Deccan Chargers took the bull in their emblem too seriously, as they came out charging to defend a modest total

Manish Pandey followed up his century with a 35-ball 48 to ensure Royal Challengers Bangalore chased a below-par target with ease to reach the final

The much-ridiculed underdogs of this year, Kolkata Knight Riders, have ended the tournament for the defending champions, but not before they almost made a mess of the chase

Chennai can still afford one more mistake, but with their negative net run-rate Punjab have made their last mistake if they are to error if they are to enter the final four

Some of the most bizarre stats you will ever see in Twenty20 games added excitement to the chase, but in the end Chennai Super Kings pushed Mumbai Indians out of the tournament

Rajat Bhatia was canny and deadly at the death, taking four wickets for four runs as Deccan Chargers choked to lose once again to Delhi Daredevils

Matthew Hayden and S Badrinath batted smartly, attacking clinically in between, and took Chennai through a tricky chase and to the top of the table

Chennai and Rajasthan have made superb comebacks in the middle stages, but now one team will have to give up its winning streak

Umar Gul took a wicket first ball, Shahid Afridi took two in first two balls, and Australia imploded bizarrely to lose the only T20 comprehensively

Three points separate seven teams at around the half-way stage, which makes the game between Deccan Chargers and Mumbai Indians a crucial one

He wasn't quick, he didn't swing it; he was an unsung hero for New Zealand cricket in the age of Hadlee

The IPL assumes significance to different parties in different ways, but for India's selectors it has provided a happy headache or three

Delhi will play for a spot at the top of the table, and Chennai for redemption after conceding a century to AB de Villiers in their first match

Kolkata Knight Riders made a good attempt at causing the biggest surprise of the season so far, but came short despite smart bowling for most of Mumbai's innings, and a first fifty for them - by Brad Hodge who kept together a chase that fell away early

Surprise, surprise. The rematch of last's year's final will be played between a team trying to stay afloat in the middle of the table, and the other trying to wriggle out of the bottom two. Who would have thought?

In a contest of two desperate teams, Royal Challengers Bangalore were simply more desperate, winning their second game of the season in six tries

Andrew Symonds may have cut his Rastafarian beads, but he showed tonight there had been no cutback on his competitive spirit or his aptitude, as Australia levelled the series 1-1

Yusuf Pathan broke the IPL's first tie and with it Kolkata Knight Riders' hearts through clean hitting in the Super Over, to chase down 16 runs in four deliveries

It seemed the IPL had finally found its Twenty20 soul, with two batsmen combining to score - for the first time in this tournament - at a frenetic pace throughout the innings. But chasing a huge Deccan Chargers total, a limp show from Bangalore Royal Chal

Bangalore already threaten to have fallen back to type, and they will want to push Deccan back to type, and maintain equilibrium in the table