Back in India for the second edition of the Indian Premier League, former Australia opener Matthew Hayden on Friday attributed India’s growing stature in Tests and ODIs to the IPL and the country’s Twenty20 World Cup triumph. “India was focused towards Tests and ODIs but the win in the T20 World Cup has changed all [...]
Michael Hussey has joined his captain Ricky Ponting in withdrawing from this year’s IPL. Hussey is also considering standing down from Australia’s six matches against Pakistan in the UAE later this month. Hussey says he is completely worn out and is desperately trying to find form ahead of the Ashes. He has averaged just 23 [...]
New Zealand all-rounder Jacob Oram says he will pull out of the Indian Premier League if a nagging Achilles tendon strain prevents him from playing the domestic State Championship final on April 6. Oram, who represents Chennai Super Kings in the cash-rich league, denied suggestions that he was trying to save himself for the Twenty20 [...]
The costliest players on the Indian Premier League roster, England’s Kevin Pietersen and Andrew Flintoff stand to lose as much as 150,000 pounds (USD 219,511 approx) due to the organisers’ decision to push back the event’s start by a week as their work has been cut to 14 days. Pietersen, who will captain Bangalore Royal [...]
Team Owner: India Cements 2008 Record: Runners-Up Coach: Keppler Wessels Squad: MS Dhoni (ICON & captain & wicket-keeper), Andrew Flintoff, Mathew Hayden, Michael Hussey, George Bailey, Suresh Raina, S Badrinath, Murali Vijay, Abhinav Mukund, Anirudha Srikkanth, Arun Karthik, Muttiah Muralitharan, Makhaya Ntini, Jacob Oram, Albie Morkel, Thilan Thushara, Shadab Jakati, Napolean Einstein, Viraj Kadbe, Suresh [...]
Even as a final decision on the fate of the second edition of the IPL is awaited, the franchisees on Friday announced their squad lists for the second season. Despite the financial downturn this year, the franchises have bolstered their squads. Kolkata Knight Riders announced the biggest pool of players with 57 while Delhi Daredevils [...]
After a nagging hip injury forced him to return home mid-way from the Test series against the West Indies, England all-rounder Andrew Flintoff hinted he may skip the lucrative Indian Premier League to stay fit to take on the Australians in the Ashes series. Flintoff, who was bagged by IPL’s Chennai Super Kings side for [...]
The costliest player at the Indian Premier League, Andrew Flintoff may miss out on the tournament this year because of a hip injury. The ECB has hinted that Flintoff may be forced to sit out of the IPL on fitness grounds. The England all-rounder, contracted with Chennai Super Kings, has been ruled out of the [...]
Seventeen slots were filled in over two hours of the 2009 IPL auction in Goa. Here is a list of the players who have been bought at the auction (base price in brackets; all numbers in US$): Pool A Shaun Tait to Rajasthan Royals 375,000 (250,000) JP Duminy to Mumbai Indians 950,000 (300,000) Andrew Flintoff [...]
Star England players Kevin Pietersen and Andrew Flintoff on Friday emerged as the world’s most expensive cricketers after being sold for a whopping $1.55 million (approx Rs 7.35 cr) in the Indian Premier League auction, surpassing Indian captain Mahendra Singh Dhoni who had fetched Rs six crore in the inaugural edition. In an auction telecast [...]
Albie Morkel will represent his IPL franchise, the Chennai Super Kings, in the Champions League instead of his South African domestic side the Titans. Morkel is in the same situation as Michael Hussey, who has opted to play for Chennai instead of Western Australia at the club tournament which starts on December 3. The Titans [...]
The cap of $5 million on buying of players by each of the eight Indian Premier League (IPL) franchise teams might see an upward revision in the near future, IPL Chairman and Commissioner Lalit Modi said on Tuesday. The IPL Governing Council will hold a three-day meeting in Goa from October 16-18 at which the [...]
Mahendra Singh Dhoni has sought and got admission at the St. Xaviers college in Ranchi. He wants a bachelors degree in Commerce and later plans to get a masters in business administration. St. Xaviers college has confirmed his admission. Before he applied for admission in Xaviers, he was pursuing his education from Ranchi’s Gossner College. [...]
Manpreet Gony, the lanky Punjab fast bowler, will join the Indian squad for the Bangladesh tri-series as a replacement for S. Sreesanth, who was ruled out after suffering a side strain. Gony, 24, has had a remarkable rise to fame since making his List A debut earlier this year and many believe that he was [...]
It was a dream final and the Rajasthan Royals won the first DLF IPL Cup by beating the Chennai Super Kings on the last ball of the final over . Both teams played exceptionally well with good batting, bowling and fielding performances. Winning moments of IPL – video Rajasthan Royals won the toss and put [...]
The second semi-final took place today between Kings XI Punjab and Chennai Super Kings in Mumbai. After yesterday’s dismal performance by Delhi, everyone expected today’s match to be competitive and full of thrills but this was not to happen. The Kings XI seemed as helpless as Delhi felt yesterday and the Chennai team definitely emerged [...]
The Kings XI have been unstoppables throughout the tournament but the only team giving them a tough time has been the Chennai Super Kings who have defeated them on both occassions they have met during this tournament. The Super Kings had Hussey and Hayden to show-off when the tournament started but as of today, their [...]
The IPL semi-final spots have been decided. Rajasthan Royals, Punjab Kings XI, Delhi Daredevils and the Chennai Super Kings have qualified for the final race while the Mumbai Indians, Kolkota Knight Riders, Bangalore Royal Challengers and Hyderabad Deccan Chargers have been sent home to remain spectators. In a deciding match today, the Deccan Chargers beat [...]
The Chennai Deccan Chargers came out as comfortable winners against the Hyderabad Deccan Chargers in a match that was the decider for the final semi-final spot between Chennai and Mumbai. If Chennai would have lost this game, Mumbai would have a chance fo sneaking through after winning their next game. However, that was not to [...]
Chennai Super Kings are in pole position to book a seat in the semi-final line up tonight. Dhoni’s boys take on the Deccan Chargers. Their fate is in their own hands now, as their nearest rivals Mumbai Indians crashed to a five wicket loss last night to Rajasthan Royals sending Delhi DareDevils into the semis. [...]