Kings XI Punjab won the toss and elected to field. Andrew Symonds, the Australian batsman scored 60 not out to put up the big total, ably assisted by other batsmen like Venugopal Rao (32); Suman (27) and Captain Gillchrist (20).

Mahela Jayawardane was the Man of the Match.

This was Rohit Sharma’s bowling performance in the match between Deccan Chargers and Mumbai Indians on Wednesday.  This part-time bowler just could not believe his own fiat, as he had only taken 2 wickets in first class matches so far.  The hat-trick of Rohit Sharma in taking the wickets of Abishek Nayar (1) and Harbhajan Singh (0) in successive balls of the 16th over and JP Duminy (52) on the first ball of 18th over changed the entire course of the match.  He also dismissed S. Tiwari for 3 by a short ball, which defeated the batsman and enabled the Wicket Keeper Gilchrist to smash the stumps.  Otherwise Mumbai Indians looked to sail through safely to reach the winning target, with JP Duminy, the South African star batsman, hitting the balls right. When he fell, it was all over and the tail-enders just could not raise upto the mark. The target of 146 was far off to reach.

Deccan Chargers won the toss and elected to bat.  Inspite of the openers Gilchrist and Gibbs falling cheaply for 25 and 0 runs respectively, the other batsmen – Suman (20), Rohit Sharma (38), Dwayne Smith (16) and Venugopal Rao (28) took up the fight with their bat and finished with a reasonable total of 145/6 at the end of 20 overs.

With this win Deccan Chargers found solace after three consecutive failures.

Rohit Sharma for his Hat-trick and fine performance with the bat was adjudged Man of the Match.

Sudeep Tyagi bowled the next over and sent out Gibbs for another duck. Shadab Jakati (who took 4 wickets once more in his second outing) had caught VVS Laxman for another duck off Morkel. So with three ducks in a row for 3/3 the match ended there for all intents and purposes. But Dwayne Smith almost turned the tables (49 runs off 23 balls with 5 sixes and got the prize for most sixes) when he and his partner Rohit Sharma (21) were packed off at the crucial time by the youngster Jakati. They were helped by pathetic fielding errors of CSK, in missing catches thrice and run-out chance once for Smith.

Earlier CSK won the toss and elected to bat. Openers Mathew Hyden (43) and M. Vijay (31) minced the bowlers of Deccan Chargers as fresh meat and put a big first wicket score of 61 runs. On this platform it was easy for M.S. Dhoni (not out 58) and Suresh Raina (32) to build up the total of 178/3 at the close of 20 overs. Both these batsmen showed perfect understanding in running between the wickets and hitting boundaries with the loose balls, delivered by the lackluster bowling of DC.

MS Dhoni was the Man of the Match for coming out of his lean patch so far and hitting a good 58 runs.

Earlier Deccan Chargers won the toss and Gilchrist and Gibbs smashed over 30 runs in the initial 3 overs. Rohit Sharma (38) and Suman (41 not out) kept the game going in the right path to finish at 141/5. They could have won the match, but for the team spirit of Rajasthan Royals in concentrating their efforts.

Yusuf Pathan the fine finishing batsman was Man of the Match.

The winning streak of Deccan Chargers was broken today by Delhi Daredevils.  The performance of Delhi Daredevils’ batsmen TM Dilshan (52 n/o) (who already won another match single handedly against Royal Challengers) and Wicket Keeper Dinesh Karthik steadied the Innings after the early fall of Captain Sheawag (20) and Gowtham Gambir (17).  Gambir was little bit unlucky to be given out lbw as the TV replay showed it was not.  Dilshan was steely enough in the death overs to smash fours and finally reached the target of 150 in 18.4 overs against Deccan Chargers’ 148/8.

Earlier, Delhi Daredevils won the toss and elected to field.  Captain Adam Gilchrist and Pragyan Ohja opened the Innings. Ohja was run out by Daniel Vettori for just 1 run. Gilchrist (8) and Gibbs for a duck were dismissed by the fine bowling of Dirk Nannes. Inspite of the best efforts of Dwayne Smith (48), Bilakhia (22), Suman (23), and Venugopal Rao (16), the team could muster only 148 runs at the end of 20 overs giving away 8 wickets. The early fall of openers and formidable batsmen like Gillchrist and Gibbs was the dousing spirit of the team.

Dirk Nannes, the bowler who got these precious wickets was adjudged as the Man of the Match.

Deccan Chargers won the toss and elected to field. Chennai Super Kings opened the Innings with Parthiv Patel and Hyden. Patel was out for a duck in the very first over by Edwards. Hyden and Raina fired all over the field with fours and sixes. Rohit Sharma dismissed Raina (25) and Ohja in one over sent out Dhoni (22) and Hyden (49). Jacob Oram shined with his bat and hit 4-4-6-1 in one over of Shoaib Ahmed. He was not out at 41 at the end of the Innings. Chennai Super Kings made a hefty 165/6.

Chasing this Adam Gilchrist and Gibbs thundered 48 runs in just 3 overs. The fastest 50 in all the IPL matches came through their blades in 4 overs. Gibbs continued his fireworks to claim the win with an unbeaten 69, to achieve 169/4 in 19.3 overs.

Gibbs was befittingly awarded the Man of the Match.