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Johannesburg 24 May 2009

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Deccan Chargers skipper Adam Gilchrist lit up the night with his boyish enthusiasm and glowing brightness long before the fireworks went off around SuperSport Park at the end of the semifinal of the DLF Indian Premier League here on Friday. His 35-ball knock of 85 runs (10 fours and five sixes) will stay etched in the minds of all those who were privileged to watch it here or from the comfort of their drawing rooms or on their computers.

It seemed he had single-handedly powered his team into Sunday’s final with a six-wicket win over the fancied Delhi Daredevils. But the truth is that his bowlers had done well to stop Delhi Daredevils at 153 for eight in 20 overs after Virender Sehwag and Tillekeratne Dilshan took the team batting first to 83 for two in 10 overs.

esilience is the word that springs to the mind. They started off with a good win but ended up with four straight defeats and their critics started sniping at them again. But the team won skipper Kevin Pietersen’s farewell game and Anil Kumble, who took over, tweaked in some changes to ensure that the team stayed in the frame, Jacques Kallis relished the chance to open the innings and made telling contributions while Ross Taylor played a couple of amazing match-winnings knocks; others like Rahul Dravid and Virat Kohli have played supporting roles – and Manish Pandey emerged with a century in the final game to make the team’s batting look well settled. Kumble has been the star bowler for the side with Kallis and Praveen Kumar doing efficient jobs with the new ball. And yes, Roelef van der Merwe has been a great support bowler with his brand of left-arm spin.

Actress Katrina Kaif will join Rajasthan Royals co-owner Shilpa Shetty to decide the winner of the Miss IPL Bollywood South Africa contest at the Montecasino entertainment complex here on Saturday.

Former Miss Universe Michelle McLean, former Miss South Africa Joanne Strauss, Fashion TV owner Michele Adam and Francois Pienaar, who led the South African to victory in the Rugby World Cup, will also be on the panel of judges.

The Exclusive Live streaming of the Miss IPL Bollywood South Africa contest will be available on iplt20.com, right after the second semifinal between Chennai Super Kings and Royal Challengers Bangalore.

As many as 16 finalists are competing for some amazing prizes. The 16 finalists were chosen by Internet voting on the official website of DLF Indian Premier League www.iplt20.com and include models, actresses, professionals and students. They were chosen from 48 who were selected from the crowd at each game.

The winner will get a cash prize of 50,000 Rands and a trip to India where she will be taken on a special Bollywood visit.

In a campaign that has included matches insipid and inspiring the Royal Challengers have well and truly come to life. Maintaining the momentum of three consecutive runs, they pulled the rug from under Deccan Chargers' feet and went to No. 3 in the points table, setting up a semi-final clash with the Chennai Super Kings.

At the end of a clinical win, Bangalore can thank Manish Pandey and RP Singh. Promoting Pandey to open in a pressure situation, Bangalore nearly lost him in the third over but RP's gross misjudgment at third man settled the nerves and then some. Either cutting solidly or swatting and slapping with efficiency rather than grace, Pandey grabbed the opportunity and notched up just the second century this season - and first by an Indian in both seasons. Few in South Africa would have heard of the Under-19 batsman but should remember him after this amazing effort.

Teams have struggled to defend under lights at Centurion, and Bangalore were put on the back foot as Herschelle Gibbs waded into the attack. But Anil Kumble took pace off the ball and once Gibbs and Andrew Symonds were dismissed in relative succession it all got too tough for Deccan, who will face Delhi Daredevils in the first semi-final tomorrow.

RP's drop in the third over came after Jacques Kallis pulled his seventh ball to short square leg. It proved a costly error. Pandey began his innings looking out of sorts, twice inside-edging Ryan Harris on the bounce to Adam Gilchrist and top-edging safely to third man. Batting as though Bangalore needed to chase 250, Pandey clouted the ball through the leg side with gay abandon.

Roelof van der Merwe showed a liking for RP on the leg side, twice crashing him over through and over mid-on for boundaries, and weighed in with 23 from 18 balls. After he was well stumped off Symonds in the tenth over, Pandey weighed up the situation and hung on. By this time he was 33, and on resumption after the strategic break dumped T Suman's offspin for consecutive sixes to raise his half-century. Now his timing had improved considerably and Bangalore were going at seven an over.

Team	Match	Won	Lost			Pt	Net pt
Delhi Daredevils	7	5	2			10	+0.158
Chennai	8	4	3			9	+1.361
Rajasthan Royals	8	4	3			9	-0.317
Deccan Chargers	7	4	3			8	+0.038
Bangalore	8	4	4			8	-0.200
Kings XI Punjab	8	4	4			8	-0.501
Mumbai Indians	7	3	3			7	+0.761
Kolkata	9	1	7			3	-1.097

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Herschelle Gibbs has put his run of poor form and controversies behind him with some back to back match-winning innings in the second edition of DLF Indian Premier League. His transformation is now visible on the field.

In an exclusive interview with iplt20.com, the champion batsman touches on everything that has touched his career so far.

It is the toughest tournament from a mental point of view. It is just so mentally tough and draining - on and off the field. It is not just the players you play against; the media and public are very much in your face too. But since we have made a great start, it has released a lot of pressure. Now, the focus is to keep the momentum going.

Boy it was hard coming back into the Indian Premier League I was really nervous! I think I got a couple of good scores against Australia and that helped me cop a heap from the media. But time heals most things and even though I expect to get a little ribbing this time round, I accept it is in my past.