Former captain Sachin Tendulkar has thrown his support behind India, saying that they are ‘well balanced’ and will go on to retain their ICC World Twenty20 crown in England next month. Twenty20 World Cup Schedule Tendulkar, who does not play Twenty20 International cricket although he captains Indian Premier League (IPL) franchise Mumbai Indians, said that [...]
Pace spearhead Zaheer Khan, who is recovering from a shoulder injury, is set to leave with the India’s Twenty20 squad for the World Cup in England, BCCI sources said on Thursday. “The team is set to leave tomorrow. If there was anything about it (concerns over Zaheer’s fitness) we would have let it be known [...]
The 2011 World Cup, to be jointly hosted by India, Sri Lanka and Bangladesh, is expected to cost between $40 and 50 million. The figure was worked out at a preliminary meeting of the 2011 World Cup sub-committee looking into operations planning and event budgeting here, said tournament director and Cricket Board’s Chief Administrative Officer, [...]
The ICC won’t make a slot available in its schedule for the Champions League Twenty20 tournament. Champions League organizer Lalit Modi had said the event, featuring domestic teams from seven nations, would be an annual fixture on the international schedule. But ICC chief executive Haroon Lorgat contradicted those claims on Tuesday. “We don’t keep windows [...]
Ranjan Madugalle, Chris Broad and Alan Hurst have been appointed match referees for next month’s ICC World Twenty20 Championship in England. Madugalle, who has overseen 18 Twenty20 Internationals, was also one of the three match referees in the inaugural tournament in South Africa along with Broad who has led the playing control team in 26 [...]
Deccan Chargers, the winners of the second edition of the Indian Premier League (IPL) in South Africa, arrived here on Wednesday night to a rousing welcome from fans. The fans were, however, disappointed a bit as only three players – Tirumalsetti Suman, Harmeet Singh and Shoaib Ahmed – arrived at the Rajiv Gandhi International Airport. [...]
The IPL invested nearly $121 million in five weeks in South Africa but team owners have reason to cheer as teams seem to have made money in the second year of the tournament. After being written off last season, Deccan Chargers have emerged winners and its owner Deccan Chronicle has reason to smile. Last year, [...]
Next month’s ICC World Twenty20 in England will be the most viewed cricket spectacle beamed across 216 countries, including China and Russia. Campbell Jamieson, ICC General Manager (Commercial), told reporters here on Tuesday that for the first time in the International Cricket Council’s history, an event would be telecast in more than 200 countries. “We [...]
Now that the IPL is over and the action would gradually shift to Champions League, franchisees will be seen engaged in a keen players transfer game. New South Wales, one of the Australian participants, may lose David Warner, who is likely to stick to Delhi Daredevils in the 12-team tournament to be held in India [...]
Below is a collective compilation of the best videos of the IPL season 2 final and the closing ceremony including performances by Katrina Kaif and Akon. Also included is the spectacular fireworks display which is probably the best organised for an Indian event. Also see : IPL Scorecard – Deccan Chargers beat Bangalore Royal Challengers [...]
The Deccan Chargers completed a fairytale turnaround to win the 2009 Indian Premier League with a six-run win over the Royal Challengers Bangalore in Johannesburg. The side that finished at the bottom of the table last year, and fourth this time around, posted 143 for six before restricting the Challengers to 137 for nine in [...]
Indian Premier League, 2009 Deccan Chargers vs Bangalore Royal Challengers, Final The Wanderers Stadium, Johannesburg, May 24, 2009 Match Information Umpires: Rudi Koertzen (RSA) & Simon Taufel (Aus) Third Umpire: Daryl Harper (Aus) Match Referee: Javagal Srinath (Ind) Toss: Bangalore Royal Challengers (Elected to field) Match Status: Deccan Chargers won by 6 runs Also see [...]
The final of the IPL season 2 will be played on Sunday at the Wanderers Johannesburg between Bangalore Royal Challengers and Deccan Chargers. These two teams finished 7th and 8th last season and now will be competing for the 1st-2nd spot in an amazing turn around in their fortunes. Bangalore Royal Challengers had a slow [...]
The Royal Challengers Bangalore secured an Indian Premier League final spot against the Deccan Chargers by beating the Chennai Super Kings by six wickets in the second semi-final in Johannesburg. Manish Pandey, fresh from scoring a century against the Chargers two days ago, starred again with a fluent 48 as the Challengers overcame Chennai’s score [...]
Indian Premier League, 2009 Chennai Super Kings vs Bangalore Royal Challengers, 2nd Semi-Final The Wanderers Stadium, Johannesburg, May 23, 2009 Match Information Toss: Bangalore Royal Challengers (Elected to field) Match Status: Bangalore Royal Challengers won by 6 wkts Batting: Bangalore Royal Challengers Innings Batsmen Bangalore Royal Challengers (149/4 in 18.5 ovs) Runs Balls 4′s 6′s [...]
The Bangalore Royal Challengers will take on the Chennai Super Kings in the second semifinal of the Indian Premier League at Johannesburg on Saturday. Chennai Super Kings finished 2nd in the league table with 17 points from 14 games and were the second best team in the tournament throughout. For them their batting holds the [...]
Adam Gilchrist produced an outstanding display of batting as the Deccan Chargers powered into the Indian Premier League final with a six-wicket win over the Delhi Daredevils at Centurion Park. Gilchrist rolled back the years by thumping 85 in 35 balls to ensure that Delhi’s 153 for eight was grossly inadequate, the Chargers getting home [...]
Indian Premier League, 2009 Delhi Daredevils vs Deccan Chargers, 1st Semi-Final SuperSport Park, Centurion, May 22, 2009 Match Information Umpires: Billy Doctrove (WI) & Daryl Harper (Aus) Third Umpire: Rudi Koertzen (RSA) Match Referee: S Venkatraghavan (Ind) Toss: Deccan Chargers (Elected to field) Match Status: Deccan Chargers won by 6 wkts Man of the Match: [...]
Delhi Dare Devils will take on Deccan Chargers in the first semi final on Friday at Super Sport Park in Centurion. Delhi finished top of the table with 20 points from their 14 games and were considered to be the favourites all along. They will be hoping to carry this form into the semi final [...]
Manish Pandey became the first Indian to score a century in the Indian Premier League, carrying his bat for an unbeaten 114 that set up a 12-run victory for the Royal Challengers Bangalore over the Deccan Chargers in the final group game of the 2009 competition. Pandey’s efforts enabled the Bangalore side to reach 170 [...]