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IPL 5 2012 schedule

IPL 5 Schedule 2012
Match No.Date & DayTimeTeam 1Team 2Venue
14th April,Wednesday8 p.m.Chennai Super KingsMumbai IndiansChennai
25th April, Thursday8 p.m.Kolkata Knight RidersDelhi DaredevilsKolkata
36th April, Friday4 p.m.Mumbai IndiansPune Warriors IndiaMumbai
46th April, Friday8 p.m.Rajasthan RoyalsKings XI PunjabJaipur
57th April, Saturday4 p.m.Royal Challengers BangaloreDelhi DaredevilsBangalore
67th April, Saturday8 p.m.Deccan ChargersChennai Super KingsVizag
78th April, Sunday4 p.m.Rajasthan RoyalsKolkata Knight RidersJaipur
88th April, Sunday8 p.m.Pune Warriors IndiaKings XI PunjabPune
99th April, Monday8 p.m.Deccan ChargersMumbai IndiansVizag
1010th April, Tuesday4 p.m.Royal Challengers BangaloreKolkata Knight RidersBangalore
1110th April, Tuesday8 p.m.Delhi DaredevilsChennai Super KingsDelhi
1211th April,Wednesday8 p.m.Mumbai IndiansRajasthan RoyalsMumbai
1312th April, Thursday4 p.m.Chennai Super KingsRoyal Challengers BangaloreChennai
1412th April, Thursday8 p.m.Kings XI PunjabPune Warriors IndiaMohali
1513th April, Friday8 p.m.Kolkata Knight RidersRajasthan RoyalsKolkata
1614th April, Saturday4 p.m.Delhi DaredevilsDeccan ChargersDelhi
1714th April, Saturday8 p.m.Pune Warriors IndiaChennai Super KingsPune
1815th April, Sunday4 p.m.Kolkata Knight RidersKings XI PunjabKolkata
1915th April, Sunday8 p.m.Royal Challengers BangaloreRajasthan RoyalsBangalore
2016th April, Monday8 p.m.Mumbai IndiansDelhi DaredevilsMumbai
2117th April, Tuesday4 p.m.Rajasthan RoyalsDeccan ChargersJaipur
2217th April, Tuesday8 p.m.Royal Challengers BangalorePune Warriors IndiaBangalore
2318th April,Wednesday8 p.m.Kings XI PunjabKolkata Knight RidersMohali
2419th April, Thursday4 p.m.Deccan ChargersDelhi DaredevilsHyderabad/Cuttack
2519th April, Thursday8 p.m.Chennai Super KingsPune Warriors IndiaChennai
2620th April, Friday8 p.m.Kings XI PunjabRoyal Challengers BangaloreMohali
2721st April, Saturday4 p.m.Chennai Super KingsRajasthan RoyalsChennai
2821st April, Saturday8 p.m.Delhi DaredevilsPune Warriors IndiaDelhi
2922nd April, Sunday4 p.m.Mumbai IndiansKings XI PunjabMumbai
3022nd April, Sunday8 p.m.Deccan ChargersKolkata Knight RidersHyderabad/Cuttack
3123rd April, Monday8 p.m.Rajasthan RoyalsRoyal Challengers BangaloreJaipur
3224th April, Tuesday4 p.m.Pune Warriors IndiaDelhi DaredevilsPune
3324th April, Tuesday8 p.m.Kolkata Knight RidersDeccan ChargersKolkata
3425th April,Wednesday4 p.m.Kings XI PunjabMumbai IndiansMohali
3525th April,Wednesday8 p.m.Royal Challengers BangaloreChennai Super KingsBangalore
3626th April, Thrusday8 p.m.Pune Warriors IndiaDeccan ChargersPune
3727th April, Friday8 p.m.Delhi DaredevilsMumbai IndiansDelhi
3828th April, Saturday4 p.m.Chennai Super KingsKings XI PunjabChennai
3928th April, Saturday8 p.m.Kolkata Knight RidersRoyal Challengers BangaloreKolkata
4029th April, Sunday4 p.m.Delhi DaredevilsRajasthan RoyalsDelhi
4129th April, Sunday8 p.m.Mumbai IndiansDeccan ChargersMumbai
4230th April, Monday8 p.m.Chennai Super KingsKolkata Knight RidersChennai
431st May, Tuesday4 p.m.Deccan ChargersPune Warriors IndiaHyderabad
441st May, Tuesday8 p.m.Rajasthan RoyalsDelhi DaredevilsJaipur
452nd May,Wednesday8 p.m.Royal Challengers BangaloreKings XI PunjabBangalore
463rd May, Thursday8 p.m.Pune Warriors IndiaMumbai IndiansPune
474th May, Friday8 p.m.Chennai Super KingsDeccan ChargersChennai
485th May, Saturday4 p.m.Kolkata Knight RidersPune Warriors IndiaKolkata
495th May, Saturday8 p.m.Kings XI PunjabRajasthan RoyalsMohali
506th May, Sunday4 p.m.Mumbai IndiansChennai Super KingsMumbai
516th May, Sunday8 p.m.Royal Challengers BangaloreDeccan ChargersBangalore
527th May, Monday8 p.m.Delhi DaredevilsKolkata Knight RidersDelhi
538th May, Tuesday4 p.m.Pune Warriors IndiaRajasthan RoyalsPune
548th May, Tuesday8 p.m.Deccan ChargersKings XI PunjabHyderabad
559th May,Wednesday8 p.m.Mumbai IndiansRoyal Challengers BangaloreMumbai
5610th May, Thursday8 p.m.Rajasthan RoyalsChennai Super KingsJaipur
5711th May, Friday8 p.m.Pune Warriors IndiaRoyal Challengers BangalorePune
5812th May, Saturday4 p.m.Kolkata Knight RidersMumbai IndiansKolkata
5912th May, Saturday8 p.m.Chennai Super KingsDelhi DaredevilsChennai
6013th May, Sunday4 p.m.Rajasthan RoyalsPune Warriors IndiaJaipur
6113th May, Sunday8 p.m.Kings XI PunjabDeccan ChargersMohali
6214th May, Monday4 p.m.Royal Challengers BangaloreMumbai IndiansBangalore
6314th May, Monday8 p.m.Kolkata Knight RidersChennai Super KingsKolkata
6415th May, Tuesday8 p.m.Delhi DaredevilsKings XI PunjabDelhi
6516th May,Wednesday8 p.m.Mumbai IndiansKolkata Knight RidersMumbai
6617th May, Thursday4 p.m.Kings XI PunjabChennai Super KingsDharamsala
6717th May, Thursday8 p.m.Delhi DaredevilsRoyal Challengers BangaloreDelhi
6818th May, Friday8 p.m.Deccan ChargersRajasthan RoyalsHyderabad
6919th May, Saturday4 p.m.Kings XI PunjabDelhi DaredevilsDharamsala
7019th May, Saturday8 p.m.Pune Warriors IndiaKolkata Knight RidersPune
7120th May, Sunday4 p.m.Deccan ChargersRoyal Challengers BangaloreHyderabad
7220th May, Sunday8 p.m.Rajasthan RoyalsMumbai IndiansJaipur
Qualifier 122nd May, Tuesday8 p.m.1st Place Team2nd Place TeamBangalore
Eliminator23rd May,Wednesday8 p.m.3rd Place Team4th Place TeamBangalore
Qualifier 225th May, Friday8 p.m.Winner of EliminatorLoser of Qualifier 1Chennai
Final27th May, Sunday8 p.m.Winner of Qualifier 1Winner of Qualifier 2Chennai

 

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INTERNATIONAL CENTURIONS  

Number of centuries in ODI and Test Matches

100 - Sachin Tendulkar
69 - Ricky Ponting
57 - Jacques Kallis
53 - Brian Lara
48 - Rahul Dravid
45 - Mahela Jayawardene
42 - Sanath Jayasuriya
40 - Matthew Hayden
39 - Mohammad Yousuf
38 - Mark Waugh, Sourav Ganguly, Kumar Sangakkara

Sachin Tendulkar misses out on historic 100th century

Sachin Tendulkar fell six runs short of his 100th international hundred in the third and final Test with West Indies.Having eased from 67 to 94 on day four in his home city Mumbai, he sliced Ravi Rampaul to Darren Sammy at second slip.

Tendulkar, who has 51 Test centuries and 48 in one-day internationals, has been stuck on 99 hundreds since March.

There will be no imminent chance to reach the feat after he was left out of India's squad for the first three one-day internationals with the Windies.

It is unclear if Tendulkar will return for the final two matches of the one-day series with the Windies, which take place in Indore on 8 December and Chennai three days later.

Should he not feature in those games, the legendary 38-year-old's next international opportunity is expected to be the Boxing Day Test against Australia at the famous Melbourne Cricket Ground.

The Mumbai crowd, who were packed into the Wankhede Stadium in anticipation of Tendulkar's achievement, were left stunned as their idol came so close to the feat that has been expected of him since the World Cup earlier this year.

Anticipation has grown after he made his 99th hundred against South Africa at the World Cup, and interest centred on him throughout India's troubled summer tour of England - where the nearest he came to three figures was scoring 91 on the last day of the Test series at The Oval.

Having been dropped by wicketkeeper Carlton Baugh off leg-spinner Devendra Bishoo with his score on 58 on Thursday, Tendulkar began day four in confident fashion, hitting paceman Rampaul for two fours off successive overs despite overnight partner VVS Laxman falling to the first ball he faced.

The "Little Master" then took 14 off an over from Fidel Edwards, including a cover-driven four and a six over the slips, to move into the 90s.

But on the last ball of the 87th over, Rampaul struck to leave India's fans playing the waiting game again as their remaining batsmen successfully battled to save the follow-on.

The local media were left as stunned as the supporters - with NDTV describing it as "the biggest heartbreak ever".

With the match looking likely to finish as a draw after West Indies ended the day on 81-2 in their second innings, an overall lead of 189, Tendulkar may not get a chance to bat again until the five-game one-day international series starts on Tuesday.

He remains the leading all-time Test run-scorer by a distance, having passed the 15,000 mark in the first Test of the series, and is more than 2,000 ahead of his nearest challenger - his long-term team-mate Rahul Dravid, who became only the second man to score 13,000 Test runs on his way to making 82 on Thursday.

Has golden era of Indian cricket  passed?

Just a few months ago, they were the country's Blue-eyed boys; they had just conquered the One-day world and were already ruling the roost in Test cricket. It looked like Indian cricket's golden era had finally started.

After all, in Mahendra Singh Dhoni the team had one of the coolest, if not the shrewdest, captains; he came with the luck of a first-time gambler and almost each time the dice simply smiled and rolled in his favour. Even his worst moves turned out to be master-strokes.
 
In Virender Sehwag and Sachin Tendulkar, India also had the best opening pair; the middle order was bristling with youthful brashness and fearless stroke-players. No target looked beyond them and the concept called impossible didn't come into play.

The bowling was in equally good hands: led by Zaheer Khan, the pace attack had all the angles covered. At their command was speed (Ishant Sharma), seam (Sreesanth), swing (Praveen Kumar) and line and length too (Munaf Patel); there was enough backup as well to cope with contingencies.

Harbhajan Singh had come into his own and seemed to be relishing the role of spearhead; there were leg-spin options (Amit Mishra), left-arm spinners (Pragyan Ojha) and a promising offie (R Ashwin) too. 

It looked like India would nicely fit into the shoes left behind by Australia.

But suddenly, everything has gone awry: the champion team has literally disintegrated and the aura that was just about settling down around them has evaporated. Every new day is bringing in new problems, new worries: who will be the next to break down? Who will reveal a till-now hidden injury?

The team for the England One-Day series almost seems like one from a different era, from some time in the future: yes, it has the over-stressed and crumbling Dhoni; it also has the can-see-now Gambhir. But beyond these two experienced hands, it might as well be an India A squad.

Parthiv Patel, Praveen have of course been around for some time; Suresh Raina and Virat Kohli too have played enough in the shorter formats; but till recently, weren't they seen as part of tomorrow's brigade, future stars? 

Ajinkya Rahane, Varun Aaron, Umesh Yadav, S Aravind, Rahul Sharma -- are they really ready for the big stage?

Surely, they can't be hoping to stop the English juggernaut with this set; surely, they can't be planning to have another go at the number one slot like this. It will, no doubt, be a wonderful opportunity for the Vinay Kumars, Manoj Tiwaris and Ravindra Jadejas to break into the big league; but they will be too enmeshed in their own fights, their own fate, to look at the bigger picture.

Not too far in the horizon looms the tour to Australia; the former champions are in the midst of a transition but must be salivating at the thought of taking on India. 

India will, no doubt, go back to their old horses in Tests, assuming that they will be fit by then.

Hopefully, they will be at full-strength in every department; hopefully, they won't miss a single key player. But will that be enough to recapture the winning spirit? Will the team regain its strut and its confidence? Or has the golden era already passed?

 


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