Week 4 Roundup

We are another week into the Premier League, and getting down to the business end of the tournament. Almost 40 matches into the tournament, with about 17 to go until the start of the finals, the upcoming weeks are going to prove very important to all teams.

Currently, Rajasthan Royals are on top of the table with 14 points. Behind them are the Kings XI Punjab and Chennai, both on 12 points each. Kolkata and Delhi are in equal fourth place on 10 points. Deccan and Bangalore are at the bottom of the table with 4 points a piece, and Mumbai is currently in 6th place. With such little difference in points between the teams, the upcoming games are very important leading up to the semi-finals.

Here are the results from the last week of games:

30th match: Rajasthan Royals v Deccan Chargers at Jaipur - May 9, 2008
Rajasthan Royals won by 8 wickets (with 24 balls remaining)
Deccan Chargers 140/8 (20/20 ov); Rajasthan Royals 141/2 (16/20 ov)

31st match: Chennai Super Kings v Kings XI Punjab at Chennai - May 10, 2008
Chennai Super Kings won by 18 runs
Chennai Super Kings 181/4 (20/20 ov); Kings XI Punjab 163/9 (20/20 ov)

32nd match: Deccan Chargers v Kolkata Knight Riders at Hyderabad (Decc) - May 11, 2008
Kolkata Knight Riders won by 23 runs
Kolkata Knight Riders 204/4 (20/20 ov); Deccan Chargers 181/7 (20/20 ov)

33rd match: Rajasthan Royals v Delhi Daredevils at Jaipur - May 11, 2008
Rajasthan Royals won by 3 wickets (with 5 balls remaining)
Delhi Daredevils 156/7 (20/20 ov); Rajasthan Royals 159/7 (19.1/20 ov)

34th match: Kings XI Punjab v Bangalore Royal Challengers at Mohali - May 12, 2008
Kings XI Punjab won by 9 wickets (with 26 balls remaining)
Bangalore Royal Challengers 143/8 (20/20 ov); Kings XI Punjab 144/1 (15.4/20 ov)

35th match: Kolkata Knight Riders v Delhi Daredevils at Kolkata - May 13, 2008
Kolkata Knight Riders won by 23 runs
Kolkata Knight Riders 133/6 (20/20 ov); Delhi Daredevils 110 (17.5/20 ov)

36th match: Mumbai Indians v Chennai Super Kings at Mumbai - May 14, 2008
Mumbai Indians won by 9 wickets (with 37 balls remaining)
Chennai Super Kings 156/6 (20/20 ov); Mumbai Indians 158/1 (13.5/20 ov)

37th match: Delhi Daredevils v Deccan Chargers at Delhi - May 15, 2008
Delhi Daredevils won by 12 runs
Delhi Daredevils 194/4 (20/20 ov); Deccan Chargers 182/9 (20/20 ov)