Even after almost thirty matches having been played , the Indian Premier League has as yet to produce a centurian from the Indian camp , In fact centuries seem to have dried up after the departure of the players from down under . If i were to guess - it might be Y Patahn , Shewag , Gambhir ( he almost got there ) Asnodkar , Dhoni and so forth . Lets us see who does it first ; if that

INDIAN PREMIER LEAGUE match 27 between Rajasthan Royals and Mumbai Indians produced the second lowest score of the league matches with Rajasthan Royals being stopped at 103 for 10 in sixteen overs . This was always going to be a difficult score to defend ( the second lowest in the league ) and Mumbai Indians despite their bad form and the absence of Sachin Tendulkar won by seven wickets . Should make owner Mr Ambani a little happier.

The match between Delhi Dare Devils and Chennai challengers was a surprise . Despite a brilliant 80 OFF 49 by Gautam Gambhir and 59 off 46 by S Dhawan , they finished at 187 or 5 which Chennai Challengers were able to reach  - they finished at 188 for 6 and won the match - Dhoni has found the good luck charm .

29th Indian Premier League match between the bottom two teams , KOLKATA KNIGHT RIDERS and BANGLORE ROYAL CHALLENGERS ( with their new CEO ) was a sixteen over match at Eden Garden . Kolkata Knight Riders avoided the shame of being beaten at home by Banglore - only just . Banglore Royal Challengers were again beaten , this time by 5 runs - boucher scored the highest at 50 off 40 .

The ICC who approved the Indian Premier League seems to be worried now . I understand that a meeting was held to discuss this format and to see if this format would eventually kill test cricket . The Indian Premier League has been a huge success , and with the BCCI lifting the cap on what each team can spend to purchase players next season , the chances are that the players will have the potential to earn huge amounts of money in the Twenty20 format - thus attracting more players . But I donot think test cricket will suffer . Over a period of time there will be differentiation between test players and Twenty20 players . Already we are seeing that good test players ( Dravid , Laxman , Ganguly to name a few ) have not been very successful at Twenty20 format . It is this distinction that will eventually separate the players and will let both formats survive . Test cricket for the cricket and Twenty20 for pure entertainment and money . There are enough spectators for both formats and there is room for both of them