The IPL V Schedule

Here is the IPL V Schedule

DATE TIME MATCH TEAM VENUE Wed, Apr 04 20:00(IST) Match 1 Chennai Super Kings vs Mumbai Indians MA Chidambaram Stadium, Chennai Thu, Apr 05 20:00(IST) Match 2 Kolkata Knight Riders vs Delhi Daredevils Eden Gardens, Kolkata Fri, Apr 06 16:00(IST) Match 3 Mumbai Indians vs Pune Warriors India Wankhede Stadium, Mumbai Fri, Apr 06 20:00(IST) Match 4 Rajasthan Royals vs Kings XI Punjab Sawai Mansingh Stadium, Jaipur Sat, Apr 07 16:00(IST) Match 5 Bangalore Royal Challengers vs Delhi Daredevils M.Chinnaswamy Stadium, Bengaluru Sat, Apr 07 20:00(IST) Match 6 Deccan Chargers vs Chennai Super Kings ACA-VDCA Stadium, Visakhapatnam Sun, Apr 08 16:00(IST) Match 7 Rajasthan Royals vs Kolkata Knight Riders Sawai Mansingh Stadium, Jaipur Sun, Apr 08 20:00(IST) Match 8 Pune Warriors India vs Kings XI Punjab Subrata Roy Sahara Stadium, Pune Mon, Apr 09 20:00(IST) Match 9 Deccan Chargers vs Mumbai Indians ACA-VDCA Stadium, Visakhapatnam Tue, Apr 10 16:00(IST) Match 10 Bangalore Royal Challengers vs Kolkata Knight Riders M.Chinnaswamy Stadium, Bengaluru Tue, Apr 10 20:00(IST) Match 11 Delhi Daredevils vs Chennai Super Kings Feroz Shah Kotla, Delhi Wed, Apr 11 20:00(IST) Match 12 Mumbai Indians vs Rajasthan Royals Wankhede Stadium, Mumbai Thu, Apr 12 16:00(IST) Match 13 Chennai Super Kings vs Bangalore Royal Challengers MA Chidambaram Stadium, Chennai Thu, Apr 12 20:00(IST) Match 14 Kings XI Punjab vs Pune Warriors India Punjab Cricket Association Stadium, Mohali Fri, Apr 13 20:00(IST) Match 15 Kolkata Knight Riders vs Rajasthan Royals Eden Gardens, Kolkata Sat, Apr 14 20:00(IST) Match 16 Pune Warriors India vs Chennai Super Kings Subrata Roy Sahara Stadium, Pune Sun, Apr 15 16:00(IST) Match 17 Kolkata Knight Riders vs Kings XI Punjab Eden Gardens, Kolkata Sun, Apr 15 20:00(IST) Match 18 Bangalore Royal Challengers vs Rajasthan Royals M.Chinnaswamy Stadium, Bengaluru Mon, Apr 16 20:00(IST) Match 19 Mumbai Indians vs Delhi Daredevils Wankhede Stadium, Mumbai Tue, Apr 17 16:00(IST) Match 20 Rajasthan Royals vs Deccan Chargers Sawai Mansingh Stadium, Jaipur Tue, Apr 17 20:00(IST) Match 21 Bangalore Royal Challengers vs Pune Warriors India M.Chinnaswamy Stadium, Bengaluru Wed, Apr 18 20:00(IST) Match 22 Kings XI Punjab vs Kolkata Knight Riders Punjab Cricket Association Stadium, Mohali Thu, Apr 19 16:00(IST) Match 23 Delhi Daredevils vs Deccan Chargers Feroz Shah Kotla, Delhi Thu, Apr 19 20:00(IST) Match 24 Chennai Super Kings vs Pune Warriors India MA Chidambaram Stadium, Chennai Fri, Apr 20 20:00(IST) Match 25 Kings XI Punjab vs Bangalore Royal Challengers Punjab Cricket Association Stadium, Mohali Sat, Apr 21 16:00(IST) Match 26 Chennai Super Kings vs Rajasthan Royals MA Chidambaram Stadium, Chennai Sat, Apr 21 20:00(IST) Match 27 Delhi Daredevils vs Pune Warriors India Feroz Shah Kotla, Delhi Sun, Apr 22 16:00(IST) Match 28 Mumbai Indians vs Kings XI Punjab Wankhede Stadium, Mumbai Sun, Apr 22 20:00(IST) Match 29 Deccan Chargers vs Kolkata Knight Riders Barabati Stadium, Cuttack Mon, Apr 23 20:00(IST) Match 30 Rajasthan Royals vs Bangalore Royal Challengers Sawai Mansingh Stadium, Jaipur Tue, Apr 24 16:00(IST) Match 31 Pune Warriors India vs Delhi Daredevils Subrata Roy Sahara Stadium, Pune Tue, Apr 24 20:00(IST) Match 32 Kolkata Knight Riders vs Deccan Chargers Eden Gardens, Kolkata Wed, Apr 25 16:00(IST) Match 33 Kings XI Punjab vs Mumbai Indians Punjab Cricket Association Stadium, Mohali Wed, Apr 25 20:00(IST) Match 34 Bangalore Royal Challengers vs Chennai Super Kings M.Chinnaswamy Stadium, Bengaluru Thu, Apr 26 20:00(IST) Match 35 Pune Warriors India vs Deccan Chargers Subrata Roy Sahara Stadium, Pune Fri, Apr 27 20:00(IST) Match 36 Delhi Daredevils vs Mumbai Indians Feroz Shah Kotla, Delhi Sat, Apr 28 16:00(IST) Match 37 Chennai Super Kings vs Kings XI Punjab MA Chidambaram Stadium, Chennai Sat, Apr 28 20:00(IST) Match 38 Kolkata Knight Riders vs Bangalore Royal Challengers Eden Gardens, Kolkata Sun, Apr 29 16:00(IST) Match 39 Delhi Daredevils vs Rajasthan Royals Feroz Shah Kotla, Delhi Sun, Apr 29 20:00(IST) Match 40 Mumbai Indians vs Deccan Chargers Wankhede Stadium, Mumbai Mon, Apr 30 20:00(IST) Match 41 Chennai Super Kings vs Kolkata Knight Riders MA Chidambaram Stadium, Chennai Tue, May 01 16:00(IST) Match 42 Deccan Chargers vs Pune Warriors India Barabati Stadium, Cuttack Tue, May 01 20:00(IST) Match 43 Rajasthan Royals vs Delhi Daredevils Sawai Mansingh Stadium, Jaipur Wed, May 02 20:00(IST) Match 44 Bangalore Royal Challengers vs Kings XI Punjab M.Chinnaswamy Stadium, Bengaluru Thu, May 03 20:00(IST) Match 45 Pune Warriors India vs Mumbai Indians Subrata Roy Sahara Stadium, Pune Fri, May 04 20:00(IST) Match 46 Chennai Super Kings vs Deccan Chargers MA Chidambaram Stadium, Chennai Sat, May 05 16:00(IST) Match 47 Kolkata Knight Riders vs Pune Warriors India Eden Gardens, Kolkata Sat, May 05 20:00(IST) Match 48 Kings XI Punjab vs Rajasthan Royals Punjab Cricket Association Stadium, Mohali Sun, May 06 16:00(IST) Match 49 Mumbai Indians vs Chennai Super Kings Wankhede Stadium, Mumbai Sun, May 06 20:00(IST) Match 50 Bangalore Royal Challengers vs Deccan Chargers M.Chinnaswamy Stadium, Bengaluru Mon, May 07 20:00(IST) Match 51 Delhi Daredevils vs Kolkata Knight Riders Feroz Shah Kotla, Delhi Tue, May 08 16:00(IST) Match 52 Pune Warriors India vs Rajasthan Royals Subrata Roy Sahara Stadium, Pune Tue, May 08 20:00(IST) Match 53 Deccan Chargers vs Kings XI Punjab Rajiv Gandhi International Stadium, Hyderabad Wed, May 09 20:00(IST) Match 54 Mumbai Indians vs Bangalore Royal Challengers Wankhede Stadium, Mumbai Thu, May 10 20:00(IST) Match 56 Rajasthan Royals vs Chennai Super Kings Sawai Mansingh Stadium, Jaipur Thu, May 10 16:00(IST) Match 55 Deccan Chargers vs Delhi Daredevils Rajiv Gandhi International Stadium, Hyderabad Fri, May 11 20:00(IST) Match 57 Pune Warriors India vs Bangalore Royal Challengers Subrata Roy Sahara Stadium, Pune Sat, May 12 16:00(IST) Match 58 Kolkata Knight Riders vs Mumbai Indians Eden Gardens, Kolkata Sat, May 12 20:00(IST) Match 59 Chennai Super Kings vs Delhi Daredevils MA Chidambaram Stadium, Chennai Sun, May 13 16:00(IST) Match 60 Rajasthan Royals vs Pune Warriors India Sawai Mansingh Stadium, Jaipur Sun, May 13 20:00(IST) Match 61 Kings XI Punjab vs Deccan Chargers Punjab Cricket Association Stadium, Mohali Mon, May 14 16:00(IST) Match 62 Bangalore Royal Challengers vs Mumbai Indians M.Chinnaswamy Stadium, Bengaluru Mon, May 14 20:00(IST) Match 63 Kolkata Knight Riders vs Chennai Super Kings Eden Gardens, Kolkata Tue, May 15 20:00(IST) Match 64 Delhi Daredevils vs Kings XI Punjab Feroz Shah Kotla, Delhi Wed, May 16 20:00(IST) Match 65 Mumbai Indians vs Kolkata Knight Riders Wankhede Stadium, Mumbai Thu, May 17 16:00(IST) Match 66 Kings XI Punjab vs Chennai Super Kings Himachal Pradesh Cricket Association Stadium, Dharamsala Thu, May 17 20:00(IST) Match 67 Delhi Daredevils vs Bangalore Royal Challengers Feroz Shah Kotla, Delhi Fri, May 18 20:00(IST) Match 68 Deccan Chargers vs Rajasthan Royals Rajiv Gandhi International Stadium, Hyderabad Sat, May 19 16:00(IST) Match 69 Kings XI Punjab vs Delhi Daredevils Himachal Pradesh Cricket Association Stadium, Dharamsala Sat, May 19 20:00(IST) Match 70 Pune Warriors India vs Kolkata Knight Riders Subrata Roy Sahara Stadium, Pune Sun, May 20 16:00(IST) Match 71 Deccan Chargers vs Bangalore Royal Challengers Rajiv Gandhi International Stadium, Hyderabad Sun, May 20 20:00(IST) Match 72 Rajasthan Royals vs Mumbai Indians Sawai Mansingh Stadium, Jaipur Tue, May 22 20:00(IST) Qualifier 1 T.B.C. vs T.B.C. Subrata Roy Sahara Stadium, Pune Wed, May 23 20:00(IST) Eliminator T.B.C. vs T.B.C. M.Chinnaswamy Stadium, Bengaluru Fri, May 25 20:00(IST) Qualifier 2 T.B.C. vs T.B.C. MA Chidambaram Stadium, Chennai Sun, May 27 20:00(IST) Final T.B.C. vs T.B.C. MA Chidambaram Stadium, Chennai

INDIA's WOES CONTINUE

India were ousted in both Australia and Bangladesh...Sorry,I couldn't cover the Australian series as I had my exams..India played much better than the test series but were still ousted..

THE LAST STAGES OF THE TOURNAMENT

India needed a bonus point from their last league match which was against Sri Lanka for an outside chance for getting into the finals..India won the match inside 40 overs ( chasing ) and got a bonus point..Virat Kohli produced a blinder in that match.Sri Lanka won their last league match.Had that match been lost by Sri Lanka,India would have qualified for the finals...Australia went on to win the series.In the best of 3 finals.Australia won 2-1.


THE ASIA CUP

In Bangladesh,in the Asia Cup,India's first match was against Sri Lanka..India seeking for revenge won the match by 50 runs.India scored 304 for the loss of 3 wickets in their 50 overs with Gambhir and Kohli scoring 100 and 108 respectively.The finishing touch was provided by MS Dhoni and S Raina.Sri Lanka were bowled out for 254 in 45.1 overs with Jayawardane scoring 78 and Sangakkara scoring 65.IK Pathan took 4 wickets.Vinay Kumar and Ashwin took 3 wickets.Virat Kohli was adjudged the Man of the Match.

In the second match India lost to Bangladesh.Even though India lost they were happy that Sachin tendulkar scored a ton,the 100th Hundred..India  scored 289 for 5 in their quota of 50 overs with Sachin scoring 114.Kohli scored 66 and Raina scored 51.MS Dhoni and Jadeja provided the finishing touch..But Bangladesh won the match quite easily scoring 293 for 5 in 49.2 overs with Tamim Iqbal scoring 70,Jaharul Islam sored 53,N.Hossain scored 54..Shakib Al Hasan scored 49..His Innings accelerated Bangladesh to a convincing victory.Not to forget Rahim's contribution of 46*.Rahim demolished India's bowlers and went on to win the match.Praveen Kumar took 3 wickets but was expensive in his last few overs.Shakib Al Hasan was adjudged the Man of The Match.

The next match was against Pakistan.Pakistan was off to a flier with openers Hafeez and Jamshed scoring centuries.Younis Khan scored a pacy half century.Pakistan scored 329 for 6 in their 50 overs.P.Kumar and Dinda took 2 wickets each.The target was 330 from 50 overs.India lost their first wicket even before they could put a run on the board.Then came Virat Kohli..He and Sachin put on 133 for the second wicket before Sachin fell after scoring 52.Rohit Sharma came in.Rohit along with Virat put on a 172 run partnership for the third wicket before Rohit fell for 68.Virat Kohli was out for 183 in the48th over but he had done his job..MS Dhoni and Raina finished the remaining job..India won the match by 6 wickets and 13 balls to spare..Virat Kohli was adudged the Man of the Match for his stunning innings..

India needed Sri Lanka to win against Bangladesh but Bangladesh won easily..India failed to qualify for the finals..This was the worst tournament for Sri Lanka in their history of Asia Cup as they failed to register a win..Pakistan won the finals by winning the finals 2 runs..
Sachin Tendulkar finally got the monkey off his bat and Virat Kohli was in Red hot form..India's woes continues but Indian supporters hope this would stop..India will play a one off T20I against South Africa on March 30.