Tidy Deccan overwhelm KolkataDeccan Chargers v Kolkata Knight Riders, IPL, Cape Town

April 19, 2009

Deccan Chargers 104 for 2 (Gibbs 43*, Rohit 36*) beat Kolkata Knight Riders 101 (RP Singh 4-22) by eight wickets

Herschelle Gibbs swung his way to an unbeaten 43, Deccan Chargers v Kolkata Knight Riders, IPL, 4th game, Cape Town, April 19, 2009

Herschelle Gibbs' unbeaten 43 guided Deccan Chargers to a comprehensive victory © Getty Images

Could the script have been any different from last year's start for the Kolkata Knight Riders? Brendon McCullum's intoxicating 158 had taken them to an enormous victory a year ago, but they were outplayed by an efficient Deccan Chargers outfit on a juicy pitch in Cape Town. It has been a weekend to savour for bowlers, and each member of Deccan's attack did their bit to leave Kolkata scrambling to reach triple-digits. Herschelle Gibbs, coming off a triumphant series against Australia, and Rohit Sharma, back in the country where he made his name in 2007, then made sure Deccan's campaign didn't begin in the dismal way last season's had. 

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Meet the IPL teams

Owners, coaches, captains and leading players of the eight teams contesting the Indian Premier League which starts in South Africa on Saturday:

Bangalore Royal Challengers

Owner: Vijay Mallya (liquor and airline baron)

Coach: Ray Jennings (RSA)

Captain: Kevin Pietersen (ENG)/Jacques Kallis (RSA - for last three weeks)

Foreign players: Kevin Pietersen (ENG), Cameron White (AUS), Dale Steyn (RSA), Dillon du Preez (RSA), Jacques Kallis (RSA), Jesse Ryder (NZL), Mark Boucher (RSA), Nathan Bracken (AUS), Roelof van der Merwe (RSA), Ross Taylor (NZL).

India stars: Anil Kumble, Praveen Kumar, Rahul Dravid, Robin Uthappa, Virat Kohli, Wasim Jaffer.

Kolkata Knight Riders

Owners: Shah Rukh Khan and Juhi Chawla (Bollywood stars)

Coach: John Buchanan (AUS)

Captain: Not named

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Mumbai Indians beat Channai Super Kings by 19 runs

Sachin Tendulkar’s magnificent unbeaten half-century and unorthodox fast bowler Lasith Malinga’s three wickets helped Mumbai Indians to beat Chennai Super Kings by 19 runs in the first match of the second DLF Indian Premier League (IPL).
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Second IPL begins todayIndian Premier League

Royals' tough opener

Second IPL begins today

When the glitz and the glamour of the build-up to the Indian Premier League makes way for cricket action Saturday, past form will not count for much.

Defending champions the Rajasthan Royals could find it tough this time around, starting with their opening clash against Bangalore Royal Challengers in the second match of a double header which gets the five-week, 2009 tournament underway.

Mumbai Indians meet Chennai Super Kings, who were runners-up last year, in the early match.

The relocation of the world's richest cricket league from India to South Africa means that conditions will be different, with seam bowlers likely to get far more assistance than they did in the inaugural tournament in India last year.

The Royals had an early taste of the Newlands pitch in a warm-up match last weekend when batsmen struggled to play the sort of dominating innings that marked the first IPL.

It is a major blow for the champions will be without all-rounder Shane Watson and left-arm fast bowler Sohail Tanvir, two of the main match-winners for the underdogs who spent the least money on players but carried away the 1.2-million-dollar prize money.The Royals, who will again be led by veteran Australian leg-spinner Shane Warne, will hope that Indian fast bowler Munaf Patel and South Africa's Morne Morkel can compensate for the loss of the two stars.

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Indian Premier League Fixture

Indian Premier League Fixture

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