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Chandigarh Lions

By chetannarula ⋅ October 7, 2008 ⋅ Post a comment

Chandigarh Lions dominated in the first season of the ICL, especially when the tournament matches were held at Panchkula. They are still a strong unit elsewhere as they possess names such as the charismatic Chris Cairns amongst them. Joining forces with him are Daryl Tuffey, Andrew Hall and Lou Vincent backed by good Indian talents [...]

Chennai Superstars

By chetannarula ⋅ October 7, 2008 ⋅ Post a comment

Chennai Superstars won the first ICL 20s by beating chandigarh Lions in the finals at Panchkula almost a year ago, and their progress continued as they won the ICL 50s domestic tournament as well. They also finished 3rd in the Edleweiss 20s challenge earlier this year. With a no nonsense coach in Michael Bevan, [...]

Delhi Giants

By chetannarula ⋅ October 7, 2008 ⋅ Post a comment

The Delhi Giants boast of maximum players from their lineup in the Top rankings of the ICL stats for both the batting and bowling departments in the ICL 50’s. Their batting revolves around the Sri-Lankan maestro, Marvan Atapattu ably supported by the impressive JP Yadav, MD Mishra & Abhinav Bali.
The inclusion of attacking [...]

Hyderabad Heroes

By chetannarula ⋅ October 7, 2008 ⋅ Post a comment

The Hyderabad Heroes have seen a meteoric rise in the ICL in just three tournaments. After a lackluster performance at the inaugural ICL 20s tournament & ICL 50s, this team raised their game for the Edelweiss 20s Challenge and in the best of three finals beat the Lahore Badshahs 2-0, a team that hadn’t lost [...]

Royal Bengal Tigers

By chetannarula ⋅ October 7, 2008 ⋅ Post a comment

The Royal Bengal Tigers belong to the cricket crazy Kolkata. They have ended up claiming a top four position in all the three tournaments they have featured in the ICL sor far. Led by the ever inspirational Craig McMillan & coached by South African great Daryll Cullinan, they will start as one of the favourites [...]

Mumbai Champs

By chetannarula ⋅ October 7, 2008 ⋅ Post a comment

Mumbai Champs belong to the historical home of Indian cricket and this city is fittingly led by the legendary Brian Lara. However, their previous attempts at glory in the ICL haven’t been that successful and this they will be looking to make an improvement from this time round, especially Lara, who is yet to set [...]

Ahmedabad Rockets

By chetannarula ⋅ October 7, 2008 ⋅ Post a comment

Ahmedabad Rockets belong to the business minded regions of India, Gujarat. This year onwards they will have a home ground as well as the ICL has tied up with the Sardar Patel stadium in the city.
Their batting will be lead by world class stylish batsman Damien Martyn who will also be leading the side. He [...]

Lahore Badshahs

By chetannarula ⋅ October 7, 2008 ⋅ Post a comment

Lahore Badhsahs are led by the legendary Pakistani batsman Inzamam ul Haq and coached by the mercurial Moin Khan. They were the first all-international side to play in the ICL and took the meaning of Indo-Pak rivalry a notch higher.
Their batting line-up boasts of all explosive batsmen namely, Taufeeq Umar, Imran Farhat and Imran [...]

Dhaka Warriors

By chetannarula ⋅ October 7, 2008 ⋅ 2 comments

Dhaka Warriors is solely composed of Bangladeshi players and is only the second team in the competition to be represented by players from a single country after Lahore Badshahs.
They will be competing in the ICL for the first time and would need to make an impression from the very beginning, as Bangladesh are very [...]

Sachin No.1 in Warne’s list

By chetannarula ⋅ October 6, 2008 ⋅ Post a comment

Master blaster Sachin Tendulkar tops the list of world’s best 100 Test cricketers named by legendary spinner Shane Warne in his book Shane Warne’s Century, which also features as many as 10 other Indians. The list in Warne’s book released on October 2 is almost identical with the one The Times newspaper published last year.
Warne’s [...]

Australia hold for draw against BP XI

By chetannarula ⋅ October 6, 2008 ⋅ Post a comment

Board President’s XI exposed numerous chinks in the Australian armour ahead of the four-match Test series.
Yuvraj Singh (113) lit up the morning session with his batting pyrotechnics, while Wasim Jaffer (93) was distinctly unlucky to miss his ton as Board President’s XI declared their second essay at 292 for four, some 47 minutes after lunch.
Chasing [...]

New Zealand A on top against India A

By chetannarula ⋅ October 6, 2008 ⋅ Post a comment

New Zealand A players stole the show on the penultimate day of the four-day cricket match against India A, as they not only stopped their counterparts from taking advantage of a good start but also helped themselves take an overall 146-run lead here on Sunday.
The visitors bowled out India A for 276 in their first [...]

Paes-Dlouhy lose in Japan Open final

By chetannarula ⋅ October 6, 2008 ⋅ Post a comment

Leander Paes and Lukas Dlouhy’s bid for a second successive ATP title ended in disappointment after the top seeds were stunned by the Russian-German pair of Mikhail Youzhny and Mischa Zverev in the finals of AIG Japan Open in Tokyo on Sunday.
The unseeded Youzhny and Zverev beat the Indo-Czech pair 6-3 6-4 to capture their [...]

Board President’s XI vs Australia: Day Two

By chetannarula ⋅ October 4, 2008 ⋅ Post a comment

Piyush Chawla and Pragyan Ojha bared Australia’s weaknesses against quality spin as the visitors fumbled and faltered their way to 191 for four wickets on day two of their warm-up match against Board President’s XI on Friday.
The Aussie top-order developed cold feet against Chawla and their free-scoring flair was completely non-existent as they finished the [...]

Tendulkar-Modi cricket’s most powerful men

By chetannarula ⋅ October 4, 2008 ⋅ Post a comment

Indian cricketing legend Sachin Tendulkar and Indian Premier League Commissioner Lalit Modi made it to a list of 25 most powerful global sports figures.
Modi at 19th and Tendulkar at 23rd spot, are ahead of Russian tennis star Maria Sharapova and soccer club Inter Milan’s Manager Jose Mourinho, as per the annual list compiled by American [...]

Paes-Dlouhy in Japan Open semis

By chetannarula ⋅ October 4, 2008 ⋅ Post a comment

The top seeded pair of Leander Paes and Lukas Dlouhy won their sixth match on the trot to advance to the semi-finals of the $869000 Japan Open in Tokyo on Friday.
The Indo-Czech pair overcame a late challenge from Philipp Petzschner of Germany and Alexander Peya of Austria 6-2, 7-6(4) in one hour and eight minutes [...]

New Zealand A on top after first day

By chetannarula ⋅ October 4, 2008 ⋅ Post a comment

Openers Aaron Redmond (105) and Martin Guptil (80) combined for a 190-run stand to guide New Zealand A to a commanding 270 for three in their first innings against India A on the opening day of their second and final four-day cricket match here on Friday.
After the Indian bowlers toiled in hot and humid [...]

I never demanded Laxman’s dismissal: Afridi

By chetannarula ⋅ October 4, 2008 ⋅ Post a comment

Pakistani all-rounder Shahid Afridi on Friday sought to clarify that he never demanded removal of Deccan Chargers’ captain VVS Laxman and claimed his remarks that the Indian was not suitable for Twenty20 version was quoted out of context in the media.
“Tim Wright, the new Chief Executive of the Deccan Chargers team, spoke to me about [...]

India, SA, Australia to play T20 Super Series

By chetannarula ⋅ October 3, 2008 ⋅ Post a comment

If plans materialise, then India, Australia and South Africa will clash in a Twenty20 Super Series next year.
The tournament is planned for next year either in South Africa or Australia on the lines of the rugby tri-series which is held between Australia, South Africa and New Zealand every year.
Venues and other details such as [...]

Board President’s XI vs Australia: Day One

By chetannarula ⋅ October 3, 2008 ⋅ Post a comment

Rohit Sharma scored 105 against the visiting Australians, while Virat Kohli too raised his stake with an identical ton as Board President’s XI finished day one of the warm-up match at a respectable 371 for six wickets on Thursday.
Losing three quick wickets in the morning session put the local favourites in a spot of bother [...]

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