The Four Teams that Qualified for the semifinals are :=

1. Rajasthan Royals

Performers :

Swapnil Asnodkar : No Fear
Graeme Smith : Hell
Shane Watson : Can hit six at will
Yusuf Pathan : No Need to tell
Shane Warne : Captaincy Captaincy
Sohail Tanvir : Leading Wicket Taker
Munaf Patel : Can be lethal sometimes

2. Kings XI Punjab

Performers :

Shaun Marsh : Leading Runscorer
James Hopes : Australian import
Lukes Pomersmach : Scorer bigtime
Sangakkara : as we all know
Jayawardana : Tactics
Yuvraj Singh : Six Sixers
Sreesanth : King after the slap
Piyush Chawla : Indian Shane Warne
VRV Singh : Can be lethal at the end
Irfan Pathan : the indian all rounder


3. Chennai Superkings

Performers

Stephen Fleming : But may not play
Suresh Raina : maturity
M S Dhone : Captain and hitter
Albie Morkel : Best All Rounder
S Badrinath : Strong Middle Order
MS Gony : Find of IPL
Makhaya Ntini : SA Express
L Balaji : Hat Trick Smiler
Muralitharan : Magician


4. Delhi Daredevils

Virender Sehwag : Double Triple Century
Gautum Gambhir : Highest Indian Run Scorer
Shikhar Dhawan : 4 Century Patnerships
Glenn McGrath : Lethal Weapon
Amit Mishra : Yet Another Spinner

The Much Awaited match - Chennai Superkings Vs Deccan Chargers is done and Chennai have arrived victorious.. this makes them one of the semifinalists in the inaugural indian premier league.

So the List of Semifinals are

Rajasthan Royals Vs Delhi Daredevils.

First Match : Delhi Won By 25 balls to spare
Second Match : Rajasthan Won by 5 balls to spare.

So this match would be good with the result going either way.

Kings XI Punjab Vs Chennai Superkings

First Match : Chennai won by 30 Runs.
Second Match : Chennai won by 15 Runs almost getting Punjab all out.

The second match being so tight could mean that semifinal is going to be electrifying.

The Mumbai Indians Vs Royal Challengers match has become a dead rubber which they would play only for pride.

Mumbai which is currently in 6th position might come to 5th if wins.
Bangalore if wins, would make it 5 wins totally retaining 7th position.

If Mumbai lose, they would make an interesting trend - 4 Losses 6 Wins and again 4 Losses.

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Charith

The Race for the semifinals in the Inaugural Indian Premier League is getting heated up..

Rajasthan and Mohali have already booked their seats..

and the 3 contenders for the 2 slots are :

Mumbai Indians : On 12 Points with 2 matches left.
Chennai Superkings : On 14 Points with 1 match left.
Delhi Daredevils : On 15 Points with no match left.

So the Result of the Match
Mumbai Indians Vs Rajasthan Royals was crucial for all the three teams..

So the Result was Mumbai Indians lost and Rajasthan Royals won by hitting 15 Runs Off the Last over..

So the semifinal dynamics has changed..
Now it is Certain that Delhi Daredevils are going to the semi finals..

So it'll be Mumbai Indians and Chennai Superkings who are going to battle it out for the last seat in the semifinals train.

Both Mumbai and Chennai now have one match left with chennai having 2 points lead.. but Mumbai has a better run rate than chennai almost more than by 0.8

So the match Chennai Superkings Vs Deccan Chargers is of atmost importance to both teams..

So the Result
1. If Chennai Wins, then its all over for Mumbai.. Chennai goes to semifinals.
2. If Chennai Loses, Mumbai should win against Bangalore Royal Challengers to reach the semifinals.. If Mumbai loses, Chennai go through..

So watch out for Chennai Superkings Vs Deccan Chargers Today..

Signing Off
Charith

The Point table looks like this..

Rajasthan and Mohali already qualified..

Chennai needs 1 win to qualify off 2 matches.
Delhi needs to win 1 win an also hope that Chennai or Mumbai doesnt qualify
Mumbai needs 2 wins off 3 matches to qualify.

So the Result of this weeks is like

Chennai Vs Jaipur == Chennai Lost.
Mumbai Vs Delhi == Delhi Won and Mumbai Lost.

so this makes the situation interesting..

Delhi is on 15 points
Chennai is on 14 points ( 1 match remaining)
Mumbai is on 12 Points ( 2 matches remaining)

So if chennai lose the next match it'll be like Delhi is qualified and Mumbai has to lose both the matches or just lose one very badly to get a lower run rate than Chennai..

Mumbai needs to win one or two depending on Chennai's result.. if chennai wins they'll have to win both otherwise they'll have to win one.. bcos chennai has a very bad run rate..

So this week will tell all the results which would be very entertaining for the the least..

it is Mumbai Vs Jaipur and Chennai Vs Deccan for the next 2 days..

You dont want to miss these..

Signing Off..
Charith