Redefining the Cricket viewing experience, the great extravaganza of the Indian Premier League (IPL) started on 18th April 2008, with lots of glitz and glamour. The gala event of IPL would showcase some of the most talented and experienced players of the International Cricket. The eight teams participating in this mega show would surely keep your adernaline pumping and the fingers crossed. In this exclusive section of Surfindia, we have lined up all the quick details about the IPL matches, date, time, venue, teams and their results. So chalk out your plan with this section and do not miss the action.

Indian Premier League 2008 Matches Schedule and Results

Date & Time	Teams	Venue	Match Result
18.04.2008, 08.00 PM	Bangalore Royal Challengers Vs. Kolkata Knight Riders	M Chinnaswamy Stadium, Bangalore	Kolkata Knight Riders won by 140 runs. Brendon McCullum hit smashing 158 runs off just 73 balls with 13 sixes creating T20 matches record.
19.04.2008, 05.00 PM	Kings XI Punjab Vs. Chennai Super Kings	Punjab Cricket Association Stadium, Mohali, Chandigarh	Chennai Super Kings won by 33 runs. Aussie batsman Michael Hussey (Team Chennai) scored an unbeaten 116 in just 54 balls.
19.04.2008, 08.30 PM	Delhi Dare Devils Vs. Rajasthan Royals	Feroz Shah Kotla, Delhi	Delhi Dare Devils won the match by 09 wickets. Chasing target of 130, Delhi Stars G. Gambhir (58) & S Dhawan (52) made it in just 15.1 overs.
20.04.2008, 04.00 PM	Kolkata Knight Riders Vs. Deccan Chargers	Eden Gardens, Kolkata	Kolkata Knight Riders won by 05 wickets registering their second successive victory in the IPL.
20.04.2008, 08.00 PM	Mumbai Indians Vs. Bangalore Royal Challengers	Wankhede Stadium, Mumbai	Bangalore Royal Challengers beat Mumbai Indians by 5 wickets. Chasing the target of 166 runs the team made its debut victory in the IPL.
21.04.2008, 08.00 PM	Rajasthan Royals Vs. Kings XI Punjab	Sawai Mansingh Stadium, Jaipur	Rajasthan Royals won by 6 wickets. Shane Watson (76 runs not out) was declared the Man of the match.
22.04.2008, 08.00 PM	Deccan Chargers Vs. Delhi Dare Devils	Rajiv Gandhi International Stadium, Uppal, Hyderabad	Delhi Dare Devils won by 09 wickets. Virender Sehwag was declared Man of The Match for scoring 94 runs in just 41 balls.
23.04.2008, 08.00 PM	Chennai Super Kings Vs. Mumbai Indians	MA Chidambaram Stadium, Chepauk, Chennai	In an interesting match, Chennai Super Kings beat Mumbai Indians by just 06 runs. Mathew Hayden was declared Man of the Match for his knock of 81 runs in just 46 balls (12 x 4s & 2 x 6s).
24.04.2008, 08.00 PM	Deccan Chargers Vs. Rajasthan Royals	Rajiv Gandhi International Stadium, Uppal, Hyderabad	Rajasthan Royals beat Deccan Chargers by 03 wickets. Yusuf Pathan, for his 02 wickets and scoring 61 runs off 28 balls (4 x 4s, 6 x 6s), was declared Man of the Match.
25.04.2008, 08.00 PM	Kings XI Punjab Vs. Mumbai Indians	Punjab Cricket Association Stadium, Mohali, Chandigarh	With help of Kumar Sangakkara's smashing hit of 94 runs off 56 balls (13 x 4s, 1 x 6s), Kings XI Punjab registered their first victory in IPL series and beat Mumbai Indians by 66 runs.
26.04.2008, 04.00 PM	Chennai Super Kings Vs. Kolkata Knight Riders	MA Chidambaram Stadium, Chepauk, Chennai	Making 03rd consecutive win, the Chennai Super Kings won the match by 09 wickets. Jacob Oram of team Chennai was adjudged Man of the Match for taking 03 wickets for 32 runs.
26.04.2008, 08.00 PM	Bangalore Royal Challengers Vs. Rajasthan Royals	M Chinnaswamy Stadium, Bangalore	The allround performance of Shane Watson, (Not Out 61 runs, 41 balls, hitting 8 x 4s, 2 x 6s & taking 02 wickets for 20 runs), made the Rajasthan Royals to beat Royal Challengers by 07 wickets.
27.04.2008, 04.00 PM	Kings XI Punjab Vs. Delhi Dare Devils	Punjab Cricket Association Stadium, Mohali, Chandigarh	Kings XI Punjab won this match by 04 wickets. This was the first loss to Delhi Dare Devils in the ongoing DLF IPL Series. Simon Katich of Team Mohali was declared Man of the Match for his 75 runs off 52 balls.
27.04.2008, 08.00 PM	Mumbai Indians Vs. Deccan Chargers	Dr DY Patil Sports Academy, Mumbai	Deccan Chargers beat Mumbai Indians by 10 wickets. Left Handed Batsman and Man of the Match Adam Gilchrist of Team Hyderabad was adjudged Man of the Match for scoring 109 runs not out off just 48 balls hitting 09 x 4s, 10 x 6s. This was the fastest century made in DLF IPL Series so far.
28.04.2008, 08.00 PM	Bangalore Royal Challengers Vs. Chennai Super Kings	M Chinnaswamy Stadium, Bangalore	With the blasting innings of 65 runs from 30 balls Mahendra Singh Dhoni, helped Chennai Super Kings to beat Royal Challengers by 13 runs and registered their 4th win in a row. M.S. Dhoni was adjudged Man of the Match.
29.04.2008, 08.00 PM	Kolkata Knight Riders Vs. Mumbai Indians	Eden Gardens, Kolkata	Making their first ever win in the ongoing DLF IPL Series, Mumbai Indians beat Kolkata Knight Riders by 07 wickets. Sanath Jayasuriya of Team Mumbai was declared Man of the Match for taking 03 wickets for 14 runs.
30.04.2008, 08.00 PM	Delhi Dare Devils Vs. Bangalore Royal Challengers	Feroz Shah Kotla, Delhi	Man of the Match Mc Grath's impressive bowling spell of 4 wickets by 29 runs and a strong opening partnership between Gambhir (86 runs) and Dhawan (50 runs), made Delhi Dare Devils to beat Royal Challengers by 10 runs.
01.05.2008, 04.00 PM	Rajasthan Royals Vs. Kolkata Knight Riders	Sawai Mansingh Stadium, Jaipur	Rajasthan Royals won the match by 45 runs. Playing his first IPL match Swapnil Asondkar, who blasted 60 runs off 34 balls, was declared Man of the Match, for paving the way to beat Kolkata Knight Riders.
01.05.2008, 08.00 PM	Deccan Chargers Vs. Kings XI Punjab	Rajiv Gandhi International Stadium, Uppal, Hyderabad	With the sparkling innings by the Man of the Match Shaun Marsh (84 runs off 62 balls, not out), team Punjab beat Deccan Chargers by 07 wickets.
02.05.2008, 08.00 PM	Chennai Super Kings Vs. Delhi Dare Devils	MA Chidambaram Stadium, Chepauk, Chennai	The match winning innings by Team Delhi's Skipper Virender Sehwag (71 runs off 41 balls), made it easy to beat Chennai Super Kings by 08 wickets. Batting first Team Chennai set a target of 170 runs that was highlighted by S Vidyut who scored 54 runs off just 37 balls.
03.05.2008, 04.00 PM	Bangalore Royal Challengers Vs. Deccan Chargers	M Chinnaswamy Stadium, Bangalore	The 03 wickets haul by pace bowler Praveen Kumar, helped Team Bangalore to pull off a thrilling victory. Chasing the traget of 157 runs, Team Deccan Chargers lost the match by a narrow margin of 03 runs.
03.05.2008, 08.00 PM	Kings XI Punjab Vs. Kolkata Knight Riders	Punjab Cricket Association Stadium, Mohali, Chandigarh	Team Mohali made their fourth consecutive win against Team Kolkata, making it more hard for the latter to get the seat in the Semi-Finals. Kings XI Punjab beat Kolkata Knight Riders by just a margin of 09 runs. Irfan Pathan (02 wickets and hitting 24 runs not out), was declared Man of the Match.
04.05.2008, 04.00 PM	Mumbai Indians Vs. Delhi Dare Devils	Dr DY Patil Sports Academy, Mumbai	Mumbai Indians defeated Delhi Dare Devils by 29 runs with seven balls to spare. Team Mumbai witnessed an all-round performnace by its Captain Shaun Pollock who scored 33 runs off 15 balls and took 02 wickets also.
04.05.2008, 08.00 PM	Rajasthan Royals Vs. Chennai Super Kings	Sawai Mansingh Stadium, Jaipur	The astonishing bowling by Team Jaipur's pacer Sohail Tanvir (06 wickets for 14 runs) paved a clean way for Rajasthan Royals to beat M.S. Dhoni's Team Chennai Super Kings by 08 wickets.
05.05.2008, 08.00 PM	Bangalore Royal Challengers Vs. Kings XI Punjab	M Chinnaswamy Stadium, Bangalore	Kings XI Punjab defeated Bangalore Royal Challengers by six wickets and registered their fifth consecutive win. S. Sreesanth was adjudged Man of the Match for taking 02 wickets for 16 runs.
06.05.2008, 08.00 PM	Chennai Super Kings Vs. Deccan Chargers	MA Chidambaram Stadium, Chepauk, Chennai	Team Deccan Chargers won this match by 07 wickets. The match wining innings by Man of the Match Adam Gilchrist (54 runs) and his team mate Shahid Afridi (20 runs not out) were the key to the victory of Team Hyderabad.
07.05.2008, 08.00 PM	Mumbai Indians Vs. Rajasthan Royals	Dr DY Patil Sports Academy, Mumbai	After packing Rajasthan Royals for just 103 runs, the Mumbai Indians made an easy win by 07 wickets. It was an extra ordinary contribution by the pace bowlers of Team Mumbai. Nehra (3-13), Raje (2-19), Bravo (2-12) and Kulkarni (2-21).
08.05.2008, 04.00 PM	Delhi Dare Devils Vs. Chennai Super Kings	Feroz Shah Kotla, Delhi	In a dramatic turn over in the last over, Team Chennai's Manpreet Gony (13 runs not out) snatched the match from Delhi Dare Devils hands and helped Team Chennai to make a victory by 04 wickets. M.S. Dhoni was adjudged Man of the Match.
08.05.2008, 08.00 PM	Kolkata Knight Riders Vs. Bangalore Royal Challengers	Eden Gardens, Kolkata	Kolkata Knight Riders won this match by 05 wickets and Sourav Ganguly was declared Man of the Match for his outstanding bowling of 01 wicket, 07 runs in his 03 overs spell.
09.05.2008, 08.00 PM	Rajasthan Royals Vs. Deccan Chargers	Sawai Mansingh Stadium, Jaipur	Man of the Match Yusuf Pathan (68 runs off 37 balls, 9x4, 2x6) with the strong opening partnership of 109 runs with Greame Smith (40 runs off 43 balls 4x4), together made Rajasthan Royals to beat Deccan Chargers by 09 wickets.
10.05.2008, 08.00 PM	Chennai Super Kings Vs. Kings XI Punjab	MA Chidambaram Stadium, Chepauk, Chennai	Chennai Super Kings beat King's XI Punjab by 18 runs. L. Balaji of Team Chennai was declared Man of the Match for an outstanding bowling spell of 05 wickets for 24 runs and making first ever hat-trick at IPL.
11.05.2008, 04.00 PM	Deccan Chargers Vs. Kolkata Knight Riders	Rajiv Gandhi International Stadium, Uppal, Hyderabad	The strong innings by Team Kolkata Captain and Man of the Match Sourav Ganguly (91 runs, 57 balls, 11 x 4, 5 x 6) & David Hussey (not out 57 runs) made it easy to beat Deccan Chargers by 23 runs.
11.05.2008, 08.00 PM	Rajasthan Royals Vs. Delhi Dare Devils	Sawai Mansingh Stadium, Jaipur	The royal performance by Man of the Match, Team Rajasthan's, Shane Watson (74 runs and bowling spell of 02 wickekts) was the key to make victory over Delhi Dare Devils by 03 wickets. This was Team Rajasthan's 7th victory in DLF IPL Series.
12.05.2008, 08.00 PM	Kings XI Punjab Vs. Bangalore Royal Challengers	Punjab Cricket Association Stadium, Mohali, Chandigarh	First a stunning bowling spell by S.Sree Santh (3/29) and then outstanding batting by Man of the Match S. Marsh (74 runs not out, 51balls, 9x4, 2x6) together made Kings Xi Punjab to beat Bangalore Royal Challengers by 09 wickets.
13.05.2008, 08.00 PM	Kolkata Knight Riders Vs. Delhi Dare Devils	Eden Gardens, Kolkata	Making a sensational debut in DLF Indian Premier League, Pakistani pace bowler Shoaib Akhtar stunned everyone by his blasting bowling spell of 04 wickets, 11 runs in just 03 overs and made his team Kolkata Knight Riders to beat Delhi Dare Devils by 23 runs.
14.05.2008, 08.00 PM	Mumbai Indians Vs. Chennai Super Kings	Dr DY Patil Sports Academy, Mumbai	Man of the Match Sanath Jayasuriya, with an unbeaten explosive innings of 114 runs off just 48 balls, helped his team Mumbai to beat Chennai Super Kings by 09 wickets. Jayasuriya's inning was second fastest century in the IPL series and was studded with 11 sixes which also was the second most number of sixes hit by a player in an inning.
15.05.2008, 08.00 PM	Delhi Dare Devils Vs. Deccan Chargers	Feroz Shah Kotla, Delhi	Delhi Dare Devils won the match by 12 runs. Team Delhi's leg spinner and Man of the Match, Amit Mishra made the 2nd hat-trick of ongoing DLF IPL Series and took 05 wickets. The strong inning by G.Gambhir (79 runs, 48 balls, 7x4, 3x6) was also the key in Delhi's victory.
16.05.2008, 08.00 PM	Mumbai Indians Vs. Kolkata Knight Riders	Dr DY Patil Sports Academy, Mumbai	Making the lowest ever score of 67 runs in the Indian Premier League, Team Kolkata lost the match by 08 wickets. Chasing an easy target, Team Mumbai's S. Jayasuriya helped his team to make the win in just 5.3 overs. Jayasuriya made 48 runs in 17 balls hitting 6x4 and 3x6. Shaun Pollock was adjudged Man of the Match for taking 03 wickets in his 04 overs spell.
17.05.2008, 04.00 PM	Rajasthan Royals Vs. Bangalore Royal Challengers	Sawai Mansingh Stadium, Jaipur	Paving the way into 04 finalists, Rajasthan Royals beat Bangalore Royal Challengers by 65 runs. Team Rajasthan's player and Man of the Match Greame Smith (not out 75 runs, 49 balls, 8x4, 2x6) and Asondkar (50 runs, 44 balls, 7x4, 1x6) built a strong score of 197 runs. This was Rajasthan Royals 08th win in its 10 matches.
17.05.2008, 08.00 PM	Delhi Dare Devils Vs. Kings XI Punjab	Feroz Shah Kotla, Delhi	King's XI Punjab won this match. Rain stopped the match twice and Delhi Dare Devils scored 118 runs in just 11 overs. Sehwag scored smashing 51 runs. King's XI Punjab was declared the winner by 06 runs on the basis of Duck-Worth-Lewis system.
18.05.2008, 04.00 PM	Kolkata Knight Riders Vs. Chennai Super Kings	Eden Gardens, Kolkata	For the second time in DLF Indian Premier League, the Duck-Worth-Lewis systems was used in this match and Chennai Super Kings were declared winner over Kolkata Knight Riders by 03 wickets. Team Chennai's M. Ntini (4/21) took the 3rd hat-trick of the ongoing IPL series. Team Kolkata could score 149 runs for 05 wickets.
18.05.2008, 08.00 PM	Deccan Chargers Vs. Mumbai Indians	Rajiv Gandhi International Stadium, Uppal, Hyderabad	To secure place in the semi-finalists, Mumbai Indian made its sixth consecutive win against Deccan Chargers by a margin of 25 runs. Bravo who scored crucial 30 runs and took 03 wickets for Team Mumbai was declared the Man of the Match.
19.05.2008, 08.00 PM	Bangalore Royal Challengers Vs. Delhi Dare Devils	M Chinnaswamy Stadium, Bangalore	The strong opening partnership between G.Gambhir (39 runs, 31 balls, 6x4) and V.Sehwag (47 runs, 19 balls, 7x4, 1x6) made Delhi Dare Devils to register victory over Bangalore Royal Challengers by 05 wickets. Playing his debut match, S. Goswami (52 runs, 42 balls, 7x4, 1x6) from Team Bangalore, was declared Man of the Match.
20.05.2008, 08.00 PM	Kolkata Knight Riders Vs. Rajasthan Royals	Eden Gardens, Kolkata	Man of the Match Y.Pathan (48 runs not out, 18 balls, 5x4, 3x6) with M.Kaif (34 runs not out, 31 balls, 4x4) made this match one sided and helped Rajasthan Royals to beat Kolkata Knight Riders by 06 wickets. With this victory Rajasthan Royals made their entry into the semi-finals.
21.05.2008, 04.00 PM	Mumbai Indians Vs. Kings XI Punjab	Dr DY Patil Sports Academy, Mumbai	In a heart stopping thrilling match, King's XI Punjab won against Mumbai Indian by just 01 run and ensured their entry into the Semi-Finals. Shaun Marsh (81 runs, 56 balls, 7x4, 4x6) from Team Punjab was declared Man of the Match.
21.05.2008, 08.00 PM	Chennai Super Kings Vs. Bangalore Royal Challengers	MA Chidambaram Stadium, Chepauk, Chennai	The strong bowling spell by Man of the Match Anil Kumble (3/14) and D.Steyn (2/28), supported with a responsible batting by R. Dravid (47 runs), finally made a much awaited win for Team Bangalore and beat Chennai Super Kings by 14 runs. Chasing the target of 127 runs, Team Chennai could score only 112 runs.
22.05.2008, 08.00 PM	Kolkata Knight Riders Vs. Delhi Dare Devils	Feroz Shah Kotla, Delhi	This match abandonded due to rain and both the teams got 01 point each.
23.05.2008, 08.00 PM	Kings XI Punjab Vs. Deccan Chargers	Punjab Cricket Association Stadium, Mohali, Chandigarh	Bollywood actress Preity Zinta owned team King's XI Punjab registered 9th victory in its 12th match against Deccan Charger by beating it by 06 wickets. Strong batting performance by Man of the Match S. Marsh (60 runs, 44 balls) and K. Sangakara (50 runs, 25 balls) were key highlights.
24.05.2008, 04.00 PM	Chennai Super Kings Vs. Rajasthan Royals	MA Chidambaram Stadium, Chepauk, Chennai	Keeping its victorious chariot going on and on Rajasthan Royals beat Chennai Super Kings by 10 runs. Team Rajasthan set a huge target of 211 runs and Team Chennai could make 201 runs for 07 wickets.J. Morkel (71 runs, 40 balls) of Team Chennai was declared Man of the Match.
24.05.2008, 08.00 PM	Delhi Dare Devils Vs. Mumbai Indians	Feroz Shah Kotla, Delhi	Delhi Dare Devils won this mach by 05 wickets and beat Mumbai Indians by 05 wickets. Dinesh Kartik from Team Delhi (not out 56 runs, 42 balls, 4x4, 6x3) was declared Man of the Match. With this win Team Delhi has kept the hope to reach the semi finals still alive.
25.05.2008, 04.00 PM	Deccan Chargers Vs. Bangalore Royal Challengers	Rajiv Gandhi International Stadium, Uppal, Hyderabad	The overall and superb performance by Bangalore Royal Challengers made their team to beat Deccan Chargers by 05 wickets. Team Bangalore's Vinay Kumar for his impressive bowling spell of 3/27 was adjudged Man of the Match.
25.05.2008, 08.00 PM	Kolkata Knight Riders Vs. Kings XI Punjab	Eden Gardens, Kolkata	Kolkata Knight Riders won this match by 03 wickets. Bengal Tiger S. Ganguly blasted a stunning batting inning of not out 86 runs, 53 balls, 4x6, 6x4. Umar Gul (4/23 and 24 runs off 11 balls) was declared Man of the Match.
26.05.2008, 08.00 PM	Rajasthan Royals Vs. Mumbai Indians	Sawai Mansingh Stadium, Jaipur	In an interesting match, Rajasthan Royals snatched the victory in the last ball of the last over and beat Mumbai Indians by 05 wickets. S. Tanvir (4/14) was declared Man of the Match and this was Rajasthan Royal's 7th consecutive win.
27.05.2008, 08.00 PM	Deccan Chargers Vs. Chennai Super Kings	Rajiv Gandhi International Stadium, Uppal, Hyderabad	Beating Deccan Chargers by 07 wickets, Chennai Super Kings secured its berth in the semi-finals and ousted Team Mumbai from the race to the semis. Suresh Raina from Team Chennai was declared Man of the Match for his outstanding batting (not out 54 runs, 43 balls, 5x4, 2x6).
28.05.2008, 04.00 PM	Bangalore Royal Challengers Vs. Mumbai Indians	M Chinnaswamy Stadium, Bangalore	Chasing a small score of 122 runs made by Team Bangalore, the Mumbai Indian won this match by 09 wickets. S.Jayasuriya and S. Tendulkar blasted a quick 96 runs opening partnership to reach the target in just 16 overs.
28.05.2008, 08.00 PM	Kings XI Punjab Vs. Rajasthan Royals	Punjab Cricket Association Stadium, Mohali, Chandigarh	King's XI Punjab won this match by a margin of 41 runs. Playing first, Team Mohali made a huge score of 221 runs in which Man of the Match S. Marsh contributed important 115 runs, 69 balls, 11x4, 7x6. In reply to this score Team Rajasthan could score 180 runs after losing their 7 wickets.
30.05.2008, 08.00 PM	Rajasthan Royals Vs. Delhi Dare Devils	Wankhede Stadium, Mumbai	Rajasthan Royals beat Delhi Dare Devils in this first semi-final match by 105 runs and confirmed their entry into the Finals. Playing first Team Rajasthan scored 192 runs and Team Delhi could reach upto the mark of just 87 runs in 16.2 overs. S. Watson from Team Rajasthan for his superb batting inning of 52 runs, 29 balls, 4x4, 3x6 was declared Man of the Match.
31.05.2008, 08.00 PM	Chennai Super Kings Vs. Kings XI Punjab	Wankhede Stadium, Mumbai	This second semi-final also turned into a one sided match as chasing a small score of 112 runs by Team Punjab, Team Chennai achieved it with the sound opening partnership by P.Patel (51) & S. Raina (55). Beating Kings XI Punjab, Team Chennai has entered into the finals. M. Ntini (2/23) was adjudged Man of the Match.
01.06.2008, 08.00 PM	Chennai Super Kings Vs. Rajasthan Royals	Wankhede Stadium, Mumbai	The month long cricketing extravaganza came to an end with great entertainment by both the teams. Beating Chennai Super Kings by 03 wickets, Rajasthan Royals became the King of Indian Premier League. Chasing the score of 163 runs, Team Rajasthan made their innings a nail biting suspense upto the last ball and finally won it with great bang. Yousuf Pathan, for taking 03 wicket and scoring fast 56 runs, was declared Man of the Match and Shane Watson of Team Rajasthan was adjudged Man of the Series.