Deccan Chargers would desperately want to start their second leg of matches with a win over the Rajasthan Royals team. But under Shane Warne’s captaincy, the RR team has blossomed like no other, ensuring that the contest would be an exciting one. So far, Deccan’s two wins have come on the back of Gilchrist’s individual [...]
When Ganguly won the toss and elected to field first in a rain affected, overs reduced match, everyone seemed a little baffled. And when the Kolkata Knight Riders were struggling at 88/6 in the 12th, the Challengers were really on top. But first through Murli Kartik and Saha’s partnership, and then through some tight bowling [...]
…as Kolkata Knight Riders take on the Bangalore Royal Challengers in the other match of the day. The KKR have been off the boil and have lost four successive matches, and would love to resurrect the record, where as the Bangalore RCs have been jolted out of their slumber party by their owner, Dr. Vijay [...]
In what is supposed to be the first match of the second leg of matches, the Chennai Super Kings would meet the Delhi Dare Devils at the Kotla in Delhi. In their first meeting, the Dhoni led Kings had succumbed to a loss, and they would now have to ensure that they pug in the [...]
Mumbai Indians take on the Rajasthan Royals in today’s clash, in what may have been a battle of Warne versus Tendulkar. Now, it does not seem like that any more, with Sachin’s injury not yet having healed properly, sources close to Tendulkar have said that he may still not play today. From the team’s perspective, [...]
A change in captaincy, and a strokeful inning from this very new captain, saw Deccan Chargers mow down the Chennai Super Kings with plenty to spare. Adam Gilchrist stepped in to replace VVS Laxman, who had injured his hand in the last match, and won the toss and decided to field first. Dhoni anyways wanted [...]
The simple answer to that is NO. Many were surprised to see Adam Gilchrist coming out for toss with M.S. Dhoni, instead of VVS, which gave rise to speculations that he was dropped. The reason was a hand injury which he had sustained in a previous match. Otherwise, how does one drop a captain, whos [...]
In a surprising development, Charu Sharma has been officially removed from the post of the CEO of the Bangalore Royal Challengers team, and the official reasons have been attributed to ‘personal reasons’. Those who have been following the Bangalore RCs fortunes, would realise the real reasoning behind it, but what is surprising is the timing [...]
MS Dhoni would want to reverse his team’s fortunes in today’s match against Deccn Chargers to be played at M.A. Chidambaram Stadium, Chennai. On the other hand, Laxman’s team, which was perceived to be one of the pre-tournament favourites are languishing at the bottom of the table, even below the lowly Mumbai Indians team, with [...]
In what turned out to be a totally one sided match, Kings XI Punjab beat the Bangalore Royal Challengers by 6 wickets. Batting first after being put in by Yuvraj Singh, Rahul Dravid’s side lost a couple of wickets in the first over itself which stalled their momentum even before it had begun. Dravid scored [...]
With the kind of form Kings XI Punjab has shown to exhibit in the last few matches – four to be more precise, it would be foolhardy not to term them as favorites against the Royal Challnegers in today’s IPL match. On the other hand, Bangalore RCs finally managed to perform out of their skins [...]
Yeah, just when everyone’s going gung ho about IPL, or probably even criticizing it for its affect on the real cricket, i.e. Tests, the Indian Women Cricket team is slogging it out in a four nation ODI series, against the other Asian nations, Pakistan, Bangladesh and Sri Lanka. They have won their first two matches, [...]
This was a first at the DLF IPL, when Sohail Tanvir scalped six Chennai Super Kings wickets, to snuff out any chances the the latter had. In the process, they also went on to become the sole toppers of the table, with ten points. Delhi and Chennai are at 8 points each. Batting first, CSK [...]
It would only be fair to say that the Delhi DareDevils side took it a little easy, and the Mumbai Indians were just waiting for this opportunity to pounce upon them. And they did! Fielding like tigers – when you see Ashish Nehra save runs in the outfield with his fielding, you would know what [...]
The face off between two shrewd captains, is what the experts are terming the second match of the day as Chennai Super Kings would battle it out with the Shane Warne led, Rajasthan Royals. After the exodus of the Aussie players, and on current form, both the teams look evenly poised, and set for an [...]
If there is any team that has each of its department as strong as the other, then it has to be Delhi DareDevils. In comparison, the Mumbai Indians have struggled to put the runs on board, and their bowlers have gone for aplenty. So, it would be only fair to term this as a battle [...]
The Kings XI Punjab’s juggernaut did not stop today. They recorded their fourth win in 6 matches, after having lost their first two, by beating the KKR easily. Batting first after winning the toss, KXP scored a healthy 178, including 21 runs that came in the last over off Ishant Sharma. KKR had a miserable [...]
The match to decide the wooden spoon winners, went down to the wire, and the script could not have been much better. On a sluggish pitch, Deccan Chargers won the toss and surprisingly, elected to field first. The Bangalore Royal Challengers brought in Bharat Chipli, who opened with Wasim Jaffer. Jaffer played one of his [...]
That is what today’s other match between King’s XI Punjab and Kolkata Knight Rider has got billed as by a huge section of media, a Preity Zinta vs SRK encounter. And amidst this war of the Bollywood, the actual battle would fought between the players on the field at the Mohali Cricket ground. Kolkata would [...]
…as they take on another bottom placed team, Deccan Chargers in today’s first match of the day. With one wins from five matches each, this is the match that would decide the bottom placed team. The Deccan Chargers looked to be coming to their own in the match against Mumbai Indians, but then easily lost [...]