1709. This match was played between Surrey and Kent at Dartford Brent.

The 18th century also witnessed the emergence of two types of cricket players. They were known as the retained player and the individual player. Generally the retained player was the servant of the lord and a cricketer as well. On the other hand the individual player was free to play anywhere with his skills. Basically it was something like the player could play anywhere with the amount of skill.

In the year 1787, the Marylebone Cricket Club also known MCC was created. The MCC has since then gone on to become one of the most prominent bodies in world cricket. Cricket in its initial days were restricted to the aristocratic class of England. Cricket gradually went on to become the national game of England.

The late 18th century was a very crucial phase for the development of the game, both within and outside Britain. The game was spread far and wide mainly due to England’s imperialism. Wherever they went, the game went with them and thus spread outside England. The first official match was held between Canada and United States was held in the year 1844.

In the present times, cricket has its own following of loyal fans. The International Cricket Council, better known as the ICC is the governing body in world cricket. The ICC was founded on the 15th of June in the year 1909. All laws relating to One day Internationals and Test Cricket are framed and implemented by the ICC.

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