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Mumbai Champs defeat Kolkata Tigers in ICL Twenty20 by 2 runs

IPL Observer — Thu, 13 Mar 2008 06:59:24 +0000

Mumbai Champs beaten by Kolkata Tigers in ICL Twenty20
Panchkula: Mumbai Champs lost their second Twenty20 match in the Indian Cricket League with Kolkata Tigers by two runs in a thrilling encounter. Rohan Gavaskar (41 runs, 36 balls), AA Jhunjhunwala (33 runs, 29 balls) and A R Adams (21 runs, 13 balls) propelled Kolkata Tigers to 146 runs from 20 overs. Mumbai Champs could score only 144 despite a 31-ball 52 from R P Patil and 22-ball 30 from skipper Nathan Astle. Needing 9 runs in last over Mumbai Champs lost 3 wickets in 4 balls. Andre Adams bagged 3 wickets and the man of the match award.

Aamir Khan, Kareena Kapoor could join hands with ICL

IPL Observer — Tue, 11 Mar 2008 18:34:39 +0000

Shah Rukh Khan bought the Kolkata Indian Premier League team last month. If Shah Rukh has done something, can Aamir Khan be far behind? According to news reports in the Indian media, Aamir Khan could likely be associated with the promoters of ICL to attract more viewership.

Aamir Khan is thought to have a passion for cricket, as can be seen from his Lagaan movie. As ICL is taking a backseat these days as the news of astrological figures for the big brother IPL comes in, the move to rope in Aamir Khan makes perfect sense.

Apparently sensing the advantages of having a crowd-puller like Aamir Khan being made the brand ambassador of the ICL, the promoters of the venture Essel Group, which is owned by Subhash Chandra, who is also the owner of Zee Sports, is planning to associate Aamir Khan with the month-long ICL Twenty20 tournament, which started on March 9.

According to reports in the Indian press, Bollywood actress Kareena Kapoor could also become associated with the ICL Twenty20 tournament. When the ICL was launched in November last year, Kareena had participated in the function.

Ashish Kaul, executive vice-president, Essel group, has said that though he would not reveal the names of actors who would take part in ICL, negotiations are already underway with some.

Syed Abbas Ali propels Delhi Giants to 6-wicket win over Mumbai Champs; Brian Lara out of ICL with Injury

IPL Observer — Tue, 11 Mar 2008 07:33:59 +0000

Southpaw Syed Abbas Ali hit two sixes and seven ours to help propel Delhi Giants to a six wicket win over Mumbai Champs in the 3rd edition of the ICL Edelweiss Twenty20 cricket championship.

The 49 ball effort won Syed Abbas Ali the man of the match award.

Chasing Mumbai Champs’ 115, Delhi Giants scored 116 in 18.2 overs, losing 4 wickets.
Syed Abbas Ali is the grandson of Mushtaq Ali.

Mumbai Champs won the toss and captain Nathan Astle elected to bat. But only Nathan Astle (32 runs, 37 balls) and D S Yadav (27 runs, 28 balls) could make any significant contribution.

West Indian star Brian Lara, the captain of Mumbai Champs lasttime, has been ruled out of this edition due to an injury he suffered in January.

Teams:
Mumbai Champs
WS Jayantha
DS Jadhav
NJ Astle
KR Powar
SN Khanolkar
RP Patil
Subhojit Paul
MS Kasprowicz
TL Best
Avinash Yadav
JJ van der Wath

Delhi Giants
MD Mishra
DA Gunawardene
MS Atapattu
S Abbas Ali
A Bali
N Pothas
TP Sudhindra
SE Bond
Jai P Yadav
DM Benkenstein
A Murtaza

Wavell Hinds propels Ahmedabad Rockets to 19-run win against Chandigarh Lions in ICL Edelweiss inaugural match

IPL Observer — Mon, 10 Mar 2008 07:31:32 +0000

Ahmedabad Rockets won the first match of the 3rd Edelweiss 20s challenge ICL championship, beating Chandigarh Lions by 19 runs at Panchkula on Sunday.

Player of the match Wavell Hinds and Sachin Dholpure scored half centuries for Ahmedabad Rockets, whose Captain Damien Martyn won the toss and elected to bat.

Ahmedabad Rockets got off to a flying start scoring 76 runs in 8 overs.

Wavell Hinds scored 59 off 43 balls at a strike rate of 137, while Sachin Dholpure scored 54 off 43 balls at a strike rate of 125.

For Chandigarh Lions, Lou Vincent fell early in the run chase. From then on, the Chandigarh Lion never got the momentum to chase the 159 required for a win in twenty overs.

Matthew Elliot was the top scorer for Chandigah Lions scoring 39 of 32 balls including four hits to the fence at a strike rate of 121.87.

Dinesh mongia and Chris Cairns got two wickets each for Chandigarh Lions.
For Ahmedabad Rockets Heath Streak took two wickets for 25 runs in 4 overs.

Brief Scores:
Ahmedabad Rockets: 158-5 in 20 overs
Chandigarh Lions: 139/6 in 20 overs

Teams

Ahmedabad Rockets
WW Hinds
Sachin M Dholpure
D R Martyn
MW Goodwin
S Sriram
HH Streak
RS Sodhi
Jaison Gillespie
RB Patel
P Bhima Rao
PP Vora
Chandigarh Lions
MTG Elliott
L Vincent
TP Singh
CL Cairns
D Mongia
Manish Sharma
AJ Hall
Sarabjit Singh
DR Tuffey
Rajesh Sharma
Karanveer Singh