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 [...]
In what was supposed to be a clash of the titans, it turned out to be a pretty much one-sided match. The Knight Riders did not get anywhere close to the riding they are used to and the Mumbai Indians squashed them like a piece of lemon. The MIs started off pretty well by claiming [...]
The Delhi Daredevils started off in a very good manner by restricting the Knight Riders to just 133 – the lowest IPL total. Yo Mahesh and Maharoof took 2 wickets and were supported by Sangwan who took 1 wicket. Not only did they do a brilliant job by taking wickets, but also their bowling was [...]
The Deccan Chargers lost to Kolkata Knight Riders again by 23 runs at Hyderabad. Earlier, the Knight Riders had defeated them at home. It was hard to believe that the Knight Riders had a lot of support even in Hyderabad. The Hyderabad team finished on 181 for seven after being reduced to 63 for four [...]