Rajasthan Royals beat Kings XI Punjab

Suyash Srivastava 

Jaipur: Ajinkya Rahane’s brilliant knock of 98 runs helped Rajasthan Royals kick-off their campaign with an emphatic win over Kings XI Punjab at the Sawai Mansingh Stadium in Jaipur on Friday.

Rahane who fell short of a well deserved century by just two runs, attacked from the word go as he picked up boundaries at regular intervals. 

IPL 5: Pune Warriors beat Mumbai Indians

Cricket Desk: The Sahara Pune Warriors prevailed over rampaging Mumbai Indians in their opening IPL 5 match in Mumbai today. The Warriors won the match by 28 runs. Mumbai Indians had beaten Chennai Super Kings in the opening match. 

Earlier, Mumbai Indians won the toss and elected to field first. Pune Warriors scored just 129/9 on a wet and damp wicket. Steven Smith (39) and Robin Uthappa (36) were the top contributors. Lasith Malinga and Munaf Patel took two wickets each. 

Tendulkar did not play in today's match because of a finger injury he suffered in the last match against Chennai Super Kings. 

Delhi Daredevils thrash KKR in IPL 5

Irfan Pathan emerged as the victorious brother of the two as his Delhi Daredevils squad won their first match in this year’s IPL. His solid 42-run innings, accompanied by Aaron Finch’s contribution of 30 runs ensured they reached the target of 98 runs in a match which was cut short to 12 over-a-side due to rain.

Kolkata had posted 97 runs with the help of Lakshmi Ratan Shukla’s quick-fire 26 in 17 balls along with contributions from Debabrata Das (18) and Gautam Gambhir (16) and were largely restricted due to the bowling of Morne Morkel who finished with figures of 3/18.Yadav celebrates the wicket of Yusuf Pathan. AP.

IPL 5: Mumbai Indians beat Chennai Super Kings by 8 wickets

CHENNAI: It suddenly became unknown territory for Team Chennai at their Fort Chepauk and Mumbai made full use of it to get their IPL campaign off to a flying start. 

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The eight-wicket loss was CSK's first in IPL at home since April 15, 2010 and it had a lot to do with the grass on the relaid pitch. The ball was doing a bit and the Mumbai Indians bowlers hit the right length, which made things difficult for the famed Chennai top-order. Once pushed to the back foot, it wasn't easy for the batsmen to play with the kind of freedom that they are used to and the variety in the Mumbai attack did the rest.