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Royal Challengers Bangalore booked their place in the Indian Premier League final with a six-wicket victory over the Chennai Super Kings thanks largely to a 72-run partnership between Rahul Dravid and Manish Pandey. Bangalore, one of the worst teams in the inaugural IPL, will now face another side that battled in the 2008 season, Deccan Chargers, in Sunday’s climax at the Wanderers.
A train driven by "unauthorized people" crashed into another at a station near the southern Indian city of Chennai on Wednesday, killing four and injuring 11, officials said.
Sachin Tendulkar slammed an unbeaten half century and Lasith Malinga claimed three wickets as the Mumbai Indians beat Chennai Super Kings by 19 runs in the opening match of the Indian Premier League. The lucrative Twenty20 tournament is being held in South Africa because of security issues in the wake of terror attacks in Mumbai and Lahore and with Indian elections in progress.