MUMBAI INDIANS WIN IPL-2 OPENER

The IPL-2 kicked off today at newlands,capetown..the inaugural match was played between chennaisuper kings and the mumbai indians.and mumbai won by 19 runs...While in last season's opener brendon mccullum smashed an unbeaten 153 to set up a crushing victory for his side,this time around the opener got underway with overcast conditions and sachin tendulkar played a brilliantly compiled 59 not out and batted through the 20 0vers to post a competitive total of 166 for 7..the innings was initially subdued and gained momentum as abishek nayar smacked a few out of capetown in a flintoff over and some lusty blows in the final overs saw them post a decent total..THE chennai innings started disastrously as parthiv was gone in the second ball of the innings..hayden and flintoff batted well and looked threatening during their 50 run stand..harbhajan then bowled an excellent spell choking them for runs and accounting for dangerous flintoff...this opened the gates as wickets kept tumbling at regular intervals...dhoni was the only hope the chennai had with more than 30 needed in the last 3 overs..but some great swing bowling from malinga took mumbai home comfortably by 19 runs...

REVISED SCHEDULE OF IPL-2

The Revised schedule (All times IST):

April 18: Rajasthan Royals (RR) v Royal Challengers Bangalore (RCB) (4 pm) in Cape Town; Mumbai Indians (MI) v Chennai Super Kings (CSK) (8 pm) in Cape Town
April 19: Kolkata Knight Riders (KKR) v Deccan Chargers (DC) (4 pm) in Cape Town; Delhi Daredevils (DD) v Kings XI Punjab (KXIP) (8 pm) in Cape Town
April 20: RCB V CSK (4 pm) in Port Elizabeth
April 21: RR v MI (4 pm) in Durban; KKR v KXIP (8 pm) in Durban
April 22: DD v CSK (4 pm) in Durban; RCB v DC (8 pm) in Cape Town
April 23: KKR v RR (4 pm) in Port Elizabeth
April 24: KXIP v RCB (4 pm) in Johannesburg
April 25: KKR v CSK (4 pm) in Cape Town; DC v MI (8 pm) in Durban
April 26: RR v KXIP (4 pm) in Cape Town; RCB v DD (8 pm) Port Elizabeth
April 27: KKR v MI (4 pm) in Cape Town; CSK v DC (8 pm) in Durban
April 28: DD v RR (4 pm) in Centurion
April 29: MI v KXIP (4 pm) in Durban; KKR v RCB (8 pm) in Durban
April 30: DD v DC (4 pm) in Supersport Park; RR v CSK (8 pm) in Centurion
May 1: RCB v KXIP (4 pm) in East London; MI v KKR (8 pm) in Durban
May 2: RR v DC (4 pm) in Johannesburg; CSK v DD (8 pm) in Port Elizabeth
May 3: MI v RCB (4 pm) in Durban; KXIP v KKR (8 pm) in East London
May 4: DC v CSK (4 pm) in Port Elizabeth
May 5: DD v KKR (4 pm) in Durban; KXIP v RR (8 pm) in Durban
May 6: MI v DC (4 pm) in Centurion
May 7: KXIP v CSK (4 pm) in Supersport Park; RCB v RR (8 pm) in Centurion
May 8: DD v MI (4 pm) in East London
May 9: DC v KXIP (4 pm) in Bloemfontein; CSK v RR (8 pm) in Port Elizabeth
May 10: KKR v DD (4 pm) in East London; RCB v MI (8 pm) in Johannesburg
May 11: DC v RR (4 pm) in Bloemfontein
May 12: RCB v KKR (4 pm) in Centurion; KXIP v MI (8 pm) in Centurion
May 13: DC v DD (4 pm) in Durban
May 14: MI v RR (4 pm) in Durban; CSK v RCB (8 pm) in Durban
May 15: KXIP v DD (4 pm) in Kimberley
May 16: CSK v MI (4 pm) in Johannesburg; DC v KKR (8 pm) in Port Elizabeth
May 17: RR v DD (4 pm) in Kimberley; KXIP v DC (8 pm) in Johannesburg
May 18: CSK v KKR (4 pm) in Centurion
May 19: DD v RCB (4 pm) in Johannesburg
May 20: CSK v KXIP (4 pm) in Durban; RR v KKR (8 pm) in Durban
May 21: DC v RCB (4 pm) in Centurion; MI v DD (8 pm) in Centurion
May 22: Semi Final 1 in Centurion
May 23: Semi Final 2 in Johannesburg
May 24: Final in Johannesburg

INDIAN PREMIER LEAGUE WITH OUT INDIA...

The disaappointment of indian premier league not taking place in india is fading slowly as we get ready for it to kick off on the 18 th of april...being a chennai super kings and sachin supporter i could not ask for anything more as the opening match is between CSK AND mumbai indians at the wanderers in JO'BERG...DURBAN which was india's hunting ground in the t20 world cup gets to host the bulk of the matches during the tournament..it hosts 16 matches ...with both semi-final and final going to JO'BERG....its exciting to hear that atleast the tournament is going underway..looking forward for a great season of ipl-2...