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With the recent news about Sanjay Dutt wanting to own an IPL team and Ajay Devgan sharing the same interest as well, soon the two action heroes will be seen jointly owning a team.

Apparently, Sanjay Dutt already met Indian Premier League’s commissioner Lalit Modi on September 2 in Mumbai at a five star hotel. Ajay Devgan was out of town and left the responsibility of the meeting on Sanju baba’

He wants to invest in Ahmedabad team with Ajay Devgan as the co-owner. What we know so far is that Sanju Baba has done all his homework about the pros and cons of investing in a cricket team and is positive about the same.

Both actors will also be seen together in the film All The Best. While talking to each other on the sets of the movie, the idea of owning an IPL team emerged and before we knew Sanju Baba was already on his way to meet Mr.Modi.

Since all the biggies of the B-town want to own an IPL tea, how can Salman Khan be left in the run race to own one. He is said to be interested in owning in Nagpur or Kochi team.

IPL definitely has magnetic powers to attract our bollywood stars. Hopefully we shall see more cricket and more stars as well. An double eye candy!!

Points table of the Indian Premier League (IPL) after Chennai Super Kings beat Deccan Chargers here Monday.

MP W L NR P

Chennai Super Kings 8 4 3 1 9

Kings XI Punjab 7 4 3 0 8

Delhi Daredevils 6 4 2 0 8

Hyderabad Deccan Chargers 7 4 3 0 8

Bangalore Royal Challengers 8 4 4 0 8

Mumbai Indians 7 3 3 1 7

Rajasthan Royals 7 3 3 1 7

Kolkata Knight Riders 8 1 6 1 3

(MP-Matches Played, W-Win, L-Loss, NR- No Result, P-Points).

Scoreboard of the Indian Premier League (IPL) match between

Chennai Super Kings and Deccan Chargers here Monday.

Chennai Super Kings

Murali Vijay c Gibbs b Suman 31 (33)

Matthew Hayden c R.P. Singh b Shoaib 43 (26)

Mahendra Singh Dhoni not out 58 (37)

Suresh Raina c Smith b R.P. Singh 32 (19)

Albie Morkel not out 4 (5)

Extras (lb 5, w 5) 10

Total (for three wickets in 20 overs) 178

Fall of wickets 1-61 (Hayden, 6.5 overs), 2-99 (Vijay, 12.1), 3-153 (Raina, 17.6)

Bowling

Ryan Harris 4-0-39-0

R.P. Singh 4-0-36-1

Dwayne Smith 2-0-21-0

Rohit Sharma 1-0-8-0

Shoaib Ahmed 2-0-14-1

Pragyan Ojha 4-0-26-0

Tirumalsetti Suman 3-0-29-1

Deccan Chargers (target: 179 runs from 20 overs)

Adam Gilchrist lbw b Morkel 0 (1)

Herschelle Gibbs b Tyagi 0 (2)

V.V.S. Laxman c Jakati b Morkel 0 (7)

Rohit Sharma c Badrinath b Jakati 21 (20)

Dwayne Smith lbw b Jakati 49 (23)

Tirumalsetti Suman c Vijay b Muralitharan 17 (17)

Y. Venugopal Rao c Muralitharan b Jakati 2 (5)

Ryan Harris b Jakati 1 (4)

R.P Singh c Vijay b Muralitharan 2 (6)

Shoaib Ahmed not out 1 (2)

Pragyan Ojha c Jakati b Raina 0 (2)

Extras (b 1, lb 3, w 2, nb 1) 7

Total (all out in 14.4 overs) 100

Fall of wickets 1-0 (Gilchrist, 0.1 overs), 2-1 (Gibbs, 1.2), 3-1 (Laxman, 2.2),

4-73 (Sharma, 8.2), 5-75 (Smith, 8.6), 6-82 (Venugopal Rao, 10.4), 7-96 (Harris, 12.4), 8-99 (R.P. Singh, 13.5), 9-99 (Suman, 13.6), 10-100 (Ojha, 14.4)

Bowling

Albie Morkel 3-1-24-2

Sudip Tyagi 2-0-9-1

Lakshmipathy Balaji 1-0-18-0

Shadab Jakati 4-0-22-4

Muttiah Muralitharan 3-0-11-2

Suresh Raina 1.4-0-12-1

Toss: Chennai Super Kings, chose to bat first

Points Chennai Super Kings 2, Deccan Chargers 0

Man of the Match: Mahendra Singh Dhoni (Chennai Super Kings)

Umpires: Billy Doctrove (West Indies) and M.Erasmus (South Africa)

TV umpire: S. Tarapore (India)

Match referee: Yashpal Sharma (India)

Scoreboard of the Indian Premier League (IPL) match between Royal Challengers Bangalore and Kings XI Punjab here Friday.

Royal Challengers Bangalore:

Jesse Ryder c Jayawardene b Pathan 2 (5)

Shreevats Goswami c Chawla b Abdulla 10 (14)

Rajesh Bishnoi c Chawla b Abdulla 18 (14)

Jacques Kallis b Yuvraj Singh 27 (22)

Robin Uthappa c Katich b Yuvraj Singh 19 (17)

Virat Kohli c Chawla b Pathan 16 (14)

Mark Boucher lbw b Yuvraj Singh 2 (4)

Roelof van der Merwe c Pathan b Abdulla 35 (19)

Praveen Kumar not out 9 (7)

Anil Kumble b Abdulla 1 (3)

Prabhu Appanna not out 0 (0)

Extras (b 1, lb 1, w 4) 6

Total (for nine wickets in 20 overs): 145

Fall of wickets: 1-2 (Ryder, 0.5), 2-27 (Bishnoi, 4.4), 3-38 (Goswami, 6.1), 4-80 (Uthappa, 11.5), 5-80 (Kallis, 11.6), 6-84 (Boucher, 13.1), 7-128 (van der Merwe, 17.4), 8-133 (Kohli, 18.1), 9-136 (Kumble, 19.1)

Bowling:

Irfan Pathan 4-0-19-2

Vikram Singh Malik 3-0-29-0

Yusuf Abdulla 4-1-36-4

Ramesh Powar 1-0-8-0

Piyush Chawla 4-0-29-0

Yuvraj Singh 4-0-22-3

Kings XI Punjab (target 146):

Yuvraj Singh c Kallis b Kumble 50 (34)

Karan Goel c Kohli b van der Merwe 20 (29)

Simon Katich run out (van der Merwe/Boucher) 3 (5)

Kumar Sangakkara b Kumble 17 (23)

Mahela Jayawardene c Kallis b van der Merwe 19 (15)

Irfan Pathan c Kohli b Kumar 12 (9)

Piyush Chawla b Kumar 3 (4)

Ramesh Powar not out 0 (0)

Tanmay Srivastava not out 0 (1)

Extras (b 4, lb 6, w 3) 13

Total (for seven wickets in 20 overs) 137

Fall of wickets: 1-70 (Yuvraj, 9.5), 2-73 (Goel, 10.6), 3-84 (Katich, 12.4), 4-116 (Jayawardene, 17.1), 5-129 (Sangakkara, 18.2), 6-137 (Pathan, 19.4), 7-137 (Chawla, 19.5)

Bowling:

Praveen Kumar 4-0-27-2

Jacques Kallis 3-0-19-0

Jesse Ryder 4-0-24-0

Roelof van der Merwe 3-0-22-2

Anil Kumble 4-0-25-2

Prabhu Appanna 2-0-10-0

Toss: Royal Challengers Bangalore, who chose to bat first

Points: Royal Challengers Bangalore 2, Kings XI Punjab 0

Umpires: Kumar Dharmasena (Sri Lanka) and S. Ravi (India)

TV umpire: Simon Taufel (Australia)

Match referee: D. Govindjee (South Africa)

Scoreboard of the Indian Premier League (IPL) match between Mumbai Indians and Kolkata Knight Riders here Monday.

Mumbai Indians

Sanath Jayasuriya c Ghosh b Shukla 52 (75)

Sachin Tendulkar lbw b Shukla 68 (63)

Harbhajan Singh c Mendis b Hodge 18 (6)

J.P. Duminy not out 18 (26)

Abhishek Nayar run out (Shukla/McCullum) 3 (4)

Dwayne Bravo c Gayle b Shukla 3 (6)

Shikhar Dhawan c McCullum b Sharma 12 (6)

S. Tiwary not out 4 (4)

Extras (lb 1, w 9

Total (for six wickets in 20 overs) 187

Fall of wickets 1-127 (Tendulkar, 12.2 overs), 2-146 (Harbhajan Singh, 13.5), 3-148

(Jayasuriya, 14.4), 4-151 (Nayar, 15.1), 5-162 (Bravo, 16.6), 6-175 (Dhawan, 18.5)

Bowling

Ishant Sharma 4-0-29-1

Ashok Dinda 2-0-24-0

Sourav Ganguly 1-0-16-0

Ajantha Mendis 4-0-39-0

Chris Gayle 2-0-24-0

Brad Hodge 3-0-29-1

Laxmi Shukla 4-0-25-3

Kolkata Knight Riders (target: 188)

Brendon McCullum c Duminy b Malinga 1 (10)

Chris Gayle c Tendulkar b Bravo 12 (17)

Brad Hodge b Nayar 24 (46)

Sourav Ganguly c Bravo b Nayar 34 (48)

Yashpal Singh c Shah b Bravo 8 (13)

A. Ghosh c Tendulkar b Nayar 0 (2)

Laxmi Shukla c Jayasuriya b Khan 6 (10)

Ishant Sharma not out 6 (10)

Ajantha Mendis b Malinga 0 (2)

Ashok Dinda b Malinga 0 (1)

Anureet Singh absent hurt

Extras (w 2, nb 2) 4

Total (all out in 15.2 overs) 95

Fall of wickets 1-8 (McCullum, 1.6 overs), 2-17 (Gayle, 2.6), 3-71 (Hodge, 10.2), 4-80 (Ganguly, 12.1), 5-81 (Ghosh, 12.3), 6-83 (Yashpal Singh, 13.2), 7-91 (Shukla, 14.5), 8-95 (Mendis, 15.1), 9-95 (Dinda, 15.2)

Bowling

Zaheer Khan 3-0-14-1

Lasith Malinga 2.2-0-11-3

Dwayne Bravo 3-0-31-2

Harbhajan Singh 2-0-15-0

Abhishek Nayar 3-0-13-3

Sachin Tendulkar 2-0-11-0

Toss: Mumbai Indians, chose to bat

Points: Mumbai Indians 2, Kolkata Knight Riders 0

Man of the Match Sachin Tendulkar (Mumbai Indians)

Umpires: B. Jerling (South Africa) and Russell Tiffin (Zimbabwe)

TV umpire: Sudhir Asnani (India)

Match referee: Yashpal Sharma (India)

The following is the scoreboard of the match between Kings XI Punjab and Rajasthan Royals in the Indian Premier League (IPL) at the Newlands here.

Kings XI Punjab:

Ravi Bopara c Patel b Kamran Khan 11 (15 balls)

Karan Goel run out (Jadeja/Asnodkar) 0

Kumar Sangakkara run out (Rawat) 60 (51)

Yuvraj Singh c Rawat b Patel 2 (3)

Mahela Jayawardene c Kamran b Patel 7 (10)

Irfan Pathan b Kamran 39 (33)

Piyush Chawla not out 6 (6)

Wilkin Mota not out 1 (2)

Extras (b 2, lb 2, w 9) 13

Total (for six wickets in 20 overs) 139

Fall of wickets: 1-0 (Goel, 0.1 overs), 2-21 (Bopara, 4.1), 3-38 (Yuvraj, 6.1), 4-48 (Jayawardene, 8.2), 5-123 (Pathan, 18.1), 6-130 (Sangakkara, 18.6)

Bowling:

Kamran Khan 4-0-15-2

Dimitry Mascarenhas 4-0-29-0

Munaf Patel 4-0-24-2

Yusuf Pathan 4-0-30-0

Shane Warne 4-0-37-0

Rajasthan Royals:

Swapnil Asnodkar c Powar b Pathan 3 (4)

Graeme Smith c Sangakkara b Pathan 2 (6)

Robert Quiney c Sangakkara b Abdulla 7 (8)

Yusuf Pathan c Goel b Chawla 10 (13)

Dimitry Mascarenhas b Abdulla 4 (2)

Ravindra Jadeja b Abdulla 37 (44)

Abhishek Raut c Powar b Chawla 1 (4)

Shane Warne not out 34 (33)

Mahesh Rawat not out 4 (6)

Extras (lb 5, w 5) 10

Total (for seven wickets in 20 overs) 112

Fall of wickets: 1-7 (Asnodkar, 1.1 overs), 2-9 (Smith, 1.5), 3-23 (Quiney, 4.1), 4-27 (Mascarenhas, 4.3), 5-36 (Pathan, 6.4), 6-42 (Raut, 8.4), 7-102 (Jadeja, 18.1)

Bowling:

Ramesh Powar 2-0-10-0

Irfan Pathan 4-0-26-2

Yusuf Abdulla 4-0-21-3

Vikram Raj Vir Singh 4-0-19-0

Piyush Chawla 4-0-22-2

Yuvraj Singh 2-0-9-0

Toss: Kings XI Punjab, who chose to bat first

Player of the match tba

Umpires: Marais Erasmus (South Africa) and K. Hariharan (India)

TV umpire: Mark Benson (England)

Match referee: Gundappa Viswanath (India)

Scoreboard of the Indian Premier League match between Delhi Daredevils and Bagalore Royal Challengers here Sunday:

Bangalore Royal Challengers innings (20 overs maximum)

Jacques Kallis b Nannes 0 (1 ball)

Robin Uthappa c Sangwan b Nehra 3 (8)

Kevin Pietersen b Vettori 37 (40)

Ross Taylor lbw b Mishra 31 (45)

Virat Kohli c Dilshan b Nehra 22 (46)

Mark Boucher c Mishra b Sangwan 36 (31)

B. Akhil not out 8 (6)

Vinay Kumar run out (de Villiers) 0 (1)

Pankaj Singh not out 1 (2)

Extras (lb-5, w-5, nb-1) 11

Total (for seven wickets in 20 overs) 149

Fall of wickets 1-0 (Kallis, 0.1 overs), 2-10 (Uthappa, 1.2), 3-72 (Pietersen, 9.3), 4-78 (Taylor, 10.6), 5-139 (Boucher, 18.6), 6-139 (Kohli, 19.1), 7-145 (Vinay Kumar, 19.3)

Bowling

Derek Nannes 4-0-24-1

Ashish Nehra 4-0-34-2

Pradeep Sangwan 4-0-32-1

Amit Mishra 4-0-19-1

Daniel Vettori 4-0-35-1

Delhi Daredevils innings (target: 150 runs from 20 overs)

Gautam Gambhir c Boucher b Pankaj Singh 16 (25 balls)

Virender Sehwag c Pietersen b Pankaj Singh 7 (7)

Tillakaratne Dilshan not out 67 (86)

A.B. de Villiers b Appanna 21 34 (23)

Dinesh Karthik c Kallis b Akhil 12 (13)

Mithun Manhas not out 23 (21)

Extras (w-4) 4

Total (for four wickets in 19.2 overss) 150

Fall of wickets1-11 (Sehwag, 1.4 ov), 2-42 (Gambhir, 5.4 ov), 3-84 (de Villiers, 13.1 ov), 4-106 (Karthik, 15.4 ov)

Bowling O M R W Econ

Vinay Kumar 3.2-0-28-0

Pankaj Singh 4-0-31-2

Jacques Kallis 3-0-37-0

Anil Kumble 4-0-22-0

P.Appanna 4-0-24-1

B.Akhil 1-0-8-1

Toss: Bangalore Royal Challengers chose to bat first

Points: Delhi Daredevils 2, Bangalore Royal Challengers 0

Man of the match: Tillekratane Dilshan (Delhi Daredevils)

Umpires: S. Asnani (India) and B.G. Jerling (South Africa)

TV umpire: Billy Doctrove (West Indies)

Match referee: Yashpal Sharma (India)

Deccan Chargers captain Adam Gilchrist won the toss and opted to bat against Mumbai Indians in the Indian Premier League (IPL) at the Kingsmead here Saturday.

Teams:

Deccan Chargers: Adam Gilchrist (captain/wicketkeeper), Herschelle Gibbs, V.V.S. Laxman, Rohit Sharma, Y. Venugopal Rao, Dwayne Smith, Harmeet Singh, Pragyan Ojha, Rudra Pratap Singh, Ravi Teja and Fidel Edwards.

Mumbai Indians: Sachin Tendulkar (captain), Sanath Jayasuriya, Shikhar Dhawan, Jean Paul Duminy, Dwayne Bravo, Abhishek Nayar, Pinal Shah (wicketkeeper), Harbhajan Singh, Zakeer Khan, Lasith Malinga and Dhawal Kulkarni.

The following is the scoreboard of the match between Bangalore Royal Challengers and Kings XI Punjab in the Indian Premier League (IPL) at the Newlands here Friday.

Bangalore Royal Challengers:

Jesse Ryder b Abdulla 32 (21 balls)

Robin Uthappa c Yuvraj Singh b Pathan 0 (1)

Jacques Kallis c Jayawardene b Abdulla 62 (46)

Kevin Pietersen c Goel b Abdulla 0 (2)

Rahul Dravid c Singh b Chawla 10 (13)

Ross Taylor c Jayawardene b Abdulla 35 (22)

Virat Kohli c Bopara b Singh 2 (3)

Praveen Kumar lbw b Pathan 13 (7)

Vinay Kumar not out 1 (1)

Pankaj Singh b Pathan 0 (1)

Anil Kumble not out 5 (3)

Extras (b 4, lb 1, w 3) 8

Total (nine wickets in 20 overs) 168

Fall of wickets: 1-6 (Uthappa, 1.1 overs), 2-48 (Ryder, 5.2), 3-48 (Pietersen, 5.4), 4-73 (Dravid, 10.3), 5-134 (Kallis, 16.3), 6-142 (Kohli, 17.4), 7-159 (Taylor, 18.4), 8-162 (Kumar, 19.1), 9-162 (Pankaj Singh, 19.2)

Bowling:

Ranadeb Bose 2-0-24-0

Irfan Pathan 4-0-35-3

Yusuf Abdulla 4-0-31-4

Piyush Chawla 4-0-19-1

Yuvraj Singh 3-0-28-0

Ravi Bopara 1-0-4-0

Vikram Raj Vir Singh 2-0-22-1

Kings XI Punjab:

Ravi Bopara c Ryder b Kallis 84 (59)

Karan Goel run out (Vinay Kumar/Uthappa) 19 (19)

Kumar Sangakkara c Pankaj Singh b Kumble 26 (18)

Yuvraj Singh not out 30 (17)

Mahela Jayawardene not out 1 (1)

Extras (b 1, lb 3, w 9) 13

Total (for three wickets in 19 overs) 173

Fall of wickets: 1-52 (Goel, 6.4 overs), 2-92 (Sangakkara, 12.3), 3-158 (Bopara, 18.1)

Bowling:

Praveen Kumar 4-0-36-0

Pankaj Singh 2-0-20-0

Jacques Kallis 4-0-51-1

Vinay Kumar 1-0-4-0

Kevin Pietersen 2-0-16-0

Anil Kumble 4-0-19-1

Jesse Ryder 2-0-23-0

Toss: Bangalore Royal Challengers, who chose to bat first

Points: Kings XI Punjab 2, Bangalore Royal Challengers 0

Umpires: Billy Doctrove (West Indies) and T.H. Wijewardene (Sri Lanka)

TV umpire: Simon Taufel (Australia)

Match referee: D. Govindjee (South Africa)

In a move that could be a reflection of waning interest after the initial hype, Indian Premier League (IPL) organisers who laid claim to all suites at all South African stadiums where the IPL games will be played, have released the suites at Buffalo Park in East London, a day after inking a final agreement with Wanderers Stadium owners here.

The IPL insistence on suites for its guests, including Bollywood celebrities, businessmen and even some politicians expected to attend IPL games over the next few weeks caused a stir with suite holders at stadia who had paid hefty prices upfront for the privilege of hosting their own guests at these suites during the cricket season.

The dispute with Wanderers even threatened to derail the semis and the final to be held there until ti was resolved only a few days ago.

Whether it is the fact that the IPL is expecting fewer guests to attend the three games at Buffalo Park on May 1, 4 and 8, or that there is just waning interest after the euphoria of the opening games in Cape Town, the IPL decided to free up all suites at the stadium to their original owners.

In addition, 1,000 more tickets are to be made available for each game at Buffalo Park, according to Themba Lupuwana, chief executive of the Border Cricket Board that administers Buffalo Park.

Lupuwana was confident of good crowds as his team pulled out all the stops to ensure that the three IPL matches were events to be remembered, with Bollywood music and dance, and fireworks each time a wicket fell.