Week 5

Sorry again for the late post.. but here are the results from another week in the IPL. Things are starting to settle down before the start of the semi-finals next week. Already two teams; Rajasthan and Mohali have secured their places in the semis, and the other two spots are open to Delhi, Mumbai or Chennai. After a promising start to the tournament, Kolkata are out of contention for a finals spot, while Deccan and Bangalore have spent the entire tournament occupying the bottom two positions of the table.

Here are the results from the 5th week of the Indian Premier League. Note that next week will be the last week of the tournament, with the semi finals being played on May 30th and 31st, and the IPL Final to be held on the 1st of June at Mumbai. We can finally all go back to normal sleeping patterns!

38th match: Mumbai Indians v Kolkata Knight Riders at Mumbai - May 16, 2008
Mumbai Indians won by 8 wickets (with 87 balls remaining)
Kolkata Knight Riders 67 (15.2/20 ov); Mumbai Indians 68/2 (5.3/20 ov)

39th match: Rajasthan Royals v Bangalore Royal Challengers at Jaipur - May 17, 2008
Rajasthan Royals won by 65 runs
Rajasthan Royals 197/1 (20/20 ov); Bangalore Royal Challengers 132/9 (20/20 ov)

40th match: Delhi Daredevils v Kings XI Punjab at Delhi - May 17, 2008
Kings XI Punjab won by 6 runs (D/L method)
Delhi Daredevils 118/4 (11/11 ov); Kings XI Punjab 94/3 (8/8 ov)

41st match: Kolkata Knight Riders v Chennai Super Kings at Kolkata - May 18, 2008
Chennai Super Kings won by 3 runs (D/L method)
Kolkata Knight Riders 149/5 (20/20 ov); Chennai Super Kings 55/0 (8/8 ov)

42nd match: Deccan Chargers v Mumbai Indians at Hyderabad (Decc) - May 18, 2008
Mumbai Indians won by 25 runs
Mumbai Indians 178/7 (20/20 ov); Deccan Chargers 153/7 (20/20 ov)

43rd match: Bangalore Royal Challengers v Delhi Daredevils at Bangalore - May 19, 2008
Delhi Daredevils won by 5 wickets (with 10 balls remaining)
Bangalore Royal Challengers 154/7 (20/20 ov); Delhi Daredevils 158/5 (18.2/20 ov)

44th match: Kolkata Knight Riders v Rajasthan Royals at Kolkata - May 20, 2008
Rajasthan Royals won by 6 wickets (with 21 balls remaining)
Kolkata Knight Riders 147/8 (20/20 ov); Rajasthan Royals 150/4 (16.3/20 ov)

45th match: Mumbai Indians v Kings XI Punjab at Mumbai - May 21, 2008
Kings XI Punjab won by 1 run
Kings XI Punjab 189/4 (20/20 ov); Mumbai Indians 188 (20/20 ov)

46th match: Chennai Super Kings v Bangalore Royal Challengers at Chennai - May 21, 2008
Bangalore Royal Challengers won by 14 runs
Bangalore Royal Challengers 126/8 (20/20 ov); Chennai Super Kings 112/8 (20/20 ov)

47th match: Delhi Daredevils v Kolkata Knight Riders at Delhi - May 22, 2008
Match abandoned without a ball bowled

48th match: Kings XI Punjab v Deccan Chargers at Mohali - May 23, 2008
Kings XI Punjab won by 6 wickets (with 3 balls remaining)
Deccan Chargers 175/4 (20/20 ov); Kings XI Punjab 178/4 (19.3/20 ov)

49th match: Chennai Super Kings v Rajasthan Royals at Chennai - May 24, 2008
Rajasthan Royals won by 10 runs
Rajasthan Royals 211/5 (20/20 ov); Chennai Super Kings 201/7 (20/20 ov)

50th match: Delhi Daredevils v Mumbai Indians at Delhi - May 24, 2008
Delhi Daredevils won by 5 wickets (with 1 ball remaining)
Mumbai Indians 176/8 (20/20 ov); Delhi Daredevils 179/5 (19.5/20 ov)

51st match: Deccan Chargers v Bangalore Royal Challengers at Hyderabad (Decc) - May 25, 2008
Bangalore Royal Challengers won by 5 wickets (with 6 balls remaining)
Deccan Chargers 165 (20/20 ov); Bangalore Royal Challengers 171/5 (19/20 ov)

52nd match: Kolkata Knight Riders v Kings XI Punjab at Kolkata - May 25, 2008
Kolkata Knight Riders won by 3 wickets (with 2 balls remaining)
Kings XI Punjab 174/6 (20/20 ov); Kolkata Knight Riders 175/7 (19.4/20 ov)