Ricky Ponting’s reign over the Australian cricket team has come under flak, with critics and some wellwishers urging him to resist the $400,000 IPL lure and take a break to get back into cricket afresh after regaining his form.
Cricket writer Robert Craddock wrote in The Daily Telegraph that the last thing Ricky [...]
Star Indian batsman and IPL Mumbai team icon Sachin Tendulkar has regained the World No. 1 batsman slot, deposing Australian captain Ricky Ponting, following his 399 runs in the Commonwealth Bank series in Australi, which India won 2-0 in the final.
Sachin Tendulkar’s impressive scores includes valiant knocks of an unbeaten 117 and 91 in [...]
Update: Nope. Mishab Ul Haq has been bought by Bangalore Royal Challengers.
IPL’s Kolkata team , owned by Bollywood star Shah Rukh Khan, has reportedly signed up star Pakistan batsman Misbah-ul-Haq.The Pakistan Cricket Board has also cleared Misbah-ul-Haq’s IPL stint.
Reports said Misbah-ul-Haq has signed up for $1,80,000 (72,50,400) Indian rupees) by the Kolkata IPL team.
The [...]
Delhi’s in form opening batsman Aakash Chopra has been reportedly bagged by the Kolkata franchise of IPL, owned by Bollywood stars Shah Rukh Khan and Juhi Chawla.
Aakash Chopra has scored 1,570 runs for the India A squad and has played Ten test matches for the Indian cricket team.
Aakash Chopra recently hit headlines after he scored [...]
John Buchanan, former Australian coach and presently recruited to coach Shah Rukh Khan’s Kolkata team, seems to adopt a cautious approach when it comes to IPL.
The Aussie, who will have to now preside over a team which will have former rival captain Sourav Ganguly as its icon player, says the International Cricket Council should strike [...]
Kolkata
Sourav Ganguly
Ricky Ponting
Chris Gayle
David Hussey
Murali Kartik
Brendon McCullum (wk)
Ishant Sharma
Shoaib Akhtar
Umar Gul
John Buchanan (Coach)