Game is going to change soon. Players joining and departing...

There is going to be lots of changes happening in team as well as there strength. In all of the 8 teams, Mumbai Indians are not going to lose or gain any players. Rajasthan Royals is going to look very strong team after Graeme Smith, Younis Khan, Dimitri Mascarenhas, the hard hitter T20 specialist and Sohail Tanveer will join the team with in few days. We hope to see them before there match in Bangalore on 25th April.

Kolkata Knightriders is one of the team which will lose the captain expectise of Ricky Ponting (offcourse Ganguly is the Captain but Ponting was a great support for him). The big lose will be Brendon McCullum, the Orange Cap holder. Hope to see him in action last time before he joins his national team on England tour. Chris Gayle and Umar Gul will be joining. Chris Gayle will be for short duration as the 1st test match against Australia starts by May 22 or so. Shahrukh may be hoping that Shohib Akthar can join his team, that will be a real big boost for him and his team.

Other major drawback will be for Super Kings, Dhoni's team. All the 3 big shorts are leaving Matthew Hayden, Michael Hussey and Jacob Oram to join there national teams. They will be replaced by Makhaya Ntini and Albie Morkel. Can they match the departed player. Lets see whats going to happen. Dhoni has to start firing from his bat. He has to lead from the front with scoring runs too.

Brett Lee and Simon Katich will also depart from Kings X| Punjab team, it will not effect too much for the team. It is still on the bottom of the point table and has to open the account. They will miss Lee's bowling, but nobody is going to join them in the team. It may be a diffcuilt task for Yuvi to bring his team up in the ladder. Preity Zinta will be very worried owner. Yuvraj has to start batting very well and the team has to win matches.

Deccan Charges may be sort of happy to send bye bye to Andrew Symonds as he was not that effective after 2 matches. Sehwag just smashed his one over for 30 runs. Symonds is a real gem when he starts performing. Don't be sad Hyderabad guys, one hitter goes another joins. He is South African Herschelle Gibbs. He is real attacking player. He is good filder too. Hope he may bring luck for Deccan team.

Daniel Vettori will be joining his NeaZealand team in UK. This will not effect Delhi DareDevils as Delhi is Rocking now and they have Shoaib Malik who had joined the team and played against Deecan Chargers too yesterday.

Bnaglore Royals Challengers will be one more team whose strength will increase, they will have lot more choice to pick player. Ashley Nofke will be going but it will not make any differnce for the team. Dale Steyn will be joing the team, he is going to rock and break lots of wickets with his fast and furious bowling. Misbah-ul-Haq is one of the specialist batmans of 20/20 will be joining the team.

I think the greater advantage team will be Rajasthan Royals. This will be fun to watch what is going to be folded next week. Point tables may tumble upside down.


Here are the list of players - Joining and Leaving:

Team Leaving Players Joining Players
Kings XI Punjab Brett Lee
Simon Katich
Super Kings Matthew Hayden
Michael Hussey
Jacob Oram Makhaya Ntini
Albie Morkel
Deccan Chargers Andrew Symonds Herschelle Gibbs
Knight Riders Ricky Ponting
Brendon McCullum Chris Gayle
Umar Gul
Delhi Daredevils Daniel Vettori
Royal Challengers Ashley Nofke Dale Steyn
Misbah-ul-Haq
Rajasthan Royals Graeme Smith
Younis Khan
Sohail Tanveer

Current IPL Scores

Teams Played Won Lost Points Net Run Rate
Knight Riders 2 2 0 4 +3.764
DareDevils 2 2 0 4 +2.988
Super Kings 2 2 0 4 +0.975
Rajasthan Royals 3 2 1 4 -0.419
Royal Challengers 2 1 1 2 -3.423
Indians 2 0 2 0 -0.254
Deccan Chargers 3 0 3 0 -1.339
Kings XI Punjab 2 0 2 0 -1.365

Rocking Rajasthan Royals win by 3 wicket

Royals, who were touted as the weakest team of the tournament have become the first team to chase a 200 plus score successfully. Everyone contributed to the win-Smith and Yusuf with quickfire fifties, a blistering cameo from Kaif and Warne's finish was the icing on the cake.

Captain Shane Warne hit the fourth and fifth ball of the final over for two huge sixes to ensure Rajasthan Royals a three-wicket win over the Deccan Chargers in the Indian Premier League match at Hyderabad on Thursday.

The Rajsthan Royals were locked in a intense match against the Deccan Chargers, and it went down right to the finish. Needing 215 to win, the Rajasthan Royals did well to chase, but needed 17 runs of the last over to win. And as Warne smashed a SIX of the last-but-one delivery to seal the win for the Royals, the entire stadium erupted. What a match!

Earlier in the evening, the famed Symonds finally clicked, scoring a well hit 117 off just 53 balls with 18 hits to the fence (including 7 sixes). The Deccan Chargers did well, but I think they needed just a slightly higher score on this wicket. Symonds needed some more hitting support from the rest of the team that didn’t come through and that cost the Deccan Chargers their 3rd loss in a row. The Chargers need to pull things together and quickly!

South African Graeme Smith (71), playing in his first match, and Yusuf Pathan (61) were the other major contributors for the Rajasthan team while Mohammad Kaif also chipped in with an aggressive 16-ball 34.

Shahid Afridi was the most successful bowler for the home team for three wickets.

Earily today Paceman Munaf Patel was hit all over the park, he conceded 55 and 47 runs in his four overs. Royals skipper Shane Warne brought in Pathan early in the innings and the bowler responded with two wickets in an eventful over.

Pathan dismissed the dangerous Gilchrist (13) on the second ball of the over as the Australian came forward, got deceived in the air, and was stumped by wicketkeeper Kamran Akmal.

Shahid Afridi then joined his skipper and hit a six and a boundary before handing a catch to Ravinder Jadeja at mid-on while attempting a big shot.

Laxman (16) and Symonds then put on 43 runs for the third-wicket, which not only helped hosts to recover from 32 for two but set the platform for the big score.

Laxman was caught and bowled by Warne. Laxman is not performing well in this tournment. Deccan Changers team management have to think again and replace with him Gibbs.