Archive for April, 2008
Players from foreign countries are shining in the ongoing Indian Premier League Twenty20 cricket matches. No surprise, they were bought specifically because they were much valued already.
However, most cricket fans expected Indian heroes such as Sourav Ganguly, Rahul Dravid, Virender Sehwag, M S Dhoni and Wasim Jaffer failed sympathetically in the first three matches of [...]
April 21st, 2008 | Posted in Bangalore Royal Challengers, Chennai Super Kings, Kolkata Knight Riders | No Comments
Okay guys. Its a Sunday, we know all of you are at home watching IPl matches on TV. You don’t need our updates today to catch up on or to keep track of anything. So we are also taking it easy.
You know what happened today anyway. Deccan Chargers got it from Kolkata Knight Riders. After [...]
April 20th, 2008 | Posted in General | No Comments
West Bengal government waives off the entertainment tax for Shah Rukh Khan’s show
Deccan Chargers to take on Knight Riders with a plan for McCullum
Robin Uthappa takes risks, and shines in Mumbai Indians vs Bangalore
IPL Twenty20: Favourite teams of bookies and their odds
Royal Challengers needs to tighten its attacks against Mumbai Indians on Sunday
April 20th, 2008 | Posted in General | No Comments
Shah Rukh Khan, the bollywood actor and owner of Kolkata franchisee Kolkata Knight Riders had proposed to have an entertainment program before the inaugural match of Kolkata Knight Riders at Eden Gardens here on Sunday.
But, the Left government had told Shah Rukh that he will have to pay the entertainment tax for the ten minute [...]
April 20th, 2008 | Posted in Kolkata Knight Riders | 1 Comment
Sachin Tendulkar, the captain of Mumbai Indians, inspected the Wankhede pitch in the early hours of today morning. Sachin’s Mumbai Indians will face off with Royal Challengers at the Wankhede stadium in Mumbai here on Sunday.
As per the latest news, Sachin is unlikely to play in the inaugural match of Mumbai Indians against the Bangalore [...]
April 20th, 2008 | Posted in Mumbai Indians | No Comments
Kolkata will witness the home team Kolkata Knight Riders’ first home match against the Hyderabad Deccan Chargers team here at Kolkata on Sunday. Last match of Kolkata Knight Riders saw Aussie batsman Brendon McCullum exploding with his bat and giving out a handsome defeat to the Royal Challengers team owned by VIjay Mallya.
Obviously, Deccan Chargers [...]
April 20th, 2008 | Posted in Foreign Players, Kolkata Knight Riders | No Comments
The match is still on. But Uthappa put up a very strong performance to take 48 runs off 38 balls. Extremely risky batting, Sachin would definitely have to talk to him about it.
Whether all that was worth it, we will know soon as the match is going to take another hour to end one way [...]
April 20th, 2008 | Posted in Bangalore Royal Challengers, Mumbai Indians | No Comments
After corporate giants and Bollywood stars, it is the bookies’ turn to exploit the riches of the cash-rich IPL-based bets.
Taking cues from the strengths and weaknesses of the teams on paper,
Bookies are rooting for Hyderabad based Deccan Challengers as the team to win the coveted tournament.
International betting houses like Ladbrokes have also entered IPL betting [...]
April 20th, 2008 | Posted in Controversy, General | No Comments
The VVS Lakshman-led Hyderabad team has the most solid batting line-up in DLP IPL Twenty20
After an out-of-the box assault by Brendon McCullum against Bangalore Royal Challengers in the IPL opening clash, Kolkata Knight Riders now take on the most solid team on paper in the DLF IPL Twenty20 tournament – Deccan Chargers led by VVS [...]
April 20th, 2008 | Posted in Deccan Chargers - Hyderabad, Kolkata Knight Riders | No Comments
Sachin Tendulkar unlikley to play, in which case Harbhajan Singh will lead Mumbai Indians
Another battle between two former Indian skippers is on the cards when the Reliance owned Mumbai Indians captained by Sachin Tendulkar takes on battered Bangalore Royal Challengers led by Rahul Dravid.
Only this time, Sachin’s presence is not guaranteed as he is fighting [...]
April 20th, 2008 | Posted in Bangalore Royal Challengers, Mumbai Indians | No Comments