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CSK(Chennai Super Kings) beat Kings XI Punjab by 12 runs on the Duckworth Lewis method in their Indian Premier League match in Centurion on Thursday.

Scores: Chennai Super Kings 185-3 from 18 overs (M. Hayden 89, MS Dhoni 56 not out); Kings XI Punjab 174-3 from 18 overs (Yuvraj Singh 58 not out, S. Katich 50).

This makes CSK back to the top of the table and this will give a comfort to enter into the semi final.

The other teams who are very comfort for entering into finals are Deccan Chargers and Delhi Daredevils.

Mathew Hayden continues to be the leading run scorer for the Orange Cap with 378 runs. Second one is Suresh Raina.

Shah Rukh Khan came, Shah Rukh Khan saw, but Shah Rukh Khan didn’t speak.

It’s usually hard to keep Shah Rukh Khan mum but the Kolkata Knight Riders’ disappointing performance at the ongoing IPL series and the controversy surrounding Sourav Ganguly’s captaincy kept King Khan away from interacting with the media at an event in Mumbai on Monday evening.

Also adding to SRK’s vows was the rather lukewarm response at the Box Office to his last release Billu Barber, but Shah Rukh still managed to wear a smile and meet his fans and the contest winners of an online Rab Ne Bana Di Jodi contest.

The Chennai Super Kings (CSK) posted an imposing total before the Deccan Chargers (DC), so imposing that even a spate of dropped catches couldn’t stop them from winning by 78 runs. A solid batting performance by Mathew Hayden in the initial stages and M S Dhoni in the final overs got them to 178.

The chase? You must be kidding…
After losing Gibbs, Gilchrist and Laxman for nought, DC were 3 for 3, when Dwayne Smith skied one, only to find that three fielders running after the ball, each expecting the other to catch it. The next ball Smith send another one high, and this time another fielder dropped a sitter. Smith promptly made 49, while Rohit Sharma anchored with 21, both were dismissed in a single over by the talented left arm spinner Shadab Jakarti. The DC wickets fell in a flourish, the last with the score exactly 100.

The loss sent DC crashing from the top to fourth place. CSK, with the win, holds the top slot, for now.

India vs England first Test match starts today in Chennai at M.A Chidambaram stadium. The long awaited match which was very doubtful whether this happen or not due to the Bomb blast in Mumbai. Already this match was scheduled to be held in Mumbai and it was re-scheduled to be held in Chennai. Ticket rate are raised and many people are struggling to see the match as this stadium is favorite for Master Batsmen Sachin Tendulkar. Lets wait and see whether this match helps Dravid to come out of all the questions raised against him. Yuvraj has replaced Ganguly’s Position in the middle order. So Dhoni will be pleased to get the middle order stable other than finding the right person. Already England has lost 5 consecutive ODI and they will be really frustrated, so they will be eager to give a nice fight back to get the RBS Cup to their country.

After a tiresome fight between the Aussies Indians are now again ready to fight with England for Hero Honda Cup 2008 and this includes 7 one days followed by 2 test matches. Sachin tendulkar who passes 12000 runs will not play for the first 3 ODI due to many upcoming Youngsters and Ishanth Sharma who performed really well will not be ready to play first ODI. I think the Indians will be mainly focusing some players like Peterson, Flintoff, Collingwood, O’Shah. Since there was no ODI between India and Australis in the last series, it will give some impact for the Indians to face ODI.

Well Today will be a memorable day for Sachin Tendulkar. He passed Brian Lara and became the only batsmen to score 12000 runs in Test Cricket. Today he scored a nice 88 in a crucial time with his partner Ganguly who also reached a milestone of crossing 7000 runs in one day cricket. Now the only player behind Sachin who can beat him is Ricky Ponting. Will he break Sachin record? At the end of the day India were 311 for 5 with Ganguly and Ishanth Sharma batting. Let us wait and see whether this match favors India or not?

Well the 2008 Olympics is going to start on 8th of this month and i heard that China has put a great effort to welcome the people from all over the world with a great warmth. the very first thing which will come to our mind is the torch relay which is favorite event before the start of the Olympics and this time there were 189 torch bearers took part in it between the age of 15-85. It was started this sunday and the first torch bearer was Giang Min of China.

India leveled the series 1-1. It was Harbajan Singh who made it very easy for India by taking the leading batsmen of Srilankan team. He took 10 wicket haul in this series by taking 6 wickets in the first innings and 4 wickets in the second innings. The Srilankans were bowled out for 136 runs in the fourth day.

Well Spain wins Euro 2008 finally with 1-0. Torres of Spain who was substitut for last two matches scored the winning goal in 33rd min. The Germany was totally controlled by the Spanish players and failed to equalise at one point and then from that time it was Spain who fully maintained the possession till the end. Casillas the Goal keeper lifted the Euro 2008 Cup for the Spanish with a great Joy for the first time in his career and in the World History. Villa is the top scorer of Euro 2008 who missed the final match.First win for Spain and halted Germany in getting it fourth time.

Group A	Group B	Group C	Group D
Switzerland	Austria	Holland	Greece
Czech Republic	Croatia	Italy	Sweden
Portugal	Germany	Romania	Spain
Turkey	Poland	France	Russia

Here’s the Euro 2008 Finals fixture list:

1 07/06 Grp – A Switzerland 18:00 Czech Republic – Basel
2 07/06 Grp – A Portugal 20:45 Turkey – Geneva

3 08/06 Grp – B Austria 18:00 Croatia – Vienna
4 08/06 Grp – B Germany 20:45 Poland – Klagenfurt

5 09/06 Grp – C Romania 18:00 France – Zürich
6 09/06 Grp – C Holland 20:45 Italy – Berne

7 10/06 Grp – D Spain 18:00 Russia – Innsbruck
8 10/06 Grp – D Greece 20:45 Sweden – Innsbruck

9 11/06 Grp – A Czech Republic 18:00 Portugal – Geneva
10 11/06 Grp – A Switzerland 20:45 Turkey – Basel

11 12/06 Grp – B Croatia 18:00 Germany – Klagenfurt
12 12/06 Grp – B Austria 20:45 Poland – Vienna

13 13/06 Grp – C Italy 18:00 Romania – Zürich
14 13/06 Grp – C Holland 20:45 France – Berne

15 14/06 Grp – D Sweden 18:00 Spain – Innsbruck
16 14/06 Grp – D Greece 20:45 Russia – Innsbruck

17 15/06 Grp – A Switzerland 20:45 Portugal – Basel
18 15/06 Grp – A Turkey 20:45 Czech Republic – Geneva

19 16/06 Grp – B Austria 20:45 Germany – Vienna
20 16/06 Grp – B Poland 20:45 Croatia – Klagenfurt

21 17/06 Grp – C Holland 20:45 Romania – Berne
22 17/06 Grp – C France 20:45 Italy – Zürich

23 18/06 Grp – D Greece 20:45 Spain – Innsbruck
24 18/06 Grp – D Russia 20:45 Sweden – Innsbruck

25 19/06 QF Winner Grp – A 20:45 Runner-up Grp – B – Basel

26 20/06 QF Winner Grp – B 20:45 Runner-up Grp – A – Vienna

27 21/06 QF Winner Grp – C 20:45 Runner-up Grp – D – Basel

28 22/06 QF Winner Grp – D 20:45 Runner-up Grp – C – Vienna

29 25/06 SF Winner #25 20:45 Winner #26 – Basel

30 26/06 SF Winner #27 20:45 Winner #28 – Vienna

31 29/06 F Winner #29 20:45 Winner #30 – Vienna