As Indian Premier League's (IPL5)is in knockout stage and KKR has already reached the Final and the first elimination match of the event will be between defending champions Chennai Super Kings and Champions League winner Mumbai Indians. The game is scheduled to be played on Wednesday, May 23, 2012 at M Chinnaswamy Stadium, Bangalore
The defending champion’s must consider themselves lucky to be playing the play-offs as play off position have been awarded them as Deccan chargers played some unbelievable cricket in last two matches.t seemed like an impossible task as both RCB and RR had a stronger bench as compared to Chargers. However, lady luck was on Chennai’s side and Chargers, out of nowhere won both games.
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| CSK V MI |
CSK skipper, Mahendra Singh Dhoni, has urged his side to make the most of the chance that has come their way. He said, “We must not waste the second life given to us. We must execute our plans well because Mumbai will come hard at us.”
Mumbai Indians will go into the match as slight favourites, as they performed better than their Wednesday opponents during the league stages. Furthermore, the Indians have played at Bangalore
Batting has been a big issue for both sides. Super Kings bat deep down; however, the side has failed to impress in the tournament so far. For Mumbai Indians, opening has been the concern and the franchise is still searching for a batter to open alongside Sachin Tendulkar.
Harbhajan Singh, skipper MI, said, “We are still trying to figure out who is the best partner for (Sachin) Tendulkar. Gibbs has done well in a few innings
Both sides are loaded with match winners. For CSK, Dhoni, along with Albie Morkel, Darren Bravo and Suresh Raina will be the danger man. While for Mumbai Indians, Lasith Malinga, Tendulkar, Harbhajan and Rohit Sharma will hold the key. And Kieren pollard singly can change the direction of the match
The deck at M Chinnaswamy Stadium has fetched a lot of runs in the eight games played there this season; therefore another high scoring fixture is expected. The team winning the toss would like to field first as it gets easier to bat in the second innings.
Mumbai Indians (probable XI):
1 SR Tendulkar, 2 DR Smith/ H Gibbs, 3 RG Sharma, 4 KD Karthik, 5 JEC Franklin, 6 AT Rayudu, 7 KA Pollard, 8 Harbhajan Singh (captain), 9 SL Malinga, 10 RP Singh, 11 DS Kulkarni/Munaf Patel
Chennai Super Kings (probable XI):
1 M Vijay, 2 MEK Hussey, 3 SK Raina, 4 MS Dhoni (captain), 5 DJ Bravo, 6 RA Jadeja, 7 JA Morkel, 8 S Anirudha, 9 R Ashwin, 10 BW Hilfenhaus, 11 VY Mahesh
The Real battle in IPL will begin from today as there are just four match left to decide the winner of this year ipl. The top two teams at the end of the league stage – Delhi Daredevils and Kolkata Knight Riders will love to secure the postion in final of ipl season 5.
Undoubtedly, DD and KKR have looked the best teams in the competition; the Delhi Daredevils sit at the top of the table with 11 wins from 16 league fixtures, while the Kolkata Knight Riders have one point less and have won 10 of their 16 league fixtures (including the abandoned game against the Deccan Chargers). I hope that the crown will cheer for both team as both captain play for Indian team
Undoubtedly, DD and KKR have looked the best teams in the competition; the Delhi Daredevils sit at the top of the table with 11 wins from 16 league fixtures, while the Kolkata Knight Riders have one point less and have won 10 of their 16 league fixtures (including the abandoned game against the Deccan Chargers). I hope that the crown will cheer for both team as both captain play for Indian team
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| DD Vs KKR |
Teams Analysis:
Kolkata Knight Riders:
Kolkata Knight Riders has a strong bating line up with the support of B McCullum, G Gambhir, JH Kallis, Shakib Al Hasan, MK Tiwary both openers are in good form and they had already proved them in the IPL 2012 League Matches. Kallis and middle order batsman Shakib is the back bone for KKR because both are world best all rounders and Jaques Kallis is a wonderful bowler who have capacity to turn around the game. Though one of the important member Yusuf is out of form but he can change the direction of the game any time. On the other side they have very good bowling line up they have very good and economical bowlers Balaji is very good with new ball as he has the ability to swing the ball both sides opening new ball. Other strong member in bowling s bret lee. KKR has best spinner.Sunil Narine as he can be a Trump Card for Kolkata Knight Riders and one of the Purple Cap contestent.
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| Former DD teammates will Play against each other |
When we talk about Delhi Daredevils, they have very strong batting lineup. Most of the foreign players are good and had once been capataining their team. As openers are showing their best and they are the key for Delhi Delhi
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| Irfan and Yusuf (brothers) will be playing against each other |
The winner of this contest progresses straight to the DLF IPL 2012 Final on May 27, while the losing team will have another opportunity of making it to the title clash when they compete against the winners of the Eliminator in Qualifier 2 scheduled for May 25.
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Head to head:
This season both team have won one match in league round .
Last three matches
May 19 beat Punjab by 6 wicket
May 17 Lost to Banglore by 21 runs
May 15 Beat Punjab by 5 wicket
KKR :(WWL)
Beat pune by 39 runs
Beat Mumbai by 32 runs
Lost to Chennai by 5 wickets
Bayern Munich will face English Club Chelsea in the big match of the 2012 and it is a Champions League final. Bayern Munich has a good expirenced side for the game and they have played this Cup final before and win it. Bayern Munich have won the Uefa Champions league title 4 times and they have been runners up for 4 times and now its the 5th time when they will play their match against the Chelsea in the Uefa Champions League and the match will take place in the Germany at Allianz Arena Stadium the home of Bayern Munchen.
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| Bayern Munich Vs Chelsea |
Bayern Munich have a good time in The Champions League they have Eliminate Marsille and then Real Madrid on Penalties . Bayern Munich has a good squad option in which some of the top players of Champions League players. Frank Riberey , Arjen Robben , Mario Gomez , Tomas Mullar , and Bastin Schewnstiger in the team .
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| Allianz Arena |
F.Torres , Dider Drogba vs Mario Gomez , Arjen Robben these players have tough competition in the Front. It is the final and any thing can happen in the match. Its away game for the team of Chelsea and Bayern Munich have a home game because it is taking place in the Allianz Arena so Munich have some Home fans advantage and they will be favorites for this match. SO its final we have two of the underdogs taking on each other in 2012 UEFA Champions League. So please keep your finger cross for Favourite team.anantasports.blogspot will bring live streaming of the UEFA Champions league Final.
UEFA Champions League 2011-2012 Final
BAYERNMUNICH
Date: 19 MAY 2012 – TIME: 7:45 BST
VENUE: Allianz Arena
BAYERN
Date: 19 MAY 2012 – TIME: 7:45 BST
VENUE: Allianz Arena
Group : A
Match: Nepal Vs Maldives
Venue:Dasrath Stadium
Time: 5 PM NST
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PROBABLE LINE-UPS:
MALDIVES Akram, Umair, Rilwan,Shifan; Arif, Fazeel, Adhuham, Shaafee; Ashfaq, Mukhthaar | NEPAL Rai, Thapa, Chand, Shrestha; Basnet, Khadka, Silwal, Tamang; Gurung, Sahukhala |
Both teams have lost their opening match so it will be a great chance for both of them to revive their chance to stay in the fray for the second round. So both team will be hungry for a win.
The 2008 SAFF Cup Champions Maldives will be looking to bounce back on track with a win against the hosts after losing the opener to Turkmenistan
Ahmed Thoriq will miss out for Maldives
On the other hand, despite going all out in their first match of the competition, Nepal have also lost to Palestine
The two sides will be raring for a win to better their chances to make it through to the semi-finals or the knockout phase of the tournament, having to play another match after Saturday's encounter.
The two sides will be raring for a win to better their chances to make it through to the semi-finals or the knockout phase of the tournament, having to play another match after Saturday's encounter.
"We had a spirited performance against
"I believe that we can beat any team in this competition. Like I always said, we need to believe in ourselves and keep on playing good football, the result will come," continued Roberts, who has no suspensions or injury worries to contend with.
"We missed Ali Ashfaq against
"It's going to be another tough match but we are ready and we can pull off a great result on Saturday. We hope our boys will stay focused and do the job professionally," he added.
Facts About Two Opponents:
- The match against
- Hasan Adhuham of
- After former
Last Five matches & Head to Head:
Head to Head
| SAFF Championship (SAFF) | 02-Dec-2011 | Maldives 1 - Nepal 1 | |
| SAFF Championship (SAFF) | 05-Dec-2009 | Maldives 1 - Nepal 1 |
 Maldives     | ||
| 08-Mar-2012 | Turkmenistan 3 - Maldives 1 | ACC |
| 09-Dec-2011 | Maldives 1 - India 3 | SAFF |
| 06-Dec-2011 | Maldives 3 - Bangladesh 1 | SAFF |
| 04-Dec-2011 | Pakistan 0 - Maldives 0 | SAFF |
| 02-Dec-2011 | Maldives 1 - Nepal 1 | SAFF |
 Nepal   | ||
| 08-Mar-2012 | Nepal 0 - Palestine 2 | ACC |
| 09-Dec-2011 | Afghanistan 1 - Nepal 0 | SAFF |
| 06-Dec-2011 | Pakistan 1 - Nepal 1 | SAFF |
| 04-Dec-2011 | Nepal 1 - Bangladesh 0 | SAFF |
| 02-Dec-2011 | Maldives 1 - Nepal 1 | SAFF |
Group: A
Match: Palestine vs Turkmenistan
Venue: Halchowk Stadium
Time: 3:00 PM NST
Venue: Halchowk Stadium
Time: 3:00 PM NST
PROBABLE LINE-UPS
PALESTINE
Saleh;
Abu Jazar, Abusalah, Mahdi, Harbi;
Said, Yusuf Mohammed, Ashraf Nu'man, Wadi;
Attal, Atya
TURKMENISTAN
Alyhanov;
Annaorazov, Choliyev, Soyunov, Atayev;
Umidjan, Sarkisov, Mingazov, Rahimberdy;
Shamuradov, Amanov
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Palestine are still without a number of key players, including Raed Fares, Rafat Eyad, Omar Jarun, Ismail Amour, Ahmed Keshkesh and Murad Alyan with a cumulatoin of reasons such as injuries (Fares, Amour and Eyad) failures to get work permit (Jarum), dissaproval from the coach (Keshkesh and Alyan). But the team should get some respite with the return of Abdallatif Al Bahdari and Ahmed Harbi in defence.
The fact that both Turkmenistan and Palestine Palestine were in it to win it, their 0-2 win over Nepal
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| Palestine Team |
So to add a bit more spice to this already mouth-watering encounter, we have the two teams slugging it out for top spot in the group, separated only by that extra goal scored by
Coach Views:
Coach Jamal Mahmoud said, ""We started our preparation for the Turkmenistan match right after the final whistle against Nepal," said Palestine Jordanian coach Jamal Mahmoud. "
"We are looking forward to win the match," Mahmoud added.
On the other hand, Turks Coach Yazguly Hojageldiyev thinks that the fight against Palestine will be a tough one.
"I know they are a good side and we must prepare to face the challenge, I am expecting a tough match on Saturday," he said.
"We are looking forward to win the match," Mahmoud added.
On the other hand, Turks Coach Yazguly Hojageldiyev thinks that the fight against Palestine will be a tough one.
"I know they are a good side and we must prepare to face the challenge, I am expecting a tough match on Saturday," he said.
Facts About Opponents:
- Fahed Attal's goal against
- This is will be Khaled Mahmoud's 10th match in charge. His win percentage currently stands at an incredible 66.67%
- This will be the first meeting of the two sides in the short history of the Challenge Cup.
Last five encounter of Opponents:
Last Five Matches
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| 08-Mar-2012 | Nepal 0 - Palestine 2 | ACC |
| 29-Feb-2012 | Palestine 2 - Azerbaijan 0 | FR |
| 22-Dec-2011 | Kuwait 3 - Palestine 0 | AG |
| 20-Dec-2011 | Bahrain 3 - Palestine 1 | AG |
| 28-Jul-2011 | Palestine 2 - Thailand 2 | WCQA |
 Turkmenistan | ||
| 08-Mar-2012 | Turkmenistan 3 - Maldives 1 | ACC |
| 28-Jul-2011 | Indonesia 4 -Turkmenistan 3 | WCQA |
| 23-Jul-2011 | Turkmenistan 1 - Indonesia 1 | WCQA |
| 27-Feb-2010 | Turkmenistan 5- Korea DPR 6 | ACC |
| 24-Feb-2010 | Tajikistan 0 - Turkmenistan 0 | ACC |